Category Archives: Japan

Tokyo JET ( Japan Exchange & Teaching) Conference

Most of the content of today was as the 2007 Kobe Recontracting Conference, but I did make a few changes. First of all we started off with the new Genki Disco Warm Up, that went down really well, it looks so good with so many people dancing in unison! Then for the German song (…

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ETJ Owners’ Panel, TPRS

Today I was asked to help out at the ETJ conference in Fukuoka. But this time as a member on the panel discussion for school owners. As I don’t actually own a school, that sounded a little strange at first, but it was good to put on my businessman hat and help out with some…

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Sasebo Passion

There are some great teachers in Japan and every so often you come across a school where just about the entire staff has had a genki gene implanted at birth and are the most enthusiastic, welcoming and friendly people you can possibly imagine. Today’s school fell squarely into this category. First up we started with…

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Nagasaki & Trees in the road

Nagasaki seems to have more history than any other city in Japan, from all sorts of eras. From being the 2nd ( and hopefully last ) city to be nuclear bombed, to having some of the first Christian missionary’s – who were then crucified, and being the only place allowed contact with foreigners when Japan…

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