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 […]
Post-JET Diaries- Part Seven
By Jennifer Cerna February “Take a chance, you stupid hoe. 怖がってるんじゃねえ。” –Gwen Stefani February started off on a positive note. Work was going fine and I no longer felt on […]
Hokkaido: An Exercise in Getting Lost Traveling
By Lucas Buechler I am terrible at vacationing. When I go on a trip, I have neither an itinerary nor the desire to construct one. I am the type of […]
Post-JET Diaries- Part Six
By Jennifer Cerna “That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck […]
The Night Sky in Ehime in March
By Ciaran The following is a brief guide to the assorted stars, planets and other things that can be seen in the skies above Ehime during the coming month. It […]