By Derek of Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi and Smith’s School of English Kawanishi In my hometown of St-Sauveur in Quebec, Canada, lots of snow is part of winter life. If it snows here in the locations of my English conversation schools (Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki and Kawanishi), the snow usually melts right away or soon afterwards because […]
It’s Fig Season in Kawanishi
Hi there. I’m Derek and I teach English at Smith’s School of English Kawanishi and Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi. Although Smith’s School of English Kawanishi is only about a 30-second walk from the Hankyu Railway station and the shops of downtown Kawanishi, just a short walk from my English conversation school will take you to a more […]
Hiking and Talking
On November 3, 2011, I had a meeting with Smith’s School of English franchise system founder Mark Smith in Hyogo Prefecture. Instead of just sitting and talking, we went for a hike and talked while hiking. We took a trail in the mountains of Kawanishi, above the city, which crossed into Takarazuka at times. There […]
