Closing the Summer

This is the final night of the session here at Mori no Ike and our summer draws to a close tomorrow… It’s been wonderful and we would like to extend our thanks to everyone who’s been a part of this…

Matsuri! ~ Festival!

Hello everyone!!  It’s been a lovely couple of days here at Mori no Ike… All our villagers have been putting tons of energy into having fun and learning Japanese!  Last night we had a festival to learn about Obon, a…

Chibi Session no Hajimari ~ One-Week Program begins!

Today is the first day of the last session of the summer – it’s gone by so quickly!  This session runs for one week, and we call it our “chibi session” – “chibi” means ‘little.’   We have a fun, energetic…

Wrapping Up the Session

It’s already the last day of the session!!  We’ve been making the most of the the last of our time together and the past few days have been packed. The weather is gorgeous, the gakusei villagers are finished with their…

The Gakusei Blues

Kujaku-gumi (Peacock class) wrote their own blues songs today (using Ulfuls’ “Anmari Kouta” as a base) while reviewing ーてしまう (to unfortunately do something or do something by accident)  and ーすぎる (to do something too much) and learning some new vocabulary.…