Archery is popular

Archery is popular

         

Do you want start doing archery? Do you think Katniss, who is heroine of The Hunger Games, is cool?  In fact, there are many people who want to start archery and were influenced after watching The Hunger Games.  Now archery has been becoming popular in America.  I can think of several reasons why.  First, Katniss was survivor with using a bow and an arrow in The Hunger Games as girl, and there were a scene which she has a strong sense of responsibility.  That means she is strong and cool.  The sense influenced the girls who want to be like her.  Second, American movies’s ,like The Hunger Games, main character are almost men, but this movis’s main character was girl.  If main character were girl, these movie are Disney movie.  So, The Hunger Games is rare, and Katniss like archeries.  Third, archery is Olympic’s event, and summer Olympic is coming.  The archery isn’t team event, so they can do without minding other people.  Also, archery isn’t hard sport.  For example, there isn’t like running, so if you are not sporty or have an illness of heart, but you can play it.  In my conclusion, to start doing archery is easy, also Katniss used a bow and an arrow in The Hunger Games is very impact for American person.

Italie, Leanne. ‘’hunger Games’ fever makes archery cool for children’’.

Statesman Journal 4/22/12.

The Hunger Games fun tour

Adventure Weekends

The Hunger Games is very popular in America. Are you interesting in it?  I will introduce The Hunger Games Fan Tour Adventure Weekends which is planned by Hunger Games fun Tours. This tour starts from Friday to Sunday.  Also you can experience incredible events. So you’ll start at the scene which you are chosen from the lottery, and be separated into your own District. Also you have your Sponsor, and you learn how to survivae in the Hunger Games simulation. For example, you will learn archery, shot training and painting. Painting which is like what Peetta did in the movie. On the finall day, you will be tested of your skills you’ve learned skills during the weekends.

Age: For adult and children 10 years old. Under the age of 18 must be signed by an adult.

Cost: $389 per person.

Date: you can choose

     April27-29, June8-10, June22-24,July27-29,August24-26,

     September 21-23

※The Weekend Adventures are limited to 28 guests per tour.

If you join the tour, you can experience The Hunger Games style from Friday begin to the last of Sunday.  That’s why you are interesting in it, let’s join it!!

I hope you will have a good time during your tour J

http://hungergamesfantours.com/#!adventure-weekends/

Adventure Weekends

The Hunger Games is very popular in America. Are you interesting in it?  I will introduce The Hunger Games Fan Tour Adventure Weekends which is planned by Hunger Games fun Tours. This tour starts from Friday to Sunday.  Also you can experience incredible events. So you’ll start at the scene which you are chosen from the lottery, and be separated into your own District. Also you have your Sponsor, and you learn how to survivae in the Hunger Games simulation. For example, you will learn archery, shot training and painting. Painting which is like what Peetta did in the movie. On the finall day, you will be tested of your skills you’ve learned skills during the weekends.

Age: For adult and children 10 years old. Under the age of 18 must be signed by an adult.

Cost: $389 per person.

Date: you can choose

     April27-29, June8-10, June22-24,July27-29,August24-26,

     September 21-23

※The Weekend Adventures are limited to 28 guests per tour.

If you join the tour, you can experience The Hunger Games style from Friday begin to the last of Sunday.  That’s why you are interesting in it, let’s join it!!

