BR5:All in a flap

 "He's beautiful," murmured Sam as she stroked the parrot's feathers.

Have you ever seen flap? This flap is not general because he can speak language which human always talk. For example, if you said "good morning", he would say "GOOD MORNING!!" with high tone at the voice. I also have never seen the flap, so I want to see him. The book would let you see them. If you read the book, you can know them, and they have colorful wings. Actually, I became talk with them. I have doubts about he really speak human language. I want to talk with them, and I want they speak my words :-)  Please read this book, and I hope you feel like fun!!



Jeremy, Steve(2001) London, Pearson Education Limited

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My favorite movies

1. Hereafter

This is a movie of America. This movie has three stories, and those are relation at life. First of all, the first story is about a man who has inspiration. He can see a ghost, but he doesn't like the ability. The second story is about a woman who experienced a tsunami one day, and she saw life after the death world the day with hit her body on the head. The final story is a boy who had brother, they are twins. However, the old brother died by a traffic accident, so the young brother wanted to see him again. I could find it which to live is important, and we must consider people died. Please check the movie.

2. The Life Before Her Eyes

This is a movie is America. I think that this movie let you surprised in the last. Actually, I was surprised, so please check it. I introduce about the movie easily.  Diana and her friend  are best friends each other in high school. One day, a man who has a gun came to their high school, and he killed some students by the gun. Just time they were toilet, and fortunately, the man came there. And he ask them "Which can I kill you? You can choice. I can help just one person." This is first of the story, so story of them start from here. You can feel excite, and warming mind, so please watch this movie.

3. Ikigami

This is a movie of Japan. The movie has a famous actor, and I like him ; ) His name is Syata Matsuda who is so cool!!  In the movie's world, government has a special rule which is not real. The rule is that some people die everyday to prevent a population explosion. The people chosen are given paper for warn to die, and the paper is called "Ikigami". This movie has some main characters, and they also have Ikigami. They have each story, and these stories are so sad. I think you can feel somethings in the movie.

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The double

I watched the trailer for The Double, a movie starring Ricard Gere. It starts in the US on October 28th.

It's Cassius. He's black.

Cassius is dead... This is not his work. We'd like the two of you to work together.

...because he's dead... then prove it.

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My favorite sweets 10

I talk about my favorite sweets, and I like sweets of all. I have my favorite sweets restaurant which is near KGU, so I can go to there after school ; ) The restaurant has a lot of kind of sweets! I love just watch its. Specially I like strawberry short cakes, I love white cream :-) My mother also loves sweets, so she often say "Please get some cakes!!" What is more, we often cook sweets, and our favorite thing is cheese cake. I think the cake which is cooked by us is the best! How to eat, when the cake is still hot, we have it. It is best timing for us. I think that it is important for me to get sweets things because we can become to recover our body. However, we have to be care for get it too. We may be fat, and to get it too is but healthy x(

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My favorite color 9

I talk about my favorite color, which is orange. I have orange color's a lot of things, for example my pencil box, my table, some my clothing, some my shoes and bag. Nami who is my favorite character likes orange color too, and I think she matches the color very much! I feel that the color is hot color. In the winter, the stove allows us hot, and the fire's color also orange. What is more, I like orange which is flutes, I have orange every day. Of course, the orange color is orange ; ) I think that orange color let us happy! What is color do you like? And how do you feel about the color? I think that it is important for everyone to put on your favorite color because it makes your feeling the day.　And in the winter has colorful illuminations, so we can be so fun to watch it!

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My favorite actor 8

I talk about my favorite actor. The actor is Syota Matsuda. He is so cool!! His father is also very famous actor, but he died in the past. I watched him at the TV, and he looks his son! He and his son is tall, I like their voice. The actor is good at perform, so I always check it which is drama for example, I watched "layer game" at the TV, and the story is so fun! Of course, the drama's main character is Syota Mastuda. In the story, he is very smart, and cool. Therefore he can win the game which is to rob money. Also, he helps the girl, and I like the scene. The drama has also movie, so I went to cinema. Syota Mastuda sometimes appear on the variety in TV. we can watch his private life, and it is also very cool! LOL Please like him.


