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annie
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living in Japan?

Postby annie » December 12th, 2006 6:48 am

I'm curious to know who is in Japan and what you're doing here.

I'm about 45 minutes from Nagano city on the local trains, less than 15 minutes on the shinkansen. Just moved here in September from Funabashi, Chiba. I'm an Assistant English Teacher、but not a JET.
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Re: living in Japan?

Postby Bueller_007 » December 12th, 2006 7:54 am

annie wrote:I'm curious to know who is in Japan and what you're doing here.

I'm about 45 minutes from Nagano city on the local trains, less than 15 minutes on the shinkansen. Just moved here in September from Funabashi, Chiba. I'm an Assistant English Teacher、but not a JET.

I'm also an AET at a high school in Sakai, in southern Osaka.
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Postby seanolan » December 13th, 2006 2:02 am

Shirakawa, Fukushima, about 1.5 hours north of Tokyo by Shinkansen, JET ALT of 1.5 years, planning at least 1.5 more years being in Japan.

Then I conquer the world. Mwah-ha-ha.

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Postby annie » December 14th, 2006 3:09 am

I'm also an AET at a high school in Sakai, in southern Osaka.

I would love to live in Osaka. Nagano is a bit too rural for me.
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Postby Bueller_007 » December 14th, 2006 3:22 am

annie wrote:
I'm also an AET at a high school in Sakai, in southern Osaka.

I would love to live in Osaka. Nagano is a bit too rural for me.

Osaka's where it's at. One of the few cities in Japan that has a lot of character.

Ugly as sin though.
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Postby annie » December 14th, 2006 7:26 am

Ugly as sin though.

true enough. but if you want beauty, kyoto is a short ride away.

are you working as a JET, through a dispatch company, or a private hire?
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Postby Bueller_007 » December 14th, 2006 9:14 am

annie wrote:
Ugly as sin though.

true enough. but if you want beauty, kyoto is a short ride away.

are you working as a JET, through a dispatch company, or a private hire?

Dispatch.

Private hires are quite rare around these parts, I think.
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Postby ssocko123 » February 8th, 2007 8:36 am

Hello JapanesePod101.

I am an automotive engineer from the States. My wife is a nurse from Japan. We live in Yokohama.
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Postby laughinghyena21 » February 9th, 2007 1:53 am

ssocko123 wrote:Hello JapanesePod101.

I am an automotive engineer from the States. My wife is a nurse from Japan. We live in Yokohama.


welcome
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My turn!

Postby JonB » February 9th, 2007 2:14 am

I am a Systems Devlopment manager for a foreign investment firm. I've been here for almost 6 years but living in Tokyo my Japanese is not nearly as good as it should be! :oops:

JonB
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