Cool Japan!

Good evening:) How were you today? Were you fine? It gets colder and colder day by day, so I think that I need to buy a new coat, but I don't have enough money...I am going to save money in order to buy it!

By the way, Do you know this site? http://www.nhk.or.jp/cooljapan/

This site is TV program about "Cool Japan", which is broadcasted by NHK in the night, and it intoduces Japanese things with some foreignes who are interested in them. I took the class which teacher taught us about comparison between Japan and another country with this site last year. Recently, I watched it and remembered learning in the class last year. Today, I'd like to tell about a thing that I feel Cool Japan.

Please look at the picture.

Have you ever eaten "Namagashi"? they are Japanese traditional sweets. Allmost of them are made from adzuki beans and sometimes included food which people can get each seasons. They habe been eaten by Japanese for a long time, and people enjoyed feeling seasons when they ate Namagashi in those days. Because Some are represented seasons and others are represented traditional things. They can be made in detail by a workman. I think that there aren't traditional things like them in another countries, in other words, These sweets are only Japanese things! Japanese sweets don't only enjoy watching, but also eating. I can say that Namagashi can be expressed Cool Japan. Don't you think so?

If you are interested in this TV program, you should watch it and look for your Cool Japan. I think that many young people aren't proud of Japan. There are many great things and beautiful places in Japan. Foreign people are more interested in Japan than us, so they can understand good points of Japanese more than Japanese people. We need to know about our country so that we take over next generations and tell about Japan for people in another countries. It is a good opportunity for us to look for Cool Japan in order to reconsider about Japan.

White Fish!

Hi! How were you today? Did you spend enjoyable time in Bunkyo University? December started four days ago, and it gets colder and colder day by day. I often see people who wear a mask which prevent from catching a cold in the train or this university. I want you to be careful to avoid a cold!!

Anyway, please look at the picture. What do you see these?

I think that you may understand what these are, so it's famous sweets in Japan, which are called "Taiyaki." Have you ever eaten them? Most people must answer "Yes!" However, we usually get them that are colored brown when we eat them. Last weekend, I ate them with my friend in my hometown because I had found about them in the magagine, and I wanted to know how different from brown ones. What do you think about differences between white taiyaki and brown one?

As a result of that we ate and compere them, they were softer than brown ones! I think that you may be surprised if you eat them. They were very delicious and comfortable to eat. In addition, other kinds of them were colord green by green tea, brown by chocolate and pink by strawberries, so we could enjoy seeing them by color.

Do you know why they are colored white? The paper which I got from a taiyaki shop said that they were made from "tapioka powder", not use wheat flour. Tapioka powder effects soft to the wrapping of dough, so it's possible for staffs who work there to give us soft things. Besides, according to the paper, it is healther than wheat flour. It said that it recommends to eat them if someone wants to eat, but you are worried about calories. Therefore, there are many articles in the magagines to give us imformation about it and to try in these days. We can find shops which make taiyaki in many area due to publish many articles. I want you to try to eat them...you must be favorite them!!

Incredible Wedding!

Good evening! What are you going to do this weekend? Do you have a plan?
Resently, it gets colder than before, so many people catch a cold...you have to be careful for your health not to catch a cold:-)


Anyway, I would like you to introduce about an interesting news which I found in these days. The title of this news is "Somali man, '112', weds girl,17". Can you imagine it?


The news said that hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia because the groom is Ahmed Muhamed Dore, who is 112 years old and the bride is Sofia Abdulle, who is 17 years old weded there!! They have differences of 95 years old between them. In addition, Mr. Dore already has 18 children by 5 wives before he got married with his new wife, but he wanted to have more children, so he decided to get married. They were from same village in Somalia, and he waited for her to grow up to propose. He didn't force her and made use of his experience to convince her to get married. Finally, Mr. Dore, Ms. Sofia and her parents agreeded with their wedding, they could get married on October 29th.

Can you believe this story? It's true indeed even if you can't believe it. When I read it for the first time, I also couldn't understand their wedding because he would die if they spent a few years together...if so, she will leave alone. I felt sad that she can spend only a few years with him. On the contrary, I also doubt that she aims to get his inheritance after he dies. What do you think about it? If you were proposed by a man who is over 100 years old, but he has a lot of maney...Are you OK?

