Category Archives: Japan
Spring Break: Day 1 & 2
March 13th was the last day of school before going onto spring break. I finished classes around 1:00 with ceramics, and not having much else to do, I rode my bicycle back to the seminar house and fixed some ramen noodles for lunch. I was nervous and extremely excited, because on Saturday I would be […]
Read MoreNaked in Japan
There were naked women everywhere. I was still stuck by the entrance, hugging my towel to my still clothed chest. Welcome to the Japanese public bathhouse! My adoptive mother, Chieko, pulled me inside. I knew it was true, logically speaking, that people were naked beneath all their clothing. Still, I must iterate that there is […]
Read MoreHappy 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 […]
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