My interest

Ｎｏｗ　Ｉ’ｍ　ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔｅｄ　ｉｎ　ＭＬＢ　（Ｍａｊｏｒ　Ｌｅａｇｕｅ　Ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ）,　 ｅｓｐｅｃｉａｌｌｙ　ｔｗｏ　ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　ｐｉｔｃｈｅｒｓ，　Ｋｏｕｊｉ　Ｕｅｈａｒａ　ａｎｄ　Ｋｅｎｓｈｉｎ　Ｋａｗａｋａｍｉ．　Ｔｈｅｙ　ｈａｖｅ　ｐｌａｙｅｄ　ａｎ　ａｃｔｉｖｅ　ｐａｒｔ　ａｓ　ｔｏｐ-ｃｌａｓｓ　ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ　ｉｎ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ　ｗｏｒｌｄ　ｆｏｒ　ａ　ｌｏｎｇ　ｔｉｍｅ．　Ｉ’ｍ　ｖｅｒｙ　ａｔｔａｃｈｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅｍ　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　Ｉ’ｖｅ　ｋｎｏｗｎ　ｔｈｅｍ　ｓｉｎｃｅ　ｔｈｅｉｒ　ｄｅｂｕｔ． Ａｌｔｈｏｕｇｈ　ｍａｎｙ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　ｐｌａｙｅｒｓ　ａｒｅ　ｎｏｗ　ｐｌａｙｉｎｇ　ｉｎ　ＭＬＢ，　Ｉ　ｔｈｉｎｋ　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　ａ　ｇｒｅａｔ　ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｃｅ　ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ　Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ　ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ　ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ　ａｎｄ　ＭＬＢ．　Ｓｏ　Ｉ　ｗａｎｔ　ｔｏ　ｋｎｏｗ　ｗｈｅｔｈｅｒ　ｔｈｅｙ　ｃａｎ　ｐｌａｙ　ａｎ　ａｃｔｉｖｅ　ｐａｒｔ　ｉｎ　ＭＬＢ．　　　　

Nice to meet you!!

Hi!
My name is Hidetoshi Ochiai.
I'm from Chiba.
I'm happy to be admitted to Hirosaki University.

I like to listen to music,especially japanese pops music in the 90's.
Singers' skill at that time was so great that I'm moved by their voice.
I yearn to Shou Uesugi, who is vocal of WANDS.

I also like to watch baseball game. I was born in Aichi, so I am a fan of Chunichi.
Hiromitsu Ochiai,who is the supervisor of Chunichi is my uncle…it is a lie!

I entered the table tennis club. I play table tennis fifth a week, so it seems to be hard to keep up both study and club activity. However I want to use time effectively and to work hard both.

See you!!

Nice to meet you !

Ｍｙ　ｎａｍｅ　ｉｓ　Ｎｏｂｕｔａｋａ　Ｔａｋｅｄａ.　Ｉ　ｃａｍｅ　ｈｅｒｅ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｓａｋｅ　ｏｆ　

ｂｅｃｏｍｉｎｇ　ａ　ｄｏｃｔｏｒ.　


Ｉ　ｃａｍｅ　ｆｒｏｍ　Ｎｉｉｇａｔａ.　Ｎｉｉｇａｔａ　ｉｓ　ｋｎｏｗｎ　ａｓ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｌａｃｅ　ｗｈｅｒｅ　ｉｔ

ｓｎｏｗｓ　ｈｅａｖｉｌｙ,　ｂｕｔ　ｗｅ　ｄｏｅｓｎ’ｔ　ｈａｖｅ　ｍｕｃｈ　ｓｎｏｗ　ｉｎ　ｍｙ　ｈｏｍｅ　

ｔｏｗｎ.　Ｓｏ　Ｉ’ｍ　ｌｏｏｋｉｎｇ　ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ　ｔｏｓｎｏｗｓ　ａｎｄ　ｗｉｎｔｅｒ　ｓｐｏｒｔｓ　ｉｎ　

Ｈｉｒｏｓａｋｉ.


Ｉ　ｐｌａｙｅｄ　ｂａｓｅｂａｌｌ　ｕｎｔｉｌ　ｊｕｎｉｏｒ　ｈｉｇｈ　ｓｃｈｏｏｌ　ａｎｄ　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｓｔｉｌｌ　ｍｙ　

ｆａｖｏｒｉｔｅ　ｓｐｏｒｔ.　Ｂｕｔ　Ｉ　ｗｏｕｌｄ　ｔａｋｅ　ｐａｒｔ　ｉｎ　ａ　ｓｐｏｒｔ　ｔｈａｔ　Ｉ　ｈａｄｎ’ｔ　

ｅｘｐｅｒｉｅｎｃｅｄ,　ｓｏ　Ｉ　ｅｎｔｅｒｅｄ　ａｔｈｌｅｔｉｃ　ｓｐｏｒｔｓ　ｃｌｕｂ.　

MUSiC♪♪

Hello!! Now I want to talk about my favorite.



I love music better than anything else.

If it were not for music in this world, I could not live.



I especially like playing the piano.
I first played it when I was 3years old.
It is very exciting for me to play it!



I also like lisning to music very much!
I love 『Ikimonogakari』『Remioromen』『RADWIMPS』『EXILE』『Mr children』『GReeeeN』etc...
I listening to them everyday!!!

