Hello everyone! Some of you may know my wife Yoko and I are confirmed summer festival revelers, and this coming season promises to be a really busy one. Locals and tourists alike have more choices this summer. It’s good then, that the Kansai Fireworks Calendar 2018 is mostly decided; only three districts are left finalizing schedules. The Kansai Fireworks Calendar 2018 […]
So many ways to study English……
There are so many ways to study English these days: smartphone apps, Internet lessons, Skype lessons etc. etc. All are beneficial to an extent. But I think that still nothing beats studying at a school with a good teacher who cares about your progress. Students need to have a real person as a coach. They […]
Okamoto School Interim Report (6th year of operation)
This is an interim report on the Smith’s Okamoto school. I took over the Smith’s School of English in Okamoto in July 2006. It had been in operation since September 2004 (6 years total so far) and it had only a tiny 15 active students at the time I took over. This month (August […]
