Hey y’all!

   Happy Reiwa! Over Golden Week, Ryan, Luis, Jeramine and I went to Tarui and Godo to see children’s Kabuki and the fire festival. I went to both festivals last year, so I was really happy to be back and enjoying them all over again. In Tarui, it’s so funny to see all of these young kids dressed in full Kabuki attire, and speaking in really old Japanese. It’s also really interesting to see the young men pick up the shrine and move it in front of the shrine. In Godo…well…. words can’t describe how cool and strange that festival is. It’s basically a lot of men, young and old, running around with fire. I just love the atmosphere and highly recommend everyone going to Godo next year to see the chaos for themselves.

    Anyways, I hope all of y’all had a great Golden Week and are ready for class!

See y’all in class!

先日、小学生以下の生徒さん対象のアイスクリームパーティを開催しました。

アイスクリームのおかわりをする子もたくさんいましたが、

トッピングだけをおかわりする子も多く驚かされました！(・o・)！

そうだよね！ビスケットだけでも、おいしいよね！

自分の好きなフレーバーやトッピングについて、レッスンの中でもぜひ話してくださいね☆

Watermelon is a gift from above, and just about everyone loves this fruit. Growing up my family would eat watermelon every summer while we were on our family trips. I’ve always enjoyed eating watermelon, and one family trip in particular my dad showed my siblings and me a special watermelon. This watermelon was yellow on the inside instead of red! I had never seen a watermelon like this before. My initial thought was there must be something wrong with this watermelon, but my dad reassured me that it was suppose to be this color. Later in my life, I found myself curious as to way this watermelon is different in color. After a bit of research I found that this lack of pinkish/red tint is due to there being no lycopene ( i.e. Antioxidant). Yellow watermelons are usually sweeter than regular watermelons, but do not offer as much health benefits.  If you happen to come across an opportunity to try one of these special watermelons don’t hesitate try it!

Til next time

-Jeramine M

みなさんこんにちは。

今週2020年東京オリンピックの観戦チケット抽選販売申込みが締切になる

とのことで僕も申し込みをしてみました！とても多くの人が申込みをしている

ようなので当選する可能性は低いでしょうが、たとえ当選しなくても申し込みを

しただけでなんだか自分がオリンピックに参加しているような気持ちになれます。

オリンピックにはたくさんの海外の人々が観戦に来るでしょう。そんな人たちが

オリンピックだけではなく、ついでに日本全国を観光しよう！ということになれば、

海外の人と英語を使ってコミュニケーションをとる機会が増えるかもしれません。

子どもたちにそんなチャンスがやってきたらいいなとワクワクしてしまいます。