My favorite book

My favorite book is One Piece. It is a very popular comic book in Japan and all over the world. It is written by Eiichiro Oda. It was published 14 years ago. I'll introduce about this book. Luffy is a main charactor, he want to be the king of pirate. His circle members are Zoro, Nami, Usoppu, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky and Brook. There is a lot of Devil Fruits, and there are three kinds of Devil Fruits, Zoan, Logia and Paramecia. Luffy, Chopper, Robin and Brook ate Devil Fruits, so they have special abilities, but they can't swim in the sea, because Devil Fruits users are hated by the sea.
I read this comic every week, and I watch this animation, too. It is very interesting and exciting comic book. I was moved by it for many times. I advise you to read this comic. ( 148 words )

My favorite sport to watch

I like to watch ice hockey games, because I belong to the ice hockey club of Kumamoto Gakuen University now. Most of Japanese TV stations don't broadcast ice hockey games, so I couldn't watch NHL games. The fact makes me sad. There were ice hockey games in the Winter Olympics last year, Japanese TV stations broadcasted these games at midnight. I recoded these games, NHL players took part in these games, so these games are very interesting. Japanese ice hockey team couldn't win a medal, I think Japanese ice hockey's level is not high, so Japanese ice hockey players have to improve their skills. I often watch NHL games or NHL player's skills on You Tube, These videos make me exciting. Ice hockey is minor sports in Japan, so I want to ice hockey become a major sport.
( 143 words )

Qualifer of national athletic meet

I took part in the qualifer of national athletic meet in Fukuoka last week. I am a subgoalie of Miyazaki prefecture. We faced the Saga prefecture in the first game. Saga is more stronger than our team, so we lost the game to the Saga prefecture by a score of 6 to 2. I couldn't take part in the game, because our team has a good goalie, he is better than me. If our team win this game, we could take part in the national athletic meet in Nagoya. I wanted to go to Nagoya. I want to go to the national athletic meet next year, so I'll make an effort to practice ice hockey. I want to be a good goalie.
( 124 words )

Camp Rock

It was the first time to watch Camp Rock. It was a musical film.
-Summary –
This film’s main character is Mitchie Torres. She wants to be a famous singer, and she wants to go to Camp Rock during summer vacation. At first, she can’t take part in the camp, because her parents are very busy with their jobs and they don't have enough money. But, she can take part in the camp. Mitchie and her mother have to cater food for the camp, it is a condition to participate in the camp cheaply.

There is Shane Gray in the camp, he is a pop star and he teaches dance classes at the camp. One day, he hears someone singing, he wanted to know who is singing, but he couldn’t find the singer. On the first day of Camp Rock, Mitchie met many participants. Most of them are rich. She found that Tess Tyler’s mother is a famous musician. Mitchie lied to Tess, her mother is the president of a TV station in China, because she wanted to try to make herself look big. Tess asked Mitchie to join her group as her chorus girl, Mitchie agreed her invitation.

Mitchie and Shane became friendly, Tess felt jealous of Mitchie. One day, Tess understood Mitchie’s lie, and she revealed the lie to all the members of the camp. Shane was shocked by the truth、and he was disappointed with Mitchie. Mitchie was kicked out of Tess’s group. Then, Caitlyn invited Mitchie to her group.

At Final Jam, Mitchie and Caitlyn can’t participate until Final Jam is finished because of Tess’s trick. Just before Tess’s performing, her chorus girls left her group. Tess sang alone, but she couldn’t sing well, because her mother left the room to answer a phone call. After Final Jam, Mitchie started singing on the stage. Shane realized that she has the same voice which he heard at the dining room on first day of the camp. He started singing with her.

