Daily Archives: November 26, 2007

Japanese people speaking to me in English

It is normally rare to hear Japanese people say something to me in English outside my school, but over the last 4 days Japanese people said something to me in English 2 times! That’s amazing! The first time was last Sunday at a Starbucks Coffee shop in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. I, my wife and [...]

Flyers in Bentencho

WOW, What a morning. Thanks Gavin for helping out. This morning I surprised myself and also the way I think of flyers. We passed out close to 3 times as many flyers as we usually do and all we did was smile and greet people. I never thought that this would make a tremendous difference, [...]

Opening Party

Recently, we moved our school to a new location, one station away from our previous school. The difference between the two locations that excites us most is that our new Smith school is now located in a commercial space. With street level shop signage, the free trail lesson numbers have taken off! What better way [...]