Thank you(＾о＾)

hello!

My name is yuka kawaguchi.





I am from Ibaraki.
I am 19years old now.



I had belonged to brassband club for 9years,and I love flute and piano very much.

I wanted to belong to brassband club at this univercity,but I also wanted to challenge something new at college. So I'm a member of a tennis club now.





I am not good at English ,but I want to be able to write and speak English well.
So I have to study hard...

Thank you for reading my introduction!!

☆KISARAZU CATS EYE☆

Hello everyone !!

I'll tell you what I'm interested in . I like whaching a TV drama.

Do you know "KISARAZU CATS EYE" ? It is my favorite TV drama.

The story is discribed the life of hero who has only a short time to live and his friends .

They usually play baseball in the morning , but they become thieves at night !!

This drama was made into a movie twice. I have DVD of the drama and movie.

If you want to watch them, I'll lend them.


See you !!

Hozumi Hasegawa

Have you ever watched boxing games?

Do you know Hozumi Hasegawa?

He is a WBC bantamweight class champion.

He has defended the title 8 times.

In 4 defence matches of 8, he defeat a WBC Ratings No.1 boxer.

So, he is called 'an ace of the Japanese boxers'.

I'm very interested how many times he defends.

I expect that he establishes a new Japanese record.

Dance Movie!!!

I said that I became a member of kyougi dance club the other day, I was a member of a street dance club in high school. I love dancing!!!
So I am interested in dance movies these days!!
“Shall We Dance?” “Honeys” “Save the Last Dance” …etc
Many kinds of dances appear on the movies.
For example, social dances such as Waltz and Rumba, street dances such as Hip Hop and Break dance…etc Of course I cannot forget classic ballet and modern ballet.
Although there are many kinds of dances, all dances have soul!!! The soul affect us deep down and have us want to dance!!!
I want you to see the dance movies! And shall we dance??

My boom

My boom is shredding cabbage...
Is it crazy?
I do cooking almost every other day. Because it is reception term for 1st grade in almost club.
So when I go dinner party,I can eat dinner for free!!

But I often have to make food.
I like vegetables, so I usually shuredding cabbage.
I kike chalenging activities, so I shred it as thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick as possible.
That's so interesting(^^♪

The BIue Hearts

Do you know The Blue Hearts ?

This is my fevorite Japanese rock band . There are a lot of fans in japan. When I go to KARAOKE, I always sing treir songs. May be , the most femous song of the band is "RINDA RINDA" . Perhaps, there may be someone who knows this song.

If you are interested in this band, I'll introduce this band to you in details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oEmvBOIvM&fmt=18

SEE YOU !!

Hello everyone!

I'm sorry I was late.
My name is Chou kaku.I'm from China.
I came to Japan in 2007.I studied Japanese in Kyoto for one year and a half.
My hometown is Harbin.Every year we have a snow festival.It is the coldest part of China.In winter,Hokkaido is famous for the snow.There is a world of snow.But harbin is a world of ice.We built tower,slide,animals,human,and even city with ice.The temprature is subzero 30.
Before I came to Japan,I had never learned Japanese before.In China from primary school to high school,I was studying English all along.
I like sports,but I'm not usually do sports because I'm lazy.haha.I like skiing,swimmingand so on...
I like English songs.Sarah Connor is my favourate singer.I like her"Just one last dance"best.
I like Hollywood films as 007 and Pearl Harbor.
I also like American TV plays like "Lost","prison break" and "Heroes".
And I like the air of Japan.I like sakura.
At last,I like my country best.ha.

I wish everyone a happy life in Hirosaki University.
Goodnight~~~~~~~
See you tomorrow!

Self Introduction

Hi!!


My name is Shunsuke Saito.
I'm from Hirosaki city.


Hirisaki is famous for very beautiful cherry blossoms.
I think cherry blossoms in Hirosaki are the most beautiful in japan.
In spring,there is Cherry Blossom Festival.Many people in the world visit every year.

I have a dream. It is to be a lawer.
I think it is very difficult and I have to study hard,but I will try at Hirosaki University.I will syudy hard in order to realize my dream!!

My hobby is bowling. I love it very much!! It is so fun!!
So,I belong to Hirosaki University Bowling Club.
Let's go bowling with me!!

See you!!

Hi!

My name is Chigusa Hirooka.
I'm from Chiba.
Sad to say, one of my friend think that Narita air port is located in Tokyo.
Narita is in Chiba!
Please remember this!!

I'm not good at English.
So, I'm worried about this English class.
Will I be able to get up with this class?
Can I take credits!?
....I think all I can do is study English very hard....

Now, I have to get up eary tomorrow.
And I can't write any more in English.....
If you have any questions about me, please ask for me.

See you next time and thank you for your reading.

Bye!!

Self Introduction

Hi! Everyone! I'm Mio Sasaki.
I'm majoring in junior high school's English education and I want to be a English teacher.
Actually, I'm second grade. However,I took this class because I want to learn English more.

I'm from Iwate,Miyako city. My hometown, Miyako city, has a very beautiful beach named jyoudogahama beach. In the summer, many people come there, see it,and enjoy swimming.

I'm a member of Hirosaki University Brass Band Club.I'm playing String Bass.
It's like a big violin.

