My prefecture　　


　　　　　　

            I’m going to introduce my prefecture to you. I’m from Utsunomiya city, Tochigi prefecture. I’d　like you to know about it and want you to come to it so I’m going to tell you about it. It is abundantly blessed with nature and the air is cleaner and it is a livable place. Nikko, Nasu, Kinugawa are popular tourist attractions.Strawberry and Gyoza, Kanpyo are specialties of Tochigi. Tochigi Prefecture residents often eat them, so I think we like them. I want to introduce these places and specialties of Tochigi in detail.

１.Nikko
           Nikko is a town at the entrance to Nikko National Park, most famous for Toshogu, Japan's most lavishly decorated shrine and the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Nikko and the Okunikko area around Lake Chuzenji, in particular, are well known for their beautiful autumn colors. In the average year the colors start descending from the higher elevations of Yumoto Onsen in early October, are best around Lake Chuzenji and the Irohazaka road in mid to late October and reach the town of Nikko in the first half of November.

2. Nasu
            There is some leisure facilities in Nasu. For example, Nasu Highland Park, Nasu Animal　Kingdom, Nasu Garden Outlet and so on. Nasu Highland Park is an amusement park and there are many attractions. It enjoys widespread popularity among young people. Nasu Animal　Kingdom is a zoo and there is a hot spring in the zoo. Its main show is Bird Performance Show. It’s very powerful.I think you will enjoy these places.

3.Gyoza
           The people in the prefecture like Gyoza and they often eat it. I’ll introduce my favorite Gyoza Shops ranking to you.




1. Kouraku
This shop's Gyoza is large in quantity so we can get full.　
I think it is the　most delicious one of all.　

(http://www.kouraku.net/)

2. Masasi　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
This shop's Gyoza come with plenty of vegetables.
It is very healthy and you'll want it before you've done.

(http://www.ucatv.ne.jp/ishop/masashi/)

3.　Minmin
This shop's Gyoza is juicy and delicious and it have wide appeal.

(http://www.minmin.co.jp/)

           I like my prefecture and I'd like you to know there. It pales in comparison to others but it is a fascinating prefecture. Utsunomiya is called Jazz town. How about going to Utsunomiya if you are tired ? Then you will be healed.You are very welcome always to visit my prefecture !

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Sanrio shop

I’m going to introduce Sanrio shop to everyone.I have a few reasons I decide to this topic are that I like Sanrio because it’s very cute and makes me happy. When I’m sad, I sometimes  go to Sanrio shop and I buy goods or do window-shopping.Then I begin to get over my pain.

I think Sanrio has the ability to heal psychological wounds so I’d like to tell you about Sanrio.
Especially,  women will probably be obsessed with Sanrio.

It is a world -famous company. It has many kinds of characters for example, Hello Kitty, My Melody, Little Twin Stars, Kero Kero Keroppi and so on…Its　concept is “Everyday we seek to be happy... Having someone to share your heart with, this is the happiness we hope to foster in as many people as possible. With this as our dream, we pursue our  goal, striving to create a business that brings people’s hearts together. ”

There is my favorite shop in Kawagoe.Go straight ahead down Creamall and you can see Maruhiro department store.There is the shop on the sixth floor of Maruhiro.I asked three questions to the shop staff. First, what is most popular character in this shop? Second, how generations do come to this shop? Third, what do you pay attention of something?

　　　　　Q.What is most popular character in this shop?
Of course,it is Hello Kitty! Probably, most  fans of Sanrio  like Hello Kitty. But My Melody is  popular among young people so it’s going to become popular.

Q.How generations do come to this shop?　

This shop is immensely popular among young people and women. Its staffs want to achieve wide-spread popular. They think men dislike Sanrio because it’s cute,so they said we should think how to rise to popularity among men.

Q.What do you pay attention of something?
Its staffs are careful in our choice of words and salute customers with a smile.They said we must not make customers dissatisfied so they provide entertainment for them.

There are　many cute goods in Sanrio shop and they makes me happy. I want to know about Sanrio besides I want you to know about it. I think if you take aninterest in Sanrio, you will be obsessed with Sanriio. I recommend you to go to Sanrio shop.

Teachers

There are many teachers in my University, for example American, Chinese, British…They are always kind and friendly. We can talk with them in my university. If I want to speak English to increase my language skills, I may go to teacher who can speak English and talk with them.In addition to that we are able to ask their culture.We have seminar from a freshman to senior.My teacher of a seminar, Mrs.Sakao responds to my request for advice. I’ll tell about my teachers to you. In this article, I will research about why did you decide to be a teacher? When you teach to us, what do you aim to do? And when you feel difficulty in education?

【I interviewed Mrs.Sakao】

Why did you decide to be a teacher?Formerly, I was secretary and I taught a secretarial science at a vocational school. One day, my husband was transferred to another office so I decided to resign my post as secretary and I became a housewife.  However I was asked me to be a professor by my acquaintance. This is a reason to be a teacher.

When you teach to us, what do you aim to do? Even if I  feel sad or hard,I keep a smile on my face in front of students.

In class, I always dress in smart clothes so I’m never dressed untidily.
In addition to that I aim to listen to them  sympathetically.

When do you feel difficulty in education? It is difficult for students to teach expert knowledge because they don’t know a secretary well. I teach them earnestly, but they don’t have a passion so I grope for this solution.

There are many kinds of teachers in my University. They always teach to us with warm enthusiasm so we should devote ourselves to our studies more.In addition to that I should talk with them because they have much knowledge.I think we are lucky to meet great professors. I try to take this opportunity to talk with them more.I'd like to know about them and I'm going to ask foreign professors about their cultures next time.