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Kendo |
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Royal Family |
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Our Food |
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Winter Olympics |
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Our School |
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Festivals |
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 13:33:39 +0900
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your letter.
Kendo is one of the traditional sports. Fumi is a member of kendo club at school. We use a bamboo sword. We put a helmet and a protecter on us. Fumi likes kendo. We put no shoes. It is very hard to practice in the winter.
Do you practice kendo in India?
Youko and Fumi
Shinonoinishi Junior School
Nagano, Japan
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Date : Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:35:34 +0900
Hello. My name is Hiroshi Chujy(boy). I'm Japanese. I go to Shinonoinishi junior scool. I like Kendo very much. When we practise kendo, we use bamboo swords, and wear protectors on the face, the body and the wrists.
By the way what do you like. Will you be friens wish me?
Good-by
Hiroshi
Shinonoinishi Junior School
Nagano, Japan
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 13:33:39 +0900
Dear Friends,
We tell about our royal family.
The birthday of the emperor is December 23. The day is a national holiday. The emperor lives in Royal palace in central Tokyo.
When we had Olympic games in Nagano we saw him in a car! We sometimes see the royal family on TV.
Princess Masako is beautiful. She is expected to have a baby. Her sister in Law has two dauters. But people in Japan expect to see a boy baby in the royal family.
Write back to us soon,
Youko and Fumi
Shinonoinishi Junior School
Nagano, Japan
Dear Friends,
Hello. Thank you for your e-mail.
What do you eat everyday? I always eat rice. I like rice very much. Do you eat curry rice everyday? I often eat raw fish. Japanese people eat sushi. You see a piese of raw fish on rice.
Good-bye
Keiko
Shinonoinishi Junior School
Nagano, Japan
Hello to my penpals
How do you do? I am KOTARO HIGUMA.And fourteen years old. I live in Shinonoi-Nagano city.
As you know,Nagano is the host city of Nagano olympics and palalympic games.Did you watch them on TV? I was very impressed them. In olmpic games, I watched ice-hocky semifinal and BOB. To watch games is the first time in ma life. In paralmpics is closing ceremony on March 14. they gave me some great experrience. I will never forget them for good.
Your Friend
Kotaro
Shinonoinishi Junior School
Nagano, Japan
Date : Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:35:34 +0900
Dear Friends
I am a girl and 14 years old.
Next I tell you about my school. My school has about 800 sutudents and 50 teachers. My school has two gyms. My school is new and clean. My school is 8:30to4:30. School uniform is white shirt and blue skart. Do you have school rule? My school has many school rule. It is very hard.
Summer vacation is coming soon. I hope this vacation is interesting.
From MUTTSUMI
Shinonoinishi Junior School
Nagano, Japan
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:12:29 +0900
Dear Friends
I am in Grade 2 and my name is Izumi Kishita. This school is small and in the middle of the mountains. It is very cold and there is a lot of frost. There are only 15 students at this school but everyone is very cheerful and energetic. I love school.
Izumi
Kobae Primary School
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:12:29 +0900
Dear Friends
Our school, Kobae Primary School, is from Grade 1 to Grade 6. After Grade 6 you go to Junior High School. There are only 15 students so the Grade 1 and 2's study together in the same classroom as do the Grade 3 and 4's and 5 and 6's. Its a small school but everyone is very cheerful and energetic. There are 8 teachers. The students who live nearby walk to school and those who live far away catch the bus. There are also some people who walk even though they live far away.
Kensei Hirata, Nakada Daisuke, Kengo Kishita, Masayuki Oda
(boys)
Kobae Primary School
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:12:29 +0900
Konnichiwa! My name is Ayano Hirata. I'm in Grade 4. (girl)
At our school we have Japanese, arithmetic, social studies, science, music, physical education, club activities, living skills, student meeting, home economics, health, art and craft, moral education and free study time.
My favourites are club activities, music and social studies.
Ayano
Kobae Primary School
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:12:29 +0900
Dear Friends
My favourite school subjects are physical education, art and craft, Japanese, arithmetic, moral education, music, social studies, science and club activities.
Yuya Kishita, Jumpei Koda (boys)
Grade 3
Kobae Primary School
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:12:29 +0900
Dear Friends
There is no school uniform at our school. We wear name badges with our school name, name and grade written on them. We wear caps that can be turned inside out to be red or white and carry leather backpacks (boys usually have black, girls usually red or pink. The style is always the same and we have the same bag from Grade 1 to Grade 6. It is called a 'randoseru'.
Takahiro Kishita,
Grade 5
Kobae Primary School
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:12:29 +0900
Dear Friends
The rooms in our school are firstly, the science room. Then there is the Grade 1 and 2 classroom, the Grade 3 and 4 classroom, Grade 5 and 6 classroom, the home economics room, music room and the gymnasium. It is a single story building.
Yayoi Koda (girl)
Grade 1
Kobae Primary School
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:12:29 +0900
Dear Friends
In February We have a school presentation where we get up in front of everyone and sing, perform plays, and do various presentations.
In July we have the village festival called the Onda-sai. We make portable shrines and carry them through the rice paddy.
October is the Sports Day. We are divided into two teams - red and white. We run and play various team games.
In December we make cakes, think of some sort of performance and have a Christmas Presentation.
As a year long school project we have a rice paddy in which we plant rice, in June, harvest it in October and in December we make 'mochi' compounded rice cakes). We pound it with a huge wooden mallet in a wooden bowl.
We have lots of interesting events and festivals.
Sanae (girl)
Kobae Primary School
Mrs Bharti
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