TOFU

Hi! I'm Mamoru. I like tofu very much. I always buy "hiyayakko", which is cold tofu with some slices of a spring onion, when I have lunch in this student's dining hall. And nowadays I eat a pack of tofu when I have a dinner.

Tofu was born in China and introduced into Japan in the Nara era. Since then tofu is familiar with japanese. That's why there are a lot of tofu dishes in Japan. Tofu is rich in botanical protein and has low calorie. So this food is going to make you healthy if you eat it.

Google calendar

Hello. Do you have a schedule book in your bag? I used to carry it in my bag, but I often lost it. So I'm using Google Calendar. It is designed in the way user can input schedule very easily. You can input and see your schedule by cellphone. If you set up, you can receive e-mail to your cellphone before your tasks. If you can utilize it, you will never forget your promises.

Of course, this schedule is not mine.

Miko

Today , I want to introduce a special member of my family.It's a female mongrel cat named Miko.When I was about 5 years old, a man holding this cat in a nearby park asked me if I wanted to have her. I was too young to decide,but I brought her back to my house.Luckily my parents said OK to have her.So she is now about 15 years old.She is kind of old , isn't she?But she is so energetic that she runs and jumps in and out of the house and sometimes even hunts small animals like sparrows or lizards.But no matter how she is vigorous ,she is still a cat.She spends most of a day for sleeping. She is very very cute and makes me happy whenever I see her .She is one of the most important member of my family,I guess.I'm looking forward to seeing her and being with her during this summer vacation.

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Hi,everyone.What's up?

Do you know a theme park,"The Wizarding World of Harry Potter?"It's a theme park of the famous movie,"Harry Potter",and located in Colorado.

Ofcourse there is the Hogwarts Castle.The picture shows it.There are also HONEY DUKES(the sweets shop) or OLLIVANDERS(the shop of wands).Some rides are designed with the concept of Harry Potter.

I want to go there very much.However,it's not easy to travel abroad.I wish that the same theme park is build in Japan too;)Thank you for reading.BYE!

My Favorite Movie Director

Hello! I'm Satoko.

Today, I'd like to talk about my favorite movie director. I like Tim Burton very much. His masterpieces are "EDWARD SCISSORHANDS", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Sleepy Horrow", and so on. I think his view of the world is unique. Indeed, the picture in his movie is so beautiful. However, it is true that we were divided in our likings. Some people say that his movies are horrible and his movie is difficult to understand.

Now, I recommend his movie. It is "Big Fish". If you see its DVD in rentai video shop, please watch it. You will feel wormth.

I almost forgetted to write about his latest movie!! It is "Alice in Wonderland". I haven't watched it yet. I want to watch it!!

I like sports

I like sports. Both playing sports and watching sports are fun for me. Playing sports excite me. Watching sports entertain me. Moreover, playing sports is good for our health. It is truly a case of killing two birds with one stone.

I like some sports. Basketball, badminton, tennis, baseball , soccer and so on. I belonged to basketball club when I was a junior high school student. I belonged to badminton club when I was a high school student. Now, I belong to tennis club. Each sports gave me many many things. Each sports brought up me.

I can't choose the most favorite sport for me. Each sports have its merits and defects. However, maybe I continue playing sports bacause I like sports. (I study hard too!!)

Old friend

Hello! It's Ryo Kikuchi. How do you do?

Today, I want to explain my old friend. Her name is Mika. She is a woman of my age. We have known each other since I was a junior high school student. Now she is a student who failed her college, and she studies very hard in Tokyo.
As a matter of fact, I happened to meet her near "dormy inn" a short time ago. I was very surprised!! We noticed each other, then we talked about various things there. After that, I took her to my room of my apartment house. Then, we had a pleasant chat there. We talked about memories of our high school and our lives. I had a very enjoyable time!!
In summer, I am going to have a big volleyball meet. It will be held in Saitama. She lives in Itabashi. So, I think that I will go there to meet her after the meet. I am looking forward to meeting her.

Blues Brothers

Hello,I'm Takashi Miyamoto.Today, I'll introduce my favorite movie.

