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A Senbazuru (千羽鶴 ) given to me by my students on my last day as an English teacher in Japan

Colour me good

December 1, 2012by nihonalt Leave a comment

30 pictures in 30 days was the promise I made in October. I was actually unsure of what to post for the last entry until today, when on my last […]

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Japan, Teaching
"Let all the souls here rest in peace for we shall not repeat the evil."

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

November 28, 2012by nihonalt 5 Comments

This is the memorial cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.  From its location in front of the Peace Memorial Museum within the Peace Park it frames a view of the […]

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Hiroshima, Japan, Teaching
Sexy crisps.  You want them, don't you?

Mysterious Sexy Crisps

November 16, 2012by nihonalt 2 Comments

As promised yesterday, we go from the sublime to the ridiculous.  During a visit to Tokyo’s most talked about new tourist attraction – the Tokyo Sky Tree – we paid […]

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Japan, Teaching, Tokyo
From top left - French pastries (crap); Leaning Tower of Pisa (crap); American burger (crap); Andrew (イケメン - n: cool, handsome)

A Guilty Secret

October 28, 2012by nihonalt 2 Comments

If there’s one thing I hate, it’s Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.  There’s almost no limit to the righteous and angry indignation your friendly blogger here will […]

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Japan, Learning Japanese, Teaching
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Treasured Possessions

September 19, 2012by nihonalt 1 Comment

I’ve never been compelled to write in this blog at the very instant in time something has happened, indeed there’s a backlog of stuff I could be writing about if […]

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Japan, Teaching
A cloud.

Tokyo…… hmmm…..

September 9, 2012by nihonalt Leave a comment

It’s almost 3 weeks since I headed back to Japan from home and already the memories of Scotland’s comfortable summer weather have started to melt away in the relentless heat […]

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Japan, Teaching, Tokyo
Bill Shankly?

No classes and no money make Andrew a dull blogger

June 20, 2012by nihonalt Leave a comment

No classes and no money make Andrew a dull blogger.  No classes and no money make Andrew a dull blogger.  No classes and no money make Andrew a dull blogger. […]

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Japan, Teaching
Bush - "Welcome to 'murica Mr Koizumi"
Koizumi (tatemae) - "Very pleased to be here, Bush San"
Koizumi (honnae) - "You fucking burger-munching invasion monkey"

Sitting on the fence

April 29, 2012by nihonalt 5 Comments

After stepping in to my position as an ALT half way through the last academic year in Japan, I found it quite hard at times to earn the trust of […]

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Japan, Teaching
Precisely nothing to do with this post, but I though it was my duty to show people back home that Jeremy Beedle is not dead after all, but rather he's alive and well and advertising goodness knows what in Japan

All Grown Up

March 18, 2012by nihonalt 3 Comments

Yes, I’ve been lazy of late.  Very lazy.  I don’t want to make excuses, but I’ll search for them nonetheless.  I had a visitor to entertain, then a busy week, […]

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My thank you "Valentine" from 6-1 class

Japanese Valentines

February 15, 2012by nihonalt 1 Comment

Romance noun the pleasurable feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. St Valentine’s Day noun 14 February, a day on which special greetings cards are sent to sweethearts or […]

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I live in Tokyo with my wife and our three teenagers.

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