Jackie's Japan Journal

The past week a few students have called to say that they can't attend this weeks lessons.  Most of them are attending local junior high...

The past week or so there had been an awful smell in the room that I share with Hannah.  At first I thought it might of been the cats so I c...

 Today is the 27th year since the Great Hanshin Earthquake. A few months before this we had been in Kobe visiting Hisao's family. I reme...

 On January 3rd I stopped eating anything with sugar in it! At my last check up I was boarder line diabetic, so the doctor said I had to los...

 Today is Michael's birthday.  He is now 30!!!!   I'm really proud of the young man he has become.  Hisao passed away just 3 weeks b...

 Yesterday Hannah and I went to the big city to watch Andre Lloyd Webber Unmasked. The concert was very good but a very tiring day! We left ...

 Today was Christopher's birthday!  24 today!   Tradition that we have in our family is that the birthday person gets to choose the lunc...