活動報告

今週は日曜日にオーストラリアの友達とハイキングに行きました。ハイキングと聞いていたので、平坦な道を想像していたのですが、自分が思っていたより険しく大きな岩がたくさんある道だったので、歩くのが怖かったです。ハイキングのゴールには、スカウトの滝と言うオーストラリアで有名で美しい滝がありました。その日は虹がかかっていて、とても壮大な景色が広がっていました。滝の下には深い滝壺があり、僕は勇気を出して泳いでみましたが、冬なので寒かったです。また日本で有名な滝行をみんなでしてみたり、崖の上から景色を眺めたりして、友達と充実した時間を過ごすことができました。自然の中では、普段より会話が弾みとても楽しかったです。帰りはおやつにポテトチップスを食べました。日本のポテチとは味や食感が全然違い驚きましたが、とてもおいしかったです。

今週の学校は初めて、小学生の日本語の授業に参加しました。

どの学年も親しみやすく日本語を歌やゲームで覚えたり、日本の文化について調べたいことをレポートで書いたりなど積極的に学習していて、自分も楽しく、小学生と一緒に授業を受けることができました。また日本のアニメを自分が思っていたより知っている人が多くて日本の文化がオーストラリアで広まっていることを実感した1日となりました。これからもいろいろなことに挑戦していきたいです。

This Sunday, I went hiking with my Australian friends. I heard it was a hike, so I imagined the trail would be flat since some paths are easy to walk along in Japan, but it was steeper than I thought and there were many big rocks, so I was scared to walk. The destination of the hike was the famous Scout Falls and I had a great time. There was a rainbow that day, and the scenery was spectacular. There is a deep basin under the waterfall, and I mustered up the courage to swim in it, but it was cold because it is winter time here. Also, we went right under where the water poured over our heads and we made the Japanese waterfall meditation pose.  I was able to spend a fulfilling time with my friends looking at the scenery from the top of the cliff. Out here surrounded in nature, the conversation was livelier than usual, and it was a lot of fun. I ate potato chips for a snack on the way home. I was surprised how the taste and texture were completely different from Japanese potato chips, but it was very delicious.

This week at school, I joined a Japanese class of elementary school students for the first time. All grades are friendly, and we learned Japanese through songs and games, and wrote reports on what they wanted to research on about Japanese culture. There was a lot of activity learning and I enjoyed taking part in this class with elementary school students.  Also, there were more people who knew about Japanese anime than I thought, and it was this day that made me realize that Japanese culture is spreading throughout Australia. I want to continue to challenge myself trying out various things here.