It is 9 August today again. This is another great opportunity to think about peace for ourselves. By the way. an earthquake hit the Kyushu Island, Japan, yesterday (Nagasaki-city is located in the northern part of Kyushu; the epicenter was close to the southern part of Kyushu). We hope there is little damage. If you […]
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It is 6 Augst today. This day definitely makes us think of peace and happiness of our world. And that is so important to us now.
Continue readingWe are now finishing up assessments, marking and so on for Trimester A. Trimester B will start in a month. You might think you need to start uni study at the beginning of year, which is not necessarily true. There are quite a few papers you can take in Trimester B for the first time […]
Continue readingI happened to find an article mentioning the Japanese school lunch programme on the Radio New Zealand website (see below) https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/516529/school-lunch-programmes-that-new-zealand-could-learn-from This article shows a few photos of yummy looking Japanese 給食 (school lunch). An interesting part of 給食 is, I think, that school kids are involved in its preparation. All food is prepared by […]
Continue readingIt’s the final day today of this year’s ‘Golden Week’ in Japan. Hope people in Japan are having a great time. In case you might never have heard of ‘Golden Week’… There are quite a few public holidays between the end of April and the beginning of May (which is now) in Japan and it […]
Continue readingAnother Oscar went to a Japanese film production team! – Godzilla Minus One won an Oscar for best visual effects at the 2024 Academy Awards!! This is the first Oscar for a Japanese film to receive in this category. Marvellous 🏆
Continue readingThe 90th Annual Academy Awards has kicked off now. “The boy and the heron” produced by Studio Ghibli, the renown Japanese animation production firm, won an award! You can watch its trailer here: https://youtu.be/f7EDFdA10pg?si=3fs0czDMvB4UEoGW
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What would you do when you are busy/tired and cannot be bothered to prepare a meal? If you are in New Zealand, probably… fish and chips? Chinese takeaways? If you are in Japan, ‘konbini no obento’ would be definitely one of your options! 忙しかったりつかれていたりして、料理をしたくない時、みなさんはどうしますか。ニュージーランドの人は、フィッシュアンドチップスとか、中華料理のテイクアウトでしょうか。日本にいたら。。。コンビニのお弁当を考えるでしょう。 ‘Konbini’ is an abbreviation for convenience stores in Japanese. ‘Konbini’ is […]
Continue readingHave you already planned new year resolutions? If they include something like learning new skills, you might want to consider studying at a university 🏫! Trimester A for 2024 at the University of Waikato will start at the end of February. There is plenty of time till then, but or… because of that, it is […]
Continue readingThe Year 2024 has now started. There should be full of joy to celebrate the new start but, as you know, there are so many things happening in Japan at the moment. These strongly remind us of the preciousness of ordinary. We do hope everything will soon go back to normal. Please look after yourself! […]
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