Book review 2-04: Dead Man's River

I read Dead Man's River. It is the time of the America Gold Rush. The main character is Jonas Clark. He loves Hetty Gray, but her father opposes to marry because he is too poor. I thought that her father were spiteful to oppose their marriage. Jonas wants to get money, so he went to Dead Man's River.
Two men threaten Harry with gun. Harry is mining engineer. Jonas watched this situation. He followed to help Harry. He helped Harry, get a lot of money from Harry.

They have made a match of it. Her father permits him to marry with her. I think that after all, it proved money.

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Book reveiw 2-03: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

I read Sleepy Hollow. It was very funny story. The main character of this story is Headless horseman, Ichabod Crane, Katrina and Brom Bones. Headless horseman was the soldier long time ago. His head still lies somewhere on the battlefield. Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it.

Ichabod loves Katrina, but Borm loves her, too. Ichabod is schoolmaster in the village. He is not handsome. Borm is very different from Ichabod. He is tall and handsome.

One dark night, Ichabod saw the Headless Horseman. Headless Horseman ran after Ichabod. He was really terrified- he was very, very frightened, so he escapes from the village. The people of Sleepy Hollow worried about him. But he lives in New York.

Actually, Borm impersonated Headless Horseman because he wanted to gain Katrina. I thought it was very, very funny. I have watched movie “ Sleepy Hollow”, so This story was very different from movie. I was surprised, but I was very interested this story.

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Necessary places

★Necessary places★

Introduction
I thought that the most favorite place in Kumamoto. After all I think that the most favorite place is my room. Amakusa and Hitoyoshi are the parent’s houses, so I often go to there. I think that therefore I like their places.

My room
I have my own room. My room has an eight-mats room. My room has many necessary things. Therefore it is very convenient. For example, there are a bed, a desk, a bookshelf, an air conditioner, and a piano. So I can spend every day comfortably. Many comic books are there because I like to read them when I have a free time. Recently, I’m addicted to read “Touch”. It is baseball comics. It is very interesting. So, I live in one's room by every day. Perhaps I may not be relaxed if I live in the room of the younger sister. Because it is not interfered a person, it is good to have my room.

Amakusa
My mother was born in Amakusa, so my grandparents live in there. I often go to Amakusa. The sea of Amakusa is very beautiful. A heart is healed very much when I watch the sea. In addition, I think that it is good to hear the song of seabird, too. Because fish and shellfish are fresh, it is very delicious. Amakusa can experience what I cannot experience in Kumamoto.

Hitoyoshi
My father was born in Hitoyoshi, so my grandparents live in there. I sometimes go to Hitoyoshi. That famous place is Kuma River. When I was little girl, I experienced Kuma River descent. I was very scare and thought that a ship overturned, so the ship’s roll made me sick. I was full of adventure. My grandparents have a dog. Her name is Nami. She has blue eye and brown eye. She is cute. When she and I take a walk around field, My heart is healed very much, so I’m looking forward to seeing her. Therefore, I like their place.

Conclusion
My favorite places were full of relax, healing, adventure and curiosity. I thought that I always seek relaxation, healing and sometimes adventure in the favorite place. I think that I’m not able to enjoy if lack even one of these elements. These places are necessary for me.

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My friends

I have some friends. I will introduce my friends. When I was first year student, I made a lot of overseas students. One of the overseas student, Kaka, I will introduce her. She is from Chinese. She is good at dancing. I saw her dance. She was beautiful. She tell me about dance, but I can’t dance. I and She went to eat Sushi. She likes sushi very much. But, She went back to China. I was miss her, but we send E-mail sometimes. I think we are good friends.
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Sushi ber

Today, I went to eat dinner with my family at Otaru-ko. Otaru-ko is sushi bar's name. I love sushi very much. I ate 10 dishes. It was goooood taste. A yellowtail is one of my favorite shusi. The yellowtails were delicious with just enough fat, but the best delicious season is winter. If you go to shusi bar, be sure to eat it.
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Proto- Portfolio 2-01

Proto-Portfolio 2-01: Reviews, Posts and Words

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Appetites

I have appetites because it began fall. I like fried chicken very much. I ate a lot of fried chicken yesterday. So, I have appetites. This fall season, I want to eat many fruits, and vegetables and sweets.
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Mega Essay

