Makiko's daily life

Today, I want to introduce my daily life. I go to the university every day. I am a English history major. But I am not good at speaking and reading English. I must study English more. I like cooking very much. My favorite menu is pancake. I like cake and fruits very much!! The left picture is my pancake. I join a table tennis club in university. It is fun.

My home town Nagano

It introduces my hometown today. I am from Nagano. Nagano is at the center of Japan. It is very a lot and is cold in the snow in winter. It is opposite, very hot in summer. The apple can be taken in Nagano. The hot spring is famous. John Lennon of Beatles seems also to have been coming to Nagano. Everybody also must come to Nagano by all means.

My days

Hello, everyone. Today, I'll tell you about my daily life. I don't have lessons so much this year because I'm a junior. So, I live a carefree life now.

In the morning, I usually got up at nine. After making and having breakfast, I go to part-time job from at eleven to four. I'm working part-time job as a clerk in a pasta restaurant. Though it is hard work to me, I'm looking forward to eating pasta. I have a ten-minutes break between shifts, and I can have a pasta for free!

After working, in the evening, I cook dinner. I cook my meals myself as often as I can because it takes too much money to eat meals at restaurant frequently.

Then, I sometimes practice dancing at night. You know, I'm a member of the dance club in my university. Because I'm not good at dancing, I have to practice harder and harder... After finishing my practice, I come home at about ten in the afternoon.

That' s my happy daily life. It's a day when I have no lessons, I study hard when I have lessons. Do you want to live a life like that one? Please tell me your holiday life^^

Nice meet to you

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.)

Do you know Ehime?

Today, I tell you about my hometown. I live in Yamanashi prefecture now, but my hometown is Ehime prefecture. Have you heard this prefecture? You may have never heard that because Ehime is not very famous. Though it is not so famous, I think it is very nice place.

Ehime is famous for "mikan" and comfortable climate in Japan. Mikan is a kind of fruits like orange. In japan, people eat mikan at a "kotatsu" in winter. Also, I think it is very easy to live in Ehime because of a mild climate. It is not too hot in summer and it is not too cold in winter.

I want you to visit my hometown if you have a chance. I love my hometown the best in Japan!

Yamanashi is my hometown :)

I'm from Kofu city, Yamanashi prefecture. My hometown is very rural area. There aren't fashionable shops enough. That's a pity! However, there are many natural places. Peaches and grapes are special products of this district. I think one of the most delicious fruits is made in Yamanashi.
Furthermore, Yamanashi is a hot spring village. I don't like hot springs very much, but many tourists visit there every year.
Oh, now I remember, the most famous place of Yamanashi is Mt.Fuji!! Mt.Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.
I took the picture at Yamanashi university today. There are many trees in this university.

My hometown

My hometown is Uonuma city in Niigata Prefecture. Now, I live in Yamanashi Prefecture. It takes about seven and a half hours to get to Yamanashi from Niigata by train. I return to my home town about only three times in a year because it is too much trouble to return to there.

Uonuma is well-known for rice and sake. Koshihikari of Uonuma product is the brand-name rice which is the most famous in Japan. Many people of my town have one's rice field. Of course my parents' house makes rice, too.

And there are some beautiful mountains and rivers in my town. We can take many kinds of edible wild plants and fishes in there. Those are very delicious. And there are a lot of park and open spaces where nature is rich in my town. In my childhood, I played many sports or exercises with my friends in there. For,example, baseball, soccer, hide-and-seek and tag. it was too fun. My town is safe and stillness so there is good place to live. Please come to my town by all means if you like rice and sake and nature!!

My Hometown

My hometown is Kazikazawa, Yamanashi prefecture. Kazikazawa is small town, and about 4000 people is living there. There is famous for Cherry tree. In spring, there are 2000 trees in Mt.Oboshi. And there is country food called 'MIMI', Its name come from resembles agricultural tool called 'MI'. MIMI is made from flour, and knead it to shape of 'MI' and then put into 'Miso soup'. But there will merge with next town soon. So I feel a little sad.

Yottekeshi

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.

Hello

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.

Hello～＊゜

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.

Nice to meet you

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.

