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On December 7, I went out for lunch with my friends. The place we went to was Grazie Gardens. Three of us went. The following is what I ate. I forget the name of the dish, but this was on the lunch menu and was inexpensive. One had pizza and one had pasta. The pizza eater said, "The amount is too much, I'm suffering..." I would like to go out to eat with the five of us this time, as we don't have a chance to get together for lunch because of cancelled classes and illnesses.

     My artifact is a keychain which shows bread being toasted. This one pictured not only toast, but also a small jar of honey and a butter knife. In addition, the toast is already covered with butter and honey. It looks delicious. Its color is mainly yellow. In detail, it consists of many yellows, browns, whites, blacks, and grays. It is made of plastic. It is about the size of a palm, larger than a ping-pong ball and smaller than a baseball.      I first encountered my artifact on April 1, when I was a second-year high school student. On that day, I went to Bandai City with three friends I had made in my first year. It was the first time for me to go out with these members and I was very excited. We walked around the stores, and if something caught each other's attention, we all stopped and said, "This is so cute!" and so on. When we were at LOFT on the 6th floor, we were browsing the keychain section.      One of friends suggested, "Why...

  Look at these pictures. They was taken in December 2nd. Our winter started on this day. On that day, a lot of snow suddenly fell and my friends and I were very excited. On the way home that day, the thermometer showed 0 degrees. SO COLD!!! It has been cold lately, do you like winter? I want to stay home all winter. I still can't stand the cold, so I am worried about the coming winter. Oh, I want to hibernate...

On November 26th, I participated in a bus tour. This bus tour is one of the curriculum of "Niigata Prefecture's Local Production for Local Consumption" in the third period on Mondays. It was a very enjoyable day, and I will share it with you all! Our trip started at 8:45. At the time, I said, "I can't believe I'm leaving home at the same time as the day I have first period." I got on this red bus. The bus was larger than planned and had stylish lights and chandeliers inside. Before the bus departed, a miracle happened to us. We looked out the window at the sky and there were two rainbows! Can you see two reinbows? First of all, we went to visit the snow chamber at Uonuma Brewery. And we also went to Bourbon to see their snow chambers. Bourbon's Snow Chamber Chocolat, released last week, is made here. ブルボン　雪室ショコラ (bourbon.co.jp) At lunchtime we went to "Uonuma-no-sato" (Uonuma Village). The Uonuma region is famous for its rice, but we had so...

Novenber 19th, I went apple picking with my father. I went to Sato apple orchard in Gosen in Niigata. Picking apples in this area is not allowed. At Sato Apple Orchard, customers choose their own apples and pick them themselves. I went there two years ago in October. Two years ago, we learned that sweeter apples do not appear until November. We took only "Fuji" which is a sweet variety and in season in November. But the bigger and glossier apples had already been taken by other customers and we had a hard time finding them. My father and I said, "Maybe that one would be good." and we picked 6 to 7 apples each. (Actually, my father took most of them because I was not tall enough...) It was a lot of fun. When we got home and ate the apples, we picked ourselves, how sweet they were! We still have some left at home and are looking forward to eating them.

Novenber 5th, I went to Aeon Niigata Minami to see a movie with my friend. The movie is ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×20 FILM "Record of Memories". It was a screening of a video of a live concert, so I felt like I was going to a live concert. After I saw it, I wanted to go to a live concert. Now I have a lot of movies I want to see. "Suzume no Tojimari", "Sayounara konbanha", "Tuki no michikake", and so on. However, I have no time and no money. So, I probably will not be able to see the movies. Link of the picture

Novenber 3, I met my friend who had been in the same school from elementary to high school. She is now studying economics at a university in Niigata Prefecture. First, we went "&Cafe". There are lots of sweets. We ate "Chocolate Banana Croffle". We didn't know where to start eating but it was so sweet and delicious! I talked with her about a lot of things. She told me that her university is now online classes three times a week. I hadn't talked to her in a while, so it was a fun time. Next, we went for the new Starbucks "Strawberry & Velvet Brownie Frappuccino," which I had always wanted to try. I think I could have had a sweeter one, as I have a sweet tooth. She was worried about stomach upset, so she drank a café latte. We had done everything we wanted to do, but needed to stay near Niigata Station until the fireworks started, so we decided to go to karaoke. We went to three karaoke parlors because they were all crowded and we  sang for a...