Kodomo means "child" or "children" in Japanese. Children aren't considered adults until they reach the age of 20! While many Japanese students are growing up in a similar environment to American students, they still have unique differences in the way they live. I decided to interview some of my Japanese friends' siblings, all of whom are in middle school and high school.
"For breakfast I often have tamagokakegohan, which is just egg, rice and soy sauce. I also usually have miso soup and salmon. My mom would make me obento (boxed lunch), which usually has rice, egg, meat, vegetables and tomato. In primary school, I would have kushoku, which is school lunch, and it was pretty similar. It was often beef. For dinner, we had things like curry or soba (a noodle dish similar to ramen)." - Momoko, High School
"My house is a small, two-story house with a little parking area and a garden. I have a normal bedroom. On the first floor, I have a living room and a washitsu (Japanese-style rooms with tatami mats). There are two bathrooms. One has a shower where we clean off and then a tub we go in to relax after we are clean." - Kaisei, Middle School