New---Blog

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I will start my new blog.
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If you have a time, please look in☆

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Hello,I decided to start my new blog.
Please look at ''yukinonikki''.
I will work hard to renew.

Open New Blog

I made my new blog, recently. I will write my daily life and show you my favorite photos.
Please look and read it!! I am happy if you give me some comments.
I am poor at writing English, so I will write it with English and Japanese...

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My New Blog

I made my own blog. I'll write about my daily life in English. It is good to keep a blog because not only can I improve my English skill but also I can record events.

Please check my new blog. I wish I will get on with you after finishing class.
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☆★Tokyo Disney Resort Xmas★☆

The other day, I went to Tokyo Disney Land and Disney sea because I love Disney and my boyfriend "Nori" planed for me this Xmas date!! Yeah!!!★

That day, we arrived Disney Land about 9 am. They hold "Christmas season", that event is called "Christmas Fantasy" in Disney Land and "Harbour side Christmas" in Disney Sea. We have been there three times this year because 2008 is 25 years anniversary in Tokyo Disney Resort!! I wanted to get a lot of goods limited this year. And it is my dream to go there with my boyfriend....(＊∪v∪)★゜。 Finally, it came true☆

There was so beautiful!! Very big Christmas tree is at the entrance. At first, Nori went to " haunted masion" (I'm sorry but I don't know how to spell its name.) to get "fast pass ticket" which is a spacial ticket, if you have it, you can play the attraction, and I went a shop of caramel popcorn to buy it. We like it so much. It is delicious♪ Next, we got some original mugs and plates. It is my hobby to collect them.

Haunted mansion of Christmas version is "The Nightmare Before Christmas"!! I like jack, he dress a Santa Clause. That is the same as mits movie! "It's a small world " changes Christmas version, too. When I go its world, I always shed tears... Because I am moved by its songs, its view of the world, and its peace. Oh, yes,maybe I am a pure girl! haha.. After that we went shoping in world-bazaar. We ate rich lunch at East Side Cafe. They have a special christmas course dishes. I ate it and be satisfied. We are a kyudo club members, so we are good at shooting game! Nori can be a peace officer and he get its badge. But I couldn't....

That night, we went Disney Sea. There is a romantic world. We watch the show which is with water and fire. That is so beautiful, it is indescribable... We bought many goods there, too. And then, I was so tired and I had sore feet. I couldn't walk freely... Nori got angry with me, because I grumbled at him with everything his did. At last he leave me alone (;_;) So we quarreled in Land of dream.... I regret it now (><) But now, I get along with him(＊＾∀＾＊)b Thank you Nori! I had a wonderful time thanks of you. I love you!!!haha...

The World Of Dreams!!

What is "the world of dream"? It means YUMENOKUNI(夢の国) in Japanese. The answer is "Tokyo Disney Land(TDL)"!! We consider TDL the world of dream. I went there with my friends on December 7th.

Now TDL is decorated for Christmas. Micky mouse dressed up as Santa Claus. The other characters also do. I bought key ring of Pooh Santa. It's so cute!! I like it very much.

We rode a lot of attractions, for example "Space Mountain", "Splash Mountain", and "Big thunder Mountain". They are all roller coasters. We shouted for exciting.

When we were walking in the street of TDL, I found many street stalls. For instance they sold CHUROSU. It is a slender doughnut. Churosu is a special product of TDL and very nice!!
We enjoyed riding, eating and shopping.

In a return bus we all slept soundly... and then we awoke from a dream. Here is Yamanashi....

Winter vacation coming soon☆

Hi！！

It is getting colder and colder in Japan. I can't live without a heating and "kotatsu".

Do you know "kotatsu"？ I put this picture on my post. It is very warm, and I often sleep in it. "Kotatsu" is Japanese traditional heater！ Futon put on the table, and we put on a desk on futon.

I like better summer than winter, but there are many pleasure in winter, too.

I want to master snowboarding this winter.

I have gone ski some times in the past, but I never done snowboarding. So I really want to challenge it.

