Dec 17

WITvid #6: “The Ride”

WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.

Take a bike “ride” through the holiday streets of Tokyo with JET Alum, CJ Hoppel and his colleague Kevin Jones (joneskc7881).  Both are currently working in Tokyo.

This video was made for a holiday party contest, the theme was “what you like about Tokyo.”  They won two tickets to Okinawa with their subbmission The Ride.


Dec 10

WITvid #5: 25 years of “Last Christmas”

WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.

Although it’s not exactly a Japanese video, the song “Last Christmas” by the group WHAM has become very much a part of the the Japanese Christmas tradition.  Celebrating its 25 Year Anniversay, please enjoy the original 1984 video (posted by ClassicXmas) below.  You may notice that the video could have easily inspired a few karaoke box videos. Enjoy!


Dec 3

WITvid #4: Monkey Majik – “Change”

WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.

Some of you may have heard of the popular band in Japan, Monkey Majik, but did you know the lead singer,  Maynard Plant (Aomori, 1997-00) is a Canadian JET Alumni! Here is their song Change with the Yoshida Brothers!


Nov 25

WITvid #3: “Thanksgiving Party In Japan”

WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving here is a video posted by malavi21 explaining a little about the Thanksgiving Holiday.


Nov 19

WITvid #2: “ALT in Japan”

WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.

This video was brought to my attention by Rhea Young, JET Program Coordinator at the Consulate General of Japan in Detroit.

This piece (posted by draginboll) was featured on Japanese television about the treatment of some Assistant Language Teachers in Japan.  Although I feel some of the views are biased and extreme (especially the references to the JET Program) it is very interesting. It just goes to show, ” Every Situation Is Different (ESID)” does not only apply to the JET Program.


Nov 10

WITvid #1: “ALT Rap”

WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.

I thought that JetWit could use some video content from time to time, so I figured I would help and contribute by adding JET and Japan related video links.  If you have any suggestions do not hesitate to contact me at jet [at] cgjsf.org.

I thought I would start off with a video that was popular a few years ago titled “ALT Rap”  by Rob Holbrook aka veloboy (Osaka-shi). Enjoy!


Sep 1

Vote for ‘Herbivores’ on Food2

Hi, it’s your Jetwit webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken ’03-’06) here.  I have a quick favor to ask you all.

Herbivores,” the stop-motion animation video that I made with my friend Elizabeth Fuller last year has made it to the top 10 semifinals of the First Annual Food2 Summer Challenge. We desperately need your votes to help us win the grand prize. Please vote for us here. You need to sign in to vote, but you can log in using your Facebook or MySpace account. It only takes a minute.

Thanks so much for your help!

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