I’m up early on Saturday for a weekend trip to Takayama and Shirakawa in the mountains about 200 km north of Okazaki.  Continue reading →

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 →