Japanese portrait

My Japanese portrait name is danaka ruka. I met her through Japanese speaking program. She was my speaking partner attending kansaigaidai freshman major in English. When I saw her first time I though she has very beautiful smile although we were not talking much at first meeting I felt we will be a good relationship and be a nice friend and it was exactly right. Every Tuesday we are eating together in the cafeteria, knowing each other more deeply.

(making korean food)

Ruka loves Korea!
This is the photo that we made korean food called "Kimchi-chahan" in Ruka's house. I can see her exciting face before to eat Korean foods, she loves spicy things in Korea. Not only for foods Ruka is very interested in Korean culture such as singers, fashions and dramas. Ofcourse she can speak koean little bit, too still studying korean now. Even though about korean singers and songs she knows better than me. When I heard korean singer group's news from her I was surprized because it was so detail.

(Snow festival in her hometown)

Ruka is white-snow princess!
As see as in the picture she is come from hokkaido. Just same feeling as white snow, her skin color is white and also she usually wears white color clothes. When I visited Hukkaido then met her in the there I thought it was really perfect fit place with her such as white-snow princess. Snow itself is cold but snow day’s temperature is warmer than normal days in winter. Same as phenomenon ruka looks like snow her mind is very warm-heart such as white-snow princess.

Now, as winter break Ruka is in Hokkaido so we cannot see for while. However, we can meet soon on Aprill. It is really exciting also miss her so much.

Make Japanese Neighborhood in Hirakata:)

It is seconde time to make diffirent race neighborhood. The fisrt diffirent race neighborhood was in America of Miami. To make new neighborhood is always fun and exciting specially if the race is not same it makes me more exciting because I can learn more new things from them which I could not to achieve before during live in Korea.

(My first neighborhood , Nonaka Ayano♥)

She was my first neighborhood in Japan. She is my roomate, ayano. Beforer I came Japan I have preconception about Japanese that they are little cold mind which means they do not want to show their real feeling or mind since they hate to give hurt to other person; called individualism. Therfore Japanese always neat, smiling and being nice to all people.

However, my first thinking about Japanese was broken up by my roomate. she was really nice person. we are really fit each other such as soulmate. we spent a lot of time by watching Japanese movie, drama and show program, making own nation's food together and tralving to nagoya and takayama. I realized that race diffirent is no obstacle to make mind-throught friend.

(お父さん~ my Japanese Father♥)

He is the father who lives in seminar house4 that also I have lived in. He has 82 children of son and daughther spenting whole day to care of us. Always being nice and kind to us. Everymorning when I go to school I say to him "ittekimasu" (I'll be back later)and he reply to me "itterasshai" (Be safe) with a warm-smile also when I come back from school I say "tadaima" (I'm home) and then hs say "Okaeri" (welcome home). At that time when I hear father's welcoming saying I feel comfortable and I feel really I am in home just as like as korean home. Besides even though I am not good at Japanese, he always pays attention to me and say to me easiest way of Japanese. I got a second Japanese father in Japan.

I realiy happy to meet this kind of nice neighborhood in Japan. still ex pecting some more new and nice neighborhood this semesster.

♥Sooo Sweeeeeeeet!! (Early Impression in Japan)

I have been in Japan already 5months, so it was little bit hard to make a thinking back the first impression. then, I looked up the photos that I took 5months ago to reconsidering my memory, and I found same facts among the my a lot of pictures. That was Japan so sweet!! It means Japan has many sweet, small, adorable and cute stuff to make me "NipponHolic". From deserts by normal goods there are huse sweet things in Japan.

(In topworld with 5pieces of cute small chocolate!)


This photo is my first photo in Japan. When I went to topworld(supermarket), I was screamed at the first second because in the photo's chocolate was enough to sweet to make me shout.! I can still feeling that happy moment. You can check by wacthing my face expression how I am happy:)lol Japan has a lot of small stuff it makes the things being look more adorable.

(Rilakkuma costume!!)

(stitch!!)


Also, there are many sweet character products in Japan. for example, stitch, rilakkuma, kitty, kikirara..etc. In korea, to buy famous character product it cost a lot and also there are not much variety characters. but, in Japan, we are exposed to flood of cute characters. we can easy to meet those sweet character friends around normal life such as cup, note,pen, cell phone, clock eventhough clothes!! I already bought many in here. Now Stitches are smiling at me by sitting in my desk. ;)

(sweet cakes)


Japan's deserts are ridiculously delicious. Not only taste is good but also appearance of deserts are awesome. I can't forget that heaven's taste. As a result, thanks to cake, pudding, icecream and cookie I got a 8Kg in Japan only for 5months. But still I am eating because I can not thrust sweet devil's temptation away.

Small stuff, Cute characters and Delicious deserts make Soooo Sweeeeet image of Japan to me. I love sweet! I became a NipponHolicS2♥

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This blog is a class project for my "Visual Anthropology" class; as such it is for educational purposes only. All photos posted here are taken by the blog author unless otherwise noted. If any problem with the posting of a particular photo is brought to my attention,  I will earnestly review the problem and remove the photo if necessary.