Sushi!!

Yesterday I went to Sushi ichiba with my friend and ate Sushi for supper. I like them but espesially I love Anago. I always eat it first. I tried to eat new Sushi. It was delicious and I like it. But I forgot the name... it's one of shellfish and white.
Sushi ichiba is inexpensive and I like their taste. Of course Amakusa is best place to eat them. I'm going to back Amakusa this weekend so I want to eat Sushi there, too!!!

book review: Sherlock Holmes

I have read book series of Sherlock Holmes written by Conan Doyle. I started to read them when I was in elementary school. I was addicted to them. I liked to guess visions. Especially I like The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Red-Headed League and A Case Of Identity. I like to read crime fictions now, too. I want to overcome the series of Sherlock Holmes .

Nabe

"Nabe" is one of populer cooking in Japan. It's which food boiled in a ceramic pot. The best season of Nabe is winter. It's time to do Nabe!!! I had Nabe party 3 times this season. I want to do more from now. Please invite me to Nabe party!!! I like it very much and also like to drink. I'm happy when I eat it and drink. Nabe makes me so happy :)

Secretary examination!!

Today 11, Nov. I had a examination of secretary (second degree) in the morning. It was my first challenge to take the exam. The amount of study I did for it was not enough so I was under little tension. The workmanship was not good, maybe... I'm hoping that I can pass it!!!

Our favorite place Amakusa!!!

We carry some imformations about Amakusa.
We three have lived there before so we are interested in there so much. It's a so beautiful city and has many nice places to visit. Of course it's a one of place to live comfortably. Especially in those things, we introduce some topics below.

Then, our recommendations...

1. Amakusa Hondo festival. The festival takes place in August every year. It has Haiya which is traditional Amakusa's dance and main event, fireworks(7,000 fireworks!!!) We can see them beside sea where display them so their size are so huge. Impressive!! It's a so wonderful festival. These are why many people visit there the season every year.
You also should visit in the season at least once.
With your best partner. (It will be the best romantic night...)


2. Amakusa's cable TV . Amakusa has a famous person in announcer world. The person is called "Shino chan" by many people. She is 102 years-old now. She works as announcer in Amakusa cable TV. She is very popular and has broadcasted many TV programs (Even a nation-wide TV!!)
We haven't met her yet but want to meet and see her nice smiles someday...


3. Dialect in Amakusa. We talk about Amakusa’s dialog in this paragraph.
Amakusa dialect is classified as the dialect of east of Kyushu. So it’s influenced by the dialog of Nagasaki, Kumamoto and Kagosima. On the other hand, it also had influence by Chinese, Portuguese and Dutch. Because it locates near by west Asia and Dejima in Nagasaki.

First of all, we talk about words influenced by foreign language.
People who live in Amakusa say glass vidro (in Japaneseガラス). But they call just glasswork not glass. It’s from Portuguese. SYABON(soap) and BOBURA(pumpkin) was from Westerners. They have also words ‘OBOJI’ meaning brother and father and ‘CHINGU’ meaning friend. Korean has same words and same meaning.

Secondly, we talk about voiced consonant.
They have many words with voiced consonant. GANE mean crab in Japanese ‘KANI’. ‘-sitogotaru’ mean ‘want to’ and ‘nebuka’ mean ‘I’m sleepy’. voiced consonant is supposed to be characteristic word in west Kyushu.

Lastly we talk about prefix and suffix.
They have many words ‘sye’, ‘nya’, ‘che’, and so on in prefix or suffix.
For examples, ‘syenyan’ meaning ‘should to do’, ‘icchoita’ meaning ‘leave something behind’, ‘oddomya’ meaning ‘we’ and so on. They supposed to like small words.

I formed with Yuka Kawakami and Yuko Hukusima.