We LOVE Sumo!!!!! I LOVE Kakuryu!!!!!

I went to Fukuoka to see SUMO!!! It's annual event for my family to go to Fukuoka to see sumo :) This year my father, mother, sister, and I went there! I loved sumo, so I was looking forward to watch sumo!

We went to Kumamoto Station at 8:30, and took the train at about 9. An hour and a half later we arrived at Hakata Station! Then my father went to Fukuoka International Center in order to watch sumo, and my mother, sister, and I went to Tenjin! We went there to buy some foods for Milktea :D I chose something delicious new toy! Next year will be year of cow, so I bought a stuffed toy cow. I named him 'Mo-chan(もーちゃん)' because cow say 'mo- mo-' in Japanese :) He was so cute toy!! I was happy because I could buy nice present for Milktea.

After that we had lunch, and went to Fukuoka International Center by bus! Then we arrived!!!!! I dashed there!!! Oh! I came back here!!! I missed you!!!!!! We went in, and joined with my father. First I went to buy souvenir for my friends. I like the sumo cookie, so I bought it. And my sister also bought. When we're choosing souvenir, many sumo wrestler came in! They had so nice smell, and it made me happy. I was excited because I could see many sumo wrestler!

We came back our seat, but I wanted to see sumo wrestler more, so I went to entrance again. And then!!! I saw Kitazakura!!! Last year I saw him, and I was taken photo with him :) He was sooooooooo kind and popular rikishi! Also I like him! When I saw him, I was tensed up. I wanted to call him, but I couldn't! What a pity! However :) I was glad only to see him nearly. After I saw Kitazakura, I saw many many sumo wrestler! Kaio, Baruto, Kisenosato, Aminishiki, Asasekiryu, Kotoosyu, Takamisakari, and so on. Do you know them? They are famous sumo wrestler!

However!!! I didn't see my favorite rikishi, Kakuryu!!!! I wanted to see him ;( Though I also wanted to watch Juryo's match, so I went back my seat. My favorite rikishi, Kitazakura won :) I was glad!!!

I watched almost juryo's match, then my father said to me, 'if you go down, probably you can see Kakuryu!' Oh, that's nice idea!!!!! So I went down east gateway. There were many people who wanted to see sumo wrestler. I waited with them, and.... !!!!!!!! KAKURYU CAME HERE!!! I was surprised and glad very much!!!! I took some picture, however I had shaken my camera because of strain ;( BUT!!!! I was just happy to see him! I had thought that he was cute when I had seen him on TV, however real Kakuryu was so cool! I loved him more :)

I went back my seat with feeling happy. And I watched makuuchi's match with my family. I shouted to my favorite sumo wrestler, and enjoyed very much! Regrettably Kakuryu lost today. Cheer up!!! I'll cheer you forever!!!!

After watching sumo, we went to Hakata Station, and took the train. We got home at 8. We were tired very much, so slept early. Oh, Milktea came home at 9. She went to the pet shop. Then I slept with Milktea :)

Since I was a junior high school student, I go to the Kyusyu Grand Sumo Tournament every year. I enjoyed every time, however this year was the most exciting for me! I love sumo, I realized that again. From tomorrow I'll watch sumo on TV, but I'll cheer sumo wrestlers hard! For two weeks, I can enjoy everyday :) And I'm looking forward to see Kakuryu again next year!!!! Thank you for taking me to sumo, Dad.

This is my trip diary for sumo. Thank you for reading!

鶴竜!!!

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○●HIROSHIMA●○

Yesterday I went to Hiroshima!!! Why did I go to Hiroshima? BECAUSE!!! I wanted to go Miyajima Aquarium!!!!! So I went to Hiroshima with my cousin, Nana.

We arrived at Hiroshima at eleven! And we took the train again, and rode on a boat for Miyajima! And we arrived at Miyajima :))) We walked to Miyajima Aquarium. On my way to the aquarium, we saw Itsukushima Shrine! Do you know it? It was registerd on World Heritage list in 1996. Very famous shrine! I've never been to Itsukushima Shrine, so I was so glad to see it!

We walked and walked and walked... and arrived at MIYAJIMA AQUARIUM!!!!! This aquarium was famous for SUNAMERI(スナメリ, Finless Porpoise). Sunameri is a kind of dolphin, and they're so cute!!!!!!! I found them soon :) Oh!!! Very cute!!!! There were four dolphins, and one dolphin approached us! I was moved! Also I was so happy :D

And we saw many marine lives. All animals were very cute and made me happy. Miyajima Aquarium wasn't large so much, so we looked around again and again. I couldn't be tired of seeing them :)

We left aquarium at five. And we rode a boat, took the train.... and arrived at Kumamoto at 10:30! We were very tired. However this was happy tiredness, I thought.

