カナダのハロウィーン！

　本校IMコースでは2021年度4月より、カナダでの留学を再開しており、コロナ禍での留学に対するお問い合わせを多くいただいております。

まだまだ、留学プログラムを再開している学校の少ない中、定期的にコロナ禍の留学について情報を発信させていただくことも本校の果たすべき役割であると考え、生徒に協力してもらいながら、『IMコース　留学体験記』を掲載しております。

この様な状況下でも，海外で頑張っている生徒の様子を覗いていただけると嬉しいです。

　さて、本日はカナダのイベントについて、Nさんからリポートをしてもらいます。

留学の楽しみといえば、本格的なハロウィーンやクリスマスなどのイベントを経験することを挙げる人もたくさんいらっしゃるかと思います。

現地で生徒達はどのようなハロウィーンを過ごしたのか覗いてみましょう。

Halloween is well known as a big event that is popular all over the world. When the day comes in Canada, towns and residential areas become spooky with many pumpkins and haunted decorations. Today I would like to introduce you to Halloween in Canada, which is different from Japan.

In Canada, most people wear fancy costumes such as ghosts and wizards. Look at the pretty costumes which my host sisters were wearing in the picture above! They dressed up as Loki from MARVEL, Cruella, and my 4-year-old host sister turned into a police officer :) I wore the dress of Wednesday from the Adams Family.

Many kids go “trick-or-treating” at night! They knock in front of the door and visit the neighborhood houses to get a lot of candies. They bring bags with them to get as many snacks as possible, and you can get as many candies as the bag fills up! In Japan, there isn't much culture of going to a neighbor's house to get them, so I was very excited when I first went there.

Halloween is also a big hit at school. Many students dressed up and went to school on that day. Even the teachers! I was surprised that some people wore costumes of Japanese anime characters such as Naruto. In addition, a haunted house was built at my school! Senior students became ghosts and threatened junior students. I enjoyed going inside with my classmates during the class. It was so scary!

How was it? Halloween is my favorite memory that I have had in Canada. I would recommend you come to Canada and experience the wonderful day!!

カナダでのハロウィーンを全力で楽しんだ様子のNさん。貴重な思い出ができましたね。

カナダの学校では生徒だけでなく、先生まで仮装して出勤してくるなど、イベントを通して現地の文化も感じるきっかけになったのではないでしょうか？

これからカナダは本格的な冬を迎え、厳しい寒さが訪れますが、次はクリスマスを楽しみに頑張ってほしいですね。