my new year's resolution

I use my brush for the first time in the New Year. It is called Kakizome in Japanese. Kakizome is the Japanese custom of practicing calligraphy at the beginning of the year. I did it as activity of my club with my club members. To do Kakizome, I brought my brush from my home which I used it when I was a junior high school student. I practiced calligraphy once a week.

I wrote ‘I want to be happy!’ In addition, I gave some resolutions for this year. For example, ‘I want to increase my TOEIC score than now.’ ‘I want to pass the pre 1st grade EIKEN.’’I want to be an exchange student.’ And so on. I wrote some new year’s resolution, and most of them were related to English. I want to increase my all English skills, for example, speaking, writing, reading and so on. I am not good at remembering new English vocabulary, so I want to improve my all English skills in this year.

And this photo is the scene of the inside our club room. We put Kakizome of paper on the wall. So I never forget the New Year resolution, and I absolutely comes dream true in this year.

Through writing my new year’s resolution, I could reconfirm my aim. I had really good time and enjoyed doing calligraphy.
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The Comming-of-age Celebration

I had a coming-of-age celebration on January 11th. I heard that the grown up people in this year are one million and twenty seven people in Japan.

I woke up at 5 am and started to prepare to go to Obiya where I borrowed my kimono for a coming-of age celebration. I left my house at 6 am, then a hair make artist set my hair. I showed a magazine of appearing my favorite hair set. About 30 minutes later, he finished setting my hair. The hair set in this time is much better than last time. I was really satisfied with it!! Then, I moved to upstairs and I was wearied my kimono.

Next, I went to the photo studio with my father and mother because I made a reservation for taking photos of my family. The photo studio is located in Kokubu near my company. We are not good at let taking photos, so it was really hard work for us. Smiling in front of the camera was very hard. However, this experience would be something pleasant to look back on for my family.

Then, I went to the city gym in Suizenji to attend a coming-of age ceremony with my friend. But when I went there many people entered inside the gym, so we could not attend the ceremony. It is only sorry thing. So we started to find our old friends and taking photos with them. I could meet friends who I have not seen them for a long time. And I saw people who wear weird clothes and set funny hair. I took some photos of them lol

After that, I visited to my high school to meet my friends and teachers. Teachers were not changed from when we were high school students. It was really glad for me. I was so happy to see them. I want to visit and see them again.

Finally, I attended a class reunion of my junior high school at that night. It held at café feal in down town. I have been there before and it is my favorite. I met some people since we graduated our school. We talked, drank and ate a lot!! I want to meet them after 5 years because we met each other since 5 years ago. I am really looking forward to gathering again.

I had so long day and also precious day in my life. I never forget this memory!!! In addition, I could reconfirm that friends are really important existence for us. (422 words)

Shopping and eating

I went to shopping with my friend Wakana. We have known each other when we were high school students. So, we are good friends.
She really likes shopping, so we went shopping that day, too!


First, we entered PARCO to find some clothes which we like. But I went to Fukuoka to buy some clothes with my family, and then I bought a lot of them. Unfortunately, I do not have enough money to shop any more… So I helped her when she was irresolute to buy something. When we went to certain shop, she seems to find nice clothe. It was really lovely dress!! But she also does not have enough money, so she was irresolute very much. Then, I said 'I think that you should try the dress on before you are irresolute. I do not want you to regret about it.' After she tried it on, she seems to decide to buy it after all! She could good shopping.



Then, we had dinner at the restaurant J café in the Shimo Street. J café has many kinds of dishes, drinks, deserts. In addition, J café has dinner set. We have not had it before, so we tried it. The contents of it are a salad, a cup of soup, pasta or rice dish, drink and small parfait. As you can see from some pictures, these are really good dishes. I loved all of them, but, especially, I loved pasta very much. The source was mixed tomato source and cream source. I have not had like it before, so I was really looking forward to have it before I eat. To my surprise, it was more delicious than I thought. I was really satisfied with it. If there are some friends who have never eaten it before, I want to recommend it enthusiastically.


