This Isn't Tokyo

April 27, 2007July 10, 2017 by ecomance

I got my successor’s information today.

My boss also asked me to start looking ASAP for deals on return flights, and to help look for a successor for Chalice, who’s leaving in September.

This is all becoming painfully real.

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I’m an alumna of the JET Program. I currently live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

In 2018, I’m spending ~1.5 months doing the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage from late February through mid-April.

From 2005 to 2007, I lived in Ikeda-cho, Miyoshi-shi, Tokushima-ken, on the island of Shikoku in Japan. I taught at 1 junior high and 6 elementary schools, and I taught 2 weekly community English conversation classes.

I’d maintained this blog during my time on JET, including the months before departure and the waves of reverse culture shock after returning to the US. I sought to capture my full experiences, both good and bad, to try to paint a realistic picture.

This blog “broke” sometime over the years; I had never meant to take it down. It’s finally back online, in the hopes that it gives prospective/current JETs some help or commiseration.