Summer festival is part of Japanese culture and history. Summer festival is “Omaturi” in Japanese and means a ritual for worshipping gods or Buddha, or an event held in gratitude towards nature. Among them, the Summer festival is a generic name for festivals that are held in the summer in Japan. Today, the summer festival in Japan is beginning to get interest from all over the world. Japanese summer festivals have many unique characteristics, such as Bon Odori, a festival folk dance that entertains people who come to the festival. And also, people wear many kinds of traditional clothes at the Summer festival, such as yukata and happi. What all people enjoy at the Summer festival is tasty summer festival food. In fact, this presentation will show you how to eat tasty “Neriame,” a sweet candy stickier than honey that comes in various colors. By understanding the Summer festival, you will be able to enjoy the Japanese summer festival more than anyone else.
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 ...