MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR At the end of February, the earthquake-proofing of the main building of my school began. For the week before the move, the staff room was littered with cardboard boxes and teachers debating just how much of the crap in their desks they needed. Everyone had to take everything out of their…
Message from the  Block 6 PA “It’s a winter wonderland,†as one of my students said on the first snow day of the year. It may be cold, but it really is beautiful outside! There are so many things we can do in the winter that we can’t do any other time of year. This…
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Happy New Year,　明ã‘ã¾ã—ã¦ãŠã‚ã§ã¨ã†ã”ã–ã„ã¾ã™and so on and so forth. Welcome to the first Hyogo Times of 2013. First up, I guess we all have to accept that the Mayans messed up somewhere in their calculations. Clearly there can be no other explanation for the fact that the world is still turning and…
Season’s Greetings! The Christmas tree is up outside the school office. Seeing it this morning, I am not going to lie, I gasped in delight and was therefore very happy that it was in the middle of first period and no-one else was around. Christmas is upon us! Okay, not for a few more weeks,…
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to November everyone! The days are getting shorter at a stupidly fast rate (sunset at 5 – seriously?!) and nights are starting to be more than a little bit chilly. It’s pretty much the best time of year (apart from the short days, you don’t have the time to appreciate…
MESSAGE FROM THE (NEW) EDITOR (October 2012) Well the new month is here and that makes me another year older. It’s a little bit strange to be sitting here and contemplating the fact that I could have just had my last birthday in Japan. It somehow seems appropriate to start considering that (giant) change that…