Letter 1
It has been a long time since I last wrote to you. I had a great time during summer vacation. My family and I traveled to Japan and spent six days there.
During summer vacation, I also went to Taichung with my friends from elementary school. It was my first time taking a train in Taiwan. In the evening, we took a taxi to Fengchia night market and bought our dinner. There were stinky tofu, fried rice balls, and drinks. Then we hurried head to the train station to get back to Taipei, and we enjoyed our dinner on the way back. When I arrived home, it was already half pass eleven in the night, so my mom was really mad at me.
There were more fun things happened in my summer vacation, but I will tell you next week.

Comments
Welcome back! I'm looking forward to another great year!
Because this is a new school year, this should be "Letter 1", not letter 31. Just to keep things straight, your next letter should be "Letter 2" Does that sound good?
Where did you go in Japan? Do you have 100 great pictures?
It's a little surprising that you can be a junior in high school in Taiwan, and have never been on a train before? Does that include the MRT? Trains are such a great way to get around in Taiwan, and are so easy to use. Are you ready for your next train adventure?
keep writing! It gets easier with practice.
Tim
I arrived at Kansai airport on June 30th. In the following days, my family and I stayed in Osaka and everyday we took the train to different places and then went back to Osaka. I will post the pictures my mom and I took during next week, because I want to organize what I will write.
By the way, I take the MRT very often because my house is near Mingde MRT station.