Hello all! (^.^)/ December is under way and it’s almost the end the year. December is quite a busy month for Japanese. I wrote a post on this last year. I invite you to read my post by clicking here. At my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi in Amagasaki, a great year [...]
The other day I had some time between classes at my English school, スミス英会話天神橋筋六丁目 so I went shopping in nearby Umeda (梅田). It is just 2 stops on the Tanimachi line (谷町線). There is a lot of construction going on! The recently completed new JR Osaka station (JR 大阪駅) is really amazing. Also, betwen Yodobashi [...]
Hi everyone, my name is James and I’m very happy to be opening a new Smith’s School of English franchise: Tenjinbashisujirokuchome school (天神橋筋六丁目校). I’ve been living in Tenjinbashisujirokuchome (“Tenroku” for short!) for the last 4 years and I love my neighborhood. It’s a short bike ride to both Umeda (梅田) and Osaka Castle (大阪城), so [...]
I enjoy holding events for students, either Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi only events or joint events with other Smith’s schools. All events are great opportunities for Smith’s English conversation (英会話) students to practice their English, meet other students, make new friends, enjoy good food and have a great time with their teachers outside the classroom. [...]
Last month, a student of my English conversation (英会話) school kindly invited me to an art exhibition that she was taking part in. The exhibition, called Vie’s “EP Jacket Size” Exhibition 2, is being held at Gallery Vie in Sakaemachi, Kobe from August 23 to September 3. All artists had to limit their pieces to [...]
Where to begin? That question has been tossing around my mind the past couple of days, as much–come to think of it–as I’ve been flopping around in bed these hot summer nights. A day in my Nagaokakyo life? Another beat the heat post? Some favourite Kyoto spots? So many good examples precede me, it’s enough, [...]
I love getting new students. Whenever I get a new student I am grateful to the secretaries for the great job they do at head office. Sometimes I’m difficult. I can get stubborn. But I always appreciate the secretaries for all the hard work they do. Last night I got a new student. I [...]
Today was an interesting day for me, here at Smith’s Eikaiwa Kamishinjoスミス英会話上新庄校. Everywhere I went people seemed to be speaking English. I was walking down the street toward the local grocery store, Kansai Super関西スーパー, which the locals call Kansu, when a woman starting talking to herself, clearly studying English and practicing basic English from cue [...]
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 [...]
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