Oktoberfest in Munich

Oktoberfest is a sixteen-days festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria,Germany during late September and ruuning to early October. It is one of the most famous evens in the city and world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year, and is an enjoable event with an important part of Bavarian culture. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the Munich event.

There are beers that have been served at the event in Munich since 1818.Since 1950, there has been a traditional festival opening: A twelve gun salute and the tapping of the first keg of Oktoberfest beer at 12:00 by the current Mayor of Munich with the cry "It's tapped!!" .

JIDAI Festival in Kyoto

More than two hundred people in samurai attire of the Edo period parade around the city. There are noble ladies wearing traditional kimono, too. JIDAI festival began in 1895, on the 1100th aniversary of the transference of the capital to Kyoto. The festival features a huge spectacular parade with over 2000 costumed marchers. The procession depicts Japan''s history and culture from the Meiji era back through the ages to the Heian era. The parade leaves the Kyoto Imperial Palace at noon and takes about three hours to reach the Heian shrine.

My favorite movie

Ratatouille
This is Disney animation. Japanese title is "Remy no Oishii Restaurant". During this summer vacation, I wached it on DVD with my friends. I like disney movies since I was child. ”Ratatouille" means vegetable stewed food in french. (Ratatouille) In France, a rat named Remy dreams becoming great French chef, but he is rat, so his family oppose he want to be chef. He respect Gusteau who is great chef in Paris. One day, he droped from window into restaurant that Gusteau's famous restaurant in Paris. He met a young man, Linguini. This meeting makes his future dramatically changed.

This movie's food looks like real food. I wanted to go this restaurant if it exsits real world. I watched this movie twice. First time I watched it in sub-titled, next time in dubbed. Because my favorite Japanese actor, Satou Ryuta dubbed Linguini's voice. I think adult and child, anybody who watches it will enjoy so much. You should watch it!



LAPUTA: Castle in the Sky

I think most of people know GHIBLI movies. Miyazaki Hayao is famous director in the world. I like GHIBLI movies very much!! Especially my best of them is "Laputa". I watched it first time when I was a child. I had believed this story is true, and Laputa castle exsits in the sky. I would often look up into the sky and find Laputa. "Laputa" comes from "Gulliver's Travels". This is fictional castle.

In the end of 19 century, in Europe, oneday, a young boy named Pazu who works in coal factory helped a young girl Sheeta who fell from the sky. It is amazing!! She has pendant, this stone of pendant has marvelous power. Sky pirates and government know this stone tells us way to Laputa castle which has a lot of treasure and power that defeats the world. They go to Laputa.Pazu and sheeta try to stop it!!

I watch this movie several times. It is so nice each time. It is not too much to say that GHIBLI movie is Japanese representation. Japanese animation industry gradually spread in the world. Recentry, people in foreign country can watch GHIBLI movie. I am glad to hear this!!