KUMAMOTO
Introduction
Kumamoto has a lot of specific characteristics. We chose 5 topics from them. We would like to introduce about Kumamoto Castle, Food, Water, People, and Historical cultural fortunes
Castle
Kato Kiyomasa
Kato Kiyomasa served it as a vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and he fought in one place after another in each place and showed a military exploit. He became a feudal lord of Higo Kumamoto. He became a vassal of Tokugawa in Hideyoshi posthumously and I gave a military exploit by a fight of Sekigahara and became Higo Kumamoto feudal lord.
Build
There is Kumamoto castle in the center of Kumamoto. Another name is “Ginkgo castle. Kumamoto castle is famous castle in Japan. The characteristic of Kumamoto castle is Musya-gaeshi. It is the wall that warped diagonally. The wall is made of a lot of stones. This wall was made to prevent a samurai from entering in a castle. In addition, Musya-gaeshi is sold as a Japanese cake. The view to watch from the castle tower is very beautiful.
Memorial Festival
There are some events because Kumamoto castle was built for four hundreds years ago. Every year, in Knmamoto castle has same festivals to see cherry blossoms and morning glory. However, this year’s events are held special festivals which are Japanese traditional dances in every season. I want to appreciate the dance because I have never seen it.
Food
Horse meat
Kumamoto is known as the birthplace of Horse meat. In Kumamoto, we eat raw horse meat. We call it “Basashi”. I think to eat Basashi is unusual custom. We soak it in soy sauce and eat. Some people eat with the spices such as grated ginger or the leek. There may be the person saying that I feel sorry for a horse. I think it is right. But how about cow, pig, fish and so on. We eat many animals. Horse meat is same thing. Horse meat is popular as a souvenir. You can also get a horse meat pie as a souvenir.
Chinese noodles
There are many restaurants of Chinese noodles in Kumamoto. In particular, Tamana’s Chinese noodles is famous nationwide. This soup made from bone of pigs. Cook it stow for a long time. This soup’s taste is rich.
Sweets
Koubai is the most famous sweets shop in Kumamoto. “Jindaiko” is best sweets in this shop. It is sweet bean jelly and including bean paste. I think it is more popular among elder people than young people. It will be very pleased when you bring as a gift.
“Ikinari dango” is also famous Kumamoto sweets. It is local sweets of Kumamoto. It is made by mother and grand mother for long time in Kumamoto. Its recipe is easy. First, you cook crust. You mix salt and water into flour and knead them. After you knead, it is left around 30 minutes. Meanwhile, peel sweet potato and cut for a bite size. Next, you put bean paste on a piece of sweet potato. May be it taking 30 minutes from the beginning. So it is good time to use crust. You divide crust equally for the right size. Then you wrap a piece of sweet potato and bean paste with crust. Finally you steam them. Actually “Ikinari” mean easy in Kumamoto dialect.
Water
Ground water
The capital of the water
Kumamoto City is blessed with water environment to be called "the capital of the water" for a long time. The places providing with all of water to use for the waterworks in cities more than a population of 670,000 people in groundwater are few nationwide.
Groundwater of Kumamoto
Because minerals melt a lot into it, the water of Kumamoto is delicious. The water of Kumamoto uses groundwater to running water.
Problem
People wastes groundwater recently. Groundwater is one of the limited resources. So we should use groundwater carefully. Kumamoto City appeals to the citizens to save water now.
Springs
Shirakawa spring
The spring water, "Shirakawa spring" are represents Aso. In the Shirakawa source of a river, water of 60t a minute springs out. This spring becomes First-grade River “Shirakawa”. In addition, this spring is chosen in "100 Japanese famous water" from the Environmental Agency.
Todoroki spring
Todoroki spring is chosen in "100 Japanese famous water" from the Environmental Agency, too. This spring has less quantity of the spring than Shirakawa spring. This water is sweet.
Rivers
Kuma River
The Kuma River runs into Hitoyoshi and Yatsushiro. The span of this river is 115 kilometer. Kuma River is torrent in Japan. A lot of people raft and enjoy it. In addition, you can catch a lot of Ayu in this river.
People
Dialect
In Kumamoto, there are some words which are spoken in only Kumamoto. There are many Kumamoto dialects in here. Kumamoto dialect is like with other prefecture in Kyusyu. If you went to Fukuoka, you can understand what people say. Then I often speak with Kumamoto dialect because I was born in Kumamoto. My favorite Kumamoto dialect is “tai”. Most of us speak “tai” in place of “dayo” in a sentence of the end. I’m proud of Kumamoto dialect because I like them. So, I want to keep speaking Kumamoto dialect if I live in other place.
Character
People living in Kumamoto has a character which many people mains other people’s careers. Most of them ask people’s careers even if they have never met before. I think we must not decide people’s character with several careers because we should be fair.
Famous people
Natume Souseki
He was a famous novelist in Japan. He stayed in Kumamoto because he taught English in Kumamoto University. He was wrote many novels before he died forty nine years old. His works are “Bottyan”, “I’m a cat”, “Sanshiro”, and “Kokoro”. They are read by many people now. I think his works is so difficult for me when I read them. Because he had an experience that he lived in Great Britain, I am interested in his novels.
Yukisada Isao
He is a movie director. He was born in Kumamoto and graduated from Kumamoto Daini high school. Most popular of his works is “GO”. He became very famous because he made it. I like his movies. Especially, my favorite one is “Spring Snow” because I have ever read the original novel. This movie’s image and story is very good. I made my mind move when I finished watching this movie. If you have a chance, you should watch it.
Historical culture fortunes
Bridge of water
Kumamoto has a big bridge of water. The name is “tujyunkyo” in Japanese. It is in Yamato town. It is an aqueduct of the water by putting a lot of rocks together built over the valley. Futa Yasunosuke who was a village headman all-out of the hometown made a plan in building and recruited a fund. It is chosen to 100 selections of an irrigation canal of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Stone stairs of 3333
Kumamoto has a stone stairs of 3333 in Misato town. It’s the longest in Japan. The stone stairway construction starts it from January 1980 and overtook 2,446 steps of Yamagata Mt. Haguro in November 1985. And Kumamoto’s stone stairs became number one in Japan, and it is completed in the end of March 1988. It is 3,333 steps of number of the total steps.
Yamaga’s garden lantern festival
This festival is annual festival. It held in every summer. Many women who from or live in Yamaga city are dance. They put a garden on them head. It is very beautiful. Every year many people come to watch this festival. I heard this dance is very difficult and hard work for women. They practice many times. Someone who was born in Yamaga city and graduate from Yamaga junior-high school and Yamaga high school can only dance on the stage. On same day, we can watch fireworks near the dance stage.
Conclusion
Kumamoto Castle was build by Kato Kiyomasa since 400 years ago. This Castle’s outside is very beautiful and it is very famous in Japan. Now, memorial events are hold in Kumamoto Castel. House meat is very famous as local dishes of Kumamoto. Chinese noodles and Ikinari dango are also famous food and they are popular food in Kumamoto. Kumamoto is famous as the capital of the water. Kumamoto City is blessed with water and it is very delicious because minerals melt in it. We have to save our precious water. Most of people in Kumamoto are use Kumamoto dialect, because we like our dialect. Kumamoto has a lot of famous person, for instance Natume Souseki, Yukisada Isao, and so on. Kumamoto has a lot of historical culture fortunes too. For example bridge of water, stone stairs, Yamaga’s garden lantern festival and so on.
Kumamoto has really a lot of specific characteristics. I think we can proud of that. I think Kumamoto is a very good prefecture

