At work, we'd often experience stretches of slow times in which we had nothing to do. Some people read or planned lessons. I was a little less productive, taking photos of myself and bothering other teachers with pointless conversation and meaningless observations.

This was how I got the bulk of the material for my website.

My fun would eventually be put to an end when Miki or Shizuka would come in, hand me a stack of 300 fliers and say, "Stamp and staple these."

Below are pictures of me with some of my students. Over all, I must have taught more than 100 people, so there was no way in hell I could get pictures with all of them. These are the people whom I was lucky enough to catch during my last week.

L to R: Rie, Miki (not a student), Takahiro, me and Masaki.

Me and Tatsuro.

Me and Tsusumu.

Rifuko, Hiroya, me and Emiko.