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.
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...