Into the Land of the Rising Sun

Two weeks before the start of the Japanese school year in April, each teacher receives a phone call from the local school board informing t...

Last week Mr. M was on holiday in Italy, which meant that the grannies and I were left to our own devices for our English conversation group...

After a long winter of wearing to bed socks, two pairs of pants, two shirts, a fleece, and a ski cap, I'm now down to just pants and a ...

First the naked man festival, now sumo: a theme for this year seems to be emerging, namely ogling nude men in Japan.  I made my first foray...

Today's post is sure to make my mother squirm, assuming that she's even reading this.  So this week we're going to be examining ...

The plum blossoms are here! This title for this week's post goes out to the third year student who asked me to kiss him.  Apparent...

March 11, 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the giant earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Tohoku region of Japan.  Twelve months...