Vegetable Sweet☆!

Hi! Do you have a plan this weekend? What will you do? We won't have any classes tomorrow because it's an anniversary in Bunkyo Gakuin University. I hope that you will enjoy your holidays:-)

Anyway, please look at these pictutes.

What do you think that these sweets were made from? They were made from vegetables!! Can
you believe that?

I went to Nakameguro to eat them with m friend last week because they had been introduced on TV, so I was interested in them. Recently, a sweet shop which are sold them are call "Patisserie Potager" and become more famous than before. Its owner is Ms. Kakisawa, she always studies how to make sweets with vegetables. She is particular about materials so that it's good for many consumer to keep their health, all materials that she uses for making them are organic! In addition, These sweets are made from vegetables, and she makes full use of vegetables' taste when she makes it, so they are healthier than other sweets.

In my opinion of eating them, they were very delicious, and felt vegetables' taste more. I thoughat it great that she makes them with vegetables. When I ate them, I thought how she used them to make sweets. If you want to eat many sweets, but you worried about gaining weights...I recommend to go to this shop to eat them!! I expect that you will be fine thanks to eating them!

2009 Nobel Peace Prize

Hi! Tyhoon came to Japan yesterday, so we couldn't go to university ,and all our classes called off! What did you do yesterday? I think that many students had boring time because they couldn't go out because of stopping many trains. In fact, I spent boring time...I couldn't go anywhere!!

By the way, do you know who wins the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009? I found this article on the Internet today. Please look at it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm This article said that Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The reason why The Nobel Committee chose him to this prize is that he contributed to supporting international diplomacy and appealing to abolish nuclear arms. In addition, Nobel Committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said that he would like Obama to support what he is tring to achieve. I think that many people strongly hope to decrease or do away with nuclear arms, so they expect to success it by him in the future.

In my opinion, I also hope to abolish nuclear weapons someday...but this problem is too difficult to come true because many countries which have them haven't abolished yet even if Obama declared about it before. In fact, America also has them now. I think that America should do away with it sooner than other countries so that they show their attitudes. I wish many countries cooperate each other to abolish them, and become to live peace for everyone in the world.

New My Hobby☆

How was your long vacation in this summer? Did you enjoy it? I think that many students may say "Yes! I enjoyed my summer holidays." As for me, I also enjoyed it, and going many places where I was interested in. In addition, I found new my hobby during summer vacation, so I'd like to introduce it.

Have you ever experienced Yoga?

I met Yoga during this summer vacation, and sometimes do it as my hobby. The reason why I started Yoga was that my aunt recommended me. I felt a little tierd and stress in those days, so I asked her how to get rid of tired and stress. Then she recommended Yoga because she also experienced to get rid of them thanks to doing it.

There are many effects for us to do Yoga. Yoga makes us relax for our body and heart. We need to breath deeply during it in order to concentrate on our own. Deep breathing gives us relaxation , and forget our stress and tired. In addition, it is important for our body to presearve our health. We can understand ourslves through this act, for example, how we feel pain, what part of our body have pain and so on. If you do Yoga and feel pain on your body, you can stretch your body. As a result, you can get good health and great body!! If you keep it up, you would become nice body more and more:-)

In fact, Yoga gave me relax and good condition for my body. I can feel relax and my condition while I breath deeply through Yoga. I try to continue it to maintain my good condition, and I become good leady! Now, I'm very glad to meet Yoga. If you want to get rid of stress or something, I recommend you to Yoga and try it.

The Way Of Cook Japanese Food☆

Hello! Do you enjoy spending your summer vacation? Did you travel

Recently, weather freuently changed...suddenly rained and thundered:-(


I think that we should check the weather forecast if we go out.








By the way, I'm interested in cooking now, especially Japanese food.


I cooked for dinner which is called "kenchinjiru" yesterday. Please look at this picture.
This is a traditional food in Japan, and people who live in the countryside have eaten it for a long time. I have liked it since I was child, so my mother taught me how to cook it. This process was very easy, I think that people can try to make it!
Today, I'd like to introduce the way of making "kenchinjiru."

