Blog#8: do you know BLAST?

Hi, I'm Maho.
I saw the entertainment show during summer vacation. The name of show is Blast. Do you know it? Blast based in USA. They play the trumpet, drums, and any other musical instrument with dancing, riding a unicycle and so on.

 Blast’s homepage in USA is here.

They sometimes do a world tour. This visit to Japan is in three years. I saw the show 4years ago. It was so excited, so I was looking forward to seeing the show again. The members of Blast is from all over the world. There are three Japanese members. Especially, I am big fan of Naoki Isikawa who play the drum. His drums makes me prompting.

The final song of the show is Bolero.  Wow! It's so cool 333

Blog#7: Enoshima.

Hi, I'm Maho.

I went to Enoshima in August. The reason why I went there is "Nama Shirasu Don" .(a bowl of rice topped with the raw young sardines. )I had eaten it 4 years before. It tasted very good. I can’t remember the taste. So, I want to eat it again but I have never been to Enoshima 4years. Look! This is Nama Shirasu Don!

Wow! It twinkles! The young sardines are usually boiled because the freshness of these is an instant. So the place is limited where the raw sardines can be eaten, for example a fishing port etc. I ate the bowl with ginger and soy sauce. It is so delicious.

In addition, Enoshima’s scenery is fine. This is a sunset of which I took a picture from an observation deck.

We can see the fine scenery from it. In spite a long distance from my house (I live in Chiba), I want to go again.

Blog#7,8: Shanghai(上海)

I'm Higuchi.
I was in shanghai(上海) in surmervacation. Becauce I went there to study Chinese. I studied in Fudan University(復旦大学).

This is the Fudan University. It has thirtieth floor. It is so high. There are not only Japanese students but also many other students, American and German, Russian, Finn, Korean, Vietnamese, Taiwanese. I'm really impressed, for there are many students who love Japan and they are studying Japanese.
By the way, it is very difficult for me to listen chinese. That makes me study it so hard. 

Shanghai is very interesting. Shanghai has two sides. One side, it is economy city. so there are many higr-rise and urban buildings.  The other sides, there are also old and dirty buildings. I don't think that it is bad. Rather, I felt a good something. Most old buildings are house. So I felt nature which is losed something when it becomes city. What is it? I don't know it. But I felt crealy something, good and beautiful.

 

Japanese comics are very popular in China. Bookstore sells many Japanese comics. And, 『one piece』is the most popular comic.

 

Shanghai and people in there are more good than Japanese think. I think I want to to Shanghai next year.

 

 

 

Blog#8: Recent Skytree

     Hi, everyone, I'm Mizuki Endo. The rest of my summer vacation is only four days. It's really really sad. I hope I could take more rest, but at the same time, I hope to go to school and talk with my friends.

     Today, I'd like to talk about recent Skytree. Please look at this picture.

It was taken on 7 September. On this day, the Skytree was lit up with five colors, red, yellow, green, blue and purple. Can you guess why this tower was lit up with these colors? It is because next 7 September is the day decided the place which we hold the Olympics in 2020. And in order to enthuse it, they lit the Skytree and held the event.  

     Although I have some doubt that if the Olympics hold in Tokyo, we will have some good things or not (for example, the problem of economic effects, climate, safety and so on), on this day, I forgot these things and I enjoyed the variations of lights. What do you think about holding the Olympics in Tokyo?

Blog#8: My summer trip

Hi, I’m Yuri. Today, I’ll tell you about my summer trip.

Did you take a trip during this summer vacation? I took a trip from August 20 to 21 with my high school friends. We went to Kujuukuri in Chiba. Do you know Kujuukuri? There is a very beautiful sea in the town. These pictures are Kujuukurihama.

We had a barbecue party in that night. We ate a lot of meats and had a good time. Next day, we enjoyed relaxing by playing cards and so on.

This trip was a very nice memory for us. We promised to take a trip next year, too!!

Blog#7: I went to Korea!

     Hello, I'm Mizuki Endo. Now, I have a big news. I went to Korea with my friend from 17 August to yesterday! I've been to Korea at once, so this is the second time to go to Korea :) But this time, I went to Busan and Seoul. Busan is the place which I visit for the first time. It was a very very interesting trip! I would like to talk about this trip.
     On the first and second day, I visited Busan. In Busan, I went up the Busan tower and Heaundae(海雲台、ヘウンデ). I've heard that we can see Japan from the Busan tower, but we couldn't see it because of the night...but a night view was so beautiful! Heaundae is a seaside resort area, where Bae Yongjun(ペヨンジュン) also took a rest. I felt refreshed, too.
     From the third day to the last day, I visited Seoul. I go shopping, eating a lot of Korean food, and the spa. I experienced 'akasuri,' too. It was a little painful, but my skin became very smooth!! When I go to Korea again, I want to do it again!!
     It was a nice trip! I am studying Korean now and I could talk with Korean people a little. It was very happy for me. But during this trip I didn't use English at once, so I forgot how to use English...hahaha

Blog#7: A fireworks display

Hi, I’m Yuri.

Today, I’ll tell you about fireworks display (花火大会). In summer, many fireworks display take place in Japan. I think fireworks bring us feeling of summer.

So, I went to “Edogawa fireworks display” on 4 August. There were many people in Edogawa, so I was tired before fireworks display started. However I became happy when I looked fireworks, because they were very beautiful!! Look at these pictures!