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My favorite group 7

I talk about my favorite group, and the group is "girls generation". They are from　South Korean, but the group is so famous in Japan too.　They have perfect body!! So cute and so beautiful, and they have long legs. They are singer and dancer, but they are sometimes actress or model. You can watch them at youtube, and when you search it, you can search by words which are　”SNSD". I like "Run Devil Run" in their songs because I danced the song with my KGU friends. I didn't interest in the group before, but almost my friends like them. Therefore, I became to interest in the group, and Korea. so I want to study Korean language. Also, I would like to go to Korea, and I want to go to their live. I think that it is good for us to interest in foreign country, and I hope you like Korea : )


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My favorite character

I talk about NAMI who is my favorite character in one piece comic. First of all, I introduce about her. She is 20years old now, but when I watched the animetion at the first time, she is 18years old. She has orenge hair, and it is middiam hair. Nami has a old sister whose nami is Noziko. When they was a chid, their mother was killed man who is middle between human and fish. Nami had stolen money or jerry from a lot of parate before she met Luffy who is main character in the comic. She had tried to buy her village from the parate. Luffy helps her and her village then. She is so cute, and smart, so she can operate on the sea. Also, she can use an act which is weather. She knows about weather, so she can use it. It is very difficult things for us to do it. Her dream is to draw map all of the world. She began strong,  She always smile with Luffy and other crews. I like her, and I want to be her.

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audioboo:BR4

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BR4:Soup with Obby

Obby plonked the pot down and began to ladle thick, green liquid into the bowls.

I read "Soup with Obby" which is such a funny story at the beginning. I will introduce the story easily.
4children went  to place which has a lot of tree and lake, and the children is 2boys and 2girls. They like adventure, and they have a friend who is cat! The cat is old men, and he is so stubborn. The children tried to enter his room, but he dislikes it. After they enter the room, the cat gave cooked specially soup for them, and the soup looks so bad because the soup color is green, and it has red mushroom. At first, the children dislike to eat it, but when they have it , they were so surprised! Because it is very yummy. In fact, the mushroom has secret. And after that, the children and the cat are so surprised, and they have scary experience. I think this story let you to excite! And you may be hungry. LOL
Please read it.


Umansky, Kaye. (2001). Soup with Obby. London: Pearson Education.

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BR 3 Ben and the Ghost

            "Ghost! Ghost!" She could not see the ghost, but she screamed anyway.

 I read "Ben and the Ghost". The book is wrote 600words. At first time, I thought that the book is so scary, but actually the story is not scary. Also, the book is used easily words, so I think that everyone can read easily. When I was a child, I believed to be ghost, and I often  mistook to see something as ghost. Have you ever experienced as it? For children, it is so scary, but I can laugh it now. The book let you remind the experiencing as it. And this book is family story, so I think that you can be fun with your family.

Person Longman First published 2011 London

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My favorite clothing 5

I talk about my favorite clothing. I like to put on my favorite clothing everyday. I have a pair of boots which is so comfortable for me. The boots is brown color, and it has a shoestring. I love the boots! I bought it in this November. It costs almost 8000 yen. My tall is 158 centimeter, but when I put on the boots, I can be so tall! Because the boots has tall that is 12 centimeter. Therefore, I often taller than boys. LOL This is little bit bad point, but my friends always say “ So cute!!” I’m very glad then. I will use the boots for long time, and I want to go to anywhere in my life.

