Ohagi

Ohagi is traditional snack in Japan.

We eat it in ohigan. Ohigan is a term which means 3days before Autumnal Equinox and 3days after it.

Ohagi includes Azuki bean, glutinous rice, sugar and salt. If you eat normal ohagi, you should eat glutinous rice with Azuki. But recently people eat glutinous rice with kinako or sesame, so why don’t you try to eat them too.

My mother and aunt always make it for me. It is so delicious. When I eat it, I’m always full because of the glutinous rice. However, it is sweet, so I can eat as snack.

Be nice body!!!

In my room

I don’t have refrigerator in my room, so I don’t have raw food, ice cream and frozen food. However I have a few food in my room. There are package of rice, a box of curry, box of ramen, a little chocolate, and bottle of water and cocoa in my room.  

Japanese believe ginger

Japanese believe ginger is good for health.

I believe that because when I drank ginger soup, I got warmer. Therefore I think it is good for person who has poor circulation.

 

Ginger has strong sterilizing properties, and promotes blood circulation. The component is in seven percent medicine which is used in hospital. Moreover, when it warm up, an effect is more, so when you have a cold, you should drink ginger soup.

My memories when I was child

When I was child, my family and I used to take our dog out for a walk every weekend. While we were walking, we talked to each other. We would often go to a park, and we played with our dog there. Moreover, we used to go on a picnic and have a BBQ with our dog. Back then, we had a lot of time to spend together.

However, these days we don’t have enough time to spend together because my sister and I have grown up, and we have to do our part-time-jobs, club activities and study.

I want to spend more time together, so I always eat dinner, go shopping and go on trips with my family.

The hightest tower in Japan

The highest tower in Japan

our presentation!!

our presentation!

My exciting experience

When I visited France, I had extremely experience.

Firstly, I went to Mont Saint-Michel. It looks like floating on the sea at high tide. I stayed a hotel which is near it, so I could watch that it was illuminated. It was incredibly beautiful. Unfortunately, I couldn’t take pictures well. Moreover, I went to many famous places, for example Arc de triomphe, Eiffel tower, Place and Park of Versailles and Musee du Louvre. I like Arc de triomphe the best, because landscape from top of it was pretty cool. Top of it commands a view of the whole Paris.

Secondly, I went shopping on L’Avenue des champs-Elysees. There are a lot of brands shops, so I bought LOUISVUITTON’s wallet and CHANEL’s perfume.

Finally, when I took a subway, I barely was stolen my wallet. Fortunately, a man helped me, so I could get my wallet. It was amazing!

 

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Hi!

My name is Ayaka. I'm from Japan.

I came to the U.S.A to improve my English skill and learn other cultures.

I like playing tennis, listen to music and watching movie. There are many outdoor activities here, so I want to try them.  

I like Sanrio and Disney, especially Hello Kitty and Toy story. I have many their goods. Moreover, I like fantasy, because there are dream. Therefore, frequently I go to the Disneyland, because there full of a dream. I want to go the Disneyland in the U.S.A. And Toysurs also full of a dream, because there are many toy. I worked there as a part time job. If I find Toysurs, I want to go there.

Possibly I can’t speak to you, because I can’t speak English very well and I’m shy, but I want to be your friend.

Nice to see you.