{"id":32415,"date":"2013-10-18T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=32415"},"modified":"2013-10-18T14:31:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T18:31:23","slug":"jetaa-singapores-natsumatsuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/18\/jetaa-singapores-natsumatsuri\/","title":{"rendered":"JETAA Singapore’s Natsumatsuri!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L-R: Libing, Eugene and Shane, helping out at the JETAA booth. (Click the photo to see more photos on the JETAA Singapore website.)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Thanks to JETAA Singapore’s<\/a> Eugene Neubronner (Hiroshima<\/a>-ken, 2010-12)<\/strong> for sharing this great update:<\/em><\/p>\n

“This is Eugene Neubronner from the JETAA Singapore Chapter committee. We recently had our own Natsu Matsuri and we’ve finally gotten around to posting up pics and a writeup.\u00a0 Would love it if you guys could feature it and link to it as we’re always looking for more people to come on down who are ex- and interested JETs!”<\/p>\n

Natsu Matsuri<\/strong> 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Back in August, Singaporeans, Japanese and everyone else came together to enjoy one of Japan\u2019s favorite events during summer, the Natsu Matsuri. While it is unfortunate that Singapore has a very controlled use of fireworks and firecrackers, that didn\u2019t mean we couldn\u2019t have any fun. JETAA Singapore members were out in force as well, with our own booth to drum up interest in the JET Programme.<\/p>\n

JETAA Singapore\u2019s booth was a collective grab bag of games and information on the JET Programme, and saw a surprisingly strong interest that threatened to overwhelm our members and committee staff on hand. Many clamored for the Japanese games we had \u2013 including a haiku contest, match-the-word and more \u2013 but others were also interested to find out more about the JET Programme, something our ex-JET members were more than happy to talk about. Here\u2019s to hoping more people apply and discover the joys of living and teaching in Japan!<\/p>\n

Held at the Japanese Primary School in Singapore\u2019s Changi, the annual event sees thousands of people attending \u2013 many dressed in their own yukata. The 2013 Natsu Matsuri was the 26th to be organized by The Japanese Association of Singapore. It features dozens of stalls hawking traditional Natsu Matsuri food, games and a massive stage for performances throughout the evening culminating in a Bon Odori dance everyone\u2019s invited to join in on.<\/p>\n

If you happen to be living in Singapore and is an ex-JET (Singaporean or otherwise) who\u2019s somehow not on our list, do reach out to us! We\u2019d love to get to know more of you. JETAA Singapore holds regular events and meet-ups. Do email us at secretaryjetaasingapore [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Click here for the full post and to see more photos from the event: http:\/\/jetaasg.wordpress.com\/2013\/10\/18\/natsu-matsuri-2013\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Thanks to JETAA Singapore’s Eugene Neubronner (Hiroshima-ken, 2010-12) for sharing this great update: “This is Eugene Neubronner from the JETAA Singapore Chapter committee. We recently had our own Natsu Matsuri and we’ve finally gotten around to posting up pics and a writeup.\u00a0 Would love it if you guys could feature it and link to it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[305,15,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-outreach","category-jetaa-chapters","category-jet-roi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t