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Asia » Japan » Miyazaki » Miyakonojo September 3rd 2010

Konichiwa Last weekend I went to the Fire Festival with Xander and our friend Chris who is also an ALT like Xander, teaching english here. It was about an hour drive away and the main road was closed so we took a somewhat scenic route which was really beautiful and reminded me a lot of Hawaii. We drove to a beach and camped out there for the next day. The spot was really beautiful with a view of an island with some houses on it and another island called monkey island which I was told had monkeys on it. Looking out at the ocean at night with the moonlight hitting the water and the islands in the background was one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen. Xander told me last year that they went ... read more

Asia » Japan » Miyazaki » Miyakonojo August 26th 2010

Sooooo I have been living in Miyazaki for a little more than a week now, getting acquainted with the area and buying things for the apartment. Had to buy a pillow and some hanger things for the blind which are now up, before that it would get really hot in my room -.- I met like a lot of ALT people i forget what it stands for maybe Alternative Language Teacher? The people who are like Xander and are in the JET program, teaching English to various levels of students in Japan. They were all really cool, from different parts of the world, a bunch from Ireland with cool accents, one from Britain (that i can remember) and some from the U.S. We all went out to a festival nearby which I was told was ... read more




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