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Hi!! My name is Makiko. I am twenty-one years old woman. I am from Nagano. Eleven years ago,the Winter Olympics was held in Nagano. It often snows there as it is very cold,so children enjoy ski and skating in winter.The school has became a rest because of the snow before. My hobby is a trip.Last summer,I traveled one month to Britain with friends. I am not good at speaking English,but the travel was very fun. I saw various castle and museum there. I want to go Kyoto in this Autumn.I want to visit temples and shrines in Kyoto. (The left picture is a landscape of Nagano. The house name is Kayabuki.It is very old Jamanese construction.)

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Hello!! My name is Natumi Kajihara. Please call me Nattsu or Nacchan.
I'm from yamanashi in kofu city. I have been lived there for twenty-one years. Yamanashi is very good place. There are many nature and hot-springs. And there is Mt.Fuji that is the biggest mountain in Japan.
In university, I major in English education. I'm hard to study so that I want to be English teacher in the future.
I like to eat sweets, sleep, and do sports., for example, badminton, table tennis, tennis. Also, I like cod roe. Do you know about it? It is very Delicious. It goes well with pasta and rice ball etc.Please try it this time!!
My boom is hiking. Please tell me where is the good place for hiking.

My name is Arisa.

Hello!My name is Arisa. "Arisa" sounds like English name, but I'm pure Japanese. I like my name because it is easy for foreigner to call and remember my name.

Are you interested in dance?I'm a member of the dance club.I like hip-hop and lock dance! I practice hard everyday to perform in the school festival.

I also like to travel very much!If I have enough money and time, I want to travel all around the world. I have been to Cambodia and Vietnam this summer and I had a wonderful time there! Please tell me about your hometown and places you have visited.

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Hello. My name is Yutaro. I am lazy man. I often sleep in classes of University. My hobby is video game and music. Especially I like listening to English music, although I can little understand English lyrics, See you.

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Nice to meet you! My name is Hatsune Ishikawa. I'm a sophomore in Yamanashi University now. I am majoring in International Culture and mainly study English. I like learning English, but I can't use English well. I try harder and I want to study abroad someday!
I have lived in Yamanashi prefecture for 19 years. Yamanashi is very good place to live, because there are many natural environment. I live with my family. There are five members, my father, my mother, two younger sisters and me. But my father live in Tokyo by himself now. He has works in Tokyo. My younger sisters are 12 years old and 10 years old. They are very cute and like a close friends.
I like watching movies. Movies have dreams! I feel happy when I'm watching movies. I have a part-time job in a movie theater now. And I belong a school festival committee. This committee is very fun! I have good time with many friends.

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Hello, my name is Takefumi Komagata. I am a sophomore of Yamanashi University. My major is International Culture. I like English very much. So I want to go to study abroad at the age of a university student.
I’m from Koide in Uonuma city, Niigata Prefecture. It’s located in the middle of Niigata. It’s famous for rice and sake. Koide is rural area, but there is a lot of nature and fresh air and you can enjoy hiking and jogging in my town. In winter, a lot of snows fall in my town. So we can enjoy many winter sports. I am looking forward to be winter very much now!!
My hobbies are playing the guitar and listening to music. I belong to ‘free music’ club in Yamanashi University. I practice with my friends one or two times in a week. It is too fun. And I listen to various kinds of music. Especially, I like foreign music. I like not only rock but also blues and jazz, dance music…and so on. Sometimes I also go to the concert. I went to ‘Summer Sonic 09’ this summer. Do you know this event? It is the rock Festival which more than 100 groups participate in. I had a pleasant time in there. If there are some recommended band and artist, please tell me.

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Nice to meet you！My name is Kyoko Asakawa. Now I am a third grade of Yamanashi University. Yamanashi prefecture is located on left side of Tokyo. In this college, I am majoring in international culture. So I want to develop my English ability, but I am poor at using it well. And I haven't been to foreign country yet, so I intend to go somewhere as soon as possible when I have a long free time.
Then let me introduce myself briefly. My hometown is Aichi prefecture.Aichi is well-known for general of the age of wars. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Oda Nobunaga and so on. My home is located on peninsula, so I would go to the sea very often before I come to Yamanashi. I like local nature very much.
My family member is father and mother and me. Now I live in Yamanashi by myself. First years, I had a trouble with homework, but gradually I was accustomed to alone life, and now I am enjoying daily life with friends. Campus life give us a lot of pleasure, and we can do various things everyday.
And I belong to track and field club. I have continued this club since I was a pupil. My specialty is 100meter, 200meter, and 400meter. We practice four times a week, and compete with each other to renew our best time on my own. After club activities, we have a dinner together or sometimes go hot springs. I really enjoy daily life very much now！！
I want to become friend with many people. Thank you for reading my new blog☆

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Hello. My name is Yuki Sasahara. I’m a third grade student in Yamanashi University. I belong to the department of International Culture. Now, I live in Yamanashi alone. My hometown is Fujinomiya in Shizuoka prefecture. Do you know Mt. Fuji? It’s the highest mountain in Japan. There is it. So it’s a beautiful sight of it from my home. I like my hometown very much.

