I will introduce a secret of Kumamoto. It is my house’s porch. Why it is secret that there is in my house, so many people do not know that. My house is standing on the hill so we can see nice view from there. There are not so many houses around my house. Instead of that there are many fields and country roads. I enjoy looking that driving cars, flying birds, many mountains. When winter we can see that they are covered with snow. The view is so nice.
When night it is good way for me to watch stars lying on the floor. We can see many stars clearly and they are shining brightly. It looks like jewel. I like that.
The porch has table and chairs to eat barbecue. We enjoy eating barbecue and chatting with my friends and my family. It makes me relax, happy and refreshing.
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2008年12月3日水曜日
2008年12月1日月曜日
BR 2-15: Little Witch Goes to School
There are Little Witch, her cat Bow-Wow, her mother witch, aunt Nasty, Aunt Grouchy, Cousin Dippy, her friends and teacher. Little Witch was bored, because she did not have friends to play with her except Bow-Wow and her bat, Scrubby. Little Witch went into the kitchen and told her mother that she had any friends to play with her. Her mother said, “Go find Aunt Nasty and Aunt Grouchy.” Little Witch went to them. They were on the roof and throwing smelly old eggs at the mailman. Little Witch felt sorry for him and she tried to magic to help him. His dress cleaned up. Then she went to Cousin Dippy. She was taping the falling leaves because she did not know about FALL SEASON. The next morning, Little Witch went to the school. Her aunts gave her a wormy apple for the teacher and her mother gave her a lunch box full of candy and Cousin Dippy gave her a box of crayons. “Remember to be bad, and do not make any new friends! Do not learn anything!” her mother said. When she got to school she saw her friends and the teacher. The teacher was shocked to see Little Witch because she was not her student, but she was very polite for Little Witch. The teacher could not believe that Little Witch was a real Witch, so Little Witch tried to know her she was a real Witch, she said a magic spell, and then she flew with her broom. Little Witch turned the wormy apple to banana. Little Witch’s crayons were not right colors, for example blue one drew in green, so she changed with Willie. She enjoyed with her friends in school. When the school was over, she felt sad, but the teacher said to her that little Witch could come back tomorrow. When she heard that she was happy. After school Little Witch was going to home, then her friends told her to ride broomstick. Little Witch use a magic and the broomstick got longer and her many friends could ride on. When she got home, her mother got angry because Little Witch broke promise with her mother. Little Witch must not make friends but she did. When she got to bet, her mother came into the room and said to her “It is bad to break promise.” However she was proud of Little Witch because she did bad thing.
In Witch’s world, it is good to do bad things. I am interested in this story.
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In Witch’s world, it is good to do bad things. I am interested in this story.
421 words
2008年11月26日水曜日
Brain storming3 Secret of Kumamoto
Asoji (eating country food for example takanameshi, dagojiru)
Rojipan (bakeryshop),
Horafukitei (okonomiyaki),
My house’s porch (night view)
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Rojipan (bakeryshop),
Horafukitei (okonomiyaki),
My house’s porch (night view)
17 words
2008年11月20日木曜日
BR 2-14: THE UGRY DUCKLING
Once upon a time, nine ducklings hatched. Eight were pretty and fluffy and yellow, but the ninth duckling did not look like the others. “Ugly duckling! Ugly duckling!” said the eight other ducklings. “Ugly ducklings go away!” Once the mother duck took her ducklings to visit another duck family on the other side of the lake. They teased the ugly duckling. “You can not be a duck!” the ugly duckling cried and he ran away. The ugly duckling hid in some grass. Soon it got dark. The ugly duckling was scared and lonely. He went to sleep. The next morning, the ugly duckling went to look for food. “What kind of bird are you?” asked some wild ducks. The ugly duckling said “I am a duck.” However the wild duck teased him. The ugly duckling ran away from the wild ducks. He ran and ran until he came to another lake, and he stayed there. The ugly duckling stayed all winter. It was cold, and windy, too. One day, the ugly duckling saw some swans flying south. They called “Come with us.” He tried to fly, but he could not and the swans could not wait. The ugly duckling stayed by the lake. He grew and grew and he became a swan but he did not notice. In the spring, the ugly duckling flapped his wings. They were big and strong. “I can fly, I can fly!” he said. He flew to a riverbank. “Come and stay with us,” said the swans. The ugly duckling said “You do not want me. I am just an ugly duckling.” “A duckling?” they said. “No, you are a swan. A beautiful swan, just like us!”
