Category: JET Program
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Help, I got accepted on JET and my spouse or partner didn’t!
This pops up as a comment on JET forums and facebook posts several times a year. I will try to put down as many comments as I have seen, and keep it updated when I hear some more useful advice. Firstly, for the married couples, the visa is easy, the spouse just gets a dependant…
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If on the JET Program a great place to find used goods is on the Facebook Japan Garage Sale Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/JapanGarageSaleEverythingElse/ This facebook group is the home of a plethora of English speaking folks who all live in various parts of Japan and who’d love to sell their used goods to you. People from all over the world live in Japan, and they bring a lot of things with them that they later realize they…
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On my way to #JetProgram Orientation in #Tokyo, then bound for #Kyoto
I am exhausted. I thought last time we made this world-trek I was exhausted, and it was just my husband and I. This time we had to pack up an entire house and 2 kids. I need to sleeep. About to get on the first flight of the trip. See you on the time-zone flip…
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Just found out my placement for the #JETProgram … but I can’t tell yet!! #excited
I am SO excited!! I just found out where I will be placed in Kyoto prefecture (we have been waiting almost 2 months now) and I am SOOO happy! I can’t say yet, I signed a form saying I wouldn’t until I was officially contacted… but I CAN say I am super GEEKED out right…
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JET Program Parents … beware, Keio Plaza Daycare is super expensive!!
JET Program Parents … beware, what they say is true about Keio Plaza Daycare!! I just got my quote to have my kids watched at Tokyo Orientation, and it will cost 4100円 PER hour PER kid!! That is over $1000 for 2 days!! I can’t afford that! So, if you are a parent, in the…
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Kyoto Bound
Well, actually I just know so far that I will be in Kyoto Prefecture. I have no clue where in the prefecture I will be. I could be down in the city, or up in the mountains, or out by the sea. All I know is that we got our first choice again, and I…