Japan And New Zealand's Cultural World Heritage

-Japan-

Japan has 11 cultural heritages. For example, Horyuji, Himejijyo, Genbaku Dome and so on. Horyuji and Himejijyo were registered as cultural world heritages in 1993 for the first time in Japan and Genbaku Dome was registered as cultural world heritage in 1996.

Horyuji is in Nara and this temple was built in 607, so it is very old building. The reason it was registered as cultural heritage was because it has many cultural assets which attracted many people and it is important building in cultural history.

Himejijyo is in Hyogo and this castle is very wonderful. The reason it was registered as cultural world heritage was because its architecture technique was excellent.

Genbaku Dome is in Hiroshima and this building tells us that the war is very terrible. Many people wanted to register it as world heritage, so they started to collect many people’s signatures and their dream has come true.

-New Zealand-

New Zealand has 1 cultural world heritage. It has far fewer cultural heritages than Japan. Tongariro National Park was registered as mixed natural and cultural world heritage in 1993 because its cultural value was evaluated. It became national park in 1894 for the first time in New Zealand.

My Speech ～About Oktoberfest～

Let me introduce about Oktoberfest to you. According to the articles, more than six million people from all over the world visit Oktoberfest every year and about five million liters of beer is drunk by many people every year. The citizens and the tourists enjoy this festival. If you go to this festival, you can enjoy drinking beer with foreigners. This festival has been held since 1810, so this festival is continuing for 198 years. It’s very long!

Let me introduce this year’s Oktoberfest to you. According to the articles, this festival started on September 20 and finished on October 5. People enjoyed themselves to their hearts, drinking beer and dancing for 16 days. This festival is the largest festival in the world, so this festival’s scale, hall and so on were even bigger than last year’s. Munich city was founded 850 years ago, so the shooting fans shot blank shots from guns 850 times there on October 3.

My Hometown's Autumn Festival

Let me introduce my city’s festival to you. This festival is held at Ogawa shrine. This festival and this shrine are not big, but many citizens of Suzuka visit there every year. This year’s festival was held on October 12. During this festival, people in matching happi coats carry the omikoshi along the streets, shouting “Wasshoi, wasshoi.” Many children take part in this omikoshi and we can hear their cheerful voice, so there is a lot of noise coming from outside every year. When I was a small child, I often took part in this festival with my sister, brother and friends. I don’t know since when this festival has been started, but this festival has been held since I was baby. I wore blue happi and hachimaki which is written “Masturi”.

At this shrine, eleven-year-old or twelve-year old girls dance as “Mai Hime” in front of God. They have Sakaki in their right hands while they are dancing. They dance for God. They put on powder, so their faces become very white. They wear like Hakama and they become “Mai Hime” like Shinto priestess. I have danced as “Mai Hime” twice with my friends. I practiced this dance every night at Ogawa shrine.

After they finish carrying omikoshi and dancing as “Mai Hime”, people enjoy playing bingo game. Many people take part in this game because this game’s free gifts are very nice every year. For example, DVD player, bicycle, digital camera and so on. If you want to take part in this festival, let's go to Suzuka City in Mie next autumn!

Have you seen "Spider-Man"?

Let me introduce Spider-Man to you. If you were Spider-Man, What would you do? Would you use special power for helping people?

Story
This movie’s main character’s name is Peter Parker. He lost his parents and was brought up with great care by his uncle and aunt. He goes to Mid Town High School and likes science. He couldn’t tell Mary Jane Watson who lives next door to him that he loved her because he was a late bloomer. One day, he visited Colombia University’s study room. There were many kinds of spiders in this room. He was bit by spider, “Super Spider” there. This spider was done gene improvement. After that he felt chills, but he has amazing muscular body and good eyesight when he got up the next morning. In addition, webs rushed out from his wrist and he could climb up to a wall by using only fingertips. He has strange power after he was bit by “Super Spider” and he decided to fight against bad persons every day as “Spider-Man”.

Actors and Actress
Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker (Spider-Man). He was nominated for Saturn Award when he played the lead in this movie. He was paid attention to his acting when he appeared in “the Cider House Rules”. And then he became popular when he appeared in “Spider-Man”.

Willem Dafoe played Norman Osborn (Green Goblin). He has been nominated for 2 Oscars. He was nominated for the 2000 Academy Award for an award for the best supporting actor when he appeared in “Shadow of the Vampire”.

Kirsten Dunst played Mary Jane Watson. She has been nominated for Golden Globe. Her first appearance movie was “New York stories”.

About this movie
This movie’s director was Sam Raimi and this movie’s scenario writer was David Koepp. This movie was come out on May 11, 2002 in Japan. This movie was made at an expense of $139,000,000. This movie is three series now. This story was very exciting, interesting and thrilling. Battle scenes were very cool and image technique was great. If you haven’t seen this movie, you should see it.

I could get my driver's license!

I had great time during summer vacation because I could make many good memories with my boyfriend and friends, but my best memory is getting my driver’s license. When I could get it, I thought I grew up a little because I couldn’t imagine me driving a car before I got it. Let me introduce my driving school life to you.