My favorite movie is "Blues Brothers".This movie is absolutely a masterpiece!!I've never watched such a exciting movie.
This movie is a story about two musicians,Jake and Elwood.They are brothers and raised in an orphanage.But it is about being closed because they can't pay the tax.So Jake and Elwood decide to earn money by the reunion of their band.But police,Illinois Nazis, and so on,chase them.What their end will be!?
This movie is a comedy musical so you can enjoy this movie with laughing.

If you fail to watch this movie during you are alive,you will not be able to die even if you want to die.
Go to Tsutaya and check this movie out at once!!!

TUBA

Hi!I'm Hemian.Now,I'll talk about tuba.

Do you know tuba?Almost all of you don't know it,I think.You know trumpet, flute and violin,don't you?They have gorgeous and high sound and they usually have melodies andsolos ,so they are famous.How about tuba?It has modest and low sound and it rarely has melodies and solos!

Is'nt it necessary for brass band or orchestra?Yes,it is.It plays necessary part!It usually plays a quarter note.Other part play to the rhythm.And tuba supports other instruments.Its low and warm sound makes you calm.

Do you know tuba now?I love tuba very much!I want you to know tuba!

thanks to read^^

the color of the sky

Haven't you wonder why the sky is blue?
Today I want to tell you about the reason why the sky is blue.

First of all, the most important thing to think about the issue is that you understand that light has the character as wave. Because of this character, the scattering occurs.
There are some kinds of scattering. The cause that makes the sky blue depends on Rayleigh scattering. Rayleigh scattering occurs when light injects into a particle whose diameter is shorter than the wavelength of the light. In addition, Rayleigh scattering doesn't change the wavelength after the incidence, and its scattering coefficient is inversely proportional to the four power of wavelength of light. So blue light, the light of short wavelength, scatter well, remained its wavelength. This is why the sky is blue.

By the way, if light injects into a particle whose diameter is as long as the wavelength of the light, Mie scattering occurs. The scattering coefficient of Mie scattering is equal to every wavelength of lights. So the scattered light is white. The white color of clouds due to Mie scattering. Besides when light injects into a particle whose diameter is longer than the wavelength of the light, geometrical optical scattering occurs. Rainbow is made by this scattering.

Epic poem

Good evening. I'm Yuta Oba.

These days I read a lot of books. I like foreign classical literature in particular, and what I'm reading now is The Kalevala.

Do you know the most greatest three epic poems in the world? It is said that they are The Iliad, The Ramayana and The Kalevala. I knew The Iliad and The Ramayana because they were very famous in the world and often introduced on many textbooks. However, I didn't know The Kalevala, so I got interested in it and felt like reading it.

The Kalevala is a epic poem which Elias Lonnrot compiled from Finnish and Karelian folklore in the nineteenth century. The story is a kind of myth and written mainly about Vainamoinen. He looks like an old man, but he is very strong and can use a lot of spells!

There are some expressions which are too difficult for me to understand, but it is a really beautiful and fantastic story. So if you are interested in epic poetry, try to read The Kalevala.

"Whisper of the Heart"

Good evening, everyone! This time we can write any topics, so I'm going to write about the famous work of Studio Ghibli, "Whisper of the Heart".

It was broadcast last Friday. At first, I thought "I have seen it many times since I was a child, so I don't need to see it today." But after all, I saw it from the middle of the story. Actually there were a lot of things I comprehended for the first time. In fact, I was too little when I saw it last time. I couldn't understand even what he means, "My guess hit the mark at the exam!" Nothing to say, Shizuku's spiritual darkness and their thought and love.... Understanding them, I was made cry.

That was the right moment to see the work. This Friday, "Howl's Moving Castle" will be broadcast. I want to see it but I have to study for the exams:-<　What are you going to do?

India

Hi, it's Koko.

I'm interested in India very much!

The other day,I read a book about India named "Kappaganozoitaindo".

In the book, India is introduced detailed with the author's fine sketch.

It facinate me very much!! Especially, I'm interested in the Ganges.The author say "there is spirit of transmigration of soul.I thought I want

to feel the spirit.And I like curry very much.Once a week, I go to curry

restaurant and eat Indian curry.So I want to eat genuine Indian curry!

According to the author,the country is chaos but the chaos is India.

I'm going to go to India with my best friend next winter.I want to feel

the chaostic India!

