In January I set a goal for myself and Smith’s School of English Ohtsu: “In 2009, I will improve on ALL of the “local promotion numbers” from 2008″ What this means is that if we had an advertising budget of say 20$ in January 2008, we would increase that number in January of 2009 to […]
My first experience racing a yacht
TO SEE A VIDEO, PLEASE CLICK HERE. It was July 5th, 2009. My day started with Smith’s School of English founder Mark Smith picking me up by jeep in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan where I live. It is also where my English conversation school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi （スミス英会話塚口校）, is located. We met up with the […]
Akashi Channel Bridge (World’s Longest Suspension Bridge)
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, also known as the Pearl Bridge, it the world’s longest suspension bridge. It crosses the Akashi Strait between Maiko in Kobe and and Iwaya on Awaji Island as part of the Honshu-Shikoku Highway. It’s center span is 1,991m (6,532 ft.) and the overall length is 3,991m (12,831 ft.) It is an […]
