A week or so in Japan

Here’s a week or so in the life of me!   The week starts off with the water in the gutters all iced over. Coming from a country that is nice and warm always, stuff like this is exciting to me.   So at my middle school they were playing volleyball. At the end the winners played the teachers. OMG it was freezing inside that gym, I think I died. I didn’t have gym shoes...

Traditional Christmas in Japan

You may have heard about a “traditional” Christmas in Japan, and I’m talking about food here – KFC and Christmas cake. There is lots of information out there on Christmas in Japan, let me throw you a link to Tofugu whose post is nice and quick and easy to digest. I had a talk with my middle school kids about Christmas, and I think the general consensus was they...

Spew Shoku!

給食.　Kyushoku. School lunch. Some people love it. Not me. When it’s bad, it’s very very bad, and when it’s good it’s pretty bland. Lunch time is a time I fear at school… If you are curious about what school children eat in Japan, here is a collection of photos of school lunches… I go to five schools, but from Monday onwards only four. At the school...

Soon To Be Invading Mie-ken

Remember those ninjas I talked about? Turns out I’ll soon be living with them!! OK, I am not going to be in Iga-Ueno, which is where the Ninja Museum is, but soon I will be living in the same prefecture as them. I’m so excited and can’t wait – it’s only about a month away now. I will be teaching in a small village of about 4000 people. There is a middle school and...