I want to go to Paris!

I have never been to abroad・・・

But,I want to go to France,Paris.!

This is a picture of the Eiffel Tower.It is 324 meters high.Very tall and beautiful!!

It is a wine and cheese as for France!


I like cheese very much,especiall camembert!!


I want to drink wine when I am over twenty~

This is a picture of the Champs-Elysees Street.It is decorated with the brilliant Christmas illuminations.






Paris has many see sight spots.
I'd like to go on a tour of France once at least!!





If you want to know more about France,check this site,please.
http://www.cahierdeparis.com/

Hatahata

Do you know "Hatahata"?This is a kind of fish. It is a specialty of Akita.

This has no scales,so easy to cook and eat.

In Akita, Hatahata-nabe (Syotturu-nabe)is famous.

It is very delicious!

Hatahata comes into season at this time of year.

Please try it this winter.

The place I want to visit

The country I want to visit is England.

The reason is there is "The Sherlock Holmes Museum" in London.

I wrote I like Sherlock Holmes in self-introduction before.

I have been wanting to visit the place 221b Baker Steet in London, where is said he lived.

The museum is located the place and it shows his study or his personal belongings.

I surely go there someday because the place is the most famous address in the world!

A place I'd like to visit

I'd like to go to Costarica if I had a chance.
I hear about Costarica from my English teacher when I was a high school student.She has been traveled Costarica.

Costarica is in Central America.I hear it's famous for tropical rain forest and good beaches.We can also see many species of animals,fishes and plants there.
I want to go and take pictures.
That'all.Thank you.

Apples

I'm sorry,I'm late for writing blog last week.


By the way,Do you like eating apples? I like it very much!
We harvest apples from late autumn to early winter in Hirosaki.
Last Sunday,my mother got some apples from her friend.I cooked apple pie and apple jam with my mother.It was delicious. If you have some apples ,how about cooking apple dishes?

My travel suggestion

I've been to Africa a lot and even lived there. Kenya is a great tourist destination, and the game parks there attract (you should pardon the phrase) the lion's share of tourism in Africa. And Kenya is a lovely country, with beautiful beaches, snow capped mountains, modern (and old, traditional) cities, and beautiful scenic countryside. You couldn't go wrong with a Kenyan vacation. Here's the University of Nairobi:
























Here's downtown Nairobi:
























Here's inside the University campus:
























But I have to admit that my usual suggestion for first time visitors to Africa is Ghana. It's not as overrun with tourists as Kenya, but it still has most of the things that people go to Africa for, including some of the friendliest people in the friendliest country. Here's the library clock tower at the University of Ghana, Legon:





















Here's the library itself, with an obvious Asian influence:



Here's the signboard for the Noguchi Centre. I think you know about the man on the ¥1000 note, and his connection to medical research in Ghana.






















This is my M.A. advisor, Merrick Posnansky, who lived in Ghana for many years and who took us to Africa for research:

































This is Elmina, famous as the site of the first European castle on what was later called the Gold Coast, now Ghana. The name means "the mine" in Portuguese, and it's where the Portuguese bought their gold.



Here are some pictures of Ghanaian friends.



















































And I don't even have time to mention the country I know best, Nigeria. Maybe later.

Korea

I want to go to Korea, and I have the two reason.
First, Korean foods have a lot of spicy and delicious food such as Kimchi, pibimpap, chijimi, kukpap etc. So,I want to eat korean food,especially I like spicy foods. I had heard that Kimchi is free in Korea from my korean friends.

Next, my mother has loved korean dorama since when i was a high school students;therefore I would like to go to Korea with her. However, I have not enough money to take her to Korea.

Japanese history

I went to Okinawa for a high school trip. There is Himeyurinotou in Okinawa. I hope that you have seen Himeyurinotou or Genbakudome and listened to peaple telling about suffering of the war. I saw Himeyurinotou. But I felt sad not when I saw Himeyuri but when I saw Heiwanoisizue.

for details link http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp/

On the other hand, there are many delicious food in Okinawa. Specially, I like tinsukou very much!

It was delicious!

I ate "marron soft ice cream" when I went to the Sannaimaruyama in September.

Not only it tastes marron, but also it looks like a "mont blanc."

It was so hot that I had to eat it quickly so as not to melt.

I would like to eat the soft ice cream one more time...

My favorite food

Every photos of food you put in this blog looks very delicious! I want to eat them.
My hometown, Iwate's food, "Morioka Reimen". In English, maybe it is called "cold noodles (in Korean style.). Morioka Reimen is cold noodles of Morioka version.
It has plenty of body, so it has substantial meal too.
I love it.
A lot of restaurants in Iwate especially Korean barbecue have it in their menu.
Please eat it.

Nagoya's Local cuisine

This is my hometown's local cuisine "Misokatsu". I like it very much ! whenever I go back my home town , I eat it . It's delicious !! If you have chane to visit to Nagoya , let's try it .

My favorite Japanese food

This is my favorite Japanese food "Nikujaga".

I especially like Nikujaga made by my mother.

