Hello fellow JET members! For newcomers this is the start of your JET experience and you have all been placed in one of the best places in Japan (not just my opinion). First of all, let me introduce who we are. Hyogo AJET is the representative committee for all JETs living in the prefecture. We…
Greetings all! Welcome to the August issue of the Hyogo Times. Of course August means that we must say goodbye to those retiring from the Hyogo JET community. It is a bittersweet time, but isn’t any period of change? Two of my closest friends are returning home this summer, so as a last…
It is August. And once again, it is time to accept your part as that sweaty, melting gaijin, collapsing into the air conditioning on a train, as your fellow, perfectly groomed, Japanese passengers desperately try not to sit next to you. It’s time to acknowledge that feeling of inadequacy as you see an army of…