Have you ever been to an onsen? Do you know about Kinosaki Onsen? Onsen means hot springs in English. I think almost all of foreigners come up with shrines, temples, or castles when they think about the famous places in Japan. However, Japan has more awesome places besides these. In the past four years, the number of foreigners who came to Kinosaki Onsen increased thirty times because it appeared on the Michelin Green Guide Japan. As you can see, this famous place is becoming more and more popular for not only Japanese but also foreigners. They come here to relax and enjoy Japanese history. This location is now one of the famous hot springs in Japan. Kinosaki Onsen has a long history, many special features and effects, and important rules to keep Japanese traditions.
Last week, we took a trip to the Southwest for 7 days. This trip was an absolutely wonderful memory. I had never been to these areas so I was stimulated by every things, for example, cactus, adobe style buildings, Native American culture and amazing dessert views. It is one of the most interesting trips I ever took, because I experienced some rare things like visiting Grand Canyon, visiting high school and so on. On this trip I could understand about Indian culture from a folk art museum. I would like to introduce some my best memories on this Southwest trip. My first best memory is Georgia O’Keef museum. Actually, before this trip, I was not familiar with her and didn’t know about any of her artworks, but I was looking forward to visiting here because I like art museums. Her artworks were very unique, abstract and absolutely fabulous, and these were very fresh to me. I especially liked bone’s paintings which one of the most famous her artwork, because the color contrast is very c...