My favorite place I've been

My favorite place I have been is Kyoto. I went to Kyoto on a school trip when I was a high school student. I think Kyoto is the most old-fashioned place in Japan. Kyoto has a lot of temples and shrines. I went to Kinkakuji, Kiyomizu Temple and Kitano Tenmangu. Kinkakuji is a gold building, so it is so gorgeous. Kiyomizu Temple is famous in Japan. The scenery from there is also beautiful. Kitano Tenmangu is dedicated to God of study. As I went there, I practiced Zen medication. It was very hard for me. I also went shopping at Kawara Town. There are a lot of stores, so I enjoyed shopping! I first rode in a rickshaw. I saw Kyoto Tower too. My mother has lived for a few years when she was a young. She told me that she had a lot of memories in Kyoto. I want to  go to Kyoto with my mother. If I can go to Kyoto, I want to visit Arashiyama. It is a famous place in Kyoto.

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My favorite character

My favorite character is Donald Duck. I have loved Disney animation since I was a child. I also like Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Winnie the Pooh, but I especially like Donald Duck because he is very funny. I like his expressions, for example, smile, angry face, sad face, surprising face, and so on. I feel all of his expressions are so cute. I also like his voice. His voice is unique. Whenever I hear his voice, I started laughing. I have collected him goods since I liked Donald Duck. I have straps, mascots, puzzles, memo pads, mugs, and so on. Also, I have ever been to Tokyo Disney Land once. I met Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck, but I could not see Donald Duck. I was looking forward to seeing him, so I was sad. I really want to go to Tokyo Disney Land again. I loved Donald Duck.

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My favorite elementary school memory

My favorite elementary school memory is a sports day. I especially remember when I was in the 6th grade. Students separated red team and white team. I was in the white team. Each team made cheering party, and we made an original fight song. Also, I took part in a lot of competitions, for example, footrace, tug of war, obstacle race, relay race, and so on. Our school has a special program. It was Bon dancing. The name is Kawachi Ondo. Not only students but also teachers and parents danced it. This Bon dancing was danced every year. This program was not related to competition of team, so I could enjoy with a lot of people. It was so fun. As a result of competition, our team won. I was so happy. I prepared for a sports day very hard, and I really enjoyed on the day. It was memorable day for me.

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My favorite dishes

I have two favorite dishes. One if them is chawan-mushi. I love chawan-mushi which my mother makes. My mother makes stock from dried shiitake mushrooms, and she mixed it with eggs. Then she put a lot of ingredients into it, for example, chickens, shiitake mushrooms, boiled fish pastes, shrimps ginkgo nuts, spinaches, udon, and so on. After that, she steams it. Eggs become soft. It was so delicious. My mother made it on special day: birthday, bon festival, New Year's Day. When I eat it, I become so happy. I want to make it very well like my mother. The other of my favorite dishes is omelet containing fried rice. I have loved since I was a child. I like both chicken pilaf and omelet. I like to put demi-glace sauce on it. I want to eat chawan-mushi and omelet containing fried rice right now.

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My favorite class

My favorite class is listening class. The teacher is Warren Gehl. He is kind and sometimes funny. I watched movies in the class. In spring semester, I watched The Truman Show. It was a very interesting movie. I couldn't understand the story of the movie at first, bur in the end, I could understand that means, and I felt it was fun! In fall semester, I watch Notting Hill. It was romance, but it contains funny scenes. When I and other students watched the scenes, we started to laugh at the same time. I can learn words and idioms through the movies. I want to increase my vocabularies, and I want to improve my listening skill. I can listen to native speakers' pronunciation thorough the movies. It is hard for me to listening English, but I could enjoy learning English in the class. I seldom watch Western movies, so listening class is a good chance for me to watch Western movies.

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My favorite high school memory

My favorite high school memory is school trip. I went to Kyoto and Tokyo. First, I went to Kyoto. I visited Kiyomizu Temple and Kinkaku Temple. They are so beautiful. When I visited Kiyomizu Temple, I saw comedians. This is Yajima Biyoushitsu. Do you know it? I was so happy, so I took many pictures. They taped TV program. I also visited a shrine, and I practiced Zen meditation sitting cross-legged. It was very hard for me. I enjoyed shopping at Kawara Town. On third day, I left for Kyoto to Tokyo by shinkansen. I could see Mt. Fuji. I went to Tokyo Disney Land. I saw white snow prince, Minney Mouse, Daisy, and so on. I enjoyed riding roller coasters and buying presents for my family and my friends. At night, Cinderella Castle was so beautiful. I stayed the hotel near Tokyo Disney land. The hotel was also beautiful, especially the courtyard was romantic. On last day, I went to Odaiba. I visited Fuji TV and near shopping mole. I had never been to Tokyo and Kyoto before, so this trip was so fun for me.