I didn’t know about this film much. There are many good songs in the film. I like to watch musical films, by the way, my favorite musical film is High School Musical. I recommend you watch it. Someday, I want to watch Camp Rock 2.
( 389 words )

Ice hockey in Fukuoka

I took part in the ice hockey meet in Fukuoka two weeks ago. Our team had one win and four losses. My average rate of saves was ninety percent, so I think our team lacks of ability of score, that is the cause of our defeat. Our team demoted from second part to third part of this ice hockey meet. I was very shocked by this fact.
I thought that our team have to practice shooting.
( 76 words )

My favorite high school memory

My favorite high school memory is a school excursion. It was a four-day trip. First day and Second day, we went to Tsukuba university and we attended a lecture. It was about a wheelchair. I thought this lecture was not interesting, because I was not interested in a science and engineering course. This campus tour was not good for me.
Third day, we went to Niigata prefecture to ski. It was my first experience to ski. I was looking forward to skiing. I was a beginner, so I couldn't ski well, but I thought skiing is very interesting.
Final day, we did skiing in the morning. We have to go back to home early in the afternoon. I thought this school excursion was nice, except the campus tour. Skiing was an attractive experience for me, so I shall never forgot this experience. I want to go to Niigata prefecture again, and I want to try to snowboard next time.
( 161 words )

BR6: Roman Adventure

- Summary -
Biff and Chip were doing a project on the Romans. Biff made a chariot and Chip drew a picture. The Romans had chariot races, and the races were dangerous. A chariot was heavy, so it needed four horses to pull it. Their parents played a joke. They dressed up as Romans. Biff and Chip went to Biff's room, and Chip painted the chariot. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow and took Biff and Chip on a new adventure.
The magic key took them back to Roman times. They met the Roman girl, she was Diana. And she introdeced her brother to them. He was Mark and he was a chariot driver. Mark looked at Biff's model chariot, and he showed them a real chariot. Biff and Chip were surprised by it. It was very big. Biff wanted to be a chariot driver.
By the way, everyone was hungry, so Diana introduced her father. He was a baker. Chip suggested to make pizzas. Chip taugh how to make pizzas to Diana's mother. Diana's mother started to cook pizzas. The pizzas tasted good. Diana's father decided to sell them, but there was nobody to buy the pizzas, because everyone went to the chariot races. Diana decided to sell them at the chariot races, but nobody bought the pizzas, so Mark decided to put a banner on his chariot. It was about the pizzas. Many people bought the pizzas. Then, some soldiers came to the place. They said " The Emperor wants to see you." The Emperor was angry about the banner. The Emperor ate pizzas. He said "they taste good."

After reading this book, I didn't know about the chariot races. I thought it was very nice and strong vehicle.
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BR5: Submarine Adventure

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Wilf, Wilma, Biff and Chip gathered to celebrate Wilf's birthday. Wilf got a submarine as his birthday present. The submarine looked like a car, because it had windows and headlights. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow and took them to another place.
They arrived at a port, and they found a yellow submarine. It looked like Wilf's submarine. They wanted to look inside of the submarine. Then, a man got off the submarine. He was Professor Tangle. He permitted them in the submarine, because he mistook them for his new crews. Professor Tangle started the engines, the submarine went under the sea. They were amazed by the sight of under the sea. The submarine began to dive. Wilma was scared by this. The submarine went into the cave. There was a lot of diamods in there, but they couldn't get the diamonds.

After reading this book, I thought a submarine is an attractive vessel. I envied them, I want to ride a submarine and watch the sight of under the sea in the future.
( 179 words )

Kung Fu Panda

I watched Kung Fu Panda for the first time. It was a full CG animation film.
- Summary -
Po is a main character in this film, he is an overweight panda and a kung fu nerd. His specialty is to cook noodles. He has a longing to be like the Furious Five, Tigress, Monkkey, Mantis, Viper and Crane. One day, there was an event to choose the Dragon Warrior. Masteer Shifu and Furious Five were very surprised by this and Po was, too. They couldn't believe that Po is a real Dragon Warrior. Po began to train kung fu.
At first, he didn't have any sense of kung fu. Master Shifu was disappointed that Po's his overweight proportions and that he couldn't do kung fu at all. He did not want to hand Po the Dragon Scroll which held the secret of limitless power.
One day, Tai Lung, a brutal kung fu master, was in a prison,but he escaped from the prison and came to get the Dragon Scroll to be the Dragon Warrior. The news of it surprised Po, Master Shifu and Furious Five. At last Master Shifu decided to teach kung fu to Po by himself. To his surprise, foods brought out Po's latent abilities, because Po is a glutton. Master Shifu began to teach kung fu to Po with food. Furious Five was defeated by Tai Lung during Po's trainning. Can Po really protect Dragon Scroll from Tai Lung?

