In Japan, people call festivals Matsuri. Japanese people love to participate in festivals. They especially love to take part in summer festivals. These days, some young people don’t know the meaning or history of festivals, and go there just for fun. However, a little knowledge of Japanese summer festivals makes them more enjoyable and fascinating. The origin of festivals is related to Buddhism and also a deep connection with ancient Japanese life. It is time to learn about Japanese summer festival, and to enjoy the good old Japanese way!
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