Friday, 11 May 2012

 Hi! I'm Shoko Katayama. I'm from Kyoto, Japan.

I went to Calgary to improve my English skills, especially for speaking.
I have many hobbies.First, I like playing sports, such as baseball, basketball and soccer. Actually I belonged to track and field club when I was junior high school and high school student.
Second,I like taking picture and also travelling. I often go out and take a photo on holidays.
Third I like shoes! so I worked at shoes shop in Japan. I have many shoes, my favorite brand is New Balance. Finally, I like playing the guitar I can only play folk songs.
I would like to be a Journalist who goes all over the world so I have to study hard English. I hope this experience is to be a treasure for me.

11 comments:

  1. I think you came to Calgary to improve basketball skills. I hope you do well!

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    1. hey~ I came here to improve my English skills but actually my sports skills are getting better.

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  2. Hi!

    I hear you are very good at sports :) Maybe you did come to Calgary to improve your jump shots ?! :P Japan has the best shoes ever! I always found the most interesting shoes while I was in Japan! What a n amazing dream job you have! I hope one day it comes true!

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    1. I wanna play any sports with you.
      If you come to Japan next time, please come to Kyoto.
      I'll introduce some shoes to you.

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  3. Lucky you to have Kyoto as our home city! Truly one of my favourite cities that I have ever visited! So many temples and so much history. We were in Kyoto during the Cherry Blossom Festival and went to Maruyama Park. It was lots of fun.

    So, you do not play the Sanshin?

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    1. Kyoto has many famous place of cherry blossom. Arashiyama is one of famous place. Do you know?
      I live near Arashiyama.

      Sanshin... I can play A little bit...When I visited Okinawa, I tried to play it but It's toooooo difficult.

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  4. Hi Toni! (mom)

    The Sanshin is an instrument found in Okinawa. I'm not sure if it very popular in mainland Japan. I wonder if Shoko can play the Shamisen, which is the guitar like instrument which is popular in mainland Japan?

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    1. Sanshin is used in only Okinawa. I think Sanshin is the most difficult to play.
      I can't read music score of Sanshin, but I can do Shamisen..
      Shamisen is more popular in mainland in Japan.

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  6. Hi Shoko~
    super active girl~ :)
    Let's play basketball~~gogogo~!!

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  7. I wanna play basketball with you!!!!!
    Next time gogo!!

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