All Alone in an Airport
For any travelers out there (of which I suspect there will be many this month), layovers are often…
鍋物 3 Ways with Nabe Stock
Winter is near/here and you’re already running behind if you haven’t pulled out your nabe pot. A favorite…
Dramatic Byrony: On Being Asked My Reasons for Quitting England in the Summer
A friend recently told me that I was “so like Byron.” I tried to puzzle out what she meant:…
Light Up with the Kobe Luminarie 2015
The Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 has widely been regarded as one of the worst natural disasters in Japan’s…
WATN: Justin Pool (Shiga, 2005-2010)
Hello everyone, I am Justin Parker Pool I, another in a long line of Shiga JETs gracing the…
Besting Bitchface
Adelaide stepped off the bus and into the rain. It barely registered to him, the water lashing against his…
On Guiding Visitors
An Instructional Guide on Dragging People Around Japan It may not happen for everyone, but eventually you may receive…
News From AJET: December 2015
Season’s Greetings JETs! (Whoa it feels odd to say that) I saw the Christmas trees go up in my local…
December 2015
The down jackets are out, fingers are frozen, and stores have been decorated for the holidays for too long already.…