Blog#9:My friend Yuki

   I've had several good friends, but one of the most good friend is Yuki.

   I was on the soccer club as manager when I was a high school student. And Yuki was manager, too. In addition, it was by chance that we lived near place! So, we used to go to school and back home together everyday. We became a close friend.

   And now, I get along very well with her. We surely meet once in a month at least. Yuki and I like accessories, pritty stationeries and sweets. So, we often go shopping and go to cafe to eat cake. After shopping, we sometimes have dinner together.

   I feel happy when I am with her. So, I want to see her when I feel sad. I think such friend is important.

Blog#7,8: Little trip to Kyoto

  Hi, I'm Yuki.
 This summer vacation, I took a trip to Kyoto. I went on 30th from August 28.
  I have been to Kyoto once in school trip. But a different memory was entirely possible then.
 Because I wanted to have studied manga in Kyoto International Manga Museum, I went by myself. This was the first time that I took a trip alone.
  In fact, the day which I could study about presentation was only first days.  I felt very very sad X(

  The other day I saw the sights of Kyoto by bicycle. I borrowed the bicycle at the gest house where I stayed at.

 Next days, I visited to Ginkakuji, Kiyomizudera and Fushimi-inari-taisha etc...
  The torii of Fushimi-inari-taisha was very beautiful !  This is called "the Senbon Torii (a thousand torii)". But actually there is more than 10,000 toriis!!
  When I visited to Ginkakuji, I took a walk to "Tetshugaku-no-michi(road of philospphy). This is the place which I wanted to go. I had a good time.
 And after I oederd  Matcha cappuccino in
よーじやカフェ　
Though the powdered green tea is a weak point, I feel like having been able to drink deliciously　;P

  Last days, I visited Gion . Gion is famous that entertainment district in Kyoto. Then I found the cute shop, the name is "SOU・SOU". Various products are sold other than a Japanese towel. Gesign is very modern and colorful. If everybody goes to Kyoto, I want you to visit .
  When I took break, I went to "喫茶ソワレ".I was surprised very much here, Because the soda that I ordered looks like a juwel! Taste was very good.
  And finally, I went to Osaka to meet my senior. Because it was traveling alone, I was very glad to be able to meet senior.

It was a short trip, but was able to make a lot of memories.
And I came to love Kyoto.I would like to visit to Kyoto again.

 

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!!