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What are you doing for Christmas ?

Hello Everyone !What are your plans for the Christmas Holidays? Currently we are undecided. We migh...

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Northern Kyoto -- Ama no Hashidate

After spending 1.5 days in Shiga prefecture at the beginning of our trip we took a 2.5 hour drive &...

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My Favorite Christmas books to read out loud !

Hey Everyone ! I`ve started a holiday reading class  and writing letters to Santa class f...

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South Biwa lake (Shiga Prefecture) Adventures

Last week on Oct 21st we headed out on a short 5-6 day holiday. We drove about 5 hours to Shiga pre...

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The Pillow Book ( Makura No Soshi) Adventures

On our recent vacation we went to Kyoto and searched out differnt places that Sei Shonagon would ha...

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My Favorite books I have read/ listened too in 2020 ( so far... )

Hello Everyone! Well, So far 2020 has been an interesting year! One of the things I have gotte...

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September 2020 Adventures

This month, as the tempurature cools it has become easier to travel and enjoy the ourdoors again.&n...

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NEW SONG ! Come all ye fair and tender Ladies

Dear Students,  As for the weekly topic I do not have a favorite poet but I have always l...

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Which city would you like to try to living?

Dear students , I hope that life is treating you well on this long holiday weekend here in Jap...

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Thank-you ! ( Spring/Summer) Grand Prize for the Everyday Life Essay Class!

Yesterday, I was notified by Cafetalk staff that my class `Everyday Life Essay` - Chat, read and di...

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Iwate ( Day 7 last day of Tohoku travel)

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Aomori prefecture (day 6 travel in Tohoku)

Hey everyone ! Day 6 : We woke up at the Kawauchiko road station in the middle of the Shimokit...

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Aomori Prefecture (Day 5 — Tohoku travel)

Hello everyone !    Day 5: ( 6th night sleeping in the car) We are up in Shimokit...

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Akita prefecture (Day 4 travel in Tohoku)

Hello everyone !    While I’m waiting for my husband to get out of the onsen ...

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Iwate and Akita (day 3 travel in Tohoku)

Hello everyone !    Sorry for the delay in writing about our trip ! We haven&rs...

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Iwate - Day 1 and 2 ( travel)

Hello Everyone ! I wrote this post and then it posted without any of the text ! slightly ...

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Where do you want to spend your summer?

Where do I want to spend my summer ? 1. I want to spend time out in nature camping preferably ...

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Travel during COVID-19 new life style.

Hello everyone ! I hope you are all doing well. My husband and I are happy to be able to go out and...

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Crime Files Class : Todays News *Nova Scotia * Mass shooting, 17 dead .

      Today, I want to speak about my Crime files class that I offer. It is one o...

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Hanami sightseeing by car!

This year, is unprecedented (Never done or known before). I never thought this would be h...

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Canadian Recipes - NEW Online English Listening class !

As Canada is now in lockdown, my family and friends are very restricted in their movements and dail...

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Social Distancing - What is it? and Why Canada has gone to extremes.

Hello Everyone, Todays topic and new vocabulary is social distancing. This has become very enf...

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Handmade Udon Experience

Hello everyone ! So 2 years ago, I went on an udon making experience at Dotaku Udon shop in Hi...

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My Japanese Tea Experiences (2018 and 2020)

Hello Everyone ! Today, I wanted to share with you my Japanese tea experiences. In 2018, I enj...

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One thing tourists don't know about in my country

Hello everyone! So, this weeks column topic is what most tourists people dont know about in my...

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My Honeymoon to Okinawa

Hello everyone !I just wanted to share some highlight of my honeymoon to Okinawa last month. Which ...

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My first Japanese cultural experience in Japan ( Dec 2017)

Hello everyone, Today,  I want to tell you about my first Japanese cultural experience in...

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My first visit to Japan! in May 2017.

Hello everyone! So I wanted to give a little back story on how I started my journey to end up livin...

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My least favorite household chore!

So this weeks article topic is your least favourite household chore. Well, mine is cleaning to...

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Which season would best describe my personality ?

I took a magazine quiz once and it told me the season that best suited my personality was SUMMER ( ...