MFWI Extension Writing Class

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.

Do you know what the Southwest is like? Have you been there? From October 9th to October 14th, we extension students went to the Southwest to learn their cultures, traditions and so on, and I had an awesome time. Why? In the Southwest they have unique cultures and traditions. The architecture of the Southwest, Montezuma Castle and the Grand Canyon were, especially, totally interesting and impressive to me. Fascinating architecture First, the architecture of the Southwest was really fascinating. In Santa Fe, the architecture is very different. Houses and buildings were made of Adobe bricks which is a kind of clay used as building material and it looks quadrangle but the corners of the house and buildings were curved. When I saw that architecture for the first time, I was so surprised because I have never seen such houses, and although it looks heavy, the windows and doors were not broken for long time. In addition almost all houses in Santa Fe have such a unique style, so they l...