My So-Called Japanese Life

Previously, I posted about a temporary student who was preparing to work in a major international hotel. She had planned for four lessons w...

The point of making Swedish meatballs originally was to use up all the little bits and pieces that are left around the kitchen. Of course, t...

A recent post by Roy indirectly reminded me about something I learned about taxes in Japan. The tax situation in Japan is pretty complicate...

...and wins. As you can see from the partial screenshot (above) from the on-line roleplaying game Guild Wars , the Colbert Report is inchin...

This evening, I did the final part of what ended up being a 3-part lesson on holidays with one of my students. The end of the lesson took an...