The rainy season is in full swing here in Tsukaguchi, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. As I sit here writing this post at my English conversation school, Smith’s School of English Tsukaguchi, (スミス英会話塚口校), it’s pouring rain outside and it looks like it’s going to keep raining until tomorrow! Wow! No worries because I have rain gear (rain […]
Golden Week in Tokushima
I had a very enjoyable Golden Week for more than one reason. On April 26th my wife gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl. As my wife is from Tokushima, we spent the holidays staying with her parents, as is sometimes done here in Japan after a child is born. I was in charge of […]
Kagawa Udon 讃岐うどん
Last weekend my family visited my parents- in-law who live in a rural area of Tokushima, on the island of Shikoku. It took me about three hours to drive there from my home in Nakamozu (なかもず), Sakai City, Osaka. It’s always an enjoyable drive along the Hanshin Expressway past Kobe and over the Akashi Kaikyo […]
