Usually the bookstore gigs are all about getting up early, lots of running around and fretting about time slots. Today I walked into the Osaka Nellies’ office at 11 o’clock and they were like “Hello, yeah we’ve got loads of time” and were totally relaxed! Which was just as well because everything went fine. Oxford…

Up early and on the bus and shinkansen to Osaka. Now I know why I didn’t get any new materials done last year, travelling takes a lot of time!! I popped into Nellies and everything seems cool for tomorrow. Then I had the crazy idea to sit in Starbucks for 4 hours and write the…

Getting up at 6 and having a shower in a Japanese house brought back all the memories of all the freezing cold houses I’ve homestayed in in the past! Luckily these days it’s quite warm! Went off to the school and checked out the sound system and everything was cool. I was going to sit…

Now I know where all the money went last year, on Shinkansen fares!! It doesn’t half cost a fortune to move around Japan. But I made it up to Soryo Town in the wilds of Hiroshima safely and met up with the ALT and her Kouchou Sensei. The Kouchou sensei took us to her house…

I seemed to be well busy today. It took till lunchtime to sort out all the email enquiries about the CDs ( the need to eat necessitates these taking priority!), then out to get my hair cut and the photo shoot for the Genki Phonics CD sorted out. That took a while and in the…

It’s my day off again today, they seem to come round very often now that I have one per week! Mind you I spent the morning doing mail and stuff. Then went out to the new Outlet Village in Tosu. There wasn’t too much there ( apart from the really cool Lego shop – I…