Stationery

Hello,it's Koko.
I have been interested in european stationery.
I often use online shop "Bundoki.com".http://bundoki.com/
There are many type of stationery.It make me happy.

The Mighty Ducks

This time I'll tell you about my favorite movie "The Mighty Ducks".
This is a Disney film about ice hockey.It's a successful story of a weak hockey team.A new coach appears and the team changes.

Not just the story is good.The uniform of the main team is the real uniform of the NHL team Anahiem Mighty Ducks (now Anahiem Ducks).In addition,famous NHL players appear in this movie.Wayne Gretzky,Basil McRae,Paul Kariya and so on.And in the end,Queen's famous song"We Are The Champions" is used.

"The Mighty Ducks" is a series of three films. All of them are worth watching.

a work of art

I'd like to tell you about a huge sculpture.Mount Rushmore,a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.It's noted for its giant busts of four famous U.S. presidents carved.Those are George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Theodore Roosevelt,and Abraham Lincoln.

This sculpture is carved Gutzon Borglum from 1927 to 1941.He's a great sculptor and made other beautiful works.If you get interesred in him please check him out.

Mt.Rushmore http://www.nps.gov/moru/historyculture/index.htm

Gutzon Borglum http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/stone/gutzon.html

My Future Plan

Someday, I'd like visit Dubai, the rich city in Arabia.In Dubai,you can enjoy the huge desert by a safari car.

A trip to the desert offers a real adventure into the magnificent landscape of the unique sands of Arabia. This safari tour takes you right into the heart of the desert where you experience the excitement of a roller-coaster tour down the astonishing high dunes. A stop for a breathtaking view of the endless desert gives an opportunity to watch the sun-set over this scenery.

Great thing about desert around Dubai is that the sand is orange with very thin layer of red sand on the top which adds additional richness to the overall color. Desert safari in Dubai is very touristic thing to do, but it is big fun too. They generally stop at some lovely place just before sunset and give you a chance to take some photos with a wonderful light too.

My Sister's Keeper

Today,I want to review a film which I watch last week.
I read a book before and was interested.
You may heard that many people was touched by this movie.

This discribed the tangle of the family.
This movie bigan with passage"I was produced to save my sister."said by Ana(heroine).
I'm goingjto give an outline of the content;
Ana's sister,Kate,is leukemia,but she don't have a donor.
Ana was born by a gene manipulation to become a donor of Kate.
She accused a parent at a lawyer "Because I cannot stand operations".
But she was looked having other reason...

We can see warmth of family.
The content of film are different from that of the original story.
Both of them are fun.
I like watching movie.Please tell me your favorite movie☆

Washington,D.C

Washington,D.C is the capital of the United States and has the mainstay of the government. For example the White House and the United States Capitol are located in Washington,D.C.

Ten years ago I went to Washington,D.C and saw the sights of the city. I visited not only these political place but also historic sites and museums. I visited the Smithsonian museums. There were so many museums in the Smithsonian museums that I could not see several days. I thought the National Museum of Natural History was the most interesting. There were many dinosaur skeletons and mammals specimens. These were powerful and exiting for me.

I'm interested in science, history and medicine etc, so I want to go there many times. The Smithsonian must gratify our desire to learn.

Paris

Hello! I'm Mizuki :)♪

I want to go to Paris very much! Today I will write about it.

When I was a junior high school student, I wanted to be a pianist. My teacher studied classical music at Paris, so I wanted to study it at Paris too. Since then, I am interested in France, especially Paris.

I will take a trip to Paris by my graduating from the university. I want to go to the Arch of Triumph, watch paintings in the Louvre, enjoy an opera, and so on.At Paris, I want to speak French. So now I study French harder than any other subject in the university. I think it is difficult to pronounce good French and there are many differences between English and French.

Have you ever been to Paris? If your answer is yes, please tell me about it!

Thank you for your reading.

Gossip Girl

Hi everyone!! I'm Hiroko. How's it going?? I'm really fine bacause I'm going back to my hometown during this weekend and I am gonnna meet many friends there!! I'm too excited and I can't wait! :)

Today, I want to talk about "Gossip Girl". Have you ever watched or heard of that? It's really popular amoung teen in the US and famous as one of the interesting television programs in the US. Actually I'm into it so much, too. I already finished to watch season1 but season2 isn't available in Japan so that I can't watch the folllowing season for a while.

