Last week a Smith’s School of English Kawanishi student told me that the rainy season had begun. In Kawanishi and Amagasaki where I teach English, the rainy season begins in June and ends around mid July. It can get a bit wet at times but with smart phones these days, it’s so easy to know […]
Plenty of Nutritious Food in Japan
Hello readers! One thing is certain …… good food is something we can never really get enough of, and for this reason living in Japan is great. Not long ago top quality food was very expensive in Japan but thanks to great improvements in food production and a simplification of the distribution network, prices are […]
Work-Life Balance and Country Living
Hello everyone, Chris here in Otsu. Recently I have been talking with a lot of the students at Smith’s School of English in Otsu about work-life balance. The discussion has ranged from the long hours many people work to total devotion to the workplace, to family commitments and personal pastimes. One interesting part of this […]