Now, I play basketball in club. I have played it for long years. My teammate are all good friend. We are full of vigor. My position is forward. My role is to run. Anyway I run!! And shot. I was good at three point shot. But recently, I’m not satisfied with the shot. I have to be in practice more.
Two month later, I will have a championship. It will be my last game. I will retire. So I practice it very hard to do my best in the game. I'd like to report the good result to you.

I like eating very much. Now I do part time job in restaurant. The name of it is “pasta-ya”. So it’s special restaurant of pasta. The foods are delicious each and every. And I can get great boarding. I’m happy everyday. Besides I can know many recipe not only pasta but also dessert. So there is best part time job for me. From now on, I will insert the photo of the menu that I eat or cook. Please looking forward to renew my blog.

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Hi, my name is Emiri Yoshida. My name sounds like an American name so please call me Emily. I am a sophomore. I'm majoring in English Education for junior high or high school students.

I have lived in Yamanashi since I was born. I'm going to tell you about some good points of Yamanashi. First, there is Mt.Fuji. Do you know Mt. Fuji? It is the highest mountain in Japan. We can see very beautiful Mt.Fuji, especially on sunny day after snowing. This summer I climbed Mt.Fuji with my members of basketball club. It is worth climbing it at least once in a life. Second, Yamanashi is famous for some fruits, for example grapes, cherries, peaches, and so on. Every year I eat them a lot for free. That's nice!! Third, there are some good spas around Yamanashi. Of all others, I recommend you "Hottarakashi Onsen". It is a open-air bath so we can see a nice view soaking in it. In the early morning we can see sunrise and at night we can see a beautiful night view. Of course both of them are very good but I prefer seeing sunset to seeing a night view. That would touch you.

I went to America last year. There is a sister university of ours in Kentucky. I went there to study English for about three weeks. I made friends with American and talked with them in English. After that, I went to Los Angels and Las Vegas for sightseeing. It was a lot of fun!! This trip to America became a good experience. I want to go there again.

I'm interested in foreigners and foreign countries so I'd like to become friends with you!! Please talk to me without constraint and be friendly. Thank you!!

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My name is Misaki Uchiyama. Please call me "Misaki"ヾ(*´∀｀)ﾉ. I'm a third grade student in Yamanashi University. I study International Culture and Language. Especially, I learn English. But I'm nervous now, because I'm poor at writing, listening and speaking English... English dictionary is necessary for me(*-ω人).

There are five members in my family, my father, mother,younger sister, grandmother and me. My mother is a Brazilian. But I am a Japanese. She is not related by blood with me. I like her cooks. She is good at cooking both Japanese food and Brazilian food.

I have a boyfriend. His name is Nori. We belonged to "Kyudo" club. Do you know Kyudo(弓道)? It is Japanese archery. I love it. I have done it since I was a high school student. I go to school everyday in order to only do it!!

I'm very shy so I can't be friend actively with not only international people but also Japanese... So this opportunity is important for me to widen a circle of friendship!!
Nice to meet you♪(・∀・)★゜

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Hello!! My name is Shiho Katano. I am a second grade student in Yamanashi University. I am majoring in English education for jounior high school students. I am from Shizuoka Prefecture, but now I live alone in Yamanashi Prefecture to go to the university. It is hard for me to do housework by myself , however, thanks for living on my own, I can contrive my lifestyle freely (making meals, arranging my room and so on ), it is also fun!!

My hobbies is watching movies. I like love romance, historical and fantasy movies. I love Disney animation, too. I love "The Little Mermaid" and "Cinderella" . When I was a little child, my mother often showed them to me, so I can understand what they're talking mostly, even English. But just these!! Also, I like to listening to music, too. My favorite musicians are "Avril Lavigne", "Good Charlotte" and "KT Tunstall". Of all others, KT is great!! Her husky voice is very comfortable to me. I recommend that "Suddenly I see", "Hold on","Hopeless". They're so good!!But I don't know well about songs spoken by English and singers. If you know something or someone good, please tell me.

This summer, I went to Indiana state in America to improve my English skill and enjoy my long vacation. It was my homestay tour. I had stayed there for a month. We went to the local language school which is next to the unversitry in the morning, after that, we went to many places (fire station, court, chocolate factory, public library, shopping mall, etc.) as our activities. At the school, I met many students who were mainly from South Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Africa, South America and talked a lot about our love, culture&customs, country and future, of course, in English. It was really interesting and important time to know each other. Also my hostfamily was so good to me!! They're my real family in America. I had a good time and got precious experiences there. Several years later, I wish to come back to America!!

About myself

Hello! My name is Takashi. I’m belonging to international-culture course in Yamanashi university.
I’m writing graduation report about English poem now. It’s so difficult to write it, but it need to graduate from this university, so I’ll do my best.

