Do you like reading books? Also when you were child, did you enjoy stories? In Japan there are a bunch of folktales for children. Almost all Japanese children know the stories, because they read books. Also, some famous folktales are made into an animation and they are aired on the TV programs. Japanese folktales show the important foundations of Japanese values and traditions in an interesting way. Also they teach us a lot of meaning lessons. In this presentation, the presenter will introduce some Japanese folktales and what they show and also what we can learn from them. By understanding Japanese folktales, people will know some Japanese values and traditions.
The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...