Enjoyable winter vacation!

During winter vacation, I have returned my hometown and had a good time! I have spent it with my family and best friends. I was so happy because I was able to meet them after a long separation. My family had a Christmas party and we ate delicious foods that were made by my mother. In the New Year, we have been staying at home and relaxed very much.
In addition, I stayed overnight at my friend's house and spent the night talking. My friends are always busy at their part-time jobs, so I was very happy to meet them and talk with each other after a long separation. I was able to spend a full winter vacation!!

my trip to tokyo

During my holiday, I went to tokyo with some friends.It was really awesome place.Compared to the weather here, it's like spring there.It was really warm there and every girl wore miniskirt.

Harajuku is a fashionable place.There is a cosplay party every weekend there.When I took a train there, I saw a girl dressing as maid.It really surprised me.After arriving there, I saw more people dressing up in different ways and realized there must be a cosplay party or something.Both guys and girls were all really cute.Near the train station,there was a park.And there were three undergraduates there giving free hugs to everyone.I didn't know that Japanese hug a lot.But it was really cool.They left us good memories.

Ginza is a really fancy place.There were some big stores of Sony and Apple to show the latest production.Other stores like Prada, Dior and Swarovski were also fancy and expensive.I guess that's why there were not many young people there.

Shibuya is another fashionable place.There was a big department called 109.THe clothes there were all beautiful.I bought several clothes there and I love that place.

Akihabara is my paradise.There were so many stores of  comics figure and model.Although I can buy those from Amazon and have it delivered to my house.I just couldn't help it and bought two big models of Gundam.When I was in  China, I always wanted to go to the maid bar in Akihabara.The maids there call you master and they are all cute.It did cost me a lot to see the cute girls and have them call me master.They charge you 500 yen to get in,and 1000 yen for a cup of coffee and a piece of cake.If you want to take a picture with the maids,its another 500 yen.Those maids must earn a lot.

Anyway,I had a really good time there.And I really want to go there again sometime.

My winter vacation

This winter vacation, it snowed very much. On December 31, after we ate dinner and taking bath, we were watching TV. But, at about 19:30, it became dark suddenly! The power supply was cut off because of the heavy snow. After a few minutes, the electricity came back on once. But, it was cut off again soon. After a more few minutes, it came back completely. When it was cut off, I used a computer. So, I worried the going down. Luckily, nothing happened. In this winter vacation, I have my breath taken away.

Party with my old friends

On January 2, I and my friends who are my junior high-school classmates gathered together and had a party at the cottage in WeSPa Tsubakiyama in Hukawura. There are 7 men and 3 women except me. We had a good time eating, drinking, watching TV, playing games, and talking. We met after a long time and there were someone who I hadn’t met for 6 years. Everyone’s appearance has changed. For example, someone has changed one’s hairstyle, someone has dyed one’s hair, someone has gained weight, and someone has lost weight. However their character has never changed since I last saw them. It made me happy and made me feel nostalgia.

There are some themes that we earnestly have thought of and have talked about together during this party. They are our dream and future. I have many types of friends. Everyone has his own dreams and everyone is going his own road. A man goes to a technical school in Sendai to become a physical therapist, a man became a fisherman as successor to his farther, a women goes to a nursing school in Saitama, a man works at a town office, a man tries to be a cook, a man became a Self-Defense Forces, and so on. Among people who live alone, there are who has got homesick, and who can’t be getting along with others. Furthermore, there is a person who is distressed to think the job he aims is suitable for him true. We listened to each one’s distress or anxiety and cheered up each other. It was a precious and memorable time.

Through this party, I recognized how important local friends are. I think that the friends who have lived in same town, have played together, and have experienced same things in childhood are a little different to the friends who have known each other in high school or college. I think so especially because our town and scale of our school are so small. We can talk about our real feelings feeling relieved just because we know real character each other. In fact, the friends who were distressed gave me courage conversely although my role was to cheer up. So I will live without forgetting my precious friends and hometown.

