The Japanese Blog

for those of you who missed it, doozo!
and thanks to mari-san for making them so neat!

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こんばんは。 
I can’t come to school this Wednesday(5/7) and next Wednesday(5/14) because of my job.
So please review all the materials I gave you and practice hiragana this week.
I think it’s time to memorize hiragana… I suggest you to memorize hiragana with words. Please use your workbook and the vocabulary lists on handouts.
If you have questions, please ask me on Friday(5/9).
I’ll check you on Fri if you remember what you’ve learned recently…

Study hard おねがいします.
おやすみなさい。

こんばんは！きょうはすこしあつかったですね。
きょうはいい日(ひ)でしたか？わるい日でしたか？
I have an announcement for you guys.
Brooklyn Botanical Garden will hold さくらまつり(Sakura Matsuri) this weekend.
If you have time and want to do ohanami (o-:polite prefix),
why don’t you bring your friends and enjoy the matsuri? 

http://www.bbg.org/exp/cherries/

それでは、またらいしゅう(raishuu=next week)！

これはなんですか？・・・http://www.columbia.edu/cu/japansociety/matsuri/stage.html

ummm… interesting… 
I’ll be singing えんか[enka], Japanese soul music, and J-pop songs at the stage…
I’m ready to be embarrassed. Enjoy our performance.

Here are the songs:
Tsugaru kaikyoo fuyu geshiki by Sayuri Ishikawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLXUwXjIbVY

ワッハッハー by Kanjani eight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEE_KRPke98

I didn’t choose these songs… 

Enka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enka

Goldfish scoopingは日本(にほん)ごで、「金魚(きんぎょ)すくい」です。 They have variety of events and booths…Check this out→http://www.columbia.edu/cu/japansociety/matsuri/ennichi.html 

げんきですかー?!
あした、コロンビア大学(だいがく)でまつりがあります。
Columbia Japan Society will hold annual Japanese festival tomorrow.
Let’s go and enjoy the まつり！Please meet up at 3:30 in the lobby and  come together.
アビガルさん knows how to get to Columbia from Dalton, so just follow her:D 
アビガルさん、よろしくおねがいします。 

..::CJS MATSURI 2008 in only one week::..

Columbia Japan Society (CJS) of Columbia University in the City of NewYork (CU) will be holding its annual Japanese festival on the iconicLow Plaza!In its 5th year running, CJS MATSURI has become an important traditionfor the Columbia University community. This time, its scale in everyrespect is greater than ever before. Restaurants, corporations,student organizations, and perfomers from all over New York arecoming, as well as groups from within Columbia University. The eventis also being co-organized by the New York Japanese StudentAssociation (NYJSA). 

CJS will be providing its very own entertainment on and off stage:Traditional festival attractions as goldfish scooping and shateki aswell as wacky Japanese game show style stage performances. Also don’tmiss the gigantic curry eating competition where contestants will becompeting to devour a 2kg platter of curry entirely live! 

In our restaurant corner, try food from Go Go Curry, a midtown curryrestaurant which is providing the curry for the curry eating contest;Cecel Cafe Crepe, an East Village-based Japanese style crepe shop; andOMS/B a popular Japanese riceball shop amongst Midtown businessmen.

Performances on stage range from thousands of years old musicaltradition, GAGAKU, from Columbia’s Ethnomusicology Department; TAIKO,from Teacher’s College Taiko Society; Happy Fun Smile, an Okinawanband based in New York, and several other surprise guests!

What’s best is this event is, in Japanese “omake” spirit, totally free! There is noadmission fee, event goods such as fans and booklets are free, gamesand performances are free, and even chances to win fantastic prizes asbig as airline tickets are entirely free!

So come enjoy a wonderful afternoon with CJS at CJS MATSURI. You areguaranteed to have a cultural experience as well as some wacky, CJSfun! Check out our website below for more information on the event!

Date: Friday, April 18Raindate: Friday, April 25Time: 4:00 - 8:00 PMLocation: 116th St. and Broadway, Columbia University Low PlazaWebsite: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/japansociety/matsuri.html

みなさん、きんようびにコロンビアだいがくで、はるまつり(spring festival)があります。 
きんようびのにほんごのクラスは、let’s go to コロンビアだいがく！

Did you understand what I wrote?
There is a spring festival at Columbia University.
The festival has nothing to do with the one some of you joined in March.
At the festival, there are a lot of Japanese festival events such as 
goldfish scooping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish_scooping 
“shooting”: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/射的
cotton candy and etc. 

Let’s have class? at the festival!

げんきですか？あした(Apr 16)のにほんごは3:30からです。
Last time, you learned 「は」and「が」.
Both of them are similar but different.
Let’s focus on the difference between them tomorrow…
じゃ、また。

こんばんわ。I will have to work until 3:15 tomorrow. So let’s start class at 4 p.m. tomorrow. じゃあした。 

こんばんわ。 
See you guys tomorrow at 3:30 pm.
Please bring your workbook.
おやすみなさい。