Monthly Archives: October 2011

Unexpected Cherry Blossoms

Life is full of the unexpected.  Some surprises change your life for the better, while others are extremely painful. All of us in the JET Programme have different reasons for wanting to live in Japan.  Still, I am always surprised when I talk to someone who has dreamed of coming here since childhood.  I often […]

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Japan’s Owara Kaze no Bon Festival

The first Japanese festival I attended was the Owara Kaze no Bon Festival in the quiet mountain town of Yatsuo, in Toyama, Japan.  Last September, I was still very new to Japan, and attending Owara was my first venture in Toyama alone.  I was a little nervous but proud to be discovering a new country […]

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