2007年6月27日水曜日

Asia cup of basketball in Tokushima

This summer, Asia cup of basketball is going to be held in Tokushima. It is the FIBA Asia championship and Beijing Olympic qoalifier. 16 teams will come to Tokushima including Japan. It is from July 28th to August 5th. The tickets are not sell yet. I really want to watch the game. It is very rare game and we seldom have such a big event in Tokushima so I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder how wonderful the plays of professional basketball players are. The spectators must be excited.


Tokushima is being famous these days. In addition to the basketball game, two movies was made in Tokushima this year and one movie last year. Now awaodori is used in the commercial of handsoap which Taka and Toshi appear. I am happy that Tokushima is becoming famous. I want everyone to know about Tokushima more. I like my hometown very much so I'm proud of Tokushima. Some of my friends are already attracted by awadance. they sometimes dance with me. It is only 3 people so let' s dance awadance if you are interested in awadance.

2007年6月22日金曜日

The meeting of SWISH and Cookie

I had the meeting of basketball team today. I played basketball in second and third period. The meeting was started after school. There were many many people because we called the people who want to join SWISH newly. They visited just to see the practice so they don't join SWISH formally now. When I joined it, There were onlytwo girls, Yuri and I. We got 20 new members so there will be 60 people in SWISH if new members join it. I woder if I can remember all members' name.


This is my dog, Cookie. I got this photo from my mother. The subject was "Prepare for the rainy season." She bought it for him newly. He has the long mustache so ke always get wet when he walks outside in rainy day. He hates wearing the raincoat because everyone in my family laugh at him. He cares about it. So he seems sad. When my family laugh at him, he doesn't want to go for a walk. He understands he is laughed at. Therefore, we say to him," You are very cute.
How pretty you are in the raincoat!!" when he doesn't take a step. Then, he becomes happy and willings to go out to walk.

2007年6月12日火曜日

The baby hatch

I want to talk about baby hatch today. It is the worldwide problem these days. There are many countries that place the baby hatch. It is interpreted in a good way and a bad way. People say the baby hatch violate the law ,such as the prevention of child abuse and child welfare.There are different opinion about the baby hatch. I read a few opinions about it.


Letter One
In contrary opinion, the writer uses the example about the people who are disable adults. She is warning that abandoning a baby is the problem not only for his parents but also for everyone. She supposes the idea about the connection of the parents and children. Also, she writes her feeling that she felt when she heard the assertion. She explains what the Japanese is like and she does not think that if we make the baby hatch, all baby are saved.


Letter Two
In favorable opinion, the writer shows the example of the couple of junior high school students. She thinks that they had no idea after the baby was born because of fear. So she insists that she does not know but if there was the baby hatch at that time, they might use it or if they did not use it, their fear and anxiety were decreased by knowing the existence of the baby hatch. Their baby might receive the medical care. By existing the baby hatch, the parents reconsider about abandoning their baby.


My opinion

I agree to placing the baby hatch because some life are saved by it. It is better to saved the life than the baby dies. Actually, many babies were saved in other countries. The purpose of baby hatch is keeping the babies so the parents can come back to take back them if they regret abandoning them. The parents would decide to give up raising their baby after sufficient consideration. The baby hatch might be the system which accept the deserted children but it is more important to protect them quickly and safely.

There are some instances about the baby hatch. We are very sad when we hear the news that someone is killed. On the other hand, when we hear the news of saving a life, we are more happy than hearing the sad news. Therefore, it is a better way to place the baby hatch.

However, the parents should not abandon their baby. Using the baby hatch is the last way. They need to consider before giving up raising their baby. As long as the parents are delivered of the baby, they must bring up him with responsibility as parents.

This is why I agree to place the baby hatch.

2007年6月5日火曜日

Awaodori

In today's blog I'll show you a few things which are connected to my hometown.

First of all have a look at this picture:





This pictue was taken in Tokushima.


It is the picture of Awaodori which is traditional dance in Tokushima. We have the festivals in August every summer. It is the biggest festival in Tokushima. Many people from other prefectures visit Tokushima to see it. It is more than one million people. When the festival season comes, Tokushima is filled with excitement. I can't help but see it. You can see the pictures of Awaodori here.


Awaodori has two kinds of dance style and it is separated into man and woman. In man's style, they wear Tabi and Happi and use Tenugui. While woman put Kasa and wear Yukata and Geta. As for dance, men keep low waist. On the other hand, women keep their hands up. It has a music and it is called "Ohayashi". It consists of six instruments. Once you hear the music, it reminds in your heart.


There are a lot of dance groups. We call the unit "Ren". Each group has unique dance. The costumes are different from each group and many kinds of colors are used so they are attractive.


The movie,Bizan,whose material is Awaodori has begun to show recently. It picks up Awaodori widely. The movie was taken in real festival of Awaodori. We can feel excitement and special attraction through it. So, if you see the movie, you can't help seeing real Awaodori and dancing Awaodori. You should wacth it.


More and more people visit Tokushima to see it. Many people are looking forward Awaodori this year,too. I expect that a lot of people come to Tokushima because of Bizan. I hope they will enjoy Awaodori.


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