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In Japan, when classes finish students usually stand up and say “thank you”. It is Japanese unique style! Do you know it? I don’t know why we have to stand up. But I think it is polite way. And we have cleaning time after lunch. When I talked about it to British students, they were really surprised! We have to clean up our classroom by ourselves; on the other hand, they have cleaner so they don’t need clean up their classroom. I envy them. Which do you think is better? That’s all★

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This time topic is nursing parents. I think day-care service is good way. If we had enough time and money, we would not have problems. But these days, mental stress is big problem. I sometimes hear the news of suicide and double suicide because of nursing stress. So people who takes care their parents need helps. Now, Japan is an aging society. That is why government should put a great deal of effort. There are some old people who don’t want to live in nursing home. Using day-care service solve such problems. Day-care service has many merit, for example, old people can stay home and live with their families. So I agree with the idea that people use day-care service. This is my opinion!

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When I visited Dowdale School, I talked about rules and uniforms with students. I enjoyed talking with them and found so many differences between Japanese and British schools. First of all, I was surprised at their piercings. In Japan, we are usually banned piercings by our schools. But in England, maybe also some other countries, piercings are OK! I saw even a baby with piercings in the UK. I don’t know why Japanese students must not pierce. I was a cultural shock when I met British students, but it was a very interesting thing.

Next, Japanese students usually have uniforms. Some British students also have them, but there are little differences. Most students I saw in the UK wore pants. They have the right to choose style of uniforms. In most of Japanese school, girls wear skirts and boys wear pants. I think Japanese schools should introduce system such the UK.

There were many things I didn’t know until I went to the UK. How about you? Did you know? I want to know about other countries more.

Thank you for your reading! xxx

school

Hello♪ Today's topic is school! In my trip, I went to Junior high school to teach Japanese culture, education system and language. This experience was soooooo precious for me. And I found many interesting differences.

I was surprised that each teachers have thier own classroom. British students have to move classroom in every class, on the other hand, Japanese students usually stay thier classroom. In England, teachers decorate their classroom and make them charming. I think this idea is good!
And in the classroom, tables didn't line up because group works are common. In Japan, students use small table and just write note. I think japanese schools should introduce group works more.
In the class, most students raised thier hands and told thier opinion. I was very surprised!!! In Japan we can't see such a situation.
I found many other things! So I'll talk about school again!
That's all:-)

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Topic was taking nap, siesta.

There were four people who had different opinions.

*Olivia is Spanish. Spain has already introduced siesta, so she agree with the idea that Japan introduce siesta. She said that Spain is too hot, so coldish evening is better for Spanish to work.

*Ayano is 16 years old and play volley ball. She agrees with the idea too, because she thinks that students can concentrate everything thanks to taking nap. She is busy to practice volley ball. She always gets up at 6AM and goes to bed at midnight.

*Kumiko is a woman who brings up two children without husband and run café. She works hard because she has to raise her children. If Japan introduce siesta, her café might be hard to run, so she disagreed with the idea.

*Rie is an office worker of FUJIFIRM. She works from early morning till night. She thinks that job gets better after taking a nap.

In the end, all of them agree with the idea that short time nap, about 15 minutes, should be introduced. I think it is good idea for people, too. Students can’t concentrate on studying when they are sleepy. Siesta would make them more motivated. This is why I agree with siesta.

House

Today, I'll talk about Japanese and British houses. Traditional houses in Japan are made from woods, and usually one-storied houses. This is it.

However British houses are made from stone. Brick houses were so cute! And as you know, in japan we take off our shoes. So we have the halls. I have known this difference, so I wasn't surprised. But in apartment case, I found surpriseing diference. Japanese apartments usually have stairs outside. On the other hand, British apartmants usually have stairs inside because they don't have the halls.
As stated above, there are many differences. Some Bitish people don't know about japanese houses. I want them to know more♪　That's all! Good-bye:D

Bathroom

Hello, I'll talk about bathroom. When I started homestay, I was surprised at differences of bath. In Japan, bath and toilet are separate, and we usually soak in the bath. And we also usually have another rooms to change clothes next to the bathroom. This is in contrast to British bathroom.

In English, when they go to toilet, they sometimes say "go to the bathroom". This shows difference between Japanese and British bath. I want them to experience Japanese bath! That's all:-) Thank you!

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When I stayed England, I was troubled with food. The staple food is rice in Japan. However, in England, the staple food is potato. I like potatos. So it was not so trouble for me. But there were little rice. I really missed rice. I have to eat French fries, mashed potatos or bread instead of rice. There were Japanese restaurants but they were expensive comparatively and little different from original food. I ate Pasty, fish and chips, sandwiches.

This picture is fish and chips!
They were so good and I like them. Before I went to England, I didn't know British food. So I was interested in them.

Thank you!

Hello, I'm risa!xxx
Last mounth, I visited England to study English and travel around the UK. I saw and experienced many precious things. Then I found  many surprising differences between Japan and England, so I chose this theme of blog.
Today I'll talk about greeding. In England, I saw that most people said "thank you" even when they got on and dropped of the bus. In Japan, I rarely see this custom. I really like friendly "Thank you" by British people. It made me happy. Japanese people say "thank you" when classes finish, received gifts.
"Thank you" of two countries are used in different situations. This was interesting find for me! That's all♪ Thank you!