Strawberries!

I went to Kasumigaura in Ibaragi prefecture to pick some strawberries.

We often use '~gari', which means 'hunting' in English, when we pick fruits and see something beautiful.
Sakuranbo 'cherry'-gari, momo 'peach' -gari, nashi 'pear'-gari, budo 'grape'-gari, momiji ' red leaves' -gari,
taka 'hawk'-gari, and so on.
Oh!and oyaji 'middle-aged man' -gari!
A little while ago, there were a lot of incidents that young people threaten middle-aged men to get some
money. You know, middle-aged men supposedly have money.
I don't hear such things happen these days, though.
Well, let's get back to what I was talking about.
Japanese language is very interesting, isn't it?

It was 1,000 yen for 30minutes to eat as much as I can.
The strawberries were delicious!!
My friend was busy looking around to find big ones.
I like small and sweet strawberries, so just sat and kept eating the ones around me.
When nothing left to eat, I moved a little and again, started eating.
Strawberries can make you full^^!
I finally did something spring-ish!
How about you^^?

Spring in Japan

Spring has come.Cherry blossoms bloomed and fell.
It's supposed to be warm by now.....but....why is it such cold here?
It's about 17 centigrade in Tokyo.
If you only looked at the number, you would say ' It's warm enough!'..
But actually it's still a litte chilly.

Cherry blossoms started blooming in the beginning of April and fell very quickly.

This picture was taken by our teacher, Ms.Tsunashima.

It's been a while to update this blog;;;
During my absent from here,our president went to China.
Mr.Honda went to South Korea, Vietnam and Russia.
I went to Taiwan and Nepal.
Our principal told me that there was still some snow left in Russia.

 An airport in Russia. Looks nice.
I heard that they had sleet while he was there.
  A BIG building.
 and a BIG square!!!!
Everything is largh-scale. Japan is a very small country, and especially in Tokyo, we don't have
enough room for that.
 In Nepal, it seems this year is 'Tourism Year'.
 The city was very lively.

 It was a stimulating business trip.

I'm going to Taiwan and join an orientation and after that, I'm going to Thailand.
I'm so excited to see Ms.Pop, our school's student, in her country.


April 22nd

Met students graduated from our school!!

 Mr.Honda, our principal, went to Sounth Korea and I went to Taiwan for the first time after the earthquake.
It seems different what they tell in the news in each country.
I noticed that people are taking the news about Japan differently, some think they are exaggerated,
others take it seriously and think Japan is in a crucial phase. There are also people who think
Japan is just as same as before.

After the business, Mr. Honda met Mr.Park,our school's student.

Our principal gave him a certificate and assignments for the lessons which couldn't be done
after the shake.
Noone can run away from homework...

And I met Ms.Lin, Koan,Shokin,and Keimin.


I rode in the back seat of a mortorcycle! It was first time for me to experience that.
It was a little scary but fun!
Koan san drove very carefully seeing me scared.
I really enjoyed Taiwanese dishes.

We ate stir-fried vegetables and dumplings.

I went to a night market with Lin san and this was for about 600yen.

You might not be able to tell from the picture, but it's actually very big.

I was going to write about our school, but couldn't help telling about the dishes in Taiwan.

It is very nice to eat foreign food with students who I haven't met for a while.

It makes the meal even more delicious.

April 5th