It was an action comedy film. I was not interested in this film, because I thought that a panda doing kung fu in not funny, but my thinking of this film was wrong. It was interesting. And there were a lot of action scenes in this film. This film made me laugh. I want to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 in the near future.
( 312 words)

BR4: Seasons and Celebrations

I read Seasons and Celebrations. I learned about the beginnings of many celebrations. I'll explain some celebrations.
At first, The New Year. New Year's event is on 31 December. In New York and London, many people go to a big square and they count the last ten seconds before the New Year begins. New Year's Day is a holiday for most people. And many shops don't open.
Second, Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day started about two thousand years ago as a winter festival. A lot of people give chocolate as present.
Third, Easter. Easter is the most important festival for many Chrisitans. It is more important than Christmas. Christians believe that Jesus Christ returned to life on that day. Many people give chocolate Easter eggs as presents on Easter Sunday.
Fourth, The Fourth of July. This day is an Independence Day for the United States. Americans celebrate this day every year. There are parades through the streets in many towns. American flag has fifty white stars and thirteen stripes. The fifty stars mean the fifty states in the United States and the thirteen stripes mean the first thirteen states.
Fifth, Hallowe'en. People believed that bad spirits like ghosts hundreds of years ago. They wanted the bad spirits to go away, so they made fires with big fruits or vegetables to make jack o'lanterns.
Sixth, Christmas. Jesus Christ was born at Christmas. Many Chritians remember that. Christmas is a very important day for Christian, but it is also important for not Christian people. Many people buy and give presents and doing parties with family.
After reading this book. I got many new informations about festivals and celebrations. I didn't know about Easter and Hallowe'en much. Many celebrations are related to religions. Today, most of people do not know about the beginnings of celebrations, people just enjoy these festivals and celebrations.
( 318 words )

BR3: Pollution

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There is a lot of causes of pollution in this world. First of all, coal. Every winter many old people and children died from breating problems. Many trees died from the soot form the smoke of factories. New Clean Air laws in Britain said people cannot burn wood in the 1950s. These laws made the air clean. People can breathe safety.
Second, oil. We send out about 450,000 tonnes of lead into the air every year. Half of this lead comes from the waste gases of traffic. People can buy an unleaded petrol car more cheaply than leaded petrol car in many developed comtries.
Third, acid rain. Acid rain is a big problem in many countries. Factories and power stations produce the gases when they burned coal or oil. The gases goes high into the sky by the wind. They come together with water or snow in the air to the ground as acid rain. Many millions of trees have died in Canada and Europe, because of acid rain. Many rivers and lakes have been polluted by acid rain and acid snow from power stations or factories, so fish and other animals cannot live in polluted water. Sweden is a clean country, but most of Swedish lakes are polluted because of acid rain. Acid rain is bad for buildings, too. Acid rain did great damage to many famous and historic buildings. It is a great problem for all over the world. We can clean the smoke from factories, but these activeies's cost is very expensive.
Fourth, water and chemicals. Polluted water kills more than 25 million people every year. Every day, a lot of wastes from houses, farms and factories get into rivers. The waste takes oxygen out of the water, so every animals can't live in the water. Farmers often use chemicals on fruit and vegetables, but some of these chemicals are very poisonous for our bodies. In the past, famers used DDT to kill insects, but DDT is a poison, so many countries forbade using DDT, but every year, chemicals like DDT kill 40,000 people and make a lot of people ill.
Finally, radioactivity. Nuclear power does not use much fuel and prodece smoke and poisonous gases, but nuclear power stations prodece a specila kind of waste. It is a radioactivity. A liitel radiation is OK, many doctors use it, but too much radiation is so dangerous.

