2008年12月18日木曜日

Speech about New Zealand

I’ll introduce about the sweet called pavlova which is famous and popular in New Zealand. Pavlova is like a cake. They bake meringue and put whipped cream and some fruit they like on baked meringue. It is usually eaten at tea time and the party or after meals. This name came from Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova who danced in New Zealand because pavlova’ s appearance reminds people of her elegant dance.

But in Japan, Japanese-style confectionery is famous. For example Kyoto is famous for Yatsuhashi, Ise is famous for Akafuku and Nagoya is famous for Uiro.

If you got interested in New Zealand products, we recommend you to try and enjoy them.

2008年11月27日木曜日

Food in New Zealand

New Zealand is a country whose diary farming is thriving, so dairy products are very tasty. For example, butter is much richer than Japanese, cheese has a lot of varieties and it is creamy and ice cream is made from fresh milk. Especially ice cream of New Zealand is famous for Hokey Pokey and butter is famous for Anchor (company).

New Zealand has more any other tasty food, sea food, fruits and meat. Firstly, I introduce sea food. Sea food is tasty as well as dairy products because this country is surrounded by sea. Major food is bream and crayfish. These foods are very expensive in Japan but they are cheaper in New Zealand. Second is about fruits. Kiwifruit is famous as you know. Nectarines, tamarillos and passion fruit are also famous. They are often used for making other products. Third is about meat. There is so many sheep in New Zealand, so you can eat lamb. It is very delicious. By the way, do you know how many sheep and people are in New Zealand? Number of sheep is about 48million and number of people is about 4million. The number of sheep is much bigger than the number of people. It’s amazing!

In New Zealand, there are the native Polynesian people of Aotearoa (New Zealand). They have a traditional cooking way, called ‘Hangi’. Here is the detail of the way of making. And here are some pictures.

New Zealand has so many tasty foods, so you should try to eat them if you go there!

2008年11月13日木曜日

Catalonia


I’ m going to talk about Catalonia. Catalonia is a state of Spain and this is the map.Common language in Catalonia is Catalan and Spanish. Climate is comfortable. Summer is dry and winter is mild. This is because stream and westerly are concerned about climate and Catalonia has a lot of mountains and hills. Capital city is Barcelona. the flag of Catalonia is stripe with red and yellow.
Now, I’ll talk about World Heritage Site in Catalonia. There are two World Heritage Sites. These pictures are The Palau de la Musica Catalana. This is concert hall. And these pictures are hospital called the Hospital de Sant Pau. They were registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 1997.
If you go to Spain, I recommend you to visit Catalonia and to enjoy seeing Human Tower and historical buildings.

2008年10月29日水曜日

Autumn Festival




France has a lot of festivals. This country is, as you know, famous for wine, so I introduce to you the famous wine festival in Beaune called LES TROIS GLORIEUSES that means glorious three days in English.
Beaune is a center of Bourgogne and the wine festival is the biggest there. The festival which is held on the third Saturday, Sunday and Monday in every November means that people thank God for wine ageing without incident. So far it is held 147times and many people visit from all over the world.

During this festival, a lot of booths for wine tasting are prepared. You can enjoy wine tasting with cheese and breads if you pay 10euros for wineglass which is substitute for admission ticket. Some wines are valuable and you can drink them only during this festival. Anyway, number of wines is so many, so you go drunk if you drink all wines. And auction is held on Sunday. This is the most canonical in the world. One more highlight of this festival is unique parade. You can see the people wearing folk costumes, funny clowns and so on.

When I go to France, I really want to join this festival because I can experience French culture sufficiently, though I don’t drink wine.

2008年10月9日木曜日

My Favorite Movie

I have watched many movies before at a theater or my house, so I have a lot of favorite movies. Especially, I think PETER PAN is the best movie because you can see cute love story and image is very beautiful, so I’ll introduce this movie. By the way, do you associate the name of PETER PAN with Disney animation? I like this one but I want to introduce to you another one. It is not animation.

Story is, however, almost same. Peter Pan comes to a room where Wendy and her brothers are sleeping and he takes them to Never Land. They meet mermaids, Indian and pirates there. Moreover Peter Pan fights with Captain Hook, dances with Wendy in the night sky and is taught various feelings, such as loneliness and love, by Wendy. In this movie there are a lot of highlights.

Now, I’ll introduce the casts. Peter Pan is played by Jeremy Sumpter. He is the first-ever boy who plays Peter Pan. 'Peter Pan' was a character of the animated cartoon mainly till now. In addition this time becomes really the first time that a boy plays it because a woman played it mainly on a stage. Wendy is played by Rachel Hurd-Wood. She was selected as this position in hundred of people by U.S.A., the U.K. and an Australian audition performed in three places. And Captain Hook is played by Jason Isaacs. He appears to famous movie, Harry Potter, as Lucius Malfoy.
Click here! You can see a lot of pictures.

