Today I would like to reflect on my first year as a college student. The thing that left the biggest impression on me was the dance circle. Not only did I make friends of the same age, but I was also able to make friends with many seniors. We also had a lot of fun dancing together. In my daily life, my friends always took classes with me, ate dinner with me, talked with me a lot, and I really enjoyed spending time with them every day. Thank you! My goal as a college student was to make 5 friends. However, I was able to make many more friends. It was also a really fun year where I was able to have many new experiences!
Introduction Do you all know the local dish of Yamagata Imoni? It is a soup with taro as the main vegetable. It is said that Imoni originated in the mid-1600s. At that time, goods were transported by boat on the Mogami River. Boatmen sometimes had to wait for days until the recipients arrived. There was a village near the landing place where taro was a specialty. It is said that the origin of Imoni is that the taro and the codfish were boiled in a pot, and then enjoyed together on the riverbank to relieve the boredom of the day. I love Imoni. My grandmother's Imoni contains two kinds of konnyaku. I always eat a lot of konnyaku because I like konnyaku. That is why my grandmother puts a lot of konnyaku in the Imoni. Whenever my grandmother is asked what you want to eat when I come back to my parents' house, I always answer, Imoni. When I eat imoni, I feel that I have come back to Yamagata. Required Tools The pot that can hold 4L of water The pot that can hold 1500g of taro One la...