Draft Essay 2-02a: My Favorite Place

Hello everyone. Do you like Kumamoto prefecture? I like Kumamoto prefecture very much. There is "kumamon." kumamon is yuru-kyara in Kumamoto. Kumamon is very famous because kumamon ranked first in yuru-kyara contest last year. I like kumamon very much. By the way, there are many great places in Kumamoto prefecture. I have many favorite places in Kumamoto, for example, university, downtown, and so on. I especially like one place. I want to introduce about the place.

I like my hometown. I live in Karyo. It is my hometown. There are some interesting places, for example, ROUND 1, Kumamoto Shintoshin Plaza, and so on. My hometown becomes active gradually. There is Kumamoto Station. I think that it is the biggest station in Kumamoto. The Shinkansen was open to traffic last year; so many people come to Kumamoto in weekend. And Kumamoto Shintoshin Plaza opened on Marcn 12th last year. There are library, cafe, and super market in the institution. It is useful institution. There are many good places. I like almost all places in my hometown, but I like Ikenoue Center Park the best in my hometown.

The park is very large park, but there is only slight playground equipment. I often went to the park with my friends after school. I have a lot of good memories there, so I chose this place as my favorite place the best. I used to go to the park about twice a week. However, I absolutely go to there now. The other day, I went to the park with my friend who went to same junior high school with me after a long time. We talk about memories of junior high school. I thought that I was very nostalgic.

When I was an elementary school student, the park was completed. I wanted large park near my house, so I was very happy. I went to the park for the first time as welcome excursion in elementary school. I was surprised at width of the park. There are launching platform, like a water bed, and grass skiing. The excursion was very interesting. Then I often went to the park. I did various plays, for example, tag, hide-and-seek, and so on. And there is a track on land, so I did race, too. I and my local friends like the park very much. But I thought that a swing should just be in the park. I really like swing.

I really like my hometown and the park. I will be able not to forget these memories. I don't want to forget it. A part of the park has gone out of use now. But many children go to the park in the afternoon and after school. The place is really important place for me. I seldom have an opportunity to go to the park now, but I want to go to the park sometimes. While I wrote this article, I want to go to the park!

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