Kia ora and hello everyone!

A few weeks ago I went to Kurashiki for the first time! I’d been wanting to go for a little while after seeing so many beautiful photos of the canals.

While it was a cold and cloudy day when I went, the sky cleared and made way for a beautiful day! I had a great time walking around the beautiful historical section and eating great food. I highly recommend it!

Have you been?

来週１月２５日（土）はSHIMON GROUPの第３回英検一次試験当日です。

どの級も単語を読めるようになることが合格への大切な一歩ですが、模擬テストとして過去の問題を解いて実力試しをしてみることも、ラストスパートをかけるには良いかもしれません。

何年か住んでみて感じることは、大垣はお天気が良い日が多いということです(^^)/ もちろん１２月、１月と寒い日もちゃんとありますが、日中はお日様も見えて穏やかだと思います。毎年１月や２月に雪が多く降る時が必ずあるものの、長引かないので安心して車を運転できます！ありがたいです！

Another place I went during my trip to Fukui was the Dinosaur Museum. I was super impressed by the scale of the museum. It was huge and there was so much to see and do. There was so much information there about dinosaurs and so much more. Even if you’re not a super huge dinosaur fan I would recommend giving it a visit because there is so much cool stuff to see!