Well, I had an interesting post to make, but that will have to wait. It ( Read more... )

Today, I had my last classes with my fifth graders at Atago. Four years with ( Read more... )

Sometimes, my kids are geniuses ( Read more... )

Today, I hit my favorite sensei in the head with my shoe. We were playing charades in class and l was doing soccer. As I kicked the nonexistant ball my shoe flew of at high velocity and hit my sensei in the head.

I kowtowed. still feel bad.

There is a rather large (several hundred people) protest about the military base going on within hearing and seeing distance of my apartment. It's...rather nerve-wracking. Especially when the really angry people start talking about the rude Americans who never learn the language and just make a mess, and how if they're not careful America will take ( Read more... )

Today the post office tried to make me change the purpose of my money order to "payment for mother services"

I blinked. So hard. I didn't think one generally had to pay for those. ^^;

Thing 5,301 I will miss about Japan: Safety ( Read more... )

I am apparently a hero to a cashier at McDonalds. Or at least someone worthy of repeated thanking, weeks later ( Read more... )

Well, this isn't exactly Japan-related and I suppose it could have happened anywhere, but it DID happen at one of my schools so I say it's relevant for this journal ( Read more... )

So, in the back of The Eigo Noto 2 there is a random page about legends around the world, with stories/literary examples of all of them. One of them really seems a bit out of place.

See, here's the list (links go to Wiki articles):

Japan - Taketori Monogatari a story about a girl found in a stalk of bamboo who says she is from the moon. It is a ( Read more... )