The Fascinating Experience At Iss

My school is very interesting because kids come from all around the world.  Of the approximately 50 kids,  15 kids come from Japan 9 kids come from Nigeria and 4 kids come from the United States and the rest come from Canda, Italy, Mexico, India, Switzerland, South Korea, Denmark, Netherlands, Pakistan,
Every year at Iss they have a traditonal holiday which is called International day which means that all the students could try foods from other countries and their culture.
Yesterday was their annual raffle for gift baskets to see which family would win one of the baskets.
I was really glad that Airi won the bread making workshop with Melisa. I hope Airi will  one day become a professional baker.
It was a very successful International Day.

The most interesting etiquette in Japan

Here's what our Japanese and culture teacher Mrs. Sato taught us about japanese manners. all the students that were in Japanese and culture did the same assignment. We were split into different groups. each group chose which manners they wanted to cover in their video. the First day we had to pick a director, our director was Hana because she did a lot of acting.  our group agreed that we should chose Hana. I think Ken M had the second most  difficult  because he had to act like a student that didn't know about the Japanese manners. There are always right ways to do that manner and there is informal way of doing each of the manners.
Here are some examples that we included in our video:
Don't walk so slowly in Japan because its very rude.
Jesse told Ken that he should walk more quickly. Its often quite common to do when people are in a hurry.
Don't  talk on the phone when you are on public Transportation because it will disract others that are around
Don't talk so loudly when you are on the train because it will desract others that are around.
Its quite common in Japan for  people to greet other people even if you don't know them.
When you enter a building in Japan you have to take off you shoes Some places where are  School buildings,  houses, temples and shrines. but on specific example is the gorcey stores department stores

The most interesting experience in Japan

The day when my whole family saw cats in the park was the day after our family arrived in Japan.

We were so amazed at how many people cared for the cats.
I thought that the cats were supper adorable and very fuzzy.
They are wild cats that roam the park all day long and that's their habitat. Compared to most wild cats, they aren't so filthy or skinny.  The cats in our  park are so friendly and well cared for.

Outstanding Outing to Owl Cafe

Last Wednesday when Gammy B was visiting us in Japan. we decided to go to Owl Cafe with Malia's  friend Annika and her mom. It was very unusal experience because we don't get to hold owls often in the Untied States. I really enjoyed petting the baby owl which was still in training.

The Interesting Matsumoto Castle

Our whole family went to Matsumoto for vacation. and we saw the Samurai castle.
I thought the trip was quite fascinating and also very educational.
I learned that the castle was built 500 years ago.
The castle also had steep stairways that we had to climb. I was very nervous, but did it anyway.
Samurai warriors were able to ride horses, it was required to have strength and bravery.

It made me realize what it was like to live in Matsumoto during this time.

Family Vacation Matsumoto

For Fall Break my whole family went to Matsumoto and we stayed in a hotel which was near the hot spring. I was quite interested in staying in the large hotel.
I really enjoyed the meals that we had every night and they were so delcious. It came with a lot of Japanese foods which incluede pickles miso soup and fish. my favorite meal that we had was the different  of meats.
In the Untied States we dont have so many mini dishes at one meal.  I thought that was so interesting.
Overall our Family Fall Break was quite amazing and I wish we could go back to Matsumoto.

I thought the Diet building was quite huge

On October 7, 2016 all of the high schoolers went on a field trip to the diet building with Ms Kimoto, Mr wan and Mr. Brock and also Mr Tighe.
We had to take a bus to the Diet building which is where the government officials of Japan have meetings.
When we arrived at the Diet building in the morning we had to sit in a crowed room and it was also stuffy because it had no air conditioning in the room. While we waited for our tour to start we looked at an exhibit
of the emperor's room. We had a tour guide that spoke Japanese. Ms Kimoto could understand Japanese really well so that she could translate for us because it was all in Japanese.   Our field trip began in the large room included where the Japanese government held their meetings to discuss which laws would be the most efficient for their country.
The next room was fascinating because it was the emperor's room which had a courtyard with some koi fish.

It was a fascinating field trip and I wish to go with my family sometime soon!