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My favorite book 4

My favorite book is "eraser in my head" This is made in Korea. I know the book has movie version. The story is so sad, and I think nobody don't run tears. I introduce about the story easily. She has an obstacle which is Alzheimer's disease. If you have Alzheimer's disease, you will lose all memory on your life more and more. It is terrible. Her boyfriend helps her,　but she is afraid of lost memory with him. Finally she has lost all memory,　and she forget to move body. She can't do all things, but her boyfriend loves her. I think this story makes heart warming for everyone, and little bit sad. Please read the book, and I think the book will become your favorite thing.
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My favorite season 3

 

My favorite season is winter, but I'm not good at cold. LOL However, I think the winter is better than summer because Kumamoto's summer is difficult to spend my life because of too hot and humid. I don't like sweater and ultraviolet rays which have influence our skin, and I think it is not healthy for us. What is more, our skin becomes black color because of UV rays. In the winter's case, I like snow. It is so beautiful and I think my mind becomes warmer. Also, my mane is Yuki. Yuki means snow ;-) I think winter means X'mas! This is big event for couple, but I don't have boyfriend. I think I can't get it in this year, so I will get it maybe next year! LOL I hope to spend beautiful X'mas.

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My favorite animal 2

I talk about cat which is my favorite animal. I have a cat, and she name is Kodama. She is 8 years old. Kodama has all black heir,　and long tail. I love all things about her because she is so cute! I think a cat is freedom for example, when they want to have a lunch or dinner, their voice become so sweet! And they touched our legs. However, after we give to the cat foods, they become less aloof. I don't know their mind, but I think it is point which we have to love it. I can become stress free when I see and touch her. They give me important things in my life.　She is also our family.

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My favorite junior high memory 1

My favorite junior high memory is to play tennis as extracurricular activities with my friends. When i was a junior high school student, I had never played tennis. However, my mother likes to play it, so I wanted to do it. Actually, I started to play tennis, and it is so excited. I played tennis in the game, and it becomes it very tense. It is so quiet, and you can hear just sounds of ball and cheer. I like the atmosphere. Also, my friends cheer me when I played it at game, so I was glad. The practice is very hard, but I learned a lot of things, and it is important for me. The club team's teacher teaches me to do greeting and manner. I'm appreciating my teacher.

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catch a cold

 Last week, it was rainy the day. I have an umbrella, but when I go back to my home, I lost it. I'm disappointed, but I decided to go back to home without my umbrella. I felt so cold. Next day, I couldn't stop a sneeze, and my voice is so noisy!! LOL I had caught a cold, and I was very tired. I couldn't go  to school, my part time jobs, and shopping. I think everyone of around me is annoyed by me, so I hope to DON'T catch a cold. I will be care for it because I caught influenza 2nd times in last year.
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BR:2 ONE PIECE 11

 How dare you use one of my men as a shield!!!
- Hey, you attacked us first.

1997 by Eiichiro Oda / SHUEISHA Inc

This is my favorite comic, and I like the chapter very much because the chapter's main character is NAMI. I love NAMI who is navigation officer in the story. She always so cute!! She likes money and orenges, but she don't like pirate because when she was a child, her mother was killed by pirate in front of her. Her village was made an attack on the pirate, so she disided to buy the village from them to save some body from death. Therefore, she was stealing from many pirates. At last, she could pool promised money, but the pirate broke her promise. She was so dissapointed. Luffy looked the aspect, and she said " HELP..." . For her, this is the first time that she seeks to help from somebody. He standed up and took action to bring down the pirate. The chapter is story that Luffy brong down them for NAMI. I think you will not be able to read without your tears. I hope you read the story and become love to NAMI!!
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About YUKATA

I will talk about Yukata in the old days and the present. We put on a Yukata when we go to a festival in summer. In other words, we put on only several times for a year in summer. Also, present Yukata has many kind of design, for example it has not only design as in the past, but also cloth contains lame or lace. Those are modern. However, people put on Yukata everyday about two hundred years ago in Japan. At first, Yukata is usually put on after they take a bath, but it is comfortable, so people become to put on Yukata even outside. What's more, elaborate designees become to increase.

