My wife Yoko and I really love visiting temples and shrines and we make quite a pilgrimage out of Hatsumode every year. For those of you new to the word, Hatsumode refers to the Japanese custom of visiting your favorite Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine to pay respects to the appropriate gods and pray for […]
Growth at Smith’s Franchises – Local Promomotion Part 16 : Now Is The Time
Anytime is a good time but …. Now is THE time, as another well-spoken Smith’s School of English Franchise owner recently said, to own a Smith’s School of English Franchise . One of the cornerstones to our success is putting to work the straight-forward and effective brand tools and brand resources exclusively available in the Smith’s School of English system. […]
Driving In Japan #22 : Astronomy – Winter versus Summer Stargazing
Hi everyone! It’s been a very long while since I last talked much on the topic of astronomy. Two main reasons are that I have had very little time for astronomy this summer, and even then the sky conditions were so unusually and uniformly bad that there really was no point. Atmospheric instability dominated July and August so most […]