After reading this book, I thought pollution is a big problem for all over the world. People must continue to recycle. I think recycling is one of the best way to reduce pollution. Pollution kills people and make people ill every year, so we have to clean the air from now on.
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School of Rock

School of Rock is one of my favorite films. I've watched it at least four times. There is a lot of nice musics in this film. I'll introduce the story of School of Rock.

Dewey in not a popular rocker. He lives with Ned and Patty. Dewey owes them a lot of money, so he needs money. One day, his rock band members tell him that he is fired. He was at a loss. One day, Ned gets a phone call, but he didn't at the apartment, so Dewey answerd the phone. The phone cal was from Horace Green preparatory school. Ms. Mullins asked Ned to be a substitute teacher. Dewey pretended to be Ned and accepted the job.

Dewey began to give his true character. He didn't teach his students seriously, but he began to teach them rock music after watching their music class. They are very good at playing musical instruments. He was surprised by this fact. He was determined to participate in the Battle of the Bands with his students. He lied to his students. He said “ taking part in the Battle of the Bands is a school project. ” His new rock band members are Zack(guitar), Katie(bass guitar), Freddy(drum) and Lawrence(keyboard). And Dewey takes charge of main vocal and guitar. And this band's chorus is Marta, Alicia and Tomika. This band's name is School of Rock.

I've liked listening to American rock music since I was a child. There is a lot of famous music in this film, Edge of Seventeen(Stevie Nicks), Smoke on the Water and so on. I didn't know these songs before watching this film. It is a very interesting and exciting film. This film made me happy. I didn't know about Jack Black much, but I became a fan of him by watching this film. He was cheerful and good at singing. I want to watch it again. I'll buy the sound track CD of this movie.
( 339 words )

My favorite movie star

My favorite movie star is Jim Carrey. He is a Hollywood star and 49 years old now. When I watched Bruce Almighty, I became his fan. It was very interesting film, I've wathed it at least four times. His masterpieces are The Mask, Liar Liar, The Truman Show, The Majestic, Yes Man and so on. He is always cheerful and friendly on films. He was a comedian in the old days. His performance makes me cheerful and happy, so I watched his films when I became dispirited. His new film is Mr. Popper's Penguins, but it hasn't put on view to the general public in Japan yet, so I'm looking forward to watching it at a movie theater. I don't konw about the new film's story, so I hope that it will be an interesting and exciting film. ( 144 words )

My favorite drink

My favorite drink is Mountain Dew. It is soft carbonated drink. I always drunk it during my stay in Minnesota last year. Mountain Dew is not so popular in Japan, so many supermarkets don't have it, but I can buy it by a vending machine. I drink it once a week. I go to costco twice a year, but there is no Mountain Dew. I was shocked by this fact. So, I buy a Doctor Peppar instead of Mountain Dew at there. Watching movies with drinking Mountain Dew and eating snacks, I think this time is supreme bliss. If you don't like a carbonated drink like Coca-Cola, I'll recommend Mountain Dew to you. You can easily drink it, because it is soft carbonated drink.
( 128 words )

Toy Story

It was first time to watch Toy Story in English. I was an elementary school child when I watched it for the first time. It is a full CG animation film.

-Summary-
Most of children play with toys, these toys have lives and wills. Andy has many toys and his favorite toy is Woody. Woody is a toy cowboy. He is happy to be Andy’s favorite toy. But Andy got a new toy on his birthday. The new toy is very popular for children, so he was happy to get it. Woody was shocked by Andy’s new toy, because Woody became Andy’s second favorite toy. The new toy’s name is Buzz Lightyear. He is a space ranger, he doesn't think he is a toy. He has many functions, so he is popular for children and toys. Woody envy him, because Andy always plays with him.

