Year 10 // Ch. 5: Pg.72-75

Namja Town and Ice Cream City

In Chapter 5, you explore Namja Town and Ice Cream City while learning new vocabulary and Tokyo entertainment/tourism.

The theme for these pages are “spending time with your family and friends”?

LEARN ABOUT::

• leisure activities enjoyed by families and young people in Japan
• popular places families and teenagers go
• new kanji
• time words (now, later, tomorrow etc.)
• invite people to hang out
• arrange an outing
• use the plain form of verbs

Weather // Teru Teru Bozu

Have you ever wished for good weather? Maybe for a sports day, birthday party, or a day out at the beach? In Japan, many people wish for good weather with Teru Teru Bozu!

What is this and why does it look like a ghost at Halloween?

Teru is a Japanese verb which describes sunshine, and a bōzu is a Buddhist monk (compare the word bonze), or in modern slang, “bald-headed”; bōzu is also used as a term of endearment for addressing little boys.

It is a little traditional handmade doll made of white paper or cloth that Japanese farmers began hanging outside of their window by a string.

Watch this video to hear a song that wishes for bad weather to go away and good weather to stay!