The Best Days are Beach Days: Sunset Live 2017

Marking the end of the summer holiday in Japan this year fell to a weekend away at a festival. We had seen pictures of the festival beforehand, but hadn’t wanted to hope it could possibly be as beautiful and laid back as it seemed. But, ahhh, bliss, it was! The festival, called Sunset Live, took…

Local Festivities

This year two of my high school students have taken Dan and I under their cultural wing. They started to share with us things relating to the many different festivals in Japan. They would write little postcards in English and share them with us, along with traditional food. It is really sweet and has helped…