Sign in the lobby of a hotel in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Not sure what an erevator is, or why it needs a hall.
Too bad my picture of the hotel map, complete with our "Here place" didn't come out.
In a restroom in the Sapporo airport.
"The toilet will flush when you place your palm the point."
My toilet seat has been "sanitarized"
At a hotel in Kanazawa, Ishiyama.
From the Nagasaki Bio Park.
"Please be careful to attack of cranes."
From the Nagasaki Bio Park.
"Please do not fishing here."
Yet no one seemed to stop any of the people fishing for crayfish. There were plenty of staff wandering around.
An advertisement for the "lundry" area in a hotel in Saga.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Engrish 4 All
Kids T-shirt
"FOAMING
Because I am dangerous, please do not approach."
T-shirt
"Hunting Honey
It's Just what I wanted
the Sweetest Honey is
Loathsome in his Delicious
and in the taste cofounds
Love Moderately!!
the appetite therefore love
to swift arrives as terdys
Manager in forest"
T-shirt
"I'm all up on you"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"Specials
Make your own
Change the world"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"The experience (the more difficult the target is the better)
Becomes
My provisions (the road is open if it doesn't fear failure)
in above All"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"Only her maximum Arms
Smiles & Her Newsy Lip
The is loved by
the chat more than Anyone
by everyone Because She is Love"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"Don't Take the Girl
Angry
All The Time
Illegal
Smilin'
She'll Have You Back
Unbroken
Chelsea
You Can't Take It With You (When you Go)
When She Wakes Up (And Finds Me Gone)"
"FOAMING
Because I am dangerous, please do not approach."
T-shirt
"Hunting Honey
It's Just what I wanted
the Sweetest Honey is
Loathsome in his Delicious
and in the taste cofounds
Love Moderately!!
the appetite therefore love
to swift arrives as terdys
Manager in forest"
T-shirt
"I'm all up on you"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"Specials
Make your own
Change the world"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"The experience (the more difficult the target is the better)
Becomes
My provisions (the road is open if it doesn't fear failure)
in above All"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"Only her maximum Arms
Smiles & Her Newsy Lip
The is loved by
the chat more than Anyone
by everyone Because She is Love"
Long-sleeved T-shirt
"Don't Take the Girl
Angry
All The Time
Illegal
Smilin'
She'll Have You Back
Unbroken
Chelsea
You Can't Take It With You (When you Go)
When She Wakes Up (And Finds Me Gone)"
Monday, February 7, 2011
School Schedule
There are either five or six classes a day in junior high. Some days there are five periods, some days there are five periods. The classes are generally 50 minutes long, although some days they are shortened to 45 minutes for special events.
The average junior high student studies a number of different subjects. Besides the main five subjects Japanese, English, math, science, and social studies, the students also study music, P.E., art, vocational classes (home economic and business, computers or wood shop), and many schools also have a general (or global) studies course (labeled G in the chart) that is sometimes also a meeting within the grade or homeroom. The meetings can address some problem in the grade, introduce extra material (for example, about high school) or be used for extra classes, to name a few. Some schools also have elective classes, but generally those are reserved for extra classes in one of the main subjects (and sometimes either English or math). This is all during one term too – not spread over their three terms. With only five of six periods it is numerically impossible to have those classes every day. Once a week the students also have a moral lesson and a longer homeroom meeting (labeled study). The longer homeroom meetings, grade meetings, or global studies can also be changed to extra classes, if the teachers desire. Sometimes the teachers can ask for a specific class and then take that time.
Below are two sample schedules for two different homerooms at my school.
Lunch is almost always between forth and fifth periods, except on special occasions such as the entrance ceremony or last day of classes for the term. There is a short break after lunch, in part to give the students some time to return the lunch materials. Cleaning time can either be after lunch or after the last classes. In elementary schools they all have a 20 minute recess after second period. It is called ni-jikan me yasumi (break after second period). Generally, the schools have homeroom twice a day – once in the morning and once in the afternoon (after their last class). In many schools they have ten minutes between classes (except in the morning when it is five).
After their classes are over the students go to clubs (junior high) or go home (elementary – although some elementary schools have occasional club activities for the students). There are some clubs in elementary school, but most join starting from junior high. In junior high, they leave between four thirty and six, depending on the season. In warmer weather, when there is more daylight, the students leave later than the winter, when the sun sets early. On certain days, with some special events or a teacher’s meeting, the students may leave as soon as the classes are done. Students may also leave earlier during and just before mid-terms and finals so that they may study.
The average junior high student studies a number of different subjects. Besides the main five subjects Japanese, English, math, science, and social studies, the students also study music, P.E., art, vocational classes (home economic and business, computers or wood shop), and many schools also have a general (or global) studies course (labeled G in the chart) that is sometimes also a meeting within the grade or homeroom. The meetings can address some problem in the grade, introduce extra material (for example, about high school) or be used for extra classes, to name a few. Some schools also have elective classes, but generally those are reserved for extra classes in one of the main subjects (and sometimes either English or math). This is all during one term too – not spread over their three terms. With only five of six periods it is numerically impossible to have those classes every day. Once a week the students also have a moral lesson and a longer homeroom meeting (labeled study). The longer homeroom meetings, grade meetings, or global studies can also be changed to extra classes, if the teachers desire. Sometimes the teachers can ask for a specific class and then take that time.