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282 words
2008年11月18日火曜日
STUDY ABROAD
ABOUT MINNESOTA AND KUMAMOTO FASHION
BY
Miho Chiwata
A SHORT PAPER
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE OF
SUMMER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM (US)
Kumamoto Gakuen University Foreign Language Department
English Course
SUPERVISOR: Miho ChiwataKumamoto Gakuen UniversityOe 2-5-1 KumamotoJapan
October 21, 2008
This paper consists of 1161 words
1. Introduction
There are many kinds of fashion in Japan. They are trendy and fashionable and individual. Many Japanese people, especially girls, like to read fashion magazines and go shopping.
In America, there are many kinds of fashions, too. Are American girls interested in fashion? I researched about it.
To answer, I went to several different shopping areas in Minnesota and read American fashion magazines. Also I asked Bethel students or my host family some questions, and used graphs to indicate the results which will be discussed in section 2 and in section 3.
2. In Kumamoto
Kumamoto has some local magazines; for example, “No” and “Tankuma” and so on. There are many things written in magazines about Kumamoto. In Japan, slim, beautiful girls appear in fashion magazines. They are leading Japanese girls to fashion. It seems that this is one strategy used to sell expensive clothing, and one reason why Japanese girls are absorbed in fashion. It is good for girls to read fashion magazines, because they can be fashionable and they can show their own individuality. Also they can become more beautiful, because the fashion magazines sometimes insert articles about good ways to diet or how to make up and so on.
Also many fashion stores are introduced in these magazines. When college students go to school, they dress up, and wear make up. Most Japanese girls like to go shopping and they are interested in fashion. They are especially interested in fashion outside of Japan. They observe Paris and Reahna and so on in magazines.
Table 1 below shows the results of a questionnaire given to KGU students in Kumamoto. According to the results, in Japan they read fashion magazines, and it seems that they don’t want to be considered unfashionable. Also the research said that most Japanese people are interested in fashion very much. It is an important point to know the way they think about Japanese fashion. Looking at question 6, it says that most Japanese people think fashion is fun and shows individuality. Both of them are positive attributes of fashion. On the other hand only 3 people thought that fashion was a bother or expensive. As a result, we can see through these answers that Japanese people (32 out of 35) are generally addicted to fashion.
Questions
Number of people
1. How interested in are
you in fashion?
Very much
23 (61%)
So-so
9(25%)
A little
2(5%)
Not at all
1(2%)
2. Are you conscious
about what you wear?
Very much
14
(40%)
So-so
19
(54%)
A little
2
(5%)
Not at all
0
(0%)
3. What kind of clothes
do you like best?
Dresses
5(14%)
Slacks
3(8%)
Jeans 10(28%)
T-shirts
13(37%)
Tops
5(14%)
Skirts
5(14%)
Others
Jackets
Blouses
4. What colors do you
tend to wear most?
Deep colors
13(37%)
Primary colors
2(5%)
Muted colors
3(8%)
Patterns
1(2%)
Pastels
6(17%)
Others
Blue
White
Bright co
-lors
9(25%)
Table 1. Results of Japanese students (age 19 to 21)
5. Do you read
fashion magazines?
Very much
9(25%)
So- so
17(48%)
A little
7(20%)
Not at all
2(5%)
6. what do you think of
fashion?
It’s fun
25(71%)
show
Individu
-ality
7(20%)
It’s expensive
2(5%)
It’s a
Bother
1(2%)
3. In the US[1]
According to 6 Bethel college student girls, when they go to college they wear clothing that is easy moving, but when they go out to dinner, shopping or the theater, they dress up and put on make up. Recently skinny jeans and baggy pants and high-waist jeans are popular among young people in America, and when they feel cold, they sometimes put on scarves.
I wanted to find local fashion magazines in Minnesota, but there were no local magazines about fashion. It seems that Minnesotans are not so much interested in fashion.
As above, Table 2 shows answers by Minnesotans about fashion. The research said that they are not so interested in fashion, because 8 people answered that fashion is a little interesting and 5 said not at all. Even so for question 2, they indicated they are not so interested in fashion, but they are conscious about what they wear. They like jeans, maybe because they are easy moving, and they are comfortable. One person answered that he (she) wore light clothes so that he (she) would not get too hot. Surprisingly, they seldom read fashion magazines. They seem not to spend much money to buy clothing. Also, 8 out of 25 people think that fashion is expensive. One person said that fashion is something pushed on people so they will spend money, which is a unique and thought provoking opinion.
