MIA NEWS (204)ed., Jun. (5)Miyakonojo International Association

Miyakonojo International Association
4-1 Himegi-cho, Miyakonojo-shi,
Miyazaki-ken, Japan 885-0073
TEL 0986-23-2295
http://miyakonojo-mia.com～HELLO! My name is ASEL ANAPIIAEVA～
I was born in 1989 in Kyrgyzstan. It is a country that Originally a country of nomads, people able to ridemight not have much familiarity in Japan. For the last 7 horses and, once you go to the countryside, people thatyears, I’ve been working as an English teacher. In Kyr- are riding horses in the street are quite common. Thegyzstan, China, and in Fukuoka, Japan I worked as an Kyrgyz people love meat; especially, horse meat, which
Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) and from this month is the highest grade of meat. There are also many opwill start as an ALT in Miyakonojo.
portunities to drink horse milk! We rarely eat fish. Thecommon languages are Kyrgyz and Russian.
My hobbies are eating delicious foods and my favorite in the world is Japanese cuisine. Lately, I’ve even Kyrgyzstan’s Location
come to like Natto. In my homeland, you can’t eat
meat outside of chicken but I’ve come to like meat so I don’t believe most Japanese people know where Kyrmuch that at least once a week in Miyakonojo I’ll buy gyzstan is but it’s indicated by an arrow on the map
herb beef and steak filets to take home and eat.
below!
I am still studying Japanese but I want to get betterand better to talk to lots of people in Miyakonojo.
It is to China’s left, andMy Family:in the middle of Indiaand Russia. To make it
I moved to Miyakonojo together with my husband
easy to picture I highand son. I met my husband while he was staying in Kyrlighted Japan.
gyzstan for work. We then married and came together
to Japan but our son was born in my home country,
Kyrgyzstan. After our son was born my husband and I
talked about wishing for a good environment to raise
our son. Therefore, for us, Miyakonojo is an ideal town. Kyrgyzstan and Japan’s Connection
The water is beautiful, the nature is plentiful, it’s conJapanese people are clueless about Kyrgyzstan.
venient, and the food is fresh and delicious. For ourfamily, being able to live in Miyakonojo brings great joy. However, Kyrgyz people love Japanese people. Actually,
there is a famous legend in Kyrgyzstan. “A meat-lover
went westward and became Kyrgyz and a fish-lover
went to eastward and became Japanese”. A lot of Kyrgyz know this story. Even when my husband was staying in Kyrgyzstan he heard this story from countless
people.
Additionally, Kyrgyz love Japanese products such asJapanese cars. Toyota are the most popular alongside
Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Over half of the cars on
Kyrgyzstan’s roads are Japanese.

Lastly,Kyrgyzstan

Not much time has passed since arriving in MiyaKyrgyzstan is a central Asian country with a popula- konojo but from hereafter I want to visit various placestion of 6.975 million people and accumulative area and enjoy a fun life here! There are still plenty of things
around half of Japan’s. 40% of its land are mountains I don’t understand but as a member of Miyakonojo, I’llreaching 3000 meters above sea level.
devote myself to improving.

Movies In Theaters

C-Plaza Cine-port (Tel: 0986-24-2571)

17-9 Nakamachi, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Map-Code (GPS): 117 488 540*55●●●●●Mad Max Fury Road
Planet of the Apes: Kingdom
帰ってきたあぶない刑事 Dangerous Detectives: The Return
Detective Conan Movie 27: 100-man Dollar no Michishirube
Haikyuu: Battle at the Garbage Dump

Soon to Release:● キングダム大将軍の帰還 Kingdom: Return of the Taishogun(7/12)● Despicable Me 4 (7/19)● Run for Money: The Movie (Tokyo Mission)