Otsu city (大津市) is the capital of Shiga prefecture (滋賀県), with a population of over 340,000 people. The heart of the city is the area between Otsu station and Ishiyama station. The area in front of Otsu station is the business and governmental centre, home to municipal, prefectural and national government offices. This is a […]
One Point English and a Coincidence
Yesterday I had 2 students in a class who had never met before. At the end of a lovely English lesson, I asked them their plans for the next week. The first student replied “tonight I’ve got to email my friend in Hong Kong because I’m going to visit her in 3 weeks”. The second […]
First Trip to Canada:17-year-old Chiharu
The Japanese Version of This Article is Here At the end of my high school years (in Japan), I went and stayed in Canada for two weeks by myself. The stay was for only ten days but I studied English at a language school in Vancouver and also visited a university that I was interested in applying to. I was […]
