These are the letters to their hometown in Japan. They are junior high school students' works. Their school will close this spring. They thought about it again and again and wrote about their precious hometown.
RK Do you have a home? I have a home. My home is Nakagawa. It has my friends. I have a lot of memories with friends in Nakagawa. I’ve played baseball for seven years. I’ve studied many things for nine years. I’ve learned many things for fifteen years. I enjoyed my life with friends. And my home has my family. They brought me up. My mother cooks dishes everyday. They are very delicious. My father works for my family everyday. I have a lot of memories with my family. My family is important to me. I won’t forget my life with my friends. I won’t forget it with my friends. So I don’t forget my home. Nakagawa supports me. I want to say thank you to all things. I will never forget Nakagawa.
RK There is a lot of nature in Nakagawa. It was beautiful. And Iwabuyama was very beautiful. Nakagawa was encircled by mountains. So Nakagawa has good air. I like it. But the air in this country is polluted. There are of global warming. It was very dangerous. We made a lot of carbon dioxide. For example machines, factories and humans. We break at earth. But plants made a lot of oxygen. It was important. We must take care of plants. But we deforest a mountain. And we made new roads. So nature will be few. So global warming worsens. So I must stop global warming. I can recycle. Every body must do that. We must make a good earth. I want to see a lot of nature. KS Many people say Nakagawa is a good place but I don’t think so. I think Nakagawa’s people are good. There are 3 kinds of people there. 1st Kamanohata’s people. They are very old but they are very kind to many people. They are wars, difficulties and a lot of things. So they tell us important things about human life. 2nd my friends. I have friends in Nakagawa JHS. They are very good. I think their greeting is the best of all the world because when they do it. They have words to thank you in their hearts. I’m very glad when I greet them. They are my pride. 3rd my family. I have stayed with them since I was born. So they made my home. It’s my treasure. Our home was made by us. We made our home ourselves. Nakagawa is made by many people and their gentleness. So we cam be kind. We can do anything with our gentleness. I want to say Nakagawa’s people’s gentleness is good. NT Have you ever thought about your home town? I have never thought about it because I usually walk in it. I usually laugh in it. So I have never thought about it. But home town helped me. But I didn’t know it. I couldn’t get home. So a man lent me has telephone. I can know people’s kindness. I was crying. So a breeze stroked my head. So I can know nature’s warm heart. I think home town isn’t a form. It is a support. And we will be good people. So we can help people. Now we have to help people and our home town. My school will break up next year. So we make memories of our home town. It is support for it to make memories. What do you do for your home town? What can you do for it? Let’s think about in the forever. RT My home. Nakagawa has many trees and mountains. We love here in them. They change with the season. In spring there are a few cherry blossoms on Mt.Iwabu. Mt.Iwabu is popular in Nakagawa. In summer there is a lot of green there. I don’t like the heat. But I like to see bright green on the mountain. In fall they change from green to red. They are beautiful. But I like delicious food more beautiful thing than beautiful thing. In winter I only see white. There are autumn leaves on the ground. I cam make Yakiimo. Winter is quiet. Seasons change with time. Mt,Iwabu changes its appearance. I like all seasons. Animals are on Mt.Iwabu. People like Mt,Iwabu. But it will be lost someday. If it vanishes we’ll feel unhappy. I want to save it and I want people of future to see it. I think so. Nakagawa forever. TN I think Nakagawa is the best home because there is Nakagawa junior high school. Nakagawa junior high school teachers are very tender. And they are fun. So I like teachers. I can go to school and I can talk with my friends. My friends make me happy. I think my friends are important for me because they are treasure for me. I can help them and they can help me. So I can believe in my friends. And I think my friends can believe in me. So I’m happy. And I like my friends. I won’t dislike them because they support me. So I like my friends. They are precious to me. I want to be important to my friends. I met good wonderful teachers and my friends. So I want to say thank you to Nakagawa junior high school and Nakagawa. I like this place the best all over the world. I can say now “Every one, thank you very much.” TF Nakagawa is an important place. There are two reasons. 1st Nakagawa people are very gentle because they are good at greeting. And they are very cheerful. I like Nakagawa people. Nakagawa is my father, my grand father and grandmother’s home. They grew up in Nakagawa. They are important family. There are many friends in Nakagawa. They are wonderful. There are many wonderful people in Nakagawa. 2nd Nakagawa junior high school is very important because Nakagawa junior high school is small. But the students have big minds. We have a good relationship. Nakagawa teachers are very good. And they are very kind. I was helped by them with many things. I lived for a long time with every one. But we will lose Nakagawa school next year. I like Nakagawa junior high school. I think Nakagawa is very important. I won’t forget it. HF There are places I remember. Nakagawa has a thing like mother. It’s not really my mother but I feel worm from it. It’s a really good place. It is Nakagawa junior high school. It’s my school. There is a lot of nature around my school. It makes people happy. We can see lots of nature of the seasons. When I went to Tokyo I thought Nakagawa is very good. I don’t want to forget there. So I have many friends in Nakagawa. They are very kind to me. But I didn’t tell my feeling to my friends. I want to say thank you very much. They are the best teachers all over the world. It’s truth. Nakagawa junior high school and teachers are really wonderful. When I grow up I won’t forget them. I never want to forget them forever. If I go any