This story is about relationship and friendship of high school students. They are not just simple high school students but rich and smart boys and girls. We can enjoy richful life through this TV program. :) Besids that, the actors and the actresses of this program are very very hot and sweet!! I became a big fan of the leading actress Blake Libry.

I'm sure that this TV program is really worth to watch! This DVD is available at TSUTAYA so that if you have leisure time, you can defenitely enjoy it!!

Klimt Gustav

Good afternoon, everybody! It's BEBE.
Do you know this masterpiece? I hope someone know and like it.
This work named The Kiss was drawn by Klimt Gastav, an Austrian artist.
I love it!!
The man in this picture is Klimt himself and the woman is his sweetheart.
He drew frank pictures which themes are sensual pleasure.
From his works, you would feel sweet and fascinating eroticism.
But at the same time, the smell of death pervades.
I don't know the reason is this, however, I never see it without being impressed.
I want to see many pieces of pictures around the world and enrich my education.

A PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE with links

Hey, guys! It's BEBE.

I'm major in medicine, but to tell the truth, I'm interested in architecture too.

There are many pieces of architecture all over the world and all of them have original structure or attraction.

Specially, I like Templo de la Sagrada Familia.

It was planned by Antonio Gaudi in the end-nineteenth century.

It have been building for more than 100 years, but it is said that it takes another 100 years at least to complete the temple!!

Antonio Gaudi didn't use calculation to lay out.

Instead of it, he made a upsode-down model with chain.

Buildings have to steady structurally. And people have to learn the stability from NATURE.

It's one of his wise sayings.

Unfortunately, I never can see the finished product of Templo de la Sagrada Familia.

But I want to visit Barcelona and see it someday.

http://www.joyphoto.com/japanese/abroad/2001spain/barcelona/sagrada.html%20-
http://www.sagradafamilia.cat -

Peach cake♪♪

Good evening everyone.It is a hod day.What a hot night!

We must write about free topic on this blog by friday and so I'm going to write about a peach cake.I've just made it♪You want to eat a piece of it,don't you??
Joking aside,my relatives gave me a canned peach the other day,and I wanted to make something by using it.I finally decided to make a peach cake flavored with apple tea.Apart from the question of its taste,the smell is so good!!The taste is good,too...I think.I'll go to visit my relatives to give two pieces of it tommorow.I wonder if they are glad to be given it.I have little butterflies in my stomach.

My favorite place

My favorite place is my hometown. So let me introduce the special place in my hometown, Kamegaoka Iseki. It is the remains of close of Jomon era.Because the remains of close of Jomon are a few, it is not less precious than Sannai Maruyama Iseki though it's much smaller than Sannai Maruyama. You can often see the Shakouki Dogu in your history textbooks. It was unerthed there. My hometown has historical value.

Good morning,this is Yoshihiro Asai.I'll tell you one of the charm of landscape.Drawing landscapes requires less rules from the historical view points.As the source below shows,you can draw what you want to because it depends on your feeling of beauty.What people feel beautiful is often what is regarded as beautiful in the era.People has drawn the beauty of their own world.

Mont-Saint-Michel

My favorite architecture is Mont-Saint-Michel.
It is a famous monastery in France.
I came to know it with the picture postcard.
The sunset was beautiful, and it was like the painting.

I want to actually see Mont-Saint-Michel some time.
I think that it will be much more beautiful than picture postcards.

http://www.hankyu-travel.com/guide/france/montstmichel.php

My future plan

As you know, I'm in the faculty of Medicine. And I want to be the doctor who is orthopedic surgeon and helps the people who are phisically ha dicapped.
Whether I come to be a practicing physician or a docor who is employee,I want to live in Sapporo for the purpose of looking after my parents.

My favorite place

Hi,I'm Takashi Miyamoto.
I'll introduce my favorite place.
The place I like the most is Kobe.It's my hometown.This town is famous for the scenery of ports at night. It is very beautiful.You can see it from the sky if you get on a plane.

