Category Archives: SSE Sakai Higashi Corner

Sakai Higashi and Nakamozu Summer BBQ

Last Sunday was our annual BBQ event. We were  joined in Oizumi Ryokuchi – Sakai City by students and their families from Smith’s Sakai Higashi and Smith’s Nakamozu. Despite it being a very hot summers day, we had a good turn out. The youngsters having fun with water pistols all day helped take the edge [...]

Summer BBQ Event

It is time for another joint Smith’s School of English Nakamozu and Smith’s School of English Sakai Higashi BBQ event. The BBQ will be held in Oizumi Ryokuchi, the same location that all of our BBQ’s have been held over the last few years. Oizumi Ryokuchi(大泉緑地公園) . The Park is a large, forested park with 320,000 trees. [...]

UME SHU!! 梅酒!!


Last weekend, I decided to try my hand at making some home made ume-shu. Ume shu(梅酒) is a delicious Japanese plum wine. Actually, ume isn’t a plum- it’s like a cross between a plum and apricot.  The unripened green fruit are infused into a clear spirit (焼酎, shōchū) with added rock sugar and left over time, a [...]

Foreign Flavors – Crocodile Anyone?

As I am living and teaching English in Japan, I am well aware just how  delicious Japanese cuisine is.  I buy my lunch most days and I am  never disappointed at the interesting and tasty bento lunch boxes or  lunch sets available at many different outlets near my Smith’s School  of English Nakamozu(スミス英会話 月謝 なかもず校) and Smith’s School of [...]

Hiking on Mt Kongo 金剛山

Over the years teaching at my Smith’s School of English in Sakai Higashi and Nakamozu which are  part of the Smith’s School of English, pay by the month(月謝),  English conversation schools franchise system in Japan, I often hear my younger students mention that over the previous week their school had taken a trip to Mt [...]

A Great Day

I had a very enjoyable day yesterday, teaching English at my conversation school at Nakamozu (スミス英会話 なかもず校). There are not too many days that I don’t enjoy at Nakamozu and my other Smith’s School of English  in Sakai Higashi (スミス英会話 堺東校). I had two new students call back from trial lessons and join at Sakai Higashi and another trail [...]

Earth Hour (アース アワー)2010.

I am getting excited about the approach of Spring. I know that many of my students at Smith’s School of English Sakai Higashi and Nakamozu(スミス英会話 なかもず校) are busy planning their annual Hanami parties (Cherry blossom viewing). I really love this time of year as the weather is so suited to outdoor activities. It is a great time to [...]

Plum Blossoms. Kozen Koen, Semboku, Sakai City.

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Last Sunday was really great weather in the Semboku(泉北) area of Sakai City(堺市). My wife and son decided to go for a walk to a park that I had heard about in my English conversation lessons at Smith’s School of English Nakamozu(スミス英会話 なかもず校). Many of my students live in the Semboku area, and have told me [...]

Reading リーディング- An Effective Homework Practice

Recently there have been some articles written on the Soapbox about different approaches to homework. I agree with the other Smith’s Ekaiwa Franchise スミス英会話teachers about the importance of a little practice each day to maximise the students who are studying English in Japan.You can read about some of the other homework suggestions here….

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Teachers Say “Thank You”

Valentine’s Day is always a humble experience for Smith’s Eikaiwa Nakamozu and Smith’s School of English Sakai Higashi teachers. As we all know there is strong culture of gift giving in Japan and Valentines is no exception. We received many delicious chocolate sweets for which we are very grateful. Some of them were even homemade, yummy! I [...]

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