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 [...]
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, [...]
As an English teacher teaching English in Japan, it is always great to hear about a Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi student using English outside the classroom. This week, a gave a trial lesson to a lady who was introduced to my school by a long-time student of mine. I am very thankful to my [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
This week, the shop assistant at the flower shop in the shopping arcade in Ajiro, Fuse布施足代 recommended these cute flowers to me. Are they not beautiful! They are called Alstroemeria both in English and in Japanese. So the Japanese name in katakanaアリストロメリア resembles the English name very well. The flower itself was named by the German [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら As I am hoping for a nice long spring this year, I have chosen these beautiful yellow wild daffodilsラッパスイセン to decorate the reception room in the Smith`s school of English in Fuse, Higashi Osaka 東大坂布施. As the daffodil or narcissus, it`s official name, blooms at the end of winter and early spring, it [...]
Yesterday (Sunday) was a day off from my great job teaching English in Japan to fantastic students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校) in Tsukaguchi (塚口), Amagasaki (尼崎市), Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県). As usual, I spent the day with my wife and daughter. We had a nice late breakfast at the ACTA Nishinomiya Starbucks Coffee store in Nishinomiya’s shopping [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら Maybe the End of January/ beginning of February is a little bit early for this beauty of a flower, but on seeing them in the flower shop in Fuse, Higashi-Osaka 東大阪布施, these tulips チューリップ just caught my eye. The tulip is a really famous flower and I sure that everybody knows them, but new [...]
スミス英会話布施校講師が書いた記事。 日本語のメインサイトはこちら To start the year in Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi Osaka東大阪布施, I decided to decorate the school with this really beautiful flower from East Asia, called Rodgersia podophylla 矢車草. The family of the Rodgersias is very small and they all originate from Eastern Asia – so it is much better known in Japan [...]
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