Life After JET: Rare Skill
Brian Keller
briananthonykeller@yahoo.com
Taka High School 2008 – 2011
Hyogo, Japan
Brian Keller
briananthonykeller@yahoo.com
Taka High School 2008 – 2011
Hyogo, Japan
Where are they now? This month, alumnus Kevin Shannon from Ireland tells us about his 2007-2008 Hyogo experience when he worked ‘up north’ in Hamasaka and Kasumi, and how it has affected his life and work post JET. What did you do immediately after leaving JET? A lot of not very much really. I…
 Where and When I was lucky to have been placed in Ono, about an hour away by bus from Sannomiya, in Kobe. I had originally planned on staying in JET for about 2 years, but almost immediately after arriving, I knew I wanted to stay for five! Ono is considered rural for sure,…
Where it went down If you’re like me, when you applied to JET you put Tokyo as you preferred placement city, but ended up on an island called Awaji, in a town called Sumoto. I gave that town two years of my life (2013-2015) and would gladly give it 20. Good fishing there. Precious…
Where and When I spent 3 years (2012-2015) in Minamiawaji-shi, Awajishima, Hyogo-ken. It was actually the sister city of my (since disowned) hometown of Celina, OH, so it was nice to get to live in the same town I visited 12 years earlier as a middle schooler. Favorite JET memory Runners up are exploring…
It’s that time of year to say our goodbyes. Below, you can read about five of our departees and their reflections on their time on JET. Luis Alvarez, Ono, 5th year Advice: Change is exciting and new, which can also be frightening. My biggest piece of advice is not to stress about…
A new regular feature, Where are they now? interviews Hyogo JET alumni to find out what they are up to post JET. Our first interviewee is the charming Simon Shone of New Zealand origin who spent two years based in Itami from August 2010 to 2012 and is now living in London. HT: What did…