Ever since my first visit to Japan, almost 20 years ago, I have always loved visiting the country’s great traditional hot springs 温泉. My first visit to an onsen was in Nita , in Shimane-ken 島根県. Although I had read much of the etiquette of the onsen, I was lucky enough, on that occasion [...]
Earlier this summer I wrote a post about a trip that I took to Myokenguchi 妙見口 see HERE. At the end of that article I promised a return visit, which I did last Sunday. This time we visited Myoken-san, the location of Nose Myoken-san Temple 能勢妙見山堂, headquarters of the Nichiren Buddhist sect.
Two apparently unrelated events happened to me yesterday that really got me thinking about my recent huge changes in life: coming to live in Japan and buying a Smith’s School of English franchised school. First, I visited Smith’s School of English head office in Kyobashi for an owners’ seminar, where I found the friendliness and support [...]
I recently bought an iPod Touch to replace my old HP iPAQ that had given up the ghost (phrase) after about six years. I use a pocket sized computer (PDA) mainly to read ebooks and listen to BBC podcasts when I can’t sleep (thinking about an early wakeup to do flyers). I also use it [...]
Last Sunday Smith’s School of English, Tsukaguchi スミス英会話 塚口校 and Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校 held their joint Early Summer Event, a walk from Namaze 生瀬 to Takedao 武田尾. However, by the time we set off, the event included two other schools, Smith’s School of English, Ohtsu スミス英会話 大津校 and Smith’s School of English, Kamishinjyo スミス英会話 上新庄校, and their participation really [...]
With the change of season, there has been quite a lot written recently about the comfort of various items of Smith’s School of English promotional clothing. What I want to stress is just how important it is to wear these items, and not just when handing out flyers. Last Friday I went into my favourite [...]
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