KAWAGOE high school

(Japan) 

1. Letter 1 to the Catalan friends (from IES. Jacint Verdaguer) + answers

  
Naomi Ozawa 
Hello.  My name is Naomi Ozawa. 
I attend Kawagoe high school.I am 17 years old and my birthday is April 10th.I am a member of basketball club whose club is the top of prefecture Mie.There is a nationwide convention in prefecture Kouchi in August.We'd like to take part in the convention. Do you like to play sports? 
We are 6 in my family,grandfather,father,mother and 2 big brothers.But grandfather has been sick since 3 years ago.So he is in hospital.Big brothers Masaya and Kazuto university students.MY hobby is watching TV and go to shoping.  
I love SNOOPY!!! Do you know SNOOPY??It is white dog's character.One of the most popular character. 
 I am looking forward to get your letter!!  
 Naomi 
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Hello Naomi!!! 
My name's Alejandra Pérez.I go to secondary school, too.I'm 17 years old and my birthday is July 1st . 
I like basketball and rugby.Before I was a member of a rugby team. 
We are 5 in my family,my grandfather,my father,my mother,my little brother and me.I have a dog.My brother's name is Sergio. 
I like Snoopy too,but I like more Tweety.It is a yellow canary bird like the one you can see in the cartoons of the Warner Bros. 
Write me soon because I don't have E-mail 
Alejandra Pérez Montes 

Hello. My name is Miki Fujita. I'm 16 years old. 
I have a sister.She is 19 years old.I like her because she is honest. I have a dog .He came to my home when we were making snowman in winter.He was very cute,so we made him our pet.We have kept him for more than 10 years. 
 I'm interested in foreign countries,so I will go to Canada in this year's summer vacation.So I'm very happy.But I shoud study English, so I'll try. I want to be an importer of foreign clothing which I would sell in Japan. I am interested in clothing the best.So I think this job is the best for me. What do you want to be? 
 My mother is a "shuji"teacher.Do you know "shuji"? It is said that "Japanese spirit".I have learn it for about 10 years.Why don't you try it! I like taking pictures.I belong the photo club in my school.  
I look forward to your reply. 
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Hello MIKY : 

         First of all I'm going to explain you how I am. My name is Alicia Santaolalla Solórzano(my surnames are a bit strange). I'm 15 years old and I'm from Cornella, a little city near Barcelona (you know , where the olimpic games were celebrated in 1992). I'm not tall neither short. I've got long curly dark hair and brown hair. My birthday is 22nd november (I'm scorpio or sagittarius, it depends where you read it). 
I live in a flat with my parents and my brother. He is 22 years old and he likes a lot Japan and the Japaneses. I haven't got any pet because my parents don't like having animals in a flat. My favourites animals are horses and dolphins , but I like animals in general. 
I haven't got special hobbies but I collect a lot of things, stamps, postcards, sticks, coins, (I have a 10 yen coin), bank notes, etc... I like swiming, going out with my friends and listening to music. 
I'm studying 4th of E.S.O: in the I.E.S. Verdaguer high school. I don't know what to study next year. When I  grow up I would like to study, optician, telecommunications or astrophysics. They are very different things  and I don't know what to try. 

I suppose that with all this information you can imagine more or less how I am. OK then bye for now. Write soon, 
 Alicia Santaolalla  



    Hi!! My name is Eri Ito and I'm a high school student in Japan.  Now I'm sixteen years old. My hobby is listening to music, seeing movies and swimming in the ocean!! Then I like to play tennis and I like to watch basketball games. Do you like sports? I was in the tennis club when I was a junior high school student. By the way  Have you ever been to foreign country ? I've been to foreign country once.I went to Australia last winter. I went there for only two weeks.I wanted to stay Australia more. I did homestay and had a great time there. My host family were very 
kind. So I was happy. By the way I want to go to England some day. 

How about you ? Which country do you want to go ? I want to do  homestay in England. I like to visit foreign country.So I have to learn foreign language. Now I stady English. In the future I want to learn some language,except for Japanese and English. 
  I'm looking forward to your writing back to me!!  

