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To host family.

Hello!! My name is Yukari O. I'm from Japan. Japan, where I was born, is a very nice country. Because Japan has a lot of healthy foods, many foreigners have enjoyed healthy foods of Japan very much. Japanese foods are very healthy, they have refined taste and we dwell upon appearance, so there are two ways to enjoy. That is to say, we are able to look and eat. In Japan, there is also the four seasons, each season has a representative thing. For instance, the very beautiful cherry trees which everybody fastens their eyes on are in full bloom in spring season and it brings to us peaceful space. Accordingly, it comes with the spring season, the places which are lots of cherry blossoms are crowded with various people who do a picnic under the cherry blossoms every year. In the summer season, we have an annual event. We wear a yukata, in other words, an informal cotton kimono for the summer season and enjoy some fireworks. In the autumn season, some people admire the moon. And in the winter season, this season comes the New Year, we eat Osechi which is a traditional food of Japan and rice cake boiled with vegetables. Those foods are not in foreign countries, so I'm proud of it.

In this way, Japan has original things which foreign countries don't have and Japanese respect such things forever. I'm very glad to be born and grew up in Japan.

I was born in Kumamoto which is located in the southwest part of Japan. The rush, Decopon of mandarin's variety and watermelon are well-known things in my hometown, that is to say Kumamoto.

My family has five people, my family's composition is my father, my mother, a brother five years older, a sister two years older and I'm the youngest of three children in the family. I'm the youngest children seem to be indulged by my mother, my father and my grandparents more than my brother and my sister at present. If I have some consultations, I always consult with my brother and my sister faster than my parents. There is a quarrel with my brother and my sister, however I'm glad to have my brother and my sister very much. Whatever happens, my family is a lifetime preclous thing.

My acquaintance always says to me that my character, has strong sociability and I always talk a lot about something or other. I think so, too. Though I don't know that it's a good point or a weak point, in any case, I like doing communication with everyone.

I have been interested in studying English very much since I was a junior high school student, so I decided to try to make the most of English and I would like to take up a business which can be exposed to other persons immediately. As I look upon study abroad as a good opportunity, I seek to learn English and I would like to convey to lots of people my ideas in English.

From Yukari O (514words)