日本語のクラスマートは先月に日本のクラブを始めました。

今日は大学の国際のまつりです。

日本のクラブは「bake sale]します。

わたしは日本の旅行記のパンフレットをもってます。

今晩日本の映画[The Ring]を計画します。

Generally Speaking

Last month, a girl in my Japanese class started a Japanese Club. Today, our school is holding an "International Fair". (To raise money), the Japanese Club is holding a bake sale. I'm bringing a lot of travel brochures about Japan. Tonight, we are showing the Japanese movie "The Ring".

質問とコメント

1. When I was an English teacher in Japan, I used to bring in maps, photos, travel brochures, videos, and books about the US, especially Texas, to show my Japanese students. So it feels very strange to be "introducing" American students to Japan.

2. Many of these younger students impressions of Japan come from anime, J-pop, video games, and manga. They are interested in a very different Japan than I am interested in.

3. One of the girls in my class lived for a month in Hita-machi. This is a small town in Ooita-ken which is famous for its pottery. She was studying pottery making there. Isn't it strange that the two people in my class that have lived in Japan, both went to Ooita-ken? Well maybe not so strange...Ooita-shi is Austin's sister city.%3楡第p>