Teaching and Japan Life


  • Getting Your Japanese Driver’s License (Ehime Edition)

    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 […]

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  • Have you heard of Brass Band Camelia?

    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. […]

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  • Listen to the Japanese School Band

    Listen to the Japanese School Band

    By Patrick Peh A Door Opens Beyond this door, you will find young aspiring musicians of Uchimiya Junior High School  preparing for their big day tomorrow. Tomorrow is August 2nd, […]

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  • The Sea, The Iwa & The Classroom

    The Sea, The Iwa & The Classroom

    By Patrick Peh Prologue Not long after my arrival in Baishinji, I decided that it would be a tremendous waste not to write something about it. This place is not […]

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  • Diversity awareness lessons

    By Dom Chen Hi everyone! For those of you who are interested in incorporating diversity and/or racial awareness within their lessons; there is a google drive containing material focused toward […]

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  • All Kinds of Goodbyes: Deciding Whether to Stay or to Go

    By Bennett Pérez “Oh! Darling you gotta let me know, Should I stay or should I go?” -The Clash Time froze as I stared at the recontracting paperwork lying in […]

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  • The Chronicles of EIKEN

    By Andrew Fischer Nearly every ALT across Ehime ought to be familiar with the EIKEN, or Jitsuyō Eigo Ginō Kentei (Test in Practical English Proficiency). The EIKEN is similar to the Japanese-Language […]

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  • “So Leh we make ah memory…

    do sometin’ That new tuh meh, Make sometin’ that we could share, Post it up inside ah here…”                                                                                Machel Montano Ft. Tarrus Riley, 2016 By Apphia Pereira Memory yuh […]

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  • When Nothing Lasts: What I Will and Won’t Miss About Japan

    By Cassandra Mainiero In her poem “Nothing Lasts,” American poet Jane Hirshfield writes: ” ‘Nothing lasts’—/ how bitterly the thought attends each loss. / “‘Nothing lasts’ – / a promise […]

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