If you want to speak me, don't afraid of me! Please be friendly!
It's a best time for studying English, so you don't have to hesitate.

Let's study with me!

Hello!!

Hello!Nice to meet you!
I'm Koji Ichise.I entered in Hirosaki University to be a doctor.


My hometown is Shugakuin in Kyoto city.
Its climate is mild,and in autumn you can see beautiful colored leaves
in Shugakuin Rikyu.There are a lot of shrines.
Shugakuin is a very nice city,so please come there sometime!
I'll guide you（＾－＾）


I don't belong to any club in university yet.
I can't decide whetheｒ to join swimming club or badominton club
because each club is very nice(>_<)


I'm looking forward to going to see cherry blossoms in Hirosaki park!!
I heard that they were very beautiful.


see you（*^_^*）

Hello !

Hi !
I'm Yukari Suzuki from Aomori.
My dream is to be a doctor in Aomori.
So, I'm happy to enter Hirosaki University.

I had studied ballet until I was graduated from high school.
However, I wanted to challenge something new at college.
Then, I'm a member of a tennis club now.
This week we are going to play match with student of Akita Universiy.
Oh, I also have to go to hospital to learn the emergency medical-care system this week.

I'm to be busy this week !!!

See you !!!

Glad to meet you

Hello.

I'm Takeya Yajima.
I'm older than common students.
If you wanna know, please ask me personally.
I don't wanna show my age in public, sorry.

Although I'm a freshman, I've been in Hirosaki University for 3 years.
That's why I know a lot about Hirosaki University or Hirosaki.
I may give you the information of easy classes.

I've not decided to join clubs yet.
What clubs do you recommend?
Please give me the information of clubs.

Thank you for reading.
See you next IIIB English class.

Hello everyone!

Hello!! My name is Ken Takehira.
I'm a freshman in Hirosaki university.

I'm from Hamamatsu city in Shizuoka prefecture.
My hometown is famous for eel. I like Kabayaki.

I like running very much, so I belonged track and field club when I was a junior high school student.
But I began to think doing new things and I belonged to rowing club when I was a high school student, and now I belong to soccer club! Soccer is very exciting sport!

I'm interested in mental health.
But I know next to nothing about it.
If you were familiar with that field, please tell me :)


Thank you for reading my introduction!!

Hi!!!

My name is Mizuki Tanaka.
I graduated from Hirosaki high school and entered Hirosaki university to be a teacher.
Of course I will study hard because an university is a place for studying.
However I want to challenge everything that I can do it because we have only one campus life in our life!
I saw the performance of kyougi dance club for the first time in daikanyuukai.
I was so impressed that I immediately decided to become a member of it!!
I practice dancing three times a week. It is very fun!!
However I am very very … busy now because of a lot of homework, dancing practice, preparation of lessons … Oh!! Too busy!!!
Well, everyone!
Are you so busy like me?
If you are, let’s keep going to the end together!!
However don’t wreck your health and take a rest from time to time!

Nice to meet you!

Hi!
My name is Naka Shinozaki.
I'm from Saitama city.

I join in tennis club.
I have a tournament on March 16 and17.
Today was rainy day , so I couldn't practis tennis.Too bad!

My favorite Rock band is L'Arc~en~Ciel.
I want to play the guiter like Ken,a guiterist of L'Arc~en~Ciel,so I also join in MCQ club.

I enjoy my life , except studying!

see you!!

Hello !! (^o^)

Hello,everyone !!

How do you do ?

Ｉ’m Yusuke Gunnji . Let me introduce myself !!


My name is Yusuke gunji.
I'm a student in Hirosaki University. I'm from Daisen City in Akita Prefecture.
My home town is famous for rice, the name is "AKITA KOMACHI"
The rice is very fluffy and sweet !! Please try it !!


I like playing Rugby Football very very very ... much , so I decide to belong to Rugby Football Club.
Rugby is very execiting and aggressive sports. If you are interested in Rugby , let's belong to Rugby Football Club and enjoy playing it together !!




SEE YOU !! BYE BYE ☆

My introduction☆

Hi I'm Takeshi!!ヽ(^o^)丿
Thank you for seeing.
Probably I'm a first guy(in 09's Professor Philips' s English class) to contribute to the blog page.
I'm a Hirosaki University student. I study to become a good doctor.

I'm from Koganei City of Tokyo.
It takes 5hours to come to my family home...(>_<)
The Studio GIBLI stands Koganei. So I saw Hayao Miyazaki once.

I belong to badminton club. Yesterday I went training.
So now I have hard musclar pain...(T_T)
Where do you bilong to? Or have you decided clubs?

I like Michael Jhackson. I love his miracle dance!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUYD13W-oWs&feature=related&fmt=18
I can Moon Walk. But I don't want to shou it becaus I'm not good at...

Oh It's time to made dinner...
See you!!

Limit of Love:Umizaru

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0809469/

You can see this movie's details. Click it!

This is Japanese movie. I saw it about two weeks ago. It is the story of a Coast Guard officer. One day, a He and one of his ferrow try to save two passengers.

You will be moved...

Sorry, I have to study for the test! Bye!!

The Name's Bond...James Bond

I like 007 serieses very much . The movie is spy movie . And main character , James Bond is cool and sexy !! January 23 2009 , a new movie has put on the screen . Of course , I'm going to see it !

