Smith’s School of English Sagamihara allows me and other franchise owners plenty of time outside our schedules to travel a bit. This, in turn, keeps us fresh and ready to deliver top quality lessons to our students. Thanks to our system, last December I took a solo trip to Atami. Atami is a coastal town […]
Onsen 温泉 – A Great Japanese Tradition
Ever since my first visit to Japan, almost 20 years ago, I have always loved visiting the country’s great traditional hot springs 温泉. My first visit to an onsen was in Nita , in Shimane-ken 島根県. Although I had read much of the etiquette of the onsen, I was lucky enough, on that occasion […]