My winter holiday

During my winter holiday，I came to Tokyo and take part in an event called “experience Japan’s new year”. To my surprise，it is very very interesting. I also learned a lot from the three day’s activity. There are 363 foreign students participated our activity，everybody is now studying in japan.
We talked to each other ，understood each other and make friend with all of the students. For me，the most happy things is that I knew the Japanese how to spend the new year with family. I ate the Japanese new year food and looked the most famous program “koukaku utaggasen” .
The last day I stayed in Tokyo，I went to one of the famous market ------shibuya 109. it is terrible when I stood at the gate of 109. I spent 2 hours to stand in a queue. And then，when I came in the 7th storey market，I found that it is hard to breathe. It is very crowded. I had never seen that a lot of people shopping at the same time. Everyone was crazy in shopping. I was also infected with the virus called “shopping”and bought “fukubukuro”，which is very famous in Japan.

My New Year's Holiday

I went fishing two times. At first, I went fishing with my friend. As usual, he use bait and I use lure. Then the waves were high so it is difficult for me to contact to the bottom. But there were some small bites and he caught a few small fish. From my experience, if there are small fish, there is a big fish there at least. So I keep casting. Finally, he caught a good size fish!! Not me! (as a result, I couldn't catch any fish) Anyway, I was glad to go fishing with him.
And then, I went revenge. the point is I harbor. The waves were higher than before. So I use heavy sinker and long rod. And bait fishing was good so I brought a bait fishing tackle. Like before, there are many small bites. I caught small fish. But finally, a big bite attacked for my bait tackle!! About 50cm fish!! BUT..... the person who caught this one is NOT ME!! My companion caught it by using my tackle. Oh my God!!! After this, the waves became higher more and more, so we moved to O harbor in Y bay. But there isn't any reactions of life. As a result, I could catch small fish only.
But I had a good time both of then. Certainly, if I catch big fish, it is fun. But I like the situation of fishing. I can refresh because I can escape from the din and bustle of the school. Next time, I want to catch big fish.

Koichiro Sasaki

My New Year's Day

On New Year's Day,my family went to a shrine. This is a costom in my family. The shrine sacred to Sugawarano Michizane who is famous historical person. We drew a fortune slip and mine was...not so bad.
After that,we went to a big shopping mall. It was just like a battlefield! There were no
spaces to park cars. So many people came to shopping. But my family didn't shrink from that. Finally everyone could get what we wanted.It was really exciting,full shopping.
I spend a happy New Year's Day with my family. And I hope this year will be wonderful year for me.

Christmas party

On December 23, I went to my friends' houce. We had Christmas party. So, I went to the mos berger shop before going to there, because I ordered fried chicken few days ago.

When I entered this shop, there were four or five clerks, and they saied together " irasshaimase! ". And I saied my name, then one clerk saied big voice to another clerks " Ms.Uchiyama coming! " though there were near her. When I went out, all clerks saied again " arigato-gozaimasita!".

There action is overdone I thought. It was funny. After that, I had good time with my friends.

My Last Year and New Year

On 25th December, an orchestra in Aomori give a Daiku concert in Mutsu which lies about the top of Aomori prefecture. Daiku stands for symphony No.9 composed by Beethoven.
Though I began to play percussion from last April, I was invited by a senior of mine and played this instrument; Bass Drum what is called Gran Cassa.
I had to wait for my turn for long time. I felt it may be 40 to 50 minutes. Just before the turn, the most sleepy melody I think was about to make me into the world continuously, but I endured and endured and.... Anyway I had hard time.

Luckily, after the concert, we could have a big dinner ; beef, abalones, prawns, tuna, and so on.
This tuna weighted about 80 kilograms. But it dissapeared in about a half hour. What great memners this orchestra had!

This man with this tuna took a picture of the people taking a picture of this tuna.

Few relative visited our house and worship this god. This is a wall shelf for the god. From 1st Janually, our family let this shelf decorate with

However this god may be screaming. I heard that his broken right arm was taped! I wonder if this treatment is hiden with a cup of liquor now.

happy new year everyone !!

I spent a week in Tokyo during winter vacation, and it was super great, because I could meet my brother and stay with some friends.

I took a night bus on wednesday the 22th, my japanese friend drove me to the Hirosaki station. It was empty, so I have been able to lie down in the back, and I slept quite well. My friends took a different bus the day after, and that one was crowded, not comfortable.

