...the blog was a formless void.
Konichiwa everyone!
Here begins the first post of what will (hopefully) be a meticulously edited and updated blog about my adventures as an English teacher (and foreigner in general) in Japan. I'm not actually in Japan yet (T-minus 5 days to arrival!), and this set-up post is just to outline some general information about me, my new job, and how the blog will work.
First off- the general info. I will be teaching in the Niigata prefecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture)(Here I confess some basic computer ignorance- I can't get links to work in this blog for some reason. I will paste the URL of relevant websites into the text for now. With any luck I'll have hyperlinks working soonish.), in the small village of Arakawa-machi.
Arakawa-machi has about 11,000 people, lies on a fertile plain, and is bisected by railroad tracks (ringing any bells, Newton readers?). It is a short distance from the ocean, mountains, and prefectural capital of Niigata-shi. The main industry in the area is agriculture, and the region is famous for its excellent beef, salmon, and rice (and therefore, sake).
I will be boarding the plane for Tokyo on Saturday at 7:45a.m., and arriving 15 hours later in Narita International Airport. I'll probably post from the orientation hotel, and then there will probably silence/sporadic updates for a few weeks while I get internet up and running in my apartment.
Finally (thanks for baring with me), I welcome everyone's comments and communications- you can post on the blog, or my email address is jesswrem@gmail.com. I'll be happy to respond to any personal letters anyone wants to send my way.
About Me
- Jessu
- Former English teacher in Japan, Occupational Therapist, and very amateur botany enthusiast.
8 comments:
In order to send you mail, we need your address! Do you know it yet?
-Allison
Regrettably, I do not. I asked my prefectural contact about it by email today, so hopefully I'll have that soon...
awww little Jess is all grown up
Safe travels. I'm very, very jealous. Can't wait to see pics.
Just fyi, at Mokas they have a little sign that says "Remember Jess? Well, he's going to Japan. blah blah blah url blah blah. So there is a chance some random coffee deprived regular will show up here and start threatening your life if you don't get them their double skinny latte with extra foam. Or whatever the hell you made for people. Anyways, safe travels!
crap, I forgot to end the quotation, there should be another '"' after the last blah. Obviously I fail, and can't figure out how to edit my own farking comments.
I would be more worried- except I think that they raised the rates for sending bombs overseas recently. I doubt any of the regulars wants to go to all that trouble.
You should be there by now, SAY SOMETHING !
/paw
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