Over the last couple of months friends and family have often said to me that I look much more relaxed and healthy (some even say younger) than I did before. Strange? I can only imagine that it must be a result of my recent change of career, from being a semi-retired part time English teacher […]
Living Japan
Recently I have used a very special book that I own as a subject for free conversation with some of my students at Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校. This book is called LIVING JAPAN and is by Donald Keene, a world renowned expert on Japan, its culture and literature. This book contains many chapters […]
A Very Special Place
I first went to Takedao 武田尾 last year when I joined a group from my Japanese class on a hike there from Namaze 生瀬. It is difficult to imagine that this beautiful spot in the mountains, on the banks of a fast flowing river, is only 3 stations from…