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★Cake★

Yesterday, I went to Okada Cafe with my friend. We ordered cake set. It was cost 680 yen. I ordered chocolate cake. It was good taste.

I want to go to there again.
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Book review2-02: TINKERS ISLAND

I read this book. This book is written by very easy English. So, It was easy for me to read this book. This story was Tinker and her father. It felt enviable that they lived freely.
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Long time no see

Today, I went to meet my friend to Tsuruya. We have known each other since we were pupil. Probably, I think that this will be a best friend.
Because I saw her after an interval of 6 years, we talk about each other 4 hours. I was very glad to meet her.
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School festival

Last year, I went to school festival only one day. It was interested. I ate Chijimi, Grilled chicken and so on. Chijimi is Korean food. It was very nice taste. I don’t belong to club. So, I was bored only a little with school festival. I want to belong to club, but I think that club is busy.

I will go to school festival this year. I’m look forward to guests.

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Book review2-01: Sally's phone

I read "Sally's phone". It was very good story. Sally always has her phone all the time. She has boyfriends, he is name Andrew. One day, She bought cafe and sitting down. Then a man appeared, and the man has dropped a bag of her. Two mobile phones have been replaced then. It changes her life.

They met to have you return phone. While they met, they were attracted, and she got acquainted with him.

I thought that it was a very good encounter. It was important for us to use the phone in our life.
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