<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617</id><updated>2012-02-05T18:31:41.424-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kate's Japanese Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-7310916653419549989</id><published>2008-04-30T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:20:59.285-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ざんねんですね。</title><content type='html'>みなさん、&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;日本語の勉強の一年は (almost) おわりました！さんねんですね。むずかしかったですが、楽しくて、おもしろかったです。夏の毎日、一時に、日本語のクラスをおもいだします。へへ。私のgoalです：毎晩かんじを勉強します！ああ、むずかしいですね。。。でも、これは私のよていです：毎晩かんじを勉強したり、それに、うみで、ひやけをしながら、日本語を勉強したりします。いい夏休みのよていですね！（たくさん夏のgoalsがあります。。。）でも、still 夏休みにあそびます！ハワイイへいったり、なつのschoolをしたりします。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;みなさん、夏休みに何をしますか。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;うみのしゃしんです。ふゆにラホヤでしゃしんをとりました。私です：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiYUcTlIyI/AAAAAAAAAFM/BpGpjsr8Gu4/s1600-h/me.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiYUcTlIyI/AAAAAAAAAFM/BpGpjsr8Gu4/s320/me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195069647134991138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;えと、すみません。ちょっとくらいね。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-7310916653419549989?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiYUcTlIyI/AAAAAAAAAFM/BpGpjsr8Gu4/s72-c/me.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-9076918674647923101</id><published>2008-04-28T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:20:59.866-08:00</updated><title type='text'>たいようがほしいです。</title><content type='html'>今日、雨がふりますね。たいてい雨がすきですが、今、はれたいです。さむいですから。雨がふったら、サンジエゴをおもいだします。私はサンジエゴからきました。エーミさんもサンジエゴにすんでいました。そして、私とエーミさんはきたの（Northern)カリフォニアにすんでいました。ホルーサンはみなみの(Southern) カリフォニアからきました。今、カリフォニアのてんきがほしいですよ。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;サンジエゴのてんきはいつもいつもいつもあたたかいです。そして、たいていはれです。ときどき、朝はちょっとさむくて、くもりですが、たいていいいてんきですよ。ね、エーミさん、ホルさん？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;サンジエゴのしゃしんです：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBYlhsTlIrI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Gk1GoxKy9W0/s1600-h/coast-la-jolla.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 230px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBYlhsTlIrI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Gk1GoxKy9W0/s320/coast-la-jolla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194380480977642162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(http://www.sandiegomissionbeachcondo.com/images/coast-la-jolla.jpg)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;これはラホヤ(La Jolla)です。サンジエゴのpartです。あそこ私はすんでいます。ラホヤはスペインごです。えいごで　"the jewel"です。ラホヤはサンジエゴとカリフォニアのjewelですから。へへへ。とてもきれいですね！ラホヤにうみでおよんだり、ひやけをしたり(tan)、すしとジェラト(gelato)とメキシコりょうりをたべたりしています。そしてbeachをさんぽします。ピクニコ(picnic)がだいすきです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                             ラホヤのsunsetです。（sunsetは日本語で何ですか。）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBYwAsTlIsI/AAAAAAAAAEc/r2dz3OThMn8/s1600-h/LJ-SnSt_6012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBYwAsTlIsI/AAAAAAAAAEc/r2dz3OThMn8/s320/LJ-SnSt_6012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194392008669864642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(http://www.inetours.com/San_Diego/Images/LaJolla/LJ-SnSt_6012.jpg)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きれいですよううう。。。とてもtypicalなつのsunsetです。あのbeachがだいすきです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;みなさん、カリフォニアにきてください！とてもすごくて、きれいで、いいてんきです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-9076918674647923101?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9076918674647923101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=9076918674647923101' title='246 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/9076918674647923101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/9076918674647923101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_28.html' title='たいようがほしいです。'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBYlhsTlIrI/AAAAAAAAAEU/Gk1GoxKy9W0/s72-c/coast-la-jolla.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>246</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-8100127430085356457</id><published>2008-04-21T08:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:00.660-08:00</updated><title type='text'>まつり！！</title><content type='html'>先週の金曜日にLow Plaza でColumbia Japan Societyのまつりがありました。私はCJSのboard memberですから、金曜日に午前九時から午後十時半までLow Plazaにいました。私は　setupをしたり、Sidelines booths　を supervised,　あそんだり、ぼんおどりをみっつおどったりしました。そして、Kishidanのダンスをしました。。。私はあまり上手じゃありませんでしたが、とても楽しかったです。はやくならいました。それから、after パーチーへいきました。とてもつかれました、パーチーはとても楽しいかったです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;さんげつ　CJS　はまつりのじぶんをしました。たくさんじかんかかりました。。。がんばったり、よくはたらいたり、よくつかれたりしました。どようびに、私はたくさんねました。びょうきでしたが、とてもうれしかったです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;どうもありがとうございます、ボランテアス（volunteers)!！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;しゃしんをもらったら、しゃしんをポストします。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE: 四月三十日。しゃしんがあります！：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiQU8TlIxI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Ykr-xA6xz0Q/s1600-h/%EF%BC%95.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiQU8TlIxI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Ykr-xA6xz0Q/s200/%EF%BC%95.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195060859631903506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiQHcTlIwI/AAAAAAAAAE8/i8J8JzmqVIA/s1600-h/%EF%BC%94.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiQHcTlIwI/AAAAAAAAAE8/i8J8JzmqVIA/s200/%EF%BC%94.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195060627703669506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiP_cTlIvI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dYnG1ZRm2Tc/s1600-h/%EF%BC%93.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiP_cTlIvI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dYnG1ZRm2Tc/s200/%EF%BC%93.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195060490264716018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiPxMTlIuI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qrm5bpScJmg/s1600-h/%EF%BC%92.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiPxMTlIuI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qrm5bpScJmg/s200/%EF%BC%92.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195060245451580130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiPn8TlItI/AAAAAAAAAEk/GN14E85d14M/s1600-h/%EF%BC%91.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 180px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiPn8TlItI/AAAAAAAAAEk/GN14E85d14M/s200/%EF%BC%91.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195060086537790162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-8100127430085356457?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8100127430085356457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=8100127430085356457' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/8100127430085356457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/8100127430085356457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_21.html' title='まつり！！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/SBiQU8TlIxI/AAAAAAAAAFE/Ykr-xA6xz0Q/s72-c/%EF%BC%95.