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Shoryo!
Here are some photos and a little description of my school life. I get to school everyday at around 7:50. In the morning there is sometimes a meeting in the teacher staff room, if there isn't I just sip on coffee or prepare my lessons for the day during the homeroom time. After that, there is cleaning time. In the average day I teach 3 classes ( Read more... ) -
Food Project!
This is where I hope to upload photos of my day-to-day food in Japan. More to come soon! -
Long time no post! So sorry!
Well today is my first day back to school after Golden Week, a string of work holidays here in Japan. While a lot of people journeyed far in Japan on their vacation, I stayed in Fukui ken and relaxed, enjoying the (finally!) sunny days ( Read more... ) -
Wakasa no Omizu okuri, aka Amanda and 800 others get large torches and walk to the water with them.
Hi there and super long time no update! Today I want to talk about a festival that I went to at Wakasa Jinguji Shrine to see the Wakasa-no-Omizu-okuri, or “Wakasa’s Water Sending” ceremony. It took place on March 2nd, and marks the beginning of the beginning of spring. The ceremony symbolizes the sending of water down a river from the shrine in ( Read more... ) -
School Lunch: 食事 "Syokuzi"
Here is a brief description of school lunch at Shoryo and all the other schools I have been able to visit. Every day, school lunch is brought to the classrooms on rolling carts. The students dress in special serving uniforms including hair nets and face masks. The food is then divided and served. Lunch is eaten in the classroom every day ( Read more... ) -
Christmas Time
Hello! Long time no post! It is December now and everyone is gearing up for Christmas here in Japan. Wait. You didn`t know that they celebrated Christmas in Japan? Oh, well in that case, let me tell you all about it ( Read more... ) -
Letters from my students!
Today was a bit slow at work, so I scanned some letters some of my students had given to me as part of a letter exchange. The letters are from second and third year students (the equivalent of American 8th and 9th graders). So far, only the girls have written me...the boys are too shy! But I am happy when any student tries to reach out and ( Read more... ) -
Tsukimi Festival
A little while ago, I was invited by my school's tea ceremony club, or sadou club, to participate in the Tsukimi tea ceremony at Keihi Shrine. Wait. Let's back up. From the beginning, what the hell is Tsukimi ( Read more... ) -
Tsuruga Festival
Hello and long time no post! In this post I will talk about Tsuruga Festival, which passed a little while ago, but it still fresh in my mind! Tsuruga festival is kind of a birthday celebration for the large shrine that is in my city (Kehi Shrine). Tsuruga festival is a carnival like street festival that lasts for around one week. On each day, ( Read more... ) -
Life at Shoryo
Hello everyone from Shoryo ( Read more... )