Post #18

 あきやすみはしあわせでした。私のちちのうちにかえりました、でも一人でにかえりませんでした。私はしゅくだいをしました、それから poolのしあいをしました。まいあさ 私と私のあねと私のちちはいっしょにコーヒーをのみました。

Post #17

Today's piece of media is also American produced, but it planted the seed for me to begin researching the history of Geisha/Geiko and understanding the role they may have had during the second world war. This film, Memoirs of A Geisha, led me to begin understanding the importance of kimono patterns and the materials they were made of and how those two elements taken together would signify who's family you came from.

Post #16

The piece of media that I'm sharing with everyone today isn't written by a Japanese author, however the book opened my eyes to the reverence the tea ceremony, or rather the way of making tea, was given. 

The author has spent an extensive amount of time researching and learning about the way of tea. 

The book is called The Teahouse Fire, and it tells the story of a young girl who left behind America for Japan with her uncle who was called by the seminary. The young girl ends up living in Japanese with a Japanese family whom she becomes engrained with. 

I highly recommend this book as it gave me insight into the smaller things that made Japan's history.