{"id":21502,"date":"2011-09-16T20:29:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T00:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=21502"},"modified":"2011-09-21T00:13:02","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T04:13:02","slug":"jet-jet-prefecture-round-up-09-16-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/16\/jet-jet-prefecture-round-up-09-16-11\/","title":{"rendered":"JET Prefecture Round-Up 09.16.11"},"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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tohokukanko.jp\/english\/\"><em><strong>Tohoku Region<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnto.go.jp\/eng\/location\/regional\/aomori\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aomori<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=272817549399071\" target=\"_blank\">Aomori AJET Welcome Party<\/a> was September 10th at Shichinohe Campground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japan-iwate.info\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Iwate<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iwate AJET will be climbing Mt. Iwate on October 8th on the Umagaeshi trail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.miyagi.jp\/kankou\/EN\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Miyagi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajetmiyagi.net\/events.html\" target=\"_blank\">MAJET Bandai Trip<\/a> is September 17th-19th , a camping adventure at Mount Bandai in Northwest Fukushima.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yamagatakanko.com\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Yamagata<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=276860065657364\" target=\"_blank\">Connect 2011<\/a> is happening October 8th-10th at Kurosawa in Oguni, Yamagata.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fuku-tabi.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fukushima<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=253243094706757\" target=\"_blank\">The Aizu Festival 2011<\/a> is September 22nd-24th in Aizu Wakamatsu City.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=145316768894875\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween SHINE<\/a> is October 22nd in Aizu Wakamatsu City.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=229980233718510\" target=\"_blank\">The 2011 International Festival Aizu<\/a> is October 29th!<\/li>\n<li>Fukushima ALTs are doing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=278771592134953\" target=\"_blank\">Home Visit Program<\/a> in Aizu on November 5th.<\/li>\n<li>Fukushima JETs attended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=153875964696374\" target=\"_blank\">Volunteer Day at a Children&#8217;s Home<\/a> on September 3rd at Iris Gakuen in Fukushima City.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kantou Region<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chiba-tour.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chiba<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=210509052344220\" target=\"_blank\">Chiba AJET Baseball Game<\/a> trip goes to see the Chiba Marines on October 1st.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chibaajet.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/07\/the-2011-yamanote-marathon-is-on\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chiba JETs are prepping<\/a> for the Tokyo Yamathon 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtia.jp\/kokusai\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gunma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=105111099595454\" target=\"_blank\">Gunma JETs join the football tourney<\/a> in Nagano on October 1st.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chubu Region<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.shizuoka.jp\/a_foreign\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shizuoka<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shizuoka JETs go to Costume Karaoke on October 1st!<\/li>\n<li>Shizuoka AJET makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=153587148058222\" target=\"_blank\">an excursion to Fuji-Q Highland<\/a> on October 15th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=204771252915413\" target=\"_blank\">Nagano<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cricket Game: Nagano vs. Hakuba, October 19th.<\/li>\n<li>October 16th, the Ina English Guide Club will present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=219236174797702\" target=\"_blank\">Zazen Meditation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.info-toyama.com\/english\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Toyama<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toyama AJET is holding a <a href=\"http:\/\/toyama.press.ajet.net\/tram\/2011\/09\/toyama-ajet-event-cheesecake-bakeoff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cheesecake Bakeoff<\/a> on Sunday, October 16th, in Nanto city.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kansai Region<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Over the weekend of September 2nd,\u00a0 Typhoon Talas crossed through Japan, dumping massive amounts of rain especially on the prefectures of Wakayama, Nara, and Mie. