Japanese people

The topic is Japanese people.


I was born and brought up in Japan, so I think the Japanese people I know the most are my family. Let me write a little bit about my family.


In the first photo, my family is having dinner. Today's dinner is sukiyaki.


We have meals with sitting on the floor. I think lots of Japanese people like sitting on the floor when they have meals. A pot is set in center of the table, and my sisters are putting vegitables and meat into the pot.

The man sitting in front of TV is my father. He is working for a construction company. After he came back to home and took a bath, he drinks a can of beer. That is one of his pleasure.

My mother is a houseworker. She is into Korean dramas now like other middle-aged women.

My family has four children, and I am the oldest girl. My younger sisters really like watching foreign movies. They often go to TSUTAYA together and rent some DVDs.

This is my brother. He looks relaxed and seems to be falling into a sleep on the massaging chair.

By the way, the TV show we were watching this evening was interesting. The show is "笑ってコラえて". You can watch it on Channel 10 from 8 p.m. on every Wednesday. I am sure it shows real Japanese people.

http://www.ntv.co.jp/warakora/

Neighborhood Nara

Nara is a prefecture next to Osaka.
My house is in Nara-city.
I hope you could know about my hometown Nara.

This city used to be a capital of Japan about 1300 years ago in Nara era. Because of that, it has a lot of historical places and shrines. For good example, Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Todaiji, is very famous. It is the biggest wooden architecture in the world.

Around Todaiji, it is Nara Park. In the park, there is lots of deer. Many couples of deer have babies in this season. So if you go there, you can see baby deer following their parents.

Nara is going to have special festival in 2010.

2010 is 1300th anniversary of having relocated the capital to Nara.
We have a mascot for the festival. His name is "Sento", which means relocating the capital, and he has horns like deer. I do not like him so much. How about you?

from: http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0806/02/news073.html#l_yuo_manto_02.jpg

Athletic meeting

Fall is coming. A lot of elementary schools have a big event this weekend. It is "undo-kai"("athletic meeting"). I would like you to know about this annual school event.

After the long vacation in summer, pupils start preparing for their undo-kai at the end of September.

In the event, pupils compete in many kind of sporting activities. They perform footraces, three-legged races, piggyback fight and so on. Parents also come to watch their children doing the activities, and sometimes they participate in an activity.

The day I visited an elementary school to take pictures, the pupils were rehearsing the event.

It is said that "undo-kai" bigan more than a hundred years ago.

This traditional event has been continued for long time .

Pupils and parents are looking forward to this Sunday.