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.
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 chip