Welcome to this homepage! Let us introduce Mr.Mirai Matsuki to you. He is a member of our seminar, Senshu-u. Now he is studying in Oregon University from last year as a Senshu’s student studying abroad. This page shows you the letters he wrote to Prof.Hiroshi Mochizuki by e-mail. Please read his mail !! You will see his life in US and some of you make sure of his healthy. Yet he said "I would like to eat Japanese foods".

Well, after reading his mail you can write to him right away! If you can send email and rice to him, he would be happy so much! Good luck, Mr.Mirai Matsuki!

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差出人: "Mirai Matsuki" <mirai@gladstone.uoregon.edu>
宛先 : <mochizuki@isc.senshu-u.ac.jp>
件名 : former mail Mirai Matsuki
送信日時 : 1999年 11月 10日 (水) 3:44 PM


Hi, Prof. Mochizuki
Thank you for your massage.

International Seminar with Harvard, Nebraska, and Trinity College of Dublin,
what an excellent idea it is!

May I ask you some questions about that?
Is International Seminar a part of the main seminar? or  is it opened for
only students who are economic major?
What are the several international activities like?  I mean, what's kind of
subject are you going to learn each other?

I think that it is the best opportunity of knowing how eagerly American and
Irish college students study and learning what those who are taking the
higher education are thinking in American and Irish aspects for most
Japanese college students.  It's really good for them.

I hope that this project will prosper.

By the way,
below here, these are mail that I sent you before, and also I sent you my
midterm examination sheet of Econometrics(part 1) yesterday by mail.

I will see you.
Mirai Matsuki



Hello. How’s it going?

I finished my midterm on last Thursday. On this term, I am taking 2 English
and 2 regular classes. One of my regular classes is Econometrics( part 1).
The other is Finance class.
It is very hard to keep up with both of two regulars, so I do my homework
almost every waking moment. I was supposed to take the class, either
Money&Banking or International Finance, on this term, but unfortunately,
those are not opened. I hope that they will be opened on next term.

I moved to the dorm, and I have some American friends. One of my friends who
is from Hawaii can speak Japanese well. We do an exchange study. I teach him
Japanese, while he teaches me English. It is really funny that I speak
English to him and he speaks Japanese to me when we study or talk to each
other.

I like here, U of O campus. There are some squirrels and coons, so they make
me relaxed. I also like the dorm food because they sometimes serve sushi,
not with raw fish but rolled.  I’m happy to eat rice, the taste isn’t good
though. However, recently, the rainy season has been starting. That’s too
bad.


Well, that’s all about my recent event.
I will send you e-mail again.
Have you received my second e-mail?  This is the third one.
I just wanted to make sure whether or not you’ve got it.

My e-mail address was changed.
U of O gave me e-mail address.
New address is:
mirai@gladstone.uoregon.edu

See you

Mirai Matsuki




8-24-99
Dear; Prof. Mochizuki.

Hello, how are you?

My school will be over soon. I manage to get up at 6:30 every weekday. I
learn about the American Indians at AEI, who are interesting for me. I'm
surprised that most of them don't use electrical appliances at all, whose
life is completely self-sufficient on their reservation.

By the way, I have heard that three of Japanese banks, Industrial Bank of
Japan, Dai-ichi Bank which is my main bank, and Fuji Bank, considered an
alliance. Oh, my goodness!  I don't quit know recent Japanese
situation, but I think that it seems likely to be a step to a major
structural shakeup among Japanese banks, and it will push on other banks to
making similar deeds.
I wonder how many banks will be able to survive and employees will be laid
off from now on. I hope this competition will make Tokyo a financial center
on a par with London and New York, even though Japanese government has to
probably take care of the unemployed.

I will move to a dorm in the middle of September.
My American life is so far so good.
I will send you mail again.

Take care

Mirai Matsuki, from Oregon.


7-19-99

Dear; Prof. Mochizuki and promising students

     Hello!  How are you doing?
I am a little sleepy and tired because the first period begins at 8 o'clock,
so I have to get up at 6:30 every weekday morning; on the other hand, the
last period finishes at 6:30 in the evening.  Now I go to the American
English Institution, called AEI.  AEI classes I took are Reading & Writing,
Grammar, Oral Skills, TOEFL and Business English.  I have a lot of homework
every day; therefore, I can't find the time to enjoy my hobby.  I don't
still go to watch Star Wars. I want to watch it as soon as possible.


    I commute to the AEI by bus. It takes me about 35 minutes. When I got on
the bus for the first time, it made me very upset because I didn't know that
the bus driver doesn't announce the next bus stop to me.  I prefer the
Japanese bus to the American bus.

    I live with my host family.  My host family is very kind, but their
foods are bad because they usually cook frozen foods. I eat potatoes and
meats like beef, chicken and pork every day. I am sick and tired of American
foods, so I am dying to eat Japanese foods, especially rice.  I always drink
Coca-Cola because there are many cans of it in my fridge. I'm surprised that
my host family drinks Coke like water; therefore, commercial message of
Coca-Cola, "Always Coca-Cola," really makes sense for me.

    Let me tell you about my impression of Oregon and America.
At first I'm really surprised that America is a big country.  Everywhere
like roads, campus and even groceries is huge, very huge. Next, I'm also
extremely amazed that there are lots of fat people here, and it is still
light outside until 9:00 p.m. Oregon is very beautiful. There is a lot of
nature here.  I admired that Oregon people try to keep Oregon clean and take
care of disabled people eagerly; for example, the paper is collected by
three types, newspaper, white paper and colored paper, and the public
utility is built for the disabled people to use it easily.  Also, most of
the American are friendly. They often say some greetings to me while we are
passing. I always say to the bus driver, "Thank you" when I get off the bus.

    I have been here just for a month, so I'm getting used to the American
life, except foods. I made some friends who are from Taiwan, Indonesia,
Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Spain. I played soccer and went rafting with
them.
I enjoy the American life.

I will send you e-mail again.

Sincerely,

Mirai Matsuki

>From Oregon