About my hometown "Tama-shi"

Let me tell you about my hometown.:)

 

At first,

do you know hellokitty??

Do you know where is she living??haha

 

Yea!!

Tama-shi is famous for that kitty is living in this town!!

The kitty's house is called "Sanrio puroland"!!:)
Like mickey mouse's house is Disney land!!!!

This is it!!

There are hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, My Melody, Cinnamoroll, Jewelpet and many more.

It's theme park of those characters!!:)

 

Have you ever been there before??:)

 

My house is very near from here!!

It takes about 5 minute and I can see this from my house!!:)

 

 

Tama-shi is famous for kitty!!

 My Melody

Cinnamoroll

Jewelpet

 

 

Tama-shi is famous for drama filming!!

My favorite singer Arashi's member also have came this city!!<3333

This is Tama centre!!

This is the railway map in Tokyo!

There are so many trains!!

Every lain is train's rail!!

But this top photo isn't including the centre of Tokyo's railway..

Because it's too small to add many imformations of centre of Tokyo:(

 This bottom photo is only centre of Tokyo!

There are so many trains:(

But in the morning every trains will be very crowded...:(

I hate this trains...

Everyday in the morning,I take like this train...:(
When i arrive at school,I became tired...
So I want to escape this train and I wake up at 5:30 in the morming
 and take a train which leave my station at 6:44!!
I'm always sleepy...

 

Monorail

Odakyu-lain

Keio-line(I always take this to go to school!)

There are two different kind of trains,monolail,departments,100yen shop,game centres,karaoke,Mc,KFC,restaurants.....

Many things are there so I don' have to go centre of Tokyo when I want to buy something!!:)

 

 

Tama centre is famous for ilmination in winnter!!

Also at halloween's ligh up is famous too!!:)

This season(Christmas) Tama centre is visited by many people!!<3

 

 

I love my hometown Tama-shi!!<3333

It's not very far from centre of Tokyo so I can go urban easily!!

There are many places that I can enjoy and spend a time around my hometown.:)

And here is not so many high buildings so sometimes when the weather is great day,

I can see Mt Fuji which is the highest mountain in Japan from here!!

There are a lot of nature too!!:)

But not much than NZ(havelock North):(

 

I miss my hometown....

But I like Havelock North too:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Japanese festival on May5"Tangonozekku"(Boys festival)

Let me tell you about Japanese festival"Tangonozekku(The boy's festival)"

 

The day was originally called Tango no Sekku,

 and was celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th moon in the lunar calendar or Chinese calendar.

 After Japan's switch to the Gregorian calendar, the date was moved to May 5.

 The festival is still celebrated in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as the Duanwu Festival or Tuen Ng Festival (Cantonese), in Korea as the Dano Festival, and Vietnam as the Tết Đoan Ngọ on the traditional lunar calendar date.

It was originally for boys but has since been changed to include both boys and girls.

Sekku means a season's festival (there are five sekku per year).

Tango no Sekku marks the beginning of summer or the rainy season.

Tan means "edge" or "first" and go means "noon".

Although it is not known precisely when this day started to be celebrated,

it was probably during the reign of the Empress Suiko (593–628 A.D.).

 In Japan, Tango no Sekku was assigned to the fifth day of the fifth month after the Nara period.

Until recently, Tango no Sekku was known as Boys' Day (also known as Feast of Banners)

 while Girls' Day (Hinamatsuri) was celebrated on March 3.

 In 1948, the government decreed this day to be a national holiday to celebrate the happiness of all children and to express gratitude toward mothers.

 It was renamed Kodomo no Hi.

Before this day, families raise the carp-shaped koinobori flags (carp because of the Chinese legend that a carp that swims upstream becomes a dragon, and the way the flags blow in the wind looks like they are swimming), one for each boy (or child), display a Kintarō doll usually riding on a large carp, and the traditional Japanese military helmet, kabuto. Kintarō and the kabuto are symbols of a strong and healthy boy.

Kintarō is the childhood name of Sakata no Kintoki who was a hero in the Heian period,

 a subordinate samurai of Minamoto no Raikou, having been famous for his strength

when he was a child.

It is said that Kintarō rode a bear, instead of a horse,

and played with animals in the mountains when he was a young boy.

Mochi rice cakes wrapped in kashiwa (oak) leaves—kashiwa-mochi (just like regular mochi, but is also filled with red beans jam) and chimaki (a kind of "sweet rice paste", wrapped in an iris or bamboo leaf)—are traditionally served on this day.

