It’s always a lot of fun teaching English in Japan at my English conversation (英会話) school, 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). Christmas is coming soon so it has been the topic of many fun conversations at my English conversation school in Japan. Many people celebrate [...]
I always am learning new things about Japanese culture while living and teaching English in Japan. Whether it’s from my students at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, from my Japanese family or others, learning these new things makes Japanese culture all that more interesting to me. Before coming to Japan, I didn’t know that firecrackers and fireworks [...]
Living in Japan is easy for me because modern Japan is quite westernized. There are so many western-related things that I do here. I eat hamburgers, go to Starbucks Coffee, wear western clothing, speak English (with my students at at Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi and with my wife), watch American movies in English at western-style movie theaters that [...]
Recently I have used a very special book that I own as a subject for free conversation with some of my students at Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校. This book is called LIVING JAPAN and is by Donald Keene, a world renowned expert on Japan, its culture and literature. This book contains many chapters [...]
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