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Firework in Yatsushiro

I wanted to go to see firework in Yatsushiro what is holding autumn of every year. I promised with my friends about this program which we will go to there to see it. However I had misapprehension that the festival is postponed, so I worked in grilled meat restaurant as my part time jobs. My friends are jyuri misato haruka and takahiro, and jyuri and haruka live in Yatsusiro, so they seem go to there by bycicle. Misato and Tkahiro went to there by train. I think they sound to have a great time! They seem so fun, and firework is pretty beautiful. The time, they seem want to run tear because it is beautiful too. After it, they went to Jyuri's house, and they met her father. He seemed so cool and funny! I wanted to see him. They enjoyed having BBQ time with Juri's father. I will go there and I will see her family someday.

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News Quiz

1.  According to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey, how does nuclear power plant to do? 

2.  What kind of the dog?

3.  What is the movie’s title?

4.  What did Yoshihiko Noda expressed his intention to raise to 10 percent?

5.  Who did say Flooding has forced more than 2,000 students, or about 80 percent of all Japanese students studying at Thai Japanese Association School in Bangkok, to temporarily return to Japan?

6.  Where is the lawyer from?

7.  What will NTT do?

8. When did learn it?

9. How much did an anonymous donor leave?

10.What person did Noda meet the day?

1.  To be decommission (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.11.11)

2.  Labrador retriever (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.11.18)

3.  Tsure ga utsu ni narimasite(THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.11.6)

4.  The consumption tax (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.11.5)

5.  The education ministry said. (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.11.6)

6.  Nepalese (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.11.4)

7.  It’s will provide a two-way, speech translation service. (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.11.4)

8. It was learned Wednesday. (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.10.27)

  

9. 40 million Susumu Inamine30)

10. Susumu Inamine  (THE DAILY YOMIURI 2011.10.28)

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BR:1 ONE PIECE 1

That's right!
I steal tresure from pirates!

ONE PIECE 1997 by Eiichiro Oda / SHUEISHA Inc

I read comics which is one piece,and it is so popular in Japan. When I was a elementary school student, I read it, and it is the first time. The story is pirate. The main character is Monkey D Luffy who has a big dream. The dream is king of pirate. His ideal is free, excited, and to make a nice term. By the way, in the world of comic has specially fruits which called " Fruit of Devil". If you have the fruit, you can get specially power, but the same time, you will lost to swim in the sea. Actually, Luffy had the fruit when he was a child, so he can't swim in the sea. However he got to be rubber human!! Therefore if he is shorted, he can return the bullet. His arm sometimes can be so long, and it is also his feet, face and so on. He is very strong. It is so important for him to potect his friends and his crews, so we can learn friendship in the comic.

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The two main characters in Amadeus

The two main characters in Amadeus are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. They ware both composers in the Classical period. He was born in1756 and died in 1791. He composed more then 600 works , including ______________, _______________, and ________________ . He was active as a composer in Venice for much of his life.

It is said that he may have died of infection by a parasite in pork or rheumatic fever.

Slieri was important in the development of Italian opera. he was the director of the Italian opera in Venice. Some of his famous students were Beethoven, Liszt, and Franz Schubert.

Salieri is played by F Murray Abraham and Mozart is played by Tom Hulce.

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Amadeus links

• Amadeus on Wikipedia
• Amadeus on IMDB
• Amadeus on Youtube
• Amadeus on allcinema
• Amadeus on Kinema junpou
• Amadeus on AllRovi

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I wanna go to shopping

Do you know renewal opening CLEA mall ?? It's so excited for me because I like the mall. The mall has a lot of closes, foods, theaters, and shopper. So popular mall. Some my friends go to the mall as part time job.  I can't go to shopping anyplace later, so I want to do it and I hope to go the mall so much!! Those days, it became to cold, so I will get warmer closes ; )
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Something special I did during vacation

It is special for me to go to Minnesota in USA. This homestay program is first time for me, so I have worried for a long time before I went to there. However my host family is so kind, so very comfortable in Minnesota’s life. I went to many places and I can talk many people, and I can know difference culture. Minnesota’s water falls, downtown, liver, big sky, foods, and people, I like all things about there. This summer is so special and amazing for me, so I will not be able to forget those memories. Also, I will go to Minnesota again some day.

