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I said goodbye to 2016 in the back seat of a bus while writing a presentation essay and studying like my life depended on it. I traveled back to Vaasa during the New Year night to make sure I could study without any distractions and that's what I did and passed the test. Japanese 2 course has now been going on for a good while and now there is hardly anything that I already know from my previous studies so I have to study even harder than before or some bad things will happen. Wish me luck. ^Here I'm leaving for Hämeenlinna to visit my parents on Christmas Eve. My friends took the pictures. Me and my mom ended up leaving for Lappeenranlta the next day (25.12.) to visit relatives. I got to drive our new car - not really a new one but they got it as used not so long ago so for me it was a new one - that I had never even seen before all the way to Lappeenranta in the dark evening while listening music. We spent a few days there and came back home. Like I pro...

Virtanen Essi  FKF Jap realia 1 2016.12.8 essay 2 3. Essay, A. Japanese family: How do Japanese families differ from Finnish/ Western/ (Your own country) families? Compare and discuss the roles of each family member and analyze the underlying reasons why Japanese families are the way they are. About differences between Japanese and Western Families I watched a video of Masaki -5 years old and her little sister Saiko -2 years old. They got a task where they had to successfully buy some groceries and return home all by themselves ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5k5XTZy0rA ). It’s surprising how well these Japanese kids behaved towards each other and towards other people they met even without their parents around. Masaki cried for his mom for a while but her sister Saiko almost took over the role of their mother by comforting her brother and making sure everything got done and taken care of. It is shocking how strongly these children already represented the beh...

Essi Virtanen FKF Jap realia 1 25.10.2016 essay 1 B.  Seasons in Japan: Define different seasons in Japan and discuss how the seasons relate to various aspects of Japanese life. For each day of the year there is a seasonal thing Over and over again, something begins and something ends. In Japan, the chancing of four seasons and beautiful colors of nature are full of celebrated symbolism that mean a lot in Japanese culture and play a huge role through different forms in Japanese everyday life. As Japan is a long collection of islands located mainly in temperate zone stretching out over thousands of kilometers, the climate varies considerably from the northern island of Hokkaido to the southern subtropical island of Okinawa.    During the winter the cold dry wind blows from Siberia towards the Sea of Japan and by meeting the warm air from the Pacific Ocean brings heavy snowing to the west coast of Japan. Spring is a season of cherry blossoms and new ...