I was reading a feature on the Japan Times website recently. This article was entitled Silent Spring in Tokyo and bemoaned the lack of any sign of wildlife in the Tokyo suburb where the author lives (he states that it is about an hour’s train ride from midtown). All that I can say to the writer […]
INVITATION – SSE Tsukaguchi and Kawanishi Event
Derek of Smith’s School of English, Tsukaguchi スミス英会話 塚口校 and I (John) of Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi スミス英会話 川西校 have arranged an event for 28 June 2009. We know that this is short notice, but we wanted to do it before the weather gets too hot. We invite any Smith’s School that would like to join us to come along. […]
A Journey in Time
There is an old railway line that runs into the mountains form Hankyu Kawanishi Noseguchi Station 川西能勢口駅, which is opposite my school Smith’s School of English, Kawanishi. This is the Hankyu Nose Line 能勢電鉄妙見線 which runs approximately 12 kilometers into the mountains north of Kawanishi, coming to an end at Myokenguchi 妙見口. As […]