Kate & Leopold

Do you know the movie "Kate and Leopold"?

This name is may not be similler in Japan.

In Japanese title is "New York no Koibito".
The main casts are Meg Lyan and Hugh Jackman.

This is not only love lomance but a kind of SF.

Kate is a careerwoman who works in New York.

One day, she met a man who came from 1870's.

His name is Leopld.

He came in the 21st century by running out Stuart who found how to time slip.

At first Kate and Leopold don't like each other. However...

When I saw this movie for the first time, I thought "it cannnot be!" many times.

However, now, I like this movie very much.

If you want to see innocent love story, I recommend "Kate and Leopold".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035423/

The day after tomorrow

The last time, I wrote about the movie which I like, so I wondered that what movie should I write...but I remembered! I'll tell you about my favorite movie, "The day after tomorrow".
This movie shows that if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued to such levels, what will happen.I think this movie is warning man of the global warming effects and man should listen to it.Anyway this movie is very interesting!!
If you interested in, please see this movie!

http://movies.foxjapan.com/dayaftertomorrow/

My Favorite Movie

I like variety of movies like action movie, fantasy and adventure. But, my favorite movie is "Pirates of the Caribbean". This movie is a pirate's story and adventurous. There are many action scene in this movie and that makes me really thrilling.

This is a trilogy, "The Curse of the Black Pearl", "Dead Man's Chest", "World End".
This is very exciting movie! If you haven't watched it yet, you shoud.



http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/atworldsend/

The Last Samurai

I have liked the best the movie for a few years. Seeing some movies, my best favorite movie is really it. The story moves me greatly. The Meiji era, Japanese peaple were overcrowded with new culture, language, system of the Western countries, so they were confused and worried. The last samurais loved their own nation, and they fought fair and bravely with their belief. Eventually, Katsumoto, he was the Japanese samurai, was dead. Nathan Algren, he was the last samurai, kept Japanese samurai's wish. I think this movie reminds us of what we must not forget.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/

TONARI NO TOTORO

There is the movie that almost Japanese know and love. It is Hayao Miyazaki’s movie.

In his movies, especially I like “TOTORO”. TOTORO is a wood sprite and only children can see him. Some people say that TOTORO is the god of death, but I simply can believe that. Although no one can know the truth, TOTORO is a cute sprite in my mind.

My favorite character in this movie is Mei. She is a little girl and a mischievous child, so she always cause trouble for her sister. However, she is so cute that I can’t get to dislike her.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/

Efficacy of Coffee

I'm sorry. I'm late to write this blog.


I like coffee very much so, I often drink it when I study or wake up in the morning.
BY the way, coffee has some advantages. Do you know? For example,drinking coffee clear our heads, and prevent from various diseases like loss of flexibility.

If you know more about coffee, please click this site!
http://www.qnsgltbc.com/ko-hi-kounou/

More on Faust

Hardly anyone in the class could think of a story similar to Faust. But this is a very influential story in literature Wikipedia has a long article about Faust, which goes into comparisons of Marlowe's and Goethe's Faust stories. In fact, Wikipedia has a whole category about Faust. It also has an article about other stories based on Faust. Hmmmm. I never knew Osamu Tezuka wrote a manga about Faust. There is another Wikipedia article about deals made with the devil. You'll find a list of other stories with similar deals there. As I mentioned in class, Mephistopheles is such a fascinating character that many other authors have used him in their works of art. Wikipedia features a long list of cultural references to Mephstopheles. Many such references are recent, even current. Some of them you might even know. Check it out.

Your favorite movie!

What's your favorite movie? Mine is The Seven Samurai. I first saw this movie when I was home sick from elementary school in Los Angeles. "Ho, hum" I thought. "Another samurai movie." There are a lot of samurai movies on TV in Los Angeles. I don't like them but Quentin Tarantino became very influenced by them. I don't like Quentin Tarantino, either.

"Oh, well, there's nothing else on [in the daytime]."

"Hey, wait a minute. This is not the usual samurai movie. This is . . . What is this? The Seven Samurai? I've gotta remember this."

I did remember it. It wasn't on TV for a long time, but when it was, and I didn't have a TV (I was in college) I went over to a friend's place and made him watch it, too. I watched any other movies I could find by Akira Kurosawa. He has been a major influence on Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and other Hollywood directors. I have a large collection of his films and even taught a class about him to the foreign students here.

Many people think of Kurosawa as the Emperor of Japanese Film, which he may have been, but he didn't just make Japanese films. He made a Russian film, he made a French film (a samurai movie) and he made many Hollywood films, including work on the disasterous "Tora, Tora, Tora" but more importantly "Dreams".

Kurosawa was a famous perfectionist, and whenever people would ask him what was his best picture, he always said "The next one!" until he made "Ran" which he finally decided was his best film. It is a version of Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Japanese. Kurosawa made other Shakespeare films, and even his stories that weren't taken directly from Shakespeare, (e.g. "The Bad Sleep Well") were often heavily influenced by Shakespeare (in the case of "The Bad Sleep Well" by "Hamlet").

I could say a lot about Kurosawa, but maybe I'll just end by noting that his first film famous outside Japan was "Rashomon". It became a very influential film. It made film makers aware of the possibilities of presenting different versions of the past, a technique which has since become common in film. "Rashomon" has arguably become an English word.

