Culture through English 2A: Hobbies & interests ・趣味、興味

Hello!

How are you? Today, let's look at hobbies (趣味) and interests (興味). 

What are your hobbies and interests? What do you like to do in your free time? What do you do that helps to relax you? 

Look at the picture at the top. It's a model airplane. Have you ever made a model airplane from a plastic kit? This is a popular hobby in many countries, including Japan. 

Japanese model airplane kits made by companies such as Hasegawa and Tamiya are famous all over the world.

Activity

Look at the pictures below. These are some popular hobbies and interests in Japan and other countries. Do you do any of these things? If not, what do you know about them? If you haven't done any of these things, which ones would you be most interested in trying? 

There's a space at the bottom with no picture for it. This is where you talk about your own idea of a hobby or interest if you have another one you can think of. 

Talk about these with your classmates!

knitting

cooking

making model trains & railroads

coin collecting

practicing martial arts (such as judo)

fishing

practicing yoga

(no picture) 

your own idea!

Have fun with these. See you next time!

Images: Top - by Duden-Dödel - Own work, Copyrighted free use, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2905901/Knitting - CC BY-SA 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63470/Cooking  - by Rootology - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4119898/Model railroad - by Janke at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Jacopo Werther., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12608653/Coin collecting - Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11685839/Judo - by Lance Cpl. Scott M. Biscuiti - www.usmc.mil Kampfsport, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=611494/Fishing  - by Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4111574/Yoga - by Eli Christman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gammaman/7170043719/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33160412