The last few days of the year in Tokyo have been very beautiful with clear blue skies & the sun shining, of course it is still cold with temperatures –day time around 7C & night between 2-4C It’s the time of the year I like to get out and visits temples & shrines Last week [...]
During the second half of 2011 Smith’s School of Koenji had three getherings of students family & friends Two were held at Rainbow Koenji Minami & our year end party was held at ban-kan also in Koenji Minami http://ban-kan.com, each of them had 18 or more in attendance & we all had a very wonderful [...]
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 [...]
スミス英会話なかもず校・堺東校の講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ。 Autumn is here! I love this time of year in Japan. It is a relief to see the end of the humid summer and I’m ready to enjoy a few months of beautiful weather. One of the best ways to enjoy this weather is to spend some time in a park. I live and [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
スミス英会話なかもず校・堺東校の講師が書いた記事。日本語はこちらへ。 I became interested in photography during high school art classes. The art program was pretty good and the school facilities allowed us to develop our own black and white shots. Ever since school I have wanted to devote more time to improving my photography skills. This feeling has grown stronger since moving to live in Japan, as [...]
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 [...]
Last week, I bought these beautiful flowers at the local flower store to bring some color and freshness to the Smith`s school of Englishスミス英会話 in Fuse, Higashi-Osaka東大阪布施.These rich orange colored flowers are called Safflower紅花. Generally looking a little like weed, they have been known and used as spice, color and medicine since ancient Egypt time! [...]
I had a very enjoyable Golden Week for more than one reason. On April 26th my wife gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. As my wife is from Tokushima, we spent the holidays staying with her parents, as is sometimes done here in Japan after a child is born. I was in charge of [...]
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