I got quite a spectacular bowing injury yesterday! It happened when I tagged along with the art/craft club to go strawberry picking. Many of my students' families grow strawberries for a living, you see, and one such family had very generously invited the club to come and help themselves to some super-sweet strawbs for which this town is famous. ( Read more... )

You really have to be careful when you live in a small town! Nothing is secret and nothing is sacred ( Read more... )

Oh dear, sometimes my bad Japanese gets me in trouble ( Read more... )

Usually, when a random Japanese comes up to me with the intention of practicing their English, I indulge them. I mean, it`s not asking a lot really, and you know, I do sort of feel a bit like an ambassador for my country sometimes. A lot of the time I`m just happy for the conversation ( Read more... )

My wife and 2 small kids back in England must miss me. It was probably a selfish decision to stay in Japan for another year. What an awful husband and father ( Read more... )