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Rising Sun: Hello Kazuko English Village!

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Thursday, February 12, 2009. Hello Kazuko English Village! We are pleased to welcome Kazuko's English Village to our blog. Students in the juku, or "cram school," apparently will check out our blog and help us answer some questions. Hajimemashite, say Media Academy students! We've had technical difficulties using this web site at our school . but stay tuned for some questions about Japan and Japanese teens! For starters, how old were you when you made your first origami tsuru? What do you guys do for fun?

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Rising Sun: July 2008

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Thursday, July 31, 2008. My JR Rail Pass expired yesterday, but not before I got to zip around Japan several times on the Shinkansen, or bullet train. I keep hearing about plans for California to build something similar. I can only hope that it happens in my life time . perhaps the high gas prices will be fuel enough to get the tracks down soon. Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Victory at the Ginkoo! After 12 years, I finally got my last paycheck from the Japan Times. Yesterday, with the help of my friend Hisayo.

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Rising Sun: February 2009

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Thursday, February 26, 2009. Beans, beans, demons and happiness! We celebrated osetsubun in our Japanese elective class today. Yes, about three weeks late. Without telling any student what I was doing, I picked up a handful of beans, walked over to the door, hollered "Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi" and threw my beans outside onto the sidewalk. I told the students to go Google "oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi" to see what I had just done. I gave them jelly beans instead . but they had to eat them with chopsticks.

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Rising Sun: Hisashiburi! Long Time, No Blog!

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Sunday, February 8, 2009. Long Time, No Blog! Japanese Elective is Back at Media Academy. I am posting a video of our first week of Japanese and will ask Lina-San to update this blog with questions that my students have for Kazuko's English Village Juku students. Pardon my very messy room that can be seen in this video. We need to initiate osoji (cleaning) for sure! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Oakland, CA, United States. View my complete profile. Http:/ www.media-academy.net. Long Time, No Blog!

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Rising Sun: Beans, beans, demons and happiness!

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Thursday, February 26, 2009. Beans, beans, demons and happiness! We celebrated osetsubun in our Japanese elective class today. Yes, about three weeks late. Without telling any student what I was doing, I picked up a handful of beans, walked over to the door, hollered "Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi" and threw my beans outside onto the sidewalk. I told the students to go Google "oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi" to see what I had just done. I gave them jelly beans instead . but they had to eat them with chopsticks.

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Rising Sun: Rising Son, Too

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Monday, January 26, 2009. Rising Son, Too. Back from Japan - and a week away from starting my five-week Japanese elective! I really want to get some student reaction to the 44th President on this blog to share with friends, family and fellow Media Academy folk. Check them out! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Oakland, CA, United States. View my complete profile. Http:/ www.media-academy.net. Http:/ www.fundforteachers.org. Rising Son, Too. In which i beat gladwell. Weapons of Mass Instruction.

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Rising Sun: January 2009

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Monday, January 26, 2009. Rising Son, Too. Back from Japan - and a week away from starting my five-week Japanese elective! I really want to get some student reaction to the 44th President on this blog to share with friends, family and fellow Media Academy folk. Check them out! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Oakland, CA, United States. View my complete profile. Http:/ www.media-academy.net. Http:/ www.fundforteachers.org. Rising Son, Too. In which i beat gladwell. Weapons of Mass Instruction.

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Rising Sun: Questions for Kazuko's English Village

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Sunday, February 22, 2009. Questions for Kazuko's English Village. We're looking forward to the answers! 1 What's your favorite food? 2 What's your favorite fashion? 3 How do you cuss in Japanese? You can censor this one! 4 Are there hot springs near your town? 5 What are some traditional events in Japan? 6 What kind of dancing to the Japanese do? 7 What kind of food do Japanese people eat? 8 Are you allowed to bring music from home to school and listen to it? 10 What kind of music is hot in Japan?

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Rising Sun: No Female Fans of 'Giri Chocolate'!

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Monday, February 16, 2009. No Female Fans of 'Giri Chocolate'! On Friday, one day before Valentine's Day, we learned about "giri choco" and the girls of the class were not too impressed. In Japan, only the girls buy chocolate on Valentine's Day. And some of the chocolate they buy isn't even for their boyfriend or crush. It's "obligation chocolate" that they have to buy for co-workers or bosses. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Oakland, CA, United States. View my complete profile. Long Time, No Blog!