• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Smith's School of English

To provide English speakers the opportunity to own their own business teaching English in Japan.

  • Franchise Entry
    • Buy a Developed Franchise
    • Start Your Own
  • The Franchise
    • Work Visa & Taxes
    • Franchise Training
    • Franchise Support
      • What Franchisees get
      • SSE Products
      • FAQ’s
  • Testimonials
  • About
    • Coaching Confidence
    • Contact
  • Blog
    • English School Articles
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Blog, English School Articles · November 15, 2010

Singing in a Festival Concert in Japan

You are here: Home / Blog / Singing in a Festival Concert in Japan

In an earlier post, “Enjoying Japanese Lessons in Amagasaki“, I mentioned that once a week, I take Japanese lessons in Amagasaki organized by Amagasaki City International Association (尼崎市国際交流協会), part of Hyogo Nihongo Volunteers’ Network.   Since that post, our class  location has been moved from Amagasaki City Medium and Small Companies Center to Sanshibikku Amagasaki (サンシック尼崎) which is not far from Hanshin Amagasaki Station.  I still enjoy lessons kindly given by volunteers helping foreigners living in Amagasaki learn Japanese.  Although these lessons are given one-to-one, all volunteers and students use the same classroom at the same time on Wednesday mornings from 10:00am to 11:30am.   The students come from many countries including the U.S.A., New Zealand, Canada, Thailand, Korea and China.

On November 6 and 7,  2010 a festival was held at the building where we study.  Members of our Japanese group (including myself) performed in a concert on Sunday, November 7.    We sang two famous Japanese songs.  One was “My Old Country Home”, or “Furusato (ふるさと)” in Japanese.    As our group was made up of different nationalities, part of  the song was sung in Japanese and part of it in Chinese.  The other song was “The Song of the Seasons”, or Shiki no Uta (しき の うた) in Japanese.  It was sung partly in Japanese, Chinese, English and Korean.  I sang the Japanese and English parts with others.  Two of the volunteer teachers accompanied us with the ocarina, an ancient flute-like instrument that sounds very nice.  Between the 2 songs, two Thai members wearing traditional Thai wear sang something in Thai and two Korean members wearing traditional Korean wear sang something in Korean, one the singers using a hand-held flat Korean drum for accompaniment.   It was nice having so many different languages being sung and some members wearing traditional wear of  their home  countries.  It gave a nice international flavor to our performance.  My wife and almost 3-month-old daughter Tina came to watch me perform.  It was great having them there.   Some of the volunteers met my wife and Tina before the concert. (^.^)

After singing, our group went outside and photos were taken.  You can see one on the left.  After that most of our group left but my family and I stuck around to watch and enjoy a guitar and mandolin group perform a bit later.  Then we headed back to our home Tsukaguchi,  also the home of my English conversation (英会話) school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi (スミス英会話塚口校), where I am teaching English in Japan to such wonderful students.  What a great day it was!  (^.^)

Derek

Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi

スミス英会話塚口校  (月謝制英会話)

Check out my English school’s videos, photos and school event pages at http://www.smithweb.co.jp/school/tsukaguchi.shtml !!

Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/EikaiwaTeacher# !!

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • X

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Filed Under: Blog, English School Articles Tagged With: Amagasaki City International Association, Amagasaki City Medium and Small Companies Center to Sanshibikku Amagasaki, Furusato, Hyogo Nihongo Volunteers' Network, Japanese lessons in Amagasaki, My Old Country Home, Sanshibikku Amagasaki, Shiki no Uta, smith's school of English Tsukaguchi, Teaching English in Japan, The Song of the Seasons, サンシック尼崎, しき の うた, スミス英会話塚口校, ふるさと, 尼崎市国際交流協会, 月謝制英会話, 英会話, 英会話塚口

Mark Smith

Reader Interactions

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Primary Sidebar

Search

From the Blog

  • Blog
  • English School Articles
  • Smith's Sustainabilty
  • Sustainability Development Goals
  • Testimonials
スミス英会話メインページ

6 days ago

スミス英会話メインページ
今週のワンポイントレッスンはコチラです★What are your best travel memories?旅行の一番の思い出は何ですか?smithweb.co.jp/2025/05/one-point-lesson-7a11/#スミス英会話 #月謝制英会話 #ワンポイントレッスン ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

スミス英会話メインページ

3 weeks ago

スミス英会話メインページ
-----🗣️ BREAKFAST CLUB MAY 2025☕Date: May 7th Wednesday Time: 10:00 - 11:00Place: スミス英会話大津校初心者🔰経験者🤠見学者🫣どなたでも大歓迎👌-----New Art Design: Ayumi (スミス英会話大津校)Thank you, Ayumi! Your designs are amazing! -----The 3rd photo: Lake Biwa in Otsu, Shiga#スミス英会話大津校#englishevent ... See MoreSee Less
View on Facebook
· Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linked In Share by Email

Blog Posts
  • Discussing Milestones
  • A Common Listening Problem English Learners Have
  • Protected: The Japan Iwaskows
  • Christmas holidays in Germany (part 2)
  • German Christmas (part 1)
  • Autumn in Japan vs Autumn in Canada
  • Unique Japan- Smith’s School of English, Sagamihara
  • Edward’s Language Journey
  • Osaka Higashi Line – Convenient Fuse
  • Small Talk in Katsura
Smith’s School of English Franchises
#101,8-21-5, Hanafuku-building, Fukushima-Ku,OsakaTel: 0120-222-248 (Japan)
Tel: 81-6-6455-8050 (Other)
Fax: 06-6455-8052
E-mail: info@sse-franchise.com

Copyright © 2025 · Smith's School of English, all rights reserved. · Privacy · Log in

%d