Daily Archives: May 29, 2008

Mark Smith Sailing Japan with friends

May 29, 2008 – 4:37 pm

Last weekend I had an appointment to go sailing with my friend Tom. We met at Kobe Marina and got onto the yacht. We prepared the yacht to sail and were ready to go at about 2:00pm. We motored out into Osaka bay and then put up the sails, tightened the ropes and had a [...]

By moderator | Posted in Living in Japan, SSE Kyobashi Corner | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

I Don’t Know Why But I Guess It’s Because …..

May 29, 2008 – 4:54 am

The other day a very fluent, high-level gentlemen at my Smith’s School in Fukushima produced an amazing example for the Smith’s Curriculum 1-point depicted in the title.  We were talking about baseball and its effect on the general population in Japan versus in America.
One curiosity is that, while in America fans normally cheer the team nearest to [...]

By Martin | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Fukushima Corner, SSE Kotoen Corner | Comments (0)

Buying a Digital TV

May 29, 2008 – 1:22 am

In 2011 Japan will discontinue analog television broadcasting. Analog TVs will be unable to receive TV shows broadcast in Japan without special digital tuners. At my home, I and my wife had an analog TV. We deceided to get a new, digital one. Last Sunday, we went shopping at Yodobashi Camera in Umeda, [...]

By Derek | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Tsukaguchi Corner | Comments (0)