Research Topic: Sports in Sendai

Soccer, baseball and figure skating are the prevalent sporting events in Sendai. The first professional sport in Sendai was soccer and it did not arrive until 1994. I would like to do extensive research on why Sendai was ignored by the professional sporting world until 1994. Also, I would like to learn why soccer, as opposed to baseball and figure skating, was the first professional sport in Sendai. I chose to research sports becuase I have played sports my entire life and I wanted a research topic that interested me. Also, I would like to attend a sporting event while in Sendai.

5 Things I Want To Do In Japan

1. Try foods that I would never try at home.
2. I would like to visit a national park-no specific one- I just love nature.
3. I want to see Mount Fiji.
4. I would like to go to Disneyland.
5. I want to visit as many museums as I possibly can.

The way in which I hope to achieve all of my goals is to find someone who has already experienced these goals. I hope that they can help me to visit these places as well as recommend restaurants to me. Toward the end of our trip when we are spending the finals days in Tokoyo, I plan on visiting Disneyland. I go to the Disney World in Florida once a year, so I would like to go to Disneyland in Tokoyo so that I can see how the Japanese interpret American culture. I hope that my homestay family will be able to help me accomplish these goals.

Popular Cuisine in Japan

Proper table etiquette in Japan is a bit different than that of table etiquette in America. A hot towel is always provided before a meal to wipe your hands, and it is considered extremely rude to wipe any other part of your body other than your hands. Rice bowls are eaten by holding your bowl with the left hand and holding the chop sticks with the right hand or the opposite if you’re left handed. Soy sauce is never placed directly onto a dish unless it is tofu, otherwise is it served in a side dipping dish. Chopsticks are never left sticking vertically into a bowl of rice. It is bad manners to stab at food with chopsticks and to bite chopsticks. A communal dish is also very common. Unless sharing a meal with close family or friends it is polite to turn your chopsticks around to serve yourself because it is more sanitary. It is important to eat everything that is given to you. It is considered extremely rude to leave food on your plate, ask for substitutions, or say that you don’t like something.

It is very popular in the summer time in Japan to eat cold ramen noodles and tofu.


There are a variety of popular food dishes that are served in Japanese restaurants and homes many of which all start with a rice bowl. The rice dishes in Japan usually consist of a bowl of white or fried rice. Sushi can also be categorized as a rice dish because it is wrapped in rice. Other rice dishes include; onigiri which is a rice ball wrapped in sushi, kare raisu which is rice cooked with curry, chazuki which is a bowl of white rice cooked with green tea and other ingredients, and kayu which is a watery cooked rice that resembles oatmeal.




Fish dishes are very popular in Japanese culture and can be prepared in many different ways such as raw, dried, boiled, grilled, deep fried or steamed. A couple popular sea food dishes are sashimi which is a platter of raw fish served with soy sauce and wasabi, and yakizakana which is grilled fish.




There are various native noodle dishes in Japanese cuisine. Noodle dishes are also very popular in Japanese culture. Soba which is a native Japanese dish is a thick noodle similar to spaghetti and can be served hot or cold and with a topping often. Another popular Japanese noodle dish is udon which is a thick noodle made of wheat flower and can also be served hot or cold.





Hot pot dishes are also popular for a main course. Some of these dishes include fish, meat, eggs, tofu, vegetables and mushrooms. Some hot meat dishes include grilled chicken pieces on skewers, deep fried pork cutlets usually served with shredded cabbage and nikujaja which is a homemade meat dish served with potatoes.