How do you enjoy this winter？？

What do you want to do the most in winter？

♪Christmas plane♪

This Christmas I’ll do part-time job at lunch time in restaurant. In fact I want to go on an outing with my boyfriend. But he has a club activity, so we can’t go. Instead of going on an outing, we will have a dinner together. I’ll bake a cake. Maybe I'll bake my favorite chocolate-cake. I was taught the recipe of chocolate-cake by chef at part-time job. The chocolate-cake that he bakes is very delicious. I hope to do well.




Last Christmas we went to Yokohama. It is famous as a spot of beautiful night view.
I had a good time there. But that night was the worst. I couldn't sleep because I had a stomachache and nausea. Probably I ate too much. So it was bad memory.

I wish a merry Christmas this year.

My Future

I have a dream. It is to be a teacher, especially an English teacher. It is since I was in elementary school that I have had the dream. There are some reasons.

First, I like English because we can talk with more people if we can speak it. It is fun to communicate with foreigners. English helps to do that and is like a bridge between countries. In my university I learn how to teach English. It is very difficult but important. I want my students to use English and to spread their chances.
Second, I prefer being with people. It is one of the features of the job. Contacting with people is important for living our lives. I would like to help my students to improve their minds. In addition, not only they but also I will be able to keep growing together.

I know the work of teacher is very hard but moreover wonderful and challenging. Therefore I want to be a teacher in the future.

job hunting in Mainabi

Last Sunday, I went to Tokyo for the job hunting event called "Mainabi Expo (マイナビExpo)". It was held by mainabi which is the company to support our job hunting. It is a big event in mainabi's other events, and I finally made up my mind to take on the job. That day, I woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning(-_ｑ)zzz. I wore the formal suit and shoes which I don't wear it usually, we went there by bus for free.

A lot of people are in the big hall and many companies came there, they held their own exhibitions. Some introduced their companies or products, others lectured about employment tests or condition of employment in recent years. I don't have clear vision of my future. I have some dreams, but I can't be positive about my success and future. I have wanted to do a service industry before like a hotel-man. I work at the supermarket for part-time job now, I hate its customers. Because they don't know manners, kindnesses and common senses!! I am always irritated by them and I think I will be crazy with them...(+ё+;) I may not do a service industry↓↓ If so, I want to work at office ( I want to be Office Lady called "OL".) So I visited some office companies, and a few companies of service industries. They had a lot of useful speeches for us. I think it was a good experiment. I will take part in such an events next time and other company's events. I have not decided my future as yet, but I don't want to regret my job, so I will do my best!!
o(・ω・´)o

Job Hunting

Today, I will talking about my future！！

Now our third grade students of university are in the act job hunting.
So I went to Tokyo for attending a brief for job applicants last Sunday. A lot of companies come there, and we could hear explanation about their office's task. I was very surprised at the number of companies！！

I am interested in tourist industry the most. Some travel company come there, so I could get much information about them. And furthermore I want to get a job in tourist industry. The tourist lecture said that many Japanese young men tend not to go abroad recently. Because information technology is rapid growth in recent years, so we can see a beautiful scene in Internet, and TV program is broadcasting about foreign country. I think to see scene through media is very different from to go abroad really.

So if I worked at tour office, I would increase the number of Japanese people who traveling abroad, and I wish many foreigner to come Japan. I want them to see Japanese attractive culture. I think oversea travel is sure to be connected with more internationalization in future.

I am very anxious about job hunting now, but I will broaden my horizons to find a job which really fit me. I want to do this job hunting with pleasure！！

My job hunting

Last Sunday, I went to a briefing for job applicants in Tokyo.　There were many companies and people.

Because I haven’t thought to be in the future, I didn't know what to do there. But I wanted to know many kinds of occupations, I listened to as many explanations of companies as possible.

For example, computer company and education company and travel company and so on. Computer company is not agreeable for me because it is difficult. Education company and travel company seems to fun for me.

Vaguely I can see what I want to in the future. This seminar was good chance for me to think about my future. And I should do job hunting in earnest from now.

School Festival

There was a school festival for three days; October 31st through November 2nd.
The first day the costume parade was held. We dressed up as something along theme decided by each group. This year our theme was Disney Character!! We disguised Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and the others.What do you think I became? I became Winnie The Pooh!! I like him very much so I was happy.

