At and between my universities

 This is my classroom at the Izumi Campus of Tohoku Gakuin U. The rooms are terrible for conversations classes, which is typical of Japanese universities where the rooms are actually lecture halls. These students have a class that consists entirely of pair conversations, for which they receive a daily grade based on the quantity of English, not the quality. Most Japanese students will not talk because they worry about getting the language exactly correct, something that they almost never do. This is a result of the pre-university classes that they have had.

 This is still on the same campus. The boards contain notices for the students. The campus is quite nice once you are away from the concrete buildings. There are many trees and quite a bit of grass and other plants.

 I walk home after my Tohoku Gakuin U classes and I noticed this wall which is now leaning out over the street. Before the quakes, this corner was not broken.

 The next morning I started for Miyagi Gakuin U and noticed these pretty flowers along the riverside path.

 This is in the bus depot at Asahigaoka station. I showed this electronic sign board when they first put it up. It has not been working since the quakes and the sign on it says that it is under repair.

 This is the campus at Miyagi Gakuin U. It is actually much nicer that the Tohoku Gakuin U campus. This university spends a lot of money on keeping the grounds clean and neat. Also it is a women's university, and they tend not to make as much of a mess.

 This is called the 'piano pond' because from about it is the shape of a piano The white stones in the picture form the keys. The pond has a lot of fish that are well fed by the students who come here most days to have their lunch.

Here are some of  the fish. These are small and tend to swim in circles.

PS: This is Father's Day, so Happy Father's Day to any fathers who are reading this.