This photo is my dinner of yesterday.

I want to show you "Nikujaga" and eat it, so I tried to make it!

It was... I think nice. But my mother's is more deritious.

If you are irresoluting dinner, how about "Nikujaga"?

Obihiro's sweets are great!

There is ryugetu, it is famous sweet shop of Obihiro, in Hokkaido.

Nowday, I would like to tell you about a good Japanese sweet.

Its name is kurokarintou. It is not manzyu but real karintou!

Pumpkin

Pumpkin that was harvested on my family's patch is very delicious. It was grew by my grandparents . It is called "Bochan Kabocha", because it's the size of one's palm. It's size is easy for few people to eat the all. It tastes as if we added suger, thefore my family eat it in exchange for sweets. When the neighbors taste it, they praize my grandparents for it's excellent workship. It is good-tasteing indeed.

Lets' blog about food!

I guess we haven't blogged about food yet. I promised to blog about Greek food, because people in Japan don't know very much about it. I always try to eat Greek food whenever I go overseas. It's popular not only in the United States, but in European countries as well.

Greek food is very similar to other cuisines from the eastern Mediterranean Sea, for example, Turkish, Lebanese, and Egyptian. Falafel sandwiches are a common snack food from the area. In Los Angeles there are many falafel stands and restaurants that say "Lebanese food" or "Egyptian food" or "Israeli food" etc. but they all have the same cuisine. It is cheap, fast, healthy, vegetarian and tasty. They are made from ground bean patties fried and put into pita (pocket) bread. I highly recommend falafel over hamburgers if you visit the United States. Here's a picture of a falafel sandwich.



Most falafel stands are just like hamburger stands, though, the American equivalent of a soba stand, where you can get a fast quick meal. I hesitate to call most of them restaurants. Greek restaurants are sometimes just diners, but many of them are very high class, expensive establishments with floor shows. You might want to make reservations if you go to a high class Greek restaurant.

Greek food uses lots of lamb, eggplants, black olives, squid, feta cheese and many other ingredients I really like to eat. One of the most famous Greek dishes is moussaka. It is a kind of casserole made of ground lamb mixed with potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, spices and other ingredients. I often recommend it to friends who haven't tried Greek food before. Here is a picture of moussaka.



Other famous Greek foods that I like include lemon soup, Greek salad, stuffed grape leaves, gyros, souvlaki, and baklava, a dessert.

Someday I want to go to Greece and eat real Greek food there. In the meantime, here are some websites about Greek food for you to explore. If you are interested at all, try some Greek food when you go to Europe or America. You'll easily find it because it's very popular. Chicago is especially famous for Greek restaurants because there are many Greek Americans there.


Guide to Greek Food

Greek recipes and photos

Greek-recipe.com

Eat Greek Tonight!

About.com's Greek food page

a site from Greece

Bon apetit (or however they say it in Greek)!

my recomend site

If you like soccer, I recomend this site.
This site is the official site of premier league. You can know the results, the ranking, the team infomations, and so on. And you can see some pictures of the game.

http://www.premierleague.com/

Website for Relaxation

http://www.lassenart.com/

This is one of my favorite site.
As you know, Lassen is a famous artist for his pictures of dolphins.
I think that seeing dolphins relieve and relax you.
I also need time to relax...

The Outside of the Earth

This is my favorite web site.
You can learn a lot from the earth to space.
I like a starry sky. You can see the beautiful stars in this site even if you are in your home.
Let's visit this site!

http://www.nasa.gov/

Introduce my favorite site

I like watching sports on TV,especially figure skating in winter.I am a fan of Mao Asada.
I introduce Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site.
http://www.isu.org/
Please check it!

My favorite web site

If you are interedted in Japanese traditional culture, Please check it out .

http://www.sumo.or.jp/eng/index.html

If you like movies...

I introduce this web site, "Hollywood.com"

This site introduces much information of Hollywood, not only movies but Hollywood stars.
Many people comment each movies, so it is useful to decide what movie do you see.
There are also many pictures and I think you can enjoy this web site!
If you like movies, Hollywood stars, or entertainment, how about go to there?

http://www.hollywood.com/

Hello!

I introduce these web site.

You can see beautiful pictures on this site.
http://yakei.jp/english/

And,this is a web site for learning English.
http://www.alc.co.jp/eng/lvl/index.html
Please use it to study English.

Pictures of "Tanbo Art"

I'm so sorry I'm too late for writing blog last week.(T△T)

By the way, do you know these?

These are called "Tanbo Art."

These images are made of 4 kinds of rice and they are in Inakadate village next to Hirosaki city.

Inakadate started making "Tanbo Art" for village revitalization.(in Japanese, "Mura-Okoshi")

I took these pictures in August,so I think they have been harvested. We will be able to see the new "Tanbo Art" next year. Bye!

Hello

I introduce this site. Please use it and make meals with learning english.
I hope you will be able to enjoy cooking.

http://japanesefood.about.com/

Working is a good match for Autumn!