The second day we open a street stall. We sold "Baby Kasutera". It is like a sponge cake. We put chocolate, caramel and bean paste in the cake. It is very delicious!! Many people came to our store and bought it. We enjoyed making Baby Kasutera and selling it.

School festival gave us a lot of things, for example importance of help, pleasure, cooperation with my friends and so on. We had a precious time for this two days.

LOVE Kyudo★＾゜

Last saturday, I retired from kyudo club. Because it is traditional to retire in November when we are in a third grade. I have done kyudo for about 6 years, and I want to continue it but, for the present, I will get down to doing job hunting...(>_<) When we retire from our kyudo club, we hold a match that right club members and seniors take part in. I couldn't win this time, but it is a reassuring thing that may juniors defeat for us.
This is our classic event, we are tossed in to the air by our juniors. In this year, members who retired are only three. I'm an only girl, but I'm a fat (・ё・), so I pitied my juniors...↓↓
They are my seniors called OB in Japan. "OB" is an abbreviation of "old boy". You wonder that there are girls, but we say OB? To be accurate senior girls call "OG", but generally we call all seniors "OB".
They are my juniors. After I retired from this club, they have only 1 girl. I'm worry about that. She is a beginner and she can't take part in team competition. Kyudo that we do as university student is usually team sports. She is a pretty girl and kind to me, always I cheered up by her.
After my last campus match, they held drinking party for us. I like drinking, we had a wonderful time. After the party, in my boyfriend's home, we held game party! He has a variety of game machines. I enjoyed it.
I love kyudo, I love my club members. Thank you kyudo, Thank you everyone...
From now on, I will join the club as OB!!('・зｄｂ

track and field

Today I will introduce about my club activity！！



I belong to track and field club now, and there are about fifty members in my club.
This picture is my classmates. They are all third grade of Yamanashi University.
Sometimes we argue with each other, but they like sports very much, and good partner as same club members.

We had a big meeting in this spring. It took place in a national stadium in Tokyo, we called the meeting "Kanto-Inter College". Our team took part in relay race, but the meeting level was very high, so we couldn't advance to the final. But thanks to the meeting, we had a good experience.
That's all. Thank you！！

☆emotion☆

Today, I will introduce Fujinomiya autumn festival. It takes place in November 3th, 4th, 5th every year. I went there only first day. The second day is main of this festival. Regrettably, I have class in Yamanashi, so I couldn't go.

This festival is very big. People in many communities who worshipped at Sengen shrine got together and shared their happiness and thankfulness for rich harvest by playing music called"ohayashi" (お囃子), pulling around floats called"dashi"(山車), and dancing. So, You can see as many as 20 floats pulled around the streets.
This picture is dashi which my community has. My community name is "Kantate"(神立). Generally we play "ohayashi" with drums and gones and flutes on"dashi".

Then if we meet another dashi on the street, we compete with "ohayashi" to decide which one's rhythm is better. The competition is called "seriai"(競り合い). This picture display the situation of "seriai". The streets are very narrow and two floats couldn't pass. So winner could pass.

There are many boothes in Sengen shrine. I ate takoyaki and crepe and frankfurt and so on. I ate too much. And I had a good time. I'm looking forward to taking part in next festival.

From Minami Alps （・∀・）ﾉｼ♪

Hello☆゜ Today, I am going to talk about my hometown "Minami Alps" city (南アルプス市). It is next and next to Kofu city (Yamanashi University is there). It is interesting name, isn't it?It is only one city that is named with katakana in Japan. About three years ago, my town merged with six towns, so it is a fresh and large. But, here is country (very very country). Here is no station, big buildings, big department stores and movie theater. Aw... Can you believe them? It's funny, isn't it? But I like here. Of course I think that it's so inconvenient ( if we don't have own car, we can't live!), but our lives are tranquil.