For your assignment this week (due Friday) please tell the class about a film you enjoyed. Be sure to provide links, especially to its page on the Internet Movie Database. (Don't worry if you don't like foreign films. They have lots of Japanese films there, too.) Also be sure to include any other links, photos, or trailers you can find. Here's a trailer I found for "The Seven Samurai".

Japanese weather!

Last class meeting I suggested that people blog their favorite Japanese weather sites on the Internet. Imagine my shock when I found out that students didn't get their weather information from the Internet!

Weather in Japan is important information. Yes, I get it from NHK and even looking at the sky (hey, I'm not an idiot) but weather information online is always accessible with the latest data.

This is the best weather site I've been able to find for Japan. If you know another, please suggest it.

Saint☆ Young Men

Do you know this comic named "Saint Oniisan"?

I really recommend to read it!

Overcoming the end of last century, Buddha and Jesus are coming to the lower world. They are renting an apartment in Tachikawa in Tokyo.

To my fun, they live as if they were university students with little money. Sometimes Buddha gets angry because Jesus buy something on impulse.

When you read this comic, you will be required some religional knowledge.

My favorite movie

I will tell you about my favorite movie.
My favorite movie is "the Lord of the Rings" .
Several years ago, the movie was released. I think there are some people who had seen it.
This movie is the magnificent fantasy movie.The outline of this movie is Frodo, the protagonist of this movie, ventures to "the mountain of the going to ruin". He goes there at the risk of his life.
I was moved by the deep friendship between Frodo and his friends.
I like this movie's magnificent scenery too. This movie was filmed in New Zealand. I thought I want to go to New Zealand when I saw this movie.
If you are interested in it, please see it.

It's funny!

Do you know the length of time since you were born?
This web site "Re-date.com", you will soon know that.
If you put your birthday, the length of time will be caluclated.
My life's length of time is 19 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 2 days!
Not only the length of time, but your next anniversaries are shown.
I found this site and I was really interested in.
I'm sure you can enjoy YOUR TIME in this site!

Would you like to try this comic ?

Do you know this ? It's comic that sums up 'Genji Monogatari ' written by Murasaki Shikibu . each story consists of 8 -frame comic . And a main character ; Hikaru Genji is drawn as chestnut . It's very easy for everyone to read and very interesting !! You are able to buy this through the online shop easily . If you want to read 'Genji Monigatari ' , What about trying this one ?

My favorit character

My favorite character is Care Bears. They are American characters and there are a lot of kinds: Cheer bear, Wish Bear, Friend Bear, Love-a-lot Bear etc. There are the three reasons I love them.

First, they have a meaning for instance love, courage, friendship and wish. So, we can choice things that we want.

Next, they have a colorful body. Therefore, we can find our favorite colors in all the bears. The symbol is also different in each bears. Finally, this is the best reason, they are so cute!! Every bear is not the same face, they have an expressive face. Please find you are favorite bears.

The Story Of Genji

Do you like the Japanese classics? Now that we finished taking academic examinations, would you like to enjoy sophisticated works?

I like "Genji monogatari". I knew this story because I read a comic book. The comic is"Asakiyumemisi" writen by Waki Yamato. Have you read it? This story is sad, interesting and beautiful. (It is difficult to express real Japanese feelings. I can not use match words.) If you read tthis story, you shall read the original story of genji writen by Murasakisikibu!

This is my secret. If you know almost all the story of Genji, please see this site. There are interesting things.

http://moegen.blog.shinobi.jp/

My Winter Vacation/Dr.Faustus

I'll tell you how I spent my winter vacation.
On Dec. 24, I baked my mother a christmas cake.
She had been staying at a national hospital of Hirosaki, so my sister and I visited her and gave her the cake.
It was very hard for me since I seldom make cakes.
On Jan.2, I went to Iwaki-yama shrine for beginning of the New Year.
I pulled out an omikuji there, it said dai-kichi!
May the new year bring us happiness.
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I think "Doctor Faustus" tells us about how Western people believe in the world after death.
By the way, it was surprising that Lucifer was a woman.
Is Lucifer also a woman in other movies or pictures?
In Japan, people believe that Hell's king is Enma-daiou.
Perhaps he is a man. It's interesting for me the difference very much.

I can't find any story similar to "Doctor Faustus."
I just think the story riminds me inga-ouhou.

About Doctor Faustus

I think Doctor Faustus was an unhappy person. He followed the way of corruption by his some personal seduction.

I think he had been a good doctor before, but some praise made him to go to fault way. Then when he noticed that he had been wrong, it was too late and his life was over.
Everyone has virtue and evil in one's mind. And sometimes the praise makes he or she to go to bad way. But listen carefully to public opinions, perhaps he or she notice the most important things.

He didn't take a lot of people's advice in good way. The students in a college, a god and people like that advised to him. But he didn't listen to. In conclusion, I think he didn't have enough attention in around him.
That's all.

Doctor Faustus

January 9 in 2009 , I wathed a movie called ' Doctor Faustus ' . The movie described a man who wanted omniscience and omnipotent . Doctor Faustus selled his soul to one devil , Mephistop heles , to gain them . He made a pledge with hell to obtain all power .

