Kra Live Tour 2010 FINAL "Heart to Heart ~Kanjyo no rinkaku~" @Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall

My friend, Hi-chan and I left Hakata station from Tokyo at 8:00. We take Shinkansen Nozomi for 5 hours. It was so tired, but I could see Mt. Fuji on the way. Mt. Fuji was beautiful! We arrived at Shinagawa station at 13:06. I expected that it is cold in Tokyo. But it was warm than I expected. We changed train to Yamanote line at Shinagawa to go to Shibuya. When we arrived at Shibuya, we started to search the hotel that we stay. I am a person who has no sense of direction. So I depend on Hi-chan. After we found the hotel, we went to Mac near the hotel to eat lunch. We spent time until check in. We checked in at the hotel at 15:00. The room was comfortable. We rested a little there.


We went to C.C. Lemon hall. That day, Kra would perform tour final live in Shibuya C.C. Lemon hall. In fact, we went to Tokyo to see the live. When we arrived there, many Krakko was in there. Kra fun called Krakko. I like the name. Hi-chan had to meet the girls to hand tickets. I went to buy goods then. The goods were so cute. I bought two tour towels. One is mine; the other is Hi-chan’s. When I returned, hi-chan said “I’ve left a card with message in the hotel…” to me. So we returned the hotel immediately. We went to Shibuya C.C. Lemon hall again and put the card into a present box.


At 17:30, opened the door. Our seat was second floor. It was the seat at the back, distant from the stage, but we could see the whole. The live started at 18:00. SE was “Le matin de la revolution” and Krakko received Kra with their hands. The member appeared on the stage from the ceiling. I was surprised at it. The live was very fun and exciting. I could many my favorite songs. For example, they are “Tatoe”, “Syanhai yuhgi”, “Renjyo philosophy”, “Sekai de ichiban tayorinai koi no uta”, etc. To tell the truth, I was not going to go this live until two weeks ago. However, Kra announced my favorite guitarist, Mai retirement from Kra and music business on the official site. So the live was a farewell performance. I like Mai very much. I was shocked when I heard the news and decided immediately to go to Tokyo to see his farewell performance with my own eyes. I thought that I was glad to be in here. The vocal, Keiyu said “Gloomy atmosphere is not like Kra. Let’s enjoy the stage!” to us. Kra and Krakko enjoy it, but when we heard Mai’s comment, almost people shed tears. Of course, I did. The last song was “Buriki no hata”. It is first song for Kra and memorial song. They perform the song only at special day. This day was special day. We sang in chorus this song. Many people could not sing because they cried. After the song, member said each comment to Mai. It was moving. They have continued Kra for 9 years. There are many memories. Thought it, I shed tears. Finally, Mai said “I was possible to act on here because I was given by person and fun, I was supported. After it is announced that it is scary and uneasy until today, I believed that keeping of can all enjoyments of the day of today to live is repaying the kindness to everyone and I stand here. It was possible to act in the band named Kra, and every day was dreamlike every day. Thank you. ” I will not forget Mai and the live. I like him. It is unchanging in the future.


After the live finished, Hi-chan and I returned the hotel. We ate dinner and took the bath as soon as. And we went to bed to get up early next day.

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BR 2-16: The Peach Boy

I read the book “The Peach Boy”. The Peach Boy is an ancient Japanese legend. It is known as ‘Momotaro’ which means ‘peach boy’. This story’s main character is Peach boy. He is born into the enormous peach which an old woman fished at the river. He became the strongest, fastest boy in the village. He decided to go to Ogre Island to punish them. His father gave Peach boy his finest sword. And his mother gave him six dumplings to eat. He met a dog, a monkey and a pheasant. They said “If you give me a dumpling, I’ll help you” to Peach boy. Peach boy gave them dumplings. They went to Ogre Island. They fought with giant ogres. The dog bit the ogre’s ankle. Pheasant pecked at their hands and hands. Monkey jumped on their backs. Peach boy said to King Ogre “I’m not scared of you!” (Frith, 2009, p.44). I think that scene and this line seems him bravery. Peach boy won the Ogre King. The King promised that never attack anyone again.

