Today and tomorrow two of Tokyo’s most popular festivals will take place -the Samba festival in Asakusa and the Awa Odori festival here in Koenji -the second largest street dancing festival in Japan. Koenji yesterday had a feeling of expectation about it as the locals (me included) wandered around watching the final preparations being made […]
スミス英会話高円寺 SALT
Yesterday I was tossing up between going to Shinjuku or Shibuya to see Inception or Salt and I’m so pleased that I elected to see Salt. From the moment the Bourne style movie started to its end it was action packed and breathlessly riveting. Angela Jolie was fantastic and was the only performer in the […]
スミス 英会話 高円寺 Koenji’s Summer Get Together
It is now more than a week since 20 of us gathered to party with fellow Smith’s School of English- Koenji students at our favourite local haunt – izakaya Don Bei. This was the first time that we had our usual Sunday night June party on a Saturday night in July. A decision that turned […]