{"id":21260,"date":"2011-08-25T20:12:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=21260"},"modified":"2011-08-25T20:35:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T00:35:12","slug":"jet-prefecture-round-up-08-26-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/25\/jet-prefecture-round-up-08-26-11\/","title":{"rendered":"JET Prefecture Round-Up 08.26.11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**************<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Emily Lemmon, (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyogo-tourism.jp\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hyogo-ken<\/a>, Shiso-shi, 2009-present)<\/strong>,  PSG volunteer, organizer of Hyogo-ken&#8217;s <strong>PEPY Ride<\/strong>,  student of <strong>Shorinji Kempo<\/strong>, and editor of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hyogo  Times<\/a><\/strong>, gives a little taste of what JETs are doing around  Japan.\u00a0 To submit items for future <a href=\"..\/category\/jet-prefecture-round-up\/\"><strong>JET Prefecture  Round-up<\/strong><\/a> posts, e-mail Emily at <strong>jetinfogather [at]  gmail.com<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events by Region<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tohokukanko.jp\/english\/\"><em><strong>Tohoku Region<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.aomori.lg.jp\/foreigners\/sightseeing.html\" target=\"_blank\">Aomori<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=178913905514248\" target=\"_blank\">2011 Everest of Apples Aomori Scavenger Hunt<\/a> will take place on September 10th; participants explore Aomori-ken while getting to know each other and supporting education in Cambodia and Nepal.<\/li>\n<li>Aomori&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=272817549399071\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome Party<\/a> will be right after the Scavenger Hunt on September 10th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chubu Region<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.go-nagano.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nagano<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/outdoorjapan.com\/summersplash\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Splash<\/a> is September 3rd!<\/li>\n<li>Nagano will host the all-Japan JET soccer tournament on October 1st and 2nd at\u00a0Sugadaira Sania Park.<\/li>\n<li>Nagano&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=272001436159973\" target=\"_blank\">AJET Camping Trip<\/a> will be October 8th-10th in Kamikouchi.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=225478274165620\" target=\"_blank\">Saku Welcome Shindig<\/a> was August 20th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.info-toyama.com\/english\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\nKansai Region<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakayama-kanko.or.jp\/world\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wakayama<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JETs continue their exploration (this time\u00a0from Kobiro-oji to Hosshinmon-oji) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=157357931007094\" target=\"_blank\">Kumano Kodo<\/a>, or Path of Prayer, on September 11th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.nara.jp\/nara_e\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nara<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nara JETs return to Takatori Thursdays on August 25th with a Mexican theme.<\/li>\n<li>Nara&#8217;s Orientation Beer Garden is August 28th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/heart-of-japan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hyogo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smile Kids Japan is attending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=168291039906697\" target=\"_blank\">Matsuri<\/a> at a local Kobe orphanage on August 26th.<\/li>\n<li>Shiso JETs host the Shiso International Picnic in Yume Koen on September 4th.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=210240982367505\" target=\"_blank\">Tajima Board Game night<\/a> is September 10th in Takeno.<\/li>\n<li>JETs will gather for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=137491526345742\" target=\"_blank\">Hanshin Tigers game<\/a> at Koshien stadium on October 1st.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osaka-info.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Osaka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Osaka Smile Kids Japan group makes its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=261962420490120\" target=\"_blank\">first orphanage visit of the JET year<\/a> on September 10th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chugoku Region<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/okayama-japan.jp\/en\/viewpoint.html\" target=\"_blank\">Okayama<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boundinjapan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bound in Japan<\/a> comes to Okayama! Workshops will be in Maniwa City on September 3rd and 4th, in Tsuyama on the 10th and 11th, and in Okayama City on the 17th and 18th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourismshikoku.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shikoku Region<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.ehime.jp\/izanai\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ehime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a welcome party in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehimeajet.com\/regions\/nanyoa\/ainan.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ainan<\/a> on September 3rd, preceding the Mud Soccer Tournament.<\/li>\n<li>This year&#8217;s \u00a0Mud Soccer Tournament (and Mud Festival) will be on Sunday in Ainan, Ehime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.attaka.or.jp\/foreign\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kochi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Group Birthday Party in Sakawa on August 26th, with a rooftop BBQ.<\/li>\n<li>SGG international music and cooking event is September 4th.<\/li>\n<li>The Harimaya Bashis are pleased to announce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=240091909361004\" target=\"_blank\">Fall 2011 Frisbee Camp<\/a> in Noichi.  It will be held from 11am on September 10th until 3pm the following day.<\/li>\n<li>Kochi JETs may attend the presentation of kabuki on November 5th in Sukomo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyushu-tourist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kyushu Region<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nagasaki-tabinet.com\/mlang\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nagasaki<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=143930172347904\" target=\"_blank\">The Orientation After Party<\/a> will be held Friday, August 26th at 9 PM at Motion in Nagasaki City.<\/li>\n<li>On Saturday August 27th, 11am, there will be an informal open Nagazasshi meeting at the mall next to Dejima Wharf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.welcomekyushu.com\/area\/kumamoto.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kumamoto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The AJET beach party will be happening on Saturday, September 3rd at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otachimisaki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Otachimisaki<\/a> Koen Beach in Ashikita.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kanko-miyazaki.jp\/Language\/english\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>************** Emily Lemmon, (Hyogo-ken, Shiso-shi, 2009-present), PSG volunteer, organizer of Hyogo-ken&#8217;s PEPY Ride, student of Shorinji Kempo, and editor of the Hyogo Times, gives a little taste of what JETs are doing around Japan.\u00a0 To submit items for future JET Prefecture Round-up posts, e-mail Emily at jetinfogather [at] gmail.com. &nbsp; Events by Region Tohoku Region [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[379,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jet-prefecture-round-up","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-5wU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21260"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21299,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21260\/revisions\/21299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}