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-1607541609092448788</id><published>2008-04-14T09:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T09:41:43.005-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ぼんおどり！</title><content type='html'>きのう、ぼんおどおりをふたつならいました！Columbia Japan Society のまつりでおどりにならいました。まつりはきんようびです。四がつ十八日、四じから八じまでです。Low Plaza であります。みなさん、きますか。きてください！いっしょにいきましょう！とても楽しいです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ぼんおどりはちょっとむずかしかったです。ふたつならいました、はい、でも。。。ちょっと。。。まだまだですよ。私はれんしゅうしなければなりませんよ！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;私のぼんおどりをみにきてください！（とてもはずかしいです。。。）&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-1607541609092448788?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1607541609092448788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=1607541609092448788' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1607541609092448788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1607541609092448788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_14.html' title='ぼんおどり！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-1607062868218693824</id><published>2008-04-05T11:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-05T11:44:16.862-07:00</updated><title type='text'>さくぶん　２！：私のおもいで</title><content type='html'>わかいとき、わたしのいちばんすきなものはわたしのテヂーベアでした。なまえはベビーベアでした。ベビーベアはちいさくて、しろかったです。とてもかわいいですね。じゅうさんねんまえに、ごさいとき、まいにちおとうととともだちとこうえんへいきました。わたしのこもりわあそこへよくわたしたちをつれていってくれました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;じゅうさんねんまえにのあさ、ベビーベアとこうえんへいきました。ときどき、こもりは　｢ベビーベアをもってきてはいけません｣　といいましたが、そのあさ、こもりは　もってきてもいい　といいました。それから、もってきましたから、とてもうれしかったです。ちいさいケイトはげんきに、｢いきましょう！｣　といいました。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;こうえんで、わたしとベビーベアは　つりをしたり、さんぽしたり、きをのぼったりしました。とてもたのしかったです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;さんじにこうえんをでました。　こうえんをでたとき、くもりでした。あきでしたから。うちについてから、わたしはベビーベアとねたかったです。でも。。。ベビーベアはいませんでした！いま、あめがふっていました。ベビーベアはこうえんにいました！わたしはわすれました！とてもざんねんでしたね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;こもりとこうえんへかやくいきました。こもりはベビーベアをたすけました！とてもうれしかったです。ベビーベアにキスをあげました。そして、やくそくをしました。わたしはベビーベアに、｢いつもあなたをおもいだします！｣　といいました。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-1607062868218693824?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1607062868218693824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=1607062868218693824' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1607062868218693824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1607062868218693824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post.html' title='さくぶん　２！：私のおもいで'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-7647166700031560741</id><published>2008-03-31T22:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:00.850-08:00</updated><title type='text'>新しポストです。えと。。。creative じゃありませんね。</title><content type='html'>こんばんはみんなさん、&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;たくさんSpirited Away のポストありますね。はい、私も見ました　ー　とても楽しかったですよ。私は　ごかい？ろっかい？このえいがを見ました。じゃ、よく見ました。私のすきな人　（どうぶつ）はこちらです：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R_HRGHdAHvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/VOmRBxcTe7E/s1600-h/SpiritedAway_Rat700.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R_HRGHdAHvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/VOmRBxcTe7E/s320/SpiritedAway_Rat700.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184154549090262770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                                           (I aspire to be this すごくて、かわいい　^)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(picture from &lt;a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bl2yzJwblUw/RxwHUiFfkII/AAAAAAAAAGE/y9bzxbvP2LY/s320/SpiritedAway_Rat700.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://grins-n-giggles.blogspot.com/2007/10/spirited-away.html&amp;amp;h=176&amp;amp;w=320&amp;amp;sz=13&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;start=5&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;tbnid=nlc2zH-IBVbTRM:&amp;amp;tbnh=65&amp;amp;tbnw=118&amp;amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspirited%2Baway%2Bhamster%2Bimage%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3D8zE%26sa%3DN"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;わかい時、たくさんhamstersがいました。私は好きなpetです。私もみじかいですから、hamsters と　identify ことができます。そして、おおきいcheeksがほしいです。たくさん食べ物をもつことができますから。とてもべんりですね。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-7647166700031560741?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8sEYIouqEdU&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-347753665740055166?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/347753665740055166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=347753665740055166' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/347753665740055166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/347753665740055166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/smoke-on-water-style-part-beginning.html' title='おもしろいビデオ！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-5751506335621697296</id><published>2008-03-25T09:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-25T09:44:18.573-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Patrickさんのブログです！</title><content type='html'>パツリックさんは私にたくさんじかんまえにコメントをくれました。しんせつなひとですね。今、パツリックさんのブログヘいきましょう！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patjapanese.blogspot.com/"&gt;ここです！&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;パツリックさんはバージニア大学の学生です。ブログは、にほんごのいちねんせいだといいます。パツリックさんもゆきがすきですから、もちろんすごいひとですね。パツリックさんはにほんごもだい好きです。子どもの時、パツリックさんは日本がだい好きでした。いいですね！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-5751506335621697296?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5751506335621697296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=5751506335621697296' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5751506335621697296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5751506335621697296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/patrick.html' title='Patrickさんのブログです！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-1884684597592800090</id><published>2008-03-03T12:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:01.369-08:00</updated><title type='text'>スケート</title><content type='html'>しゅみはなんですか？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;わたしのしゅみは。。。よむことやたべることやえいがをみることや。。。たくさんしゅみね！きょお, topic は　スケートをすること　です！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;じゅうさんねんまえに、スケートをはじめました。でも、はっさいからじゅういっさいまでスケートをやめました。ななねんまえにまたはじめました。（でも、さいきんやめました、じかんがありましたから。。。ざんえんでしたね。）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;スケートはとてもたのしいです！はじめて、むずかしいですが、もうやさしくなります。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でも、わたしはまだまだです! いちばんむずかしいわたしができるmove、アクセル　(axel) です。540 degrees まわさなければなりません. double jumps をすることができたいです！でも、I never got to that point, since I had to quit just as I was starting to practice them so I&lt;br /&gt;never got good at them. For those, you have to have a lot of muscle power and control, which is hard to achieve in conjunction. I always ended up hurting myself because my jumps were never very  controlled  - よくからだがいたいでひた。。。hehe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;でも、いちばんじょうずなスケートをしたひとは、among others of course, コルト　ブラヌイング　と　クリスチー　山口　(kurt browning and kristi yamaguchi). とてもじょうずですよう！！わたしは　kurt browning がいちばんすきです。とてもたのしくて、おもしろいです。