Now is the time between holidays – a two week period of regular classes before we take off on our summer vacation. It is hard not to look past the classes I’m teaching for the next few weeks. My students are of a similar mind, it seems. This week we are recapping our previous holiday week, and a surprising number of students spent a few days in Okinawa to hit the beach. I guess it was pretty hot there, but nice and refreshing for a family trip inside Japan. Most of my students are planning to spend time with family during the August holidays – it is the obon season here.
Lately I have been seeing a lot of Pokemon Go players walking around during my commute and also during the weekend. There are apparently a few places near our house (a park, a city office) and players seem to gather there. It is an interesting phenomenon, and I was curious enough to install the application and try it myself. I like the aspect of walking around searching for things in the real world (kind of like geocaching), however my generation was a little too early for the Pokemon craze, and it isn’t so interesting to me. Still, the technology shows promise, and anything that gets all those Japanese nerds out of the house and visiting parks should be encouraged, I believe.
