The cherry blossom is a success in our neighborhood despite the long wait through the rather cold early spring. My wife Yoko and I are blessed with having a canal surrounded by cherry blossom trees right off our third floor east facing sunroom window and balcony, and these photos were taken through a small telescope from the sunroom. The […]
Kyoto Gosho – スミス英会話 甲東園 Discussion
Kyoto Gosho is coming up soon and in the past I’ve made several pleas for readers to make the extra effort to visit. But rather than just talk about it in the past, I’m offering this as the first installment in an introduction series to give you a chance to fit it into your schedule. […]
Grand Front Osaka Station City + Umeda Sky Bldg
Discussions at the Smith’s School of English in Kotoen スミス英会話 甲東園 have recently focused on the upcoming completion of JR Osaka Station City phase 2 which is now officially called Grand Front Osaka. The lights are on and shelves are being stocked. It’s worth remembering the seven or eight years it has taken for JR […]
