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When: November 11 - 25
What: Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka
Where: Fukuoka Kokusai Center
Cost: ¥7000/person for a D-section box seating 2 people OR ¥3100 for arena seating
Yellie in Saiki, your resident sumo expert, has been kind enough to arrange the yearly sumo event again this year. That’s right, Sumo comes to Kyushu only once a year […]
When: Saturday, October 20th, 7:30PM-3:00AM
What: tabehodai/nomihodai ¥3000 girls/¥3500 boys
Where: Hit Parade in Beppu
Theme: 50’s Live Music/Dance Hall, free karaoke
Danielle (dthies118 [at] fastmail [dot] fm) needs to know specific numbers to reserve tables for us. The place does have limited space and always tends to get fully booked fast. You need to RSVP by Friday, Sept […]
When: Saturday, September 8th, 10PM-1:30AM
What: A ¥2000 nomihodai
Where: Cool Bananas, a dance club in downtown Oita City
Theme: Black & White, come dressed in those colors if you want (no meaning attached to either color)
Danielle will be at Jungle Park in miyako machi around 9:30PM for some pre-party action so come and join her, especially if […]
What: Acrobatic Dancers
When: Friday, August 24, 7:00 PM
Where: B-Con Plaza in Beppu
How Much: FREE
Inaugural dancing show put on by a group from Taiwan for their Japan tour. Especially impressive because all the dancers are disabled. Plus its FREE. Contact Rachel Boyte if you need more information.
What: Welcome Party for new JETs
When: Monday, August 27, 5:30 PM - 9 PM
Where: Dai-ichi Hotel next to Parco in Oita City
How Much: ¥3000
It’s that time again to welcome all the new JETs to Oita ken. Orientation this year is Monday 8/27 and Tuesday 8/28. This means that the traditional beer garden party will be […]
Looking for some summer distractions? If so, you are in luck. A 2-day music festival is being held right here in our own ken. It boasts an eclectic range of styles including reggae, African, Flamenco, Latin-American ska, blues, a 60’s rock band, and some J-Rock for good measure.
What: Kyushu Baila
When: August 18 […]
Hope you all are having a good time with the beer gardens and beaches and just general mayhem-making this summer. Our next big event is the arrival of 11 new ALTs from group A.
We will be having dinner at Kamifusen in Oita City on Wednesday, August 1st at 7:30 PM. It will be […]
Hi, as you can tell the website has been recently overhauled and we are adding many exciting new features. Please be patient as we migrate all the old information in to a better organized and easier to use format. New JET information will be added first as I’m sure many of you are […]