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From: Elena 
  Hi Eri!! 
  I'm your keypal Elena, you received my missage? I hope that yes because I don't want to tell the same that the other time. Well, in Barcelona the weather is very hot, well, is true it isn't as hot as in Brasil, but this is unstandable. I like the sports too, but I think that now with the "Football WorldCup" I finished tired by the football. 
  Here soon we'll begun the holidays. When begin the holidays in Japan?  
  About my future, I don't stay sure that I want. I like write but I don't know if I write well. 
  Well I must go to do another things. Bye and I'm loking forward to your writing back me. 
  
  Elena Bueno  

Hello,from Japan! My name is Eri Mizutani. I'm a high school student at Kawagoe High school.  Now I'm 16 years old and my birthday is September 9th,1981.My family is three,Father,Mother and I.My hometown is Mie.   It's in the middle of Japan. 
My hobby is collecting movie informations.I'm a moviegoer.So I go to see it and buy its magazine once a month.In recent months, I went to see "MR.BEAN","GOOD WILL HUNTING"and so on.The best movie is "TITANIC". 
This time,I want to see some movies.In Japan, foreign TV dramas broadcast.For example: "ER","X-FILE","BEVERLY HILLS" $B!&!&!& (BI watch them in English. But I can understand them a little.I like listening to foreign musics,too.I love "MAARJA" because her voice is  beautiful.I'm very interested in foreign country.I'm going to study English,want to speak  
it and learn about foreign countries. 
  
                I would like to know more about you. 
                Please write to me when you can!!  
                           THANK YOU ! 
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  From: Esther Márquez. 

           Hello Eri! I's a pleasure for me to be able to write you. I decided to write you because we have similar tastes. 
           I'm 15 years old and my birthday is on 3rd of  September (you are a year older than me). I live in Barcelona (the place where the Olympics Games of 1992 were celebrated). It's a beautiful city, but there are too pollution. 
           In my family there are four people: my father, my mother, my sister and me. My sister's name is Marta and she is 10 years old. 
           I like going to the cinema, too. I have also seen 'Good Will Hunting' and 'Titanic', but I haven't seen 'Mr. Bean'. Like you, I think the best movie is 'Titanic'. When my friends told me that this movie lasted three hours I asked me: will I put up to be sat for three hours? But when the movie finished I thought: Has it finished already? The special effects are striking. I have seen 'The iron mask' and I liked very much. 
           I like a lot to practise sports. I like dancing (aerobic), swimming, ... Do you like any sport? In my first letter I talked you about my appearance. Can you descibe me how you are. It's all for now.            See you soon. 
                                Yours, Esther. 
           I would like you to continue to write to me although it isn't by Internet. Here is my address: 



FROM: EVA 
Hi Takayo!! 

I'm Eva Calvo from Barcelona.  
I am 16 years old too.I go to the Jacinto Verdaguer high school, it's small but it's near from my home and I have a lot of older friends here. 
I live in a city called Cornellá in Barcelona (Spain), and I live with my parents, Conrado and Herminia, my brothers, Manuel and Raul, and my dog Nuca. 
Do you like the pets?I love the animals, especially the cats. 
I have a lot of hobbies. There are dancing, the music, the aerobic, and others. 
Do you know some spanish singer? Alejandro Sanz is famous in Spain. 

I don't know Myusya, but I like the art, overall drawing. 
I watched TITANIC too, and it's a beautiful film. Do you cry whit the movie? I cried very much whit my friend.Do you like the movie's sing?I love the sing and I like very much Celine Dione. 

Well, I to say goodbye and I hope recipe your letter. BYE,BYE!!! 
                                                                    Eva Calvo Rodriguez 


 My name is Suzumi Kato. I live in Japan. 
I am sixteen years old. My birthday is June twenty-seven.I am Kawagoe high school student. I belong to the Karate club. I like Karate very much. My hobby is playing sports, playing the 
piano and singing popular songs. I go to karaoke verry well, but I am not so good. My family is father, mother, brother and grandmother. My brother is older than I. He is eighteen years old. 