To tell the truth, we will enjoy the BBQ party at the garden of my friend’s house with my club members. But it began to rain after we decided. So we disappointed at calling the BBQ party off. However Wakana and I could enjoy shopping and eating instead of the BBQ party. I had a great time with Wakana. (364 words)

Great time with my family

This is my grand father of my mother side. He lives in Takahira by himself now, because his wife is sick in bed at the hospital. January 2nd, my father, my mother and me went to his house in Takahira and had a New Year party with our relatives. The members were my grand father, my parents, and the parents of my 2 cousins. In addition, my grand mother went back her house only 1 day without a stay. I sometimes visit the hospital to meet her with my mother, but I have not seen her in her house. And I think that it was a big present for us!!!

We had really luxurious dishes and talked a lot about the things of we had experienced last year each other.

I do not have much time to meet my grand mother at the hospital. So, when she eats dished, I tried to help her to eat them as I can possible. I think that she had a great time with family. (171 words)

My New Year party at grand parent’s house

I went to my grand parent’s house of my father side with my family. We always spend time every January 1st with our relative at parent’s house.

We have a habit what kids can get some お年玉 from adults in Japan. I also have been getting them every year, but now, I am 20 years old. So I did not think that I can get some お年玉 this year. However, to my surprise, my relatives gave me them, of course my parents, too!! I was really surprised at it and I was appreciated it very much!!!! As I do not have enough money for to do a lot of things, I really thank them to give me them. When I have to give my younger relatives some お年玉, I will give them お年玉 when they work and get money by themselves.

Then, I want to introduce the lovely dog. His master is my woman cousin. And his name is Marble, because he has a black spot on the top of his head. And then my cousin named Marble. He is only 1 years old now, but he weight 8 kilograms. So he has really heavy power and he runs soooooo lively. When we eat some foods at the table, he always stands up using his hind legs to be given them by us. But we do not give them to him.
When he has children, I want to breed a baby of them!!! I LOVE DOGS!!!!! (255 words)

Super Christmas party

I went to a Christmas party with my friends Mai, Tomoko, Mayu, Misato, Midori and Chisako. We had the party in the restaurant named Covent Garden in the downtown. The dishes were really good and tasty for us. And the restaurant was really crowded by many people, so it is a little bit noisy.

In addition, we exchange the presents what we bought ourselves less than 500 yen. I bought the Haramaki for it. I think that getting cold the belly is really bad thing for all girls. So I decided to present it to a friend of seven friends. Then we started to hand over to next to person with singing Christmas song. After we finished singing, we got the present each other from a friend. I got a lovely ring from Misato. I really love it!!

I had a precious time there with my friends^^! (147 words)

Good party^^*

I had a farewell party for my friend. She is a member of my club. And also, we are both went to same high school Kumamoto Daiichi high school. We have been friends for about 5 years. The reason of holding this party was she is planning to go abroad to study for about a year. She has to register absence from school for a year from next semester. So we hold this party to encourage her. We reserved the Italian restaurant and clerks gave us a whole cake for surprise. We were really surprised at it, but in fact, a friend of us asked them to prepare the cake! She is really smart person!! We had a super time with my club member. (124 words)

My pretty friend

I will introduce my pretty friend. Her name is Hana. She is only 1 year old and 2 months. Everyone call her 'Hana-chan.' My English conversation school's teachers are her parents, Barry and Misa. Hana's father is from London and mother is Japanese, so she is a child of mixed parentage of British and Japanese. She has really cute face and voice.

She is only child for Barry and Misa, so she is really good at playing her self. And then, she can walk just two or three paces now. It is like a pretty zombie walking!! lol In addition, she can understand means of saying, and she sometimes react for them. When we say ' How old are you, Hana-chan?' in Japanese, she understood the meaning and rise her forefinger. It is soooooooo cute!! Then, we said ' Hana-chan is genious!!' We and Hana-chan do it over and over. lol (151 words)