Doctor Faust sent his life freely . But sometimes , he wondered if he was right , and ask for help to God . To do like that , he finaly broked his pledge with hell .

I thought that having all the things human wants is not good . I think we have to make up for a weakness each other . That's life !!

Winter Vacation In Hokkaido

Winter vacation, I went back to Hokkaido. I am from Obihiro in Hokkaido. My city is famous for raw caramel. Winter vacation of univercity is short, so I relaxed in my home for a few days. In my house, I made kurikinton; this is a delicious Japanese cook in first year. It was cold and snow not only in Hirosaki but also in Obihiro but Ihad a good vacation!

"Dr. Faustus" is tragedy. I think Dr.Faustus is a miserable man. He had a keen desire for fame and money. Eventually, he wished he had got eternal life. He could not be satisfied with his present happiness. This is why he became unhappy.

Winter Vacation

The movie called "Dr.Faustus" was interesting, but I felt little frightening story. Because Dr, Faustus was really talented, therefore he seek everything of pleasure. Finally, he cast into Hell.
I thought avarice is not good thing.


I went to a cafe with my mother on Christmas Day in 2008. The cafe called "HIMAWARI". It's on the DOTEMATHI street. It was first time to go there. I like the cafe because the atmosphere is retro-style and the dishes were delicious. If you have chance, please go there. You can enjoy delicious coffee and nice meals.


By the way, 7th January on 2009, there was a fire on my neighboring house. And the fire spread to my house! My family and I were really suprised!

Fortunately, a firefighter extinguished a fire immediately. So, damage was little and there was no injured person.



… I felt fire is terrible and we have to be careful of fire.

My Winter Vacation

In winter vacation, I did a short-tirm part time job.

Actually, I did a part-time job for the first time.

My job is to sell Japanese New Year Decoration, called SHIMENAWA outside!

It was really hard to be outside all day.

When I did a part time job, it was snowing and browing everyday.

I also must be standing all day long, so I felt really tired.

But a part time job was very good experience for me.

I was happy when customers bought something and said thank you for me.

I learned many things throught a part time job.

Doctor Faustus was interesting movie.

However the actor's English is so fast that I couldn't listen so well.

I thought I could listen these English perfectly many time during watching the movie.

My vacation activities

I will tell you my winter vacation activity.

On December 31th, my father makes buckwheat noodles (soba) eaten on New Year's Eve. I helped him to make soba. I tell you how to make "soba" .

First, add some water to buckwheat flour which was calculated and knead it thoroughly.

After enough kneading, extend the dough of soba with a rolling pin.

Next, not to stick, sprinkle the dough with some starch powder.

Then, fold the dough into two or three and cut it thinly.

Finally, boil it on your liking hardness and pickle it in some water and enjoy eating in a lot of way!I like soba noodles in hot broth with tempura. Its taste is very good!!

Please try it.

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus is the strange movie for me. Dr. Faustus, the hero of this story, was too clever to be satisfied with ordinary life. He was tempted by Lucifer and changed his soul for youth. After that he sought pleasure and drank too much. The expression in this scene was interesting because anything had been extremely express; a beautiful woman is not necessarily beautiful etc.

Lastly, I thought that no man can resist the temptation of beautiful woman; he was charmed by Helen.

As teacher had said, the end of this movie was not happy. I became so sad because I like a happy ending and I want to see a dream at least in the story.

By the way, I met the friends who are my friends since in my high school students in this winter vacation. We seldom met, so we had a lot of thing we want to say; Study at the university, Love, Living by oneself etc. We told as much as we want while eating delicious lunch in the AOI’s café. The Spanish omelette I ate was better than any omelet I’ve eaten. I want to go this restaurant again with the same member.

Vacation activities

I went to Nagoya Blue note with my mother and my father in December 25 2008 : Chiristmas . Blue note is jazz club . People who come to there enjoy jazz music , eating ,drinking , and talking .

On the day , we enjoyed ''Yuji Ohno & Lupintic Five　LUPIN JAZZ LIVE 2008 WINTER　～Christmas Special～ '' I like Yuji Ohno & Lupintic Five very much . because I play the jazz piano , I model Yuji Ohno ,who has composed Lupin the third ' s music . The live was very exiting!! And food , drink , and the atmosphere were great ! After the live I bought a CD composed by Yuji Ohno , and I got sign on the CD . I was satisfied very mush ! I want to go to the Blue Note , someday . (The photo of the CD I bought on the day .)

BUMP OF CHICKEN

I like BUMP OF CHICKEN very much.
They plays rock music.
It is famous for the song named "Tentai-Kansoku."

You can listen to that by click following address.

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=XHKvf13ryDk

Lyrics made by them always move me.

You should listen to their songs when you have free time!

Harujionhttp://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=ra1p4OHEL8I

sailing dayhttp://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=FMzQMiSvQEk

My favorite musician

My favorite musician is Backstreet boys . Do you know them? They came from the USA, and they have a lot of hit songs, like "I want it that way", "Shape Of My Heart" and " Everybody(Backstreetback)". I like to listen their CD very much. I want to go their concerts if I had a chance.I think it is easy to hear the English and translate into Japanese. Please try to listen!