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My favorite club

My favorite club is basketball club. I am not in the basketball club at KGU, but I was in the basketball club at elementary school, junior high school and high school. I started to play basketball when I was ten years old. I entered the club with my best friends. I enjoyed playing basketball. I joined games many times. My uniform number was 7. However, when I was 12 years old, I was injured my knee in October, so I could not play the game that was held in this month. When I became a junior high school student, practicing became harder. I got a uniform number 9, and I play the games.  I often felt basketball was difficult, but I liked basketball. When I was a high school student, I became a vice captain of the club, and I got a uniform number 5. I practiced very hard. Our team was not strong, but I could meet good friends thorough the club activities.

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My favorite dessert

My favorite dessert is ice cream because there are many kinds of ice creams. I like vanilla, chocolate, green tea, and so on. I especially like ice cream which has chocolate chips, cookies and nuts in it. I usually eat more than an ice cream a day. I love ice cream very much. My favorite ice cream shops are Haagen-Dazs ans 31 ice cream. However, these ice creams cost high, so I seldom eat them. I eat these ice creams once or twice a month. When I eat these ice cream, I become very happy because they taste pretty good. I can't eat these ice creams very often, so I put up with them. I usually buy ice creams at supermarket, and I eat them. I like Supercup, Black Mont Blanc, Yukimi Daifuku, and so on. I want to eat ice cream right now!

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My favorite music

My favorite music is J-pop. I have my favorite singers. I often listen to their songs. First, I like Arashi. It is famous group in Japan. There are five people in the group. I was encouraged by their songs. I want to go to concert! Secondly, I like AKB48. AKB48 is a popular idol group. I enjoy singing its songs. I also like sister groups of AKB48. Thirdly, I like JUJU. I love her ballads. Her voice is very beautiful. When I listen to her songs, I am touched by them. Lastly, I like Kobukuro. It consists of two men. They wrtie words for themselves, so I think their songs have their love. When I listen to their songs, I often feel calm. I like their harmony very much. Kobukuro took a rest their activities for a year, but I was happy that they resume their activities.

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My favorite junior high memory

My favorite junior high memory is culture festival. I was a chairperson of the executive committee when I was 3rd grade at junior high. Moreover, this culture festival was 60th anniversary festival. I had many work to prepare the culture festival, for example, deciding the slogan, choosing the theme song, making a speech at the beginning of culture festival, and so on. I cooperate with members of committee, and we worked harder.

In addition to preparation as the executive committee, I had to practice programs. I had 5 programs. My first program was English recitation. I read textbook again and again, and I memorized long sentences at home. I practiced with English teachers. After I recited, they advised me. I couldn't recite very well at first, but thanks to their advice, I could recite better than first. My second program was musical of tales of old Japan. The members practiced during classes. We acts urashima-taro and issun-boushi. We enjoyed singing and dancing on the stage, wearing yukata. My third program was English drama. It was first attempt at my school. I acts hero of the story. The story showed difference of American culture and Japanese culture. I practiced harder, but I memorized all of my lines, so I secretly attached cheat sheets on the stage before the drama started. However, audiences enjoyed our drama, so I was so happy.

Next program was class drama. The drama was made some students of the class. I joined it. It was difficult for me to make the scenario. I discussed a lot with the members. After we finished making the scenario, we decided each roles. Our class practice playing it again and again, and more, we made small tools and pictures of background for ourselves. On the day culture festival was held, we enjoyed playing the drama on the stage. While we played it, audiences often laughed. After we finished the drama, people who watched it said it was very interesting, so I was so happy. My last program was a chorus. The title of song our class sand was memories are full. It is a famous music in Japan. It was chosen by all members of my class. I practiced to sing harder. Before I sang a song, I was so nervous, but I could enjoy singing. After we sang a song on the stage, our class teacher said that your song was touching. We are very happy.

At night, lights were turned outside of school buildings. The lights were called mizu-akari, and they were made of bamboo. Some students made them. They were very beautiful. Many people who saw them said that it was beautiful scenery. This culture festival was the best memory of junior high. I'll never forget it forever.

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My favorite flower

My favorite flower is cherry blossom because it is very beautiful. There are some cherry trees near my house. I become happy as cherry blossoms come out in spring. I also like to see that cherry trees are in bud in March. When I was an elementary school and a junior high school student, I liked full of cherry blossoms on the way to school. The new teachers often said that cherry blossoms of my town were very beautiful. Also, I have ever been to Aso to see big cherry tree. It is called issingyou-no-sakura. It is very large and beautiful. I went there when I was a child, so I want to go to see it again.