I have a dog and some cats. We call the dog Lucky. Lucky is a member of 
my family. I like animals very much. Birds is the first pets thatI want to have . 
I want to make a lot of friends. So I want to become your friend.When I was junior highschool student, I belonged to the volleyball club.In those days, I wanted to become a pro volleyball player.However, now I don't think so. Because I found other dream. I make every effort to realize my dream and someday I realize it. 
Ilooking forward to your writing back to me.  

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  From: Eva 
     Hi, Suzumi Kato! 

      This is the first letter I send to you. My name is Eva Lara. I'm a teenager girl. I'm fifteen years old. My birthday is September twenty-three. 
     I'm a high school student. I hope to be an economist soon (when I finish my study), and... what is your favourite profession? 
    I live in a flat with my parents and my two brothers.I'm the youngest sister.  
 I love very much the pets and I have a dog called "Scotty" and a bird called "Curro".  I have got a lot of friends. Frecuently I go out to pubs or discos on Sundays afternoons with they. The summer is coming here and we will go to the beaches.   
   I like the karate but I don't  practise it. My hobbies are: drawing some pictures, listening to the music, singing popular songs and reading some books. I like Chinese food but I prefer Spanish food.  My dream is to travel all around the world. 
    I'm looking forward to your writting back to me.  
     Bye, bye. Eva 



 Hello! My name is Mai Inoue. I live in Mie in Japan. I'm a high school studnt and sixteen years old. I belong to cooking club in my school.I like baking cakes. We cook and bake cakes twice a week.(pizza, cheese cake, bread...)   
 I've played the piano for twelve years. But I can't play well. I have a elder sister and a elder brother.  My sister plays tennis and my brother plays baseball. I played valleyball in junnir high school. Do you like sports? If you like sports, what kind of sports do you like? I like to watch sport games,too! I go to gym to make healthy body.(swimming, running, walking....) 
 I like to go to concert, too. I've been to three concert. My faverit group is called "Johnny's Jr."  
They are very cool!!!! Many young girls love them.I will go again! 
 I've never been abroad. I want to go!!! I want to study at the  country's school, homestay, go shopping, go sightseeing $B!&!&!&!&!&!& (B. This is my dream(?). So I have to study English hard.    
 What will you do this summer vacation? I will go to Tokyo with my  friend.  
 I'm looking forward to hearing from you!! Thank you for reading. 
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From: Mari 

Hello Mai! My name is Mari Losada. I'm 16 years old. I live in Cornella in Spain. I'm studing in second cicle in a Institute called I.E.S Jacint Verdaguer.  
I have a elder brother too, and I have a sister that I, is my twin, she and I are twins.  
I like cook, too, but I haven't a club in my school. I cook in my kitchen, and my favourite cake is the cheese cake, mmm!!! I like very much, is delicious.  
I like play basketball but I never play, I played when I was 8,9,10, years old. Now I don't play any sport. I work in a bar with my family in my free time.  
My favourites topics are: the music ( I like the pot music, my favourite singing is "Robbie Williams" a ex-component the Take That "was the best group of pop music"). 
I like to go to the cinema, to go to the shopping and go to the disco, now I finished the school and I will have more free time and I will can to make more things. 
I ever don't know that will go do this summer, but I know that in the August I will go to Galicia, I always go in the summer there. 
Ah! I didn't remember, this weekend is a party in my city, I'm sure that I and my friends will have a good time. 

