My Experience_AYAME

Heyyy!! I'm Ayame Nishiyama. This is the first time for me to talk about my experience here.
Honestly, I've never regret choosing London to study abroad. London is awesome, seriously.
That is, I think, partly because there are many many events held here.

So..Let me talk about my experience!
Today I went to the event, namely "HYPER JAPAN", with one of my friends, which was a
market about Japanese cuisine, shopping and culture in the UK.          

                                  Jump to HYPER JAPAN HP

It was amazing. Maybe it seems weird that I was tremendously excited even thought I'm Japanese so I knew about my culture. I think in part the reason is that I was happy to know there were many people who loved my culture. I realized Japanese culture, especially pop-culture, had a great influence on London even thought it's far from Japan.

Since I went there with one of my friends from Italy. I told about Japan to him a lot!! It was fun to see how he reacted to Japanese culture. Even things which I took for granted was surprising for him. From his reactions, I could realize Japanese culture was unique. To be honest, sometimes it was hard for me to explain in English. For instance, when he found "Tabi(足袋)", he asked me, "why a thumb and the other fingers are separated?". I could not answer correctly because I did't know the reason exactly. Therefore, I thought I needed to know about my own culture more deeply.

It was a nice experience. I came to love Japan more and more after coming here. I'm really proud that I am Japanese. I want to tell my culture to other friends more !!
Also, through such a experience, I hope I'm improving myself.