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Hello everyone, How are you doing? You may have read posts from earlier this week but it was my birthday on Tuesday. The other Hario staff were very kind and we had a party and the start of the working day. We ate some delicious strawberry sponge cake and I got some lovely presents. Alan gave me …　
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Hello everyone, We celebrated Kevin`s birthday here at Hario yesterday. Happy birthday Kevin, I hope you liked the gifts. He got a new selfie-stick to take photos with. There`s another birthday tomorrow when my daughter, Midoriko, turns one. Her first year has flown by very fast. It doesn`t seem …　
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Hello everyone,   Are you having a good week? It's June and it feels like summer. Good luck to all our students taking the Eiken and Junior Eiken tests this week. Try not to worry to much, do your best and I hope you all do well. This Saturday, the Women's World Cup starts in Canada. As you…　
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Hello everyone,   It's a rainy day today. Has the rainy season begun already? It shouldn't start for another week or two yet. The changing of the seasons brings rain for a month or so, until mid-July. When I first came to Japan, I was worried about the rainy season. I was told that it would…　
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Hello everyone, It's gotten very hot. It looks like summer is here! We've put fans in all of the rooms in Hario to keep everyone cool. The camp may be over but lots of other things are happening here at Hario. The next round of the Eiken test is in a couple of weeks. Students are busy making fina…　
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Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying the nice weather we've been having this week. It's a welcome change after the wet start to the month. Here at Hario the students have written their speeches and left them in to us. The staff here are now translating them to English and then it's up to the st…　
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Hello everyone, How are you doing? You probably know that we had our English camp last weekend. You can read the blog posts from earlier this week and see photos on Facebook. Excuse me for writing again about the camp. It'll be the last time (from me) for a while. Last week I wrote about the cha…　
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Hello everyone, Hario camp 2015 took place last weekend, and it was a great success! We all had a wonderful time in Asagiri. The weather was a bit unpredictable on Saturday. It was cloudy at first, then rainy, then misty, and finally nice and clear. The weather didn`t dampen any spirits however, …　
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Hello everyone, How're things with you? As you may be aware, this weekend is Hario English Camp. It was my idea to do one and we tried it for the first time last year. I was really pleased that the students and staff shared my enthusiasm and we had a great time. After the success of last year, we…　
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Hello everyone,   I hope you weren`t caught in the rain last night! There was a torrential downpour when we were leaving work yesterday. The road outside Hario turned into a river and I could see water pouring out of the drains at high speed. It was the heaviest rain I have ever seen in Jap…　
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