NUFS and NUAS Festival

I would like to tell you about booths of NUFS and NUAS festival. The day, many booths were opened all over the place, and there were a lot of people.

First, there was a muffin’s and small item's booth named “MUGGY’s”, and it was opened only on Sunday. The clerks cooked muffins in cooperation, and cream has pretty color, for example, pink, blue, purple, yellow and so forth. Their decorations were nice and the taste was good. In terms of small items, I forgot to take a picture them. However, they were so cute!

Next, my club is Japanese circle, and we opened Takoyaki’s booth, but we are Japa-cir, so we sold Japa-yaki. We sold them on Saturday and Sunday. We sold two types Japa-yaki. The one was mix and the other was like Russian roulette. There were octopus, cheese, sausages, cabbage, kimchi and mochi in the mix types. And then, in Russian roulette types, one of them tasted wasabi. Both days, we could sell them out for about three hours, and we got 40,000 yen! This money will be paid our finished-project-party!

Hiyoshi Shrine Festival

In Niigata, my hometown, there is Hiyoshi shrine festival, on every September 1st. Hiyoshi shrine is in Itoigawa city, and it is on the south-east of Niigata. There is a dancing handed down from Kyoto about 500 years ago. It is called Oteteko-mai, and it is one of Einen public entertainment handed down to Niigata. Einen was come into the mid-Heian era. It was prosperous for the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Some adults and 4 children dance Oteteko-mai on a stage. They hardly move their positions, and they open and close their hands, feet and fans, and walk slowly for 30 minutes during they dance Oteteko-mai. In addition, there are some kind of dancing, for example, Kururi-mai (2 kids dance it.), Hoko-mai (4 kids of 10 years old dance it.), Kagami-mai (2 kids of 4 years old dance it.), Hana-mai(2 kids of 8 years old dance it.), Yumi-mai(2 kids of 12 years old dance it.), Tanemaki (2 adults dance it.), Shime-mai (A adult dances it.), Banzai-mai (2 adult.) and Shishimai (2 adults.).

During dancing, the music is being played. A lot of children and adults beat drums, play the festival flutes and sing songs. They practice musical instruments and songs for Ohayashi (This is musical accompaniment.). This is slow, but beautiful music. Moreover, kimono and hair-ornament are made by local people. These are excellent workmanship.

You should visit Hiyoshi shrine festival!

Legally Blonde

This movie is a success story, and called “Legally Blonde.” However, it was known as “Cutie Blonde” in Japan. This was made in 2001, and directed by Robert Luketic.

Story
Elle Woods, a main character, lived a luxurious residential area in California, and studied about fashion in a college. She achieved excellent results, and she was the president of a social club. She was a perfect girl except aspect of study. She is a blond-haired woman and likes pink, so she looks like foolish.

Her boyfriend, Warner, wanted to become politicization, so he wanted a bride for not a blonde like Marilyn Monroe but a brunette (Brunette means women who have brown or black hair.) like Jacqueline Kennedy. Therefore, suddenly, she was dumped. However, she is positive, so she aims to enter same “Harvard low school” as Werner. As a result, she could enter this school, but he has already had a brunette girlfriend, Vivian. Moreover, everyone recommend Elle leaving school. It makes her study hard. She studied harder than Werner, so she was elected to a assistant of their Professor Callaban with Vivian.

Elle changed her goal to become a good lawyer from trying to get his back. Furthermore, she makes good friends with Vivian, and she goes together with Emmett who is a good lawyer and the professor’s subordinate. After that, she solved a case of murder instead of her Professor. He didn’t believe that their client, Brooke Taylor Windhame, was innocent, but Elle believed her innocence. Therefore the client didn’t open her mind to him, but she opened her mind to Elle. Elle didn’t give up this problem and never stop believing the client.

I was touched by this action of Elle. She does what she wants to do and didn’t give up what she decided. Moreover, she is kind to help her friends.

Cast
Elle Woods: Reese Witherspoon
Emmett Richmond: Luke Wilson
Vivian Kensington: Selma Blair
Warner Hantington, iii: Matthew Davis
Professor Callaban: Victor Garber
Brooke Taylor Windhame: Ali Larter