Blog#7: My summer!

Ami
Hello!
Today is the last day of August! It's very fast, isn't it?
How do you spend this summer vacation?
I enjoy "summer" this year!
I introduce a part of my summer vacation.
1. Shaved ice

I like shaved ice very much, but this one is the best in what I ate before.
This is green tea fraver with bean paste. It uses natural ice, so the shaved ice is very soft!
You can eat it at Nagatoro in Saitama. But queue for at least 30 minute! Almost all visitors seem to try eating it.
2. sea bathing
This summer, I went swimming for three times in Enoshima, Atami and Onjyuku!

I don't want to catch the sun, but blue sea and clear sky make me exciting!
This scenery makes me feel summer. I enjoyed hot brilliant summer:-)
3. fire workes
Because of the influence of earthquake, many fireworkes were called off. Despite this sad news, I could enjoy two big fire workes contests at Atami and Sumidagawa.
I could watch fire workes above ocean at Atami. This coexistance was really beautiful!
At Sumidagawa, there were many many people! So, I couldn't sit down, but the number of fire workes are also great!
How was my summer? Let's enjoy the rest of the vacation!:-)

#6 OMG!!!OMJ!!!

Mayu

Hello!

What day was it yesterdayーAugust 29th ?

Was it just " the day of Yakiniku" ? ...No!

It was the birthday of King Of Pop, Michael Jackson!!! He was famous singer, dancer and composer in America that have ever lived, and was legendary for the honor but tragical for the honor.

Actually, I would like to talk about his history and his life from various aspects: as a greatest artist, as a man , as a human and as a father. But I found this took so long time to explain and it was impossible to sum up his complicated life and his unbelievable magical power to attract people all around the world ( I always lost for words to show how he was fantastic artist and cool man. That is Speechless!).

So, I am going to talk about only about his groovy music : )

His music is categolized as mainly "Soul music", but sometimes his one could be "Rock and Pop music" and "R&B music". His music is dancable and catchy to make everyone excited, so I think his music is like Disney Land!!!!

If you had opportunity to listen to his music, you might be surprized how beautiful and sensitive his voices are! His one is so changeable!! For exsample, he could control his voice from low like a guy to high like a girl ( He could raise about 3 octave even with dancing!!!), from soft like a cotton candy to strong like a thunder!!

In addition, he had been singing for 45 years (since he was only 5 years old!) , so you can enjoy the various kinds of his voices as his life goes by. This also means you can enjoy 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 00's music just by listen to his songs, because he always reflected the supreme sound of each times, though he was famous for mainly 80's music!!

I love his beautiful voices like a sensitive kaleidoscope and his unforgettable music... x )

If you want to be encouraged by inoccent and cheerful voice and by cute 60's music, then, listen to Jackson 5! ( " I Want You Back" in 1969)

If you feel like steaping yourself in memory of your student times and enjoy 70's music, then you should listen to Jacksons! ( the pics on this movie are not always 70's Michael though) (" Oneday In Your Life" in 1975)

Now you maybe need 70's disco music to warm your body up again, because I guess "Oneday in Your Life" touched the cord of your heart deep inside and made you Shinmiri... ; ) In my cace, I always recollect sky above clouds that I saw in airplane in summer in 2007... :) Anyway, In this video, Young and energizing Michael sings the song with plenty of hope and fresh power! (" Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" in 1979)

If you heard " Michael Jackson", it reminds you of that song, "Thriller"!!!!!! But, I chose you another 80's Michael's song daringly..."Smooth Criminal" in 1987 This short film is so high-qualitied and shows Michael's ultimate aesthetics!

After watching this video, you should still be blown your mind with this 90's cool song, "Jam" in 1991!!

In this video, he plays Basket ball with Michael Jordan!!!

Now you look so tired to watch such a lot of powerful music videos ...lol

Then you need to take a rest to listen to 00's music! In 00's, Michael already had 3 children and became a father, so that you can feel his presence as a mature adult and sorrowfulness as a man suffering many hardships!

He went to Heaven about 2 years ago, but his songs filled with his lots of feelings such as love, hope, anguish and sorrow still make us so impressed. He will live forever through his music!!

Here is words that he said for us;" Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it, I know I will live forever."

#7 Tokyo Disney resort.

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Yui

Have you ever visited Tokyo Disney Resort?

I suppose almost everyone have been there. Last month, I bought the two parks annual passport, so today I will introduce you some remarkable points.

1. Mickey`s Philhar magic in Tokyo disney land.

This attraction opened on last january. I saw this in Walt Disney World in the United states. This attraction is the 3D  and my best  favourite character  "Donald Duck" is the hero. He  gets into mischief , then he traveled the famous Disney movie; "Beauty and the Beast”,　"Little Mermaid," "Fantasia," "Lion King," " Peter Pan,and " Aladdin."  You can see some famous scenes, and music; "Be our guest," "Part of your world," " I just Can`t wait to be King," "You can fly," and " A whole new world." I think this attraction includes the all charms of Disney; therefore I reccomend you ride this attraction.

2. Cinderella`s fairy tale hall in Tokyo disney land.

 This attraction is the newest one in Tokyo Disney Land. You may speculate from the name, It locates in the cinderella`s castle and you can see the story and after story about "Cinderella."

For example,

Moreover, this movie will make you surprised!:)

And you can try on cinderella`s shoes:)

I think you had better go there during the Halloween`s time because you can disguise as Disney`s character.

It means if you wanna feel like Cinderella, you can go there with Cinderella`s costume and put on glass shoes.

3. Electrical Parade in Disney Land.

When I first saw it, I was amazed! From Oriental Company, they made this with lots of high technology.

Due to the big earthquake in Japan, around Tokyo disney resort had huge impact. To add of this, Disney land cannot open for several months. This summer we can go there cheaper tha usual by using the campus day passport. When you go there, please ride or watch these three good shows.

Blog#6: Where is it?

Ami

Hello! Can you guess where I am in this picture?
Actually, I am on the top of Mt.Fuji!!! We are on the highest point in Japan!!!!
We started to climb the mountain at 11:00 p.m. on August 11 and got to the top at 5:00 a.m. on the next day. It was really hard!!
At first, we could enjoy the scenery, forexample, a beautiful starry sky! But I exhausted soon.
Despite this is summer, the upward of the mountain is very cold like winter. The climate and strong wind robbed my force.  I was going to resignate the climbing many times.
But thanks for my friends's helping, I could see sunrise at the top. It was really really beautiful!!!:-)
I was moved and my tiredness went away! Mountain climbing is really hard but I could touch human kindness. So if you have a chance, I recommend you to try!