The Decision Making Process at Smith’s School of English Otsu Hello! This is Edward from Smith’s School of English in Otsu. I wanted to write a little bit about the difficult decision making process we have gone through at our small English school franchise in Otsu. The current global pandemic has changed all of our […]
Small Differences
When I first moved to Japan, in 2007, I had no idea what to expect. I had studied about culture shock but couldn’t really understand how I would be affected. What I learned fairly quickly, and which continues to fascinate me to this day, is that it’s the little differences that are really interesting. Culture […]
English Conversation Enriches Life
English Conversational Skills have always been of paramount importance in broadening my outlook and the understanding of cultures other than my own. Hi, I’m Mark Smith, I teach English in Japan and it is my experience that to be able to speak to those of nationalities other than my own is invaluable in the pursuit […]


