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Winter flowers in Japan: wintersweet (robai)

Saitama · Saitama

Winter flowers in Japan: wintersweet (robai)

Wintersweet, which is also known as Japanese Allspice, is a deciduous shrub that flowers, as the name suggests, in winter. In Japanese it is called roubai / robai / rōbai / ロウバイ /蝋梅. The rou of Roubai is the kanji for wax and bai is the kanji for plum blossom. Therefore, sometimes they are called wax plum blossoms or Wax Japanese apricot, as plum blossoms were once called Japanese apricot.Wintersweet is a beautiful shade of yellow and has the mo…See the Story

"Volunteer" role at Junior High School

Saitama · Saitama

"Volunteer" role at Junior High School

This school year (April 2024 - March 2025) is the first year since two of my children entered Junior High School that a parent of every child was askedto do a "volunteer" job at the school. Essentially, it is not volunteering. I do know one person who refused to 'volunteer', but essentially it is expected. These roles are separate to the parent-teacher association roles. It was the way it was before the pandemic too, reportedly. But they cut out…See the Story

Briefing session for Junior High School field trip

Saitama · Saitama

Briefing session for Junior High School field trip

Earlier I wrote about how I wasn't particularly impressed by the information session for students entering my local Junior High School in April. I attended that meeting for my third child on Wednesday. And I was back in the same school on Thursday for a school trip briefing session for my second child! Thankfully, that was a much nicer experience. Moreover, it was shorter. I was only captive in the school for one hour as opposed to two and a hal…See the Story

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