As expected from what he'd gathered, the environment was... Warm. Not anything like the holidays were treated at home. But Christmas and New Years were different subjects entirely. He glanced around the room, unsure as to who the person who he'd talked to over the journal was. When he was approached, however, he figured he now knew who it was. He looked at the extended hand a moment, not sure what to do with it until he realized that he might be expected to do the same. A handshake? Not something they did all that often in Japan. He met her extended hand with his own. "... Yeah. Are you Fred, then?"