Summer Vacation!

Well, the second semester is underway and everyone is busy with classes, clubs, preparing for the school cultural festival (September 26th) and just generally doing what teachers and students do. But before we get into future plans and events, we wanted to share with you what we did over the summer. Our summer vacation lasted from the end of July to the beginning of September and we all had a great time. Some of us took vacations with our family, some of us participated in study abroad programs, some of us went to Kansai to support our school baseball team, and some of us just stayed home and relaxed. Here are some of our stories:


Myanmar
by Momo

I visited Myanmar with my family during the summer vacation. I stayed at my uncle’s house. I have four cousins there. I played with them everyday. I also went shopping and swam.

Most of the people in Myanmar speak Myanmar language. My cousins go to an international school and they speak both English and Myanmar. So I learnt English and Myanmar from them. I taught them Japanese and we had a great time.

I miss them very much and I want to go to visit them again.


Australia
By Mayo

I liked all of place in Australia. My host sister Ashleigh took us to beautiful beach. So beautiful!!
I went to a café by the sea. I ate pancake of bacon and banana and drank juice of pineapple and ginger. These were so delicious! The ocean view was so beautiful. I loved that.

I went to Lindisfarne school. The building was cool! My favorite place is the canteen. There are many delicious foods. And I enjoyed talk with my Australian friends. They were kind to me.

This trip was too short for me. Because I wanted to go to more places and talk with my host family and friends more. So I’ll study English hard and go back to Australia!!


Yamanashi
By Shun

I did a valuable experience in this summer. Some homestay campers from foreign countries came to Yamanashi. One of them stayed with me. All campers were in the second grade of high school, the same as me.

His name is Jonathan. He’s from New Zealand. His father is an owner of a farm. He keeps 4,000 sheep. We went to Mt. Fuji and we played with some junior high school students. We had a lof of good experience. We sometimes exchange emails. I want to visit his house in the winter.


Open Campus
By Miwa

On July 30, our school had an open campus.
Our club did a game for the junior high school students.
The aim was to learn how to say “hello” in many different languages (Chinese, Spanish, German, Russian, English, Japanese, etc.)
We also painted the national flags on our cheeks.
A lot of junior high school students came to the event.
We gave them candy and told them about the International Club.
I was glad that they enjoyed it!