1. You should prepare some ingredients, but you can choose them that you like.
I recommend them; a carrot, a burdock, a white radish, a taro and konnyaku.
2. You cut them so that you can eat better.
3. You prepare a pot including water, nextly you put them into the pot with water and turn on a gas stove. You should wait until it is cooked.
4. If it is cooked and water boils, you add some seasonings in order; salt, sake, suger and soy sauce. You turn off it later in order to be soaked taste into them.
5. You had better turn on it before ou eat, so you can eat it!!

Do you think it easy? It's very delicious:-) In addition, it is good for your health bacause it is included many vegetables. Did you often eat fast food in these days? I want you to try to cook it and to tauch Japanese traditional food through cooking. If you cooked it, please tell me your opinion!!

★Sunny Day☆

How are you spending your summer holidays? Do you enjoy, and where are you going to go anywhere? I enjoy my summer holidays now! However, it's very hot and humid today...I'm hard to do everything.

By the way, I visited my aunt's house because I met Keita, who is my cousin's son, and three month-old now. I sometimes heard about him, but I didn't often met him these days because of no time to visit there, so I was looking foreword to meeting him. I imagined something about him until I met him, for example, he was bigger than before, he ate more...I couldn't wait to visit!!


However, I was disappointed when I visited there...he was crying and my aunt held him. What do you think that he was crying? Was he afraid of me? No! The reason is that he was very sleeping. When I went there, he had just drunk milk. He became sleepy like we feel sleepy after lunch. Therefore, I didn't play so much with him...I was very sad:-( I gave up playing with him yesterday, but I also felt glad because he grown up healthy and became bigger than before. I only watched him, who was sleeping, but I was very happy to meet him.

Today, I wanted to post Keita's photos, but I couldn't take because he fell a sleep. Nextly, I meet him, so I' like to post his photos!

Can you sleep well everyday?

Hi! How are you today? Today, I don't take my class because students is going to take tests, and I took them last thursday! I have only one class on Mondays, so I have spent small holidays for three days. However, I went up early bacause of hot, so I was disappointed a little.

By the way, summer has come, and we are going to spend summer holidays. Recently, it continues very hot and humid days. I think that many people may feel uncomfortable, in particular, when you go to bed. Can you sleep well?I read a magazine in these days, it said how to sleep well. I' d like you to introduce about it so that you can sleep well.

Do you have a holded pillow? It means "dakimaura" in Japanese. A picture which there is top of this blog is my pillow! It is very cute, isn't it? I bought it last Sunday because I wanted to sleep well... The magazine said that it affects deep sleep for people, and they can feel relax and peace of mind. In fact, I have used it, I've been able to sleep well and I feel positive and comfortable more than before when I wake up in the morning. In addition, we can't only feel good, but also think more positive. There are many kinds of pillows in the stores, so you can choose by your favor. Therefore, I recommend you to use it, and I want you to spend good night!

Summer vegetables!

Hello! How were you today? As for me, I was very sleepy because it was very humid today, so this climate depressed my mind. I often think that we have much rain recently...

Anyway, my father tries to bring up some kinds of vegetables in this summer. For example, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants and nigauri. He started bringing up them on the middle of June. Now that tomatoes and cucumbers have some seeds, but we can't eat them yet because they are still green and small...my family and I should wait that they perfectly bring up. In addition, tomatoes which he bring up now will be sweet! They are called "Aiko." Do you know this name? These are kinds of fruit tomatoes, if they became red, and we could eat them, they would be sweet! I like tomatoes best of all vegetables, so I'm looking forward to harvesting them.

Do you like vegetables? I think that some people have vegetables which they don't like. If you don't like vegetables, I recommend you to bring up them so that you don't have vegetables which you don't like. I guess that you may like them, and they may be felt good because you feel an attachment to them.

Man was attacked for his sandwich!

Recentry, we often have rain...it's very humid, and I felt uncomfortable by this climate:-( I think that rainy season comes day by day.

