Episode 47: Interview with Helen Otori, White Rose CCC

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This week I’m interviewing Helen Otori, from the UK and a resident of Japan for 30 years. She now runs her own English school: White Rose CCC in the Kishiwada area of Osaka. Helen has experienced being the “first foreigner in town” arriving in Ishikawa Prefecture as an ALT, and then finding her way to Osaka, raising a family and starting a business from home. LOADS of gold in there for anyone wondering what it might be like in the future with kids going on to study overseas after majority of schooling in Japan. 

We talk about:

Crazy Japanese festivals, including the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival

How Helen came to be in Japan

How she started her own English school

Suffering from burnout and how she recovered 

Helen’s ideas and dreams for the future! 

Links of things mentioned in this episode:

https://www.facebook.com/whiteroseccc/

https://www.instagram.com/whiteroseccc/

Helen’s recipes: https://whiteroseccc.wordpress.com/recipes/

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