2008年9月21日日曜日

Summer Vacation

I went to Tokyo Disney Land with my friend on July 23. On that day, I got up very early, took the first train for Nagoya and met my friend at Nagoya station. Then we took a Shinkansen to Tokyo.

When we arrived at Disney Land, we were very excited and enjoyed a lot of attractions. We also enjoyed wonderful parades and shows. During the day, we took the place to see close to the parade, so we could see the nice parade very close. Moreover show was exciting because water was used on the daytime shows. Characters in Disney Land danced to music on a stage and we were squirted water to music with the thing like a water pistol. We were soaked to the skin but the day was very hot day, so we felt very cool. Another show on the night was fantastic. The castle in the park sparkled, exciting music was being played and characters dynamically danced to the music. They moved us to tears.

We also take pleasure in shopping there. This year is 25th anniversary of Tokyo Disney Land, so I bought many souvenirs for my family, friends, and grandparents, of course for me. Disney Land was the very wonderland and I got a lot of dreams and hope.

On that night, we stayed at a hotel near the park and had a good time there too. The inside of the hotel was very clean and large and design of the room we stayed was like ship. It was so cute. We took a lot of pictures as our memories.

Next day we ate very delicious breakfast at the hotel, checked out there and went to Fuji television station in Odaiba because an event, Boukenou, was held. We enjoyed it. After that we went back our each house.

On other days I took part in two festivals in Aichi prefecture and Shizuoka prefecture because I am a member of yosakoi dance club of this university. Both festivals were held for two days and I danced many times at various places in a day. Spectators clapped their hands or burst into cheers when our team danced. I was very happy.

First, the festival in Aichi called Domannakamatsuri is very big festival in Japan, so a lot of team joined this festival all of Japan. On the first day of the festival, it was rain and cold but the event was held, so we danced in the rain. It was hard to dance but many spectators were very pleased. Next day, it was a fine, clear day, so we did our best.

Next, the other festival in Sizuoka called Odakkuimatsuri is very warm festival. Almost all of the teams which joined the festival were from Sizuoka but spectators and staffs greeted us with open arms. We gave emotion and energy to many people and we were also given them by many people.

I experienced a lot of important things through dancing, for example to make someone move, to push forward to one goal with my friends, to enjoy something thoroughly and so on. This summer became worthwhile for me.

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2008年7月16日水曜日

Diet and Exercise

This is the website of McDonalds in Canada. In this site, you can know about how much we usually take calories when we eat fast food. If you access this website, click the button, “Nutrition Calculator” on the top page. Then…!? You can also get other information from this site if you want. Anyway, jump to the website!


This is the website of McDonalds in New Zealand. You can also know about how much we usually take calories like the McDonalds site in Canada and any other information. Compare the difference between Canada and New Zealand. If you are interested in this, click here now!


This site is about healthy fast food choices. I think most people like fast food because it is easy, cheap and tasty but it is also high calories, you know. So this site is recommending the way to make healthier fast food sets. It must be useful for you.


Do you know the movie, SUPER SIZE ME? This has much to do with fast food. The director making this movie tried eating fast food every day and every meal for 30 days in person. It is very surprising, isn’t it? This site is introduction of this movie, why the director tried such thing and what happened to him after that. If you want to know detail, click here. (Japanese ver.)
Here is English ver.

2008年6月19日木曜日

Laughter

☆Pictures and Videos
If you access this website, you can see some funny and cute pictures, jokes, commercials and so on. Especially I recommend you to see pictures because there are a lot of pictures of cute animals. For example; two hamsters tickle each other, a cat drives a car around a town.


☆Comics
You can read short comics, watch short animations and enjoy a cross word puzzle on this website. There are many kinds of comics including Snoopy.


☆ Youtube
This website is you tube. It is made up of some funny videos about cats. They are so cute and so funny. You must like this video if you watch, so go to the website!


☆Laughtertherapy
This website insists that laughter is the best medicine. The person who manages this website thinks that this is non-profit making site, that money is not his main goal and that his interest is in promoting the use of humor and laughter as a therapeutic tool.


☆Lughter for Health
This website introduces the relation between laughter and health. According to this site, laughter expands blood vessels and sends more blood to your heart and the muscles all over the body. Do you believe it? If you can't believe, watch this website and try to laugh like that, Ha-Ha-Ha!!