tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87767265283865355132024-02-06T22:09:36.252-08:00Ogaki News in EnglishI would like to report Ogaki news to you on this blog. It is a city in Gifu Prefecter in Japan. There are 130,000 people living there. It is a very small town compared with Tokyo, but we have lots of nature, and people living in Ogaki are kind.Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776726528386535513.post-91461801465635918352010-01-25T21:06:00.000-08:002010-01-25T21:18:19.984-08:00DIET CHEESECAKE<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Can you believe that no matter how much you eat cheesecake, you cannot gain weight?<br />The secret of that low calorie cheesecake is tofu. Tofu is included in process of making cheesecake, so the cheesecake is known as diet cheesecake.<br />You can eat it at Cheesecake Princess where is located near the Suimon River in Ogaki. In addition, there is a branch in Aqua Walk where is a shopping center in front of JR Ogaki station. The cheesecake shop is immensely popular with Ogaki residence especially high school students. I think many people and women particularly love cheesecake, and I also love it.<br />However, many girls care about the calories of cheesecake. By now, all girls do not need care about it any more!</span>Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776726528386535513.post-41824009064081088632010-01-11T20:31:00.000-08:002010-01-11T20:47:56.878-08:00CHICKEN PARTY!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifBfwi0GSnQj2OPSU3XXCcVfznU4i8iWvW-8EdIbLNr3iyfHQh_ZnTVkxYNkIgjYhCAGu6A51bDgEeKuoFS9L-lh4l6KwJoP5tcACZutn3YRTWxZ8BmpZRg87rGy2hyKjUkdHcoyQApo/s1600-h/焼ãé³¥.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425709811685453906" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifBfwi0GSnQj2OPSU3XXCcVfznU4i8iWvW-8EdIbLNr3iyfHQh_ZnTVkxYNkIgjYhCAGu6A51bDgEeKuoFS9L-lh4l6KwJoP5tcACZutn3YRTWxZ8BmpZRg87rGy2hyKjUkdHcoyQApo/s320/%E7%84%BC%E3%81%8D%E9%B3%A5.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hi! Have you decided where you have a party the end of year? </span><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In Japan, we usually have a party to forget the bad things retracing this year with our coworkers or close friends, and we welcome the next year with fresh desires! The event is called ‘bounenkai’ in Japanese. In generally, the party is held at Japanese pub. We drink alcohol, and we eat meal, and we talk about whole this year.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Now, I’m going to report about the best bar the end of year in Ogaki. A main dish of the bar is chicken. There are varieties of chicken such as Chicken Sashimi, Yakitori; chicken which are skewered, and they are burned by charcoal, Chicken Nabe; a dish cooked in a ceramic pot with chicken. (Picture 1, 2) I recommend that after you eat the Chicken Nabe, try to order rice, and add it to the Nabe. The bar is Oyadori Wakadori.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A new year is coming soon! Let’s forget your scandals about this year, and welcome a new year with a fresh mind!</span><br /></span><br />When you are interested in the bar, please crick it.↓<br /><a href="http://gourmet.yahoo.co.jp/0007135401/coupon/">http://gourmet.yahoo.co.jp/0007135401/coupon/</a><br />Here is a coupon, and you can use it when you eat chicken dishes more than 4,000 yen!<br /><br />Location<br />7-637-1 Hayashi-machi, Ogaki, Gifu,<br />On the route 258 and near the intersection with route 21st.</div>Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776726528386535513.post-50741963389469563902009-11-30T20:56:00.000-08:002009-12-14T20:49:38.889-08:00COOL VOLUNTEER BOYS<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Nowadays, many young boys began to volunteer works that picking up litter, and cleaning around the JR Ogaki station. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The young boys are students of Gifu Keizai University, and they are member of baseball team in this university. In fact, this volunteer work is for their training. Their university is three kilometers away from the JR Ogaki station. After that they run to the station, they pick up litter like cigarette butts, and cleaning around the station. Surprisingly, the volunteer work starts at 6:45 in the morning before the peak of the rush hours. After they clean the station, they run back to their university. Their baseball manager said the volunteer work is a good community service for Ogaki City. Therefore they want to volunteer work at the minimum once a week. </span></span>Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776726528386535513.post-4076002715155455602009-11-16T20:52:00.000-08:002009-11-23T20:46:31.067-08:00NAKAMURAYA<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ahMIuCk7-QTNQt0c0-QfW6TmszyXdj1l3OGaAuPoRhFXmxAwMEjvk3J3hFSa8nYGFrbYmDxN_BsfJtkNxQCn8ToisXHMEVRKl23Y2dJsv-1-lbazksnz6CRZGDvk35W72UkDiTEni24/s1600/ã¤ã‘ã‚ã‚“.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404938905331645042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ahMIuCk7-QTNQt0c0-QfW6TmszyXdj1l3OGaAuPoRhFXmxAwMEjvk3J3hFSa8nYGFrbYmDxN_BsfJtkNxQCn8ToisXHMEVRKl23Y2dJsv-1-lbazksnz6CRZGDvk35W72UkDiTEni24/s320/%E3%81%A4%E3%81%91%E3%82%81%E3%82%93.jpg" border="0" /></a>I’m going to report about the best Chinese noodle restaurant in Ogaki! The restaurant is named ‘<span style="color:#cc66cc;">Nakamura-Ya’</span>. Have you ever heard about the name? It’s the most famous Chinese noodle restaurant for ‘<span style="color:#009900;">tsukemen</span>’ in Ogaki. