Ishibashi: 1 essay

Dear host family,

Hi! My name is Atsuko Ishibahi. Thank you for accepting me as a host family! I’m a sophomore at university. I study English language and literature there. I’m very interested in British literature. I want to go the graduate school and study British literature in the future. I have liked reading books since I was a child. I especially like “Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland”, “ The Chronicles of Narnla”, and “Harry Potter”. Various British lifestyles are written in those books. Also, “Alice” has a lot of puns and nursery songs which peculiar to England. I want to study British literature and culture bring my stay. Please tell me about the nursery songs you know! I like British traditional buildings such as Big Ben and the British museum too. I want to see various spots with you.

I belong to the aikido club at my school now. Do you know aikido? This is one of the traditional martial arts like karate and judo in Japan. And my grandfather is teacher of kendo. So I practiced kendo for three years when I was child too. If you are interested in them, please ask me. I’m going to teach you! They are very interesting sports.

I have some question to ready for this trip. Could you send answer by e-mail? First, what kind of clothes should I bring? It is hard to tell that England is cooler than Japan in summer. Should I bring heavy clothes? Second, please tell me Japanese foods which you want to try to eat. I like cooking. I live alone now, so I learn many recipes. I’m especially good at Japanese foods. I want to cook for you. I going to practice cooking before go to England and make delicious dishes for you! Third, I want to present something Japanese things. Do you have a request?

 I’m looking forward to see you in this summer. Good by!