Just Another List: Map of The Jet Video Contest
As some of you know, CLAIR is holding a video contest for JET Program participants about the communities in which…
Who Needs a Revue Anyway? Takarazuka’s Rurouni Kenshin Adaptation
As many fellow nerds may know, the Snow Troupe of the all-female theater troupe of Hyogo has been performing…
WATN: Gina Panozzo (Okinawa, 2012-2015)
Hello fellow JETs, this is Gina reporting to you for duty. I’m a JET Alumnus who was stationed on beautiful…
Strokes of Good Timing: Kagoshima City
A bay city with a nearby volcano, Kagoshima is a beautiful and rather unique Japanese city. The volcano, Sakurajima,…
Colin
“I love you.” Colin didn’t blink or put down his cup; he took a sip of tea and continued staring…
Pizza
If you’re anything like me (34 years old, six feet two inches, 96kg, orange birthmark above right eyelid) and…
Money, Money, Money
Since I came to Japan, I’ve had people back home ask me “How are you finding it?†and I reply…
Japanese Milk Stew
March is here and that means spring; which mean sakura are around the corner! While we savor our last…
The First Rule of Slade House is Don’t Go into Slade House: Book Club the 14th
On January the 31st (or 31th, as many of my students would have it), the Hyogo Book Club met…