Healthy body In Japan, many women think that being slender is being beautiful. There are a lot of too slim fashion models and actors in media, so people try to be like that. Of course, obesity is not good for their health, but almost of all people who try to reduce their weight are not fat. Recently, even elementary school students are trying to be more slender. I think it's strange because eating well is really important to young people. Um......I know many my friends say that "Mino is fat" but I won't be on a diet. Oh, no no no no! I'm not fat, I'm just...a little bit chubby...I think lol. We say chubby "ぽっちゃり pocchari"in Japanese , pocchari girls are popular among few boys.lol Um...I want to be slender butI just...really really really love to eat!!! lol That's all. haha

Is this song famous all over the world? “ ONE OF A KIND ” Look at the flowers that stand in the shop Each has a beauty that makes your heart stop We all have our favorites,but one thing is sure Flowers will bloom with a beauty that's pure Which one among us is better than the rest? No competition, no need to contest There in the buckets, the flowers stand tall Heads held in pride far above it all Yet why do we people do what we do? Always wanting to compare? Fighting each other to get to the top? When we all have a treasure so rare Why don't we get it? In this wide world you are one of a kind Cherish your beauty, there's no need to hide it Each of us holding a different seed Just be yourself, that is all you need Small flowers, big flowers, all kinds of flowers You'll never find any one that's the same No need to struggle to be number one Just be yourself, be the ONLY ONE. I really really like this song. This song maybe means "we are different person to person",but I think we can say the same thing in many problems in the world. I mean...we have a lot of "discrimination problem" like : gender,color of skin(race),religion...and so on. It's really natural that we have many differences, but it's just a "difference" and there is no "better" or "inferior". All we have to is "accept and respect the differences". I want to sing this song with people all over the world someday :)

Diary:January 29th Today was the last day of exams!!! It started from Tuesday and I took 5 exams:English,Japanese, two kinds of Japanese history, and Japanese classic. We have to take more exams usually, but we are almost graduation and some students are busy on studying for entrance examination of university , so we don't have to do so much. My graduation ceremony will hold in 2 months. I will go to school once a week in February to practice for the ceremony. I don't want to graduate from my school because I'll be hardly able to meet my class mates and club members after we graduate. We'll be separated! That's so sad for me but 出会いなくして 別れなし！(We never meet without a parting.)!! I just want to enjoy days of rest as much as possible from now on:)

My favorite Western song My favorite song is "mine" by Taylor Swift. Like...girl thought "Do you remember, we were sittin', there by the water? You put your arm around me for the first time You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter You are the best thing, that's ever been mine." and boy said "I remember how we felt, sitting by the water. And every time I look at you, it's like the first time. I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter. She is the best thing that's ever been mine." After a fight. I think it's really impressive story because Taylor said the songs she composes are always based on her real experiences. I know some people criticizing her but I really really love her and her songs. Sigh...I want to be yours,boy... ;( lol

Japanese culture The more foreigners I meet, I come to realize that I don't know about Japan well. When people ask me question like "Do you like this Anime?","What do you recommend for tourist attractions?" and " What is in fashion among high schooI students?", I nearly always answer "I'm sorry but I have no idea". These questions are really difficult for me. In other words, I'm sure that I don't now what is Japan and how is Japan. Maybe it sounds strange to foreigners. "Why? You are Japanese, aren't you??" I'm not really interested in anime, manga, Harajuku-fashion, Shinto shrines and temples…and I'm interested in foreign cultures. But I should learn my country's culture at least enough to understand what foreigners are talking about before I begin to learn foreign ones. But I think the same situations happen to many Japanese especially young people. I know many young people like anime, but they aren't familiar with Japanese traditional culture. We don't go to shrines and temples expect some ceremonies. Similarly, we usually don't wear "kimono" and young people cannot even put on "kimono" by yourself. I think what we call "Culture" should be in our daily life. So I feel strange when people say "Kimono is our own culture!". The image of Japan isn't real Japan. It's natural thing because era is changing so, many countries are also getting lose their own culture. But in Japanese case, the reason is not only new era but also luck of patriotism. Japanese people are tend not to treasure our own culture. What do you think about this topic??

Nice to meet you!! I'm just starting using this website today and I was surprised that there are a lot of people wanting to learn Japanese. I want to help those people out:) Maybe I should buy Skype so as to talk voice-to-voice with friends here. I hope many people visit me and be pleased with me. Making friends with foreign people is one of my dreams so I'm thrilled to communicate with people from all over the world from now on. Please correct my English whenever it's not natural:)