Team Osaka IUHPFL 2019

The Farewell Show came across much smoother than rehearsal (phew!), and the students all did a great job. As a chance to showcase their...

Monday was Marine Day in Japan, so students got to spend time with their family -- I saw photos from USJ (Universal Studios, Japan), hot...

Getting to downtown Kyoto is not far, maybe 45 minutes away. But getting around Kyoto is a different story. Buses are the way to get...

On a school night, even. The two rival teams, and the (Osaka) Hanshin Tigers certainly had their chances, but lost a nicely contested 1-0...

Many thanks to Takami-san for supplying many of the barbecue photos. Our BBQ on Sunday was a chance to celebrate the fourth of July and...

Day 2 of Koyasan began early in the morning at the shukubo, the temple lodging, with an early morning call to prayer at 6:30am, followed...

Our youngest teacher didn't let us know it was his birthday, so we threw a little surprise party for him. We celebrated a birthday, each...

Here is a link if the video doesn't work below. :) Happy Independence Day, America! Note that they are not speaking English -- the...

Rain. That needs to be your first image. Not torrential, just persistent. All the students had finally gathered together at Tengachaya...

While the next post will be about our trip to Koyasan, I thought I'd drop a few photos of the students settling in. First, our classroom...

With many students coming to school on Saturday for their club activities, nine of our students came to school with their host sibling,...

After our tour of Osaka High School, we all piled into a vW bus and headed downtown. No, no, wait, that's not right. We headed to the...

Two students volunteered to introduce themselves over the announcements. They did a fantastic job, as you might expect! Well done, well...

Lots of photos on this one: Students started today taking their Preliminary test (almost 2 hours long!), and then went through an...

Smooth (air) sailing, relatively speaking, so far. "I thought it was fun," was the disarming comment I heard from one of the students...

*This is a test for creating in the mobile version of the blog.* I got lost in the hills of Tennessee about six months ago, and I clearly...

With less than a day until departure, my bags are starting to fill in, and I've made my last minute purchases (creamy peanut butter, a...