The purpous of this presentation is to let the audience know about the
fascination of Kyoto confectionery. Kyoto confectionery is delicious and
beautiful but, also, much more. Kyoto has a lot of unique points such as nature,
history and culture that we can learn about through Kyoto confectionery. We can
imagine "Kyoto" itself from confectionery. After listening to presentation, you
would want to see and eat Kypto confectionery and would want to go visit Kyoto
soon.
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 ...