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Felix Introduction!
I'm Felix, 4th year student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I'm a theatre major, but now I've come to Kagoshima University for study abroad.
フィリックスの自己紹介
ハワイ大学の4年生のフィリックスです！ハワイ大学では演劇の専攻していて、鹿児島大学に進取の精神支援基金の奨学生として留学をしに来たよ。
1 鹿児島の海とChill
1 鹿児島の海とChill
Living in Kagoshima, the ocean is almost always pretty close by. Luckily for me, I absolutely love the sea! It's so close to Kaikan, I walk there almost every day. It's my favorite thing to walk to the 7-11 close to the ocean, buy some snacks, and then eat them while enjoying the view and sounds of the ocean.
鹿児島のどこに行っても、海は結構近い。私は海が大好きだから、嬉しい。今住んでいる鹿児島大学の寮に近いから、毎日のように行く。海の近くのセブンイレブンに行ってお菓子とか買って、海の景色を見ながら食べるのが好きだ。
The beautiful view from the beach
ビーチからの景色
Some of my friends enjoy the ocean too, so we find stuff to do near the water. This weekend I went with my friend Yohei to a nearby ocean spot to go look for obsidian rocks. We timed it perfectly so we would arrive at low tide, and rocks that are usually hidden under the water would become visible. It was a great success, as we found tons of really cool looking obsidian pieces and brought them home. Not only that, we spent a long time looking at all the ocean life that was revealed at low tide. We found snails, crabs, mudskippers, and animals we had never seen before and didn't know the name of. Next time, I'm planning to learn how to fish!
鹿児島の友達も海が好きだから、一緒によく遊びに行く。この間、友達とバスに乗って海へ黒曜石を探しに行った。ちょうどいいタイミングで干潮に着いたから、水の下に隠れている普段見えない岩が見えるようになった。黒曜石をいっぱい見つけて持ち帰ったから、大成功だった！真っ黒なのに、めっちゃキラキラしてるから最高。それから、干潮で出てきた海の生物を見た。巻貝やカニ、泥んこ跳び魚とか、めっちゃ見たことないし名前も知らない生き物も見つけたよ。次は釣りのし方を覚えたいと思ってる！
My friend walking back to the bus stop, surrounded by flying birds
バス停に戻ってる友達の様子
I found this creature under a rock. Is it some type of seashell?
石の下に、この生き物を見つけた。貝かな？
I put it in the water and it turns out it was a sea anenome!!
貝だと思って、水に入れたらイソギンチャクだった
2 鹿児島で「買える」サッカー
2 鹿児島で「買える」サッカー
Soccer is one of my favorite things in the entire world. I love to watch it, play it, and talk about it with friends and family. So far in Kagoshima I've found no shortage of ways to enjoy my favorite sport!
僕はサッカーを見るのも、やるのも大好き。サッカーについて話すのもめっちゃ好き。鹿児島で、いろんな方法で、一番好きなスポーツを楽しんでいる。ここでは、鹿児島で「買える」サッカーを紹介しよう！
One of the ways I like to express myself the best is through the clothes and fashion I wear in daily life. I'm not good at matching colors or coming up with trendy outfits, but I love expressing myself through clothing. So, most days you'll find me wearing a soccer uniform showing love for teams or players I like. Finding rare and unique soccer uniforms is my favorite thing to do when shopping online, but they're really expensive, so it's not often I get to actually buy them. So I was completely shocked when I wandered into a shop full of them at Tenmonkan. They had famous teams and players, but also rare lesser known teams that I had never seen even online. I was absolutely overjoyed and spent a bunch of time looking at all the shirts they had. The most surprising thing about it was that not only were these really rare retro jerseys, their prices were really cheap! I ended up buying two.
普段の服装は、自分の性格を表すものだと思う。色の組み合わせやおしゃれな服装は苦手だけど、毎日着ている服で、自分を表すのが好き。だから、毎日のように好きなサッカーチームと好きな選手のユニフォームを着ている。
ネットで買い物するとき、珍しくてユニークなユニフォームを探すのがとっても楽しい。でも、レアなシャツはマジで高いから、だいたい買えない。だから、天文館の古着屋に行ったとき、びっくりした！有名なチームや選手のシャツを売っていて、オンラインでも見たことのない珍しいマイナーチームのシャツもあった。それを見て、本当に本当に嬉しくて、めっちゃ時間をかけてシャツを見て回ったよ！
驚いたことに、とてもレトロで珍しいシャツなのに、値段が本当に安かった。結局僕は２枚買っちゃった。
The jersey of a Turkish team I found. When I showed my Turkish friends at, they were so happy and remarked at how cheap it was.