First day, I was very nervous because I drove a car for the first time this day. I had sweat on my hands. I couldn’t drive a car well in the beginning because I couldn’t imagine where the car tires passed, so I dropped the tires into ditches many times, but I could get used to drive a car in a few days and I enjoyed driving a car with my teacher. I studied about traffic safety, traffic signs, traffic rules and so on every day and I could pass computer test and four kinds of written tests easily. I could get temporary driver’s license at last. I was very glad. I thought it is easy for me to get driver’s license, but I couldn’t find many difficult problems at that time.

Next stage is driving in the road. I was more nervous than first day because I thought there are many dangers in the road. I always passed at Route23. The speed limit on this road is 60 kilometers an hour, but I was afraid of driving a car at this speed in the beginning. My teacher said to me, “You must drive at a steady speed of 60 kilometers per hour.” I said to him, “I can’t do it. I’m afraid”. I tried to drive a car at this speed and I could get used to this speed. I gradually drove a car fast. When I looked a speed meter, I drove a car at speed of 70 kilometers per hour. Of course, my teacher said to me, “Miss Sugiura, Be careful. Don’t drive too fast.” So, I was careful not to drive too fast. It was difficult for me to memorize how to get to destinations because I have no sense of direction. I made desperate efforts to memorize it. We must pass computer test and written test until we take a graduation examination and I passed two kinds of tests, but I failed computer test once. Maybe, I did not study enough.

It was rainy day on the day of graduation examination. First, I took a proficiency examination. I was very nervous because the fact is I failed this test once, too, but I was happy girl that day because my test course was very easy and I could pass this test. I was very glad. Next, I took a written test, but I failed this test because this test the ratio of successful applicants is 10 percent, so I wasn’t sad. I thought I could pass next test, but I failed next test, too. I read textbook every night, so I didn’t know why I couldn’t pass this test. I took this test four times and I could pass this test at last. I was very glad. When I could get temporary driver’s license, I thought it is easy for me to get driver’s license, but it was difficult for me to get it.
After a few days, I went to Tsu City in order to take a test and get driver’s license. My driving school tests were very difficult, so I thought this test was very easy. I thought I observe the speed limit and I want gold license. I want to become good driver, so I want to practice driving a car hard.

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Are you a baseball fan?

High school baseball season came. My favorite team in Mie is Komono High School's baseball club. This school has a very strong baseball team and went to Koshien Stadium three years ago. All high school baseball players do hard practice every day and they want to go to Koshien Stadium, but only one team can go there. I want Komono High School to go there, so I always cheer this school.

Today, this school played a game against Ise High School and this school won the game 8 to 1. I was very glad. I want this school to win a next game, too because I don't want to look their tears of vexation. I want to look their tears of joy. Nobody knows who will win high school baseball, so I like to watch baseball games. Victory smile on Komono High School, please!

Let's play Wii Fit!

Do you know Wii Fit? Have you played this? This is a video game and very popular goods. We can know our BMI and weight and take care of our health by playing this video game.

This game has many activities. This is divided into four categories which are yoga, strength training, aerobics, and balance games. If you don't do some moderate exercise, I recommend you playing Wii Fit because playing this game is an exercise that anyone can do easily and you enjoy exercising. I think it is important for us to exercise every day because regular exercise lessens the chance of getting sick . Click on here!
Playing Wii Fit keeps our health!

Let's think about metabolic syndrome!

Do you know metabolic syndrome? This is disease. If you eat too much fat, you get lifestyle-related diseases and various sick easily. This condition is metabolic syndrome. This is very dangerous disease because this disease cause your death. Today many people often eat fast food, so we eat too much fat. Children like it, so it is easy for them to get metabolic syndrome, too.

If you don't want to get metabolic syndrome, it is necessary to improve your eating habits. Let's look back your eating habits! Check your lifestyle. If you fit into many categories of this list, you should take care. Next, you must have a medical examination as often as possible because you need to know your body condition and you can find various diseases in early stages and you can be cured of your diseases. Next, You should get some moderate exercise because Exercising every day lessens the chance of getting sick. For example, running, playing your favorite sports, yoga, playing Wii Fit and so on. I think we must enjoy taking exercise for out health because if you are so unwilling to do it, you feel stress and you it has the opposite effect. Let's make a habit of exercising!

My Laughter Animation

As the proverb says, laugher is the best medicine, I think laughter gives us happiness and makes feel happy and good. If you cry every day, happiness does not come because it likes smiling face. So, laughter is very important thing. When we read or listen to funny jokes, see other people’s mistakes and enjoy talking with friends, we laugh because we have human feelings. I have never met persons who do not laugh.

I chose this animation because this was very funny. This animation content is comic skit. This funny point is funny conversation. One person is a police officer and another person worked part time. His job was pushing many buttons. When he pushed the button, mascot character’s voice was played. Police officer talked with mascot character about traffic safety. He said to mascot character, “Oh, no! I hit old woman. What should I do?” and he push wrong button, so this mascot character said, “Let’s run away from here!” This word is funny point.

Next, I chose this animation because this is very funny failure. Baseball players often fail. For example, they cannot pitch good direction and funny accidents happen. This animation was dubbed into as if baseball players said. This point is funny.