Seeing Through the Smoke
Justin Dobbs 2024 MIKAN BLOG WRITER & COPY EDITOR Justin is a first year JET based on the edge of Ehime in Shikokuchuo. Coming from a writing/communications background in suburban […]
Introducing the Ehime AJET ’24-’25 Team!
Meet your new Ehime AJET Team! This year, we have three new roles: Vice President, Secretary and Mikan Blog Writer/Copy Editor! We’ve also split up the roles of Treasurer and […]
A Journey of Imagination: Transforming Lives Through Gunchu Elementary School’s Multicultural Library
Amaris Lopez Iyo City ALT 2022-Present Amaris Lopez, also known as “Reese,” is a proud “Fronteriza,” which is someone being raised between the border of Tijuana, Mexico, which is adjacent to […]
Pretending To Be Other People
Jordan Rocke Matsuyama ALT 2018-2023 Jordan Rocke is a former Matsuyama JET who worked in Japan for 5 years as a Senior High School ALT in Hojo. As the former […]
Teaching Phonics in the Classroom: The Concept of Minimal Pairs
Christian Jalim Matsuyama 2019-2024 Christian Jalim is a fifth year ALT JET living in Matsuyama. He originally hails from Manzanilla, in rural Trinidad, which boasts the longest coastline in the […]
The “Mikansen” Part 1: JR’s Shiokaze / Ishizuchi Limited Express Train
Carl Sotomil SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR, ALSO A RAILFAN Carl Sotomil is the 2023 AJET Social Media Coordinator. He is an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Iyo-shi, Ehime Prefecture. He likes […]
The New Kids on Chuyo Block
Finally, but not least, we have our Chuyo folks! You may have met some or all of them – I see you social butterflies 😉 – during our conference last […]
The Re-contracting Decision – Reflections from the Past
Edited by Emily Guo It’s December, which on JET, invariably means that re-contracting decisions are upon us. And how are we supposed to make a decision that will impact […]
Meet Nanyo A and Toyo A’s Newest A-team
We got some A-listers glamming up our princess prefecture (seriously, the kanji in Ehime 愛媛 are ‘love’ and ‘princess’). Let’s welcome our new JETs in the Nanyo and Toyo A […]