The most favorite album

This album is Lupin the third jazz ~What's going on~ which I like the best . You know Lupin the third ,don't you ? This album has standard jazz number , of course , R&B, Soul arrenged for jazz , for instance , "What's going on " composed by Marvin Gaye and " Where is the love " by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway " . Besides that , this album has Stevie Wonder's music , too . Of course , theme from Lupin3 , you know well , is included . I think this album is perfect CD for winter season . this makes you relaxed . Why don't you try this ?

http://www.vap.co.jp/ohno/index2.html

My favorite musician

I like J-pop and I have many favorite musicians.


Especially, I like "B'z" very much.

B'z is the one of the most famous singers in Japan.

B'z is formed in 1988 and has been acted for 20 years.

Last year, they were chosen in Hollywood's Rock Walk artists as the first artists in Ashia.

They are famous not only in Japan but in the world.

I like their songs because the guitar sound is very nice! Also, I like their lyrics.

Their songs always give me vigour.

I couldn't find the song... I'm sorry.

But if you go to the B'z official Website, you can listen their songs.

My favorit music

My favorite music is STEVIE WONDER 'S SONG, expecially the song named "I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU" is the best. This song had been used in my favorite dorama. When this song was heared, I can become very happy feeling. So, I listen to his music when I got depressed.

Please listen to Stevie's music.

http://www.universal-music.co.jp/u-pop/artist/stevie_wonder/

Amazing Grace

I do not listen to music and watch music television very often. So I do not many new music, but will introduce my favorite song.

Amazing Grace
This music is used in "A White Big Tower". When I listen to this music, I felt like knowing the meaning of the words of the song. Please listen to this song again with the words. I hope that you will have other feelings. There is the words translated into Japanese in this site.

Spring Is Not So Bad

I like spring comparatively.

For one reason, we can't see cherry blossoms except in this season. I have been attracted by cherry blossoms since my childhood. I think they have unexplainable power to charm people.

For another reason, I can feel the atmosphere that is "something new." Spring is full of new places, new encounters, new jobs and new feelings.

...I think you had hard time to understand what I wanted to say, particularly about "something new." I just like unusual or irregular days.

Favorite season

I like summer the best . Because the sunlight of this season is very fresh ! Although the sunlight is hot, it makes my mind healthy . And then , this season has many events like 'Neputa 'festival in Hirosaki , 'Nebuta' festival in Aomori and so on . These festival gives us impression . In short , summer is the season which gives us some energy .

My favorite season

My favorite season is autumn because autumn sky is very clear and beautiful.

I like these sky very much.

There are some pictures I took last autumn.

In autumn, the cloud often changes. Every scene is really beautiful.

Watching these sky, I feel comfortable and calm.

We can see the sky everyday, but I think the autumn sky is the best view.

My favorite season

I like spring the best. And I have two reasons.
First, spring is warm so I can spend comfortable. Second, many flowers and trees bloom in spring. For example, cherry blossoms, tulips, Japanese apricot flowers and so on. I like plants very much.

We have cherry blossom festival in Hirosaki park every spring. I visit there every spring with my friends or my family. It is really fun for me. I like cherry blossoms. especially, I love “yozakura”. I think it more beautiful than see it in a daytime.
I am looking forward to see cherry blossoms from now.

Winter's enjoyments

My favorite season is..um..I get confused. Which season I like the best? Every season have each good point. But I think winter is the best.

Because I like snow. It is very white. The White Christmas is so beautiful. I think most people think so. If there are the Christmas illumination, it will be more beautiful.The another reason I like winter, I can enjoy enjoyment particular to the winter season, er, especially the new year holidays. In that holiday my family enjoy eating New Year dishes(oseti). A lot of Japanese eat oseti in new year holidays.Those cookings are so delicious.I like to eat mochi(rice cake) with walnuts paste. Even though I don't like solid walnuts. Which do you eat rice cakes with? Bean jam, soy sauce, soybeans flour... I want to eat early!
We can do snow sports is the reason too I like winter. I like to ski. It is so exciting for me! I always go skiing with my father and my brother. This winter I want to go to some ski area in Aomori because I've never been to any area in Aomori. I am looking forward it. However I hope it snows early... Because I can't ski unless it snows...
Like this winter has lot of enjoyments.
Although changing the subject, it is winter in Japan now, but it is summer in the southern hemisphere. If I have a chance to go there, I want to see a Santa Claus surfing.

My favorite season

My favorite season is summer, and I have three reasons about it.

First, there are my birthday and it’s day is the best happy day for me in a year. Some friends have already begun to work, so it is not easily for us to meet frequently. Although, when it is my birthday, they always send an email me or call me even if they are busy and tired.

Next, I don’t like the cold. I don’t feel like going out; and besides I would like to keep warming myself at a kotatsu. Other reason I don’t like winter is that the train time table sometimes fell into disarray due to the snowstorm. I have to commute to school by train because I live in Akita. So, if the train stop, that will be a big problem for me.

Third, in summer I can eat a lot of vegetables. My grandparents grow them in my garden. There are various kind of them, and I like tomato, pumpkin, corn, and broccoli. Those vegetables are harvested in summer. In short, summer makes me happy and it is the most comfortable for me to live.

I like autumn!

