☆YACHIOZA&KAGURA★

I took part in a class going to YACHIOZA and ASO shrine with overseas students. First, we went to YACHIOZA in Yamaga. YACHIOZA is a Japanese traditional theater and it passed 100 years after YACHIOZA was built. There are 2 HANAMICHIs which are roads to walk actors, some SUPPONs which are sets to appear special guests like ghosts, NINJAs, and so on. The big circle stage can move because 4 people turn it under the stage named NARAKU. We can see and learn about YACHIOZA very much, and then we went to YAMAGA LANTERN MUSEUM. Have you ever seen YAMAGA-TOUROU Festival? TOUROU is a Japanese traditional paper craft and it seems to be lantern. 1000 women putting TOUROU on their head dance in the festival. Second, we went to ASO shrine in Tatsuda. I thought ASO shrine is in Aso, but it is in Tatsuda! When we arrived there, it became very cold and we were hungry. We could eat DAGOJIRU and drink tea so we were happy!! KAGURA started at 18:30. KAGURA is one of Japanese traditional dance to pray something to god. We could see some kinds of KAGURA and we could get an arrow named MORIYA. It means it can guard us from any dangers. It was very very cold day, but I had a very very good time:)

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My Favorite drink

My favorite drinks are coffee, tea, and green tea. First, I like coffee, but I don't like black coffee. When I drink a cup of coffee, I add some milk and sugar to it. I also like cafe au lait, mocha coffee, latte and so on. I recommend some frappucinos in Starbucks! Second, I like ice tea rather than hot tea. I recommend Lipton's tea, because they have many kinds of tea and they are cheap. In addition, I recommend KOUCHAKADEN's milk tea, because it is good both hot and ice. Finally, I like green tea the best. I drink it every meal because I feel refreshed like tooth brushing. I recommend KIRIN's NAMACHA because I like it the best of other green teas. If you haven't drunk my favorite teas, please try to drink once :)

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First episode of My project

The first episode of my podcast is available now.

"One day"

I bought a CD at TSUTAYA on October 21st. The title of the CD is One day played by The ROOTLESS which is a Japanese rock band. There are 3 songs in the CD. I like One day is the best. It is a rock ballad and it is an opening song of an animation. The name of the animation is ONE PIECE. The words of the song express the hearts of Luffy and Ace. I think Shin Nohata who is a vocal of The ROOTLESS has nice voice! Other 2 songs named REAL and SAYONARA NO MAE NI are also good! If you like ONE PIECE, please listen to One day once!! You can listen to it on the website of The ROOTLESS or you should watch the animation once;)

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My Favorite dish

There are a lot of dishes I like. I will write about 3 dishes. First, I like an omelet containing fried rice. I recommend OMURAISU-TEI in youme town Hikarinomori because there are many kinds of it, and they are cheap. When I go to Hikarinomori, I ate one of them there. Of course, I like an OMURAISU made by my mother. Second, I like Italian dishes. For example, I like pasta and pizza. I recommend PRONTO and PISSORINO. I like peperoncino in PRONTO, and I like some pizzas in PISSORINO. You can eat pizzas and pastas as much as you want in PISSORINO but their each size are very big. Finally, I like curry rice and I can cook it. I like eating it with something. I recommend soft-boiled egg or cheese on it. If you eat it with cheese, you should bake it a little. I will be hungry because I wrote about my favorite dishes!!

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Introduction of My Project

This site is about Harry Potter. Do you know Harry Potter? It is a story about Harry who is a wizard. Harry goes to a school named Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. His best friends are Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. I like the books and movies. The books written by J. K. Rowling who is a British woman. There are 7 stories about adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione. My favorite story is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which is the third story. The prisoner named Sirius Black is one of best friends of Harry's father and he is godfather of Harry. Actually, he didn't bad thing so Harry, Ron, and Hermione take him away from Azkaban. Harry become happy because he has no parents and he is lonely until he met him. Other stories also good, so please read the books or watched the movies if you haven't known Harry Potter.

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October 15th

I took part in Welcome Party in Kumamoto University on October 15th. There were many overseas students and Japanese students from universities in Kumamoto. First, we found a partner who don't know each other and then we talked about ourselves. We repeated that twice and my partners were Philippine and Myanmarese. After that we started to eat dishes, drink juices and talk more. I could talk to Sri Lankan, Chinese, French, German and so on. There were no dishes during I was talking to them so I ate snacks and drank juices. I had a good time but I couldn't eat enough:( When I waited for bus after the party, 2 Sri Lankan came and we took on same bus. They don't know the name of bus stop so I told them. It was To-ri chou suji.

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★The Canterbury Tales

I read The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer. There are 7 tales in this book. I doesn't take English Literary History class but I know the title and the author's name because I learned about them in World History class at high school.

A group of pilgrims are travelling together for five days from London to Canterbury. On the way, each pilgrim has to tell a story. Some stories are happy, and some are sad. But they all have a message, and we can learn from them.

The Knight's Tale named Palamon and Arcite is about love and friendship, and it is a stirring story. The Clerk's Tale named Patient Griselda is about love, and it is a happy ending story. The Wife of Bath's Tale named What do women want most? is about a knight and it is a very interesting story. The Pardoner's Tale named Three Men Look for Death is a strange story. The Franklin's Tale named Three Promises about love and magic, and it is a heart warming story. The Friar's Tale named The Summoner and the Devil is a moral story. The Nun's Priest's Tale named Chaunticleer and the Fox is about a cock, hens and a fox, and the cock is very wise.

There are kings, knights, lords, great wife, couples, magics, bad men, good husband, animals, and so on in each tales. I learned many things from their good things and bad things. I like a book which has many short stories like this book. I think some of these tales give you wide views!!

