I awoke at ten past six to the sound of muzak drifting in from the hotel corridor,...
The first thing many Japanese holidaymakers do upon arriving in London is to take afternoon tea –...
Mrs M called me at 5.30 on Monday morning to say that she was at the maternity...
Just because the summer holidays have already started doesn’t mean the students stop coming to school, so...
A small corner of the countryside in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture recently made the national headlines, when...
Every New Year’s Eve there is a programme on TV called Kohaku-Utagassen (紅白歌合戦 / The Red and...
Back in 2004 when I was working for a conversation school in Tokyo, a student of mine...
By some freak of genetics that I don’t pretend to understand, I have been blessed with everyman-like...
Despite there being a page-long explanation of the rules in the current junior high school PE textbook,...
As Mrs M and I were returning from a visit to the in-laws the other day, we...
