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After fawning over our cute beasties, we'll enjoy some Halloween-themed party games and trivia! This year's trivia theme is based on Japanese yokai ;.

Contact us at activities jetaachicago. Come discover and support Ottawa-based wonderful artists, performers and businesses, and learn more about Japan, Japanese culture and Japanese community! It was in an old theater, which was pretty neat. Except for the railings. The paint was also peeling off them, which means it got absolutely everywhere. But, the important part is that Streetlight was awesome, as always. I took E to Six Flags one day, which was pretty cool.

He was absolutely exhausted by the end of the day. Of course, I had to go to the Ren Faire before I left. Because, Ren Faire. Melissa, Becky, Brant, and I all went up one day. We saw a lot of shows, ate a bunch of food, got ourselves some flower crowns, and got to stare quizically at a lot of questionable people.

Brant and I began going on bike rides. We worked up to about 20 miles by the end of summer! We also took Krista to the zoo. This time was especially exciting because it was her first time going to a zoo.

I think she was a bit overwhelmed at all the attractions and got a bit overexcited, but we had a great time. We had a party the week before I left. I tried to spend time with everyone. Moving to another country definitely meant I had a lot cut out for me, and I can only hope that I was able to make myself as prepared as can be, but it took a lot of work. I needed to know as much as I could about my potential situation, so I spent a lot of time doing research. Luckily, the JET Program has an abundance of resources and forums available.

There is also a Facebook group and a Yahoo! It was really great to have these resources because it helped me start preparing before I knew who my predecessor was.

Or something. Its all vague, and you know I hate vagueness. I met a guy named Matt who was originally going to tutor me in Japanese, but we wound up just hanging out.

Another guy named Josh joined us, and then another guy named Kyle. I have the book, still. So I can just study it on my own. I also picked up the Genki books, which seem to be highly recommended. And I found this really great grammar book. Its pretty simple to understand. My biggest obstacle has been shopping, really. I was able to pick up more hours at the bakery, but there were only so many more hours I could have.

Luckily, I did buy a lot of professional work clothes back when I was working at Quarasan. My main concern was getting together enough cash to pay my predecessor, buy a car, and still have some to hold me over til my first paycheck. But, I was able to work it out. Its a small school, only about students or so, and the only high school in Kushima.

Kushima itself is a big little town on the southeast coast of Kyushu. The population is small, only about 19, people, but the town limits spread across square kilometers. It also happens to be famous for the Cape Toi Fire Festival. When she first arrived as an ALT, the apartment had nothing at all, not even light fixtures except in the kitchen and bathroom.

She is leaving me two bikes, and there are several grocery stores, a hardware store, and an electronics store all within a minute bike ride, and school is a minute ride.

But if I want to visit other places or hang out with other people, doing so without a car will be much more difficult. It seems that the mountains of Kyushu make extensive train routes difficult.

Furthermore, while being one of the oldest prefectures, Miyazaki is also one of the poorest prefectures in Japan and its population is decreasing. On top of that, it looks like getting any further inland means first going north into the city and then west, which makes visiting people in those areas up to a 5 hour train ride assuming the transfers line up nicely.

Luckily, my pred knows several people looking to sell theirs, so its just a matter of choosing which one and getting together the money to pay for it. My predecessor made me a Google map with a bunch of neat places pointed out.

It looks like there are quite a few hiking trails that I may check out. Its on the east side of Kyushu, and is one of the southern-most prefectures in Japan. Just looking at pictures online makes me super excited about going there. Everything looks beautiful! Miyazaki is also filled with tons of history and culture. I think I might have a hard time getting anywhere else because there is so much!

I have also read that the residents of Miyazaki are some of the friendliest in Japan. Skip to content What the what? Attention folks! I got my car! Anywho, here she is! The JET Program application is currently open! You can access it from our official website. Every year, the Japanese government invites thousands of young college and university graduates from overseas to participate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching JET Program throughout Japan. Established in , the program has earned a high reputation, both in Japan and overseas, for its efforts in human and cultural exchanges, and has become one of the largest cultural exchange programs in the world.