Draft Essay 2-02b: My Favorite Place

My favorite place is Ikenoue center Park. This park is in my hometown. I like this place the best all of places. I have a lot of memories in there, so I chose this place as my favorite place. This park is very large. We can play with playground equipment, and play various sports. I often went to the park when I was an elementary school student. I could make many good memories with my friends in there. I want to tell you about the place and my memories in detail.

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 compare with other parks. 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 want to introduce the best memory in there. I and my classmates held class reunion in this park. At first, we ate lunch. There is MOS BURGER shop, so we bought some foods at there. After we ate lunch, we played various games. The most interesting game was a children’s game in which each side tries to seize the other’s home base. This game is called “jintori” in Japanese. It was very interesting. Everyone looked like enjoy. I remember this day very well.

I really like my hometown and the park. I will be able not to forget these memories. I don’t want to forget it. 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. I want to invite my elementary school’s friends. While I wrote this article, I want to go to the park!

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