tournaments.I also had the opportunity to engage with shogi clubs around the world through the Sydney Shogi Club. Played friendly matches on the internet with people in Ukraine and Washington DC. This is where you can play against shogi clubs in other countries, and the best thing about shogi is that you can play on the Internet even if you are far from your opponent. The director of the Sydney Shogi Club organizes all activities and sends shogi sets to anyone who wants to play shogi in Australia. Next year, the Sydney shogi club will spread shogi to New Zealand and Tonga and struggle to form the Oceania Shogi Federation. I was able to get involved with people working to spread Japanese culture to the world, and it was a very good experience for me, not only because of Shogi.6. Japanese living abroadI became interested in "Japanese people living overseas" through this study abroad. Australia is a multi-ethnic nation, and it is said that 45% of Australians are born abroad. Sydney has a population of about 5 million. There are about 1.5 million Asian-Australians, of which 20,000 are Japanese. I had several occasions during my time studying abroad where I went Japanese people living in Sydney. Harada-sensei, who built a study abroad institution for Japanese people called ICET, which I was very grateful for while studying abroad. She is one of the Japanese people living in Sydney. The “Japan Festival” held in Chatswood in October, which I mentioned earlier, is a festival hosted by a Japanese community called the Sydney Japanese Club.There are some other Japanese communities in Sydney. One of the most impressive is the volunteer for reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11. There is a charity called Rainbow Project, and a recovery event is held every March 11 in Sydney. This is a recovery event that has received a great response from both Japan and Australia as support for reconstruction from the Southern Hemisphere. Even now, eight years later, I am so happy that there are many people from far away Sydney who wish to recover from the disaster.7. FinallyThrough this study abroad, I was able to experience a lot of Australian culture. I thought it was interesting to experience Japanese culture abroad and it was a bit different from experiencing Japanese culture in Japan. Through many activities, I was able to feel my English proficiency. The way I look at overseas countries has changed, and I think I can see things from a wider perspective than before. Studying abroad wasn't just fun, it was more hard for me, but I'm really glad I went to study abroad.Through this study abroad, I became more interested in international relations and cross-cultural exchange, and in the future I would like to get a job where I can support Japanese people living abroad and foreigners living in Japan. To this end, I will continue to do my best to get more proficient in English and get better IELTS and TOEIC scores, as well as to communicate more deeply with foreigners in English.I think that I was able to have such an experience thanks to my host family who always supported me, and the ICET teachers who helped me when I was in trouble. Also, I am very grateful to the teachers of Chuo High School who watched me from Japan and my family who let me experience this study abroad. I'm really thankful to them all.My name is Momoha Kudo, and I was a Davidson high school student in Sydney. There were 24 ICET students in my class. 1. Pressure“Don’t be shy.“How do you feel when you hear these words? Most people will probably not have any strong feelings about these words. I don't feel anything even if I hear them now. However, about ten months ago, for me this was the most stressful thing. I remember feeling so hurt that I almost cried every time I heard it. I felt irritated because I couldn't stop being shy. I think the teachers were telling me to let go of my feelings, but every time I heard “Don't be shy”, if felt like I was under pressure. It took time to overcome these words.2. My purposeThere were three main purposes for my studying abroad. First, to improve my English skills, second is to expand my network, and nally, to learn about art. Learning about the arts was my primary “Don’t be shy”MomohaKudo工藤もも葉2年A2R組臆病にならないEXCELSIOR vol.2182
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