I was very pleased to receive a big box full of persimmons yesterday. Thanks to Mr. Takamiya, my students, peers and I are going to be eating excellent fruit with lots of vitamin C for a while. Thank you, Takamiya-san!
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020
Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration
JIU held a wonderful event on October 31: Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration. Author Shirley Higuchi and incarceree Sam Mihara participated in the Q & A Session and answered about 20 questions from the audience. If you are interested in some of the comments, please check my Facebook page.
Guaraná at JIU on Halloween
The JIU Festival was canceled, but we were able to have some guaraná together on Saturday, October 31.
JIU Festival 2020
Unfortunately the JIU Festival this year was canceled because of the situation regarding the corona virus. According to the academic schedule, November 2 was going to be the clean-up day and therefore all classes were canceled. I am here today and the campus is very quiet. Fortunately some students showed up and my office looks very lively now.
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
What you don't have and don't want to have in Brazil: earthquakes
Last week the alarm went off at 4:46 AM and scared us all! There was a long earthquake a few seconds after the alarm, but what scared us more was the loud noise of the alarm. It was impossible to fall asleep after that. When I got to my office, I found out my airplane was broken.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Friday, May 15, 2020
Early cake?
How lucky I was to eat an early (and delicious) birthday cake in the JIU Rose Garden today!
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Quiet and exceptionally beautiful rose garden at JIU
Students are still not allowed on campus and therefore it's very quiet here. The Rose Garden looks amazing now.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Scholarship to all JIU students
Josai University Educational Corporation will be providing a 50,000 scholarship to all their 14,000 students this month.
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| Beautiful sakura petals on the road by the JIU main gate. |
Friday, April 3, 2020
The new Director of the Center for Language Education
As of April 1, Tim Woolstencroft is the new director of the Center for Language Education at JIU. I served as the director for 15 years (!!!) and now will be working with the international students as the Director of the Center for International Students. I will remain the Associate Director for the Center for International Education as well. Despite the Coronavirus chaos, we have been busy here on campus. The members of the Center surprised me with this beautiful Sakura Bonsai and a great bottle of wine on the 31st.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Some shots of February & March 2020
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| Thanks, Shota! |
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| In Fukuoka |
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| I finally bought "o senbei" at Mochikichi! |
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| My father's best friend before departing from Japan 60 years ago. |
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| The champions: Japan Canada Academic Consortium |
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| Domino at my place |
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| Great gift, Aoi-san. Many thanks. |
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| Farewell to some colleagues |
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| Dinner at Solivo |
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| Graduation preparations |
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| Gorgeous flowers |
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| Chubu Airport |
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| Watermelon cake at Triangle (Tokyo) |
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| Chubu International Airport |
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| Chubu |
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| At the Shuhoku Fair in Makuhari |
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