People in Minnesota seemed not to buy expensive clothing, but they spent money on other things, for example going driving, going out to dinner, traveling, buying a jet-ski and fishing gears; in other words, on their own hobbies. Minnesotans like to go outside, because they seem to enjoy hiking, and sports. Therefore they wear clothing that is easy to move or walk in.
Questions
Number of people
1. How interested in are
you in fashion?
Very much
4(21%)
So-so
2(1%)
A little
8(42%)
Not at all
5(26%)
2. Are you conscious
about what you wear?
Very much
7(35%)
So-so
6(30%)
A little
6(30%)
Not at all
1(5%)
3. What kind of clothes
do you like best?
Dresses
2
Slacks
8
Jeans
14
T-shirts
7
Others
Button- up
Shirts
Second hand store
Tops
7
Skirts
3
4. What colors do you
tend to wear most?
Deep colors
4
Primary colors
3
Muted colors
5
Patterns
0
Pastels
1
Others
Blue
Kahki
Black
Bright co
-lors
5
Table 2. Responses of Minnesotans (age 18 to 50)
5. Do you read
fashion magazines?
Very much
1(5%)
So- so
1(5%)
A little
4(20%)
Not at all
14(70%)
6. what do you think of
fashion?
It’s fun
5(25%)
It’s expensive 8(40%)
It show
individu
-ality
5(25%)
It’s a
bother
5(25%)
7. Conclusion
From the above, we see that Japanese people are interested in fashion. There are many kinds of fashion magazines in Japan, and they read them. It seems that they are influenced by fashion magazines, and they may be happy to dress up and make up. Fashion has continued from a long time in Japan, with changing popularity. It seems to be Japanese culture, because Japanese people like fashion without generation differences.
On the other hand, American people are not so interested in fashion. They buy cheaper clothes, but they are original and cute. They make a point of wearing clothes that are easy to move in. Also when they go to college or just go to the grocery store to buy something, they do not make up or dress up, but when they go to dinner, birthday parties or hung out with friends, they make up and dress up. It is American culture.
American people are natural, active and healthy. Japanese people are fashionable and conscious about health. Both of them have good points.
8. Bibliography
American fashion retrieved from http://www.anyfashions.com/
NET ViVi retrieved from http://www.joseishi.net/vivi/
アメリカの女の子のファッション(American girls fashion) retrieved from http://ameblo.jp/megunokokoro/entry-10125666344.html
ファッション通販（fashion walker）retrieved from http://gw.tv/fw/
9. Questionnaire
1. How interested in are you in fashion?
Very much So-so A little Not at all
2. Are you conscious about what you wear?
Very much So-so A little Not at all
3. What kind of clothes do you like best?
Dresses Slacks Jeans T-shirts Tops Skirts Others
4. What colors do you tend to wear most?
Deep colors Primary Muted colors Patterns Pastels Bright colors Others
5. Do you read fashion magazines?
Very much So-so A little Not at all
6. What do you think of fashion?
It’s fun Show individuality It’s expensive It’s a bother
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[1] I had not known so much about American fashion until I went to Minnesota. When I went to Minnesota, and I saw American college students in Minnesota generally wear T-shirts, jeans and sandals. I was surprised at that thing, because in Japan we dress up and wear make up.
BY
Miho Chiwata
A SHORT PAPER
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE OF
SUMMER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM (US)
Kumamoto Gakuen University Foreign Language Department
English Course
SUPERVISOR: Miho ChiwataKumamoto Gakuen UniversityOe 2-5-1 KumamotoJapan
October 21, 2008
This paper consists of 1161 words
1. Introduction
There are many kinds of fashion in Japan. They are trendy and fashionable and individual. Many Japanese people, especially girls, like to read fashion magazines and go shopping.
In America, there are many kinds of fashions, too. Are American girls interested in fashion? I researched about it.
To answer, I went to several different shopping areas in Minnesota and read American fashion magazines. Also I asked Bethel students or my host family some questions, and used graphs to indicate the results which will be discussed in section 2 and in section 3.
2. In Kumamoto
Kumamoto has some local magazines; for example, “No” and “Tankuma” and so on. There are many things written in magazines about Kumamoto. In Japan, slim, beautiful girls appear in fashion magazines. They are leading Japanese girls to fashion. It seems that this is one strategy used to sell expensive clothing, and one reason why Japanese girls are absorbed in fashion. It is good for girls to read fashion magazines, because they can be fashionable and they can show their own individuality. Also they can become more beautiful, because the fashion magazines sometimes insert articles about good ways to diet or how to make up and so on.
