8NTWAHIFIIONWIEIIIAITuesday, August 18, 2020The Shinro Shimbun Hawaii Edition―Could you tell me what is your future goal?hope to share the wonderful Hawaii's nature with people all over the world through my music. In the future, I would like to be involved in the job related to nature preservation/research in governmental institution.―Could you give a comment for those who want to study in Japan?rom my experience that I regularly visit Japan, it is the most effective way of developing Japanese skills to live and experience in Japan. I notice that I speak better Japanese in Japan than in Hawaii. You can study reading and writing of Japanese in Hawaii. But speaking skill is only developed when you keep practicing with environment where you are surrounded by Japanese friends.n addition, Japanese unique history and culture is very interesting so it will stimulate your intellectual curiosity. If you have interests in Japanese language and culture even a little, living in Japan can lead you to realize the difference between Japan and Hawaii, which make you grow up.●ProfileBorn in Osaka pref. in 1998. Spent childhood in Shonan area, Kanagawa pref., and moved to Hawaii when she was 6 years old. After graduating from Moanalua High, enter University of Hawaii. Major in Environmental Science and researched for nature and environment conservation of Hawaii. She started learning ukulele since she was 8, and now is working as a professional ukulele musician and playing her music all over the world. ―Could you tell me your history?was born in 1998 in Osaka pref, and until I was 6 years old, I spent my childhood in Shonan area, Kanagawa pref. I spent a lot of time around the Shonan Sea, and played with friends. I learned Japanese language by my daily life and kindergarten. Till I moved to Hawaii, my first language was Japanese, so I had hard time communicating in English. But I could get used to life in Hawaii by warm support from other people. At the same time, I went to Japanese language school while I was a junior high student and tried to keep my Japanese skills.ow I am a professional ukulele player and I play the ukulele all over the world. For example, Asia region like Japan and Korea, New Zealand, Australia, and I even have been to Europe region like Austria and Czech. On the other hand, I am now a student of University of Hawaii. At University of Hawaii, I major in environmental science.he reason why I choose the major is I am very interested in nature from my childhood experience playing in the sea and the mountain. So I study Hawaii's unique environment, preservation method of animal and plant, and prevention of global warming.―Could you tell me how do you feel like when you return back to Japan?hen I was in elementary school, I took short term summer courses in an elementary school in Japan. I was surprised to see Japanese school culture that is not in Hawaii's school; for example, students have school lunch with altogether, students have to clean up their classroom afterschool, all students join in school's athletic festival (undoukai).fter being a university student, I have a chance to go to Japan once or twice a year. Thinking of my experience in Japan, I will never forget visiting Tohoku area in 2016 after the big earthquake and visiting Kumamoto pref. in 2016 after the big earthquake. I traveled with a team of 10 people, and played ukulele and communicated with local care homes, schools, and communities there.owever, after visiting the area where disaster happened, we got more encouraged from them. I feel this is the power of music.●ProfileBorn in Kanagawa pref. in 2000. Moved to Hawaii when 3 years old. Studied in the school in Hawaii and studied Japanese language. While high school student at Kalani High School, visited Japan by exchange program. After graduating from Kalani High School, enter Kapiolani Community College and major in culinary. With Elderly sister Honoka, playing ukulele all over the world.―Could you introduce yourself?was born in Shonan area, Kanagawa pref. And I moved to Hawaii when I was 3 years old. Since I was still baby, I don't remember life in Japan before moving to Hawaii. Currently I'm a student of Kapiolani Community College and major in culinary. The reason why I major in culinary is the experience at school festival of Kalani High School. When I served fried rice and fried noodle to other students and visitors at the festival, I was very glad to hear “delicious”. This is how I want to major in culinary. In order to improve my cooking skill, I do a part-time job in bento shop.n the other hand, I support my sister's ukulele artist activity. Since childhood, I enjoyed my sister playing ukulele. My mother recommended to me, I decided to begin.ow I really enjoy ukulele artist activity like playing ukulele with my sister at concert, uploading our play on YouTube and so on.―Could you tell me how you feel when you visited Japan?hile I was an elementary school student, I visited Japan every year. Even now I visited Japan sometimes.t is the most interesting to me that I visited Japan as the exchange program between Kalani High School and the high school in Hiroshima pref.specially, visiting Atomic Bomb Dome led me to deeply understand how the World War II was. The exchange program was a precious experience for me to feel real Japanese culture and history.―When you visit Japan, how do you spend your leisure time?like Japanese amusement park since there are no amusement parks in Hawaii. So when I visited Japan, I often visit there. And the best thing is Japanese food. I am surprised how delicious Japanese foods are. Even though I haven't decided my career after graduating my college yet, but I really think of working at Japanese restaurant is one of the choices.n Japan I'm always impressed that the quality of service is high, and also impressed that there is almost no difference in quality of service at any kind of shop. I admire the mentality of those who is involved in service industry in Japan; for example, politeness, showing thankfulness by saying “Arigato gozaimasita”, bow, attitude toward customer and so on.―Could you give a message for those who want to study in Japan?n my case, after moving to Hawaii, I studied Japanese at elementary school and high school. And I also took extracurricular Japanese classes after class. I only have chance to speak Japanese with my family, so I tried not to forget what I learned and keep improving my Japanese skills.Now I have a lot of chance to speak Japanese because there are a lot of Japanese staff at bento shop where I do part-time job. I find that it is the most important to improve your Japanese speaking skill to try and try speaking by overcoming shyness. Practice in daily life is the best way to improve your Japanese skill. lso, it helps you to study Japanese a lot if you have a hobby using Japanese. For example, my hobby is reading books and manga written by Japanese and watching Japanese TV show and animation.enjoy my hobby. So if you can relate your hobby with learning Japanese, I'm sure you can keep up your motivation.Ms. Honoka KatayamaMr. Ryota KatayamaPolish your Japanese skills with environment where you are surrounded only by Japanese languageEnjoying learning Japanese with your hobby is the best way to improve your JapaneseSpecial InterviewMessages from Japanese sister and brother ukulele musicians to those who want to study in JapanII
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