Teaching English in Japan Epilogue: When Things Seem too Good to Keep
August 2006 Once again I find myself on the blank page of my computer. I am breathless and anxious even all alone in my apartment, surprising myself with the solace…
Teaching English in Japan Part VI: Decisions, Goodbyes & Homecomings
Narrator’s Note August 2020: In August of 2005, I moved to Toyama, Japan to teach English. I was 22 years old, had only gone to Mexico once on a senior…
Teaching English in Japan Part V: Conflicts, Politics, & Grief Overseas
Narrator’s Note August 2020: In August of 2005, I moved to Toyama, Japan to teach English. I was 22 years old, had only gone to Mexico once on a senior…
Teaching English in Japan Part IV: Settling In, Snow Country, & Sakura
Narrator’s Note August 2020: In August of 2005, I moved to Toyama, Japan to teach English. I was 22 years old, had only gone to Mexico once on a senior…
Teaching English in Japan Part III: Transitions, Birthdays, & Osaka Gone Very Wrong
Narrator’s Note August 2020: In August of 2005, I moved to Toyama, Japan to teach English. I was 22 years old, had only gone to Mexico once on a senior…
Teaching English in Japan Part II: Corporate Education Grind
Narrator’s Note August 2020: In August of 2005, I moved to Toyama, Japan to teach English. I was 22 years old, had only gone to Mexico once on a senior…