My favorte season is fall! First, there are many autumn leaves around us. These color is beautiful and elegant. In this season, I come to feel cold. However, when I see beautiful color of autumn leaves, I am happy and relaxed. In fact, I like cherry blossoms very much. Second, we can eat delicious grain in fall: sweet potetoes, pumpkins, chestnuts and so on. Do you like autumn food too? Third, there are many elegant clothing in the shops. They are hot and pretty designs. Specially, I like these color!

Please look at a above photo. In this year, I can not have gone watching it. This is the Hirosaki castle in fall. I wish I could see it.

French food in Hirosaki

http://www.hirosaki.co.jp/htcb/sightseeing/gekijyou/index.html

This is the website of Hirosaki Kanko Gekijo.It shows us about sightseeing, food, shop and so on in Hirosaki.

By the way, do you know that Hirosaki has many French restaurant? Such topics which I didn't know are in the site. I think you can find new Hirosaki. Check it up!

History of Jazz

Have you ever listened jazz music and what image of jazz do you have ? My image of jazz is cool . Now, I'm showing you about jazz history.

Today, the mention of jazz reminds people of New york city, but the birthplace of jazz is New Orleans. There are two important factors. First, the existence of a black slave. They have their own folk song ;African folk song. The fork song have mixed with church music and Blues was born. Blues developped into jazz , rock , soul , and motown. In parallel with this ,a white developped country music . This music is result of european folk song. The country song developped into bluegrass and honky-tonk.

From them ,a genre called swing jazz was born . It is called big band. In 1940's, a greate musician apperared. The musician's name is Miles Davis. He developed jazz remarkably.By apperarance of Miles Davis, the form of jazz band changed into piano trio, quartet, quintet, and so on. Then , the center of jazz moved from New Orleans to New York . in New York, genres called Bossa Nova and Latin music were born.

How was the history of jazz? If you interested in jazz music , let's go to CD shop!!

Do you believe Santa Claus?

It is Christmas more only 20 days!

Then, I am going to introduce about Santa Claus' Village.

Do you believe Sandta Claus?

If you see this site, you'll find the answer.

Santa Claus lives in Lapland, in the north of Finland.

In Rovaniemi, in finish Lapland, there is the Santa Claus' Village.

In the Village, you can meet Santa Claus everyday!

Don't you give up to meet Santa Claus because the Village is too far away from Japan?

Then, how about to order the letter from Santa Claus?

If you pay 6.95 €, you can order the letter anywhere in the world.

It would be the best present for yourself!

The Star's Rendezvous

Though it is sudden, did you see the night sky yesterday?

Of course I did and found something made me happy a little.

That was smiley!That smiled sweetly. But it wasn't ordinary, bloody huge!!!
It was made of heavenly bodies!

I saw that when the 5 classes finished. In the sky in the southwest, you can see Venus, Jupiter and a new moon in the picture.

It looks like the smiley.

Like this, next time is 24 years after(2032), we can see the three heavenly bodies gathering.

We have to waite so long to see it next time.

It was a nice, but a little early Christmas present for everyone.

A information for you; The moon and Venus will approach on New Year's Eve.

Please see it!

Persimmon jam

I made a persimmon jam today, because my neighbor gave me a lot of persimmons.

They have already ripen, so it was too sweet to eat.

Therefore, I suggested to my grandmother that we made a jam of them. First, we pare them, but they are so squashy that we can't pare well them.

Next, we put them in the mixer and reduce them to a paste. Then, we put them into a pot and boil them with suger . It is the finish that their color turn into transparent color. Finally, we add the juice of a lemon into a pot.

Please try to make them.

Country I'd like to go

I would like to go to Germany.

While studying German in this university, I have gotten to like Germany.

I got to know about the Lorelei and christmas in Germany. Someday I want to go there and see the real Lorelei and christmas celeblation in Germany.

I'm sorry that my blogs are always too short...

http://www.tabifan.com/germany/

kaden uranai

Do you like "uranai"? There is interesting uranai site. Today, I would like to introduce it to you.

http://www.iris.dti.ne.jp/~ttoyama/kaden/

Please write the date of your birth. What is your "kaden"?

The country I want to visit.

The country I want to go most is the United States,Alaska!

As you know, Alaska is a state of America.

I want to go there. Because I want to watch the aurora.

I like the objects coloring the night sky. They are very beautiful.

After watching the aurora, I will go to hot springs since Alaska has it a lot.

I wonder such low temperature is very pleasant for soaking in hot spring.
Alaska has some place which has glaciers.

They are so magnificent!!!

There are so many peculiar animals.

They are caribous, Arctic foxes, bisons and so on. Uh...but, of course there are dangerous animals too...grizzlies, wolves and polar bears.

...Be careful!!!!!!!

Like this, there are beautiful auroras, clear air, warm hot spring, magnificent glaciers and charming animals(sometimes dangerous)!
But this time I could not find cookings of Alaska. Next time I investigate, I want to find Alaska's cookings.
I wonder I want to go to Alaska early...

Someday,I want to go to France

I want to go to France someday . Because I was taking French class in the first term , I've benn interested in French . There is an another reason . When I was a junior high school student, I belonged art club . So I would like to go to Louvre Museum. I like ancient Greek art and Roman art very much. I want to watch collection of them .

France is famous of wine. This is a picture of Bordeaux wine. I like this wine better than Beaujolais one. Oh, don't worry, I am twenty years old .