Kyobashi eki

The topic this time is research about a station. I chose the station which I go often other than the Hirakatashi station. Kyobashi is well known by people live in Osaka, because there are keihan line, JR and subway there. People can go to the Kyoto said, the Osaka side from there.

(subway)

(JR)

(keihan)

Kyobashi, I believe it is one of the busiest station in kansai because there are everything. The first time I go at about 11am on Saturday and I though there should not be so many people because it is still early. But surprisingly, there are so many people and just like the rush hour.

 When I try talking with people standing outside the keihai line kyobashi station, all of them said they are waiting for someone. Kyobashi is probably becoming a place for meeting and gathering.

In order to attract people, there is a shopping mall called keihan mall there. There are shops for cloth and also restaurant. Some people will look around there when they are waiting for someone.

And the second times I go at night kyobashi become a totally different world. There is some people look likeホスト to ask you for dinner. It is a bit scary when you are chasing by them and showing you the menu of their bar. I am so scare and I didn’t able to take pictures at that time.

There is hotel there, and even the procedures of using the machinery to buy ticket have a English version. As a foreigner, I really feel like kyobashi is really ready for being a tourist spot.

Japanese

There are about 10 Japanese living in my dormitory. Life in the dormitory helps me get closer to their culture and daily life. Luckily, I have a Japanese roommate. We are always said to be twins because we wear similar glasses, we always stick together and we think in the same way.

 

(We accidently bought the same drinks and wear the same pattern of clothes!)

She is my best friend in Japan. We go to school together, cook together, eat together, shower together and study together. She fills up my life in Japan and I really cannot imagine life without her. These are the reasons why I would like to introduce her to everyone.

  She is a traditional Japanese girl. She is shy and she is somehow afraid of cameras. Thank you for letting me posts her photos on my blog. It is very funny when we met in the first day in the dormitory. Speaking English is somehow difficult to Japanese and they are shy with strangers. I remember when we first met, she just said “Hello, nice to meet you.” And then she left, leaving me alone in the room. But when I try asking her questions, she is very helpful. I think it is kind of Japanese culture. They are friendly to others and willing to help foreigners. She doesn’t talk much about herself, but she used to listen to me and give me useful response. Not so enthusiastic and a bit bashful. It is the early impression of Japanese for me.

She knows the manner and food in Japan. She likes cooking. There is one thing I know from her. Doing everything seriously is the characteristic of Japanese. She will follow all the instruction from the recipe, she cannot endure putting 1ml more water, 1g of sugar. She will measure all the ingredients before. Japanese are serious.

I look forward to finding out more about Japanese culture from Mai.

Neighborhood

According to the lecture, neighborhood means the social community of a specific place. And the definition of that specific place can be designed by yourself. For me, I am now living in the Seminar House 2. This place, is a small and warm sweet home for me. My definition of neighborhood is not such big, but the people I met in the seminar house. In this blog, I would like to focus on the daily life of my neighborhood and our daily interaction inside the seminar house.

(our seminar house)

(お父さんin the seminar house)

  

(my neighbor)

 (あいさつis needed in this community)

Room 2041 is my room. And these photos are the people live next to my room. We meet every day. おはよう！元気？is the most common conversation between us. あいさつ(greeting) is needed in living in this dormitory community. But we don’t have much serious conversation in this corridor, we just passed by and smile. The relationship of my neighborhood is not build in the corridor.

 

(the right one is my room)

Here is the dining room, people usually gather here and dining together. We cook, share food and chatting. This is the place I build up relationship with my neighborhood. Because there are many people from different countries in this community, we usually need to switch channel from Japanese, English and Chinese. These are the most common language I use when talking with my neighbor.

 

(あいさつagain)

Other than the dining room, lounge on the ground floor is also a venue where we spends most of the time there. We do homework to together. We can share knowledge and exchange opinions there. It is the place I like most in this community. We play, having fun and laughing with my neighbor.

  

The relationship here in this community is very close. Rather than neighbor, people here is more like a family. They are so friendly and helpful for letting me taking this photos. Compare to the neighborhood outside the seminar house. I think the relationship of the small-scale neighborhood inside the seminar house become very strong. Maybe it is because we like hanging out. We don’t like keep staying at room. Or maybe it is because in this community, all of us are similar age. So although we have different cultural background, we can enjoy the time with our neighbor in seminar house.