{"id":40262,"date":"2016-09-04T21:08:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T01:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40262"},"modified":"2016-09-04T18:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T22:11:18","slug":"life-after-jet-randy-higashi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/04\/life-after-jet-randy-higashi\/","title":{"rendered":"Life After JET: Randy Higashi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <strong>Jon Dao<\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyamajets.net\/home\/\"><strong>Toyama-ken<\/strong><\/a>, 2009-12) for his <strong>podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\/\">Discussions with Dao<\/a><\/strong>. Jon works as a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commdao.com\/\">speech coach<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commdao.com\/personal-training\/\"><strong>personal trainer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The third appearance by former\u00a0<strong>Toyama JET<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randyhigashi.com\/\">Randy Higashi<\/a><\/strong>. Unlike most of the other returnees I know, Randy actually\u00a0<em>went back<\/em> to <strong>Japan<\/strong> for another two year stint. In this episode, we spend a lot of the discussion comparing the two experiences. Be sure to follow Randy on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rnhigashi\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong> and check out the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TakkoMachiCIR\">Takkomachi Facebook Page<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F280306938&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Why go back again? (1:20)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Which stay in Japan was better&#8211; the first or second? (8:36)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Those 4 years in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Toyama?src=hash\">#Toyama<\/a> built me as a person. It built me as a person&#8211; to be a tougher person. I thank my time for that.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rhigashi\">@rhigashi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Dao (@CommDao) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommDao\/status\/768074193917403137\">August 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0How does it feel to come back a second time? (10:10)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">How can you tell going back to work in Japan is a good decision or not? (12:57)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Did you see unrealistic expectations and fandom of Japan from ALTs? 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