2007年12月18日火曜日

♥Kumamoto introduction①♥

* Basashi...Basashi is one of the noted products of Kumamoto. It is sashimi of the horses. horses' meat is a little different from other meat, so some of the people don't like it. However, good-quality meat is really delicious because of its feeling of appetite which likes melting in a mouth.

* Karashi renkon... Karashi rencon was one of the famous food in Kumamoto. It was made by Heigoro who was the cook of the Kumamoto feudal clan. It spread out to the whole country since the age of the Meiji Restoration and became famous.
How to meke→①Fill the boiled lotus root with mustard-miso.
           ②Put turmeric to hte surface of it.
③Fry it.
It suits with alcoholic drinks veru much.

* Hot spring... Kumamoto has a lot of wonderful hot springs. I recommend Kurokawa hot spring most. Kurokawa spa is located in Higashi-oguni-machi, Aso-gun, Kumamoto. There are about 30 hot springs. Most of Japanese style hotels have an open-air bath, so the shight is very beautiful because we can see the river or fall.
If you don't stay hotel, it's ok. You can take a hot springs. If you buy "Nyutou tegata", you can take 3 hot springs with only 1200 yen.

♥Kumamoto introduction②♥

* Dinosaur... My home town Mifune is famous for it's place where a lot of fossilized dinosaur is easy to be excavated. The most famous fossil is Mifunesaurus, but many kind of fossils such as not only the dinosaur but also a tortoise crocodiles, Pterosaurs(It's looks like a flying dragon.), fishes and mammals are excavated.When I was a kindergarten student, Mifune built "Dinosaur Museum". Many fossils are exhibited there, and also many kind of events are held. I think most of students who lives around Mifune have come here with their a school education. You can enter the museum with only 200 yen! My older brother has been to here by a date with his girl friend. He could marry her.

* Kumamoto castle... Kumamoto castle is one of the famous castle in Japan. It is called "Sandai-meizyo" contains Nagoya-castle and Himezi-castle. The castle was built in 1601~1608 by Kiyomasa Kato, but most of the castle except "Uto-yagura" were destroyed by Seinan-war. Therefore, most of the the castle were restored later. Now, Kumamoto-castle held various events that memorialized 400 years since it was built. The events are interesting because it changes by a season. For example, "Haru-emaki", "Natsu-emaki", "Aki-emaki" and "Huyu-emaki". Kumamoto town push forward the reconstruction of "Honmaru-Goten" on a large scale and it will be public next spring.

movie review 6 SHREK

I watched SHREK the Movie last Sunday. I like this movie very much!! It was so funny!
This movie’s main character is Shrek. His body is big, green, and very bad-looking. He lives in alone at a pond side house because he looks like a horrible monster and he is hated from everyone. However, he enjoys his living there. I thought it looks really funny because he looks enjoy his freedom. He is hated from everyone, but he is actually lonely, tender monster.
One day, a lot of fairy-tale characters are sold by Lord Farguaad. He dislike fairy-tale, so he was trying to clear them. There are many fairy-tale characters. For example, the wolf in the little Red Riding-hood, the tree pigs, and so on. One donkey was going to be sold. He is donkey that can speak human words. His name is also Donkey. Eddie Murphy plays a voice of Donkey.
That night, they come to Shreck’s house. As for Shrek, they are very annoying, so he go to the castle of the Lord Farguaad to ask return them. He says Shrek that he returns them to a ordinary place instead of the beautiful princess. He has to marry with a beautiful princess for the throne. He decided his wife Princess Fiona. Cameron Diaz plays her voice. She was a very beautiful princess, but she has been shut in the top of the tower. Shrek and Donkey go to the castle, fight with dragon, and at last, they help Princess Fiona!
Shrek think how beautiful she is, but she has a very serious secret. She become a green, bad-looking monster as same as Shrek after the sky get dark. Shrek and Donkey didn’t know that at first. Sherk and Princess Fiona come to love each other.
However, evening, Donkey knows her secret. She says Donkey that she is a bad, ugly monster and she is not good enough for Shrek. At that time, Shrek has gone to pick some flower for the Princess Fiona. But he hears these talks by accident. He misunderstands that she is talking about him. He through flowers and their love seemed to have greeted the end. Of course, she was talking about herself and it is Shrek’s misunderstand.
Morning came, Fiona transformed herself into a beautiful princess and she goes to the castle to marry with Lord Farguaad. However, Donkey tells Shrek that you misunderstand it. Shrek know the truth then, and he goes to the castle to bring back Fiona. He kissed Fiona, and she return to the green and ugly monster. Even if she becomes the ugly monster, she feels happy because their love accomplished. They come to live pond side house, and live happily forever.
My favorite character is Donkey. He is funny, chatty, meddlesome donkey. If there is Donkey in the real world, I want to make friends with him. I think that I can regain my spilt immediately if there is him even if I am depressed. Donkey and Dragon that donkey fought at the castle married later. I didn’t know that dragon is a lady!!
There are a lot of wonderful CG animated cartoons now, but I was surprised its skill when I watched this movie for the first time. Expressive character, a drop of water which seems real water… I amazed that!
I already watched SHREK2 and SHREK3. I like SHREK2 the best. Because my favorite character increase! He is the cat which wore boots. I love him very much!!


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movie review 5 School of Rock

I have a lot of DVD, and I have this too. I do not watch many comedies, but I like this movie very much.
Jack Black plays the leading character, Dewey. He is a Rock maniac and he pretends to be a substitute teacher and deceive students and form a band to take part in the rock music contest. It is an illogical story but it is very interesting!! Dewey continues telling students a lie to be believe he is a real teacher. Jack Black is acting very well and he pleased me very much. I think this movie to be able to roar with laughter in the whole family. There are some realistic lines, but as a story goes, I was riveted to the picture. They pleased me from beginning to the end.
The performance scene on the stage was very impressed and it was also excited. Truthfully, I came to cry a little on that scene. I laughed at ending too.
My ideal teacher is a person like him. It was so emotional that the students come to become fresh though they were not fresh in any way.
I like the principal too. I think she is pretty woman because she against the students play rock music, but she actually loves rock music! I want to the teachers like them.
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Book Review 2-12 "The Godfather"

I read the Godfather. It's about the Mafia family. I