“So, what will you being doing this year at Christmas?” This question was met with various permeations of bemusement, amusement…

Simple Chicken Nabe for One.   As the “samui” grunts enter the staffroom you know what’s coming: winter. My solution…

 As interviewed by Arjan Tulsi.   When were you in Hyogo and where were you placed? I was in Harima-cho…

Ishiyama-dera, temple number 13 on the route, and Mii-dera, number 14, are both located along the southern edges of Lake…

This year, from 5 December to 16 December, Kobe will again glow in the multiple colours of the Luminarie, and…

            Maybe you have recently thought to yourself, “Gee whiz, I’ve been working so hard…

The short sleeved shirts and cool-tech innerwear of summer have finally given way to the scarves and gloves and berets…

Season’s Greetings!   Well, a short but sweet koyo season is rapidly fading as the chill of winter takes hold.…

Hyogo Board of Education’s annual Skills Development Conference November 21-22, 2013 Attended by 485 ALTs and JTEs A review by…