On thursday the 23th, in the morning, I had to take my little brother Léo at Narita airport. He had difficulties to fill down the questionnaire, because he didn't know the name of the hotel we were supposed to sleep. Thus, I had to wait for him like two hours and a half, after his flight arrived. I was worried because I had no way of joining him, since he didn't have a cell phone. Finally, he came and we took a free shuttle bus to the Narita Port Hotel.

This hotel was very luxurious, and of course very expensive : 1200 yens for an internet access per day. The hotel cafeteria was an all-you-can-it buffet, and costed us 3000 yens for the diner, 1500 yens for the breakfast the day after (per person). But the food was delicious so I didn't bother. In the end, we only stayed one night in this hotel, before moving to New Tohoku Hotel, in Ueno, the next day.

It was much cheaper, and the owner was very sympathetic. She could speak a little bit french. We met my friends at 11 a.m. in front of Ueno station, and all together we visited the Ueno park, where there're a lot of cats, and the shrines next to it. then, in the afternoon, we went to visit the Tokyo bay, we took a ferryboat, and saw Palette Town, which was so colorful. There was this statue, with a crowd of people (most of them were couples) waiting for it to be illuminated : it was amasing, and very romantic. At last, we watched the christmas illuminations, split up in two groups, and my brother, one of my friends and I bought some food at the convenience store, and ate it at the hotel, while the others stayed visiting the city by night.

The following morning, I went to pick one friend up at Ueno station : he was the last missing in the group, and in total we were 7 : Agota and Ferenz (a hungarian couple), Sonia (german), Andrea (romanian), Shoki (chinese), my brother and I (from France). Occasionally, Andrea's romanian friend, Alex, would join us and act as a guide, since he lives and work in Tokyo.

On saturday the 25th, we visited Asakusa in the morning (where we saw a gigantic shrine, and a crowded market place). And in the afternoon, it was the Yoyogi park. The next day, we went shopping to Shibuya's 109, we took pictures of the Hachiko statue, and saw cosplayers in Harajuku. It was very funny, and our feet would hurt at the end of the day. We visited Chinatown, then Yokohama bay.

On monday, we visited Ginza (the imperial palace), and Akihabara in the afternoon. We had diner in a Sukiya near the hotel, then most of my friends had to take the night bus back to Hirosaki. In the end, only 3 of us stayed in the hotel.

On tuesday, we went again to Shibuya and Harajuku, since my brother wanted to do some shopping. On wednesday, we went to Ikebukuro, because I read the novel "Ikebukuro West Gate Park", which is also a manga, and I wanted to watch the suburb where the story took place in.

On thursday, I led my brother back to the airport, then my friend and I took a night bus again, ack to Hirosaki. We arrived the next morning at 7h30 a.m. , greatly welcomed by the snow and a cold wind, which we almost forgot while being in Tokyo.

I spend all the day in bed, and had a nabe party in my room, on the evening, to celebrate the New Year's Day. The party lasted until 2 a.m. , and was very fun, although we didn't come out to see the firework launched at Hirosaki park.

After that, I spent most of the time in my room until now, because it's very cold outside. Yesterday, it was my father's birthday.

Hope you too are having a good time during this winter vacation.
See you on friday !!!

My winter vacation experience

A happy new year! I have spent winter vacation in grandparents' home which is in Aomori city for more than a week. My parents who live in Saitama also have spent their winter vacation there. I'm going to return to Hirosaki on January 6 Th. I am watching TV "The Hakone ekiden" and enjoying it very much now. Last year, I was hospitalized with viral gastroenteritis at Christmas so I wasn't able to eat many delicious foods. But I recover my health and eat many delicious foods such as sukiyaki, rice cake or sashimi now. I really enjoy spending my winter vacation with my family!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy new year 2011!I greeted the New Year with my family.But it was a heavy snow on the last day of the day so my family removed snow when new year began.After we removed snow,I went to "Hatsumode" with my mother.Next day,I went to "Hatsumode" again.And I pulled a sacred lot in the Shinto shrine.The fortune I drew predicted so-so.
This year I will be a sophomore.I regret that I didn't study hard last year.So I am going to study more hard this year!!