Christmas

Michigan State has christmas break from dec 13 until jan 11 which means that for a whole month there's no school or homework and I am able to go home. Since I live in Hawaii I have to take a plane home and the flight takes about 14 hours. What I dont like about flying home is that not only is the flight really long but I have to watch all my luggage when im in the airport. Additionally, if anything goes wrong, like the plane breaking down resulting in a long layover, i have to make all those reservations myself. I guess that this is an opportunity for me to grow up and learn to take care of things on my own, but still, it would be nice to have someone else there to chat with. 

However, once I get home I plan on having an amazing Christmas break. I will get to spend time with my brother and sister who are growing up so fast. Especially my brother. Hes 12 right now and is getting taller everyday. when i left for school in august he was shorter than me and now my mom told me hes about 3.5 inches taller than me. He wants to go to the movies and do kid stuff so hes looking forward to me coming home. My sister is now a junior in high school and she just wants to go shopping so when i go home i get to drive her around. Im looking forward to seeing my parents as well. I miss them a lot and while im at home i can help them out around the house with cooking and cleaning in addition to doing some of the "soccer mom" duties and shopping. Overall i think it's going to be a great break and Im looking forward to it. 

Teriyaki burger

Do you like Japanese food?


Basiclly, most of Japanese food tastes sweet. We mix soy sause and suger when we cook.


The good example is Teriyaki.

We have Teriyaki burger, yey!!
It tastes sweet, with mayonnaise.
When I was child, every time I go to the Macdnald's, I used to order this one.

If you have time to come Japan, just try it.

Food

What is your favorite food?I really like Sushi and Yakiniku!!It's a Japanese food, so you probably don't know these food very much.

Today, we can enjoy eatting many kind of food.
For example, Chinese food, Italian food, French food and so on.
I also like European food such as hamburger steak, a gratin.
However, I like Japanese food after all because I'm Japanese.

When I was in Australia, I cooked Japanese food ,"Chirashizushi "(It's like Sushi) for my hostfamily.I wanted they to know our culture, but that was so difficult.
Most Japanese prefer to eat rice because it's a staple diet for them, however, Australian culture was differnt from Japan. So, my hostfamily couldn't eat Chirashizushi.

I was surprised and feel sad, but it was interesting finding for me.

ファッション

本格的に寒くなってきて・・・
日本では雪の降っている地域もあるそうです＊＊

この時期の女の子のオシャレって大変!!
オシャレは我慢って言うけれど、
この年にもなると、もうそんな気持ちにもなれません・・・。
可愛さよりも防寒を重視しちゃいます・・・。

今年の流行は、ムートンブーツ、チェック柄、ダルメシアン柄で
町中のお店では同じような服がいっぱい売られてるよぉ!!

私も流行の服をいっぱい買っちゃいました!!
でも、流行の服って来年着れるかとなると・・・どうなんだろうと考えちゃいますね↓

オシャレはお金もかかっちゃうね。

First Date

Christmas is getting close.
I often see Christmas decorations and couple walk down the street recently.
In Japan, most of people spend the Chirstmas day with boyfriend or girlfriend.

We taked about the first date in this week.
Many people said that going to restaurant is the best on the first date, also I think.
In my case, first of all I want to talk a lot about each other ,so I think restraurant is the best place than every other place.

What do you think about that?

Our fabulous trip

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Thanksgiving

So Thanksgiving is coming up in like 2 weeks and I think its going to be a great break from normal school life. 4 whole days of rest with no school, just chilling. However, I will not be with my family this Thanksgiving. It's too inconvenient to fly home and then turn around and fly back and a little too expensive as well. So I might be at my aunt's, however she hasn't officially invited me yet so i might not be there. I'm not 100% positive where I'm going to be but oh well. Thanksgiving food is delicious. Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. Im not a real big fan of mashed potatoes or cranberry sauce. And I could do without turkey as well. but i love stuffing and pumpkin pie. The best part about Thanksgiving however is black friday! Shopping shopping and more shopping. Everywhere you go there is a sale and tons of cute stuff to buy. So Thanksgiving will come and go and two weeks later, I'll be on a plane heading home for a month or real relaxation. Can't wait!

もみじ狩り

先週末、もみじ狩りに行ってきました（＾▽＾＊）ちょっと早いかなーとも思ったんだけど、ちょうど良かったみたいでとても綺麗でした！

場所は岐阜県の馬篭（まごめ）と長野県の妻籠（つまご）。７ｋｍしか離れてないのに別々の県にあるのです。どちらも観光地だしやっぱり週末だったから、人もたくさんいてわいわいがやがやという感じで、でも適度な人ごみでよかったなぁ。馬篭の人ごみからちょっと離れて、近くにある滝にも行ってリフレッシュ。そこでものすごい赤く燃えるような紅葉を発見☆

そのあと、妻籠に行って古き良き街並みを堪能し、とろろ入りお蕎麦を食べたよ（＾0＾＊）とっても癒された一日でした！

The things that we want to do on the first date

Obama's win. Are you excited about that?





Today, I would like to talk about relationship.



What do you like your date to go on the first date?

Almost everyone like to go a restaurant in our class (all japanese girls) on the first date.

What about in America?



For me, in this season, I would like to go some famous places of colourd leaves.

I don't like fall very much cause I feel little lonely this time, but going to see colourd leaves is the only one thing that I like.



I'll go to see them next week with my friend in Toyota. I'll upload the photos.

My friends

This weekend, my friends from Tokyo and Osaka came to Nagoya to sightseeing. Actually they are dating, so I felt like awkward little but we are close friends, so it was ok.



First, we went to Osu which has Japanese old style shopping mall and a lot of souvenirs for tourists. After we ate popular Nagoya's Ramen, we went to Nagoya castle.Even though I've lived in Nagoya since I was born, I've never been to Nagoya castle's inside. Nagoya castle is famous for the syachihoko monuments on the top of it. and these are symbol of Nagoya.


We had miso fravour ice cream, which was not taste good.

Finally, we went to center of Nagoya ,called Oasis21. That was pretty sight.
Why don't you come to Nagoya once?

When you come, let me know.