his routines are also very dynamic and active, and he has a great sense of humor and comedic timing. His routines are always very interesting because of that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                                             Kristi Yamaguchi です (ふるいしゃしんです！）：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8y5kBhccMI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Ep7qub1Dh0M/s1600-h/yamaguchi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8y5kBhccMI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Ep7qub1Dh0M/s320/yamaguchi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173714100476997826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                                                 Kurt Browning です (look at his body language! すごいですね！）：&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8y5DhhccLI/AAAAAAAAAD8/vxxJtNXY-44/s1600-h/iceskatingkurt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8y5DhhccLI/AAAAAAAAAD8/vxxJtNXY-44/s320/iceskatingkurt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173713542131249330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;じゃ、また！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-1884684597592800090?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1884684597592800090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=1884684597592800090' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1884684597592800090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1884684597592800090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post.html' title='スケート'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8y5kBhccMI/AAAAAAAAAEE/Ep7qub1Dh0M/s72-c/yamaguchi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-828804518972946494</id><published>2008-02-24T21:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:02.401-08:00</updated><title type='text'>さくぶん!</title><content type='html'>たなかさん、&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;サンフランシソッコはとてもおもしろいです。カリフォーニアにありますから、サンフランシスッコのてんきはいいです。ときどきすずしくて　くもりですが、ぜんぜんとてもさむいです。そしてせんせんとてもあついです。なつはあたたかいです。いいですね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;にほんから　サンフランシスッコまで　ひこうきで　じゅうごじかんかかります。たいへんですね。。。　まちへきてから、ホテルへいってください。サンフランシズッコのホテルはたかいですが、きれいで　すてきです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8Je4hG-tuI/AAAAAAAAADc/1bf1gvzBX0I/s1600-h/chinatowngate.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8JfMxG-tvI/AAAAAAAAADk/BbczwtLGgG0/s320/russianhill.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170799995120432882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8JfYhG-twI/AAAAAAAAADs/_cjxe_l5d5U/s1600-h/fishermans-wharf-picture2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8JfYhG-twI/AAAAAAAAADs/_cjxe_l5d5U/s320/fishermans-wharf-picture2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170800196983895810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8JfvBG-txI/AAAAAAAAAD0/s5ZMEuuaZh8/s1600-h/clamchowder.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8JfvBG-txI/AAAAAAAAAD0/s5ZMEuuaZh8/s320/clamchowder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170800583530952466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;いちばんたのしいものはまちであるきます。チャイナタウンとノース•ビッチュと ラシアン•ヒルをさんぽしなければなりません。つぎに、フィシャマンス•ワーフへいってください。（ラシアン•ヒル　から　フィシャマンス•ワーフまで　あるいてもうじゅっぷんかかります。）フィシャマンス•ワーフで　クラムチャウーダをたべなければなりません。 フィシャマンス•ワーフのクラムチャウーダは　とてもゆうめいでおいしいです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8JeSBG-tsI/AAAAAAAAADM/M2kFhr40NK8/s1600-h/alcatraz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8JeSBG-tsI/AAAAAAAAADM/M2kFhr40NK8/s320/alcatraz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170798985803118274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;フィシャマンス•ワーフで　アルクラタラズ　までフェリーにのることができます。フェリーでじゅうごふんごろ　かかります。べんりですね。アルクラタラズはとてもおもしろくてすごいです。サンフランシソッコのところのなかで　アルクラタラズ　がいちんいいです。りょこう をしなければなりません！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;じゃまた、たなかさん！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;—ケイト&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;アルクラタラズ　＝　Alcatraz&lt;br /&gt;チャイナタウン　＝　Chinatown&lt;br /&gt;ノース•ビッチュ　＝　North Beach&lt;br /&gt;ラシアン•ヒル　＝　Russian Hill&lt;br /&gt;フィシャマンス•ワーフ　＝ 　Fisherman’s Wharf&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-828804518972946494?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/828804518972946494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=828804518972946494' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/828804518972946494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/828804518972946494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_24.html' title='さくぶん!'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R8Je4hG-tuI/AAAAAAAAADc/1bf1gvzBX0I/s72-c/chinatowngate.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-7315009953597000017</id><published>2008-02-12T20:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:02.564-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ゆきがふりますねえええ！！</title><content type='html'>こんにちはみなさん！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;きょう、たくさんゆきがふります！わたしわゆきがとてもすきです。カリフォーニアからきましたから。あそこにゆきがふりません。。。ざんえんですね。ゆきはとてもきれいです。でも、さむいもです。きせつのなかで、ふゆがいちばんすきです。でも、あきもとてもすきです。サンジエゴではるとなつだけです。ざんえんですから、きせつがすきです。きせつはとてもおもしろくて、きれいです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;またゆきがふりたいですよ！！　あなたはゆきがすきですか。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R7JxwhG-trI/AAAAAAAAADE/NJ1BD75sjOk/s1600-h/BridgeinSnow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R7JxwhG-trI/AAAAAAAAADE/NJ1BD75sjOk/s320/BridgeinSnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166316800882685618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;＜ーー　とてもきれいですね！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-7315009953597000017?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7315009953597000017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=7315009953597000017' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/7315009953597000017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/7315009953597000017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post.html' title='ゆきがふりますねえええ！！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R7JxwhG-trI/AAAAAAAAADE/NJ1BD75sjOk/s72-c/BridgeinSnow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-418844632822274280</id><published>2008-01-29T11:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T22:03:52.408-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ふゆやすみ！！</title><content type='html'>ふゆやすみにわたしはねて、たべて、てれびをみました。そして、ともだちのうちえごっかいいきました。サンジエゴからきましたから、メキシコりょうりをたべました。ニューヨークにおいしいメキシコりょうりありません。カーレネアサダがとてもすきですよ！そして、ともだちのははわメキシコりょうりがとてもじょうずですから、'homemade'　たばものをたべました。おいしかったですね！！そして、ふゆやすみにサンフランシスコとろさんぜるすへいきました。LACMAへいきました。ろくじにから、チケットわゼロドラーでした。やすかったですね！&lt;br /&gt;わたしのふゆやすみわとてもたのしかったです。あなたは？&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-418844632822274280?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/418844632822274280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=418844632822274280' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/418844632822274280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/418844632822274280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post.html' title='ふゆやすみ！！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-1656951252949915175</id><published>2007-12-10T05:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:03.044-08:00</updated><title type='text'>いけばな</title><content type='html'>Last post of the semester!