Jeffrey Choi's blog for Elementary Japanese

Experience during the Kamikiri event was very exiting. I was amazed at how exited the audience were, and to the sheer number of the audience. I had to squeeze on the corner to watch the event! Although I could not understand about 90% of what the performer was saying, I appreciated the amazing skills he demonstrated with his scissors. Also, I am excited to start learning katakana. Only thing I know about katakana is that they are used to express foreign words. I have noticed them mostly in the names of countries like Australia. One funny expression I found was a katakana expression for a screwdriver  ( ドライバー ). Learning katakana is interesting because in my native language of Korean, there are no specific alphabets that are used to express foreign words. I look forward to being able to read and write katakana.  

From my brief internet research on Kamikiri, I learned that Kamikiri is a traditional Japanese stage performance dating back since the Edo period. It is performed by cutting paper to the audience's requests, with musical accompaniment. When I first heard about Kamikiri during class, I just thought it was an interesting type of performance, but never imagined that it has been there for several centuries. I am excited to attend the Kamikiri performance on Wednesday.

はじめまして。 チョイ　です。 わたしは　かんこくじんです。 わたしは　あめりかじん　じゃありません。 わたしは　さんえんせえです。 わたしの せんこうは　じょうほうこうかくです。(My major is business analytics, but I thought Information technology is very similar.) どうぞよろしく。