Speech in a primary school in the US

In October, I had a speech in a primary school in Salt Lake City, Utah. Because I visited there on my trip, I had a chance to give this speech. When I entered the classroom at the time, there were 60 kids in a room. I talked about the history between the US and Japan, and I talked about friendship between them and me. They listened to my speech earnestly, although my speech is not neccesarily joyful. So I was very glad to have become friends with them.

Thanks to all my pen friends

Thanks to all my pen friends. I held a small panel exhibition in my town this summer, with their help. This exhibition showed my interactions with them.

I made 11 panels because they were associated with me. Many people in my city came to see them. My coworkers, neighbors and friends. They were happy to see my panels and they learned there are many good penpals like you  in the world. 

Surprisingly, a local newspaper reporter came to the exhibition, and I was interviewed by her. Because she wrote an article about it, the article about my exhibition was posted in the newspaper. I was very surprised.

So, actually, I sent a picture of this article to the SLOWLY company in Hong Kong. Jojo is one of the founders of SLOWLY. She gave me a reply. She told me that they posted the article on their facebook. So many foreign people saw my panel exhibition! Incredible!

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My panel exhibition in summer, 2024

Because of my penpals’ associates, I have my panel exhibition now here in Japan. This exhibition is held in the building of the railway station in Gifu, Japan. For this project, I made 11 panels with pictures and writings from my overseas penpals. I appreciate it. They provided me with their pictures and letters a lot. Now, many visitors are coming to the venue, so they are very interested in my friends’ countries. Thank you, my overseas penpals. This is evidence from our friendships.