As the Ministry asked me to go to Tokyo tomorrow, it meant today I had a 3 hour workshop in the morning in one city then another 3 hour workshop in the next city with only an hour in between. But the teachers were all really cool and after doing 2 hour workshops last week…

This is the fourth ( or it could actually be the fifth??) time I’ve presented at the Okayama city Summer workshops. Through all these years there have been hundreds and hundreds of teachers attending, but even today for the vast majority of the teachers it was the first time they had seen Genki English live….

There’s a strange sense of deja vu about my Summer schedule this year, it’s almost the same as last year! Today was a workshop for the Kagawa prefectural government. I was told to expect about half new people and half people from last year, but as it happens there were loads and loads of new…

I should take a few days off on the beach more often. After the obon holidays I got a load of work done today, and I’m just about caught up on my emails ( but not quite all of them yet!)

They say an overnight success takes ten years to make, and it certainly applies here. I’ve been working with schools here for over 6 years, and it’s only just now that the people in charge are beginning to recognise just what Genki English is. The city has been designated by the government as a city…