In summer,there are a lot of events.Firework contest,concert of amateur bands,summer festival and so on.
You can enjoy them if you come to Kobe.Kobe will welcome you!!!
http://www.kobeconcerto.com/

TAIPEI101

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Hi! I'm Mamoru. I'm going to introduce TAIPEI101. This is one of the tallest building in the world. Maybe some of us don't know that the building is condensed Japanese technology.

The building is constructed by the Kumagai Construction Company.And the elevater which is in the building is formed by TOSHIBA. I am glad that Japanese companies make a contribution to a foreign country.

This is one of the most popular picture painted by Gaugin , "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?". I first saw the painting in a ethical textbook and it impressed me very much. I came to want to know about it. So , I resarched it .

It was painted from 1897 to 1898. Gaugin gave many meanings to this picture. This painting means Human Life, the right side is the birth , the center is the growth ,the left side is death.

"This picture might not exceed my paintings I have ever painted, but I can not make picture that is greater than it . And,I like this picture."Gaugin says about it.

I think this is one of the most impressing picture I have ever seen.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A9%E3%81%93%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E6%9D%A5%E3%81%9F%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8B_%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AF%E4%BD%95%E8%80%85%E3%81%8B_%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A9%E3%81%93%E3%81%B8%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8B

Yamadera

　Yamagata has several attractive point. Fruit, hot springs, and food. However, people assume there is nothing to see. But I think you should visit Yamadera.
　Yamadera is officially called as Risshakuji. It is famous for two things. The great poemer Basho Mathuo created his very famous haiku "Lonely silence, a single cicada's cry sinking into stone." in Yamadera. Second, when Hieizan, a famous temple was burned off by Nobunaga Oda, its religously important fire was lost. Then fire in Yamadera was sended to Hieizan. Stairs over eight handreds steps are also famous.
　Yamadera may be not attractive for some people, but people in Yamagata is kind of proud of Yamadera.
source : History of Yamadera

P.S Students learn HTML in the information class, so you can use link tag.
　　＜a href="http://...."＞Insert message you want to show as a link.＜/＞

Beautiful Woman

As soon as I looked this painting,I could'nt take my eyes off it.How beautiful she is!She smiles softly and beautiflly.I think she loves one child very much who is held in her arms because she holds he(her?) carefully.

This picture is"Madonna della Seggiola".It was painted by Raffaello Santi(Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino).He was 32 years old.It told that when he saw a beautiful woman and her two children,he painted them on a bottom of wine barrel.

I love this painting.This woman is very very beautiful like an angel!I wish I were a woman like her...

http://www.salvastyle.com/menu_renaissance/raphael_seggiola.html

http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~twomoons/art/raph_seibo.html

Hi,everyone.

Today,I'll talk about an interesting art.It's a picture drawn by a very fine pen.There is a book of those pictures,"Dr.inku no hoshizora kinema."

This pictures are drawn by an entertainer,Nishino Akihiro of Kingkong.When I saw this art for the first time,I was so excited.I introduce a movie of the process pictures drawn.(http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=6lxUEbRWWxA)

I haven't bought this book yet,but I want to buy it.Thank you for reading.BYE;)

Saman's tree

Hello guys!

I'm sure that all of you have ever seen this tree.

This is because this tree is very very famous for HITACHI's tree.

Everyone knows that song of this tree "Kono ki nan no ki kininaru ki~" is sung on TV.

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%AE%E6%A8%B9

Actually, I saw this tree when I traveled to Hawaii as my junior high school's trip. I remebered being impressed by this tree because it was really beautiful and kind of art. The name of this tree is monkey pod and the scientific name is samanea saman. This HITACHI's tree is seen in Moanalua garden park Oafu island Hawaii. Moanalua garden park was originally Kamehameha royal family's land and has the building of Kamehameha V which was bulit in the eighteen fifties.

http://www.hitachinoki.net/

If you have leisure time or no any plan for vacation, you can go there and enjoy the tree!!

Toipc with links

Hello! It's Satoko.

I like kimono (Japanese traditional clothing) very much. My grand mother often wear it. Whenever I see her, I want to wear it like her. Most Japanese wear it only when they hold a coming-of-age celebration, a graduation ceremony. But I always think that there are many kind of kimono, so it is important for us to know its rules. For example, when you visit your superior, you should wear a semi-ceremonial kimono (houmonngi). When you are invited to somebody's wedding ceremony and you are a single, you wear a long-sleeved kimono (furisode).

