I get lots of request for new things for the site, and also lots of “thank you”s for having Japanese translations. But strangely enough I&...

If you’ve ever wondered why trains in Japan can be so expensive, here’s the reason…. Japan Rail (JR) are starting to label all their...

Today I was invited to a school because the deputy head wanted to know why I would offer to do the Summer workshop at his school for free. Hmmm, OK, t...

It’s always the simplest things that seem to be in demand. So the other day I put up a series of 12 number picture cards. The first eight fit in...

It’s Summer and you can feel it. Not just in the super humid air, but in the whole carnival atmosphere as the yearly Yamgasa Festival gets under...

One of the big points in my workshops is fixing teachers fears of making mistakes. There are plenty of tricks to use and usually it works out very wel...