Keitai

First few days in Tottori-shi

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August 26th 2006
Getting off the plane in Tottori was like being thrown into a sauna...my goodness it was so hot! My Japanese Teachers of English (hereafter referred to as JTEs) picked me up at the airport because my supervisor at the Tottori-shi (shi=city) Board of Education (BOE), Takahashi-sensei, was supposedly out of town. My JTEs are really nice. One of them, Inoue-sensei, couldn't stay because she had a me ... 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