Hojo Kashima Festival 2023
The Hojo area of Matsuyama is holding the Kashima Festival from May 3rd to May 4th. On May 3rd, the first day of the festival, the Kaineri Odori will be…
Cozy Town, Ehime
Cozy Town, Ehime
In March, Ehime AJET hosted a little TTRPG event in Matsuyama, playing the game Cozy Town, a chill game about building a happy little place, no negativity allowed!
Chuyo RA Board Games Bash
Join us Sunday, April 23rd from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for Chuyo RA's Board Games Bash! No sign up is required.
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Matsuyama Ice Skating Escapade
Kochi AJET hosted an ice skating event at the Iyotetsu Sports Center in Matsuyama and invited Ehime JETs to come. Thank you for coming everyone!
Keeping AJET Alive: President’s Summary
This year was a blast. Our team did a fantastic job this year, especially considering that we were finally stabilizing after a devastating global pandemic.
Backtrack #28: Take Me Home, Country Roads (Jennie Terman, Kamijima ALT, 2006-2008)
We have another Backtrack! This time from Jennie Terman, an ethnomusicologist who was a JET out on Kamijima from 2006 to 2008.
Have you heard of Brass Band Camelia?
By Patrick Peh
Prelude
At the end of January we had Tsubaki “Matsuri” (meaning Festival), which is a massive festival held at Tsubaki Shrine, marking the coldest day this winter. But what I am going to write about here is not so much about the festival but about a concert band of the same name. In my final year of the JET program, I had the honor and privilege to perform with Brass Band Camellia in Masaki Culture Center. Previously, in Listen to the Japanese School Band I narrated the story of students playing their instruments in band. This time, I will write about their teachers who play their instruments in band.
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Ehime AJET TTRPG: Spooky Scary Skeletons in Matsuyama
On February 5th, 2023, JETs and other English educators from all over Ehime converged in Matsuyama for Ehime AJETs first TTRPG conference for the year!
Backtrack #27: A Lightbulb Moment (Maura McCarthy, Uwajima SHS ALT, 2013-15)
What’s your name, when and where was your placement, and where are you from originally?
My name is Maura McCarthy, and I had a placement in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture.
I’m a military dependent, so I’m not from one place in particular– but I spent my last year of high school and undergraduate career in North Carolina before JET. I lived in Kanagawa prefecture for 3 years in high school (on a military base), so Japan was also a part of my upbringing in some ways.
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