I tried to fly from Matsuyama to Fukuoka last night and it was fully booked! I never realised so many people wanted to fly between Shikoku and Kyushu. So I had to get up very early this morning to take the high speed boat across. That was alright and I got all my emails up…

Whilst yesterday’s school had all the indications of greatness, I wasn’t too sure about today. The teacher in charge was very much on the ball, but when asked for requests for the workshop the teachers came up with “What did you think of Japan before you came?”. Hmmm. OK, so they don’t really know what…

Some schools you can just tell. I don’t know quite what it is but you can just tell when things are going to to well. Today’s school started out great as the teacher in charge had emailed me a list of requests for the teaching workshop, and they asked all the right questions; what to…

Wow, I actually get a whole week in Ehime! This is quite rare ( Ehime is where I officially live, even though I seem to be touring all the time). My adopted Japanese family had the grandkids at home so that meant any music making had to involve the sounds of 1 year olds jumping…

Well, not really Hallowe’en, but it was the Nagoya leg of the Nellie’s Bookstore tour. And that was really good. The room filled to capacity when my presentation started and everyone had a great time with the Phonics CD ( showing off all the styles seems to work well, especially the James Brown, Fatboy Slim…

Plastic toy food is a common request for teachers of small groups, and I’ve managed to find some! So I put up an order form on the site today. I’m not sure how many of these I’ll be able to provide, but if you’re interested, click here for Plastic Food!! I also did the November…