My friends said before, so as you know, there is Mt. Fuji(富士山) in Yamanashi, but to be accurate, Mt.Fuji is on border between Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture. But people who live in both prefectures think that it is ours each other. I live in Yamanashi and my boyfriend's hometown is Shizuoka. So we often quarrel about it（・∀・) People in Yamanashi think Shizuoka is an opponent! (But, in fact, Shizuoka is bigger than Yamanashi. So we don't want to lose them no more.) We think that people can look Mt.Fuji in Yamanashi more beautiful than in Shizuoka. I believe it. But my boyfriend often say, "From Yamanashi, we can't look its foot." Because there are 5 lakes( fujigoko 富士五湖) and large wood land (青木ヶ原樹海)!! These are famous sightseeing place. I always think that he don't understand some good points of Mt.Fuji（・Д・）

A lot of fruits are speciality of Minami Alps city. My grandfather is a farmer. Do you know sakuranbo-gari（さくらんぼ狩り）?? It is one of sightseeing . If you visit my grandfather's farm in June or July, you can pick cherries and eat it freely for 40 minutes. Of course it isn't free charge. But I think you will enjoy and be satisfied it★ He do it with only cherry, but some farmers do with peach or grape. You can eat not only one but also many kind of cherries in his farm.

How do you think? I want you to visit my town someday. Then, I will try to be you happy♪゜

My hometown

How do you do?? This time I introduce about my hometown to you.
In my last blog, I soft touched on this topics, my hometown is Tahara city, in Aichi Prefecture. This place is a temperate climate comparatively, so my city is well-known for production of melon and cabbage. We can get a melon with a reasonable price in summer, so my mother sends it for me to Yamanashi in every year.

And if you come Tahara City, you can see an brighten chrysanthemum in the might. This growth system is called“Densho-Giku”. Too much chrysanthemum is lightened by bulb in the night at greenhouse. Thanks to this system, chrysanthemum is able to grow more earlier than normal cultivation. By these many yellow lights, a very fantastic view would spread before your eyes. I want you to come my city to see it once time.

In addition, my city’s another good point is located on near the sea. Because of located on peninsula, so we can see both the inland sea and the open sea. In the inland sea, we can enjoy swimming on summer. Recently I go to the sea when I back to hometown to see it or walk on a beach, but when I was young I would often go swimming there. Other side, in the open sea, many people are visiting there all year around, and enjoying surfing. And surprisingly, in this beach, the surfing world championship is take place every summer. But I haven’t see this meeting yet, so I want to watch it next year surely. I put on an picture of this beach on this post.

I want to know about your different hometown！！See you next time☆

special town of yakisoba

The other day, I introduced my hometown to you. So it's Fujinomiya. It's a special town of yakisoba. It calls fujinomiya yakisoba. Do you know yakisoba? It's fried noodles with sauce. Generally, there are cabbage, carrot, beansprout, pork and so on. And the noodles are made from kneaded flour and water. Then its are steamed and boiled.

But noodles of fujinomiya yakisoba are cooled down after steaming. Then its are coated with oil. So its are tighter than general noodles. I had been in Fjinomiya for 18years. So I had not eat general yakisoba for 18years. I thought that fujinomiya yakisoba is general. When I ate so-called general yakisoba for the first time, I was surprised. Because noodles are very soft. It is delicious. But I like fujinomiya yakisoba more.

Besides, water is delicious. Because it's springwater of Mt.Fuji. Even Running water is very good.
So we don't have to buy water. It has nature and easy to live. I like my hometown very much.

TE!!!

In my previous blog Self Introduction, I wrote about my hometown Yamanashi. So in this blog, I will tell you about "dialect" of Yamanashi. It is difficult for me to explain and for you to understand. But I think this topic is very interesting.

Dialect of Yamanashi is called "ko-shu-ben"（甲州弁） I'm going to introduce some of them.

First, we say "TE!!"（てっ!!） when we are surprised at something or impressed. In English you say "oh" or "wow", I think. Next, Ymanashi people call a child "BOKO" Japanese call him or her "KODOMO"（子ども） But this word "BOKO" are used by only old people. We young don't say it.　Finally, Japanese usually say 'TSUKARETA"（疲れた） when they got tired. While in Yamanashi we say "ERAI"（えらい） Though some of you know that "ERAI" means distinguished or great, people of Yamanashi use both of two meanings.

I'm sorry for my poor English to explain. I'd like you to tell me about dialect of your town.

Hello！！

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☆

Nice to meet you.

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.

Nice To Meet You!!

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!!