places, I’ll come back here. Here is a place I should come back to. TM There is a lot of nature. It is very beautiful. Many trees change bad air into clean air. So Nakagawa’s air is very delicious. And there are many animals in Nakagawa. There ear nuts. So the mountains give many animals foods. And there is Ishikiriba on the mountain. People cut stones there in olden times. People used the stones to build many buildings. So the mountains were helping us since the old days. We can drink delicious water thanks to the mountains. Nakagawa has clean air thanks to the mountains. People built buildings thanks to the mountains. So we live in Nakagawa thanks to the mountains. Tank you very much. And could you help us? There aren’t some things in Nakagawa. But Nakagawa is good. So please go to Nakagawa. SI I love Nakagawa. Because I believe in people, they believe in me here. 1st, my friends. I am a spoiled child and I am a bad girl, but my friends treat me gently. When I had hard times, when I had happy times we went through then together. I have a lot of memories. When I did something wrong, they advised me and they forgave me. They say “What’s wrong?” And they secretly help me. I had such friends. 2nd, teachers. They think about me. When I did some thing wrong, they got angry at me. And they listened to my speech. I did my best again because they taught important things and they lead me on the night path. They always check my writing and they give messages to me. They believe in me. I had such teachers. Last, my parents. I did something wrong. Then, I saw my father’s teardrops for the first time. I was trying my heart. I thought I was a bad girl. But my mother hugged me. My mother said “I believe in you.” I was glad. So, I thought I want to be stronger on account of my parents. My parents look after me. I had such parents. I have acceptance, strength and warmth. I don’t know how to give thanks to a lot of people of Nakagawa. So, I spend the important time. Someday I want to be a girl such as we think “Thank you.” I had my home. The name is Nakagawa. TK I have been in Nakagawa since I was born. It supports and watches me. Its nature is very beautiful. In spring many cherry trees bloom on the mountain. It’s a very beautiful pink. I think Nakagawa’s cherry trees are the most beautiful in the world. In summer the mountains are a very beautiful green. They look very fine. Sunlight is very hot. But I like it. In fall the mountain’s trees change their color. Red, orange yellow are very colorful. They make me clam down. And then winter comes. The snow lies deep. And Nakagawa becomes white. Winter is very cold but somewhere is warm. So I like Nakagawa’s four seasons. And I like people in Nakagawa. They’re very very kind. They always say, “Good morning.” with a smile when I meet them in the morning. Their smiles make me feel good. It is like a sun. I think I’m very happy to live in Nakagawa because Nakagawa is a very beautiful place. And I want to say, “Thank you for Nakagawa’s nature and Nakagawa’s people.” KN Nakagawa’s nature is very beautiful. Nakagawa has lots of green around it. And it has many mountains. Spring, it becomes pink. Summer, it becomes nice green. Fall the leaves are dyed red. It is very very beautiful. I like it very much. Winter, it becomes white. When I see it, I feel the wonder of nature. And mountains have many animals, for example, deer, monkeys and bears. I think meeting them is dangerous. But I want to meet them. And thanks to Nakagawa’s nature, my town has good air. When I went to Tokyo, I thought it had bad air. So I like Nakagawa. It is wonderful. But it starts depopulation. So it may disappear. I think it’s unpleasant. I want to leave it. And I want everyone to treasure it. I like Nakagawa. I will never forget Nakagawa. YM My home is Nakagawa. I have been there since I was born. Nakagawa is a very good place. It has a lot of nature. It is very beautiful. Nakagawa has a lot of mountains. They are very big. They have a lot of trees. And they have many animals. And they have spring, summer, fall and winter. I like the cherry blossoms of spring. They are very pretty. I like the green leaves of summer. They are very strong. I like the red leaves of fall. They make me happy. I like the snow of winter. It is very beautiful. Nakagawa has Iwabuyama. It wears various clothes. And it has various expressions. They make me cheerful. And they look after me. We must protect Iwabuyama. It is home for us forever. SY I’m glad because I became a junior high school student in Nakagawa. Our students are good at greeting. It is the pride of our school. It is a habit for us. Thanks to Nakagawa junior high school, I can greet every day. Greetings are very good because it can move the hearts of many people. And we can communicate. Greetings make us happy. I’m happy too. If my friend greets me, I’m very happy. It is the same for many people, too. We can make good friends by greeting. My friends are very kind. They help me when I am in trouble. They helped me a lot in club activities. So they are important for me. But my family is important to me, too. My family supported me when I was in trouble. So I can get over these times. So I want to say, “Thank you.” to my family someday. My family is very kind. I’m proud of my family. Nakagawa junior high school is the pride of Nakagawa. Nakagawa elementary school too. We are sad because Nakagawa junior high school will leave from Nakagawa. But it continues to exist in our heart. MY I made a movie a bout Nakagawa in the school festival. There is a lot of beautiful nature in Nakagawa. When I made a mover, I thought so again. Many wonderful flowers bloom in spring. They make me smile. I can see the mountain of green. I feel happy. Many leaves become red orange and yellow in fall. I calm down. Mountains put on snow in winter. There are very bright. Nakagawa has many wonderful views. I have seen them since I was born. I have never for gotten the beautiful nature. I think they are the most beautiful. I want to keep them. I want to leave them. I’m happy and glad because my home town is Nakagawa. I like Nakagawa very much. If someone says “What are good places in your home town?” I’ll answer them. It is the beautiful nature. I can see every day. I like them very much. I can be proud of beautiful nature in my home town. |