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Good and bad points about summer

I don’t like summer very well because I don’t like hot and humid, and I’m always tired during every summer. So in my opinion, bad point in summer is too hot. Also, I think girls hate ultra-violate rays, but every summer has a lot of it. This is also bad point. However I like summer festival too much! I can put on yukata myself, so I’m looking forward to do it. Good point in summer is summer festival and firework, I think so. Both yukata and firework is so beautiful, and it is good memory for people. I didn’t like summer very well, but I feel summer has many great points.

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How I study during the vacation

I went to Minnesota in USA, so I think I could learn real English. English is so difficult for me, but I can positively talk with my host family. This is great experience for me. I wanted to talk with them, but my English ability is so poor, so I couldn’t understand their language very well. I was studying how to English communicate by dictionary every night. Also, I could learn it in university and home, so I became to be able to talk with them more and more, and it is delight for me. I will continue to study English in this vacation because I want to go to USA, and I hope to talk with them well.

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What classes I will take

I will take to become English teacher’s classes in the next term. This is difficult for me to take credit, but those interest me. I can learn education, for example, we learned how to write education’s guidance plan, psychology, how to teach English, education’s history, bullying and so on. I don’t know if I become to English teacher, but I interested in education classes, so I hope I can take all credit about it. What is more, I can do a mock class about English and morals. In this class, I can get advice from my friends, and it is very important for me to listen it. I will enjoy the classes. 

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Vacation plans

I will go Minnesota in USA in this summer as homestay program. It is very important for my life to experience this program, I think so. Because I have never talked with American very well, so I can feel real America. My aim is to positively speak and to en joy Minnesota life, so I will not be shy. Also, I’m going to go to university in USA, and I will discuss about America’s many things. I think we will be able to go to a lot of Minnesota’s place. I’m looking forward to see my host family and to spend Minnesota life.

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Links for SiL

• SiL on IMDB
• SiL on Wikipedia
• SiL on Wikipedia (Japanese)
• SiL on allcinema
• SiL on Rotten Tomatoes
• SiL trailer

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Minnesota tearm

 I'm going to go to downtown in Kumamoto with Minnesota team today because we want to enjoy drinking and eating while speak about Minnesota's life. We went to there in this summer, and we had another family in there. It is worthy for us to spend, to touch foreign culture and to experience a lot of things at there. We love Minnesota ; )
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Y(Yuki Okamoto) T(Takeshi Kudou) H(Hiroki Nishimura)

Y: Hey, Takeshi, have you read any interesting books recently?
T: yeah, I read "Let me out !"
H: "Let me out !"? what's that?
T: Well, it's a story about a house robot and a man.
Y: Please tell us your favorite point in this book.
T: OK, nothing.
H: Which country this book was made?
T: Foreign country.
H: Haha, ok.

T: Hey, Hiroki, have you read any interesting books recently?
H: Yeah, I read "Spider man".
T: Spider man? What's that?
H: Well, it's a hero story.
Y: I know this movie. What your favorite character in this story?
H: It's Peter Parker.
T: Why do you like Peter Parker?
H: Because he is bravely man and cool.
T: You too.
H: I know.
Y:Wow.

H: Hey, Yuki, hane you read any interesting books recently?
Y: yeah, I read "ONE PIECE".
H: I know. It is very popular in all of the world.
Y: Yes.
T: Why do you like?
Y:Friendship is so great.
T: What is your favorite character?
Y: Of corse, I love Nami-san. She is so cute!
H: You too.
T:Wow.

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essey in Minnesota

Yuki Okamoto

          I felt a lot of difference between America and Japan in this homestay program for a month. I had an awareness which I’m from Japan in the difference. It is impact for me to feel it.

          First of all, American greeting has a great difference from Japanese one. Minnesota’s people exchange greetings with me by smiling. What’s more some people shake hands with me, and hug me. I was surprised at this we don’t have this custom in Japan. But I was so glad at the same time. For example, I was walking and other people smiled at me.