Also many fashion stores are introduced in these magazines. When college students go to school, they dress up, and wear make up. Most Japanese girls like to go shopping and they are interested in fashion. They are especially interested in fashion outside of Japan. They observe Paris and Reahna and so on in magazines.
Table 1 below shows the results of a questionnaire given to KGU students in Kumamoto. According to the results, in Japan they read fashion magazines, and it seems that they don’t want to be considered unfashionable. Also the research said that most Japanese people are interested in fashion very much. It is an important point to know the way they think about Japanese fashion. Looking at question 6, it says that most Japanese people think fashion is fun and shows individuality. Both of them are positive attributes of fashion. On the other hand only 3 people thought that fashion was a bother or expensive. As a result, we can see through these answers that Japanese people (32 out of 35) are generally addicted to fashion.
Questions
Number of people
1. How interested in are
you in fashion?
Very much
23 (61%)
So-so
9(25%)
A little
2(5%)
Not at all
1(2%)
2. Are you conscious
about what you wear?
Very much
14
(40%)
So-so
19
(54%)
A little
2
(5%)
Not at all
0
(0%)
3. What kind of clothes
do you like best?
Dresses
5(14%)
Slacks
3(8%)
Jeans 10(28%)
T-shirts
13(37%)
Tops
5(14%)
Skirts
5(14%)
Others
Jackets
Blouses
4. What colors do you
tend to wear most?
Deep colors
13(37%)
Primary colors
2(5%)
Muted colors
3(8%)
Patterns
1(2%)
Pastels
6(17%)
Others
Blue
White
Bright co
-lors
9(25%)
Table 1. Results of Japanese students (age 19 to 21)
5. Do you read
fashion magazines?
Very much
9(25%)
So- so
17(48%)
A little
7(20%)
Not at all
2(5%)
6. what do you think of
fashion?
It’s fun
25(71%)
show
Individu
-ality
7(20%)
It’s expensive
2(5%)
It’s a
Bother
1(2%)
3. In the US[1]
According to 6 Bethel college student girls, when they go to college they wear clothing that is easy moving, but when they go out to dinner, shopping or the theater, they dress up and put on make up. Recently skinny jeans and baggy pants and high-waist jeans are popular among young people in America, and when they feel cold, they sometimes put on scarves.
I wanted to find local fashion magazines in Minnesota, but there were no local magazines about fashion. It seems that Minnesotans are not so much interested in fashion.
As above, Table 2 shows answers by Minnesotans about fashion. The research said that they are not so interested in fashion, because 8 people answered that fashion is a little interesting and 5 said not at all. Even so for question 2, they indicated they are not so interested in fashion, but they are conscious about what they wear. They like jeans, maybe because they are easy moving, and they are comfortable. One person answered that he (she) wore light clothes so that he (she) would not get too hot. Surprisingly, they seldom read fashion magazines. They seem not to spend much money to buy clothing. Also, 8 out of 25 people think that fashion is expensive. One person said that fashion is something pushed on people so they will spend money, which is a unique and thought provoking opinion.
People in Minnesota seemed not to buy expensive clothing, but they spent money on other things, for example going driving, going out to dinner, traveling, buying a jet-ski and fishing gears; in other words, on their own hobbies. Minnesotans like to go outside, because they seem to enjoy hiking, and sports. Therefore they wear clothing that is easy to move or walk in.
Questions
Number of people
1. How interested in are
you in fashion?
Very much
4(21%)
So-so
2(1%)
A little
8(42%)
Not at all
5(26%)
2. Are you conscious
about what you wear?
Very much
7(35%)
So-so
6(30%)
A little
6(30%)
Not at all
1(5%)
3. What kind of clothes
do you like best?
Dresses
2
Slacks
8
Jeans
14
T-shirts
7
Others
Button- up
Shirts
Second hand store
Tops
7
Skirts
3
4. What colors do you
tend to wear most?
Deep colors
4
Primary colors
3
Muted colors
5
Patterns
0
Pastels
1
Others
Blue
Kahki
Black
Bright co
-lors
5
Table 2. Responses of Minnesotans (age 18 to 50)
5. Do you read
fashion magazines?
Very much
1(5%)
So- so
1(5%)
A little
4(20%)
Not at all
14(70%)
6. what do you think of
fashion?
