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12.Jan.2011 Tennoji Zoo, Shitennoji Temple, Tennoji Ku

I did some sightseeing on my last few days around the Tennoji ku, or ward area. It was an easy subway ride to get to the zoo and that’s where I started my day. The zoo was cheap but mostly geared toward elementary kids. I also thought some of the cages could have been a [...]

Osaka Jo 大阪城

Here are some photos from Osaka castle from a trip I took during my holiday in late December. Osaka castle was really amazing I was very impressed with just how big the place was. Plus the walls, moat and inner castle were all amazing. As a park itself I thought the area was great and [...]

Hakodate Trip Photos

Here are the photos from a trip I did with my co-workers at the Board of Education to Hakkodate in Hokkaido. Probably the highlight of the trip had to be the delicious seafood as well as the seafood don, crab buns, and squid ink ice cream!

06.Dec.2010 December

Getting ready for December. It’s going to be very busy. There are a whole ton of different work events that I will be going to this month. Not to mention an office trip to Hokkaido coming up. Also with Karate and trying to plan my trip to Tokyo things may be a bit busy.

JLPT N4

This weekend I took the JLPT N4 with some of the JETs from Towada, and Shichinohe. Also there were a lot of people from the prefecture there as anyone wanting to write the JLPT in Aomori Ken had to do so in Morioka and only Morioka… This is a little inconvenient, but it did offer [...]

03.Dec.2010 First Newspaper Article

Here is my first newspaper article. The Daily Tohoku article was the second article I did. The first one was for a once a month newspaper edited, and owned by my interviewer. The interview itself was quite an experience. I did it with one of the JETs from my town. The JET from my towns [...]

Daily Tohoku Article

Last week I was interviewed for a regional newspaper called The Daily Tohoku. This was a really cool experience because this newspaper is fairly well read and I think it’s a great way to introduce some of the foreign language teachers to the community. The interview itself was really cool and my supervisor did an [...]

29.Nov.2010 Hirosaki Halloween Party

I went to a Halloween party in Hirosaki city. Some of the mount Hakkoda photos I took were on the way to this party. My costume was totally unoriginal I went for the Harry Potter look with lightning bolt and chopstick wand. Some of the other JETs costumes were way cooler and one person went [...]

Oirase Machi Salmon Festival

This was a lot of fun. Rianna one of the JETs in Towada city hooked us up with some tickets for only around 10 dollars Canadian to catch salmon. It was really cool and probably the best 10 dollars I’ve ever spent. It involved a giant flatbed truck dumping a whole load of live salmon [...]

Aomori Mid Year Orientation After Party

A few weeks ago we had the Aomori mid year orientation. This would be the third, and definitely not the last orientation I will be attending for JET. The first one was the Tokyo Orientation, where I was basically a JET lagged zombie for two days. After that was the Aomori mid year seminar. This [...]

My 自己紹介 Self Introduction to 三本木小　Sanbongi Elementary School

I did a self introduction that will be published in a school newspaper for an elementary school in my catchment area. To put my job in perspective I have around 20 elementary and junior high schools that I visit regularly. Sanbongi is special because it is (a) near my house (b) is my semi-base school [...]

Driving through Hakkoda

Here are some photos I took from a second drive over to Hirosaki, where I passed through mount Hakodda. At that time the snow had already fallen and it was freezing!

Photos from my First Solo Trip to Hirosaki

Here are some photos I took from my first solo trip to Hirosaki. A few cool things to note is that I went around Lake Towada, and passed through parts of mount Hakkoda. This area is famous for the leaves changing colour and fall season especially around Lake Towada attracts a great many tourists. As [...]

Back in Action

Well I’ve been taking a bit of a break from posting on my blog. But I think it’s time to do a little some more writing. Basically over the last few weeks I’ve been busy with studying for the JLPT 日本語能力試験. I’m taking level 4, out of 5 levels, level 5 being the lowest and [...]

03.Oct.2010 Bike Ride North of Towada Photos

Here are some pictures for a bike ride I took north of Towada.

Towada Aki Matsuri Photos

Check out the photos of the Towada aki Matsuri: