As I have often said with delight, there are a great many excellent restaurants and izakayas in the Kotoen area and it should be pointed out that instead of chains, nearly all of the successful places are owner-operators. Just before the Obon break, I had the pleasure of bumping into a former English Conversation student […]
Sea Day 2016
This summer I spent the Sea Day holiday in Maizuru, Kyoto. On the first day I went to HashiMasa Tonkatsu （ 橋政 とんかつ）in Nishi Maizuru. I ordered the pork cutlet with deep fried shrimp lunch （ヒレカツ・エビフライ定職） and it was the best pork cutlet （とんかつ） that I have ever eaten in my life! The pork was […]
Helping a Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi Student Prepare for a Stay Abroad
I earlier wrote about helping a Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi student prepare for working and studying abroad in Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi Helping a Student Achieve His Dream. Recently I finished helping another student of English prepare for a stay abroad where he will be doing a homestay, studying English and playing American football. His […]
