Teacher Visits

The new school year in Japan starts in April. After the first two weeks of getting acquainted with their new students and class, each teacher spends the third week traveling to each students’ home to spend 10~15 min talking casually with mom and/or dad, introducing themselves, and answering any questions or concerns parents...

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Cultureshock Bits

 Powered by Max Banner Ads  Powered by Max Banner Ads Here are some interesting cultural differences in Japan: 911 in Japan is 119 using a dryer here makes clothes MORE wrinkled gasoline is ~$6 a gallon milk only comes by the pint (Greg, you would go broke!) loaves of bread come in slices of 4 (thickest),5,6,8,...

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