I have read and heard this story before. I have a picture book about this story. Many children know this story in Japan. It is a didactic story. But I think that it is also fantasy, because the Peach boy was born in peach. It is strange thing and interesting thing. Peaches are a symbol of good luck in Japan. In other words, the Peach Boy is lucky boy!

Reference

Frith, Alex. (2009). The Peach Boy. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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BR 2-15: Puss in Boots

I read “Puss in Boots” today. The main character is Tom and Puss. When Tom’s father died, the brothers got legacy. But Tom got a cat only. This cat is Puss. Tom was worried about his life. He thought that Puss was just a pet. But Puss was an amazing cat! Puss could talk. And he was co cleaver. Tom found Puss a leather bag, a shiny pair of boots, cloak and a floppy hat. Puss captures the rabbit. And he said the king “It is a present from Duke of Carabas”, and presented the rabbit. When the king and Puss became friendly, Puss made Tom bathe in the place that the king and the princess were. Then Puss told a lie “The property has been taken by the thief while bathing”. And Puss introduced Tom to the king and invited the king in Duke of Carabas’s castle. They arrived at a luxurious castle. In the truth, the castle was Ogre’s. But Orge was cheated, transformed a rat. Puss ate it! Puss killed Ogre. Then the castle became Tom’s. The king felt admiration for Duke of Carabas. He wanted Tom to get married to the princess. Before the day was out, Tom married with the princess. Also Puss became an aristocrat and captured the rat only by play.

I thought that Puss is an interesting cat because he is very cleaver and could talk. It is happy for Tom to got Puss. My favorite line is when Puss said “Don’t look so gloomy” (Patchett, 2005, p.6). Puss cheered him very much when his father died. His elder brothers got mill and donkey. Tom was happier than them. Puss helped Tom very much to make Tom happy. Perhaps Puss wanted to be happy, so he worked harder!

Reference
Patchett, Fiona. (2005). Puss in Boots. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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Typing Week15: My favorite movies

I like watching movies. I like foreign movie better than Japanese movie. I have many favorite movies. For example, they are “ARMAGEDON” ”DIE HARD Series” “NOTTING HILL” “THE PHANTOM OF OPERA” etc. “ARMAGEDON” is SF movie. I watch it many times, but the movie made a deep impression on me. ”DIE HARD Series” is an action movie. There are a lot of thrilling scenes in the movie. Both the leading actor is Bruce Willis. I like him. He is a great actor. “NOTTING HILL” is a love story. I like it very much! “THE PHANTOM OF OPERA” is love story too. But it is tragic love. The actor’s singing voice is wonderful. If you haven’t seen these movies, please see them!

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My birthday

December 21st is my birthday! I became 20 years old. When I got up, it is not fine weather, so I felt gloom. However, I felt good for birthday mail from my friends! I had some mails from my friends in celebration of my birthday. I was happy to get them! In the university, my friends said “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” to me. They made me happy.
When I came back home, my mother and father waited for my return. We ate great dinner and cake! My birthday cake was cheese cake in this year. It was very simple cake and it seemed Christmas cake, but it was good taste.

This day was great day for me.
Thank you very much, family and friends.

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BR 2-14: STORIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES

I read this book “STORIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES” today. There are three stories of ghost. I like second story. The second story’s title is Highwayman’s Halt. The main character is Polly. She helped her father run The Highwayman’s Halt. It was a creaky wooden inn which was over three hundred years old. Polly’s father had so few customers and they were losing money. Polly knew that there is Highwayman’s treasure. The highwayman is Percy Flintlock who lived at the inn long time ago. One night, he robbed money and hid it somewhere in the building before he was caught. His bag of gold coin was never found. Everyone said Percy’s ghost will appear if anyone tries to steal his money. Polly wanted to find it, so she began to search it from chimney to cellar. Finally she could find it. But the Percy’s ghost appeared in front of her then. Percy wanted to hand back his money. When they argued about it, Mr. Trix grabbed the money from Polly and run to his car. Percy and Polly rode a ghostly horse, chased Trix. The horse was faster than car!

