homestay 4

This is a home that I stayed for the first three months with the host family. It is normal for them to have a single family house (one storied) with a large garden that is different from that of Japanese. NZ has 2/3 area compared the same of Japan but popuration is 1/30 (4 million/12 billion) in comparing with Japanese therefore their area per person is much larger than ours even though they have the same nubmer of sheep as the population. In addition, they do not have any own pollutionable industory in thier land, it was very conformatable to live with fresh air and lots of green even in the quite big city. I enjoyed playing soccer on the garden with kids.

ホームステイ先。僕が3ヶ月間お世話になった家。日本の住宅事情とは違い、こちらは庭付き一軒家、平屋というのが一般的。NZの国土は日本の約3分の２なのに対し、人口は400万人（当時）で日本の約30分の１。羊が人間と同じくらい飼われているそうですが、土地が余っているのでしょう。しかも国の政策で工業をしないせいか空気はうまく街中は美しい緑に覆われ、自然を愛する僕には非常に住みよい環境でした。お庭の芝生でサッカーの練習ができます。