Mar 18

JET Prefecture Round-up 3.16.12

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Sam Brewster, (Akita-ken, Kazuno-shi, 2011-present), gives a little taste of what JETs are doing around Japan. To submit items for future JET Prefecture Round-up posts, e-mail Sam at jetinfogather [at] gmail.com.

Events by Region

Kansai Region

Wakayama

  • March 24th is Wakayama JET’s children’s Easter event at the Tanabe Shimin Sogo Center. There will be bilingual readings of the Easter Bunny story, and children will have the chance to meet the Easter Bunny make their own bunny masks and take part in a fun Easter egg hunt.

Kantou Region

Ibaraki

  • Ibaraki Jets still have chance to check out the annual Plum Blossom Festival in Mito, which runs right up until March 31st.
  • St. Patrick’s Day Event at Bardega in Hitachi on Friday, March 16th and Saturday, March 17th.

Kyushu Region

Kumamoto

  • St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17th in Kumamoto City.

Miyazaki

  • On Saturday, March 24th, Miyazaki AJET presents…’Karaoke Bus Road Trippin’!

Shikoku Region

Ehime

  • St. Patrick’s Day feast and party in Matsuyama on Saturday, March 17th.

Tohoku Region

Akita

  • Club Livespace in Akita City will play host to Akita’s very first St. Patrick’s Day Dance Party  on Friday, March 16th. Organised by the ALT-led charity  Volunteer Akita,  the event aims to raise money for their Scholarship Fund.  Through this fund they hope to send an orphan from the Sendai area to college – a truly inspiring cause as he is the first from his orphanage to ever show interest in attending.

*Note to all JETs and JET alumni:  Click here to find your JET prefecture group on LinkedIn.


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