IRF World Rafting Champs

World Rafting Championship is held on once in twice. This is competition that IRF (International Rafting Federation) made to make the Olympic Organization Committee permit as an Olympic event. 40 countries from all the countries of the world, 60teams take part in this big event. From each country, the only best team can participate in. There are three events; slalom, sprint and long distance. The team whose aggregate point is the best wins.

NEW ZEALAND:RAFTING

It descends the swift current while bathing in a cold spray. It is the rafting. Rafting shoots down the rapids by boarding eight persons getting on rubber dinghy, and people use the paddle while managing the boat before and behind and right and left. If people work together in perfect accord, they can't conquer rafting.

Rafting is River sports done all over the world as New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Nepal, and Switzerland, etc. It is a popular adventure tour also in Japan now. In foreign countries like New Zealand and Nepal, rafting is very popular and active sport; there is a person who is making a living only by rafting in the local too. Rafting has spread rapidly as outdoor sports with power most.

Rafting's having begun to spread in Japan is at the 1980's, and the outdoor brand starts rafting in 1991 and the spread has extended to commercial rafting at a dash. New Zealand is a rafting advanced country whose rafting guide license is a national qualification. The rafting industry in Japan has made knowledge and the technology of rafting known. Moreover, they are making efforts to the improvement of a technological level of rafting.
If you are interested in rafting, please try it!

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Moon Festival

Once upon a time, there was a brave young man whose name was Gei. He was respected by everyone. He married a woman whose name was Joga. She was very beautiful, mild-mannered and wise woman. She was liked by everyone. One day, Gei met a old Taoist when he was hunting. The Taoist admired Gei and gave him powdered medicine of eternal youth and immortality. But he didn’t use it and put away in safe place. Then, many people gathered around him. There was a cunning man whose name was Homo. Homo wanted to use the medicine.

On one August 15th, Gei went to hunt with his pupils. Homo got back before evening, and he stole into Joga’s room and he pressed her to give the medicine. However, she didn’t give it for him and she was forced to use it. Then, her body suddenly became light, and she slipped out of the window, and she flied up to the sky. But because her feeling that she loved Gei was so strong, she went down to the nearest moon from the earth. On next year August 15th, Gei imaged his wife-Joga. He offered her favorite fruits and foods under the moonlight.

This custom has continued every year, and became known in the world. August 15th was middle- fall, so people has became celebrated as Moon Festival.

Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival

This is Festival in New Zealand. This has twenty one years history. Every year, this is held on from October 31st to November 9th. You can see 49 beautiful individual gardens and public Garden here. Moreover, you can see 18 important gardens. (Six places of them are important gardens in the country.) This festival gives you the chance to see wonderful Garden in eminent New Zealand that peculiar natural environment to the Taranaki provinces produces.

I am talking about Taranaki. These provinces were done the location of movie "Last Samurai" in whom Tom Cruise starred, and got into the news.The volcanic ash that accumulates because of the volcanic activity of the Taranaki Mountain is good and brings the soil of the drainage that is appropriate for the garden making. 1000 kinds of rhododendrons are seen in this local garden.

The Festival Rhododendron that started in 1987 is held this year in the place where the hall of this Taranaki local various place. The noted garden in Blue Ribbon Garden etc. specified that it is the top-level country from the garden named Pcati and Namamacgarden known to be a garden of alpine roses of a New Zealand maximum level where the high appraisal is always received is open to the public this year. Moreover, the spectator also can set nine "Garden Trail" and obtain the route map that describes the location of the garden and Information Center etc. about each course, so the tourist who visited the festival is efficient surroundings and as for these gardens.

If you have interest in this, why don’t you go here? I recommend you to go here.

I Love Movies♪

I watched a lot of movies during summer vacation. For example, I watched “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, “The 20th century boys”, “NIM’s ISLAND” and so on. Maybe I watched about 10 movies. Every movie I watched was interesting and nice. The best movie for me was “The 20th century boys”, because when I watched it I was very excited. This movie consists of three works. The first work was open to the public in this summer. The stage of the story is Japan of 1969 and 1997. It is an adventure mystery suspense that hero and his friend unfold.The actor who acts a main character is Toshiaki Karasawa. He is important role in this movie. The second work is a schedule of opening to the public in January, 2009. I want to watch the second work early. Will you go to see with me?

