My home town

My special city is Kami-amakusa. It lies in the west part of Kumamoto and it is made up of many islands. So, Amakusa are tied together with five bridges and it is called Amakusa-gokyou which was built by Yasuhide Mori. Also, Amakusa is surrounded by the ocean and nature. So, we can see a lot of dolphins which are very cute. Also, if you visit Kami-Amakusa city, you can eat delicious foods. Kami-amakusa’s famous foods are prawn and Amakusa-daio. They are very delicious and are very bigger than other shrimp and chicken.

Also, Kami-amakusa city has famous buildings. There are Ai-no-amakusamura and the statue of Amakusa Shiro. Ai-no-Amakusamura is selling a lot of souvenirs and special products and the statue of Amakusa Shiro is very big.  I think that I want to present these wonderful places to you. First, there is the beautiful beach. It is visited by a lot of people in summer and they enjoy swimming. Also, we can gather shellfish at low tide. Moreover, I caught sea urchin when I was junior high school student, but I could catch only two, because I have to move for big rocks. So, it was very hard for me.

Second, we can see a lot of stars in the sky. My home town does not have the street illuminated by neon lights, so the stars shining in night. Also, there is a   Myui-tenmondai in my hometown. We can study about heavenly bodies and see astronomical observations in there. Lastly, the setting sun is foamous. It is very beautiful and it always makes me relax. So, I want to it see everyone by all means. I love my hometown!!

kami-amakusa city: http://www.kamiamakusa-c.kumamoto-sgn.jp/1_sightseeing

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The movies

I went to the movies with Ayaka of my friends on sunday which called “utyu-kyodai”. I didn’t know this story, but I watched it because of my favorite actor went for the movie. My favorite actor is Masaki Okada. He is very cool and cute!! This movie is comics a photograph taken on a spot, moreover I have never read it but even such I was able to enjoy this movie. The content of this movie is an astronaut. Also, I weep bitterly the last. I think that it good that I could watch this movie! I want to watch it once again, but I will go to the movies with my friend which called “bokuraga-ita” next.

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Food/eating habits

I am always careful bring to a bowl and plates because there are a lot of table manners of eating in Japan. Also, the staple food of the Japanese is rice and the miso soup match for it. Moreover, rice is filling. So, I like this set. However, I think Eating habits nowadays are changing Western food. I like Western food, too. Also, fast food is popular in recent Japan, but it makes us bad health because it is higher in calories than usual food. It is very convenient, but I want to forget that a good meal of the balance is important.

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BR1-4:The Willow Pattern Plot

The magic takes the children into the willow pattern. (Back cover)

The strange key looks a key word in this time. Nadim bought a blue and white plate, because he gives a present for him mum. The plate was a willow pattern, but he didn’t know why it is called a willow pattern plate. But “I wonder what the story is”, said Biff. Chip and Nadim went to Biff’s bedroom, suddenly the key began to glow as before. The magic took the children into a new adventure, and it was likely that they were in the land of the willow pattern. Down by the lake they saw a girl. She was alone and was crying. The girl was called Kim Shee and she had a cruel father. He would not let her go out of the garden. Also, Kim loved a boy called Chang and she wanted to marry him, but her father wanted to her to marry a rich man, because Chang was too poor. Just then, Chang went to there because of run away with her, but they didn’t know how run away from there. So, Nadim supposed a good idea. They cooperated with Kim and Chang. Also, they planned them strategy, too. By the way, would their plan succeed? I thought that this series often went to the mysterious world. Also, I felt close to this story because of there are such a plate in my house. So, it was very interesting!!

Hunt, Roderick and Brychta, Alex. (2003) The Outing. Oxford University Press.

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My treaure

My treasures are my family and friends, a lot of letters from my friends and Sylvanian Families.

My first treasure is my family and friends who always help me when I am in trouble. Also, spending time with them is comfortable for me. So, I’m always thankful for their advice.

My second treasure is a lot of letters from my friends and pictures that help me remember those days. Exchange letters were in fashion when I was a junior high school student. So, I used to write to my friends from in my home in those days. I occasionally look over the letters and I seem to have written anything and everything in them. Also, letters from my friends cheered me up and I have cheered my friends up by letter. I’m happy that I receive letters and I think that letters can connect our hearts together. So, I like letters and I treasure them with a lot of pictures in my box.

My third treasure is Sylvanian Families which like a doll’s house. It was very popular among with small children in those days. I was given it by parents as a birthday present. I had wanted them when I was six years old. Sylvanian Families have to collect a lot of furniture and dolls to collect. I bought the mouse’s family first, but I don’t know why I had chosen that family from all the kinds of dolls. Also, the good point of my doll’s house is the big red roof. Moreover, all the kinds of furniture of the Sylvanian Families are very lifelike. I collected them until I was 9 years old. I always played with them with my friends. My doll’s house was very cute!! Sylvanian Families is the best toy I had ever had. I treasure it in box!!

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Big family

I love TV programs of the big family. I like the Ishida’s among big families most, because they are all living together happily. They are very famous in big families in Japan. there is special TV program once a year. There is the child of 7 men and two girls in the Ishida’s, but most of the children are an adult and they are independence, so the younger boy of Ishida’s is my junior by three years. I have only a younger brother, so I long for a lot of sibling. I think that there often quarrel between sibling, however they always can help themselves. Also, their father and mother are of a cheerful disposition and conjugal talk is interesting. Also, the children are love for their parents. So, they were wonderful big family!! I want to have wonderful family like Ishida’s in future, too.

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BR1-3:Land of the Dinosaurs

The children are making dinosaur models when the magic begins again. (Back cover)

 
This story is the sequel to an illustrated book before. So, I wanted to read it early. This time they went to land of the dinosaurs. The children went through the door of the magic house. The magic took the children to the land of the dinosaurs, but one of the children said that I don’t want to meet a dinosaurs. They saw a giant dragonfly, several dinosaur eggs, a flying dinosaur and an Apatosaurus. An apatosaurs was like the one in the museum, so they found its name. Also, they were frightened by them, but Biff took a lot of photographs them during they were land of the dinosaurs. Just then, another dinosaur was coming and came running after them with a ghastly look. They began to run away in a panic. Just then, the key began to glow in Chip’s hand and the magic took them to Biff’s bedroom. They remembered an unforeseen occurrence a short while ago, so Biff showed a lot of photographs to her father, but they weren’t a film in the camera. It was strange story again and I dint t know its meaning. So, I want to read next story. If I were they, I would more frightener than they.

Hunt, Roderick and Brychta, Alex. (2003) The Outing. Oxford University Press.
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