My hobbies are listening to music and reading books and go shopping・・・・・etc.
Especially, I like listening to music very much. I spend much time to listen to music than watch TV in my free time. Sometimes I also go to the concert.

My hometown is Hakodate City in Hokkaido. I think Hakodate is very good place for sightseeing. There are lots of historical place like Goryoukaku, and delicious food.
In those, night view is the most popular and famous spot in Hakodate. I recommend seeing it from Hakodate Mountain. Maybe you will be touched by the beautiful scenery.
Please come to Hakodate if you have a enough time and good oppotunity!

Hello!!

My name is Miki. I'm from Yamanashi. My major is Education for children with special needs. My hobby is playing the piano. I have a part time job as private teacher for a junior high school student. When I was elementary school student, I learned Karate for 6 years. But I don’t play Karate very well. I like traveling around world, I’ve been to America, Russia, UK, Belgium, Holland, Malta, Turkey, Italy and France.

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My name is Sanae Yamada. I'm a second grade student in Yamanashi University. I belong to International Cultural course. I study English and Chinese.

I belong to a drama club of a university. I also take part with a drama club of a prefecture university.Now I am active for a performance by a school festival of a prefecture university on November 10 at present. A program is " Romeo and dining table with a freesia". My role is a nurse. It's difficult for me to perform role's age because it is higher than my age,but I'd like to do my best to complete a better play!

I respect Teppei Sasakura, Nankiti Nimi, and Michael Ende. I believe their work really moves people's mind.

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Hello!! My name is Kumi Hosaka. Nice to meet you. I am 19 years old and a second grade student in Yamanashi university. I am majoring in International Culture. I study English hard to get an English teacher's license.


I will tell you about myself. There are seven in my family. It is my mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, sister, a dog and I. We have a toy poodle named Nana as a pet. I put the photograph of Nana!!


And I like watching sports very much. I belong to a rugby football club team as a team secretary. I like the work as a team secretary because player's effort moves me. And the rugby football match greatly excites me. We train hard for a league match. Then another my hobby is playing the piano. I have learned the piano for twelve years. Now I can't play the piano because I live by myself. It is very unhappy for me.


If you are interested in sports or music, please give me some comments. I want to talk with you. Thank you for reading. See you!!

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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.

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Hello!! My name is Mai Karaki. I'm 20 years old and in the 2nd grade at the University of Yamanashi. My major is international culture and I'm going to take phonetics course.

I belong to tennis club and practice hard. I have very strict rules in my club, for example, if I'm late for the club starting time, I have to run to the top of the nearby mountain.

I have many hobbies. I like sports, music, movies, reading, sleeping, eating... When I was junior high school student, I had done karate and I have a black belt. I have worked part-time at McDonald's.

Next February, I'm going to study in Australia for 10 months. It is my first time to go to study abroad. I'm so excited but a little nervous.

I'm glad to see you in this opportunity. I'd like to chat to you many times and about meny topics very much!!

Nice to meet you!

Hello!
My name is Miho. I'm sophomore majoring international culture. Especially I'm interested in English phonetics.

This is my picture taking with my friends. The person at the head side of left is me.

I have a family, father, mother, and young sister. They like traveling. We travel once a year. This year, we are going to go to Kyoto. Do you know Kyoto? It is famous traditional city in Japan. If you come to Japan, I recommend you to go there.

My hobbies are listening to music and playing the instrument. I belong to wind orchestra club in Yamanashi University. I play the percussion. I listen to not only classical music but also foreign pop music. I want to talk about music.

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My name is Yuka! Nice to meet you!
I am 20 year-old and a third year student in the Yamanashi University. My major is International culture, especially I am studying American literature.
I like to travel and I really want to go abroad in my school days as much as possible. In this summer I went to China and saw the Great Wall!! It's so wonderful!! When I travel somewhere new to me, I am always looking forward to meet some good encounter! In Japan, I love to go to hot spring!
The other hobby is to redecorate my room. I like to see the interior books or to go to shop sells furniture and some fancy goods . In the future, I want to live my self-made room with colorful coloring!!

The picture is I and my friend when I visited to her in kyoto in this summer. We rode JINRIKISHA!I am the right one.

I really hope to communicate each other and brush up our each language skill!!

See you♪

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My name is Miyako. I'm 20 years old, and senior. I major in linguistics at University of Yamanashi.
Do you know Yamanashi prefecture? Yamanashi is next to Tokyo. Mt.Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, is in Yamanashi.
My hobby is listening to the music, especially J-pop. If you listen to J-pop, I recommend you to listen to YUKI and Aqua Times. They are my favorite Japanese singers.
Also, I like traveling! Actually, I visited Vietnam and Cambodia in this summer. I took this picture in Cambodia. Standing back row and second one from the right is me. In the last summer, I went to England and Scotland, however, I've never been to America so I really want to go there in several years. When I visit foreign country, I enjoy talking with people, eating foods, and taking pictures. What do you recommend me in America?
If you come to Japan, please tell me. I recommend nice place for you in Japan.
See you!