Anyway, I found an odd news in yahoo news when I watched on the Internet. This topic is "Man attacked in Okla. For bologna sandwich"was happened in Oklahoma City in June 18th. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bologna_robbery;_ylt=An0mcs4rQbZiHHKNaCkkHHntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJraTBqcDAwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjE5L29kZF9ib2xvZ25hX3JvYmJlcnkEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2Z1bGxuYnNwc3Rvcg-- Roger Hemilton, who was a victim of this accident was attacked for his bologna and cheese sandwich. He said that he was about to put mayonnaise on his sandwich when the attacker looked at him. The attacker suddenly punched him, grabbed his sandwich and ran way. The suspect has not been arrested.


When I read this news, I wondered if he had been hungry and had no money, so he grabbed his sandwich! If I was very hungry, I would say "Please give me your food! I'm hungry!" without violence. However, I'm sorrry for Roger to be attacked because he had swollen lip! I think that it was painful for him...What do you do if you were this attacker?

Do you take care of yourselve?

Today, I was tired of a climate because it had much humid! I was occured some problems...for example, my hair was curling all day:-( However, I found an interesting news on the Internet, so I want you to introduse it.

The topic is "Watch Your Waistline While Dining Out." Please look at this news.http://health.yahoo.com/experts/weightloss/535/watch-your-waistline-while-dining-out I think that many women may worry about it during eating. The news said that Americans like to dine out, but the more they eat out, the more they are to get accustomed to larger waistline! When they dine out, they may order much food include cakes. According to a new report by Nutrition Action Healthletter, if they dine out at slowfood restaurant chains out there, they eat hyper-caloric food. Many food at slowfood restaurant chains include high saturated fat. It clogs their arteries and take a risk for a heart attack for up to 4 hours after a meal, so many health experts said; They eat no more fat in a single day than the equivalent of 3 pats of butter. In addition, these food include many sodiums! It's occured high blood pressure. NAH reccomend them that they had better order "heart-attacks-on-a plate."

In my opinion, I heard like the news on TV. Now Americans have economic problems, so they tend to choose cheeper restaurants to help their food expenses. There are many people who gain much weight in America, it's sever problem that they may get sick. I have a idea that prevent them from these siseases. Slowfood restaurants develop new healthy meal and sell tham. If customers ordered them, they would get stamps. When people save them, thay can get some money or presents!! I think that this idea gives them a chance that they loose weight.

Growth Of The Baby

Today, it's rainy and cool...does anyone catch a cold? I want you to be careful for your health in this season!

By the way, I want you to see this boy;-) I went to my couson's house to help her to take a bath for her baby, Keita. She became a mother in these days, so she still isn't used to treat him. Her mother wasn't her house because she's travering in Yamagta now. In addition, she said that what he takes a bath is too dificult, so she warries about it. That's why my mother and I went to her house!

I met him after long time. When I saw him, I was surprised because he has grown before!! Of course, he is bigger than before, besides he has more hair! I thought that he gradually resembled my couson. Whenever I saw him, he is very cute:-) However, I haven't never helped to take a bath with a baby. I was also nervous with her. I didn't know what to do as he takes a bath, but my mother carefully taught me the ways. I washed his head when my mother held him...he was seemed comfortable. I was happy to see this situation that he felt comfortable.

Now, I'm a little tired because of nervous by thaking a bath for him, but I feel great to my mother once more through this experience. Maybe, I think she also had a difficult time to take a bath when I was baby. She makes use of her experience, and hands down another person. Someday, I utilize this experience, and I wish I could help another person.

I want to meet him again as soon as possible!! You think he is cute, don't you?

Do you want to eat the largest omelette?

Hi! It's very storong wind now. I'm worried about breaking my house...:(

By the way, I found an interesting news on the Internet.
http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/food/largest_Peasant_Omelette-world_record_set_by_Master_Chef_Stefan_Bercea%20_90214.htm
I'd like you to tell about "Largest Peasant Omlette- world record set by Master Chef Stefan Bercea." What do you think how large the largest omelette is? According to the news, Master Chef Stefan Bercea and his team of 19 chefs made it at Bucharest in Romania.