I hope you will have a good time during your tour J

http://hungergamesfantours.com/#!adventure-weekends/

My opinion

The Hunger Games

The Hunger games book was published a few years ago, but recently The Hunger Games’s movie has been shown in America.  Also it is very popular between younger and older persons .  For instance, there are the movie , book,  goods and many The Hunger Games items. That’s why I watched the movie twice.  Many people and I am very interested in it, but I don’t  prefer  watching  a part of The Hunger Games movie, because there are some situation, which are scenes and  killing each other in order to survive in the game.  For example there were person who were pierced by a knife and a bow, and scares  which are reality.  So sometimes the situation made my eyes closed and I felt I didn’t want  to watch it.  If there are like scene, I think that American government has to apply the age limit.  Because in reality, bad  movies and TV show affect children in their future and daily life.  That’s why, Japan has many limited movies.   Also The Hunger Games has the situation which is rich people enjoy watching that triute people ,who have still life, fight and were killing each other.  I don’t regard them as good.   But sometimes the movie had good points which was the situation that Katniss put a lot of flowers around the dead  Rue.  That’s why, my conclusion is this movie gives many people interest. However I think that this movie should apply the age limit.

Spring Break

I spent spring break in the Northwest joining a Tab trip to learn about immigration.  Our trip started from March 24 to 31 with 14 people in two vans.  First, the place, where we visited and worked, was an apple farm and located in Washington.  There were many apple trees and a huge farm that looked like a desert. It was run by immigrants who came from Mexico and speak Spanish and little English.  A almost of the people spoke only Spanish.  That’s why I couldn’t understand what they said, but I could work together. Our work was to plant a lot of apple trees clearly. After that, we went to a home which we could rent by ourselves and stayed for two days. Then, we met with ONE AMERICAN which is an organization. They work   to give American citizenship to immigrants. In fact, a lot of them don’t have American citizenship. I listened a lot of stories from them, and I didn’t know about it. We worked with them in order to get signatures to give American citizenship to for them. If the organization can get a lot of signatures, they are going to hand  it in to the government. Also, immigrants, who are undocumented, can’t get jobs regulary and work with very low or minimum wage. That’s why we went to Vancouver of America and distributed hand outs to many houses.  The Hand outs were for requesting any kind of work. For example, painting, cleaning, moving, demolition, digging and many other things. Another part of our work was to do hospitality for the homeless. In fact, I have never communicated with homeless people when I was in Japan so I didn’t know what do and how to communicate with them. But there were newspapers on each table. So, I could  talk to them with using it, SUDOKU, crosswords, and Japanese culture. Finally, immigration is a very difficult issue because I have never dealt with it. However, I experienced various things, learned a lot of things and became interested about  immigration  through this Tab trip . To understand everything was difficult, but I think that to join and experience the activity and concerned with people, who are in various circumstances,  is very important. I  spent a good time in my spring break.

SPRING BREAK PODCAST

The 10th Annual Pow Wow

 The 10^th Annual Pow Wow.  It was held in Willamette Univesity of our university sparks on March 10^th.  And there are many people.  For example, students and adult who came from near or far for it.  Theirs age ’s from baby to elderly person.  It was first time for me to join and see native American folk clothes, dance and music.  First, people, who wore folk clothes, came there with loud music, walking slowly and in a stepping rhythm.  They walked around at court of there, and many people came too.  I was very surprised that such a lot of people came.  They wore a variety of clothes, shoes, hats and accessories.  I could hear sounds from their clothes.  And they carried very big something, in their back and head, which was like bird wings.  During that time, we stood.  When I look at it, it had a question.  I want to know the meaning shown in each clothes.  They had been dancing for long time.  I thought that the time of the small child dancing was the loveliest.  After that, I walked around the shops to see.  There were a lot of shops which sell whatever.  For example, earrings, which were very cheap, were 1.00 dollar.  Another was necklace, T-shirt, bracelet and bag.  A few things were made by hand.  Next , I ate food,which name was Indian fry bread. Its looks and taste was like pizza, and I thought that it was delicious.  Next , about smell, when I went into there, as for me, the hall felt the scent of the incense stick.  But I didn’t know what smell it was.  In conclusion, I had a good time at there, and I ‘m in America now, so it’s useful for me to join and see it for my experience.  That’s why they were very kind people, and I got interested about native Americans, and their culture and tradition.  So I want to talk to them more about it someday.  Also I would like to continue to participate in various activities positively.  And Iwish to use for some of future selves.