3 years ago I was asked to write a series of 12 picture books for a publisher in Tokyo. Picture books are huge in Japan, but I hadn’t the foggie...

I must say that the demonstration schools these days are getting so much better. Even a few months ago they tended to leave me under impressed to say ...

Spent the day replying to my email and maintaining the site. Then in the evening I caught up with one of the ALTs in town. It’s always good to h...

A train at a very silly hour ( any train time that begins with 6 something can’t be normal), and finishing with a 30 minute taxi drive through t...

Today was a big school today. One of the schools that I did a workshop for in Summer was having their parents’ day ( where parents come to watch...

One thing that constantly crops up with Japanese teachers making their own lessons is the confusion over “I like apple/apples” etc. Last w...