Another week another essay! Due to a power failure on Thursday night, which lead to the University basically shutting down for a day, plus the ongoing battle between me and my internet provider, this update has been somewhat late in coming. I’m aware that I’m not really updating very frequently at the moment, but I have been very busy recently. However I recently joined the Sheffield Japan Society council, which means I now wield terrible power, so expect updates about my fearsome rule of England soon. I’m also seeing Japanese cult legends Dir En Grey tomorrow evening.This week’s essay was “A place I reccomend”. As it’s somewhat fitting, I chose Tokyo, having lived there. As usual, Japanese in blue, translation in orange. The idea was to use the ‘I advise’ form, so that’s why I keep advising you to do things. Or maybe it’s because I’m really pushy.

私のおすすめのばしょはとうきょうです。とうきょうは日本のほんしゅの東にあります。

とうきょうにいろいろでゆうめいなばしょがたくさんあります。たとえば、とうきょうタワやとうきょうディズニーランドやめいじじんぐなどがあります。めいじじんぐはたいへん大きくて、きれいなじんぐです。行ったほうがいいです。がん日にたくさん日本人はめいじにいきますから、がん日に行かないほうがいいですよ。

日本のたべ物はおいしいです。日本で鳥肉 と馬肉とすしをたべることができます。私の好きなたべ物はやきそばですが、イギリスで、いいやきそばをかうことができません。ざんねんですよ。

とうきょうで日本のビールをのんだり、日本人と日本語ではなしたりすることができます。日本人はしんせつですが、まちでたべないほうがいいです。げひんです。

とうきょうのでんしゃはたいへんべんりです。一年間まえに王子えきのちかくにすんでいましたから、王子は一ばんです! 王子で、おいしいいざかやでたべることができます。いざかやのたべ物はおいしいですが、いくらのすしはまずいです!たべないほうがいいです!

なつやすみに日本に行くつもりです。おさかとひろしまでけんぶつするつもりです。とうきょうでけんぶつしたことがあります。いっしょにいきませんか。

The place I recommend is Tokyo. Tokyo is in the East of Honshu in Japan.

In Tokyo there are many famous places of different types. For example, the Tokyo tower, Tokyo Disneyland and Meiji Shrine and so on. Meiji Shrine is a very big and beautiful shrine. I advise you go there. At New Year’s, many Japanese people go to Meiji Shrine, so I don’t advise you go there at New Years.

Japanese food is delicious. In Japan you can eat Bird meat, Horse meat and Sushi. My favourite (lit: “The Food I Like) is Yakisoba, but you can’t buy good Yakisoba in England. It’s a shame.

In Tokyo, you can drink Japanese beer and speak Japanese with Japanese people and so on on. Japanese people are helpful, but don’t eat in the street. It’s rude.

Tokyo’s trains are very useful. Last year I lived near Oji station, so Oji is the best place! In Oji, (you can) eat delicious food at an Izakaya. The Izakaya’s food is delicious, but the Ikura Sushi is disgusting! I advise you don’t eat it!

In the summer holiday, I plan to go to Japan. I plan to go sightseeing in Osaka and Hiroshima. I’ve been sightseeing in Tokyo. Why don’t we go together?

nb. An “Izakaya” is a Japanese style pub. “Ikura” are salmon eggs.

So there you are. It’s true - I do plan to return to Japan in the future, I’ll be writing an update about that before too long. Hopefully you don’t all spot too many mistakes!

Finally, I’m going to wrap up today with one of my photographs, but this one doesn’t have my dog in it! The horror! This was taken with my mobile phone. It’s a shot from a long bridge over some water in the Rivelin Valley near where I live.

Pretty, huh?

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