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post I will talk about いけばな. When I was in Japan, I visited a Buddhist monastery where there were many different ikebana presentations in this one room. とてもきえりいでした！そしておもしろかったです。It's so interesting because ikebana is so different from what the West does for flower arranging. In the West, bigger and more is better a lot of the time, so the prettiest bouquets might have a million different kinds of flowers in no particular order or arrangement, just bundled together. Of course, I love love love a dozen roses just as much as the next girl (hehehe), but there's something about ikebana that is so refined. Ikebana makes you think about the presentation and all its different elements -- it's not just something pretty or cute like Western flower bouquets. Even the simplest ikebana are unique and interesting:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R11HghwJBTI/AAAAAAAAACs/D06f1IjtRS4/s1600-h/ikebana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R11HghwJBTI/AAAAAAAAACs/D06f1IjtRS4/s200/ikebana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142344973668648242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, look at the ikebana to the woman's left. Just one flower, but in its container and with it's shape and color, it becomes something that you sort of are drawn to somehow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(http://www.perth.au.emb-japan.go.jp/HIROBA/HirobaMarch/ikebana.jpg)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The containers that the ikebana are in are not just containers but are considered part of the ikebana itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R11IlxwJBUI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IjJNOzMTA5Y/s1600-h/Ikebana+02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R11IlxwJBUI/AAAAAAAAAC0/IjJNOzMTA5Y/s200/Ikebana+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142346163374589250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For example, this one! The container is round and wooden and fluid and complements the yellow flowers and greenery inside perfectly. とてもおもしろいね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(http://www.jsnw.org.uk/Gallery/Ikebana%2002.jpg)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Kado [Traditional Ikebana] is a traditional Japanese art that   has flourished since the 16th century. Its origin is said to date from the   16th century when Buddhist Priests offered up flowers before Buddha. The fundamental   concept is to express the three elements of heaven, earth, and mankind in a   balanced composition, using natural flowers. Natural beauty and one's feelings   are expressed by using scissors to adjust the length of the stems and to modify   the shape of the leaves and by using the hands to add curvature." (http://schools.4j.lane.edu/yujingakuen/pages/resources/culture.html)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ikebana I saw in Japan were extremely elaborate and impressive, more so than any of the pictures above. I couldn't really find any pictures on the internet on the same scale, but here's perhaps a small taste of what I saw:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R11KdBwJBVI/AAAAAAAAAC8/st4fLI2VXd4/s1600-h/ikebana.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R11KdBwJBVI/AAAAAAAAAC8/st4fLI2VXd4/s320/ikebana.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142348212073989458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(Except this would be bigger and even more elaborate.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;（http://schools.4j.lane.edu/yujingakuen/images-culture/ikebana.jpg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, that's it! Hope everyone has not-too-horrible Reading &amp;amp; Finals Weeks! がんばって〜！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-1656951252949915175?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1656951252949915175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=1656951252949915175' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1656951252949915175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/1656951252949915175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/blog-post.html' title='いけばな'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/R11HghwJBTI/AAAAAAAAACs/D06f1IjtRS4/s72-c/ikebana.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-5957320979913565193</id><published>2007-12-02T20:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T20:36:09.988-08:00</updated><title type='text'>としこし Noodles of the World!!</title><content type='html'>こんばんは！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;こんしゅうのきにょび、Toshikoshi (としこし）Noodles of the World Event があります！とてもたのしいです。&lt;br /&gt;(This Friday, there will be a Toshikoshi Noodles of the World Event! It will be really fun.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is organized and led by Columbia Japan Society, and many other clubs will be there serving their own regional noodle dishes! Some clubs include the Romanian Club, the Thai Club, and AAA, among others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be in the evening in the Broadway Room! Look around at the とてもすごい！！！ flyers for more details :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So come by and relax and chat with friends while enjoying lots and lots of noodles, in both soups and other dishes! Since it will probably be とてもさむい, it'll be nice to enjoy hot dishes inside right before Reading Week. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-5957320979913565193?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5957320979913565193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=5957320979913565193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5957320979913565193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5957320979913565193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/noodles-of-world.html' title='としこし Noodles of the World!!'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-6630319016786023834</id><published>2007-11-16T18:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T10:06:12.937-08:00</updated><title type='text'>てれびとうえいが！</title><content type='html'>こんにちはみなさん！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;しゅうまつはどうですか。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I will write about てれびとうえいが。なにをみますか。。。てれびはなにがすきですか。(What do you watch? What is your favorite show?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;わたあしは Law&amp;amp;Order がだいすきです！！！It is my T.V. obsession - except I like the older seasons (reruns!!!!!!!! - I own several older seasons), and I don't like the spinoffs ("Criminal Intent"? What is that supposed to mean? Psha - not for me, thanks.) そして、Daily Show とう Colbert Report　が だいすきですが、いま writers' strikes です！ざんねんですね。。。That is the only thing I regularly try to watch because I don't tend to like many T.V. shows nowadays.  Except, "The Simpsons" がすきですよ！でも。。。ときどきsome seasons あまりよくないです。But most seasons I do like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have never really been much of a T.V. watcher - I only watch very specific shows and those four are the only ones I have ever watched regularly or semi-regularly for any extended period of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for movies, I have too many favorite movies to list them all.  