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/ajet.net\/2011\/09\/08\/volunteering-opportunities-to-help-victims-of-typhoon-12-talas\/\" target=\"_blank\">volunteer opportunities<\/a> available to JETs in and around the Kansai area to help the victims of this typhoon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyoto.travel\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kyoto<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyoto AJET takes part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=153529308067959\" target=\"_blank\">Mikoshi Challenge<\/a>, October 9th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.nara.jp\/nara_e\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nara<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Nara AJET Halloween Party will be at the Wormwood Caf\u00e9 on October 29th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=206335226080686\" target=\"_blank\">Hyogo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyogo AJET leads a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=122346971199416\" target=\"_blank\">hike through the Fukuchiyama abandoned railroad<\/a> on September 24th in the Takarazuka area.<\/li>\n<li>Hyogo JETs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=147311632028019\" target=\"_blank\">Rant and Rave at the Lock Up<\/a> in Kobe, September 30th.<\/li>\n<li>There will be an art event (dance, music, theater, visual arts, performance art, sculpture, installation, etc.) in the Fukuchiyama abandoned train tunnel on October 1st.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=261395407218512\" target=\"_blank\">Hyogo JETs go rafting and canyoning in Shikoku<\/a>, October 9th and 10th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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=221227491259916\" target=\"_blank\">next visit<\/a> on September 25th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakayama-kanko.or.jp\/world\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wakayama<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wakayama JETs are going <a href=\"www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=263032383718847\" target=\"_blank\">camping on Friend Island<\/a>, October 15th.<\/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 Okayama City on September 17th and 18th, in Maniwa September 24th, and in Tsuyama September 25th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yokoso.pref.tottori.jp\/dd.aspx?menuid=2857\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tottori<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=176165209112980\" target=\"_blank\">Beerfest Daisen 2011<\/a> will take place at Mt. Daisen in Tottori, September 23rd, featuring craft brews.<\/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<ul>\n<li>Shikoku Field Day will be held in Shikoku Saburo no Sato, in Mima City, Tokushima on November 5th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.ehime.jp\/izanai\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ehime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 1st-2nd is the Niihama Welcome Party, held on the beach in Niihama.<\/li>\n<li>October 15th Ehime JETs will climb Mt. Ishizuchi, tallest mountain on Shikoku.<\/li>\n<li>October 22nd is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=107848655988447\" target=\"_blank\">Matsuyama Orphanage Visit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>November 12th is the Ehime AJET Dinner in Matsuyama.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=151161731635815&amp;ref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Beer, Sake, Baseball, and BBQ<\/a> will be September 17th at Hagi Park.<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kochi JETs will make an excursion to Nahari Hotel Beer Garden on Friday 30th September.<\/li>\n<li>October 8th-10th is Surf Camp in Kuroshio-cho for Kochi JETs.<\/li>\n<li>Kochi-JETs are helping with Halloween Party in an abandoned school building on October 28th.<\/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.visit-oita.jp\/index.e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Oita<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=265943243426657\" target=\"_blank\">Annual Oita AJET Sumo Trip<\/a> is coming up on Saturday, November 26th!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.welcomekyushu.com\/area\/kumamoto.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kumamoto<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=276986695660659\" target=\"_blank\">Amakusa Waterwheel event<\/a> is September 23rd in Amakusa, Kumamoto!<\/li>\n<li>Kumamoto JETs are helping out with the 5th annual Nagasu Ferry Event on September 25th, Sunday!<\/li>\n<li>KumAJET and DiscSports Japan present Ichi Kyuu Bee on October 1st, featuring 4 ALT Teams (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.welcomekyushu.com\/area\/saga.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Saga<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visit-oita.jp\/index.e.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Oita<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyushu-tourist.com\/miyazakiken.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Miyazaki<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welcomekyushu.com\/area\/kumamoto.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kumamoto<\/strong><\/a>) and 9 Japanese Teams (Shakaijin and college students from all over Kyushu).<\/li>\n<li>Kumamoto JETs will be rafting down the Kuma River on Saturday, 15th October with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landearth.co.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">LandEarth<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nagasaki-tabinet.com\/mlang\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nagasaki<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JETs are invited to the <a href=\"http:\/\/nagazasshi.com\/2011\/09\/09\/ohana-cafe-eighth-anniversary-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;hana Cafe&#8217;s 8th Anniversary Party<\/a> on September 16th.<\/li>\n<li>On 23rd September, JETs will check out the wild boar races in Kawatana.<\/li>\n<li>On 1st October, Nagasaki JETs will take a walk through Hasami. 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