Life After JET: Rare Skill
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Life After JET: Rare Skill

ByBrian Keller

Living in a small, rural Japanese village made me stronger. It’s like this. Now, after Japan, I train American students to prepare for the culture shock they will experience while living abroad. So, in small groups, I have them throw a tennis ball around to each other with one eye closed, using their bad throwing hand. This is awesome at first. Fun. They laugh. Then I…

New Eco-friendly Feature! Miso Green: The Hyogo Sustainability Guide
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New Eco-friendly Feature! Miso Green: The Hyogo Sustainability Guide

ByUluwehi Mills

Around the time that I got wind of my acceptance into the JET program was when I also first stumbled upon a blog called “The Zero Waste Home,” written by a California mother named Bea Johnson, whose family had collectively decided that they had trashed the world enough. Their level of conservativeness is what some…