 

 

Koinobori



Kintarou(The middle person)

Kabuto

We can make Kabuto with Origami!!:)

 

Kashiwamochi

Chimaki

 

I have one older brother so like Hinamatsuri,

the familiy who has boy have Kabuto at home!!

I have Kabuto at home too!!:)

 

Shobuyu

And we enter furo which shobu is in!!:)

About shobuyu

The Japanese steep the leaves in hot water and enjoy the fragrant Shobu-yu (iris hot-bath) because of the traditional belief that the iris bath is a miraculous prophylactic against all kinds of sickness.

Many public bath houses, particularly in the districts where the people are less affected

 by western influence and are accustomed to taking hot baths in the morning,

 open their doors early in the morning on May 4 and 5.

 

There are lot of things to do in this day too!!:)

About my impression on NZ

Before I came here,

I heard from my one older students who were in NZ last year and my teachers about NZ!!

First I want to tell you about that what am I heard from them:)

• There are a lot of animals!!I heard that there are many sheep than people in NZ!!
• There are a lot of nature!!
• The shower time is very short!!Don't use a bathtub!!
• Don't write "center".Write like this "centre".
• There are not much moisture!!So if you don't move or exercising,you'll don't be weat!!
• Back peace is not good meaning.(Turn this photo back!)
• There are big houses and schools!!

And so on...

That things are right!!:)

I really like NZ's nature,air,sky and stars!!
I was really surprised by that
 there are lot of green around me,air is clear and very clear beautiful sky
and at night I could see amazing the number of stars!!X)
In Japan,I can't see such a beautiful view!!
Moreover I lived in Tokyo which is the capital of Japan.
There are a lot of people,car,very high buildings,not clear air,many lights.....
So there are not beautiful nature,air,sky and stars as much as in NZ!!
In addition,there are few stars at night...
That's because even if at night,there are many lights are turning on...

So I like NZ very much!!:)

And I have one more impression on NZ!!
It is that people in NZ are really kind!!!!!!:)
I was very surprised that
 many people don't hesitae to speak to other different country's people like me!!:)
And they always smile at me!!:)
When on my way home,the man was taking care of his garden and he noticed me.
If I'm in Japan,almost everyone ignore me because we don't know each other.
But the man speak to me,"hello"!!
I was so surprised then I reply to say"hello"late!!haha
I really like NZ's people!!!:)

I'm happy to come to NZ!!
I want to say big thank you to my parents!!
And teachers,relatives,friends and people whi are cheering me on...:)
So I want to improve my English skills and I want to see their smiley face when I go home!!:)

I'll do my best:)

 

 

 

 









About Ohanami (flower viewing)

Let me teach about Ohanami(flower viewing)!!

 

Look this!!

There are many people!!

This festival is called "hanami" in Japan!!:)

 

 

 

Let me explain about "hanami":)

 

Hanami ( "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers,

 "flower" in this case almost always meaning

 cherry blossoms ("sakura") or (less often) plum blossoms ("ume").

 From the end of March to early May, sakura bloom all over Japan,

and around the first of February on the island of Okinawa.

The blossom forecast (sakura-zensen, literally cherry blossom front) is announced each year

 by the weather bureau, and is watched carefully by those planning hanami

 as the blossoms only last a week or two.

 In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath

 the sakura during daytime or at night.

 In some contexts the Sino-Japanese term kan'ō (view-cherry) is used instead,

particularly for festivals. Hanami at night is called yozakura (literally night sakura).

In many places such as Ueno Park temporary paper lanterns are hung for the purpose of yozakura.

 On the island of Okinawa, decorative electric lanterns are hung in the trees for evening enjoyment,

 such as on the trees ascending Mt. Yae, near Motobu Town, or at the Nakijin Castle.

A more ancient form of hanami also exists in Japan,

which is enjoying the plum blossoms ( ume) instead,

 which is narrowly referred to as umemi (plum-viewing).

This kind of hanami is popular among older people,

 because they are more calm than the sakura parties,

 which usually involve younger people and can sometimes be very crowded and noisy.

 

It's really beautiful event!!

And we can see beautiful cherry blossoms!!<3

 

Now in Japan is winnter!!

Also this year is snowing a lot!!

Before I came to NZ(about a week ago from I left Japan),

it snowed a lot!!:)

It is unusual...:(

So I think that this year's "hanami"season will be late than before!!

 

 When cherryblossoms were came out,

everyone say that spring came!!:)

It will be warmer and warmer!!

It's good news for us!!

 

 

 



About Japanese festival On March 3"The girls festival Hinamatsuri"

Let me teach about Japanese traditional festival,"Hinamatsuri"!!

At first...

Have you ever seen this picture??

There are so many dalls!!

This is for house!!

