Essay 2-01a: The place I can feel childhood

Mt.Dokkosan is one of my favorite places. Mt.Dokkosan stands near my house and it adjoins the elementary school where I went. It’s not high, so we can climb easily. On the top of mountain, there is hill and view is nice. Mt.Dokkosan has many faces. For example, in spring, there are many cherry blossoms and it’s beautiful. In fall, there gets autumn colors, so it’s colorful.

The reason why I can feel my childhood there is I always went to Mt.Dokkosan when I was child. In particular, we have a cross-county race in winter school festival, so we ran at Mt.Dokkosan. And our school pool is on a little bit higher place, so we were swimming at next to the mountain. So we saw a raccoon dog sometimes. One time, a monkey haunted at a schoolyard, so we couldn’t go out. Mt.Dokkosan has nature so much.On the top of Mt.Dokkosan there is a hill and its name is “Hill of the prayer.” We always enjoyed grass skiing there. There is no trees in front of the hill, so we can enjoy viewing when we sliding. There is also good for dog to enjoy running, so we take my dog Chappy sometimes.
I often visited Mt.Dokkosan until I graduated elementary school, but I’d never been there after for about 6 years. Time passed 6 years but the mountain hasn’t changed anything. I impressed of it and I felt majesty of nature. When I was child, I never thought about nature. I only thought about playing. At that time, I felt I become an adult that I can feel nature. After that time, I came to visit there again. In last spring, I visit there twice, with my family and with my friend. In these three years I came to take a lot of pictures even I have single reflex camera. So I took many pictures.

In conclusion, I want you to visit Mt.Dokkosan. There are any shops or building but you can enjoy and satisfy. My recommend is buy sandwiches and drink at bakery near by Mt.Dokkosan and eat it at “Hill of the prayer”with nice view. In particular, breeze feels nice in this season. If you want to go, I’ll take you.

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