★SUNTORY☆

I took part in a class going to SUNTORY Kyushu Kumamoto Plant with overseas students. There are 6 Japanese students including me as assistants. Four people are from Eibei and two are from Higashi Asia. We study teaching Japanese to foreigners.

We went to the plant by bus. I sat on next to Canadian student so we talked about Canada, Saint Marys University, Japanese culture, foods, and so on:)
When we arrived the plant, we had a shopping time. There were a lot of goods in the shop near to entrance of the plant. For example, there were many kinds of glass, goods of character of drink, beer, other alcohol drinks and so on.
Then we started to watch the plant. We learned that barley, hop, and water are important to make beer. We ate barley and we smelled flavor of hop. Someone said barley was sweet taste but I didn't think so. I thought it was not good taste:(
We have a tasting time in the end. I couldn't drink beer so I drink a glass of orange juice named "natchan!".

We had a good time!!!!! I want to take part in the class again;) I will go to YACHIO-ZA next time.

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☆The Girl at the Window

I read "The Girl at the Window" written by Antoinette Moses.

I think the story is sad for Grace but it is happy for Sue and Sammy.

Grace's baby was taken in 1815 and her boyfriend, Tommy didn't come back from war.

In 2001, she is a picture now, but she is waiting for Tommy and their baby, Mary for a very long time.

Sue and Sammy come to Grace's house in 2001. Grace gets to like Sammy because she is a beautiful baby girl like Mary. Sammy also likes Grace because she can hear Grace's voice. Sue and Grace don't like each other so Sue takes Sammy to her room.

One day, there is a fire in the house. Sammy is in Grace's room so Sue can't help her. However, Grace helps Sammy and Sue is helped by firemen. In the end, the house is destroyed by a fire but Grace can meet Tommy and Mary again.

I don't know why Mary was taken but it is too sad for Grace. I know her mind that she is waiting for Mary but I don't think it is good to take Sammy from Sue. I think Tommy died in the war and Mary died before 2001 so Grace meets them in heaven. Sue injures a little because of the fire but Sammy is fine and doesn't injure. So I think it is a happy ending story and I like it:)

The Girl at the Window, CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH READERS, Starter/Beginner, 978-0-521-70585-1

Points: 1.2

Points remaining: 14.8

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ROOKIES

Did you watched ROOKIES on TV last night? I love ROOKIES and I had watched it 4 times. I watched it twice at theaters, once on DVD, and once on TV yesterday. It is about baseball played by high school students. The movie is an adaptation of popular comics among Japanese young men. Ryuta Satoh is one of fans of the comics. He wanted to play Mr. Kawatoh who is players' teacher and coach, and his dream came true! Other main characters are Aniya played by Hayato Ichihara, Mikoshiba played by Keisuke Koide, Wakana played by Sousuke Takaoka, Shinjoh played by Yu Shirota and so on. I like music used in the movie because it played by GReeeeN who is one of my favorite artists. If you havn't watched it, please watch it once:)

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☆WELCOME PARTY★

Today, I took part in Welcome Party at a dormitory of overseas students of KGU. I joined it second time because I had joined it in spring. Last time, I talked to Korean and Vietnamese students only, so I wanted to talk to more students from other countries this time.

When I arrived there, I met some friends and the party started about 12:30 p.m. I talked to some older and younger classmates and we became friends. I could eat very nice foods and I could make new friends from China, Canada, Korea, Thailand, UK, and USA!!!!! They could speak Japanese well so I almost talk to them in Japanese.

I had a very good time and I want to visit there again:) I also want to go to English lounge at KGU to talk to them in English!!

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★HUIS TEN BOSCH☆

I went to HUIS TEN BOSCH in Sasebo, Nagasaki on September 23th. I took part in a tour by bus with my mother and brother.

First, we dropped in IZUMI-YA to buy castella. I bought a chocolate castella called "NAGASAKI-SYOKORAATO", because it was good when I tried it.

After that, we arrived at HUIS TEN BOSCH soon. It was about 11:00 a.m. so we went to eat lunch at first. We rode on a cruiser called "Canal Cruiser" to restaurants area called "Utrecht". We entered a Italian pizza and pasta restaurant called "Pinoccio" and I ate a pizza and a pasta. They were very delicious so I was happy:)

Then we walked to RYOMADEN-KAN which is a museum about Ryoma Sakamoto and a historical drama about him called "RYOMA-DEN". I couldn't take pictures but there were many exhibitions fascinated me! For example, Ryoma and Yataro Iwasaki's swords, a picture drawn by Syouryu Kawata, and Ryo Narazaki, Kao Hirai, and Omoto's kimono and they were all used in "RYOMA-DEN"!! There was a ship called "Kanko-maru" outside of RYOMADEN-KAN, and it was used as KUROFUNE in many historical drama including "SHINSENGUMI!".

After visiting RYOMADEN-KAN, my brother and I went to ONE PIECE MEMORIAL LOG. I had been looking forward to visiting RYOMADEN-KAN and ONE PIECE MEMORIAL LOG!!!!! There were many characters' goods to be them and take picture with their WANTED picture. For example, Luffy's straw hat, Zoro's three swords, Nami's thunder stick, Sogeking's mask, Sanji's cooking knife, Chopper's horns and hat, Brook's hair and hat, Robin's stone tablet and Franky's coke. There are many characters and sets catching some situation of animation or comics besides. I was happy to see Ace who is Luffy's brother, because I like him the best of all characters in ONE PIECE!! After visiting there, we went to a shop called "GROUND-LINE" to buy some goods. My brother bought a Luffy's goods and I bought a snack with a bonus. The bonus is a character's coin and there are 10 kinds. 1 coin is packaged each box at random but I got Ace's coin!!!!!

Then, we rode a bicycle and we went cycling for an hour. I haven't ridden bicycle for a long time but it was exciting:) I dropped in an icecream shop and I bought a Nami's orange sherbet! It was very nice:9

Finally, we run and run to exit after we returned the bicycle, because it was too far from bicycle's rental shop to exit and time limit was coming soon. I was very tired so I slept in a bus.

It was cool day but it wasn't rain so we had a wonderful time at HUIS TEN BOSCH. If you haven't visited there, you should go;) If you want to go to ONE PIECE MEMORIAL LOG, you should go soon because this event finished on October 17th. I really want to go there again:D

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