I thought that Polly and Percy can hand back the money. However, they could not do it, because the money fell into the sea! The money was lost forever. It is a disappointing thing. Polly might be sad. Perhaps Percy might be very angry. It is not written in this book. But everyone wanted to stay at the inn for the disturbance. They want to meet the famous ghost, Percy and his horse, Jess. My favorite line is when Percy said “She’s faster than a pistol shot” (Punter, 2005, p.27). She was his horse, Jess. When I read it, I thought that I want to ride Jess! The inn came to prosper than before. It is good thing. I thought that it was a chance!

Reference

Punter, Russell. (2005). STORIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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typing week14: My favorite animal

My favorite animal is a cat, because they are very cute. I don’t have a cat, but I have wanted it all the time. My mother and father oppose having a cat. If we have a cat, we must be responsible for a cat. We have golden fish now. Cat needs a lot of looking after than fish now. So we don’t have a cat. I want to have a cat someday. By the way, I didn’t like a dog, because they bark and bite. However, I became to like a dog recently. When I visited my friends’ house, there was a dog. The dog didn’t bark and bite me. The dog was gentle. I can touch the dog! I was happy then.

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two examinations

I took two examinations this Friday! They were Speaking and Listening test. When I arrived at the university, I started to study for test. Second period was speaking test. Third period was listening test. They were difficult for me! I hope to take credits in them, because they are required credit. If I don’t take the credits, I have to take same class in next year. I am nervous…

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Essay 2-03a: What Is The University Life?

Today I am going to tell you about university life. I am a university student now. I go to Kumamoto Gakuen University, study and meet my friends there. It is everyday expect Saturday, Sunday, holidays. I think that university is the place for study. But we will experience other various experiences too there.


I belong to the department of foreign language, British and the United States course in the university. So I study English almost every day. On Wednesday, I attend Writing class. I study it with the personal computer. I can study writing skill and skill of personal computer. On Thursday, I attend the reading class. I study how to an English language news paper. On Friday, I attend speaking and listening class. At speaking class and listening class, my group solves some question for speaking or listening. These subject are some of requires subjects and I have to get the required credit for four years. And the subject will be important for my future. So I have to study harder.


I specialize in English, but it is not all. I can study a lot of subject in the university. There subjects are what is related study English or a general education subjects. I think that the subjects are attractive. I chose the subject that I want to study in April. For example, I study the theory of inter cultural communication, the theory of linguistic, history of the United states and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, the outline of Christianity, the jurisprudence, biology, etc. When I attend the class, I get information or theory that I don’t know. I don’t like studying much but I like to know what I don’t know. The subjects may be important for my future.


There are many facilities in the university. They are library, bakery, convenience store, travel salon, hair salon, book store, etc. I go to the library almost every day. I borrow books for reading or doing assignments. There are also many computers. When I study or do assignments, I often use a computer there. It is useful. When I have no class, I watch DVD at the corner. There are many DVD and CD, so I don’t get tired. It makes a pleasant change.


University is also a place of meeting friends for me. Since I entered the university, I meet a lot of people and have friends there. My friends are interesting and kind people. When my friends and I have same class, we attend the class together. I often ask them when I was trouble. They help me many times until now. At lunch time, we have a lunch together. We talk about a lot of topic. For example, they are about classes, part time job, memories, love, etc. There seems to be no end to the thing s my friends and I have to talk to each other. We always laugh when we talk together. My friends make me fun. Thanks to them, I am fun to go to the university.


Finally, I think that the university is a place for study. Studying is important thing, but it is not all. We can experience other things expect study. We have good friends there. They make the university life fun. If you are university student or will be a university student in the future, you should study harder and challenge many things. University life is only four years as a rule. It is short time. So we have to spend time carefully. Let's enjoy your university life!


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Outline

University life

• now
  • study
    • English
      • reading
        • newspaper
      • writing
        • computer
          • blog
      • speaking
        • oral communication
      • listening
        • tape
        • video
    • other study
      • communication
      • linguistic
      • history
      • Christianity
      • law
  • friends
    • lunch
  • club/circle activity
  • travel
• future
  • develop
  • new item
    • i pad
  • other activity

mindmap

quickpost: Univ. life 25 years

I will think about university life after 25 years. Thinking about future is difficult, but interesting. University will develop from now. We use computer in the university now, but people will use computer more than now in the future. If I have a child, he or she will go to the University. I want the school expenses to go down.

