Three Cups of Tea

  I finished  reading a book, Three Cups of  Tea. I think he is a great person at first. He found a village when he got lost. He thought that he try to make a school in the village. It is difficult to make it. He achieved it! I was so surprised. But...When I searched for him in internet, I disappointed. I could find many lies in the book. It's real that he made some schools. It's okay, but I couldn't understand why he lied. If he didn't lie anything, he would become just a nice person. Anyway, this book was interesting for me. I want to read the book in Japanese. I'll try to do it !!!

New Year in Japan

  My favorite holiday is New Year. It's a wonderful day because we can eat a lot of food in the day. Almost all Japanese family prepare tiered boxes filled with special food for the New Year. This is called "Osechi". We use special chopsticks to eat Osechi. The each food in the Osechi has a special meaning. The meaning is mainly to  wish for the health of people. In addition, people send each other New Year's cards called "nengajyo". This is usually designed with this year animal of the 12 animals in Chinese zodiac. We will send a lot of nengajyo to friends. It's better to post nengajyo by December 25th so that they can be delivered on January 1st. A lot of nengajyo make us happy.