Dear Dr. Tanabe and my friends, As Miki said, we got a break at Tallinn, Estonia yesterday. It was an incredible trip. The scenery was just beautiful, and I felt as if we were ushered into an ancient time. We had some sweets at a restauran…

北海道は大きな地震により、今も混乱が続いているそうで、心配です。SAPPORO—The lives of residents in this city of 2 million were thrown into turmoil by the unfamiliar experience of life without electricity, passable roads and readily availabl…

皇太子さまは7日、フランスへの親善訪問にご出発されました。来年5月の即位を控え、今回が皇太子として最後の海外訪問となる見通しです。Crown Prince Naruhito, Japan's next emperor, was heading to France on Friday for a nine-day goodwill visit. His…

As Blue Sky has already gave his summary, six of us in the seminar went to Utsunomiya to help three presentations given by Professor Tanabe on the occasion of an English teachers' Development Workshop on Sep 6. I would like to write my imp…

'Handsome gorilla' gets new home at Nagoya zooNAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A new facility for gorillas and chimpanzees opened to the public on Thursday at the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, where visitors can catch a glimpse of the …

朝日新聞にある天声人語からです。平成30年北海道胆振東部地震について書かれています。Buildings have been swallowed by flood waters, flattened by landslides or broken apart by ferocious winds. I have been forced to see too many scenes of the s…

I was allowed to accompany Dr Tanabe to Utsunomiya, Tochigi, where he gave a series of talks in a teacher development seminar. It was a good opportunity for me to review my phonetic knowledge that I believe I had learned before.I have been…

テニスの全米オープン女子シングルスで大坂なおみ選手が決勝進出を決めました。Osaka slams name into record books / First Japanese woman to make final at majorNaomi Osaka told U.S. Open title opponent Serena Williams “I love you” just moments a…