However, some are "Sean of the Dead" とう "Pulp Fiction" とう "Fight Club"  とう"Office Space"  よう"When Harry Met Sally".... ああ、たくさんがすきですね！ I can't even remember what all of my favorite/most-watched movies are :) I do love Hayao Miyazaki of course!!  みやざきのえいがはとてもかわいいですね。。。！！Also, わたしはDisney がだいすきです。It is such a little-kid thing, but they are my comfort movies - they remind me of when I was little and watched "The Lion King" and "Beauty and Beast" all the time!! Classic Disney stuff is the best :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;えいがは、なにがすきですか。Recently なにをみましたか。(What are your favorite movies? What have you seen/watched lately?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;じゃ、また！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-6630319016786023834?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6630319016786023834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=6630319016786023834' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/6630319016786023834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/6630319016786023834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post_16.html' title='てれびとうえいが！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-3526119690271303937</id><published>2007-11-12T22:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:03.672-08:00</updated><title type='text'>にほんりょうり！</title><content type='html'>Food!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~ にほんりょうり！〜〜〜&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In class today we talked about food for a bit... It made me so hungry!! I have eaten all the kinds of sushi we talked about except for the rectangular-shaped pieces... おもしろいです。。。they looked interesting!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Food is one of my favorite things - and Japanese food is one of my favorite types!!! Although I pretty much will eat anything :) I like to try as many things as I can... In this blog I'll talk about  some of the things I got the chance to eat in Japan, or at Japanese restaurants in New York or California, where I'm from. Californians LOVE Japanese food, especially sushi :) It's everywhere (in city areas), and you can get really good sushi for pretty low prices, especially in coastal areas like San Diego (where I've lived for the past 7 years or so) because there's lots of fresh fish. Although, in California, you do find lots of "non-Japanese" sushi - obviously, California rolls, but also lots of other inventive things. Brazilian sushi is also おいしい！ Actually, back at home, I would go to lunch as often as I could to a Hawaiian-themed/-influenced sushi place called Aloha Sushi (かわいいね！）. It was very very good, especially for its prices, although it was not authentic or traditional sushi. One of my favorite things (which I miss dearly) was a roll that had うなぎ (eel) and tempura-ed banana, with some avocado, crab, and eel sauce. It may not sound very appealing but the eel and banana taste delicious together! ^_^ I haven't found that in many places...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;さとうせんせいの blog talks for a bit about okonomiyaki. おこのみやきとてもすきです！！In Japan, you can go into a small restaurant and they grill the okonomiyaki on grill-like-strips built into the bar or table... すごいね。 It's unbelievably おいしい!! Everyone MUST try it sometime - it's one of the things I missed most when I came back to the U.S. because it's hard to find it here (although I have found it in NYC! Yay!). ニューヨークはすきですから、とてもおもしろいです。。。そしてとてもおおきいです。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also in Japan I went to a restaurant in Kyoto that served すきやき (sukiyaki)! It is similar to しゃぶはぶ (shabu shabu), although&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RzlItVFUp7I/AAAAAAAAACc/rOM-ioYHB4w/s1600-h/sukiyaki.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RzlItVFUp7I/AAAAAAAAACc/rOM-ioYHB4w/s320/sukiyaki.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132213193956173746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I think I personally like すきやき better. Not only is すきやき delicious, but it is also a lot of fun! (as is shabu shabu!) It makes for a great group outing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;-- Sukiyaki      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another thing I had a lot of in Japan was green tea ice cream. I went in the summer, and it got really hot sometimes, so I have l&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RzlJUVFUp8I/AAAAAAAAACk/n0d-mFoeiwI/s1600-h/greentea_icecream1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RzlJUVFUp8I/AAAAAAAAACk/n0d-mFoeiwI/s320/greentea_icecream1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132213863971071938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ots of fond memories about green tea ice cream and iced green tea from vending machines. :) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;-- I think it looks cute...ね？&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One thing that is also particularly interesting about Japan and eating in Japan is that most restaurants have dispays outside of plastic models of their dishes. It makes you hungry! And is also very useful if you speak and read NO Japanese at all - as I did when I went! I, with my schoolmates on the trip, would memorize some of the characters that were underneath the displays outside and point to them on the menu. That resulted in a very interesting eating experience, since lots of times we would mix up characters and get something totally different! But I remember everything being delicious!! (Of course, I will literally eat anything..)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing I ate most often was probably noodles/soup, like udon, even though it was often very &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RzlIT1FUp6I/AAAAAAAAACU/TD_Y_nhBpkM/s1600-h/Udon-M1336.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RzlIT1FUp6I/AAAAAAAAACU/TD_Y_nhBpkM/s320/Udon-M1336.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132212755869509538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;hot outside, because udon was often relatively cheap and Japan in general is very expensive. My favorite udon was tempura shrimp udon - they give you tempura shrimp in the udon. Yum ^_^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;-- Tempura shrimp udon! Yay for comfort food. (at least it is for me!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, the most interesting eating experience... This was probably when I stayed overnight in a Buddhist monastery (とてもすごい！！). Obviously, the monks were all vegetarians (vegan actually), so I had two days of completely vegan food... I actually really enjoyed it, although I was I think the only one on the trip who did. They can do the most interesting things out of  seeds and various roots and vegetables and whatnot. I ate lots and lots of tofu, of course! And other gelatinous, unidentifiable things... Actually, most of the time I had no idea what I was eating. Also, lots of rice - once we finished the rice, we would mix it into the green tea and drink the rest, so no rice is wasted. I think it also was for good luck or something - I don't remember exactly...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's all for now! Sorry for the long post - I have lots to say about たべもの。