Such is life.
I don't know how to write this properly, but I feel compelled to write. A very good friend sadly and unexpectedly lost someone close to...
Building our castle - Day 2-4
Even though the weather hasn't been that great for construction work, the workers have made some progress during the dry intervals. The...
Building our castle - Day 1
It has begun!! I do not have enough time to go into the details that led up to this moment tonight, but construction has begun. The...
Kabuki
Today, I went with the 1st and 2nd grade junior high students from my school to see a kabuki performance. This was the view from my seat...
A day for talking
One description of the samurai has always stuck with me since the first time I heard it - few people are so dedicated to the daily...
My CLIL journey has begun
Today I took my first huge step into the world of C.L.I.L (Content and Language Integrated Learning, which I will now just call CLIL). ...
Historical parade in the neighbourhood
Every neighbourhood has their local shrine and temple. Remember the difference: a shrine is for the Shinto (native) religion, and a...
The charm of Kusatsu onsen
Fortunate to have another article published on the Taiken Japan website again today. There is a YouTube that accompanies it as well -...
The petals have fallen
The cherry blossoms have nearly all fallen off the trees around the Kanto area of Japan, which means that the new school year is well and...
No need to worry
Thanks to those who contacted, but we are all ok up in this area of Japan. The recent earthquakes were around 1,300km away in Kumamoto,...
