Season’s Greetings JETs! (Whoa it feels odd to say that) I saw the Christmas trees go up in my local department store on November 1st and then my body tensed up and my head started shaking as I realized BUM BUM BUM… the Christmas carols are coming! I know anyone who has worked in retail…
Uh oh… What is this odd sensation I feel? It’s been so long, I had almost forgotten about you. We had a respectful parting last time in midÂ-April, but I see you have crawled back to me after all these months. It was only when I woke up to my feet being tickled…
Dear ghosts, skeletons, youkai, zombies, and Hyogo-dwelling JETs, I am Jillian, a Hyogo AJET member and the book club supreme leader. I love books, cats, and tea, so basically I was born for book clubs. I work at a part-time high school in Nishinomiya (my students are mostly adorable punks), and though we…
Hello my doves! Congratulations: You’ve survived you first month! It only gets easier and colder from here (small mercies). If you’ve read earlier issues, you’d know that my name is Rackle and I am one of your Hyogo AJET members as well as an all-around rambunctious cannonball of affection and defender of those who…
As we start a new JET year, we’d like to introduce you to the Hyogo AJET council. These great JETs volunteer their time to organize awesome events and support all of us here in fabulous Hyogo. Aiko Lignon Hi, I’m Aiko from Itami. I’m a third year JET. I love…
The cicadas are chirping, the sun is melting everything, and for some unexplained reason your neighbors are wearing yukata on a random Tuesday. That’s right folks; it’s August here in Japan and that means a few things. First of all, it means hundreds of new JETs have just arrived in Japan! To them I say,…
Surely it cannot be summer again! Where did the past year go? The last time I sat down to write a PR piece for the Hyogo Times I had just officially begun my duties as a member of the AJET National Council. As many of you know I have held the positions of Block 6…
Although Golden Week is over, there are still many chances for after-school adventures and weekend getaways this month. There are dozens of upcoming events to keep even the most active of ALTs busy – fill up your schedules and enjoy the gorgeous Spring weather before the infamous Hyogo rainy season hits! It might…
[Inhale.] As we get older, our bodies change. There’s hair where it never was before. Members of the opposite sex no longer seem icky. Broccoli is suddenly not the worst thing ever. We acknowledge that we only said we were a Phoebe to be different and there’s nothing wrong with being a Rachel. Sometimes we…