&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you guys like to eat??&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-3526119690271303937?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3526119690271303937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=3526119690271303937' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/3526119690271303937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/3526119690271303937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post.html' title='にほんりょうり！'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RzlItVFUp7I/AAAAAAAAACc/rOM-ioYHB4w/s72-c/sukiyaki.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-5721482160438007663</id><published>2007-11-05T14:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-06T23:26:49.475-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Composition #2 Letter</title><content type='html'>やまださんへ、&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;はじめまして。わたしのなまえはケイトシュルツです。わたしはアメリカじんです。じゅうはっさいです。コロンビアだいがくのいちねんせいです。コロンビアだいがくはニューヨークです。ニューヨークがとてもすきですから、とてもおもしろいまちです。まいじゅう、あたらしいところへいきます！しゅうまつちかてつできのくにやへいきました。きのくにやはにほんごのほんやです。しゅうまつにほんごのレストランへもいきました。わたしはにほんりょうりがすきです！すしとうどんとおこのみやきがとてもすきです。そして、もちとおちゃがとてもすきです！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;コロンビアだいがくは、むずかしいですが、たのしいです。コロンビアだいがくはふるいもですが、とてもきれいなだいがくです。わたしのがくせいのせいかつはとてもいそがしいです。あまりひまじゃありません。ときどきにぎやかですが、ときどきしずかです。わたしのりょうのへやはちいさいですが、すてきです。わたしはじゅうごかいです。とてもたかいですね！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;わたしはしちがつついたちににほんへきます。それからおせわになります。はちがつむいかにアメリカへかえります。どうもありがとうございます！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;よろしくおねがいします！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ケイト　シュルツ&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-5721482160438007663?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5721482160438007663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=5721482160438007663' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5721482160438007663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5721482160438007663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/composition-2-letter.html' title='Composition #2 Letter'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-2562494152943376608</id><published>2007-10-28T20:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T20:16:13.421-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This is my Sunday night procrastination</title><content type='html'>こんばんわ！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lately I have been starting to think in Japanese sometimes. Just with certain phrases, like たいへんですね、そうですか、そうですね、はい、いいえ、ざんねんですね、ちょっと。。。and maybe a few more. Sometimes I blurt them out in conversation accidentally because they've been so imprinted in my brain! I think it's starting to weird out some of my friends....hehehe...oops! Anyone else similarly brainwashed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh and I hope everyone who went to Tsukimi Sushi Night had a blast! Way more people showed up than we expected so unfortunately after the first hour we started to run out of things and we started having to turn people away... すみません if you came after that and were turned away. So sorry!!! But for those who did come in time, I hope you had a great time :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-2562494152943376608?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2562494152943376608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=2562494152943376608' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/2562494152943376608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/2562494152943376608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/this-is-my-sunday-night-procrastination.html' title='This is my Sunday night procrastination'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-5202165220306850102</id><published>2007-10-21T09:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T09:48:29.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SUSHI NIGHT!!</title><content type='html'>Hey guys!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Friday Columbia Japan Society is putting on &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Tsukimi Sushi Night&lt;/span&gt;!! (Tsukimi is referring to the moon-viewing festival in Japan.) It is &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;$5, all-you-can-eat sushi&lt;/span&gt;!! In addition, there will be a live, short performance of &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;shamisen&lt;/span&gt; at some point during the night - すごいね！！！ I encourage everyone to come, especially since this year we're busting it out and making it bigger and better than ever with &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;even more food &lt;/span&gt;that previous years! So come help eat it! =D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Tsukimi Sushi Night&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Friday, October 26th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;6:30-8:30 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Lerner Party Space&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-5202165220306850102?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5202165220306850102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=5202165220306850102' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5202165220306850102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5202165220306850102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/sushi-night.html' title='SUSHI NIGHT!!'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-5710418057053680870</id><published>2007-10-13T17:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:04.570-08:00</updated><title type='text'>favorite sites in Japan?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;こんばんはみなさん！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am wondering how many of you have been to Japan before? I went three years ago during a summer and LOVED it! One of my favorite things (if not my favorite thing) was visiting shrines and temples. So きれいな！Here are some pictures of some of my very very favorite shrines and temples. Visiting these was so amazing, and still looking at pictures makes my heart skip!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is, I think, my very favorite. It is Itsukushima Shrine, in the Hiroshima Prefecture. You go to it by ferry and see the torii gate in the water! Look at the bright red!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFufkQEkLI/AAAAAAAAACE/5JYyqzSE2Yk/s1600-h/Itsukushima_torii_angle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFufkQEkLI/AAAAAAAAACE/5JYyqzSE2Yk/s320/Itsukushima_torii_angle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120995739883049138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at the bright red buildings!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFuX0QEkKI/AAAAAAAAAB8/8E9KlZ99aB8/s1600-h/Itsukushima_floating_shrine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFuX0QEkKI/AAAAAAAAAB8/8E9KlZ99aB8/s320/Itsukushima_floating_shrine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120995606739062946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is at low tide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFuFkQEkJI/AAAAAAAAAB0/AC-USr3c6K8/s1600-h/Torii_low_tide.