トルコのチームのユニフォーム。
トルコの友達に見せたら、すごく喜んで、値段がマジ安いと言って驚いていた。
This one isn't particularly rare, but the price is really amazing, and it's really surprising to see one outside of Mexico.
これは特に珍しくないけど、値段はすごい。
メキシコ以外でこんなシャツを見るなんて！
Even if you really like soccer, there's a good chance you have never heard of this team. They're not very well known, I couldn't believe they had this at tenmonkan!
サッカーが好きでも、このチームは多分知らない人が多いと思う。世界中であまり知られていないから、天文館にあるなんて本当にびっくり。
A rare jersey I found which has the name of my favorite player of all time! He's not very popular anymore so I was shocked
この僕史上一番好きな選手のユニフォーム見つけた！
この選手は今人気がないから、嬉しい。
Bonus: I found a shirt of my favorite soccer manga at the nearby mall. I liked it so much I bought two.
おまけ：近くのモールで、僕の好きなサッカー漫画のTシャツを見つけた。
好きすぎて、２枚買った。
3 鹿児島ユナイテッドFC
3 鹿児島ユナイテッドFC
Directly across the street from the dorms is Shiranami Stadium, where the local team, Kagoshima United plays. They compete in J3, but are currently one of the best teams in the league fighting for promotion to J2. Even though J3 is the lowest league, the fans are super passionate! They start gathering together, cheering, waving flags, and singing songs hours before the match even starts. They have multiple supporter songs and it is so much fun to chant with everyone. One thing that struck me when I arrived was just how many people were wearing the team`s home uniform! I often go to basketball games in the US, and maybe about half the fans there will be wearing merch or jerseys. But at Kagoshima united matches, the vast majority of people are wearing jerseys, and its awesome to see. I really wish my favorite basketball team had that type of support. The chairs arent super comfortable at the stadium because they don`t have a back, but it was pretty easy to find seats with a good view. We ended up winning the match 3-1.
鹿児島ユナイテッドFCは鹿児島のローカルサッカーチーム。
今J3で活躍してて、J2に昇格しようとしてる。J3は日本で一番低いリーグなのに、サポーターのみんなはめちゃくちゃ熱心。試合が始まる何時間も前に、サポーターたちが集まって、旗を振ったり、声出したりする。みんなと応援歌を歌うのがすごい楽しい。びっくりしたことに、たくさんの人は今年バージョンのユニフォームを着てる。アメリカで、よくバスケットに試合に行くけど多分ユニフォームを着ているのは半分くらいだ。でもユナイテッドの試合でほとんどの人はユニフォーム着てて、応援がすごい。好きなバスケットもこんな応援があれば嬉しいなあ。スタジアムの椅子は背もたれがないから、そんなに快適じゃないけど、試合がよく見えるナイスな席は見つけやすい。今日の試合は、３−１だった。鹿児島勝った！
Even before the match, theres lots of fun to be had. There are tons of food stands and trucks where you can get food from local shops. This time, I chose Birria Tacos. Its a little different to birria tacos in america, but it was so delicous. Of course, I had to stop by the store and buy one of their jerseys. After having so much fun at the match, I couldn't believe how close it was to the international dorms. It's literally right across the street, so I'll definitely be going back more often.
試合が始まる前に、いろいろな楽しいことあるよ。屋台とフードトラックがたくさんあって、地元のお店の料理を食べることができる。今回はビリアタコスにした。アメリカのビリアとちょっと違うけど、めっちゃ美味かった。
もちろん、試合の前にユニフォームも買いに行かなくちゃ。試合が楽しすぎて、終わった後スタジアムは寮にこんなに近いことが信じられないと思った。歩いて５分ぐらいだから、来週も行く！
4 友達とサッカー
4 友達とサッカー
Every week, I play soccer too! There's a soccer group on campus that plays at the field every Sunday evening at the sports ground. The group consists of around half international students and half Japanese students. It's not a circle or club or anything, it's just for people who love soccer to get together and play every week. It's super casual and anyone is welcome to join. I'm really glad I joined because it was a great way to make friends and feel at home. My soccer skills and my Japanese conversational skills improve so I look forward to it every week.
