JET Programme Voices / My Gunma neighbors
My name is Nikkita Kent. After visiting Japan in 2016, I resolved to return by any means possible. Less than a year later, I packed up my house in America and exchanged the beaches of Florida for the ...
JET Programme Voices
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Learning to be a Lady
I’m Colin Gamm, a third-year ALT in Ena, Gifu Prefecture. I teach at five elementary and junior high schools. I’m from Portland, Ore., in the United States, but have also lived in China and Nepal...
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JET Programme Voices / Once upon a pumpkin patch
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JET Programme Voices / ‘Off the edge’ island ideal to discover Japan
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JET Programme Voices / Becoming the African taiko player
My name is Wisani Shibambu. I am an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) on the JET Programme, working for the Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education. I come from Johannesburg, South Africa, and have be...
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JET Programme Voices / Akiota's four seasons
My name is Scarlet Prentice. I am a native of the commuter belt of London in the United Kingdom, and I began my second year on the JET Programme this past August as an Assistant Language Teacher for...
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JET Programme Voices / You meet the nicest people on a scooter
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JET Programme Voices / Multicultural symbiosis
My name is Amy Lin. I was born and raised in Taiwan, and I immigrated to the United States in 2005. I came to Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme and was placed in Yokkaichi C...
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JET Programme Voices / Ishigaki Island’s Gift
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JET Programme Voices / Friends in high places
Hi! I’m Nicholas Colaccino. I’m a 5th-year JET living in Otsu. I was born and raised in the U.S. state of Michigan. I was a junior high school ALT for 3 years in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture. Now, I...
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JET Programme Voices / Power of sports
My name is Laura Bowker and I’m an Assistant Language Teacher on the Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme working for the Akiota-cho Board of Education, Hiroshima Prefecture. Originally fr...
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JET Programme Voices / Seeing with new eyes
My name is Chris Covington and I am a third-year assistant language teacher (ALT) for the Board of Education in Nabari, Mie Prefecture. I am originally from North Carolina in the United States and mov...
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JET Programme Voices / I found myself in Japan’s countryside