          Next, Americans have broad minds. It is not important for them to become angry with small troubles. Actually, my host family watched me with a warm heart. Also, Americans have not only big hearts but also big bodies and big foods than Japan, so I was relieved.

          I’m thankful for my host family because they do their best for me to live in their house and to make many good memories in Minnesota. I love them. I will not forget what I learned in Minnesota when I go back to Japan. I will continue studying in English to go to America again someday.

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my father's birthday

At October 11th was my father's birthday, and he began 60 years old. I and my mother bought his birthday cake to surprise for him. We called him by phone, but he could not reply soon because he was enjoying his birthday party! Also he was drinking alcohol, so he was very crazy. I and my mother get angry, so we have had his cake. LOL Next day, he came our house, and he was disappoint because his cake was nothing. However, we are going to go to grilled meat restaurant which is my part time job tonight. I will present them. He loves meat.

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holiday

       I went to wedding to my mother's friend, but I and she caught a cold then. my mother would speech as her friend, so we did. The wedding is so beautiful, and great. I thought I want to get marry some day. However, in the present, I can't recovery. My voice  is so gravelly. LOL

      Also, I worked as a part time job during the holiday, so I'm tired now. However, I'm looking forward to my birthday when September 27th, I will become 20 years old, so not child!!! I'm sorry because a gravelly voice in last teen. LOL

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Clothes and shopping

She went to Tamana last week, and she bought books. She often goes uniquro, so she often wear uniquro’s fasion. They cost about 2000 yen. She is wearing shoes is Hanyes, and they cost about 4000 yen. She usually goes to buy Kamitori and Shimotori because there are very popular. She usually goes to buy foods vegetables shop because there are near her house. She likes skirt very much, and she likes accessory. It is difficult for her to walk with her shoes now, but it is very cute. She don’t wear pierced earrings because it is very ache. She wears nail color. It is very cute. It is pink and white, she is very fashionable. She seems that she likes pink.

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related to Kumamoto

  I introduce Kumamoto's foods today. I love those food!!

Kumamoto’s foods are traditional and delicious. Kumamoto’s famous foods include basashi, karashirenkon, dagoziru, and ikinaridango among others.

First of all, I think the most famous food in Kumamoto is Karashirenkon. It is yerrow color and very spicy.   I couldn't eat spicy, so when I was a child, I ate out of Karashi. haha  I can't stop eat Karashirennkon because  we become absorbed in this. Karashirenkon is mustard in a lotus root’s hole. It is very delicious, but it is hot.

 Basashi is raw house meat, and it is expensive. This food is amazing for another cities people because it is out of the ordinary. I think that people eat house only Kumamoto. Those are very good taste. My favorite how to eat is with soy sauce and ginger.

Dagoziru is a miso soup with a lot of vegetables, and what local people call dago, which is a lamp of flour. It is a heart warming taste. My parents often cook it, and I like it.

Iki naridango mean “suddenly dumpling.” This is named to give it suddenly to a customer in old days. Ikinaridango is a sweet potato and bean jam in dumpling, so it is very sweet. My father likes it very much. Haha

Last of all, I will introduce about “taipi-en”. There are Chinese restaurants, and this is famous food for Kumamoto’s people because when we were a junior high school student, and when we were a elementally school student, we often had this as school lunch. This food is right picture, and this is noodles. “taipi-en” is very healthy for us because this is a low calorie food, and there are a lot of vegetables on the noodle. We feel lightly seasoned food.

Please try those foods in by all means.

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My friend's favorite music

 Misato likes Micheal Jacson. She  and has more than 30 CDs. She often looks music station and she loves it. She has a ipod, but it is her parent’s. Her favorite kind of music is R and B and hip hop. She plays a piano, but she can’t play a piano very well. She likes to sing. She likes a karaoke, so she often goes karaoke. She loves Miceal Jacson, so she knows about Micheal Jacson’ everything. She played guitar when she was a junior high school student for three years. She is good at piano and guitar, and she likes to sing and dance Miceal Jacson’s songs. She looks very fun then! I want to go to karaoke with her.

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