Living in Japan and working with students at Smith’s School of English – Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺) is an everyday scintillating experience . My classroom is a place of learning and not only for the students to who I am a coach of communicative confidence, but also for me as I get to chat about an incredible [...]
Hanazono Shrine is in Shinjuku on Yasakuni Dori . It is is tucked away behind some buildings and is painted bright red and white.- the colours of the fox. To get to it you walk down a narrow lane under numerous red torii. This shrine is where businessmen and women pray for the success of [...]
I have become a fan of the Tokyo National Museum and the other museums that are found throughout Ueno Park – Japan’s first public city park that was founded in 1873. They regularly have exciting exhibitions that feature unique antique treasures and naturally they also have regular exhibitions which can be found at this webpage. [...]
One of my students when asked about her weekend said that she had spent her time in Suginami Ku talking with friends and acquaintances about the need to have a worldwide ban of nuclear weapons. In August 2006 a proposal was presented to the United Nations by Daisuku Ikeda in which he spoke of “people [...]
During last week another birthday crept up on me and so my son planned, for Sunday (my next day off ) a day that I will always, Alzheimer’s free, remember. The day kicked off at about 10:40 when he came to the school and collected me. We quickly set off for Koenji station, which I happen to [...]
An often asked question at Smith’s School of English Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺) is “ How many words are in the English language?”, which is similar to asking the question “How many metres are in a piece of string?” Throughout the world there are over 6500 languages spoken, yet only about 1000 of them have a dictionary [...]
I had my fourth lesson with a student who started man to man (one on one) lessons at my Smith’s School of English in Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺 ) last Saturday week. The original purpose for her to commence English lessons at my monthly pay English conversation school (英会話月謝制) was that she had a job interview coming [...]
One of my passions is Japanese history and I am amazed that the majority of the student’s at Smith’s School of English in Koenji (スミス英会話高円寺) do not share my fervour, in fact they are astonished that I know so much about times gone by. I have learnt about Japan’s past simply by visiting temples and [...]
Honmonji is located in Ikegami and it is set high on a hill so that it seems that it will be a daunting task to reach the top because when you approach it you are confronted by some 350 plus steps that must be negotiated, but don’t let that turn you away because if you [...]
They say that turkeys, geese, and pigs are fattened for Christmas which is fine but those who eat them are fattened for the New Year. If you like to watch what you eat, then here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies. [...]
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