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">Tsukemen is a kind of Chinese noodles. They separate noodles and soup like this. (First picture) You can eat it a same way as ‘soba’. Just dip the noodles in a soup, and taste is really good. Especially the soup is a rich taste, and the original noodles are delicious and chewy. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">In addition, when you visit there at lunch time, you can eat original rice balls for free. At last, when you visit there, you should be surprised at that you have to line up to eat “<span style="color:#009900;">tsukemen</span>” at lunch time particularly, even if it’s on usual days, because the word on the street that <span style="color:#cc33cc;">Nakamura-Ya </span>has really great ‘<span style="color:#009900;">tsukemen</span>’ was running through other prefectures such as Osaka and Aichi prefectures.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGeUbjftU2Cbd91xiWUTtaXHZiVn8lFcOeM_HF6WyAXfZ0_-qnt2sGQlp7cMBff76Ip6Lhty3OpQXitcapKapDPIsFEK72W_Ih5a_5SQwItVlBOQbAxLwlYS0vW-Oa5FvDIU0Yv07oUE/s1600/中æ‘屋.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404937380335572370" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggGeUbjftU2Cbd91xiWUTtaXHZiVn8lFcOeM_HF6WyAXfZ0_-qnt2sGQlp7cMBff76Ip6Lhty3OpQXitcapKapDPIsFEK72W_Ih5a_5SQwItVlBOQbAxLwlYS0vW-Oa5FvDIU0Yv07oUE/s320/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91%E5%B1%8B.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />When you visit Ogaki, it’s a chance to eat ‘tsukemen’ at <span style="color:#cc33cc;">NAKAMURAYA</span>!<br /><br /><br /><br /><location></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><br />Nakamura-Ya is in front of the Ogaki Hospital and next to a convenience store.<br />2-58-1, Terauchi-cho, Oogaki-city, Gifu</span>Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776726528386535513.post-88505331951166310512009-11-09T20:52:00.000-08:002009-11-09T20:58:10.866-08:00FREE JAPANESE LESSONS<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We started teaching Japanese for FREE in Ogaki. Many Brazilian people live in Seinou area in Gifu. However, some of them lost their jobs due to the worsening economy these days. Therefore, an international association of Ogaki gave the lessons for Brazilian at “HIRO Gakuen”, and the lessons are intended for the unemployed. “HIRO Gakuen” is a name of school in Ogaki, and the school opens for Brazilian children on usual days.<br /><br />They took the lessons twice a week, and each 3 hours. They learned about basic Japanese like the way of filling in resumes. In addition, while they were taking the lessons, they could leave their children in the school. I think it’s a great system of education, and it’s convenient for women who have children. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br />The article appeared on February, 10th 2009, so the lessons are already closed now. This is a Japanese lessons in Ogaki, but we have other volunteer works that teaching Japanese to foreigners. I hope that it will be increasing more like the volunteer works.</span>Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776726528386535513.post-14161279172045263682009-10-23T22:30:00.000-07:002009-11-09T20:55:43.181-08:00WALKING FASTIVAL<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This is the Ogaki news!<br />The walking festival took place in October 18th in Ogaki. The festival was shown to commemorate the 320 years memories of <span style="color:#ff6600;">“Okunohosomichi”</span>. It was written by <span style="color:#3366ff;">Matsuo Bashou</span>. He was a haiku poet in the Edo period. He traveled around many regions and he wrote haikus. He wrote in his diaries when he traveled around Japan. <span style="color:#ff6600;">“Okunohosomichi”</span> is a one of his diaries. He quit writing <span style="color:#ff6600;">“Okunohosomichi”</span> when he reached Ogaki. Today, Ogaki take place the walking festival every year. Many citizens of Ogaki took part in it, and they walked Tarui station through Ogaki station. They walked around a distance of 13.4 kilometers. Fortunately, it was a beautiful weather, so it was a good day for walking around.<br />I think that it is a good chance to exercise and to notice Ogaki’s history. According to the news, most of the participants are with their family and friends. We have the walking festival in Ogaki every year. Why don’t you join in it with your friends next year?</span>Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776726528386535513.post-81738025133323812432009-10-23T22:10:00.000-07:002009-11-09T20:55:04.532-08:00Introduction<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hello, my name is<strong> Natsuki Izumino</strong>. I am a university student in Gifu Prefecture in Japan. I have lived in Ogaki for 20 years old. It is Ogaki city in Gifu. There are 160,000 people living there. It is compared to Tokyo, Ogaki is small rural town, but we have a lot of nature such as rice field, parks, green, and Ogaki is surrounded by several mountains and Ibi river. First, we produce some foods such as persimmons and pears, and water in our town is very clean, so we can grow rice with a chemical-free. Second, there are 4500 Brazilians in Ogaki, so some Brazilian children learn with Japanese children in elementary school or junior high school. That is interesting, and it is a good chance for children to communicate with foreigners. Those are just a little news about Ogaki. Therefore, I would like to introduce much more about my hometown in this blog.</span>Natsukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061485428927026548noreply@blogger.com2