日本のブログ

 私は留学しておきたいです。 ノートルダム大学にノートルダム大学に、留学している人がたくさんあって、旅行が楽しそうですよ。それから、全部の量のレストランに食べに言いたいです。私の量では、レストランがおいしいですよ。ほかの量のレストランが見られませんでした。そして、 ノートルダム大学にいろいろなスポーツがあって、いきたいです。私の友達がバスケットボールの試合に行って、楽しいと言ってそうです。

For this blog I watched the really well made documentary about the impending Japan megaquake that is expected to happen in the next 30 years. It is interesting to see how Japan as a society has basically been built upon, in part, due to the crazy natural disasters that plague the country. It makes sense considering that these natural disasters happen, that Japanese society really values harmony overall.  I was able to learn about all the measures that the government was taking to mitigate the disaster that specialists thought would happen in the coming decades: large underground reservoirs for trapping tsunami water, emergency staging areas and shelters, large scale building renovations to contend with both earthquakes and fires. I think the thought of disaster is very forefront in people's minds also because of all the other earthquakes that have happened in their lifetimes, especially the one that ravaged Tohoku and destroyed many people's homes.  Now the threat is much larg...

 この冬休みはとても楽しかった。祖父母の家に行って、色々な食べ物を食べました。母がクリスマスの食事を作って、肉が7時にオーブンでこの冬休みはとても楽しかった。祖父母の家に行って、色々な食べ物を食べました。母がクリスマスの食事を作って、肉が7時にオーブンで焼かれました。クリスマスの後でソルトレークシティーに帰って、高校生の時友達一緒に遊びました。新栄はとってもつまらないんでしたが、一日後、色々なことができました。杉野保美はもっとアニメをみてほしいんです！

I watched a video about the Nakasendo trail from Abroad In Japan. Seeing the trail even on video was super beautiful because its up in the mountains with many tiny spots for shrines and other little hidden gems along the way. I also learned that the Nakasendo has a rich history with Tokugawa Ieyasu establishing the trails as apart of his system of  参勤交代 (sankin kotai). This system kept all the lords spending their money on traveling, limiting their ability to rise up against him. In all, the Nakasendo has a rich history, but its also very beautiful. I hope to be able to go and visit it someday because the towns and trail itself all seem to hold a very quaint feeling. 

 The Kyudo informational session was quite cool. I thought the most interesting part about it was the history of how they used the bow and how it transitioned into almost like an art form from there. For example, the bows were used in battle, to play with dogs, hunting, or for other purposes like competition. But now, its much more about using Kyudo as a means for spirituality. Seeing the amount of practice that it takes for people to become close to being masters at the art was cool, and the provided videos helped me understand a little bit about how the Japanese may think of their "arts".  One thing I thought that was interesting was the fact that Judo, Kyudo, and Budo, all end with the same "way of" 度. This was cool because it seems like a big part of Japan's culture and way of thinking about artforms. 

 週末はとても楽しかった。私のコスチュームはコウモリです。それから、私のデートがとても優し人と思いんだから、SYRがよかったです。SYRの後で、Morrisseyの家に行って、たくさん活動がありました。Morrisseyの家が広くて、人が’World Series’を見ていました。SYRのデートのなまえはロージーさんです。彼女が猫の格好をした。彼女は黒猫に似ていると思う。他の人はカリムです。彼は’Gangnam Style'です。