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 had a good time visiting the Southwest USA with Extension students from 15 to 21, October. It was an education trip and I experienced new things and there was a lot of nature which is comfortable for me. I was looking forward to going on the Southwest trip for a long time. I have image that the Southwest is very hot but this place was cold than Spokane. It was interesting that the temperature was totally different in the same place. There were three emotions that I experienced on this trip. First, I was moved by the beautiful landscape of the Grand Canyon. It is absolutely enormous. When I look down the cliff, I remembered the teacher's caution for us that there are lots of people who die and I scared. I and my roommate wanted to see the sunrise so we tried to got up at 4:00 a.m. and then we could see the sunrise which was really fabulous. After that, we decided to rent a bicycle but we changed our mind and because we had lots of time. Surprisingly, we walked 10 miles aro...