The first one is too big to display at home!!haha

 

These are very cute aren't there??

I like this festival and I have like that bottom picture at house!:)

 

 

First,let me explain about the strat of "Hinamatsuri"!!

Hinamatsuri occurs on March 3 and is an occasion

to pray for young girls' display dolls for the Doll's festival and dedicate to them

peach blossoms,rice cake cubes,special colored and

dimamond-shaped rice cakes,white sake,and other items.

The origin of hinamatsuri is an ancient Chinese practice in which the sin of the body and misfortune

are transferred to a doll and washed away by setting the doll in a river to drift away.

When this practice spread to Japan,it was linked to girl's playing with dolls and,

in the Edo Period(1603-1867),was developed into the hinamatsuri.

 

So in Japan,if there is girl in one familiy,

almost everyfamily have this dolls which is called hinaninngyou at home!!:)

 

Second,let me explain about special food for this festival!!

Hinaarare(rice cubus)

This middle pink and white one is called Hinaarare:)

This is sweet and yum!!

 

Hishimochi(special colored and diamond-shaped rice cake)

Right side one is Hishimochi!!:)

 

Shirosake(white sake)

 

Hamagurinosuimono(an ingredient for suimono or clear soup)

 

Chirashizushi(granished sushi)

We can have many kind of Chirashizushi

and we can add more ingrediantes if you put basic ingrediantes.

 

 

and so on...

 

We have many things to eat!!:)haha

 

 

 

There are a lot of Japanese traditional festival!!:)

Also we have Boy's festival on May 5!!

We eat other things at that day.

Let me introduce about this festival someday:)

 

 I want talk about Japan more and I want you to be interested in Japanese traditional festival:)haha

I think you can enjoy knowing them!!

Also you can enjoy eating many kind of Japanese traditional food too!!haha

 

From today,

I want explain about Japanese traditional festival everyday!!:)

 

Please looking forward to seeing my blog!!hehehe:) 

 

About Sho Sakurai

Let me tell you about my favorite song of Sho Sakurai!!

He sing really perfect rap!!

I can't mimic him!!:(haha

Maybe everyone can't do instead of him!!

 

Taboo 

 

 

I like this costume too!!haha

This is concert DVD which is called "ARAFES":)

 

He can do many things!!

He is very clever,perfect rap,play the piano....so on!!:)

I want to be like him!hahaha

 



About Masaki Aiba

Let me talk about my favorite song of Masaki Aiba!!

 

I like this song because I like the words of this song!!

And he is very cute!!:)

 

Friend ship

I like movie when he sung at the concert which is called ARAFES!!:)

 



Compare with Havelock North and my home town Tama

I arrived in Havelock North about a month ago...

I feel that the day gone is really fast..:(

 

First I want to talk about my surpsrising thing in Havelock North(NZ)!!

• There are no trains!!{There are a lot of trains in Japan and I go to school by train.I always have to take a very busy train:(I was packed everyday!!If someone little out of the train because of there are many people in inside,people push that people from outside of the train!!Like thisX(}
• There are many sheep,cows and goats in many where!!{There are only pets at home.Like dogs and cats}
• A lot of nature!!{I have a little nature ain Tama but not as much as in here}
• There are no traffic lights!!{I really thought that it will cause the acusidents}
• I'm 16 years old but in here i can drive a car!!(But my school in Japan's rule,it's not allowed..){In japan,the law allow only over 20 years old!!So I can't drive a car in Japan!}
• There are no high buildings!!{There are a lot of high buildings in japan especially Tokyo!!}
• At the class time everyone can drink water when they want to drink!!{If i do such a thing at my school in Japan,teacher will be angry...haha}
• There is morning tea when I finished 2 piriod!!{We don't have morning tea time!!And don't have interval}
• There is no 6 piriod!!{I had 6 piriod in Japan!!Also before I came here I had 8 piriod:(To study math:(Sometimes I had three math lessons in one day!!It makes ma really tired...}
• There are no apartment!!{Only a house in here!!}
• People are very kind!!{Many people speak to me!!:)}
• We can bring snacks from own house!!{My school in Japan don't allow that students bring snacks:(}
• There are not so many people!!{If I go some where at the weekend in Tokyo,everywhere are very busy..:(}
• Everyone can use own computer at the class!!{At first almost people don't have own computer!}
• The law allow that 18 years old people can smoking and drink bells!!{Japan's law is 20 years old!}
• Sky is really clear when it is sunny!!{There are many clouds even if sunny in Japan...:(}
• I feel that sky is nearer than Tama!!{And very clear:)}
• Beautiful sea!!{Beautiful blue!!If want to see sea like in here I have to go faraway---:(haha}

And so on.....:)

But it is fun to find different things!!:)
I want to find more about this!!

