Tombo Times Mailing List

Posted on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Due to technical difficulties The Tombo mailing list has been deleted. I am sorry for this sad tragic news and ask your cooperation in recreating the mailing list. If you would like to receive The Tombo please send the Oita International Plaza your name and address.
E-mail: michael@emo.or.jp
FAX: 097-533-4052
mail: 2-33 Takasago-machi, Oita City 870-0029.
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2007: Oita Year in Review

Posted on Friday, February 1st, 2008 | No Comments

The kind folks at the Oita International Plaza and OitaJETs.com will be cross-posting some of our articles to keep you better informed. Stop by their website (or better yet, their office) for more of the latest happenings in Oita.
Original Post: The 2007 Year in Oita
It was an eventful uneventful year in Oita. Here to […]

‘07-’08 AJET President: Danielle Thies

Posted on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 | No Comments

Hey Everyone!
My name is Danielle Thies and I am a 2nd year JET in Oita City. I work at Oita Commercial High School, definitely not an academic school, but I absolutely love my kids!
I love to find new restaurants and bars in the city, as well as go to various concerts, performances, […]

Our Charity: Room To Read

Posted on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 | No Comments

Let’s face it folks, most of us JETs have a lot of two very precious things on our hands: time and money. With this in mind, the kind folk of Oita JETs have devised an ingenious plan to help alleviate some of the guilt that we all feel due to that excess.
In 2004, a local […]

History of Oita (大分県)

Posted on Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 | No Comments

If you surveyed the thousands of tourists descending upon Oita Prefecture each year, you might learn that they came seeking the place where heaven and hell are conjoined. For if Oita’s highland plateaus seem to reach up to the sky, her bubbling cauldron-like hot springs seem to rise from a mysterious inferno.
Located along with Nagasaki […]