June 27th☆20 years old★

Today is my birthday!!
My friends and my family celebrated me:)♪Many people gave me presents and e-mail for me. I am very happy now^^My family held a party. I ate a lot of cakes and a banquet. My friend Erika made this bouquet and gave them to me.

Today was a really happy day for me.

My Favorite Place -Fair Copy-

My favorite place is Tokyo Disneyland. Because I can always relax there. Tokyo Disneyland is the most popular theme park in Japan. It is located in Urawa city of Chiba prefecture and a very large ground. There is surrounded by the sea. The area is 51 hectares. Tokyo Disneyland is larger than Kansai Gaidai University. It is about 3 times size of Kansai Gaidai University. The symbol of Tokyo Disneyland is Cinderella Castle. And there are a lot of very famous character there, for example, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Winnie The Pooh and so on. Especially, The main characters are Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto. These characters were created by Walt Disney. There are many rides there, too. Maybe, there are 44 kinds rides. They are very exciting. The parade are very wonderful and emotional, because almost all the characters appear in the parade. And illuminate the parade at night. I always cry when I see them. And, there always smell of the popcorn. They have various kinds, for example, salt taste, honey taste, curry taste, caramel taste, soy sauce and butter taste and so on. Those taste often change. I always eat caramel taste. There are a lot of souvenir shop and very many goods are sold. When I go to there, I am very excited and comfortable. I want to go to Tokyo Disneyland soon.

Studio Gibli

I like Studio Gibli. So, today I will write about Studio Gibli. Gibli is a famous studio where many Japanese animations are made. The supervisor is Mr. Hayao Miyazaki. The movies are usually about magical words and they have very beautiful animation. Some of the most important works from Studio Gibli are; My Neighbour Tottoro, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle and so on.

I will introduce two movies to you, "My Neighbour Tottoro" and "Princess Mononoke".

The first movie is "My Neighbour Tottoro". This story is about a family that movie to the countryside. The main characters are Satsuki and Mei. They are sister. One day Mei got lost in the woods and she met "Tottoro" of the forest. Only people with pure mind can see him. Satsuki and Mei both meet Tottoro and they become friends. It is a very moving story. Because it's a fantasy, but it also has a lot of truth and meaning to it.

The other movie I would like to write about "Princess Mononoke". This story take place in old Japan. The theme of the story is destruction of nature by man. Today, we are continuing to destroy the earth. But a movie like this help to make us aware of the problems. Now, this is a very important subject. Miyazaki's films are very beautiful and entertaining works. But they also teach an important message. This is why Studio Gibli films are so popular in Japan and around the world.

My Favorite Place♪

My favorite place is Tokyo Disney Land. Tokyo Disney Land is the most popular theme park in Japan. It is located in Urawa city of Chiba prefecture and a very large ground. And there are a lot of very famous character there. For example, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Winnie The Pooh and so on. There are a many ride there, too. The parade are very very wonderful and emotional. I always cry when I see it. There are a lot of souvenir shop and very many goods are sold. When I go to there, I am excited and comfortable. I want to go to Tokyo Disney Land soon.

BARAKA Response

BARAKA

1. Through this movie I knew the world civilization and culture and I understood the working of nature and people's daily life. For example, Japan has a lot of temples and shrines. There are very famous Kiyomizu-Dera Temple and Horyu-Ji Temple in Kyoto and Nara. By this movie, Ryoan-Ji Temple and Hokke-Ji Temple were introduced. And a Japanese characteristic is, there are very many people if we go to metropolis. Contrastively, if we go to in the heart of the mountains there are still wild monkey and other wild animals. And there are different environment and culture all over the world.

2. I think there are some special meaning in this movie being "no words". But, when i heard "no words", I thougth that there isn't subtitle. The special meaning is, for example anyone can watch this movie. It mean is the people can watch who don't understand languages. While there are no words, sight and hearing become sensitive. And it stretches the our imagination. Without words, it communicate a lot of information and we are able to sense somthing. In point is music. Music can convey various feelings only by a melody for us. I think that this movie is no words on purpose. Because I think it may have wanted to be able to remind us of this.

(Peer Editar Tomoyo)

My Scary Story-Clean copy

I had a scary experience when I was 1 years old.But I don't remember the experience.So I heard about the story from my mother about ten years ago.
The unexpected unfotunate occurrence happened in the grandparents's house.We were taking a nap then for half an hour.Only I waked up early.My mother got up next.When my mother looked around, an area was bloody.And my hand was bloody, too.My mother felt chilly to see them.I didn't cry then.Because I didn't notice it.
There was a razor on the television.It was the place where my hand didn't reach.But I got on a chair and took it.And I played with the razor.I heard this story and I was chilled to the bone.
But I didn't feel a pain in my hand then, and the cut wasn't terrible, too.
Shortly afterwards I had treat me just to make sure at the hospital.