My life has settled into a bit of a routine centered around school. Breakfast at 8 AM, bicycle to school for classes starting at 9, 50 minute classes with 10 minute breaks, a 40 minute lunch at noon, classes till 2:30 and home to study, dinner at 7 PM, more study, bed. Continue reading →

Saturday on my first weekend. I had to choose events that would leave me some time to study. I don’t know what the ongoing course load will be like but initially I have a lot of catch up to do due to different text books and different methods of teaching. Until I catch up with this I will have a lot of extra reading and studying to do. Continue reading →

Well, I’m back up and running after being offline since the beginning of the week. Continue reading →

Well the first day is over and I’m glad that it is Friday as classes stop at noon. Continue reading →

Breakfast at 8,  out the door at 8:30 in plenty of time to get to Aoi Hall by 9 except that the front door was locked when I arrived. Continue reading →

Today is my last free day before I start school. Tomorrow I will write an entrance test to establish what level of class I should be in and start. Continue reading →

I’m pretty tired but I’ll start writing and see how far I get.

Yesterday I took a break and stayed pretty close to the hotel mostly just walking around and looking at the neighbourhood, packing, writing and getting everything lined up for the trip to Okazaki. Continue reading →

I had hoped this evening  to be happily BUI (Blogging while Under the Influence) as the last planned stop of the day was a beer museum tour followed by a tasting. Yum. But alas, it was not to be.  Continue reading →

Today was 30°C with 90% humidity, hot and sticky, like being back in Ontario.

I wanted to see a rakugo performance while I was in Tokyo. Rakugo is a form of comedy/story telling where a single performer kneels on a cushion on the stage and tells a story. The only props used are a folding fan and a small towel. Continue reading →

I like opera, classical music and theater arts and thought that I would try to see live versions of their Japanese counterparts while I was in Japan. Although I have seen performances on video a recording cannot compare to the impact of a live performance in a good venue. One of the traditional Japanese arts that I particularly wanted to see was kabuki. Continue reading →