BY CYNTHIA HOOF Cynthia is currently cast in the Tokyo International Players’ production of Alice, and is blogging about the experience. To read her first entry, click here and to read her second entry, click here. The third entry can be found here. We have now entered the madness of production week. Everyone is on [...]
BY CYNTHIA HOOF Cynthia is currently cast in the Tokyo International Players’ production of Alice, and is blogging about the experience. To read her first entry, click here and to read her second entry, click here. I moved to Tokyo in 2010 and have found living here to be an emotional struggle. I am a [...]
BY CYNTHIA HOOF Cynthia is currently cast in the Tokyo International Players’ production of Alice, and is blogging about the experience. To read her first entry, click here. In early August I opened my email to find an invitation to a second audition for Alice. This was unexpected, as director Liam Shea had initially stated [...]
BY CYNTHIA HOOF Imagine you are at a party. There are people talking in another language. Others speak your language but walk differently or are dressed outrageously. Some bark, some meow, some are loud, and others have soft, high pitched voices. The host offers you a bowl of pungent soup. It has a dirty shoe [...]
Long-time resident of Japan, Heather, has recently started a video blog (vlog) about life in Japan. Here she talks about open house day at her daughter’s Japanese elementary school. To view more, subscribe to her youtube channel, here.
BY RACHEL MARIKO Rachel recently travelled north to volunteer in Tohoku with one of the many supply missions regularly providing aid to the still-affected region of Japan. The following report is from a blog entry she wrote upon her return. Well, I have just celebrated my one-year anniversary of living and working here in Japan. [...]
BY RACHEL MARIKO Published on August 13, 2011 More Summery Adventures This slideshow [view the post to see all of her photos] is from the Nebuta Festival that I went to with my father. It is held in Aomori, the closest city to Hokkaido from the main island, Honshu. These are Japanese floats, but they are [...]
This is a picture I found on a bus while I was in Singapore. It, for me, summarized how I felt during the earthquake – shaken up and disoriented. We, in Tokyo, are very blessed in that all that happened to us was this intense shaking. Compared to the people in Northern part of Japan [...]
June 21, 2011: “I got me some horses to ride on” About a month ago, I went on a little day trip with Yuko, Airi and Papa. They took me to a place called Bokka no Sato. It is about a one-hour drive from where we live. It is known for its flowers, animals, fruits, [...]
BY SHAR July 21, 2011: Animal Haiku A few weeks ago, my 1st-year students were studying “Animal Therapy” in their textbooks so I planned a two-day animal/pet themed lesson. On the first day, I reviewed/taught them fifteen different animal names and we used these to practice a textbook model dialogue about owning/wanting pets. On the [...]
