Japanese exchange student Rin Hamada said her first Thanksgiving was “awesome.”
Hamada, 17, is a Haines High School junior from Tokyo who is the school’s only exchange student this year. She spent Thanksgiving with the Podsiki family of Haines.
“I love turkey and I enjoy cooking,” Hamada said. “I learned how to bake turkey and how to make stuffing and mashed potatoes.”
She traveled to Haines in August to stay with host parents Greg and…