Category Archives: SSE Fuse Corner

Let`s build and play - 作ってあそぼう!

As a father raising my son in Japan, I must say that the quality of the KIDS program at the official second channel, ETele (Eテレ) is very high. There are lots of shows with nice songs for children,  a show to learn traditional Japanese language (Nihongo de asobou 日本語で遊ぼう!) a couple of English learning programs for all ages [...]

Morning Snow on Mount Ikoma(生駒さん)

Wednesday morning I had a beautiful view on Mount Ikoma(生駒さん). The air was clear and so you could see the white patches of snow on the mountain side! Living in Osaka, it is rare to see any snow. In some of the years I have been living here I did not see any snow at [...]

Would you like to listen to Gagaku(雅楽)? Come to my concert at the 8th of March! 

Anybody who might be interested, please fell free to come to the concert, as it is free of charge. The 25th Gagaku Renshusho concert (雅楽練習所発表会) will take place on the 8th of March(3月8日) Start at 6 o`clock (開演 6時) Entrance from 5:30 (開場 5時30分) at the Osaka International House (大阪国際交流センター大ホール) in Uehommachi (上本町) – on google.map

英会話無料レッスン February 26th, 2012

英会話無料レッスン B37 英語: The other day, I met (A) by chance at (B) so we decided to (C). 日本語: 先日私は(B)で偶然(A)さんに会って、そして私達(C)しよう決めた。 英語の例文: The other day, I met (Andrew) by chance at (the station) so we decided to (go for a coffee). 日本語の例文: 先日私は(駅)で偶然(アンドリュー)さんに会って、そして私達(コーヒーを飲みにいくことにした)。

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 [...]

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