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My favorite season

My favorite season is winter because winter has many interesting events, for example, Christmas, New Year's Day, and my birthday. I enjoy these events every year. I eat birthday cake and Christmas cake. I get presents on my birthday. I become 20 years old in December, so I will be participated is a coming-of-age celebration in January. I can't wait because I will meet my old friends wearing kimono. However, I become a woman, so I may not get a New Year's gift next year. I also like winter because it is cold and snows. I can't put up with hotness, but I can bear the cold. When it snows, I enjoy building a snowman.

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My favorite sport to watch

My Favorite sport to watch is soccer. I have loved to watch soccer game since I watched Asian Cup maybe two years ago. It is very exciting for me to watch soccer game. I was very excited to watch semi final at the Asian Cup in particular. This is the game between Japan and Korean. I watched it with all of my family. My favorite soccer player is Keisuke Honda. He is playing in Russian professional soccer team. He is cool and good at playing soccer. I also like Atsuto Uchida and Maya Yoshida. I heard they are very close each other. However, I have watched soccer game only on the TV, so I want to watch soccer game at the stadium.

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My faverite shoes

My favorite shoes are platform shoes. I bought them two weeks ago. The color is gray, and the height of the sole is four centimeters. Platform shoes are no heels, so it is easy to walk, and I don't get tired even if I walk a long time. I bought them at LEPSIM in AEON Mall Kumamoto. Before I went there, I look around for platform shoes everywhere, but I didn't meet platform shoes I like. When I found them at the store, I liked the shoes at a glance. There are three colors: gray, white and beige. I chose the color because I hadn't had gray shoes. Recently, I run around for cute sox that it suits the shoes.

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My favorite candy

I like three candies. They are Koume, Haichu and Puccho. I often eat them. Koume tastes like ume, so it is very sour. However, many Japanese love it. Haichu is so chewing. It has many kind of tastes, for example, strawberry, grape, apple, peach, and so on. I like green apple the best. Puccho is strange candy. It contains gumi, so the texture is so fun. It also has much kind of tastes, for example, coke, soda, grape, and so on. Haichu and Puccho have special tastes to local place. Okinawa makes pineapple taste. Hokkaido makes melon taste. Kumamoto makes Banpeiyu taste. It is a special product of Kumamoto. However, I have never eaten them, so I try to eat them.

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Something special I did during this vacation

I went to Minnesota, and stayed for 4 weeks. I had never been to foreighn countries, so I was so nervous before I went there. However, my host family was willing to have me, so I was very happy. I learned a variety of things at Bethel University, and I experienced valuable things, for example, feed my starving children, canoeing, horse back riding, and so on. Also, I have a lot of memories with my host family. I played basketball and tennis with them. One day, I went to fair. My host sister sang on the stage, and she got first prize!

 

 

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Good and bad ponts about summer

I think good point about summer is there are a lot of things to do only summer. For example, swimming in the sea, wearing a yukata, summer festival, eating shaved ices and watermelons, and so on. I especially like fireworks. They are very beautiful. However, I think summer has some bad points. First, it is hot. Kumamoto is very hot in summer, so I sweat and feel so bad. Second, there are many bags. I don't like bags. Also, typhoons come in late summer. Typhoons bring storong wind and rain. When typhoons come, breakout sometimes happen. Typhoons are very troublesome.

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How I study during the vacation

I think summer vacation is the best time to study. Summer vacation for Kumamoto Gakuen University students is about two months. I thnk it is so long vacation, so I overcome my weak point. I want to increase English vocabulary. I have books of English words, so I want to memorize 5 words in the book a day. Also, my listening ability is poor, so I try to listen to western music because I want to enjoy studying English. I want to be able to hear English conversation between native speakers. And more, I study for TOEIC, and I want to get high score.

 

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What classes I will take next term

I will take 2 new classes. One of these is Theory of Japanese history. I had Reading class at the time in spring semester, but I don't have it next term, so I decided Theory of Japanese history instead of Reading class. I like Japanese history, so I want to enjoy studying it. The other is Affair of the U.K. I learned history of the U.K. I also wanted to know affair, so I decided take this class. I think Wednesday and Thursday will be hard for me, but I aim to do no lateness and absence.

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My vacation plans

I have finished Kaigai Kenshu. I enjoyed staying in Minnesota. However, I have a lot of things to do. First, I have to write a report and hand in it. Next, I have to take exams on next week. I must study hard. After that, I will play with my friends! I will go to eat something, go to watch movies, go shopping, and so on. Also, my mother is going to go to Hokkaido, so I have to do housework. It will be hard for me. Of course, I have to work part-time, but I will do my best!

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