I've been to some aquariums. Every aquarium was so nice. However Miyajima Aquarium is very very nice! I like it very much!!! So I'm so sad that Miyajima Aquarium close down ;( This is for renewal, but I like the present Miyajima Aquarium! I don't want to renew... but I hope that new Miyajima Aquarium will be better than now! And I want to go to new Miyajima Aquarium, and meet sunameri again :) I'm looking forward to see you!!!!!

now they are talking.... :)

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Chiba Zoological Park

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I went to 'Chiba Zoological Park.' I like zoo, so I was looking forward to visiting there!!

First I watched elephant. She looked dancing :-) She was very cute! Next I watched giraffe. Two giraffes were under the tree. It was hot day, so I thought that they also felt hot.

I watched many animals. However there was a special animal!!! Do you know 'Fu-ta kun'? He is a famous lesser panda. He is the most popular lesser panda because he can stand!! Many lesser panda can stand, however he is the first lesser panda to stand. Maybe everyone knows and has seen him on TV. Now he doesn't stand like before, but he is still popular!! I was looking forward to meeting him :-D Many people watched him, so I also watched. He was so cute!!!!!!! He moved through his room. He was active :-) Because he was active, I couldn't take pictures well. However I was happy just watching.

After watching lesser panda, I went to contact place. There were many animals that we can touch :-) I touched goat, sheep, donkey, and so on. All animals were very cute. I enjoyed contact with animal.

I moved amusement grounds. First I got on the one like the roller coaster. It was small, but it was scary!!!!! I don't like the roller coaster ;-( Next I got on the Ferris wheel. I like it :-) It was fun. I was happy.

After that I watched many animals. At noon, almost animals didn't move because it was hot. However many animals became active in the evening. So I enjoyed more :-)

I enjoyed all day!!! I want to go there again and meet Fu-ta kun!!!! I miss you :-)

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Hakkeijima Sea Paradise

Last week, I went to Chiba!! So I'll talk about my trip to Chiba :-) First I'll talk about Hakkeijima Sea Paradise!!!

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I went to Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise!!! This is an aquarium in Yokohama. This aquarium is very famous, so I think that many people know it.

I arrived there at 10. There were three kinds of aquariums in Hakkeijima. First I went to the largest aquarium. There were many animals. I liked polar bear! They were so cute :-) And there was chin-anago (Spotted Garden Eel), so I became very happy!!! I like chinanago very much. I took many pictures.



After I looked many animals, I went to see show of animal. However I arrived at place of show before the show started, so I looked dolphins. There was pool next to the show pool, and there were many dolphins. They practiced for show. Dolphins were so clever. I couldn't be tired of their performance.


At 12, the show started! Sea lion, walrus, pilot whale, dolphin... many kinds of animals did great performance. I was moved by their performance :-)



After that, I went to dolphin aquarium! This was special aquarium of dolphin :-D This was a visionary place! There were three dolphins and one beluga (White whale). Do you know beluga? Beluga is white dolphin. They are so cute!!! Of course beluga in hakkeijima was also cute :-) He (or she) was very popular, so many people looked him. I like 'Pacific white-sided dolphin' the best, but beluga was really cute! I like him too.

Next I went to another spacial aquarium! It was 'FUREAI Lagoon.' We can touch many animals at this aquarium. There were many animals. For example, otaria, penguin, walrus, starfish... and my sweet dolphins!!! I wanted to touch dolphins!!! I waited for the dolphins to come. Wait and wait and wait... However I couldn't touch ;-( That was very unlucky. But!!! I was happy because I was able to watch dolphins near! Dolphins were sooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought that I was the happiest girl :-)


At 19:30, I went to the show pool again because it was the time of last show. Night show was different from daytime show. Daytime show was very exciting, however night show was more touching! I was moved :-)


Last I bought souvenir for Milktea, my friends, and my family. I was tired a little, but I was also happy. This trip became my good memory!!!

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My dream---aquariums

I have a dream!! My dream is to visit all aquariums in Japan.

I love animals since I was child. Maybe it is my father's influence. My father likes animals, so he often took me zoo. I've been to Kumamoto Zoo many times! And my father often watched animal programs on TV. I also watched with him. So I was interested in animals.

I've been to some aquariums. I've been to Toba Aquarium and Futami Sea Paradise in Mie prefecture, Io world in Kagoshima, Kaiyukan in Osaka, Marin World in Fukuoka, and Kamogawa Sea World in Chiba. I want to many many aquariums!!! For example, Hakkeijima Sea Paradise, Churaumi Aquarium, Umitamago, Kaikyoukan, and so on. The best aquarium where I want to go is Nagoya Port Aquarium. I've heard that Nagoya Port Aquarium is great aquarium!!! So I want to go :-) And I want to go Toba Aquarium again!!! I've been to Toba Aquarium when I was 12 years old. I longed for this aquarium because I had watched there on TV. This was my first experience to see dugong (sea cow, ジュゴン). This is my unforgettable memory!!

Aquariums is full of happiness. Aquariums make everyone happy :-) I love aquariums!!!!

