{"id":2522,"date":"2013-11-14T21:31:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T21:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=2522"},"modified":"2013-11-15T00:45:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:45:25","slug":"hajimemashite-keiko-desu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/hajimemashite-keiko-desu\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajimemashite! Keiko-desu."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u306f\u3058\u3081\u307e\u3057\u3066\uff01<\/p>\n<p>Hi, my name is Keiko(\u6075\u5b50). \u00a0I am a new Japanese blogger for Transparent Language. I am really excited to be here! \u00a0Since this is my first blog post, let me first introduce myself. \u00a0I\u00a0was born and raised in Gifu(\u5c90\u961c), Japan. \u00a0I moved to U.S after graduating from high school. Since then I&#8217;ve lived in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and currently live in Portland, Oregon with my husband and two boys, 7 &amp; 9 years old.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0travel to Japan once a year during the summer for my boys to attend local Japanese elementary school in my home town. \u00a0(In Japan, summer break does not start until the end of July for school children.) This has been a great experience for my boys as they get to experience Japanese school life, and at the same time they get to spend some time with their grandparents and relatives.<\/p>\n<p>In this first blog, I thought I would share with you some information about my hometown, Gifu. \u00a0Gifu is a prefecture, located in the Chubu region of central Japan. According to a Wikipedia, the population was 2,101,969 as of September 2007.<\/p>\n<p>To give you a better idea, I found the following Youtube video about Gifu.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010Goovie 5D\u3011\u5c90\u961c\u5e02\u3000\u91d1\u83ef\u5c71\u3000\u9577\u826f\u5ddd\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSfkShVxmlw?list=PL05B76D3FA7E77E73\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The river you see in this video is Nagara River(Nagara-gawa,\u00a0\u9577\u826f\u5ddd), and the castle is called &#8220;Gifu Castle&#8221;(Gifu-Jo,\u5c90\u961c\u57ce). \u00a0The castle is a fun place to visit as it is now a museum. You will see many of the old Samurai swords and Ninja stars displayed throughout the museum.<\/p>\n<p>In my upcoming blogs, I would like to cover variety of topics, such as Japanese food\/cooking, animation\/manga, music, history, and so on. In the mean time, \u00a0if you would like to see what are the hottest things happening in Japan, check out this web site, &#8221; Trends in Japan&#8221;. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web-japan.org\/trends\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/web-japan.org\/trends\/index.html<\/a>. \u00a0Also, if you would just like to know more about Japan, this site offers a comprehensive view of Japanese culture, nature, science and technology, and tourism etc.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web-japan.org\/jvt\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/web-japan.org\/jvt\/index.html<\/a>\u00a0in streaming format.<\/p>\n<p>I will be looking forward to sharing with you more about Japan in my future blogs! Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>\u3053\u308c\u304b\u3089\u3069\u3046\u305e\u3001\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u306f\u3058\u3081\u307e\u3057\u3066\uff01 Hi, my name is Keiko(\u6075\u5b50). \u00a0I am a new Japanese blogger for Transparent Language. I am really excited to be here! \u00a0Since this is my first blog post, let me first introduce myself. \u00a0I\u00a0was born and raised in Gifu(\u5c90\u961c), Japan. \u00a0I moved to U.S after graduating from high school. 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