The purpose of this presentation is to understand Japanese religious culture and to know about the spiritual island of “Miyajima”. Miyajima plays an important role by showing Japanese religious history. Temples and shrines are built in the same area, so this island symbolizes the fusion of Shintoism and Buddhism. Moreover, Miyajima has been regarded as a sacred island by people since ancient times. In 1996, Miyajima was chosen as a World Cultural Heritage site. Therefore, Miyajima is a very famous tourist spot. Each year, over 3,500,000 people visit Miyajima. After you have listened to this presentation, you’ll be interested in Japanese religious culture and you surely will want to visit Miyajima.
I went on a totally amazing Southwest trip with my classmates. The trip was my first time to go to the Southwest so everything was new to me. Sarah, Anikke and Bethany came with us. They made our trip more exciting. I’m happy I could go on this trip with them and I had a lot of great experiences. First, I really enjoyed New Mexico. It was chilly but not too cold. I went to the Old Town in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I liked the Old Town because there are many cute things and good restaurants in there. For example, I found a gate that was decorated with a lot of red chili peppers. I had never seen anything like that before so I was very surprised and it looked like a lot of flowers from a distance. The red chili peppers were absolutely gorgeous. Not only that, I found a great restaurant. I forgot the name of the restaurant but they have really delicious Mexican food. They gave me some Mexican chips for free and recommended that I eat the chips with honey. I really like Mexican chip