I also went to see the movie recently. I watched “Paco and picture book of magic” with my sister. This movie consists of the element of the drama, comedy, SF, and the ｆantasy. The import of the story is that once upon a time, there was a hospital in which only a strange person gathered. One day, a mean elderly man met the girl then he gradually changed into a good person. Koji Yakusho acts this mean elderly man, and Ayaka Willson acts the girl.I think that when you watched this, your mind becomes gentle very much. You must go to see by all means if you have free time.

I think that I am going fully to see the movie in the future because movie makes me happy and relaxed. If you have recommended movies, please tell me!

My Summer Vacation

I went to a driving school almost days. I always got up at 7 o’clock, and school ended at 8 o’clock, so I came back home at 8:30. I was tired everyday. One day, when I drove a wireless car, I had a small accident in driving school. When I parked my car, I ran my car into a fence. Teachers were surprised at me. I was surprised myself. I damaged to my car. From then, I became famous in driving school. The other day, when I drove my car, the car stalled many times, but I could pass the completion examination, graduation examination and full license examination. I had glad thing, it was to make friends whom I did not know. They and I ate out variously places many times. This is my memory of driving school.

At Bon Festival, assorted relatives gathered in my house and the barbecue was done. My mother bought various ingredients, so we became desperate though we ate. While we were eating, my dog, Justy has suddenly thrust in the stand of the barbecue. Everyone was surprised at it. My dog had gotten excited very much. After a while, everyone did fireworks at the end. It was a very happy day.

Toward the end of August, my friend and I went to Yokkaichi Fireworks Display. It was not easy to have walked a little because I had worn the yukata. When we arrived at destination, we ate a lot of food, takoyaki, crape, shaved ice and so on. I got full. The fireworks were so beautiful, so I felt emotions. The way to the station, we lost our way. We walked to look for the station for about 1 hour. Barely, we arrived at the station at 11 o’clock. I got home at 12 o’clock. My mother was very angry to me, but it became happy memories.

♪Basketball♪

This is a site of basketball!

I like to take part in any sports. I think that basketball is a hard sport. Especially, I like to play basketball because I was member of basketball club in junior high school. Basketball has a lot of rules double dribble, 24 seconds rule and so on. Most of people say that basketball's rule is very difficult to judge. I also think it is surely but as they play it, they master the rules. I think that basketball is more unpopular than the United States in Japan. I hope basketball will be popular in Japan and I want many people to play basketball.

About Yoga!!!

I think that yoga is good exercise for our health and a lot of people are interested in the reasons that they want to slim down, to be beautiful and to care their stiff shoulders.

Yoga has five thousand year's history that the cradle is India. This link is about a lot of yoga's poses. To tell the truth, the yoga's moving the body evenly rather than easing the symptoms only by one pose and balancing and continuing for a certain period are important. As a result, it appeals systematically to the entire body, and movement and the vicissitudes of the organ in the body improve. Moreover, the muscle not usually used is untied, and the spine and the joint are softened. It becomes the result of often doing circulation of the blood by correcting breath. Feelings cheerfully become positive gradually when the body is in order, and the lifestyle is in order.
If you are interested in yoga, let’s try yoga!

LAUGHTER

These are movie clips of laughter.

First movie clip is about sports happening. Sports that we are usually doing might be connected with comedy, too. This movie clip is one of them. It is animation that no unexpectedness when people are enjoying various sports occurs. We must not laugh, but we laugh, don’t we?

Second movie clip is about dogs. This clip is that the dog is doing a strange action. The action that the dog doesn't do usually makes us laugh. I think that people are healed when touching not only the dog but also the animal. Moreover, I think healing even if the action of the animal is seen. I laugh that a lovely animal is seen to be doing a strange action.

Third movie clip is about pantomime. This movie clip doesn't speak and the person is made to laugh only because of the operation of the body. The person can have the person laugh even if the voice is not used.


Effect of Laughter
People laugh when they are happy or glad, and they laugh in a happy place. I think that laughing can greatly decrease the stress. It is said by the person that he or she is activated the body by laughing, and improves the immunity. Therefore, I think laughing is good.

Following pages are about laughter.
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