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My mane is Kanako Murase. I am a second grade student in Yamanashi University. I belong to International Culture Department and I study Culture and language. Especially, I like literature.

There are five members in my family, my father , mother, older sister, younger sister and me. All we live in Yamanashi together. My father is an office worker and mother is a house worker. Older sister is bank clerk. Younger sister is Junior high school student. Everyone is busy in weekday because of work, club, part-time job etc. So, there are little time to meet to talk with each other and sometimes, we eat dinner respectively. But, every weekend, we go out dinner together. It is an important time for us.

My hobby is reading. One of my favorite writers is Sakura Momoko. She is famous as a author of Chibimaruko-chan which is a popular comic in Japan.

This picture is Chibimaruko-chan who is a main character of this comic.I try to read various kinds of books as possible as I can ，especially fiction.

I have worked at part-time job as a waitress in a coffee shop for about one and half year. Most weekends, I work there. It is a part of my life! There are some opportunities to meet new people. I enjoy this part-time job.