One day Buzz fell out of a window in Andy’s room to the outside by an accident caused by Woody. Many toys got angry with Woody, then Andy took Woody to the pizza shop. Buzz got angry with Woody, too, so he got into the car. At the pizza shop, there re a lot of playthings, there is a crane game in there which is shaped like a spaceship, so Buzz mistook it for a real spaceship. He entered the crane game, Woody went into the crane game to stop him. Then, one boy tried to play this crane game, and he got Buzz and Woody. He took them to his house. His name is Sid, he is very bad boy, because he always enjoys breaking and destroying toys. Many toys detest him, so Buzz and Woody tried to treat him to a terrible experience with his toys.

I haven’t thought that toys have lives, so this film made a deep impression on me. I’ve watched it at least three times, and my favorite actor is Tom Hanks, he is an actor specializing in dubbing this film. It is very interesting film, and I watched Toy Story 3 last year. It was good, too. I recommend you watch it.
( 362 words )

Super Size Me

I watched " Super Size Me " on a class last week. It was d documentary film.
-Summary-
The rate of corpulence in America has been increasing since the fast food industry appeared. In Mississippi, one of the four persons is overweight now. One day, two overweight girls sued MacDonald for damages, they said " the source of the corpulence is McDonald's ". But a court rejected their suit, because a court thought there is no causal relationship between the source of the corpulence and McDonald. So, this film's director is Morgan Spurlock, he tried to prove the causal relationship between the source of the corpulence and McDonald's by himself.
There are some rules in this project, he must eat three meals a day, he can eat only McDonald's foods for a month, he must order super size when clerks recommend super size to him.

Many doctors said repeatedly that you should stop this project, but he continued to eat McDonald's foods. He carried out this project, but he gained about 11 kilograms and he had liver trouble.

I don't eat fast food so much. But this film changed my thinking about fast food. I understood fast food isn't a health food. I'll want to careful not to eat fast food so much from now on. ( 220 words )

Canoeing

This is my precious memory in Minnesota last year. I'll introduce about it.
We went to the St. Croix River to go through canoe with some host families. I have ridden a canoe in Japan when I was an elementary schoolchild, so I was looking forward to riding a canoe. I rode a canoe with my friend and his host father.
We had to wear to life jacket while we were riding a canoe and swimming in the river. I couldn't row a canoe well at first, but I was used to rowing a canoe as time went by. The river's stream was very calm and we could see beautiful view of forest.
We landed at sandy soil on the way, and we swam in the river. Life jacket was an obstacle to swim. We jumped off the criff into the river. It was very interesting. We could enjoy swimming.
After swimming in the river, we ate lunch at sandy soil. My host mother made me two sandwiches. Its were very delicious. After lunch, a canoe trip resumed. Yuki rowed a canoe, and I took a rest. I rented a water gun from classmate. I shot some classmates, and they counterd to us. I had a fun.
It was very long canoe trip, so I was little tired. I brought a fishing rod, but I couldn't fish any fish. After canoe trip, we went to Roseville Central Park. We had to do skit from 6 p.m, but we reached at the park at 4 p.m, so I played card game ( Daifugo ) with Yuki, his host father and classmate. His host father's name is John, he was very good at speaking Japanese and he likes Japanese comic books and animations. He is interested in Japanese culture and custom. He studies Japanese by reading comic books and watching animations. I was surprised to hear his stories, I recommended him to read ONE PIECE and NARUTO, and I explained him these are my favorite comics.
After dinner, our group did skit first, but I said only " Here is your important paper ". Our group story was... A queen demand important paper, so her followers bring some important papers, newspaper, notebook and money. But these aren't important paper what queen demand. Finally, she gets her important paper. This is a toilet paper. She want to go to a rest room.
It was very interesting and excitinga experience. I want to go back to Minnesota in the future. ( 420 words )

