Monthly Archives: September 2011

Moments Before Summer’s End

Posted on September 18, 2011     Leave a Comment

The days are getting shorter, which sadly means summer is coming to an end.  This week, I have had some time to reflect on my busy summer.  In addition to spending 18 days back in Chicago with my family, I danced in a traditional Japanese festival, helped new ALTs get acquainted with their job at […]

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Train Stories #3: The Man Who Cried Out

Posted on September 11, 2011     Leave a Comment

Fully recovered from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that destroyed the city and killed thousands in 1995, Kobe is a trendy Japanese port city in the Kansai region of the country.  With a population of about 1.5 million and close to Kyoto and Osaka, it is also one of the larger metropolises in Japan. I recently […]

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