About Kazunari Ninomya

 

Let me talk about my favorite song of Kazunari Ninomiya!!

I'm always impressed by his song!!:)

The song words are really wonderful!!

I have three really favorite songs..

I couldn't choose:(

So I want you to listen three songs!!haha

 

Niji

Dokonidemoaruuta

Sorewayapparikimideshita

 

These songs make me cry...

I love his voice...:)

 

 

He is great acter too!!:)

I wanted to see his movie but I can't:(

Because that movie is showed in onlyJapan...

I'm very sad....  

About Satoshi Ohno

 

Let me talk about my favorite song of Satoshi Ohno!!

 

This song can hear his really beautiful voice!!<3

He is very perfect singer!!:)

This song was sung at the concert whose name is Popcorn!!:)

Two 

 

 

I love his voice and dance!!:)



About Jun Matsumoto

 

Let's me talk about my favorite song of Jun Matsumoto!!

 

Shake it

 

I heard this song at the concert!!

The concert is called "Beautiful World".

It's really wonderful<3

Dance is really sexcy and amazing:)

 

If you have a chance to see DVD,

you should listen and watch this song!!:)

 

 

About ARASHI

 

This is my really favorite singer group ARASHI!!<3

 

 

From left side...

Sho Sakurai,Jun Matsumoto,Satoshi ohno,

Kazunari Ninomiya,Masaki Aiba:)

 

They are very cool,cute,beautiful voice and dancing well!!

Really perfect guys!!:)

 

Let me introduce the member of ARASHI!!

 

SHO SAKURAI

He is a in charge of rap in ARASHI!!

His rap is very nice!!

Also he can play the piano very well!!

Also he graduated university which is really high level in Japan!!

So he is very smart!!!!

He is doing a news caster whose news is called 'News Zero'.

 

JUN MATSUMOTO

HHe is really cool in ARASHI!!

He is the youngest person in ARASHI!!:)

He can make a grand project of their concert!!

So concert is everytime different from previous one and very fun!!

He is my favorite person in this group!!<3

I want to tell more about him but maybe it's takes a long time!!haha

 

SATOSHI OHNO

He is a leader of ARASHI!!

And he is the oldest person in ARASHI too!!:)

But he really can sing and dance the most in this group!!

His voice is very special!!:)

And he is very funny guy!!haha

His hobby is fishing!!

 

KAZUNARI NINOMIYA

He is a singer but he also can act very well!!

He is very a versatility:)

I like his solo songs very much!!

His songs make me to be impressed!!

The song words are really great!!

Also he can play the piano and guitar!!

So I want to play the piano like him!!haha

 

MASAKI AIBA

He is a really funny guy in this group!!haha

And he is very cute!!:)

He likes animals so he is doing TV programs which is related to animals!!

And he is very funny guy in this program too!!hehe

I really like his character!!

His parents are doing Chinese restaurant!!

 

I want to tell you a lot more about them

 but if I tell you about all it's takes a really long time!!haha

 

 

At last I want to recomend you a their song!!

The title of this song is'fight song!!:)

In Japan,"Fight" means "Good luck".

It is really good song and I like this song the best when I'm feeling sad or bad time!!

I'm encouraged by this song!!:)

Please listen:)

 

 

NO ARASHI NO LIFE:)

 



About Woodford House

I'm living in Napier which is the city of New Zealand:)

And I go to Woodford House in here.

Let me talk about this school!!

This school is really big than school which I wented in Japan:)

There are lot of nature around Woodford House!!

I could relax.

There are chapel,hodge classroom.hodge computer room two gymnasian,hodge court yard,

haddinton house music,common room,administration office,swimming pool,spart office

and boarding house....so on!!

I'm in year12 and there are lot of kind people in this school!!

Now I'm trying to talk with many classmates but it's difficult to speak to them positively:(

I 'll do my best!!

About my self

Hi:)

I'm Chikae Sato.

I'm from Tokyo which is the capital of Japan!

But I'm in New Zealand to study English and improve my English skills!!

Let me introduce myself!!

I'm a student at woodford house now.

I like to play some kinds of spots so I want to join club activity at school!

And I love ARASHI who are really famous and popular men singer group in Japan!!X)

I'm always encouraged by their songs!!:)

My recomend song is fight song!!

It's really good song and good song words...:)

I want to make a lot of friends in NZ and I want to have a great time in here!!X)

So I'lldo my best to understand English and speak English!!

I wanna be a great English speaker someday!!hahaha