Minnesota History Center

This is my experience in Minnesota last year.
I went to Minnesota History Center, before watching some exhibits, I took lesson. It was about history of immigrants. About 300 years ago, immigrants from all over the world to America by ship. This ship was very crowded with immigrants. There are some reasons why most of immigrants wanted to come to America. First of all, there is no foods in their countries. Second, a civil war. They escaped from a civil war. Finally, they want job and freedom. They had few luggages and little money. I thought it was very difficult for them to live in America.
After taking the lesson, I watched some exhibits. I could take pictures at there. In Japan, Japanese history museums usually forbits visitors to take a picture of an exhibit. I was happy to see pictures of ice hockey, because I belong to ice hockey club now. These pictures were about American ice hockey team became the champion of the 1980 Winter Olympics. America defeated Soviet Union for the first time. By the way, I have watched "Miracle", it is a movie, it describes ice hockey games of the 1980 Winter Olympics. It was very interesting and exciting. And I watched some pictures of World War Ⅱ. There were some pictures of holocaust at there, After watching thesse, I fell into an unpleasant mood. There was a Japanese sword at there, I was surprised to watch that.
This experience was very good for me. I had a good time. ( 253 words )

BR2: LONDON

I read LONDON, it is written by John Escott. I didn't know about London much. After reading this book, I got new informations about London. I want to go there in the future.
-Sammary-
About nine million people visit London from all over the world every year. There is a lot of old buildings. Originally, London came from the Romans. In AD 43, the Romans made a town near by the River Thames. The town's name was Londinium. There are some means of traffic, an underground train, buses, London taxis and so on. Most of buses are red, these buses are very famous vehicles in London.
There is a lot of historic spots in London, Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral and so on. Many tourist from all over the world come to London to see them. To my surprise, people don't have to pay an admission ticket to enter a museum, the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. There is very famous parade for the Queen on Saturday in June every year. It is Trooping the Colour. Covent Garden was a big food market, but it has a lot of small shops and cafes now, and many street performers show their special tricks for spectators.

I want to see Big Ben, and I want to ride a red bus in London when I become a working member of society. But there is a difference of pronunciation between the United Kingdom and the United States, so I am worried about whether I can catch what a person says in London. ( 269 words )

BR1: New York

I read New York. It is written by John Escott.
-Sammary-
New York, this city is commonly know as The Big Apple. In 1920 to 1930, jazz musicians said there are a lot of apples on the tree in New York Cith, thisis the origin of The Big Apple. About twenty million people visit New York every year. New York Cith has five borouhs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. By the way, I'll explain this beginning of New York City. Originally, there were Algonquin Indians in Manhattan. And after War of Independence( 1776-1782 ), George Washington became the first president of the United States of America. In 1790, many people began to come to America from all over the world, they were New Americans.
New York Cith has many means of traffic, subways, buses, taxis and ferries. First of all, many people go to work by the subway every day, but the subway is noisy and dirty. The subway is cheep and quich which is their aim. Second, buses run for twenty-four hours every day, but people have to wait a bus for a long time between midnight and 6 a.m. Third, most of taxis are yellow, it is very famous for all over the world. Finally, ferries run for twenty-four hours every thirty minutes.
New York City has a lot of sightseeing spots, China town, skyscrapers, The Statue of Liberty, The Empire State Building, Central Park and so on. This city is very noisy, so many people go to Central Park to get away from its. To my surprise, Central Park has Delacorte Theathre and zoo. Most of New Yorkers love parades. St Palrick's Day parade and Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade are especially famous parade for the people.

