{"id":22033,"date":"2011-10-24T20:17:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=22033"},"modified":"2011-10-24T20:18:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T00:18:30","slug":"return-to-tohoku-update-10-24-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/10\/24\/return-to-tohoku-update-10-24-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to Tohoku:  Update 10.24.11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>***************<\/p>\n<p>Here are updates from a few more of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/16\/ottawa-jet-alum-brent-stirling-to-visit-tohoku-as-part-of-mofa-program\/\">20 Tohoku region JET alumni selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to return to their town<\/a>\u00a0to both engage in volunteer efforts and also help document and share what\u2019s going on there.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/alanmockridge.com\/\">Back to Iwate<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>\u00a0by <strong>Alan Mockridge (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.japan-iwate.info\/\">Iwate<\/a>-ken, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otsuchi.org\/\">Ohtsuchi<\/a>, 1992)<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/alanmockridge.com\/\">http:\/\/alanmockridge.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 (Lots of excellent photos.)<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/alanmockridge.com\/where-4\/\">schedule<\/a> of Alan&#8217;s trip:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Visit schedule<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">19 Sep (Mon) Depart San Francisco<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">20 Sep (Tue) Arrive Tokyo<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">21 Sep (Wed) Briefing at Min. Foreign Affairs. Bullet train to Iwate<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">22 Sep (Thur) Hiraizumi (UNESCO World Heritage Site) &amp; Morioka<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">23 Sep (Fri) To Kamaishi via Miyako, Yamada &amp; coast road<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">24 Sep (Sat) Kamaishi<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">25 Sep (Sun) Ohtsuchi<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">26 Sep (Mon) Ohtsuchi High School (cultural exchange)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">27 Sep (Tue) Kamaishi to Narita. Depart Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*************** Here are updates from a few more of the\u00a020 Tohoku region JET alumni selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to return to their town\u00a0to both engage in volunteer efforts and also help document and share what\u2019s going on there. &#8220;Back to Iwate&#8220;\u00a0by Alan Mockridge (Iwate-ken, Ohtsuchi, 1992)\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0http:\/\/alanmockridge.com\/\u00a0 (Lots of excellent photos.) 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