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My Summer Vacation Plans

I'll talk about my summer vacation plans. My friend is going to come to Kumamoto, so I go somewhere with him. I'm going to Aso with my friends! My friends, Natumi will take me and him to Aso. I'm glad!! I want to eat soft ice cream :-) Also I'm going to go to Chiba where my friend is living. I'll go to Hakkeijima Sea Paradise and Chiba Zoo. There is a famous animal in Chiba Zoo! Do you know 'Fuuta-kun'? He is a famous lesser panda. I'll see him. Hakkeijima Sea Paradise is one of the largest aquarium in Japan. And I'll go to Umitamago aquarium in Oita. If I can go this two aquariums, my summer vacation will be the happiest vacation!!! I can't wait summer vacation :-D

However... I also have to work! During summer vacation, I have a lot of time. So I should work and get money! I'll do my best!!!!!!

I hope my summer vacation will be nice and I can enjoy!!!

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Last weekend...

I went on a three day trip to Chiba. I got on the plane after an interval of four months. I don't like planes so much because I'm afraid of the airplane crash. However the airplane landed safely, and I arrived at Haneda airport. I moved to Chiba, and arrived at about eleven. We were so hungry, so we hod dinner at bar where my friend was working. There were many delicious foods! Also all stuff in the bar were so kind. I liked it! We were full up :-)

I was tired,so went to bed right away after eating...


Next day we cooked. We made omuraisu. I thought that I was good at making omuraisu :-) Our omuraisu was so delicious!!! I also made a spinach salad. I used spinach for salad (we can eat is raw!), tomato, onion, and egg. We enjoyed cooking and eating.


Last day, we ate omuraisu again as breakfast. Of course it was delicious. We were satisfied with omuraisu.

I reserved my return plane at 16:40, so I went to the airport early. I had lunch at Haneda airport. Haneda airport was so large!! And there were many shops. I was surprised every time I went there.

The return airplane took me to Kumamoto safely. I relieved because I could come back to Kumamoto safely!


I had a nice weekend :-) I'll go to Chiba again in August. I'm looking forward to summer vacation!!

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ASO.....

Last weekend, I went to Aso!!! I went to Aso by bus, and to the pension by taxi. I arrived the pension at about 16:30. I watched sumo wrestling on TV until dinner. My favorite player, Kakuryu, lost to Asasyoryu.

At 19:00, it was time of dinner!!! I ate French food. For example, uncured ham salad, crab with tomato sauce, bacon and tomato soup, and so on... The main dish was a fillet steak!!! It was tender :-) All dishes were so delicious!!! Of course, the dessert was also delicious. I liked pudding!

After dinner, I took a hot spring. The water was hot a little, but the hot spring was so nice. I felt happy!

I made an appointment of planetarium, so I went to planetarium at 21:00. Since the moon was shining brightly, we weren't able to look star so much. However we were able to look at the moon clearly through a telescope!!! The moon was so beautiful. I could look rabbits on the moon :-) After that I look some stars. And I looked Saturn!!!!! We looked at Saturn through an astronomical telescope. I was impressed with the beauty of Saturn. I could also look at Saturn's rings. Next year, we will not be able to look at Saturn's ring because of the ring become horizontally. It is rare phenomenon! It happens only once in 15 years!!! And we can look this phenomenon only a few weeks. I want to look it!!! It was my first time to look stars through a telescope. I was happy!!!

Next day, I had a breakfast at 9:00. It was also delicious :-) Especially I liked bread.

I checked out of the hotel at 10:30....After I left hotel, I made a big big mistake!!! I thought I couldn't go to Cuddly Dominion ;-( However taxi driver helped me, I was able to arrive to Cuddly Dominion!!! Thank you, taxi driver :-)

At 12 o'clock I arrived. First I went to the area of bears! There were many bears!!! I fed meats to bears. All bears were so cute!!!!! I love bear. Next I watched the show of bear. Bear was intelligent and good at sense of proportion!! He (or she) was able to ride a bicycle. After the show, I watched the pig race! I cheered Momo, however she was second!!! I couldn't get a big stuffed pig, but I enjoyed the race.In the lunch time, I ate takoyaki and yakisoba.

In Cuddly Dominion, I fed many animals!!! Penguin, donkey, monkey, deer, goat, bear, and so on... I enjoyed contact with animals :-)

At 13:30, I went to the Miyazawa theater!! I wanted to see Pan-kun!!! He is a very famous chimpanzee. When I saw him, I was moved to tears!!! I was so glad to see him!!! I enjoyed the show very much :-) Everyone enjoyed the show!!!!!! I watched this show again at 16:00. If I watch this show again and again, I can enjoy every time!!!

Until closing time, I enjoyed with many dogs!! I love dogs. I wanted to become friends with dogs, but I couldn't ;-( However I was happy because there were many dogs!!!

I enjoyed my trip in Aso!!! The trip was good experience for me. I want to go to Aso again!!!

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