Staying in Japan for sightseeing or arranging your affairs If you are a first or second year, you may stay in Japan on your current visa (as long as you do not engage in other employment). As for third year JETs, your visas will expire on the same day that your contracts come to an […]
Sad as it may be, every now and then a JET member decides that they cannot continue their job mid-contract, and that they need to break contract and leave the JET Programme. Many circumstances lead to this decision, and it is important to carefully consider the effect that your choice will have on your students, […]
Imagine these scenarios. There’s an upcoming work conference and your school takes care of your shinkansen ticket and hotel room reservation, and then asks you for money. Or, without giving you a single yen, they ask you to take care of it all yourself. Or perhaps one day someone at your school comes up to […]
Once a month, when you get your paycheck, your school (or CO) will probably also give you a piece of paper describing it in detail. Here’s an explanation for those of you wondering how everything adds up.For most JETs in Hyogo, Payday will be on the 15th/16th of any given month. Salary (報酬額) The official […]
Although JET participants are members of the JET Programme, each JET is actually employed by a local contracting organization and not by CLAIR or the JET Programme. Think of CLAIR and JET as the middlemen, where they are the organizations who set up the framework to introduce us to our bosses. And since different JETs […]
Last updated: November 2025 Japanese Food (和食) Sushi(寿司) Conveyer Belt Sushi (回転寿司 Kaiten Zushi) Prior to COVID, sushi travels around the restaurant on a conveyor belt. However after COVID, this stopped as several health incidents and concerns were raised. You would usually order from a tablet and the sushi gets delivered on the conveyor belt […]
In Japan, a personal seal called a hanko (判子) is used instead of your signature on most documents. People often use hanko and inkan (印鑑) interchangeably, but technically speaking, your hanko is the cylindrical object made of wood, plastic, etc. used to make your seal, and your inkan is the red seal that you make […]