Author Archives: Sven

Mount Fuji, Fuji Q Highland and Thomas the tank engine

This year`s Winter break provided my family with the great chance to travel in the beautiful Japan. We decided to fulfill the wish of our son Kentaro and visit Fuji Q Highland (富士急ハイランド)in Yamanashi (山梨県). Fuji Q Highland is located on the North side of Mount Fuji just next to the picturesque lake Kawaguchi (河口湖) in [...]

Onions as a decoration?

Have you ever thought of onions as a decoration? Up to this week, I did not even know how the flowers of onions look like.  And sure, tulips have an onion, too. This onions are called giant onions – allium giganteum ギガンジュームアリアム. Their onions are actually eatable and sometimes used for medicine, too. At this point [...]

Decorating our School in Fuse with Gloriosaグロリオサ

When I went to the local flower shop in the shopping alley in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施this time, these large and colorful flowers immediately caught my eye. So I inquired about them: they are called Gloriosa (グロリオサ in Japanese). I picked some to put into the reception room of our English Conversation School here, payed and went [...]

Safflower紅花

Last week, I bought these beautiful flowers at the local flower store to bring some color and freshness to the Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi-Osaka東大阪布施.These rich orange colored flowers are called Safflower紅花. Generally looking a little like weed, they have been known and used as spice, color and medicine since ancient Egypt time! [...]

Got a new sign!

Hello to everybody! Looking through the old posts of the school in Fuse, Higashi Osaka, I just found out that this is my first post since the holidays! I`m so sorry! That does not mean that Fuse has become inactive. No, on the contrary, we had a quite busy and exciting time! The best news [...]

Using these japaneses Lilies, Lilium maculatumスカシユリ to decorate our English Conversation School in Fuse, Higashi Osaka!

Last week, I found these beautiful Lilies, called lilium maculatum スガシユリ at the friendly flower shop where I normally get the flowers to decorate the Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 here in Fuse, Higashi-Osaka東大阪布施. This Lily is a native Japanese beauty. The flowers are quite large with a diameter of more than 10cm. One Conversation student英会話生徒 who knows a [...]

I love Japanese coffee shops喫茶店 like this one: La lune de l`est

I like coffee shops. Why? Probably because I love coffee. I like to visit the shops of a famous coffee shop franchise like some other coaches do, too. It has the big advantage that you know that you will get quality even before you enter. The products are being constantly checked for their quality and [...]

Have a look at these beautyful Wavyleaf Sea-lavenderスターチス!

This week I again choose a purple flower to decorate the reception room in the Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施. If you have been reading my articles regularly you will know that it is my son`s favorite color. It`s name is Wavyleaf Sea-lavender or Limonium sinuatum in English英語 and スターチス in Japanese. [...]

Decorating the Smith`s school of English in Fuse with Zantedeschia(Calla)

This week, I decided that it was time to find some beautiful flowers to put in the reception room of our English Conversation school in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施 . I went to the flower shop I usually go to right in the Fuse shopping alley and had a look at the flowers they were offering [...]

Putting these purple Campanulaカンパニュラ in the reception room of our school in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施

This week, I have chosen these beautiful purple Campanula カンパニュラ to decorate the reception room of the Smith`s school of English スミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施 (click here to get to the main page of the English Conversation school  英会話学校のメインサイトはこちらへ。) Commonly known as Bellflower in English, the name Campanula stems from the Latin original name. [...]

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