Shunan English School Blog

2013年9月12日木曜日

Tokyo 2020!

～2020年オリンピックが東京に！（レイア講師）～

After a long and heartfelt campaign, Tokyo was finally announced as the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics! The final vote between Tokyo and Istanbul was 60-36. Congratulations!

Japan last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964 in Tokyo. The Winter Olympics were held in Sapporo in 1972 and Nagano in 1998.

Even though it's 7 years away, many people are very excited. I hope that I will still be in Japan so that I can attend. My favorite Summer Olympic events are basketball and gymnastics!

What are your favorite events?

2013年9月11日水曜日

Maps! I wish I had a map!

~私のコレクション（エイドリアン講師）～

Aloha!

Two of my favorite hobbies are collecting post cards from around the world:

2013年9月10日火曜日

Obon in Nagasaki and Kumamoto

~長崎・熊本の旅（アマンダ講師）～

Hello, everyone!

Did you enjoy your Obon holiday?

This year, I spent 6 days in Kyushu. First, I drove to Nagasaki. I really enjoyed seeing Glover Gardens and the night view from Mt. Inasa

Glover Gardens

Nagasaki night view

After Nagasaki, I took the ferry from Shimabara to Kumamoto. I spent two days in Kumamoto and saw Kumamoto castle. It was really interesting!

Kumamoto Castle

I hope you had a good vacation as well!

-Amanda

2013年9月5日木曜日

Typhoon Fun!

Japan is very exciting.
There is sumo, the bullet train and also typhoons.I am from the U.K. It rains a lot in the U.K. but it is not as exciting as Japan. Japanese weather is very extreme. Last week it was 36 degrees in Tokuyama. Yesterday it was 24 degrees. The temperatures in England never change so much!

The typhoon moved north and missed Tokuyama. I was so sad. At least it was cooler and there was heavy rain.
The typhoon last week was so much FUN. We don't have typhoons in England.
I am looking forward to the very cold winter in Japan!
~Mel~

2013年9月2日月曜日

Obon Vacation

～お盆休みは初体験目白押し!(レスリー講師）～

I have been in Japan for two months, and I was very excited to do some traveling over Obon.

My first stop was Hiroshima, which included a day trip to Miyajima Island. I really enjoyed my day on the island. It was absolutely beautiful, and I got to see the torii gate at low and high tide.

広島・宮島の鳥居

On my way back from Hiroshima, I stopped in Yanai to the festival that included many, many spinning goldfish. I loved to watch the goldfish light up at night!

柳井のお祭り

I did visit a few other cities, but I also did some exploring around Shunan. I saw the Hello Kitty exhibit at the Shunan Art Museum, which was very cute! I love Hello Kitty :)

I hope you had a fun Obon!

- Leslie

2013年8月31日土曜日

～夏休みは、九州・屋久島へ　（アダム講師）～

Obon
is a festival celebrated around August 13th to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.

Since I don't have any ancestors in Japan, I decided to take my week vacation to see some of the more beautiful sites of Japan. I went touring around Kyushu island and Yakushima for 6 days. It was a great trip, camping, swimming, hiking, visiting waterfalls and onsens, and meeting new people. I also saw two volcanoes! Kyushu is a beautiful island and I can't wait to go back.

Here is a picture I took of Sakurajima on the ferry back from Yakushima

屋久島フェリーから見た桜島の噴火

2013年8月1日木曜日

Weekend in Hiroshima

～見どころがいっぱい♫　広島観光 (アマンダ講師）～

Hiroshima is one of my favorite cities. There are a lot of things to do there, but it's not too big and it's easy to find your way around.

A few weeks ago, I went to Hiroshima for two days. I visited Shukkeien landscape garden for the second time.

There were so many beautiful plants!

I also visited Hiroshima castle for the first time. It was really interesting

Outside of the castle

I also went to an Irish pub called Molly Malone's. The food was really good, but the portions were SO large!

Chicken pie and mashed potatoes...so good!

(picture from http://www.mollymalones.jp/)

Where are your favorite places in Hiroshima?


Map of Sea Monsters!