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFuFkQEkJI/AAAAAAAAAB0/AC-USr3c6K8/s320/Torii_low_tide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120995293206450322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Another of my favorites is Meigetsu-in! It is known for its あじさい、or hydrangeas. It's so beautiful and calm! It is in the Kamakura Prefecture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFtpEQEkII/AAAAAAAAABs/LxCM_8J8oAw/s1600-h/kamakura_15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFtpEQEkII/AAAAAAAAABs/LxCM_8J8oAw/s320/kamakura_15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120994803580178562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This is Kiyomizudera in Kyoto. It means "pure water temple" (it is a Buddhist temple). People can go here and collect the water, which is said to convey health, long life, and success. (I'd go for that!) You can see an amazing view of Kyoto from here!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFtCkQEkFI/AAAAAAAAABU/IBe2ACwO75Q/s1600-h/ma061100251.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFtCkQEkFI/AAAAAAAAABU/IBe2ACwO75Q/s320/ma061100251.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120994142155214930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, and I am curious - for those who have been to Japan, what is your favorite city? Mine is definitely Kyoto. (I am a culture/history junkie!) I actually can't really stand being in Tokyo for more than several days - it's so crowded and insane. Nara and Mt. Fuji are also beautiful :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-5710418057053680870?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5710418057053680870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=5710418057053680870' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5710418057053680870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5710418057053680870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/favorite-sites-in-japan.html' title='favorite sites in Japan?'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RxFufkQEkLI/AAAAAAAAACE/5JYyqzSE2Yk/s72-c/Itsukushima_torii_angle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-7985764070154533225</id><published>2007-10-09T10:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-09T11:00:40.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>what I did last weekend (I am a boring person)</title><content type='html'>せんしゅうのきんようびは　わたしのおとうさんコロンビアのだいがくえきました。いっしょにトルコのレストランえ　いきました。わたしは　どようびにべんきょうしました。にちようびも　べんきょうしました。たいへんです！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-7985764070154533225?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7985764070154533225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=7985764070154533225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/7985764070154533225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/7985764070154533225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-i-did-last-weekend-i-am-boring.html' title='what I did last weekend (I am a boring person)'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-4472806413225758516</id><published>2007-10-08T16:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:04.901-08:00</updated><title type='text'>obsession...</title><content type='html'>こんばんわ！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I'm assuming most, if not all, of you guys have checked out m2m at least once... if not, do! I can't stop myself from going in there at least every other night. I have an addiction. Especially to the 2 liter bottles of Itoen green tea!!! おいしいですよ！！ I can drink an entire bottle in a night. Not very good, ne?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RwrHNBbrKmI/AAAAAAAAAA8/52xfyd51ULU/s1600-h/edc308eb.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RwrHNBbrKmI/AAAAAAAAAA8/52xfyd51ULU/s320/edc308eb.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119122952996727394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;my love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And of course, their little jello packets and mochi ice creams are perfect for those late nights studying katakana... yum. not to mention roasted wasabi covered peas. Am I the only one who loves those? They probably give you cancer or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RwrGqhbrKlI/AAAAAAAAAA0/liwhTWTEvXA/s1600-h/514mxl1ahKL._AA280_PIbundle-6,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RwrGqhbrKlI/AAAAAAAAAA0/liwhTWTEvXA/s320/514mxl1ahKL._AA280_PIbundle-6,TopRight,0,0_AA280_SH20_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119122360291240530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;death at 35&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone else have nightly Japanese junk food eating habits? If so, what do you eat / recommend? I'm always looking for new paths to obesity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-4472806413225758516?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4472806413225758516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=4472806413225758516' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/4472806413225758516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/4472806413225758516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/obsession.html' title='obsession...'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RwrHNBbrKmI/AAAAAAAAAA8/52xfyd51ULU/s72-c/edc308eb.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-6159832618701323285</id><published>2007-10-02T18:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T18:27:15.211-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Procrastination anyone?</title><content type='html'>こんにちわみなさん、&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdP1jBfxzo"&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; is pretty amusing. To me, at least (I'm entertained very very easily!) Anyway, this is a robot that Japanese researchers have been developing, apparently. It's yellow and squishy-looking and it "dances"! And responds to you if you look at it, or something like that. I'm not sure if it does much else... but what more could you want?? :) But I think it's pretty すごい！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-6159832618701323285?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6159832618701323285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=6159832618701323285' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/6159832618701323285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/6159832618701323285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/procrastination-anyone.html' title='Procrastination anyone?'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-6467764837551783156</id><published>2007-09-26T10:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T10:30:18.578-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Composition　＃１</title><content type='html'>はじめまして！わたしは ケイト です。アメリカじんです。サンディエゴからきました。コロンビア だいがくのいちねんせいです。わたしのせんこは EALAC/MEALAC です。どうぞよろしく！&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-6467764837551783156?