The largest omlette was weighed 3.57 tonnes and 20.72 squre meters! In addition, it was made of 30,000 eggs, 1.5 tonnes of potatoes, 300 kilos of vegetables and so on. Therefore, chefs spent no less than 4 hours stirring it with giant wooden palettes. Can you imagine it? I can't imagine it was too big! It was setted world record as "Largest Peasant Omlette" during 3rd edition of the "Selpros International Open Air Cooking Championship" in Romania. This show is often enjoyed for visiters of Bucharest. The leader of this event said about purpose of it. He want visiters and audiences to be interested in it and masters chef, and attach outdoor cooking.

In my opinion, I want to visit this event, and see the largest omlette. I like ommlette, so if I had big stomach, I would try to eat it :D I think that there are many biggest food all over the world. I'm interested in it thorough the news, and I read more news in the wold from now on.

Slumdog$Milionaire

Today, I went to a movie theater to watch "Slumdog $ Milionaire" with my friend in Saitama City. We had a littele hard time to watch it because there were many people there. Although the movie theater was crowded, we managed to watch it.

"Slumdog $ Milionaire" was made in India, and awareded eight part of an Academy Award in 2009. When I watched it, it was translated from India to English, and English to Japanese. I tried to watch without Japanese, and I'd like to impove my listening avility. In addition, I want you to recommend it!

This movie is a main character who brought up at slum in India. His name is Jamal. He has spent hard time since he was child. The movie is that he trys to answer the questions in "Milionaire", which is TV program. Whenever he answers the questions, he makes use of all experiences on his life. At last, there is the reason that he appered on this TV.

In my opinion, I felt that living in slum is too serious and dangerous, and differnt from my life and there. If I was Jamal, I don't have confidence for living. I think that Jamal was great because he was always gentle however he spent hard time. I could learn that it is important to be gentle for people and destiny is existed! I' d like many people to watch it, and to learn about difference between your life and slum.

The Cute Baby☆

Hi! How do you spend your during Golden Week holiday? Today is the first day in the Golden Week, and it's sunny! It will continue sunny during holidays, so I hope you to spend having a good holidays.

Anyway, I went to an obstetrics and gynecology department to meet my cousin with my mother today. The obstetrics and gynecology department means "sanfujinka" in Japanese. My cousin has been to it for a week because she had gave birth to a boy!

His name is Keita, and he was born in April 29th. That day was "Midorinihi" and Japanese emperor's birth day. I thought it good for me to be related to a great person, so I expected to grow a great person to him. My cousin told me that she had a hard time when she gave birth to him. In fact, she must have had a baby before two weeks, but he wasn't born because of getting twisted his umbilical cord around his neck. In addition, she had a big abdomen so that he was bringing up in it, so she felt too heavy day by day. At last, she operated. I coudn't image that, and I felt it hard to be mother when I heard her story. However, she said that she was very glad to give birth to him safely. she'll do my best to be grown up for him.

When I heard what she said, I imaged my mother, and I had thanks to her. Maybe she spent hard time when I was born, but I thought it great to be mother. Through I met my cousin, I could feel thanks for my mother, and I'm going to cheer her up for bringing him up! I'm looking forward to meet him again.

It is important to smile:-)

Today, I wrote the blog for the first time in the writting class. I am not still accustomed to use it, so I'm hard to write it. However, I'll do my best for using it perfectly, and I want to improve my writing ability.
Anyway, I saw the cheerleading performance at the lunch time. I was looking forward to see it because my friend is belong to the cheerleading club, so I wanted to cheer her up. It was cooler than yesterday today. I worried about being injured to them, but the members of the cheerleading club smiled all the time while they performed as if they didn't lose to today's weather. When I saw this performance, I felt that my heart got warmr. Then I thought that it's important for us to smile someone. Smiling makes happy for another people. If someone smile me, I also smile again. Perhaps, we seem to feel happy or glad each other.
Smiling isn't only giving happy, but also curing the patients. I read the news that said a patient cured a cancer by smiling, so I thougat that smiling has a great power! I felt that I want many people to give happiness with a smile. I had a good time, and I appreciated the cheerleading club to remember what it's important to smile.