What images do you have of Japanese women and war? Can you imagine women are related to war? Yae Niijima is one women had fought strongly in war. She lived irregular life in the last edo period that women usually hadn’t lived and learned to be brave from her older brother and two husbands. During Boshin war(1868-69), she fought with weapons and the regret of the thought of her brother. Everything is different to women for all of her life. Her older brother was really smart and after war, he imported new things such as religion and English. She was always with him and learned from him. And then, she got married two times and each husband influenced strongly to her life but both of them died before Yae. After her two husbands had passed, she became a nurse and worked for the other people, so she was praised from Japan. This presentation will show what irregular life was, how she was influenced and how she was brave. By understanding about how she lived, everyone will learn that some Japanese women were strong and brave.
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...