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Tips for Your First Day as a New Teacher in Japan
Summer is ending in Japan which means Kids are returning to school and preparing for the culture festival and Sports Day. It also means I am sitting at my desk in the morning and working on the ESS...
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Kamikochi National Park: The Japanese Alps
Earlier in the summer I went hiking through one of the most beautiful national parks in central Japan. It’s called Kamikochi and is located in Nagano Prefecture. Outside of Japan Nagano is more famous...
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How Speaking Japanese in Japan got me into Trouble
Sometimes studying Japanese is like banging my head against a wall repeatedly and other times it’s like riding a magical unicorn into clouds of enlightened understanding (currently I feel like I am...
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Summer Nights in Hanoi Vietnam
I know that it’s already autumn, but let’s go back in time together for the sake of this post. Last summer vacation I spent a week in Vietnam with one of my dearest friends in Fukui. My friend Laura...
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EFL Halloween Lesson for Intermediate Students
There are a lot of lesson plan resources out there for Halloween. Unfortunately, they are all for very young children and English speakers at a beginner level and I teach at a high school. Also, my...
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Cruising in Ha Long Bay Vietnam
Just when you think you know what the world looks like you go to a place that looks like it should be a fantasy world. While cruising through Ha Long Bay, I felt like I was aboard the Dawn Treader...
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Why I Quit Blogging
If you are one of the 10 people who read this blog regularly, you probably noticed the lack of updates for the past 5 months. I could come up with many logical reasons for my absence that are all...
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Taking the Over Night Train in Vietnam
Remember when I was writing my first post about Vietnam 5 months ago? I think I said I would have the rest of the posts up in the next week. Well, I definitely didn’t make that deadline. They will all...
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Cycling the Shimanami Kaido
While Japan is a fantastic country to visit, it’s easy to get burnt out of touring temples, castles and shrines. After a while, for some people they all start to blur together and are far less...
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Climbing Mount Tateyama
Last fall my friends and I decided it was time to take on one of the three holy mountains in Japan. We climbed Tateyama. Tateyama is the easiest of the three holy mountains and is famous for its...
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