Thursday, June 30, 2011

Blog#4: Trip to southern part of Japan

Yuki Morita
   Hello!In fact, I want to show a photo of my pet, because Yuto and Ryota showed photos of pretty animals! But I don't have any pets, so I put my favorite photo of a hedgehog. It's very lovely, isn't it? After I see this photo, I go to school every day.
   By the way, he says "Do you like traveling?"This is a topic I want to talk about today. Do you like traveling? Where did you go on a school trip when you were high school students? If you went abroad, you were so lucky! In my case, I went to Kagoshima in Kyushu on a school trip. (Why Kagoshima…?) Have you ever been there? Possibly Kagoshima isn't popular for tourists, but I was struck by the power of nature there.
   This is a photo of sunset in Bounotsu, southern part of Kagoshima. The sky was very open. We can't see such open skies in big cities. Bounotsu is famous for a place Ganjin, a Buddhist monk from China, arrived at about 1260 years ago. As if we slipped into another time,  the sky and sea were beautiful.
   When we travel, we can see many beautiful views, and meet many kind people. Of course I want to go abroad, but there are many interesting places to visit in Japan. That's why I like to travel around Japan. If you go to Kagoshima, please go sightseeing! As you know, Kagoshima has not only nature but also a history, so you will enjoy traveling!

8 comments:

  1. Hi!
    I have been to Fukuoka with my family.
    But, I have never been to Kagoshima.
    So, if I have a chance, I want to go to Kagoshima with ...
    By the way, first photo is very cute!
    You were looking for pretty photo for a long time.
    Your effort is great.

    Monday2 Yuto Yamazaki

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  2. Hello!
    First,thank you for showing your favorite photo! It is a pretty and heartwarming photo.

    I went to Kyoto on a school trip when I was a high school student.
    So,I have never been to Kagoshima. After reading your sentense, i thought Iwant to Kagoshima once. I like sunset ,so iwant to see the sunset like this photo.
    In the end , I thought your last photo is very funny!
    Yuki! you're very interesting!
    Monday2 Ryota Yamada

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  3. Hi Yuki!

    First, the hedgehog in photo is very very cute!

    Actually, I have never been to Kagoshima and I do not know that it is a good place for sightseeing! Thanks for introducing!

    Well, trips will give us a lot of unforgettable experience.
    So, we should go traveling as many times as possile in our school days.

    By the way, who are the statues in last photo?
    Are they heros in japanese history?
    I am interested in it!

    Monday2 Manami Hiramoto

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  4. Dear Yuki,
    What a delightful photo! I can see why you look at it every morning - it makes you smile!
    High schools students in Canada do not have a school trip. But, curing my high school days, I took a private trip to visit my aunt, who lives in the Bahamas (one of the islands in the Caribbean). It was very hot, and I remember seeing poinsettia bushes growing outdoors. They were very big and covered with red flowers. I also remember eating very sweet fried bananas - they were much smaller than the bananas we see in supermarkets in Japan. Wow, they were so sweet.

    By the way, I want to ask you to teach me how to add the text to your photos. I want to try!
    Ms. MacGregor

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  5. ≫Friends

    Thanks for your comments! The experience of your trip sounds interesting. I want more money to travel! :-)
    Manami, the statues in last photo called "wakaki-Satsuma-no-gunzo"(young men in Satsuma). They were young samurais in Kagoshima in Edo-period, and they made an effort to reform Japan. They are so cool! The statue stands in front of Kagoshima central station.

    Monday2 Yuki Morita

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  6. ≫Ms. MacGregor

    Thank you for your comment! I was surprised to find that high school students in Canada don't have a school trip. Your trip to the Bahamas sounds nice! the Bahamas are famous for sightseeing, right? I want to go there someday.

    By the way, I always use a software called "PictBear" and add text to photos. The software is free. If you download and use it, you can add text, draw pictures, paint them and edit them. There are many softwares to paint, but PictBear is very easy to use. I put the URL.

    http://www.fenrir.co.jp/pictbear/


    In addition, next URL is another software to edit images. We can't draw pictures with it, but we can add text and edit images easily!

    http://www.bannerkoubou.com/

    Monday2 Yuki Morita

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  7. Hello.
    Firstly, the photo of a hedgehog is very pretty!
    By the way, I read your article.I like traveling too.
    But I have never been to Kagoshima. I want to go there and eat local foods.

    There are many places where I have never been to, so from now I want to try to travel many places irrespective of in japan or abroad!!!

    Monday2 GroupH
    Emika Yura

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  8. Hi, Emika.
    I'm Sayo from group F.

    I have never been to Kagoshima , but since I read your story ,
    I want to go there!

    I love nature so I am interested in Yakushima.
    Yakushima is famous for power spot!

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