It’s fun
5(25%)
It’s expensive 8(40%)
It show
individu
-ality
5(25%)
It’s a
bother
5(25%)
7. Conclusion
From the above, we see that Japanese people are interested in fashion. There are many kinds of fashion magazines in Japan, and they read them. It seems that they are influenced by fashion magazines, and they may be happy to dress up and make up. Fashion has continued from a long time in Japan, with changing popularity. It seems to be Japanese culture, because Japanese people like fashion without generation differences.
On the other hand, American people are not so interested in fashion. They buy cheaper clothes, but they are original and cute. They make a point of wearing clothes that are easy to move in. Also when they go to college or just go to the grocery store to buy something, they do not make up or dress up, but when they go to dinner, birthday parties or hung out with friends, they make up and dress up. It is American culture.
American people are natural, active and healthy. Japanese people are fashionable and conscious about health. Both of them have good points.
8. Bibliography
American fashion retrieved from http://www.anyfashions.com/
NET ViVi retrieved from http://www.joseishi.net/vivi/
アメリカの女の子のファッション(American girls fashion) retrieved from http://ameblo.jp/megunokokoro/entry-10125666344.html
ファッション通販（fashion walker）retrieved from http://gw.tv/fw/
9. Questionnaire
1. How interested in are you in fashion?
Very much So-so A little Not at all
2. Are you conscious about what you wear?
Very much So-so A little Not at all
3. What kind of clothes do you like best?
Dresses Slacks Jeans T-shirts Tops Skirts Others
4. What colors do you tend to wear most?
Deep colors Primary Muted colors Patterns Pastels Bright colors Others
5. Do you read fashion magazines?
Very much So-so A little Not at all
6. What do you think of fashion?
It’s fun Show individuality It’s expensive It’s a bother
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[1] I had not known so much about American fashion until I went to Minnesota. When I went to Minnesota, and I saw American college students in Minnesota generally wear T-shirts, jeans and sandals. I was surprised at that thing, because in Japan we dress up and wear make up.
2008年11月13日木曜日
Community Youth hostel club
I will introduce my circle, youth hostel. we have a big program. It is a school festival.
my school held a school festival in Oct. 31, Nov. 1,2. Our club sold fried bread ice cream. isn't a strange name?:> this is an our club’s traditional food and we sell it every year. I will teach u how to make it. First, you ready bread (the bread is thin and it will be usually baked by (an electric) toaster) and ice cream (about 2 or 3 spoonfuls). you cut off the crust and you push all inside of the bread and spread a little water around the bread because it is helpful to put together each corners of the bread, and put the ice cream on the center of bread, and you cover the ice cream with bread like triangle. Finally you fried it about 30 seconds or less (till become brown) and shift sugar on it. The points are keeping not melting the ice cream till fry, you should make it as soon as possible you can. I wanna make it for you, but I cant;<> that’s so nice. Our school’s exchange students ate it, and they said to me this is so nice!!:-] I recommend it. Also we made exhibition of Japanese era. We made each Japanese era’s symbols and we made room each era’s symbols. Making was so tired, but finally we made it we were so excite and impression. Also we could get the superior prize of the exhibition. Before school festival, we walked in down town with funny costume and portable shrine.
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my school held a school festival in Oct. 31, Nov. 1,2. Our club sold fried bread ice cream. isn't a strange name?:> this is an our club’s traditional food and we sell it every year. I will teach u how to make it. First, you ready bread (the bread is thin and it will be usually baked by (an electric) toaster) and ice cream (about 2 or 3 spoonfuls). you cut off the crust and you push all inside of the bread and spread a little water around the bread because it is helpful to put together each corners of the bread, and put the ice cream on the center of bread, and you cover the ice cream with bread like triangle. Finally you fried it about 30 seconds or less (till become brown) and shift sugar on it. The points are keeping not melting the ice cream till fry, you should make it as soon as possible you can. I wanna make it for you, but I cant;<> that’s so nice. Our school’s exchange students ate it, and they said to me this is so nice!!:-] I recommend it. Also we made exhibition of Japanese era. We made each Japanese era’s symbols and we made room each era’s symbols. Making was so tired, but finally we made it we were so excite and impression. Also we could get the superior prize of the exhibition. Before school festival, we walked in down town with funny costume and portable shrine.
311 words
2008年11月12日水曜日
Brain storm2 community
Course mates, work mates, volleyball team, Clubs/team (youth hostel, photo, sightseeing, ESS, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, calligraphy, and so on), cram school, dance club, piano club.
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