Unbeaten Paths: Nanyo 2021 (Happy New Year Edition)
Welcome to 2022, everyone! Hopefully it’ll mark a much easier year for folks to actually get into Japan than the rest of the 2020s so far. This is the last […]
Unbeaten Paths: Chuyo 2021 (Actually Here Edition)
Edited by Jordan Rocke Welcome back, everyone! Here’s part 2, looking at the closest thing you’ll find to a city in Ehime: Chuyo. As with last time, you can find […]
Unbeaten Paths: Toyo 2021 (Actually Getting Here Edition)
Edited by Jordan Rocke G’day everyone! Welcome to our third consecutive (dubiously annual) installment of Unbeaten Paths, where we introduce incoming or recently arrived JETs to the wider Ehime community. […]
Backtrack #20: Native Speakers are Fast (Emily Gurvis, Matsuyama ALT 2010-2012)
What’s your name, when and where was your placement, and where are you from originally? My name is Emily Gurvis and I was an ALT in Matsuyama-shi from 2010 to […]
Backtrack #19: Aloha Spirit (Eliot Honda, Uwajima ALT 2009-2012)
In 2009 I was fortunate enough to be placed in Uwajima, Ehime. I had little to no knowledge of this small port city. I had never even been to Ehime, […]
Backtrack #18: So Many Happy Days (David Leeming, Matsuyama ALT, 1995-1997)
My time in Japan seems so long ago yet it feels like yesterday. My journey onto the programme was probably like many of you, as it was far from being […]
Backtrack #17: Bridges Were Built (Jessica Shepherd, Matsuyama Central SHS ALT, 2011-2015)
What’s your name, when and where was your placement, and where are you from originally? My name is Jessica Shepherd, and I was placed in Ehime on the island of […]
Backtrack #16: A Small Window into the Greater World (Tom Schmidt-Makino, Yawatahama & Matsuyama ALT 2002-05)
What’s your name, when and where was your placement, and where are you from originally? Tom Schmidt-Makino. I was initially placed in Yawatahama in my first year on JET, and […]
Backtrack #15: Expect the Unexpected, and Prepare to be Unprepared (John Moraes, Toyo ALT 2004-2007)
In 2004 I moved from Wellington, New Zealand to Ehime, Japan with a suitcase, a backpack and five words of Japanese in my vocabulary. It would not be overstating things […]