We have a good appetite in fall. Would you like to eat out for lunch? I start to work a part-time job in some hotel. There is smorgasbord in some restaurant of the hotel; from 11:00 to 14:00, 1500yen. I recommend to eat Chinese food! If you want to ask the smorgasbord in detail,please talk to me anytime.

It is said that Autumn encourage us to study English. Then, I will introduce interesting site.

http://www.eigo-gogo.com/books.html

September 20 and 21 I took part in traning camp of circle(I belong to Hirosaki univ. jazz society).It is held twice a year. Through the camp, we develop our own technique of jazz.
September 20 2008
Diviided into 6 groups , and we played original music ,each groups. I wrote the music of my group. It was very difficult but very fun! The performance made it . In addition to this, I recieved the individual prize!
September 21 2008
In this day, the theme was medley conteat. the medley consists of some jazz standard number.
The two days passed over too soon. Ireally enjoyed the camp and I want to develop my jazz piano technique more and more.

Leaves of autumn

This is a picture of the colored leaves of autumn.It's a beautiful is'nt?I love the leaves of autumn.

By the way,Have you ever been to “momiji to kikuningyou matsuri”in Hirosaki park?This festival hold in every autumn.We can enjoy seeing beautiful leaves of autumn and dolls there. If you haven't gone there yet,you should.

My memories in summer vacation!

In this summer vacation, I had unforgettable experience.

My hometown has a festival in every September and I joined it for the first time.

It was very exciting! In the festival, a float (called "DASHI") runs around the town.

Because I joined as a drummer of a big drum, I could ride on the float.

To beat a drum was really hard and I got tired, but I really enjoyed our festival!

If you have a chance to come my hometown, see our festival and enjoy it!

I have a good appetite recentry!

It is getting colder and colder.I can't put up with my appetite as autumn deepens into winter!So I will tell you what I have ate this weekend in this blog.

This is a roll of cabbage stuffes with minced meat.I made it for oneself on Friday.I had a party with my friends in my house.This dish was popular among them.

This is a rich ice cream!!Very delicious!!My friend treated me it on Saturday.I was very happy.This tastes green tea.I want to eat it again.

Lastly, this is a Kiritanpo,a local specialty Akita.I went back to my home in Akita on Sunday and ate it.I love it very much!It's very very delicious!!I was so happy.

As I have said,I did nothing but eat this weekend!!I gained weight this autumn…

My Happy Weekend

I belong to paraglider circle.
Every weekend I enjoy paragliding in Owani.It is very exciting!!! And now leaves of autumn are beautiful.
It is difficult to operate a paraglider. But it is very fun! If I fly with paraglider from the high place, I can see beautiful sceneries which are Hirosaki city, Mt.Iwaki and so on.
But I am not so good at paragliding to fly from high place... Since I fly from low place. But sceneries does not change and they are beautiful.

This summer we gone to Tottori dune and enjoyed sightseeing and eating...of course paragliding too.

The sand was too hot to walk. The sun light was too strong to open my eyes.These things are also precious memories.

Our circle does not only paraglide but also do various things.

In July we climbed Mt.Iwaki. At that time, the snow still remained on the mountain.

It is very missed.

I spend my holiday like this.

That is my holiday are interesting!

That is all.

A delightful holiday

I joined in the meeting which we mixed with the students coming from abroad. This meeting had been held for 3 days in Bonjyu Mountain , Aomori. There were 46 people , including professors of 3 universities , Akita, Iwate and Hirosaki.

This is the lodging which we spent 3days. We were tiny bit cold , becouse these was under constraction.








The other members of my activies group. We took second place in the video contest.









The member who shared a room. We became good friends.














Everybody was cheerful and lively kind of person. I had a good time with their.









If there will be held this meeting , I want to join again.

My trip to Beijing

While you were having the school festival, I was in Beijing for the Fulbright Association annual conference.

This was the first time I've ever been to one of these Fulbright conferences, even though I'm a lifetime member. It was even better than I expected. I met Fulbrighters from all over the world. The talks were always stimulating and I was always busy learning new things, meeting new people and enjoying myself doing so. I even ran into an old friend from my graduate school days at UCLA, who was working in China as an Africanist. The UCLA African Studies program always sends a lot of people on Fulbrights.

This is the audience for one of the panels.
Most of the larger panels were held in a large hotel ballroom that had excellent acoustics. They held a formal dinner for us there, too, but I don't think I have any pictures. The picture below is of one of the stage of the same panel.















They also had some excellent banquets for us. Here are some of the people from my table.















The man on the right is journalist James Fallows who spoke to the gathering about China.















Finally the Ambassador of Luxembourg held a reception for us at the embassy. The ambassador is a former Fulbright scholar also.















Well, I was going to show you some photos I took at the universities in Beijing, and of the Forbidden City when I went there, but this is already longer than I expected it to be. I better quit here and post more later.

I have found good site!

I do not see English website so much.But I tried searching an interesting website and then I found one! Please check it.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/shukan-st/

thank you for helping me contribute!