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Monday, September 26, 2011

Japan : UEC International day

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My University held an international day back in June. International students were having stands to present their home country to other international students and Japanese student. At the end of the event there was some presentation of traditional songs and dances from Indonesia, India and  Bulgaria and a quiz about foreign countries. That was very interesting.
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Japan : 神代植物公園の薔薇と温室

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In Mai, the botanic garden in Jindaiji is under the roses season, with means that the hundredth of different species of roses in the garden are blooming at the same time making it a paradise for flower lovers. The perfume of the flowers are in the air as you walk along the long alley of roses bushes, looking at the roses of different shapes and colors and trying to remember the names of your favorites or if you are lucky to memorize it with your camera. After spending the first part of the day in the garden, I went to the greenhouse to have a lot at more exotic species. I took so many pictures that day that it was easier to put them in a video. The song is a Japanese song called Gerbera from a thriller called Synesthesia (or gimi hebun). I hope you'll enjoy.
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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Japan : 生け花

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Still in Mai, I took some 生け花 (or 華道) classes. It was really nice to sit there with your flowers, listen to the explanation of the teacher on how the flowers should be arranged and then to actually make the composition yourself. I went to those classes three times, every time, the arrangement looked a bit the same as for the positions of the flowers in the plate. But the flower themselves were different and we needed to be careful about the color arrangement and also about the length of the stem. At the end of the classes we were allowed to bring the flowers home, that way I had flowers in my room all month making it very lively. I like flowers.
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Japan : 焼肉

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On the eight of Mai, I went to my first 焼肉 restaurant。 A 焼肉 is a place specialized in meat (肉) which is like an indoor barbecue. You can get different type of meat, for example chicken, port, beef... and from different part of the animal body (even the inside which was hard to get over for some westerners). You order the meat you desire and you grilled it yourself in the center of the table. No to say that we share everything and it's very convivial. And on the top of that it's delicious, even for me with my vegetarian tendencies.
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