Korean and Japanese Culture

         One passage that stood out to me was the following, describing the difference in the ways the Japanese and the Koreans eat - 

        “Kyunghee had made two dinners in the Tamaguchi kitchen—a Japanese one for the Tamaguchi family and a Korean for the others. In the barn, the Koreans ate their meals on a low, oilcloth-covered table that Kim had built for them with leftover beams”. 

        This is described from Hansu's perspective, which I felt made it even more interesting. The Korean food seems to be a bit more homely for Sunja, Kyunghee and the boys, and the low table reminds them of home and resembles their traditional dining. Meanwhile, the Japanese food Kunghee made for Tamaguchi's family is not really described in this scene, most probably this is from Koh Hansu's perspective, who only really cares about Sunja (in a weird kind of way). I feel like this is commenting on not only Hansu's continued kind of obsession with Sunja (especially that she is raising his only son), but also with how it is important to note that while living with a Japanese farmer's family, Sunja, Kyunghee and the others were able to hold onto a very important aspect of their culture – their dining style and culinary traditions.