Tendon and ginger-fried pork (November 17th)

     One of my friends and I went to Hamanoi, which is my favorite food restaurant in Odori, November 12th. I was told this good restaurant by my senior and I sometimes go there by myself during lunch time. On this date, since I met my friend by chance, we decided to go to Hamanoi. This was my first time to eat Tendon (a bowl of rice topped with pieces of tempura dipped in a soy sauce broth.) Although this is Japanes traditional food, I am not so fond of it because most of tempura is so greasy. However, this restaurant catered so dilicious food. I should have eaten Tendon much more earlier, I thought. Furthermore, my senior told me to take me to Hamanoi together in near the future, we will be able to enjoy ourselves wiht good food and tasty alcohol. I am really looking forward to going there again wiht my senior.

     Next, I will talk about another food I ate on November 13th. I had my hair cut in this day and the hairdresser told me a good restaurant in Odori. The name of this restaurant is Takuma, and I did not know the name until I had heard by the hairdresser. This pictuer is pork fried with ginger and soy sauce, which is my favorite food. In addition to ginger-fried pork, I ordered a deep-fried pork cutlet. I ate a large amount of food, so I had really eaten enough.
     I hope to find another good restaurant in Odori.

made a presentation in SICE class (November 10th)

     On November 10th, Yoshie and I made a presentation in SICE class. Since we did not get accustomed to leading the class, we were really embarrassed at first. However, thanks to the help of other students, we managed to lead the class successfully, I think.
     Yoshie and I had decided to make a discuss about nuclear power plant existed in Japan in the SICE class, so we collected information through the books and the Internet. Although we knew a little about the nuclear power plants, we did not have enough knowledge to discuss the matter. Therefore, this was such a good opportunity to obtain some knowledge by searching a lot of sources. We Japanese depend about 30 percents of energy on nuclear power plants, but after the devastated earthquake and tsunami, we need to think about the alternative sources of energy, such as water power. fire power, solar power and so on. Another example is the geothermal power plant. In fact, Shizukuishi, where I live now, has this kind of power plants. In addition, you know since Japan has a large number of volcanoes, it is not so difficult to find geothermal power. However, there are also a lot of people who make living by the blessing of volcanoes. They rely their lives on hot spring. If the government decided to use the geothermal power in Japan, those who live in the hot spring regions would suffer from living. This is serious problem.
     What we have to do now is to think about the alternative energy. Moreover, I think we can depend our energy sources on the nuclear power plants.In that case, it is also necessary for the government to consider the safety of the neighborhood of such plants areas.

Fukudapan

     Fukudapan is the most famous bread sold only in Iwate Prefecture, and this bread was broadcasted in TV program a few days ago. This diary tells you what is Fukudapan.
     Have you heard of Fukudapan? This is a sweet bun sold only in Iwate Prefecture, and Fukudapan has a lot of taste, such as yogurt, chocolate, cream and so on. In addition, we can buy a deep-fried pork cutlet between slices of bread. I often bought Fukudapan when I was a high school student because we can buy one slice of bread within 150 yen or so. This is so reasonable for students, isn't it? For me, one of the best taste is "sweet bean paste and butter." I have eaten this taste since I was a elementary school student. Once you take a mouthful and you will find it very scrumptious. In this TV program, a man seems to hold the taste of "sweet bean paste and butter," but he says "a doughnut with a bean jam filling." I am glad that this man also likes  the taste of "sweet bean paste and butter." If you have a opportunity to eat Fukudapan, I strongly recommend that you sould eat this taste. Or, you will be able to find your favorite taste because Fukudapan gives you quite a few flavor.
     Between Iwate University and Morioka Station, there is the company of Fukudapan. You can buy bread whenever you want it.

Auschwitz Camping

     I went to Poland this summer, so I would like to state what came to mind when I visited Auschwitz camping.
     During the WWⅡ, most of the Jewish, homosexuality, and political prisoners were caught into this camping. One of the document says that more than four million people were killed in this camping. Some of them were killed by the gas, others were because of human experimentation, and the others were just shooting. It seems that there were other ways of killing ways. For me, what was the most shocking exhibition was the hair which were ripped off by Germany. The amount of the hair was around two tons altogether. Such hair was very precious those days. After seeing this fact, I could say nothing and I got a case of the goose bumps even though the middle of the summer vacation. In addition, I noticed that some girls were crying behind the building of the camping. A thrill of horror really shook my whole frame.
     According to the workers in this camping, the number of Japanese who visit is about 7000 people every year, which is not so large amount of number when it is compared with that of other countries. I would never forget this experience in the future. You may already know, but the alphabet of "B" is upside down. According to the workers, it is the resistance by the prisoner.

     Today, I would like to talk about my trip in Europe this summer and something about Greece. I took this picture this August and I also saw this place on TV yesterday. As most of us have know, Greece has a financial problem related to the government. In August, I had never thought that I would see this place in Japan. I saw yesterday on TV that quite a lot of people complained about the national financial problem. In addition, according to the TV program, more than 20% live in Greece are official workers, which is higher than the percentage of Japanese (Japanese official workers are only 5% of all Japanese or so.) Therefore, that is, once most of such official workers have complaint against the government, it can cause the disturbance including all over Greece. Although other countries mention that they will aid the Greece financial problem, it might be hard to settle down it quickly. Of course, we also face difficulties because of the high yen rate against dollar even in Japan, especially those who work for the company related to export industry. We need to pay attention to the new Prime Minister, Noda Yoshihiko.

Volunteer in Serbia

     I have taken participated in International Volunteer Activity in Serbia from August 7th to 17th, and after this activity, I traveled six countries in Europe. I would like to talk about volunteer activity in Serbia today.
     I was a member of this volunteer and I was an only person from Asia. I had a lot of difficulties the very first day of this volunteer because they speak only English, not Japanese. Therefore, I thought that I was afraid of communicating with other members in English; however, whenever I speak to them in English, they always carefully listened to me, which enabled us to communicate in English. I was really relieved and felt happy because of their kindness. Without their help, I would not have made myself understood in English. According to volunteer, we made a slope for those who need special need in the camping area. This picture is the scene when we did volunteer. Although a work made us a little bit tired every day, we really enjoyed ourselves every day. I will never forget this precious experience, and hope to connect with each members. If I have another opportunity to do such activity, I definitely take part in.

lunch with Mathieu

     On the day of 3rd in October. I went to go to lunch with Mathieu, who is a studying abroad student from the U.S. He has come to Japan on 28th in September and since I became a tutor of him, I have taught a lot in Morioka, such as stores, general shops, and some eating places. This time, I told him the way to one of the special lunch restaurant. I had never visited this restaurant before, however, as this restaurant was reported in a magazine, we went to this restaurant for the first time. He ordered deep-fried chicken with rice and salad, and I ordered a large bowl of rice topped with fresh seafood. It was so scrumptious that we ate lunch within ten minutes or so. In addition, the price of  both menu was only 500 yen. It was so good price, isn't it? I will go to this restaurant again near the future. According to Mathieu, he also enjoyed lunch with such a low price, and hoped to go there again. Because he likes Chinese noodles in soup, I have to tell him different restaurant which offers us good food with low price. Moreover, I must appreciate him because of souvenir he has brought from his country. It was, of course, scrumptious.