Last year we discovered a CD in the world music section of Tower Records in Zeze by a French artist named Zaz. We didn’t know anything about her but we could listen to the CD in the shop and we instantly fell in love with her smoky voice and bohemian style. We bought the CD [...]
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 [...]
Osaka is a city of many great museums. Many people may often overlook this city as a major Japanese cultural centre, instead focusing more on Kyoto and Tokyo. However, Osaka more than holds its own when it comes to culture. This is especially good news because Smiths School of English is based right here in [...]
I believe it is well known that Japan is one of the safest countries in the world, but just how safe is it? Let me relate one of my own personal stories to give you an idea. First of all I live in Daito-shi, a suburb of Osaka, home to nearly 9 million people. My [...]
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 [...]
スミス英会話大津の日本語のサイトはここです。スミス英会話上新庄校の日本語のサイトはここです。 千晴の部屋はここで す。英会話無料レッスンはここです。 Monday March 29th and Tuesday March 30th, Victor Wooten and his brothers and a special guest played at Billboard Live in Osaka. Chiharu bought me tickets as a birthday present so I was thrilled to be going to see the #1 bass player in the world! Victor Wooten is the youngest of [...]
Whenever I ask students at my English school, Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話川西校, which cities in Japan they would recommend for a visit by overseas visitors, they invariably say Kyoto 京都, occasionally adding Nara 奈良市, and even more rarely, Tokyo. Only one has ever suggested Osaka 大阪市, which is also my choice. Why? Well, to me, [...]
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