On March 11, 2011 a 9.0 earthquake occurred off the coast of Sendai, Tohoku, Japan that triggered a huge tsunami that hit the eastern coast of Japan shortly there after. Thousands of people died, several thousand are still missing and many, many more lost their homes or had their homes damaged. Many[...]
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Snow Day in Tokyo
Last night it began snowing and we knew we would have a late start to the school day today. This morning school was cancelled. There wasn’t a lot of snow compared to many places but several inches and lots of ice. We have students who ride the train, ride bicycles, come be car and walk [...][...]
Mr. Cuddles made new friends, tried new food and celebrates Chinese New Year!!
My friend celebrated Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner on Sunday night. We had Chinese steam boat dinner. I thought it is was fun to cook our own food! It is the Year of the Dragon. I also received some Chinese Red packets for Chines[...]
Max Brenner leaves for Argentina and Panchito comes to visit AIS Israel
Adios Max Brenner December 2011 Max Brenner is a bear from the American International School in Israel. We had a great day with Max. It was very fun. We will miss him because he is going to visit some friends in Argentina. We had a good bye party for him and we ate ice [...][...]
“Konnichiwa” Hello from Japan
This is my first post. I am part of Mrs. Hino’s class at Christian Academy in Japan. There are so many things I’ve wanted to tell you about Japan. This morning I heard lots of noise from the Japanese elementary school that is next door. Even though it is a Saturday, Mrs. Hino came and [.[...]
Pornwut takes Grizzly to School
Hi, my name is Pornwut. My nickname is Garfield. This is in my classroom at Nareerat School. This is in my English class. We have 45 students in my class. I am wearing my Boy Scout uniform, because today was Boy Scout day. I took Grizzly to school today to show him Nareerat School. Here [...[...]
Sattra and Grizzly celebrate a birthday.
We took Grizzly to celebrate with us. This is my mother. On Sunday afternoon. we went to celebrate her birthday. It was on 1 September. Four of us went. She is 40 years old. She is eating ice-cream. It is delicious. She is thin, beautiful and tall. It is in Swenson’s Ice-Cream shop a[...]
A Trip to Japan
I took a trip to Japan with Mrs. Bond’s dad this summer. I learned that 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. There were many interesting shrines/temples located around Fukuoka. In front of these shrines I would often see fountains of water called Purification Troughs where people washed their hands [...]