I wanted to visit New York City by reading this book. I think that New York is the most interesting and exciting city in America. I have never been there, so I want to go sightseeing in there for a graduation trip. ( 340 words )

Go sightseeing by motorcycle

This was my experience in Minnesota last year.
This was my first time visit to America. I have never been abroad, so I was looking forward to visiting Minnesota. My valuable experience in Minnesota was touring by motorcycle. After coming back from Mall of America to home, I went sightseeing by motorcycle with my host father(Mike). We went to several spot: a park, a lake, Wisconsin and so on. When I was the lake I thought this lake is like the ocean. Minnesota's lakes are huge. And we could see some eagles. I was happy to see them because I have never seen eagles in Japan. Eagles were very cool and I took pictures of them. After taking a rest we went to Lund. There were alot of cornfields at this village. I knew that corn is a principal food in America, but I was surprised to see huge cornfields.
To my surprised, most American rider's don't wear helmets. I thought they don't worry about accident. However, Mike always wears a helmet. I am relieved to hear that. We rode the motorcycle for four hours so I had sore hips. Mike, too. I was very happy to ride a motorcycle because I seldom ride a motorcycle in Japan. I shall never forgot this experience, I really enjoyed it. ( 223 words )

Difference of eating habit

There are some differences of eating habits between Japan and America. First of all, there is a large amout in American foods, but Japanese foods have a small amount. I was surprised at American food's amount on TV, I thought that I can not eat all American food. Second, American foods are very sweet, but Japanese foods are not sweet. Fast food is very famous for American foods, fast food has a lot of sugar content, so fast food is high in calories. Third, American foods, hamburger, hotdog and steak, for example. On the other hand, Japanese foods have a lot of vegetables, miso soup, okayu, sukiyaki and oden, for example. Japanese foods are low in calories, so Japanese food are very suitable for diet. Finally, Japanese food's balance is very good for the health, but American food's balance is bad. Recently, Japanese foods are watched by all the world with interest, because Japanese foods are low in calories and very delicious. Rice is the center of Japanese foods, sushi is famous for Japanese food. The number of sushi's store is rising steadily. In this way, there are some differences of eating habits between America and Japan. ( 212 words )

My favorite animal

My favorite animal is a dog. My parents have 4 Toy Poodles and 1 Yorkshire Terrier. They are very cute and smart. I like them very much, but I live in Kumamoto with my brother, so I can't see them much. I want to see them, and I want to take them out for a walk. They are very small dogs, so I want to have a big dog in the future, for example, Golden Retriver, German shepherd and so on. By the way, I also like a cat. I like to touch their hands, because its are soft to the touch. My parents also have 2 cats. Unfortunately, I have an allergy to cats. Sometimes I watch pictures of my pets, and its make mehappy. I want to return to my family to see them. ( 137 words )

My favorite TV

My favorite TV is Ryomaden. This is NHK Taiga drama. This drama is about Ryoma Sakamoto. He is a great person who made Japanese history. He accomplished a great feat like the Restoration of Imperial Rule. This act changed the course of Japanese history. Government by the shogunate ended by it. I think this drama is very good for students to study Japanese history, because I didn't know about him much, so I learned him by this drama. This drama's famous cast is Masaharu Fukuyama and Teruyuki Kagawa. I like them. By the way, this drama ended last year. I recommend you to watch this drama. It will be useful for you. ( 114 words )

Natsume Yujintyo

I'll introduce about Natsume Yujintyo. It is popular comic for girls. It is written by Yuki Hidorikawa and it was published serially in the magazene in 2003. This comic which is now appearing serially in the magazine for girls. Its name is LaLa. In 2008, made this comic into a cartoon. And this cartoon is appearing on televison now.
Sammary
The hero of this comic is Takashi Natsume. He has an inspiration, so he can see ayakashi. In passing I might mention that ayakashi likes a ghost. One day, he found a written contract with ayakashi. It was left to him by his grandmother. There was a lot of ayakashi's names in the written contract. By the way, these names which his grandmother got its from ayakashi. She also had an inspiration. That was how it all started. Many ayakashi started chasing him for his written contract with ayakashi. And he met Madara. He is ayakashi, too. His popular name is Mr. Nyanko. He became Takashi's bodyguard by a passing whim. Takashi made up his mind to start to return names to many ayakashi.