毎週、サッカーもしてる！毎週日曜の夕方、大学のグラウンドでサッカーやっているグループがある！半分ぐらいは留学生、他は日本人。サークルとか部活じゃなくて、ただサッカーが好きな人が毎週集まる。すごくカジュアルで、誰でも入れる！友達作って、くつろげる感じができたから、行ってよかったと思ってる。サッカーの練習も日本語の練習もできるから、めっちゃ好きで、いつも楽しみにしてる！
This is where we play. Usually around 10-15 people show up every week. We can play a match on our own, but if there are other people there, we love asking them if they wanna combine and make a big full size match! It's not super visible today, but I love the view of Sakurajima while playing.
普段サッカーをする場所はここ！毎週１０−１５人来る。僕たちだけでも試合できるんだけど、たまに他のサッカーグループもいたとき、もっとデカい試合をしないかって誘うのが大好きなんだ！
今日は曇りだけど、いつも桜島の景色を見ながらサッカーができて、マジで好き。
Since the rainy season has arrived, it was raining this week. We didn't let that stop us though, we decided to play in the gym! We usually play til sunset, but because we were indoors today, we could play past dark. We played for hours and now I'm super sore.
梅雨になったから今週は大雨。でも、雨に負けたくないから、グラウンドではなく、体育館でサッカーした！普段は陽が沈んだら、止めるけど、屋内だから、外が暗くなったなの意、続けられた。何時間もサッカーしていて、今筋肉痛になっちゃった。
After our match, we put all the goals and equipment back, pack up our stuff and head home.
試合終わったら、みんなで道具とか片付ける。この時間もいいよね。
5 温泉「錦湯」
5 温泉「錦湯」
After the matches, we're super sore and tired, so sometimes we'll go to the onsen! It's the best after a long, tiring day, and there's a few really close to the dorms, so I go pretty often. There is one closer to the dorms, but the one I always go to is called Nishikiyu. It's open really late, until 1am so it's the one I prefer.
試合の後は、いつも死ぬほど疲れて筋肉痛になるから、ときどき温泉に行く！疲れた日の後は温泉が最高。寮の近くにいくつかあるから、よく行く。いつも行ってるのは「錦湯」。深夜１時まで空いてるから、ここは一番便利。
The first time I went with my friends, I wasn't really sure what I was in for. I had heard of onsens, but I didn't know much of the details. My friends invited me and I happily obliged, I was totally down for a new experience. We walked over, paid the 420 yen entrance fee, and went into the locker room. All was going great until I realized I had to take off ALL my clothes. And my only option was to just be completely 100% exposed! I didn't like the thought, so I considered going home, but I had already paid so I gathered my confidence and decided to tough it out! After a while I got used to it, and it was totally worth going.
友達と初めて錦湯に行った時、何が起こるのかわからなかった。温泉は聞いたことあったけど、詳しいこと知らなかった。でも、友達に誘われて、新しい経験を楽しみたかったから、喜んで誘いを受けた。寮から温泉まで歩いていって、420円払って、ロッカールームに入った。でもその瞬間、服を全部脱がなきゃいけないことに気づいた。100％裸が一つだけの選択肢！ちょっと嫌だったから、帰ろうと思ったけど、もう払ったから勇気を持って温泉に入った 。すぐ慣れたから、入ってよかった！
After we get out, we always get coffee or ice cream then head home.
いつも入った後で、コーヒーかアイスを買って帰るのが楽しみ！
Now I go around 2-3 times per week, and I've gotten to know the owner and some of the regulars pretty well! I always talk to him for a little bit before I enter. If I'm lucky, on my way out he'll give me some left behind items that have been sitting around for too long like shampoo or conditioner. Since I often come by together with my friends, last time I went, he gave me a whole basket of items and told me to give them out to my friends!
今では週に３回ぐらい錦湯に行ってるから、オーナーや常連の人たちと知り合いになった。いつも温泉に入る前におしゃべりする。運が良ければ、帰る前にオーナーから古い忘れ物をもらうことがある。僕はよく友達と行くから、この前は、いっぱいシャンプーもらって友達にも配ってあげてと言われた！
On the second floor, there's even a piano, and apparently there will be a little piano recital for kids soon.
2階にピアノもある！子供用のリサイタルが行われるらしい
In Conclusion,
This was my first time living outside of the US, so it was a big adventure for me. I think I grew as a person, all the while having tons of fun. I made many friends and tried all kinds of new things. I can't wait to come back to Kagoshima in the future!!
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