日本の夏 5 Japanese summer 5

これは京都[きょうと]の大原[おおはら]にある三千院[さんぜんいん]です。夏でもとてもいい風[かぜ]がふいて、涼[すず]しくて気[き]持[も]ちがいい(= pleasant)です。 This is Sanzenin Temple, located in Ohara, Kyoto. Cool breeze is there and it is a very nice place to be even in summer. へびもいました! I saw a snake there!!  

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日本の夏 3 Japanese summer 3

日本は今、夏。とても暑いです。でも原発[げんぱつ](= nuclear power)の問題[もんだい](= issues)があるから、節電[せつでん](= saving energy)をしなければいけません。そこで、これ! It is very warm in Japan now. But people there have to put extra efforts for saving energy this summer because of the nuclear power plant issues. So, the following device has been introduced!  

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FREE Japanese film showing – THIS THURSDAY (September 2012)

今週[こんしゅう]の木曜日[もくようび]、日本[にほん]映画[えいが]を上映[じょうえい]します。いつものように、入場料[にゅうじょうりょう]無料[むりょう] (= admission free)です。英語[えいご]の字幕[じまく] (= sub-titles)もついています。 今月[こんげつ]の映画[えいが]はアニメーションです! 是非[ぜひ]来[き]てください。   Thursday 13 September7pm | L3 | Free Admission The Place Promised in Our Early Days 91min | 2004 | PGDirector: Makoto ShinkaiAnimation Against all odds, a promise will be kept… In the summer of 1996, three 9th-graders had made a promise that one day they’ll build an […]

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春遠からじ4 Spring is coming…4

鳥[とり]は花[はな]が咲[さ]いて、蜜[みつ](= nectar)を集[あつ]めるのに忙[いそが]しそうです。 写真[しゃしん]の鳥[とり]は、トゥイというニュージーランドの鳥[とり]です。胸[むね](= chest)についた丸[まる]くて白[しろ]いポンポン(= pompon)がかわいいでしょう? Birds seem busy these days for gathering nectar from flowers. Can you see a black bird in the photo? That is Tui, a New Zealand native bird. Don’t you think that white pompon on its chest is cute?

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