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A man in a blue kimono checks the soup at the buffet line while I sit cautiously in my booth eating a chicken and tomato salad covered in fatty dressing. A few other patrons to the Ajimu Joyfull chat quietly nearby, but for the most part the family style restaurant is empty on this […]
How this idea hasn’t caught on yet in the rest of the civilized world I have no idea, but “Print Club”, (as it is less commonly known, since it is yet another example of Japanese trends being named after words they cannot possibly pronounce), is surely the greatest thing to come out of Japan since […]
Here is a selection of links sure to peak your interest. All Japan-centric, of course!
Assistant Language Teachers in Trying Times
News on Japan for the latest from the Land of the Rising Sun.
Japanese Roots. Just who are the Japanese? Where did they come from and when? The answers are difficult to come by, though […]
Written by Jez Quiney
Updated 3.12.2008!
Arriving in Japan I had a passing interest in modern Japanese music, in the last 18 months this has developed into an outright obsession!
I thought that I would share some of my discoveries and passions with other JETs, not only because there is so much good music out there (I […]
Shoten 笑点 – Saturday Afternoons (exact times vary), TOS
Saturday Afternoon. You’ve already had lunch, but it’s still too early for dinner. You must have turned on the television and flipped through Oita’s limited channels a dozen times already, to no avail. Nonetheless you once again snatch up the remote with the slight hope […]
Originally written for The Tombo Times, Feb, 2006. The current 2008 New Year is The Year of the Rat.
If you follow both the lunar and the solar calendar, then you’re lucky enough to celebrate two separate New Years. Mr. Mo was kind enough to share with us some of the traditions and customs […]
Sometimes, being a foreigner is all you need to get a laugh in Japan. It is as though your every word is golden, and your co-workers marvel at your slightest action. Then there is the rest of the time, which is probably most of the time. In these moments you may find […]
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 […]
There are many mysteries in this world. Take for example Stonehenge. Who created it? And why? I mean a structure like that created so many years ago is a remarkable engineering feat and as such, it must of been for some great purpose because monuments of that kind are usually built […]