When I first moved to Japan, the thing I missed most was the live music scene that I enjoyed back home in Nanaimo, BC, Canada. But I have been slowly uncovering the ive music scene in and around Kyoto, as has Jim in Tokyo. Many annual festivals feature free live outdoor music, such as Taiko […]
Extra Advertising
This month we did a little bit more advertising to build on the flyering that we already do 2 or 3 times a week. First, we printed 2000 copies of A4 sized flyers (on Sakura colour paper!!) and put them in the Mainichi Shinbun. Second, we posted our school information in Shiga Living (a weekly […]
New SSE Coach, Nervous SSE Coach: No Problem!
In April of this year, my partner Chiharu starting teaching at our school, Smith’s School of English Ohtsu. At first she was very worried that students wouldn’t like having a Japanese National for an English teacher. But her worries quickly abated as she realized several things: (1) she is an amazing coach with a deep […]
