I enjoyed Portland trip. However I overslept the only day when we leave in MFWI. I had never done that, so I was really flustered it. Anyway I have three best places in Portland. They were Reed College, Uwajimaya, and Powell’s City of Books.
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| Reed College |
First, I was interested in Reed College. There were many green in the campus and the atmosphere was very good and pretty. Moreover I heard story of the campus life from the counselor. Her story was very interesting and I think she was really like the college. After that I took the campus tour. I was surprised when I visited the dormitory, because I walked through the animal trail. It was likely to come out in the movies. However I thought I didn’t want to walk every day. The college was one of my favorite colleges in the U.S.
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| Japanese foods |
Second, I really enjoyed shopping in Uwajimaya. There were many Japanese foods such as umeboshi, sashimi, or hurikake. I have been to Japanese restaurant in Spokane, but they were real Japanese foods which packages were written by Japanese. This is why I was able to feel closer to Japan. Moreover some clerk could speak Japanese, and they spoke Japanese fluently. I bought many Japanese foods and I found comics which were written by Japanese, so I was satisfied with my shopping.
Finally Powell’s City of Books was very large than I thought. I have been some bookstores but it was the biggest bookstore in my life. There were many kinds of books so I needed the store map to look for books. Then I bought some Japanese comics. Before I visited there, I thought I wanted to buy some English books. However I finally bought Japanese comics. I was tired to walk around the bookstore, but I wanted to stay more time.
My best places were Reed College, Uwajimaya, and Powell’s City of Books. I enjoyed this trip because I was able to places where were related to Japan.