Thank you very much for your letter, I like it very much.  
Bye,bye. 
Mari Losada 



Hi! My name is Mika Mizutani. I'm 16 years old. I am a high school student. I live in Mie. We are a family of four: father,mother,brother,and I. My brother likes to play the guitar. So I have tried to play it once, but I can't. It was very difficult for me. 
    I am  belonging to handball club in Kawagoe high school. I like basketball and volleyball,too. Now, we play tennis in physical education class. I think playing tennis very fun,too. 
     I like listening to music very much. And I like to sing,too. So I often go to karaoke with my friends. It's very fun. My other hobby is to watch movies. The movie that I watched recently is TITANIC. It's a very good story! Did you watch it ? 
     What is your hobby ? Please tell me about yourself. I'm looking forward to a E-Mail from you!          
    From  Mika 
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From: Miguel Ángel García Rey 

Hi, Mika! I'm Miguel Ángel, I 'm your new penfriend. I live in Cornella (Spain). I'm 16 years old, and my birthday was in 2nd May. I like the music above all the group "the Coors", "Rosana" (spanish singer). Too I like to play tennis, I think too that it's funny, read books and write my books. 
I study in a I.E.S Verdaguer, and I study to be a reporter and a lawyer, and I think that I can to get it. 
I want that your will be one of the best friends that I have. I want that you tell me things about your country, your costums, etc. 
I don't watch "TITANIC" and I want that you will tell me about the film, my friends tell me that this film it's sad and tragic. 
Wait your answer, write me fastly! 
Your new friend Miguel Ángel. 



Hello! My name is Tomomi Umeda. I'm a Kawagoe high school student.  
I'm 16 years old. I live with my father, mother and two sisters.   
My school is far from my house,it takes about 1 hour. But I enjoy my school life everyday, because I have good friends.My hobbies is KARAOKE, going shopping , talking with my friends  and playing the piano.My favorite foods are fruit and chocolate. I also like to cook.  
I often watch movies, I'm interested in movies. The TITANIC was the best movie I have seen.  
My favorite actresses are Clare Denes, Drew Barrimore, Cameron Dias,Kate Winsret, Nicole Kidman and my favorite actors are Edward Furlong,Leonardo Di Caprio. They have good abilities.  
My goal is to go America to study English.I want to know American lifestyles and cultures. I'm very interested in English. I went to Hawaii last year, and I'm going to go to Hawaii with my family this year. So I'm going to speak English to forigners! 
I also want to go abroad as Home Stay.   

I'm looking forward to see you!  Thanks for reading my letter! 

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TO: Tomomi Umeda 
FROM: Miriam Cabeza 
   Hello Tomomi !! 
   My name is Miriam Cabeza. I'm 16 years old and I'm  a girl. I live in Cornellá near Barcelona. I live in a flat with my parents  and my brother. 
   My hobbies are volleyball, going to the beach and the football. My favourite team is Real Madrid . I like all player : Raúl, Roberto Carlos . This month I see th Football World Cup and I wish that Spain will win it. 
   I'm fan of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.My favourite singers are : Alejandro Sanz and Dover. 
   My dream is become a doctor . It needs much studies.I see a Spanish TV series how  Médico de familia (you don't know it) and I also see cartoons how Doraemon. 
  I don't know that tell you. I hope that you understand my letter and I hope your answer. 
Best wishes from your new friend :   
                                                        MIRIAM 


Hello! My name is Hiroko Fukushima. 
I'm sixteen years old.I live in Suzuka in Mie.I like playing volleyball & watching basketball and 
soccer games. 
I like GLAY which is a Japanese pop group.Their songs are  very good and I like them. 
I like TERU who is the vocalist of GLAY. He has a hoarse voice.I will go to their concert this summer! If you have a chance, please listen to their song. 

For the last time, I write to about my family.My family is father ,mother ,younger sister and I. 
My parents sometimes say joke.It is very interesting..My father is often take us places. 
My sister is twelve years old, she beiongs to running club. 

See you! I am looking foward to a coming E-Mail from you! 

