Pills, Here!💊: A Guide to Drugstores in Japan
Unless you’ve lived in Japan long-term before, it’s safe to say that browsing through the drug store here, in Japan, is no walk in the park. Actually, despite […]
🍊maga(ZINE): March🎓
March 2025 Hey, Mikans! As you know, or, if you’re a new JET, as you’ll come to know, March in Japan is a season of change. From the melting snowcaps […]
Navigating the Language Barrier
What is a language barrier? Unless you have always felt super confident in your Japanese or have reached a high level of fluency before coming to Japan, you’ve probably felt […]
First & Last ALT
Chloe Spearing 2023 Arrival, SHS ALT in Tanbara, Saijo, Toyo A RA Chloe Spearing (クロイ) is from the very south of England, only 15 minutes from the English Channel. She […]
Holly’s Desk Warming Survival Guide
Hey Mikans! Guess what!? IT’S DESK WARMING SEASON!!! 🥳… 😑 With term one tests for high schoolers & summer break fast approaching, we’ll soon be out of the classroom and […]
Teaching Phonics in the Classroom: The Concept of Minimal Pairs
Christian Jalim Matsuyama 2019-2024 Christian Jalim is a fifth year ALT JET living in Matsuyama. He originally hails from Manzanilla, in rural Trinidad, which boasts the longest coastline in the […]
The Re-contracting Decision – Reflections from the Past
Edited by Emily Guo It’s December, which on JET, invariably means that re-contracting decisions are upon us. And how are we supposed to make a decision that will impact […]
Getting Your Japanese Driver’s License (Ehime Edition)
By Emily Guo The number of congratulations (“おめでとう御座います”）I received – both from the license center staff and teachers who knew I was going through this process – shows that obtaining […]
Have you heard of Brass Band Camelia?
By Patrick Peh Prelude At the end of January we had Tsubaki “Matsuri” (meaning Festival), which is a massive festival held at Tsubaki Shrine, marking the coldest day this winter. […]