Destination: Japan

The people who fold in half ....

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1315]

I didn't know what to expect here in Japan. But I didn't really think the streets would be so clean, the cars so small and people constantly folding in half. These guys are constantly bowing in greeting, farewell or just for the hell of it. Everyone ... Read more >

Tags: culture, language, people, work

Von heißem Dosenkaffe und beheizten Toilettendeckeln...

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 | By bergdorf-brunette | Views [754] | Comments [1]

Hier bin ich also im verrückten Fernostinselland... Am Mittwoch bin ich hier in Toyko angekommen und hab gleich mal den vollen Kulturschock bekommen... Es ist nicht leicht vom Land der herzlichsten Menschen denen ich je begegnet bin (Brasilien) nach ... Read more >

School Visit

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [720] | Comments [1]

Today our school was visited by students and staff from Nishimachi International School in Tokyo. The came up on a bus trip and spent a couple of hours with our students, either playing table tennis in the gym or dong an experiment in the science lab.... Read more >

Company trip to Japan

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 | By celinexiaolin | Views [949]

Unbelievable! It is customary in China at least in our industry, to go on a company trip abroad that does not involve any work whatsoever. To my delight, we all voted for Japan. A combined Osaka, Kyoto trip that, as these things do, ended up beeing timed ... Read more >

Gallery: Tokyo Disneyland

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Domo Arigato!

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 | By ellen | Photo Gallery

Birthday

Fri, 5 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [1727] | Comments [4] | Video

Friday was work as usual, I didn't tell anyone at work it was my birthday, I prefer to keep it low key. At 4pm I left to catch the train for Tokyo. Normally I stay at work till 5.30 or 6, my contract says 4pm but no one else leaves that early and I'm ... Read more >

Gallery: Sports Day(s)

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery

End of the week

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [2289] | Comments [6]

It’s Friday afternoon and I’m about to lose the internet for the weekend again, since work is still my only regular source. So what happened this week? Classes started of course, Junior High School anyway, Elementary on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon ... Read more >

Monkey see, monkey do...

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 | By reilly | Views [523]

School starts

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [1627] | Comments [5]

There has been a cold, wet shift in the weather for the last week. Much better than the hot humid days we were having. Summer is far from over though so this probably won't last long, I'm enjoying it though, it hasn't really stopped raining for about ... Read more >

Gallery: Random pictures

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery

random stuff and an orientation video

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [740] | Comments [3] | Video

I don't have anything to write really, I covered orientation stuff already, but I needed somewhere to put the youtube link of the shamisen class. Completely unrelated, today at work there was a kerfuffle to do with me. One of the teachers who sits ... Read more >

Friday 15 - Monday 18

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 | By peter_allen | Views [777] | Video

Friday: The last day of Gunma orientation. Mostly it was a day of Japanese culture workshops. I would have liked a wider range, there were no visual arts for example, some calligraphy or sumi ink painting would have been nice. Instead there were ... Read more >

Tokyo Day 6: Summersonic

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 | By cisoux | Views [1661]

Well there's really nothing much I can say about this day. We went to the Summersonic Music Festival in the morning and left at midnight! We started off by watching The Wombats at the Chiba Marine Stadium. Then June stayed behind to watch Vampire ... Read more >

Tags: japan, summersonic, tokyo