ハッピー・サンクスギビング Happy Thanksgiving

 November 23, 2020 --  Monday

令和2年11月23日　――　月曜日　　月＝げつ＝がつ＝つき＝Moon

 

 ハッピー・サンクスギビング 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

In Japan, it’s Labor Thanksgiving Day or Thanks-to-Labor Day

kinroo kansha no hi

Also known as- niiname no matsuri 新嘗祭 official Harvest Festival

 

In Japan, Labor Thanksgiving Day is about being thankful for workers who do their job and do it well. Sometimes you literally thank those people — school kids sometimes make thank you cards and gifts for municipal workers like police, firefighters, and hospital workers. 

For those Japanese who will celebrate Kinrokansha, the holiday means a relaxing meal of noribachi (fish), rice, and tea after a family visit to a park or amusement center.

 

 

 

Links to videos of our new song, Furusato (my hometown), on YouTube

https://youtu.be/nYzWBOLWmug   Piano and lyrics

https://youtu.be/RJji_t_hsp0       Children’s choir

＊＊＊＊Your assignment is to type the words in  えい語　と　日本語 and save them in a document on your computer/laptop/Chromebook.＊＊＊＊

 

Link to video about Japanese woman from Niigata Prefecture living in Tokyo who makes thousands of onigiri (rice balls, often wrapped in seaweed, with various fillings).  She speaks beautiful, clear Japanese.  Subtitles.

https://www.facebook.com/131547960225574/posts/3496283270418676/ 

 

＊＊＊＊Write a 2 paragraph response to this video, えい語で。＊＊＊＊

 

Link to an article from the Japan Times about grammatical aspects of expressing gratitude in Japanese.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2020/11/17/language/japanese-language-grammar-gratitude/   

 

宿題　　　しゅくだい　　　Homework

①  Your assignment is to type the words in  えい語　と　日本語 and save them in a document on your computer/laptop/Chromebook.

 

②  　Write a two paragraph response to this video, えい語で。