{"id":6091,"date":"2009-05-17T12:52:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T16:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2009-05-17T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T16:57:13","slug":"jetwit-blog-beat-by-crystal-wong-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/17\/jetwit-blog-beat-by-crystal-wong-3\/","title":{"rendered":"JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"

JetWit Blog Beat<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span> by <\/em>Crystal Wong<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Iwate-ken, 2002-04)<\/em> <\/em><\/strong>is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a formerEnglish-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints.<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re well into spring, the flowers and trees are blossoming and likewise the JET blogosphere is busier than ever! Check it:<\/p>\n

We have an awesome new addition to the blog roll, from JET alum Toby Weymiller<\/a><\/strong>, currently residing in lovely Hokkaido with his wife Maiko and cat Bomber. He has some amazing photos<\/a> up of his new house to be, and is also organizing workshops<\/a> around each phase of the house build. Check it out if you’re lucky enough to be in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Writer Kelly Luce<\/strong><\/a> (Kawasaki, 2002-2003) is another recent addition to the blogroll. Follow her literary adventures here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Author <\/strong>Suzanne Kamata,<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(Tokushima-ken, 1988-90) shares news of her winning weekend<\/a> in Tokyo, where she found out that both her books, Call Me Okaasan<\/em><\/a> and Losing Kei<\/em><\/a> were nominees in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards\u00a0 right on the heels of the launch party for her new book.<\/p>\n

Also, if you’re thinking ahead to August, Robert Weston<\/a><\/strong> (Nara-ken, 2002-2004) will be at the Kidspark<\/a> Festival<\/a> in Kitchener, Ontario in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni.\u00a0 Crystal is a formerEnglish-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints. We’re well into spring, the flowers and trees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writers"],"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