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Making sushi at my welcome party. The smiley lady in the front is Ogawa-san. She teaches an after-school English class for students on Yuge. Behind her, hard at work, is Misayo-san. She is my Yuge mom. Behind her are the marine school students from Malaysia (the only other people on this island who are my age!)

Second Place KACHI!!!

October 9th 2006
Well, the big news is that my junior high school student, Emiko, finally had her English speech competition last weekend in Matsuyama, and WON SECOND PLACE!!! She was second best out of 36 students from all of Ehime prefecture! This means that she will now be going on to the national competition in Tokyo in November (on her birthday)! She is so excited because she has never been to Tokyo before an ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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