Personal Essay: Kichijoji, Slovakia

south Tokyo. It is made up of 161 small islands, and in the northern part of the main island is

I was born in Modesto ,CA on August 17, 2003 in Modesto hospital . I lived in Atwater ,CA most of my life ,but then I moved to Merced this year. Places that I have visited that feel like home is Watsonville and Santa Cruz. I have been in the same school for 8 years . Also, I have had a separate year in preschool. When I was in preschool I went to a school near Winton ,CA. During my magical 8 years I stayed in Bellevue since kindergarden through 8th grade.

Many people could be found gathering the streets of Warsaw as they carried on with their daily agendas. With no threat upon the city in the early 1930s, everything was business as

The only state I have ever known as home is North Carolina. I was born and raised in Charlotte and the only time I have ever moved away was last year to start a new chapter of my life as a college student. Growing up in Charlotte has had such an impact on what I plan to do with my future. As a young child I always thought of Charlotte as the next best thing to New York City. I shortly realized after visiting that was not quite the case. New York City introduced me to a new world of opportunity.

I was born in a big city called Baltimore, MD, but raised in a small town called Saint Stephen, SC. My mother had to relocate in order to take care of my ailing great-grandfather. While working toward her

I grew up in a small town, but it was not where I have lived my whole life. I was born on Mount Desert Island in

Japans history dates back almost 53,000 years and is filled with interesting and fascinating events. Most of Japans actions have left the major world powers in the world stunned. The base of this amazing country is astonishing just by itself. The base is a bunch of active and large under water volcanoes. Japans uniqueness from the rest of the world ranges from its culture to its very interesting history to the change in government every few hundred years and their trading dilemma with petroleum and their assortment of fish that they export. Japan as a country is so very appealing and kind compared to the rest of the world its no wonder that it’s geographically separate from the rest of the world.

I was born in Harlingen, Texas and I lived there for most of my childhood. We usually lived with my moms parents or in a small two story house but my mom got a job promotion working in T-Mobil at the time so we had to move to a place somewhere in Kansas. My mom had told my little brothers and me that she was going into Kansas first then she would come back and get us. We said ok and went on doing whatever things we were doing. Finally a few weeks later. My mom finally come and told us we would have one more day at school then we would start driving to Kansas. Finally after saying our goodbyes to family we set off to Kansas and it took forever but we finally made it. We had to live with our cousins at first since we had no home

The small island of japan is greatly known for its culture that has been practiced for over a thousand years. Japan has many different types of food and entertainment and religion. The most popular religion is Buddhism and Shintoism.

New York City, the city that never sleeps. One of my mom's favorite song has always been New York, New York by Frank Sinatra. Having spent most of her life in Brooklyn, New York, it's considered her second home. My brothers and sister grew up there while I was born in Colorado. I still however have lots of family there, grandparents, aunts, uncles and many many cousins, and I visit regularly. The words of Frank Sinatra still rings true, if you can make it here you can make it anywhere!

The capital of Japan is Tokyo. More than 70% of Japan contains mountains, including more than 200 volcanoes. Mountain Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan is an active volcano(scientists have not reached a consensus on what defines “active”.) In Japan religion does not play a huge role, the main religions are buddhism, and shintoism. Something very different in Japan to the U.S is in

My very first trip to Amsterdam started at a very young age at only a month old. I am a frequent visitor of the Netherlands to this day. Born and raised in America, a southern girl with a wanderlust mind, the Netherlands will always have a special place in my heart.

Between the Sea of Japan and the North Pacific in North-eastern Asia lies Japan. Japan is a country made up of 6,852 islands, with four main islands, and is home to a population of over 126 million. The majority of the population speak Japanese and the main religious groups include: Shintoism, Buddhism and Christianity.

It was home to Grete Weiss and Fritz Tugendhat, they both come from a wealthy jewish family from the industry of textiles in the city Brno that is 2 hours from

Japan is an island nation that is located across the Japanese Sea. Japan consists of the islands of Hokkaiodo, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu (Yamada & Kurashige, 2003). The landscape of Japan is seventy-one percent mountainous ("Population Demographics," 2007). Japan is a small country that is situated in the northern temperate zone. Japan experiences the four seasons similar to that of North America. Japan experiences typhoons which are a lot stronger than their sister hurricanes in the Atlantic (Yamada &