Introducing Vegemite to people in Japan is a particularly tricky thing to do, particularly if you have trouble articulating the subtleties of the spread in Japanese. Nevertheless, it’s probably something that most Australians working with children in any capacity may feel inclined to do at some stage, even if only for lack of anything else to do in class.

I’ve finally gotten around to uploading photos from the past several months. Hope you enjoy them!

It seems that even for non-ESL speakers, some of the more specific Christmas-related terminology can get mixed up occasionally.

Greg is destroyed, murdered and killed (possibly in preparation for eating) by children at Mishima shrine during a local festival.

The second performance of my new taiko drumming group, Kawauso Daiko. Was brilliant fun!

Sometimes I put silly place-holder words and phrases into translated texts, so that I can immediately know the literal meaning in English without having to recheck in the dictionary. I go over the text a few times, revising it until the word or phrase sounds natural and acceptable, so normally the place-holders are replaced. There are times when I grow attached to them, though!

I can’t believe how talented they all are!

Never thought I’d be working here again. Maybe I’ll go into more details about my ill-fated Hokkaido hotel venture at some stage. But I have to admit, so far my ridiculously low expectations about working in Japan have been surpassed as I come to the conclusion of my first month in Japan. I’ve been a …

Your final dose of golf buggy extremity.

This is the second part of a series of videos we took going mad on golf buggies while staying in Niseko.