One of my friends recommended this comic and cartoon to me when I was a high school student. It was very interesting and moving comic, so I recommend you to read it. Please watch this cartoon, too. ( 224 words )

My favorite place I've been

My favorite place I've been is Minnesota. I took part in a homestay program in Minneosota last year. I have never been any foreign countries, so it was an entirely new experience for me. I did many valuable experiences horseback riding, canoing, shopping at Mall of America, firing with live ammunition and so on. I am attracted by real guns for long time, so I was very happy to shoot a gun. By the way, I did't shoot a gun at a firing range. To my surprise, I shot a gun in the forest. This fact surprised me. I was very surprised by many things-a huge supermarket, huge snacks and meals, the report of a gun, for example. I stayed in Minnesota for a month, I thought time flies when the homestay program ended. I shall never forget this experience. ( 143 words )

My favorite junior high memory

My favorite junior high memory is a school excursion. It was a four-day trip. First day, we went to Nagasaki to study about the Pacific War. One old woman told us about her experiences-an atomic bomb, starvation, for example. It was very a valuable experience. Next day, we went to Nara. We saw the sights of Nara-Todaiji, Nara park, for example. The third day, we saw the sights of Kyoto all day. I was very happy, because it was my first visit to Kyoto and I liked studying Japanese history in those days. We could visit many famous historic spots-Kinkakuji, Kiyomizu Temple, Ryoanji, for example. The final day, we went to Universal Studious Japan. We enjoyed some amusements. I was surprised by Spider-man's attraction. It was very exciting. This school excursion has become a lasting memory. ( 142 words )

Something special I did during vacation

From September 2 to 3, I took part in a training camp in Kurume. The first day, we practiced skating from 12 p.m to 7 p.m. And we practiced ice hockey for one hour and half at 10 p.m. Next day, we practiced ice hockey at 6 a.m. We could sleep only 3 hours, so I wiped the sleep out of my eyes. After practicing, we slept for two hours. And we started skating from 12 p.m to 5 p.m. We did a practice game at 9 p.m. The final day, we practiced ice hockey at an early hour. The time was 4 a.m, so we didn't sleep. It was very hard training camp. (123 words)

Good and bad points about summer

I think there are two good points about summer. First of all, there is a long vacation. This long vacation is very attractive for many students. Next, there is the start of the swimming season in summer. I like to swim in the ocean, so I want to go to the ocean in this summer vacation. By the way, I think bad point about summer is a heat. I have not liked a heat since early childhood, because I am often affected by the heat during summer season. And summer season's humidity is so high. I'm careful about sunstroke. (101 words)

How I study during the vacation

I'm attending the course of a civil servant now, so I will study about six hours four times a week. And I don't have any qualification, so I will study bookkeeping, because I think it is useful for a civil servant. I think if I don't any qualification, I will can't get any job. I think to have some qualifications is very important for university students to hunt for a job. By the way, my special subject is English, but I have a limited vocabulary, so I will improve my vocabulary skill by reading some foreign books or listening foreign musics. (105 words)

What classes I will take

I will take 12 classes, English and Movies, Reading Ⅳ, Writing Ⅳ, History of the West, International law, Theory of human right and so on. I'm looking forward to attending English and Movies and History of the West, because I'd like to watch movies, and I'd like to study history, but I've studied only Japanese history, so I am interested in history of the West. By the way, I will attending Reading Ⅳ and Writing Ⅳ again, because I refused to do not attend these classes last year, so I will keep in mind to do not forget to assign homework. (101 words)

V1:Vacation plans

I will attend the course of a civil servant four times a week, because I want to be a national or local civil servant in the future. A civil servant is a very popular job, so there is a great deal of competition to get this job. I will take an employment test of a civil servant next year, so I must study hard to be a civil servant during this summer vacation. And I belong to an ice hockey club now, so I will go to Kurume to practice once or twice a week. I think it is hard for me to manage to study and club at the same time. (112 words)