We have such a beautiful and proudly clothing, so I wear it as many times as possible.

I'll link some homepages about kimono. If you are interested in it, please access it!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono

htte://100.yahoo.co.jp/detail/%E5%92%8C%E6%9C%8D/

My favorite place

This is a picture of the botanical garden of Tohoku University.
I belonged to Tohoku University before I entered Hirosaki University, and I studied biology there. I often went to the botanical garden, and I really enjoyed the natural environment.


The botanical garden is in the university and near the urban streets of Sendai city. Howerver, there are a lot of flowers and trees, and various kinds of animals such as deers, foxes, squirrels, bears, and many kinds of birds live there. One whole mountain forms the botanical garden! The scenery is very beautiful, and I feel quite comfortable when I see it.


I'm looking forward to visit the botanical garden again when I go back to Sendai.


http://www.biology.tohoku.ac.jp/garden/index.html

My favorite place

Today, I want to introduce my favorite place. The place I love is Hokkaido. I have been there three times. I went to Sapporo when I was ten. I went to Kushiro when I was thirteen. I went to Hokkaido with my family.

The most favorite place in Hokkaido is Hakodate mountain. A night view from the mountain is wonderful!! The Hakodate mountain is 333 meters above the sea. This night view is one of the three most wonderful night view in the world.

August 13th is "Yakei no Hi". Please go to Hakodate and see this beautiful night view!!

http://yakei.jp/db/summary.cgi?row1=hakodate

My favorite time of day

My favorite time of day is between half past four and half past five in the evening.This is a time slot after some classes and before going to play table tennis as a club activities.During that time,I can do anything which I want to do.For example,sleeping properly,studying something,reading books or making cookies and so on.Furthermore,I can finish such an assignment which I suppose to present soon.After I finish them,I'll enjoy playing table tennis as hard as I can.Nothing will be on my mind except playing it.Of course,I like the time when I talk with my friends,but I like the time when I am alone.To think daily happenings or an unforeseen occurrence for myself is very important,I think.
　Now I'm a freshman in university,and I have much more free time than an upperclassman.Before I get busy,I'll make good use of that time in doing various things.I want to make some lucky charms for victories of table tennis matches to present to the members of the club above all!!


http://www3.kcn.ne.jp/~fish/link/linkosusume.htm

Salar de Uyuni

Hello, I'm Karakawa. Today I wanna tell you the place of my dreams, Salar de Uyuni.
"Salar de Uyuni" is Spanish. In English, Salt lake of Uyuni. Do you know it? It is located in the west of Bolivia, one of the country of South America. It is the biggest salt lake in the world. At Salt lake of Uyuni, white salt color streaches as far as the eye can see. Also its surface reflects the blue sky and the white cloud as if it were a mirror.
I knew it on TV when I was a little girl.Since then, I have longed to go there.I've never been there, but I'm eager to go there in my life. Or I wanna go to the beautiful and fantastic place like Salt lake of Uyuni if I were dead.
Thanks for reading.
http://www.mucha-suerte.com/ciudad_bolivia/uyuni01.html

A work of art

Hello, everyone! I'm Ryo Kikuchi.

Today, I want to introduce my favorite work of art. This picture is "Het meisje met de parel" painted by Johannes Vermeer. I like this picture very much.

This picture was painted in 1665. We don't know who this girl is, but she is usually thought of as Maria whose father is Vermeer. Her face seems very mysterious. So, this picture is called " The northern Mona Lisa". I like his brushwork very much. His pictures is like a photograph. They are enchantingly beautiful and wonderful.

Johannes Vermeer is a great painter. If you are interested in his pictures, please see them. You will be absorbed in them.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/kenkitagawa/sub-verm.html

The Glaciers in Swirzerland

Hello, everyone! I'm Kiho. Today I'm going to write about the glacier in Switzerland.

The name of the mountain in this picture is Matterhorn. It is striking with its sharp top among other mountains. There are a lot of beautiful glaciers in Switzerland, so I went to see them with my family twice before.

The glaciers scarcely melt even in summer. Seeing the wonderful view, we can enjoy skiing and trekking. But these years, the glaciers have melted remarkably because of the global warming. They are retreating about 20 kilometer every year.

