Blog#6: My cultural day

Hi, this is Kumi. Today, I talk about my wonderful day, August 14th. On that day, I went to Harry Potter exhibition with my friend. I'm Harry Potter's fan, so I was eager to visit this exhibition since it opened.

Harry Potter exhibition was very very crowded, and I had to wait for 1 hour. I think "How many Harry Potter's fan is in Japan!! " We could see clothes which the actors and the actresses put on, and stage properties(小道具). We could experience throwing Quaffle like movies, too. We're prohibited take a photo there, so I don't have there photos. I had to wait for a long time,  but Harry Potter exhibition is worth waiting for fan.

      ↑↑ The news when Harry Potter exhibition opened

 And we can eat traditional english food and drink alcohol in the cafe "The magicians' cafe&pub(魔法使いのカフェ＆パブ)".

We ate fish&chips and shepherd's pie. Shepherd's pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato. It's called "Cottage pie", too. They were very delicios!! I like them.

 

Next, my friend and I went to Kabuki-za. We watched Kabuki!

The programs I watched were "Kori-Kori Banashi(狐狸狐狸ばなし)" and "Bou-Shibari(棒しばり)". Kori means fox and raccoon dog(タヌキ). Kori-Kori Banashi is the story of a couple's cheating each other. It is funny story. And in Kori-Kori Banashi, the actors used modern Japanese. So its story was easy to understand for me. Bou-shibari is the story about alcoholic drink. This story is funny, too. My seat was far from the stage, but I had a pleasant time.

 

I had a very cultural day. I'm satisfied about this day.

Blog#5: Kyoto(Yuka)

Hi, I'm Yuka. I'd like to talk about my city Kyoto. This city is in Kyoto.
First, Kyoto is famous for many temple. For example, Kinkaku-temple（金閣寺）, Kiyomizu-temple（清水寺）, Daikaku-temple（大覚寺）, Sanzenin（三千院）, Nanzen-temple（南禅寺）...and so on. These temples create an atmosphere of calm. There are the quite precincts of a temple. When I go to there, I can relax.

Sanzenin（三千院）

Second, if you come in Kyoto, you should see Gion festival（祇園祭） in July. It lasts one month. But, especially you should go this festival in July 16. Because, this festival is at its peak on that day. It called Yoiyama（宵山）. And, it's highlight is Yamabokojyunko（山鉾巡行）. Yamaboko（山鉾）is festival float. People dance, play the flute, and beat the drum on the Yamaboko（山鉾）. Yamaboko（山鉾） is very beautiful festival float. It called moving museum.

Yamaboko（山鉾）

Gion festival（祇園祭）is very famous and old festival. This festival was done about one thousand forty three yeas ago. If you want to go to Kyoto, you have to  go  there in July. 

Blog#5 Koshigaya (Kyoka)

Hi, I'm Kyoka. I'd like to talk about my city Koshigaya. This city is in Saitama. 

 

First, Koshigaya is famous for there being the greatest shopping mall in Japan. It is Koshigaya aeon lake town. Since it is very large there, it is tired only from walking and shopping. And there are a lake and a residential street, so photography of a drama is also carried out. The drama of the name of Ms. Saitou 2(斉藤さん2) is photoed now. Please go there to do some shopping.


Aeon lake town





Second, a festival called south Koshigaya Awa Dance will be held in August. It is one of the Kanto 3 major Awa Dance. It is held to a very big festival by 23, 24, and 25 in August this year. It will be this if it is called the festival of Koshigaya.

You can see large-scale and full-scale Awa Dance in the metropolitan area. If it comes to Koshigaya on that day, you should see. Since it is held in whole south Koshigaya, if it gets down from a station, the festival has started immediately.

Since Koshigaya is the 6th hottest city (maximum temperature is 40.4℃) in Japan, please take care.