Author Archives: Sunja
Happy Hina Matsuri!
March 3 in Japan is a holiday called, “Hina Matsuri.” It is a day to celebrate your daughter, and is considered “Girl’s Day.” It is also the doll festival, where Japanese homes that have daughters decorate by displaying dolls in their homes on tiered platforms. I’ve seen these in the stores quite often, and they […]
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わたしがべんきょうします。
HIRAGANA: 私はあしたにほんごのしけんがあります。だから、日本語をべんきょうします。私は今日うちで日本語をかきます。ええごもかきます。 今日は火曜日です。しちじにおきました。あさごはんはりんごとピーナツバタをたべました。八時半にだいがくにいきました。わたしのクラスはよんばんです。よんばんはさんばんとごばんのあいだです。にじかんとうじきのクラスがあります。十一時ににほんごのクラスがありました。じゅうにじにうちへかえりました。たいてえしょくどうでひるごはんをたべます、でも今日ありませんでした。じゅうにじはんにひるごはんをたべました。いま、べんきょうします。 まったくのべんきょうしますのとき、ばんごはんをたべます。ごご十時にねみます。 Roma-ji: Watashi wa ashita nihongo no shiken ga arimasu. Dakara, nihongo o benkyoushimasu. Watashi wa kyou uchi de nihongo o kakimasu. Eego mo kakimasu. Kyou wa kayoubi desu. Shichiji ni okimashita. Asagohan wa ringo to piinatsu bata o tabemashita. Hachiji han ni daigaku ni ikimashita. Watashi no kurasu wa yonban […]
Read MoreMade of Nabe
Tonight I went with Kelly and my friend Meg with Ai and her friend to Hirakatashi. We went to a Nabe all-you-can-eat restaurant…and when they said all-you-can-eat, I literally left that place barely able to move.[singlepic=201,320,240,,left] Basically, Nabe is very similar to fondue. They bring out a giant pot of soup like liquid and you […]
Read MoreThe Kansai Parfait Quest Club
An obsession began with my friend Kelly. She craved a Japanese parfait. Every time we went out for dinner she pleaded with us to find a restaurant with one of the giant parfaits in the window, but for nearly two weeks we forfeited the parfait for a cheaper meal. The poor girl was clearly desperate.[singlepic=125,320,240,,left] […]
Traveling Sunja: Episode #2
Episode #2: “Where I Live…and Stuff” is now uploaded! =D Sorry again for the long wait. It has been a mixture of lazy and of busyness, so this has been the first opportunity I’ve had to really sit down and finish it. I realize that the title is in there twice. It is past midnight […]
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