The Tale of the Ten Fish
By Ada Smith I remember when I first came to Japan and heard stories of wild and crazy things that would happen to JETs; unexpected adventures that would happen or […]
Building AJET: The President’s Summary
By Lee Anne Ledwell My name is Lee Anne Ledwell and, as I’m sure most of you are aware, I was the Ehime AJET President from 2018-2019. Together with the […]
Climate Change in Ehime
By Tim Van Gardingen For a cloudy day in January, it is strikingly warm in Matsuyama city. Matsuyama is the largest city on Shikoku, Japan’s smallest main island. Usually the […]
Feast Or Famine: Being an ALT in a Senior High School
By Jordan Rocke For this article, I tried to thing of an interesting perspective I could provide here. In the past, I’ve talked with some first year Primary or Junior […]
Looking Back, Moving Forward: My Day as a Samurai at Matsuyama Castle
By Joshua Hill I woke up this Christmas Eve with a new anticipation. Instead of performing the traditional caroling and cookie decorating with my family, back in America, I would […]
Why Japan is Scared to Fix Overwork Culture
By Tim van Gardingen On an empty train station platform in rural Japan, there is a poster pasted on the wall with a message in imposing red letters: “Stop Karoshi!” […]
VR Zone Shinjuku: Top 3 Experiences
By Niall Magee Last December I went to VR Zone Shinjuku, a virtual reality park in Tokyo, for the second time. It opened in July 2017 and will be closing […]
The Nightmare of Names
By Tim van Gardingen What’s in a name? Or, in the case of Japan, what on earth is the name in the first place? I found out the hard way […]
Ehime Roadster
By Jennifer Cerna Jen uses some colorful language in this month’s post, so if you find swearing offensive, look away now. I named her Pig, as a joke. I bought […]