If we pass over this problem, the glaciers will be disappeared. We should think about it more seriously to protect them.

http://www.eic.or.jp/library/pickup/pu050707.html

Atomic Bomb Dome

Today I wanna write about the atomic bomb dome. Most of all may know this disastrous architecture.
As you know, in 1945 the U.S. army thrown an atomic bomb down in Hiroshima for the first time in human history. The result of it was very tragical... We, human, must never forget the tragedy.
The atomic bomb dome is located in Hiroshima, and it remains the appearance as if it just has been bombed by the fat man. The architecture appeals to us the ravages of war and the catastrophe by atomic bomb, and it also tells us the importance of peace.

http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/toshiseibi/dome/

Patagonia

Today I want to introduce my favorite place. The place I love is Patagonia.But unfortunately , I have never been there. When I was a high school student, I came across an article about Patagonia.I was very impressed by the pictures of the nature there.So I became interested in this place.

Patagonia is an area located between Chile and Argentina.We can enjoy amazing nature there. Especially ,glaciers are so spectacular.I heard that people visiting there will be impressed by their beauty and scales for sure. The glaciers are as tall as 50~100m high buildings. Sometimes we can hear the big sound like thunder when huge glaciers collapse.The view of the nature here must be overwhelming.

I understand that it takes about 2days from Japan to Patagonia. It's pretty far away from Japan isn't it? So when I get enough time and money,I'd like to visit there and enjoy its beautiful nature.

http://4travel.jp/traveler/yoshiokan/album/10056587(Beautiful pictures of glaciers)

Tower of the sun!

I guess that you know this architecture.

That's because this was exhibited in Osaka World Exposition in 1970.

I think that this architecture,especially this face,has a peculiar manner.How about you?

This is "Taiyou no tou",made by Tarou Okamoto.

It has three faces located in the front,the back and the top.

Each of them has meaning;white face in the front means the present,black face in the back means the past,gold face in the top means the future.

It is still famous.

Recently, eyes of the tower was turned on a light in March 27th.

I expect that this will be handed down all the time.

So when you have child or grandchild,you should tell them meanings of three faces.

I got information from:http://www1.u-netsurf.ne.jp/~kitada/doc/taiyo/

Honmonji Temple

When I lived in Tokyo, I sometimes went to Honmonji Temple in Ikegami. Tokyo is one of the busiest cities in the world. Honmonji Temple was inside Tokyo but is quiet and calm place.

Honmonji Temple was founded by Nichiren Shonin about 700 years ago. Honmonji Temple ranked as one of the major centers among the order's 5000 temples. There were the five-story pagoda, red pagoda, stupa and main hall on the premises. They are very beautiful and solemn. I felt as if I had been in ancient era.

If I go to Tokyo, I want to go there again and heal myself.

http://honmonji.jp/00index/index2.html

P52 Topic3 with links

Hello, everyone!　I'm Mizuki.

Today,　I want to write an essay based upon my research about a work of art I like. The work is "Pumpkin". It is one of the works of very famous artist, Yayoi Kusama. She is a japanese woman from Nagano prefecture and she is a sculptor, a painter, and a novelist. Her works are highly regarded around the world. She is 81 years old. (http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/)

She often incorporates polka dots into her works of sculptures and paintings. "Pumpkin" is the object of big yellow polka-dot pumpkin. She constructed it on the shore of Naoshima in Kagawa prefecture in 1994. Naoshima is known as a town of modern art. (http://kagawa.weblike.jp/index.html)

I saw "Pumpkin" three years ago for the first time. At first, I thought it was an oddly colored sculpture, but currently I regard it as a symbol of Naoshima. Have you ever been to Naoshima? If not, go there and see "Pumpkin", thinking philosophically with your friends. I want to do that again!

Future plans

Hello,it's Koko.

I like trip very much.
This summer, I'm going to go to Osaka with my sister.
My sister wants to go to Osaka Univercity's open campus.
After it, we are planning to go to USJ.

And in september, I'm planning to travel around Hokkaido with my
friend.We are going to Asahiyama zoo, hot spring, and flower garden
and so on.

In february I'm going to go to India with my vest friend.
I want to go to Ganges river!