Below are two sample schedules for two different homerooms at my school.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
1st | Vocational | English | Social Studies | Japanese | Japanese |
2nd | Vocational | Science | Japanese | Math | PE OR Art |
3rd | Art | PE | Study | English | English |
4th | G | Math | Music | Social Studies | Science |
5th | Moral | Japanese | Math | Science | G |
6th | N/A | Social Studies | N/A | PE | G |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
1st | PE | English | English | Math | Moral |
2nd | English | Social Studies | Math | Art | Math |
3rd | Science | Vocational | Social Studies | Elective 1 | PE |
4th | G | Science | Japanese | Elective 2 | Science |
5th | Elective | Japanese | Health | Music | G |
6th | N/A | Study | N/A | Japanese |
Lunch is almost always between forth and fifth periods, except on special occasions such as the entrance ceremony or last day of classes for the term. There is a short break after lunch, in part to give the students some time to return the lunch materials. Cleaning time can either be after lunch or after the last classes. In elementary schools they all have a 20 minute recess after second period. It is called ni-jikan me yasumi (break after second period). Generally, the schools have homeroom twice a day – once in the morning and once in the afternoon (after their last class). In many schools they have ten minutes between classes (except in the morning when it is five).
After their classes are over the students go to clubs (junior high) or go home (elementary – although some elementary schools have occasional club activities for the students). There are some clubs in elementary school, but most join starting from junior high. In junior high, they leave between four thirty and six, depending on the season. In warmer weather, when there is more daylight, the students leave later than the winter, when the sun sets early. On certain days, with some special events or a teacher’s meeting, the students may leave as soon as the classes are done. Students may also leave earlier during and just before mid-terms and finals so that they may study.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
School lunch, December 13-21, 2010
Japanese school lunch from December 13-21, 2010. It includes the special lunch for Christmas. In Japan, Christmas eve is a time for Christmas cake and fried chicken. So, as a special meal for us (early) we got the traditional Japanese Christmas dinner.
White rice
Milk
Rolled omelet
Light soup with burdock, onion and other vegetables
Boiled dark seaweed and soybeans
Bread
Milk
Pumpkin croquet
Chicken and vegetable stew with macaroni
boiled broccoli and corn
White rice (not pictured)
Milk
Grilled shishamo (a type of smelt)
Sukiyaki (thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables and tofu in a pan)
Natto (fermented soybeans)
Bread
Milk
Hamburger patty
Carrot potage
Tuna with stir-fried corn and cabbage
White rice
Milk (not pictured)
Wakasagi (Japanese pond smelt) (probably pickled, not sure as I didn't eat it)
Devil's tongue gelatin (red and regular) with other vegetables
Light soup with carrots, onions, other vegetables (turnips and bamboo shoots for sure)
Rice
Milk
Mackerel grilled with salt
Pumpkin miso soup
Chinese cabbage stir-fry
Noodles
Milk
Fried chicken
Meat sauce (you put the noodles in it)
Christmas cake (I believe it was chocolate)
White rice
Milk
Rolled omelet
Light soup with burdock, onion and other vegetables
Boiled dark seaweed and soybeans
Bread
Milk
Pumpkin croquet
Chicken and vegetable stew with macaroni
boiled broccoli and corn
White rice (not pictured)
Milk
Grilled shishamo (a type of smelt)
Sukiyaki (thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables and tofu in a pan)
Natto (fermented soybeans)
Bread
Milk
Hamburger patty
Carrot potage
Tuna with stir-fried corn and cabbage
White rice
Milk (not pictured)
Wakasagi (Japanese pond smelt) (probably pickled, not sure as I didn't eat it)
Devil's tongue gelatin (red and regular) with other vegetables
Light soup with carrots, onions, other vegetables (turnips and bamboo shoots for sure)
Rice
Milk
Mackerel grilled with salt
Pumpkin miso soup
Chinese cabbage stir-fry
Noodles
Milk
Fried chicken
Meat sauce (you put the noodles in it)
Christmas cake (I believe it was chocolate)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
School lunch (kyushoku), December 2-10, 2010
Here are the lunches served at my school from December 2-10, 2010. Click on any picture for a bigger image.
Bread
Milk
White fish fry
Minestrone soup
Cauliflower salad with sesame dressing
White rice with seaweed
Milk
Pork and onion stir-fry
Egg soup
Sweet potatos
Rice
Milk
Salmon grilled with salt
Soup with konyaku (jellied devil's tongue), beans, taro, deep fried tofu, etc.,
Burdock saute
Bread
Milk (not pictured)
Plain omelet
Milk soup with vegetables
Spinich saute
White Rice
Milk
Fried octopus
Nabe (light stew)
Black beans
Sliced bread with apple jam
Milk
Shumai (steamed meat dumpling)
8 vegetable soup
Green bean stir-fry
White rice
Milk
Chicken cutlet
Japanese curry
Mandarin orange
Bread
Milk
White fish fry
Minestrone soup
Cauliflower salad with sesame dressing
White rice with seaweed
Milk
Pork and onion stir-fry
Egg soup
Sweet potatos
Rice
Milk
Salmon grilled with salt
Soup with konyaku (jellied devil's tongue), beans, taro, deep fried tofu, etc.,
Burdock saute
Bread
Milk (not pictured)
Plain omelet
Milk soup with vegetables
Spinich saute
White Rice
Milk
Fried octopus
Nabe (light stew)
Black beans
Sliced bread with apple jam
Milk
Shumai (steamed meat dumpling)
8 vegetable soup
Green bean stir-fry
White rice
Milk
Chicken cutlet
Japanese curry
Mandarin orange
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