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What is the highest mountain in Japan?
The highest mountain in Japan is Mt. Fuji. It is located in the north part of Shizuoka, and in the south west of Yamanashi prefecture. Mt. Fuji is an active volcano. It has not erupted for about 300 years. Mt. Fuji is almost perfectly cone-shaped mountain. You can see it from the window of the Shinkansen, the Japanese bullet train in Shizuoka prefecture.
It has been a long time since I wrote the last article.
I was so busy to prepare for an English writing test of national qualification of tour guide. I finally took the primary exam at the end of August in Kyoto. Now I have to prepare for the oral examination in second-stage examination.
This second-stage examination can be taken by people who would pass the first-stage exam. We can know the result of the first-stage exam on mid October. So it means that I have to prepare for second-stage without knowing whether I can take it or not.
I surmise the I made a few mistakes in the first-stage exam. However I am afraid that I wrote ill-directed answers especially in English writing.
Anyway, I will read a lot of things Japanese and write answers to the anticipated questions and ask someone to correct my writings. I will post all I write with a lot of picture so you can enjoy viewing.
(１) 1ヶ月ぶりにスペイン語の会話のレッスンを受けた。
全然進歩してない･･･(涙)
でも、また頑張ろうって思った。
Tutor Liszeth、大好き。
(２) 体重計にのった。
なんと、２キロも太ってた。
道理で顔がパンパンだと思った。
エクササイズ頑張ろう。
お弁当持ってお花見しました。
近所の公民館に･･･。
ここは、海側にオオシマザクラ3本と陸側にソメイヨシノが2本あります。
私は夕方の散歩になるとワンコと共に毎日ここに来ていたんだけど、
どうしてもあんちゃんを連れて来たかったので、
日曜日になんとか、あんちゃんと一緒に行きました。
連日の温暖な天気のおかげで、少し葉桜になってたけど･･･。
ワンコたちにお弁当を狙われつつ、
ワンコたちもお菓子を楽しみつつ、
本当に良いお花見でした。
(公民館の掃除の日だったみたいで、おばちゃん達がたくさん来てたのは残念。)
(あ、後、欲を言えば、曇りじゃなくて晴れがよかった。)
散歩帰りのハナちゃん。
ププ。
おしりに花びらつけてました。
I attended my friend's wedding a couple weeks ago.
Here I want to share some photos with you since they had a Japanese styled wedding.
(I am sorry but photos are viewable only to my friends.)
The groom (my friend) is signing for an oath:
Then we moved to the worship room (I was not allowed to take pictures during the ceremony.)
There was a beautiful garden. Three of my friends got dressed up in Kimono. Kimono is the highest class of the formal dress.
This is a photo of "Kagami-biraki." Inside of barrel is Sake :-) They break the lid of barrel by hitting with wooden hammers.
It is very popular to have a "wedding cake cutting." This cake was yummy.
After the ceremony. My friend and I.
My friend's wife and I. She is very nice. I like her very much.
Two of Japan's movies won the Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards. "おくりびと (Departures)" won the Best Foreign Language Film, and "つみきのいえ (La Maison en Petits Cubes)" won the Best Animated Short Film. I haven't seen them yet. Have anyone seen them?
おくりびと
Unfortunately, I could not find a good video of つみきのいえ
I thought it is difficult to know the difference between "これ" and "それ," so I made this collection.
I hope it helps to learn Japanese demonstrative pronouns.
More lessons should be coming soon.
I should make lessons of:
- これから、あれから、それから、どれから
- こちら、あちら、そちら、どちら
- これら、あれら、それら、どれら
I don't know when they are uploaded...
The rule is pretty easy.
If a thing you are talking about is closer to speaker, then use これ、こちら、この、これら
If a thing you are talking about is closer to hearer, then use それ、そちら、その、それら
If a thing you are talking about is far from both speaker and hearer, then use あれ、あちら、あの、あれら
See? Easy!
I still need to make lessons on counters....
Anyway, I will do all of them whenever I feel like doing so.
Enjoy!
I found an application which I can delete all furigana of the text by just clicking one button.
Why didn't I search for it before?!?!
So これからどんどんアップしていきます。
Anyway, ここです。
http://www.lingq.com/learn/ja/store/34711/
Have fun!
I added the seventh episode of 銀河鉄道の夜:
http://www.lingq.com/learn/ja/store/34711/#48334
As you see on the library, I have been making a lot of Japanese counter words collection.
Here is the link:
http://www.lingq.com/learn/ja/store/26345/
It should come more lessons; however, I have been busy... :-(
I promise to make some more when I have more time.
At last, I made a Japanese filler words lesson.
They are not important, but I think it is fun to learn.
http://www.lingq.com/learn/ja/store/34725/
