My Sweet Memory of Portland Trip

My Sweet Memory of Portland Trip

I went on a trip to Portland. I enjoyed everything very much. At the same time, I learned more about American culture, and some different culture between U.S. and Japan and also Spokane. I learned many things for few a days on this trip.

At first, I was interested in college. I went to two colleges, and I was especially interested in one of the colleges which is Reed College. Compared with other colleges there are few students. One of the reasons is to take classes with few students, so student and teachers ratio is 10:1. Instead, tuition is so expensive. In Japan, we usually take classes with many students, at least 30. There are 42 majors in this school, and I was also surprised about that. I think that I want to choose many of the majors. I learned new knowledge about an American college.

Next, I felt involved in Japanese-American Memorial. I was surprised that Japanese words were included in some of the 13 stones. These stones showed me wonderful poems. They told the story of the Japanese people in the Northwest of immigration, native born Japanese Americans

and soldiers who fought in U.S. military services during the war. I was deeply impressed by each poem, because poems had very deep content. It was a good experience for me to know about Japanese-Americans more.

Finally, I enjoyed the Saturday Market, because I had never been to a market like this in Japan. There were many interesting homemade craft stores there, such as soap, glasses and so on. I think that the Saturday Market rule is interesting. It was decided that all stores can open at 7 o'clock in the morning, because of competition between each store. I love the atmosphere of the Portland Saturday Market.

This time, I went to Portland and I learned about Portland culture. I think it means my knowledge about American culture has spread. I'm happy about it, and I also enjoyed all of the plans on Portland trip. It made me very happy, and it will be my fabulous memory.