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Written by Kelly Franquemont of Kitsuki.
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, I’m going to talk about boobs….
Among the long list of inappropriate questions Asia will routinely expect foreigners to answer, one of the most common inquiries at school is some nearly-English variant of, ‘What size bra do you wear?’
In fact, breasts seem to […]
Did you know that, in addition to one of the prefecture’s best waterfalls, Ajimu has a winery too? Here’s another interesting fact. There is a kanji-based Japanese word for wine, different from the katakana rendition wain (ワイン). The word is budo-shu (葡萄酒), literally “grape liquor.”
The Ajimu Winery is actually a subsidiary of […]
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, […]
For the outdoors minded, Yufudake (Mt. Yufuin) provides one of the most popular mountain climbs on Kyushu. Many flock to see autumn colors, spring flowers, and for some winter snow. Plus it’s free once you get there!
Located in between Beppu and Yufuin, it’s the perfect location to grab an onsen after the climb. […]
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 […]
Are you a Lawson-lover, a Family Mart-fan or an AM/PM-addict?
In surveys of repatriated workers, one thing often tops the list of things which will be most missed about Japan; convenience stores, or “combini” as they are so cutely abridged. In a country where snack bars are the last place you’d go to get a snack, […]
Unarguably the most famous and recognized piece of Japanese literature is The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu. Lady Murasaki, a court lady in the service of the Empress Akiko, wrote this monumental work around the year 1010. That makes the book, hailed as the ‘first great novel ever written,’ roughly 1,000 years […]
While many westerns would be enjoying a traditional Christmas of turkey dinners, snowmen, Santa and Christmas carols, many JETs decide to forgo these pleasures and head instead for the heat of Thailand. Thoughts of escaping a Japan of rapidly declining temperatures and minimal indoor heating have appealed to many, ever since the onset of winter. […]
If you need to locate a doctor or dentist, head over to the Oita Medical Information System website.
You can search by location with an English interface here. You can search for health care professionals that speak your choice of 10 languages.
[ http://www.hotnet.pref.oita.jp/qq/men/qqtpmenult.aspx ]
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 […]