Callaloo 🌿Ⓥ
Christian Jalim Matsuyama BOE ES/JHS ALT, 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 […]
Festivals in Japan: ☀️Summer Edit
Festivals are a quintessential part of summer in Japan. If you haven’t stopped for some かき氷 (kakigori・shaved ice) at a 屋台 (yatai・stall), done a […]
I Went to Oshima! ー Where?
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 […]
Creamy Cajun Shrimp Dip 🦐
Gizelle Alvarez-Janzso 2021 Arrival, ALT Ehime Prefecture BOE, Toon SHS2024-2025 Mikan Blog Editor Gizelle is a Canadian JET and a foodie girlie 👩🍳😙👌. As a Filipino/Hungarian, living in a society with such […]
Try Try Again: Tokushima Touch Rugby Tournament 2024
June 1st and 2nd of this year marked the 20th anniversary of the official Tokushima Touch Rugby Tournament hosted by Shikoku University. This event, which began way back in 2004, […]
Holly’s Desk Warming Survival Guide
Hey Mikans! Guess what!? IT’S DESK WARMING SEASON!!! 🥳… 😑 With term one tests for high schoolers & summer break fast approaching, we’ll soon be out of the classroom and […]
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 […]