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6467764837551783156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=6467764837551783156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/6467764837551783156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/6467764837551783156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/composition.html' title='Composition　＃１'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-5691715269705626035</id><published>2007-09-23T00:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T10:21:05.513-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Japanese vending machines!</title><content type='html'>こにちわ！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I couldn't think of anything interesting to write about, but then I remembered this paper that I wrote in high school about, of all things, ...Japanese vending machines!! (Yes, I was an Asian studies geek even in 10th grade.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, these things sell EVERYTHING, from pets to hot noodle soup to toilet paper to alcohol to flowers (and even more things which I won't mention). When I visited Japan, I saw these everywhere - even in small towns in the mountains! They're just randomly plopped down on a sidewalk, every few blocks or so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know...?&lt;br /&gt;-There is one vending machine (or &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;jidoo-hanbaiki&lt;/span&gt;) per every &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;23&lt;/span&gt; people in Japan! (This is according to the Japan Vending Machine Manufacturer's Association.)&lt;br /&gt;--&gt; That means that there are around &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;5.5 million&lt;/span&gt; vending machines in Japan! (There are about a million more vending machines in the United States, but think about how large the U.S. is compared to Japan!)&lt;br /&gt;-In fact... There are about &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;37&lt;/span&gt; vending machines per square mile in Japan, or about &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;15&lt;/span&gt; per every square kilometer!&lt;br /&gt;-The first vending machine was made in &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;1904&lt;/span&gt; of wood! (go &lt;a href="http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/japan/2minute/vendingmachines.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to see a picture of it near the bottom of the page.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures of jidoo-hanbaiki...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RvbIwN5hbPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/UlTq1q5Y9Xw/s1600-h/dscn1942x.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RvbIwN5hbPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/UlTq1q5Y9Xw/s320/dscn1942x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113495157615979762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are typical drink and cigarette vending machines. These are the most common.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RvbH_t5hbMI/AAAAAAAAAAM/1b0fLM8FEUs/s1600-h/rhinox.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RvbH_t5hbMI/AAAAAAAAAAM/1b0fLM8FEUs/s320/rhinox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113494324392324290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is one that sells pet beetles! So convenient!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RvbIb95hbOI/AAAAAAAAAAc/u09-f_p_NNc/s1600-h/dscn2047x.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RvbIb95hbOI/AAAAAAAAAAc/u09-f_p_NNc/s320/dscn2047x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113494809723628770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one sells toilet paper!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;That's it for now! If you guys want to know more (or look at more fun pictures) here are a few links:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.gol.com/users/kilburn/vending.htm"&gt;"If it sells, Vend it!" (This is a good article.)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/09/vending-machines-craze-in-japan.html"&gt;And... Pictures!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;じゃまたあした！&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.S.&lt;br /&gt;To respond to some comments...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The only other language I have learned before is Spanish. I started out in kindergarten, though (being from California), so I am very used to European languages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-I'm not sure why I find Japan more interesting than China! I think it's partly because I have never been to China - although I have taken both Japanese studies and Chinese studies classes. I think that Japanese history, especially, interests me more in general - I find that Chinese history, until the 1800's, can be very repetitive with all the dynasties. (Although I find Chinese history from about 1900 onwards extremely fascinating - even more so than modern Japanese history!!) Also, in terms of modern culture, Japan's is definitely one of the more unusual or interesting of the world, what with all the mixing of old and new. I love that in Kyoto I can find the Japanese equivalent of a 7/11 across from an ancient wooden Shinto shrine. Omoshiroi ne?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-5691715269705626035?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5691715269705626035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=5691715269705626035' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5691715269705626035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/5691715269705626035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/japanese-vending-machines.html' title='Japanese vending machines!'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2IcdFYRwlfU/RvbIwN5hbPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/UlTq1q5Y9Xw/s72-c/dscn1942x.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580984300157622617.post-3241946666290209465</id><published>2007-09-10T10:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T10:50:29.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Post</title><content type='html'>This is class is very fun so far (way more fun than high school language classes!). I am taking it because I am interested in an East Asian Languages and Cultures major, even though I am only a freshman right now, and in general I find Japan more interesting than China. East Asia has always fascinated me all my life (I'm not sure why). I might also get a Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures concentration, to learn more about the rest of the non-Western or Asian/Eurasian world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have fun learning!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6580984300157622617-3241946666290209465?l=katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3241946666290209465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6580984300157622617&amp;postID=3241946666290209465' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/3241946666290209465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6580984300157622617/posts/default/3241946666290209465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://katesjapaneseblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/first-post.html' title='First Post'/><author><name>Kate S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16225969921301351991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry></feed>
