英語、料理、野菜栽培
Posted in General on Jul 29th, 2008
For some time now, I have been thinking that the emergency services in Japan are a little more sedate than the ones I used to encounter in England.
In England it wouldn’t be unusual for you to (more…)
Posted in General on Jul 25th, 2008
Posted in General on Jul 22nd, 2008
While not exactly being a 3 day monk, I think I might be able to class myself as a 10 day trainee priest.
Actually, that might be being a bit unfair to myself. Over the past few days, (more…)
Posted in General on Jul 19th, 2008
While jogging the other day (yes, I am still managing to keep up the jogging) I saw a rather strange sight.
Posted in General on Jul 17th, 2008
Recently, I am constantly on the lookout for topics for my blog, Badlish, or funny things I can photograph. This entry definitely falls into the last category.
As I often am recently, (more…)
Posted in Site updates on Jul 14th, 2008
As you can see from my schedule, there are a few classes that have spaces in this month.
I was hoping that maybe people reading this might be interested in, or know someone interested in taking lessons.
The class on the 19th of this month, has two spaces available. The class on the 21st has one space.
As I said, if you are interested or know someone who is interested, please get in touch.
Thank you
Posted in General on Jul 11th, 2008
Although it may seem like a point system that rewards food for going on holiday, the title refers to a buzzword in British food/ cooking circles. (Circles here does not mean the Japanese サークル)
It has to do with how far the food travelled from producer to plate.
In the increasingly international world we live in, it has become easier and easier to buy food from far-flung places. This has a knock on effect that means we can eat almost any kind of food all-year-round.
While this is a good thing for the consumer, there are a few negative effects.
The first is environmental. In order to transport this food all over the world, it takes planes, trains and automobiles (this is the name of a film starring Steve Martin and John Candy, not a legitimate English phrase), therefore there is pollution.
Other people complain that we have lost touch with the seasonality of food. For example, food and dishes that are grown and cooked in the winter are generally designed to give us lasting energy and warmth. Whereas food in the summer is designed to give the opposite effect. We eat certain foods at certain times of the year for reasons.
So what do you think? Do you like being able to eat tomatoes and asparagus in winter? Or do you think we should be more sensitive to the environment?
Here is the first Badlish photo. This is the name of a patisserie located in Osaka. Click on “continue reading” to see why it grabbed my attention. (more…)
Posted in Site updates on Jul 8th, 2008
Although this kind of thing has been done one many websites before, stick “Japanese English” or “mistranslation Japanese English” into your favourite search engine and there should be a fair few sites, but I thought I would try to do a feature on strange English in Japan.
The purpose of this is as a kind of grammar/vocabulary correcting exercise.
I will post the photo of the strange English and the answer as to why I thought is was strange will be in the “Continue Reading” section. So try to work out what is strange and then have a look at the answer for yourself.
Please feel free to leave a comment as well.
Also, there will be a category for Badlish, and if anyone out there has a good photo I can use, feel free to send it in!
Posted in General on Jul 7th, 2008
For the second time this year, I went fishing.
The first time was a couple of months ago, in Tango, north Kyoto.
This time (more…)
Masakazu Hasegawa
Masa is an English teacher.
He grew up in England but now lives in Kyoto.
He is passionate about cooking and growing vegetables.