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quickpost: Univ. life now

My University life is fan for me, because I have good friends in a university now. They are very kind and funny. I talk with them everyday. It is very fun. They encourage me every time. They also help me when I am in trouble. Study in the university is difficult. Thanks to my friends, I able to do it.

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BR 2-13: The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor

I read “The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor” today. It comes from a collection of Arabian stories known as The Thousand and One Nights. There are seven stories of Sinbad. Sinbad was a man lived in the city of Baghdad with his father. His father was a rich merchant, so Sinbad was rich. When his father died, Sinbad decided to go on a voyage with silks and spices.

After a week at a sea, Sinbad and companions found a sandy island. And they dropped anchor by the island. They were cooking supper over a fire, when the ground began to move! In fact, the island was not island, they were on a very big whale. It was first voyage. He experienced many adventures during his voyage. He sometimes was in dangerous scene. However, he had enjoyed voyages.

I think that it is good to go on a voyage for Sinbad. If he didn’t go a voyage, he didn’t have a wife. To tell the truth, he got married with a beautiful woman, Emira in his seventh voyage. My favorite line is when Sinbad said to Emira “Why don’t we go sailing?” (Daynes, 2007, p.46). He tried to go sailing forever! He had good experience and happiness during voyages. I want to go many places and countries as he did!

Reference

Daynes, Katie. (2007). The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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Typing week13: My favorite place

I have some favorite place. For example, they are a room, a library, a car and so on. Today I tell you about one of my favorite place in winter. It is Kotastu. Do you like Kotastu? I love it very much. This is a traditional item in Japan. It is a covered table with a heat source underneath. Now there are Kotatsu in a living room of my house. I always warm oneself at the Kotatsu. Kotastu is warm, so my family and I put our foot into Kotatsu. My home is very cold. Kotastu is important item for us. While putting my foot into Kotatsu, I often watch TV, use a personal computer and get a sleep. It is confortable.

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BR 2-12: The RUNAWAY PANCAKE

I read “The RUNAWAY PANCAKE” today. The reason I chose this book to read is that I were attracted to the cover. The cover is cute! When I saw it, I decided to read it at once. There were many characters. They were a family with seven children, a dog, a rabbit, a duck, a cat, a goat, a fox, a pig and pancake.

One day, the mother decided to make pancakes for breakfast. She tossed the first pancake, up in the air and down again. It was finish to make the pancake. The family readied to eat the pancake. But the pancake didn’t want to be eaten, so it ran away! The family ran after it to catch and eat it. The dog, the rabbit, the duck, the cat, the goat joined it on the way, because the pancake seemed good. They were hungry and they wanted to eat it. The pancake ran faster and faster. The pancake thought that no one caught it. But finally the pig caught it. The pig was happy to eat the pancake, but the family and other animals that ran after it was sad or angry. Everyone wanted to eat the pancake.

This story is interesting for me because the pancake can run away and speak. And it must be interesting to see pancake’s escape. When I read this story, I remember a Japanese song “Oyoge Taiyakikun” Do you know this song? The song is like this story. Taiyaki wanted to be eaten by people, so it ran away!

Mackinnon, M. (2006). The RUNAWAY PANCAKE. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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Typing week12: My favorite TV show

I like TV, so I always watch TV in my house. Also my family likes watching TV. We talk about TV show at dinner time every day. When I come back home early, I watch the TV programs “Yuugata Ichiban” and “PurePure”. Both programs are local TV program. They can be watched in Kumamoto only. These programs tell local information. Yugata Ichiban’s main personalies are very witty and they talk in Kumamoto dialect. I like them very much. They are some fun corner. For example, it is “Mashikado Get you”. The corner is one of my favorites. A reporter goes to town in Kumamoto and communicates with people. The reporter is funny. I want him to come to my hometown.

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