{"id":7008,"date":"2009-06-19T12:38:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T16:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7008"},"modified":"2009-06-19T12:38:46","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T16:38:46","slug":"travel-aitai-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/19\/travel-aitai-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel:  Aitai Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7009\" style=\"width: 72px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7009\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7009\" title=\"aitaijapan\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/aitaijapan.jpg\" alt=\"aitaijapan\" width=\"62\" height=\"66\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">aitai Japan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I just found out about an interesting travel website called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aitaijapan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>aitai Japan<\/strong><\/a> (translation:\u00a0 &#8220;I want to meet&#8221; Japan) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aitaijapan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.aitaijapan.com<\/strong><\/a>), which bills itself as an &#8220;association for independent tourist assistance in Japan&#8221; and explains that it is &#8220;a guide\/interpreter service with listings of enthusiastic volunteer guides who can offer <strong>free tourist assistance<\/strong> for independent travelers on their visit to Japan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It reminds me of a great organization in New York City called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigapplegreeter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Big Apple Greeters<\/strong><\/a> (a good place for JET alums to volunteer, by the way) which pairs up a volunteer with any visitors to New York looking for a friendly local to walk around with for a few <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7010\" title=\"big_apple\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/big_apple.gif\" alt=\"big_apple\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" \/>hours.\u00a0 Except aitaiJapan seems to be doing this on a national level and really helping tourists cross through what can seem like intimidating language and cultural barriers to non-Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone out there has had any contact or experience with aitaiJapan, please feel free to share, either by posting a comment or by <a href=\"mailto:jetwit@jetwit.com\">sending an email to JetWit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found out about an interesting travel website called aitai Japan (translation:\u00a0 &#8220;I want to meet&#8221; 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