The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Readers Level 3, 0-582-42114-4

Points: 3.4
Remaining Points: 9.0

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My Favorite travel

I like to travel somewhere and I've been to many places in Japan. However, my favorite travel is visiting Australia!! I went to Australia on my school trip when I was 15 years old. I stayed at my host family and they are Chinese. I wrote about them before, so I will write about sightseeing there. First, we went to the university named Edith Cowan University in Perth for 3 weeks. Second, we learned about wild animals and we went to a wildlife park. I saw many kinds of wild animals and I could touch koalas, kangaroos, and wombats. Third, we went to downtown to go shopping. After that, we went to a lake near to ECU and I saw some black swans there. Finally, we went to a desert named Pinnacles in the last weekend. There were funny shape rocks and I took many pictures there. I also went to many places in Perth and I had a very, very, very good time!!!

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☆Tales from Hans Andersen

I read Tales from Hans Andersen. I wrote about The Ugly Duckling which is one of the stories from the book. I know some of the stories already. For example, The Little Mermaid as Ningyo-Hime, The Emperor's New Clothes as Hadaka-no-Ousama, and Thumbelina as Oyayubi-Hime in Japanese. However, I didn't know the story named The Nightingale. I think almost of you know that stories so I will write about The Nightingale.

There was a King in a beautiful palace. A nightingale lived in a tree in a big garden in the palace. It sang beautifully. The king didn't know about the bird so his servant brought it to him. He got to like the bird very much but it didn't want to live with him. One day, his servant brought the king other nightingale made of wood. It sang everyday for the king but it sang only one same song. Long time passed, the king became old and he was sick. He remembered the bird and he wanted to hear its beautiful song. Then, the nightingale flew toward him and sang very beautiful song. The king was very happy and he became fine again in the end.

I think this story is about good friendship between the king and the nightingale. He doesn't force the bird to stay with him. The bird can say the opinion clearly to king.

According to other stories, I think there are many beautiful princesses and princes in the stories, and I like them!! I also like the animals in the stories because they can talk to people!!

I want to read other stories in English that I already know in Japanese!!!

Tales from Hans Andersen, Penguin Readers Level 2, 0-582-42112-8

Points: 2.4
Remaining Points: 12.4

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My Favorite elementary school memories

I had lived in Hokkaido until I was 7 years old. My favorite elementary school memory is the day when I left Hokkaido.
First, my homeroom teacher and classmates hold a farewell party for me. I remember that we had a good time. For example, we sang a song, ate some snacks, and played some games.
Second, they came to my house to give me a sendoff. I cried and some friends also cried then. I like and remember them until now!
Finally, I had 4 best friends in other elementary schools but they came to see me at the station. I was very happy to see them but I felt sad too.
After I moved Kumamoto, I met my best friends twice. I visited Hokkaido alone to see them once and one of my best friends visited Kumamoto alone to see me once. Those are also my favorite elementary school memories!!

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My Favorite season

My favorite season is spring, because many things start in spring.
First, many beautiful flowers start to come out. I like cherries, dandelions, pansies, and so on.
Second, the new term starts in school. I meet old friends after the spring vacation and I can make new friends in April.
Third, the climate starts to warm. I like cold sunny days, because I feel bad and I should worry about sunburn on hot sunny days. I think that cold sunny days in spring are better than hot days in summer or cold days in winter. However the climate in autumn likes that in spring. I also like cold sunny days in autumn but it starts to cool. I don't like cool days in winter. I like summer better than winter so I like spring better than autumn.
In conclusion, I like spring the best and then I like autumn, summer, and winter in this order.

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Project

My project should be about:

• Books
• Movies
• A place
• Other (discuss with my teacher)

My project should have:

• About Me
• Welcome
• Podcast
• others as necessary

October 2nd

I went to down town to have lunch with Asami, Miki, Shiori, and Yukimi on October 2nd. They waited for me at PARCO because I was late. when I arrived there, Miki took us to a restaurant. I had been to Karaoke next to the restaurant. I ate an omelet containing fried rice and we can have salad, drink and soup as much as we like for 840 yen! They were very, very, very nice!!!!! I want to come again with someone. After eating, we went shopping at PARCO and NEW-S. There were many clothes I want, but I didn't have much money to buy. I said good-bye to my friends at NEW-S and I went to my grandmother's house. I had a very good time:)

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★The Ugly Duckling

I read Tales from Hans Andersen retold by Karen Holmes. There are 5 stories in this book so I read one of those stories named The Ugly Duckling. I know this story because I had read it in Japanese before.


A duck sat on her eggs for a long time. Almost eggs opened and ducklings came out. But the largest one opened later and very big and ugly duckling came out.
Ducks except his mom and hens were unkind to him so he was very unhappy.

'They don't like me because I'm ugly,' he thought.

His mom found he was clever and he swam very well, so she took him away sadly.
Many wild geese were kind to him but some geese were killed by men with guns. He was afraid and he run away. One day he watched beautiful birds flying near him. They were swans and he loved them.
After the winter, he became bigger and he could fly high in the sky. When he watched swans again, he tried to talk to them.

'Kill me,' said the poor duckling. He put his head down near the water, and he saw... What did he see in the water? He saw a swan! He was not a fat, ugly duckling, he was a swan! He was born from a swan's egg!

Little children gave him some bread and said 'he's the most beautiful swan in the world!' He was very happy and he thought 'I'm the happiest swan in the world!'


I learned it is important not to give up anything. The ugly duckling wanted to die but he didn't so he became beautiful swan.
If his family and all animals hating him know that he is a beautiful swan, what do they think? I think they should said sorry to him! We shouldn't judge a person by his appearance!!

Tales from Hans Andersen, Penguin Readers Level 2, 0-582-42112-8

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