Author Archives: Richard Graham

Hawaii – Even better

Yeah, I did write the title correctly, thanks to the wonder of crossing the dateline I had two March 16ths this year. If I was Irish and planned it a day later I could have had two St Patrick’s Days! I’m actually over here for a friends wedding, but I also have quite a bit…

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Tokyo – Nice

Yesterday all the hotels on the island were full ( it’s a small island!). So I was put up in a ryokan, which was nice and clean but I was feeling the culture shock. Most notably being freezing cold after stepping out of the shower ( no heating!), and the harshness of the fluorescent lights…

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Hachijyojima – Back to school & 3rd graders from Mars…

After the past few months of doing computer work it was back to the fun part of Genki English, actually using it in classes! Today, instead of a simple kids show, I had three demo lessons. Each one would have two grades and I’d try and do as much as possible in the time, so…

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Hachijojima – A Tropical Paradise in the Pacific

After I did Akita last year, I thought that having been to every prefecture in Japan would mean that from now on things would get a bit boring. I’d never again fly to a new airport, and my useless knowledge of where to find the nearest Starbucks in nearly every station in Japan would increase…

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Tokyo – Location does seem to matter

One of the really, really nice things about my job is that I can literally do it anywhere. If I have internet access for email and skype, it doesn’t really matter where I am. But as soon as I landed yesterday it seemed like everything just shifted up a gear. Whereas in Europe I was…

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Fukuoka – 36 hours later

Well that was an interesting flight back to Japan. I left Leeds on Thursday morning and arrived in Fukuoka on Saturday morning! Two 9 hour stop overs aren’t the most well planned way to travel, but I got a load of work done. Then usually on the flights I like the chance to catch up…

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