English language school in the heart of the Japanese Alps, and English language learners sharing their experiences online. Teachers post regular items about teaching, learning tools, events in the school, their day to day experiences living & working in a foreign country. Students post on whatever takes their fancy - book reports, festivals in home towns, postcards from business trips etc. A little Brit of England in the guts of Japan!
He competed in the Sochi Winter Olympics when he was only fifteen and won a silver medal. He became one of the youngest medallists in Olympic snowboarding history. In 2018, he competed again at the Preong Chang Olympics and won another silver medal.
Besides the Olympics, he has won many medals at the X Games, which is a famous competition for extreme sports. He is know for performing very difficult tricks including the "triple cork" that only a few people can do.
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| Visitors can rent Yukata |
Shopping is good in Nakamachi Street. You'll enjoy eating food & buying Japanese handicrafts. you can eat lots of desserts and foods, for example deicious crepes, pancakes, and traditional Matsumoto food, caramelised crickets & bee larvae. You can drink from a fresh-water spring.
If you're a first-time visitor to Matsumoto, don't miss out on eating soba. It is a dish of traditional Japanese noodles maade from buck wheat. You can learn how to make it too, in a class. It can be eaten hot or cold. Cold, with leeks, soy sauce & wasabi. Eat it hot with wild mountain vegetables or tempura, shiitake or matsutake mushrooms.
For those who only have a short time in Matsumoto, why not go to Nakamachi Street? There is a statue of big frogs at the entrance to the street. They are named Metoba, Gonta. When you visit there, you should take a photo with them. You can drink coffee while seeing beautiful nature. There is a shrine. You will want to wish for good luck.
Now you will want to visit Matsumoto. Enjoy your trip to Matsumoto.
Posted for Hikari
My best friend and I are both twenty four years old. We met last year of high school in Matsumoto when we were eighteen years old. We studied in the same class.She is smart and kind. When I did not undestand something, she always helped me.
After we graduated from high school. She moved to Tokyo.We could not meet face to face because of COVID 19, but we sometimes play video games on the internet.
Now she works Tatsuno city in Nagano prefecture. We often go traveling or have lunch. A few weeks ago, we went to Lake Suwa together☻
*This is a photo taken at that time. I'm on the right, and my friend is on the left. 📷️
I love her and I am very happy that she is my friend !!
I met her at high school. We were in the same class and chose art class.
We went to the art class room together every class. She was really good at painting. I like her art.
We discovered we were same author fans, Osamu Dazai. We went too a cinema to watch his movies.
After graduating, we spent a lot of time
together. She had many ideas and ways of thinking that I didn’t.
She especially loves cooking. I went to her home to eat her dishes. She also was good at making sweets. At Valentine's day, I asked her to help me bake chocolate cookies. Finally, I could make lovely cookies.
We don't meet often after we were married, but we text or call, and talk a lot such as family, job and children.
Talking with her makes me feel calm, and
I always enjoy it.
Mariko and I were neighbours. We met when we were four years old. In the first grade of elementary school, we went roller skating together and had fun times.
After her mother died of an illness when she was nine years old, her fathr did his best to raise his children and his business. However, I think she had times to feel sad.
When she was thirty years old, she met a man who we could trust and respect. I was very glad that she got married to him.
We meet once or twice a month to talk each other while playing with her son.
