Tuesday May 23, 2006

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Sharing: my latest JET news. I've received placement details. For the 12 months beginning 30 July, I'll be living in Yamatsuri-machi, Fukushima-ken. In other words, a v small, rural town called Yamatsuri in Fukushima Prefecture of Japan.

Official Fukishima-ken website

Official Yamatsuri website (oh, and don't bother clicking the English tab on the page - it don't work.)

My searches have turned up only a few dodgy images, as below:



Thanking: my lucky stars for this. Sure, it's the middle of nowhere, in some ways. But it's also only about 1.5hrs from Tokyo on the train, it's likely to be reasonably cheap because it's the country and I'm feeling like some country air for a while.

(Updating: my profile pic to reflect my beanie-wearing status right now. Sydney's getting cold!)
mya22:
dude that's so awesome!!

there will probably be people who will say "it sucks that you didn't get to go to tokyo." and you can tell them to FUCK OFF. tongue Everyone said that to me when I lived in Australia for 6 months.. "it's a shame you didn't get to stay in Sydney...." No, it wasn't... I stayed on a 3000 acre sheep farm 5 hours away from Sydney. Every big, metropolitan, consumer-driven city in the world is pretty much like all the rest. When I visited, Sydney was just like Chicago, except with more beach. (No offense, I loved Sydney, but it's a city all the same) I actually might've been pissed if I did get placed in Sydney. I go to see a part of Australia that not very many people see - because they don't take the time to go there and don't want to live there. So.... enjoy your rural stay in Japan - it looks beautiful! kiss
trixel:
very cute picture.

Congratulations on the Jet posting. That is going to be such an adventure. smile

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