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From:Noelia 
      Hi Hiroko!! 
  I am Noelia.I'm sixteen years old,too and I live in Barcelona,Spain. 
Before that!I'm sorry!I never listen to GLAY.What type of music sing. My favourite singer is Alejandro Sanz (spanish singer ) but I like a lot of singers. 
 My hobbies are dancing,go to the disco with my friends and sleeping.Do you like sleeping? 
 Isn't it fantastic?The next week I finish the school.And you? My favourite subjects are Language and English.I would like to become a doctor but it is very very difficult.What would you like when finish the school? 
 And what do you think in this holidays?I usually go to the beach with my parents in July and in August I go to my country. 
 You know! My sister is nineteen yeears old and she is a model but she isn't a famous model.How many years has your sister? What's her name? 
 I would like to know more about you,OK! 
     See you in other letter. 
                                                              Your key pal,Noelia 
         Noelia  

Hello! 
My name is Kanako Noro. 
I turned 17 in April.  
I live in Yokkaichi in Japan with my family.I have a lot of hobbies.One of my hobbies is doing sports.Figure skating is my most favorite sport.I have liked it since the Albertville Olympics. 
Did you watch it?I was very impressed by Midori Ito. She was the silver medalist at the Albertville Olympics.She was the first woman who jumped "the triple axle". 
Do you like figure skating?If tou know about it tell me please. 
Next time,please tell me about you. 
I'm looking forward to your reply. 
   Bye!!      
    From Kanako 
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To: Kanako Noro 
      From: Noemi 
Dear new friend, 

    My name is Noemi Osorio. I'm 16 years old and my bithday is on 11th of February.I live in Cornella, a pleasant city of Barcelona, with my parents.I'm the only child. 

     I have a lot of hobbies too. I love listening to the radio, reading a lot of books, writing letters to all my friends, but overall doing all kind of sports like: tennis, swimming, and specially dance. Dance is my favourite sport and I practised it since I was six years old.My group an I were silver medalist in Spanish championship three years ago and the next year (two years ago) we were bronce medalist in Catalonian championship.I have two big and wonder trophy. 

     I'm not very sure about what sport is "figure skating" but I think that I know what is (more or less). By the way, do you practise this class of sport ? I hope this.I like "figure skating" because it's a difficult sport which contains ability, strength and a bit of danger, I think.... 
Do you like dancing ? 

    My dream is to learn everything possible and know lots of people from other countries.Have you got any dream ? I think so. Do you like animals ? 

    I wish you like my short letter. 
    I'm looking forward your answer. 
Noemi 



Hello,My name is Tomohiro Masaki.  
I am sixteen years old. I was born in Inabe. I have a sister. She is 22 years old.And I have a brother, too. He is 19 years old. He lives Osaka now.          

I am a KAWAGOE high school student.  I want to speak English very well. But I can't speak English very well.So I try to speak English as I can from now. And I want to go to many 
forign countries. For exemple I would like to go to England , Gam and Australia. I want to talk to many people. 
I like listening to music. My favorite musician is Jiro of GLAY.I am interested in giter. I want to be well giter , too. 
I like valley ball ,too. When I was junior high school , I belong to valley ball culb. And My favorite sports is snowbord. I enjoy it everyyear.Snowbord is very exciting sports. 
What sports do you like? I would like to cominucate with you through playing sports. 

I want to go to England. I want to go to GuaI  

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To: Tomohiro 
From: Rosa 
Hi   Tomohiro, 
My name is Rosa Mª García Ordóñez.  
I'm a girl of fifteen years old. I live in Cornellá (Barcelona). I live with my parents and with my brothers. All days I go to the school it name is I.E.S Jacinto Verdaguer. After I go to pavillion to play  volleyball. My team of volleyball is the Club Volleyball Cornellá  that is a good team. 
I like the football my  favourite team is Atlético de Madrid that is the best team of Spain. For all the players of team my favourite is Caminero. He is very attactive. 
I like tennis too. The Roland Garros Women Final it was won by Arancha Sánchez Vicario and  Men Final by Carlos Moya. They're Spanish. 
I like listening to music. My favourite singer is Alejandro Sanz. Now are the party of my city this are maravellous. The next Friday finish school.  
  I don't know that tell you.  I hope you answer. 
  Rosa Mª García Ordóñez 
  
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