Day in the Life with Asuka Mizutani !

17日 6月

明日香と私

It has been a long week living with Asuka and her family in Toyota. This picture of us was taken, in front of her home, the day before I continued on to the touring part of our trip to Japan with the rest of our Clements students. I've learned so much about Japan all thanks to Asuka because she was kind enough to show me around Toyota and tell me so much about her own life and what a day is like in her life. Asuka takes part in the Drama club at her school, Minami High, so staying after school and watching what all the Japanese students do once school ends was interesting. Asuka's mother was a very lovely person. She helped me understand how they lived and shared her own experience visiting the states when she was younger with me. She said her daughter, Asuka, was very interested in English so I was excited to think that someday she would have the opportunity to come to the states! Asuka's grandparents, who lived on the bottom floor of their home, were also very humble people. Before I left, Asuka's grandmother gave me a photo album filled with pictures of their family and I. It made me happy in the end to know that they enjoyed my company and that I was able to create a bond with them. To this day, I still email Asuka and we keep in touch very often. Soon, she will be visiting the states in August 2013. I'm glad to have been with them during my trip to Japan.

私は長い一週間明日香と彼女の家族と一緒に住んでいた。私は日本についてそんなに学んだ。私は私の世話をするための明日香と明日香の家族の感謝しています。飛鳥は ドラマクラブにある。彼女が若い頃飛鳥のお母さんは ユナイトアメリカに行きました。彼女は社交的と甘いです。明日香のおばあちゃんは私のフォトアルバムを与えた。今私は明日香を電子メールで送信します。

Asuka's Japanese Koto instrument.
明日香の楽器。

Flowers I arranged in Toyota Minami High School.
私は花をまとめる。

Shopping in Nagoya!
名古屋で買い物。

Asuka and I with her instrument.
日本の楽器と明日香と私。

Mizutani family and I.
水谷の家族と私

Asuka and I in our kimonos.
飛鳥と私は着物を着て。