Electra
Electra Buys A Kimono (set)
Thursday, December 20th, 2007This is Takeuchi Kimono and Obi. Its a store I recently discovered. I walked past their uritsukushi display (seen here to the left) and was blown away by kimono and obi and obi linings and tabi and obi-tying rope and etc. etc. etc. But I was too timid about being unknowledgeable to go [...]
I got to wear kimono!
Saturday, December 1st, 2007So, back on November 10th, I got dressed in kimono by our friend Sagara-sensei. It was really awesome! There are way more parts involved than I thought. It makes me want to get a real one, but it also is a daunting thought because there are 3 layers of clothing, 4 layers of waist-wrapping, [...]
Yeah, Electra still likes parks.
Thursday, November 29th, 2007This is a continuation of my “I like to take pictures of parks” entry, because I want to tell y’all that I’ve updated the photo albums a bit but that its mostly pictures of how beautiful it is here, and not much about our daily life (which is what I imagine you actually want to [...]
NishiOka Kita Middle School
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007My other school is 西岡北中学校: Nishioka Kita Chugakkô, or Western Hills – North – Middle School.
This is my Base School: I work here Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and when I’m not working at Seien I work here on Tuesdays and Thursdays too. My JTEs are Mrs. (Yoshiko) Kurosawa, Mr. Kikuchi, and Mrs. Maeno. I [...]
Seien High School
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007札幌市星園高登校 (Sapporo-shi Sêen Kôtôkô) “Star Garden” High.
On most Tuesdays and Thursdays, I work at a part-time high school. I really like it here. The teachers are really exuberant and the kids are spunky. Because the school is geared for kids who would otherwise drop out to work, there’s an air of bouncy gratitude [...]