English Writing Class

I will tell you about my favorite sweets. The name is "Kunihiro-Ya no Yo-Shu Cake". It is one of the famous sweets of Hiroshima. Kunihiro-Ya is a pastry shop in Fuchu-cho in Hiroshima. Yo-Shu Cake, Western liquor cake, is a cake made by soaking castella with rum and brandy syrup. All cakes are handmade.  It is very simple cake that does not contain dried fruits or nuts, but it is soaked in liquor syrup, and when you chew it, the liquor overflows. It is also sold at some supermarkets, so please try to eat at once!

 Do you know "Dondo-Yaki"? It is a fire festival usually held on January 15th. It makes on the end of New Year's celebrations. People gather New Year's ornaments such as Shimenawa, Matsukazari, Kakizome, and Omamori, and burn them in a big bonfire. Spirits of the new year are supposed to go home with the smoke of this fire. People bake rice cakes in the bonfire and eat them. It is said that you will be able to keep your health good throughout the year by eating them. In general, the festival is called "Dondo-Yaki" or "Sagicho". However, in my hometown, we call it "Tondo-Yaki". Besids this, it is called "Sai no Kami" or "Onibi-Taki" in other areas.  In addition, in my hometown, we bake rice cakes and eat them. We can also drink Amazake or Oshiruko. Few days ago, I found that there are some areas where Surume, dried squid, is baked and eaten. I was interested in the differences of the customs.  What is the festival calle...

 I will tell you about my winter vacation. I spent more than half of winter vacation working part time job. I work at cram school. In addition to that, I did other part time job during the year-end and New Year holidays. It was short term, but it was a long time during a day, so I was very tired. However, there were many things that were fresh to me, and it was good experience. Not only part time job, but also play with my friends. I met my friends from high school. We ate yummy foods and talked a lot. We go to different universities, so it was very interesting to hear from other universities. It was very good time. During winter vacation, the COVID-19 was relatively clam down. So I could meet my friend and go shopping. (Of course, infection prevention was done properly.) I enjoyed winter vacation. I want to enjoy spring vacation too. I hope the COVID-19 was clam down again.