Community Spotlight5 Nov
Whitney is a former Hyogo JET of 3 years, who spent her time on JET writing a cookbook for the community. Whitney’s cookbook, A Taste of Home: From our Kitchens . . .
Community Spotlight
Every month in Connect magazine, we feature members of the community who are doing things that are neat and noteworthy. Whether it’s creating something interesting or making a difference in the community, we want to give you a space to say, “Hey, this person is pretty cool.” After all, Connect is your community magazine! If you know someone you’d like to Spotlight in the pages of Connect, get in touch with us here.
Community Spotlight Articles
Community Spotlight5 Nov
Mac McCreary is a 3rd-year American JET from Loveland, Colorado, teaching in Mito city, Ibaraki. Since arriving, he has had a JET career to be modeled. Halfway into his first . . .
Community Spotlight5 Nov
Far removed from his home in Nagoya, Louie Miura has been living in Shimane Prefecture since graduating from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. While he was academically interested in . . .
Community Spotlight5 Nov
Meet Kayla Potter, Block 8’s favorite American taishogoto player! Originally from Ohio, and now a third-year ALT teaching in Aki city, Kochi, Kayla has been playing the taishogoto for two . . .
Community Spotlight5 Nov
Between making pottery, playing soccer in the prefectural league, and volunteering on an organic farm through World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF), Jason Shon was a busy man on . . .
Community Spotlight5 Nov
Meet Don Cortez! Originally from Detroit, Michigan, he moved to Japan four and a half years ago to improve his Japanese, and deepen his understanding of Japanese culture. He’s currently . . .
Community Spotlight5 Nov
Albert David is a 5th-year American JET from Southern California. Over his five years, he has taught at four senior high schools in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki, and served as a Prefectural . . .
Community Spotlight5 Oct
Tim Nguyen, a 2nd-year Kobe ALT, is a visual artist who joined JET with an interest in eventually pursuing a creative career in gaming and animation in Japan. Besides spending . . .
Community Spotlight5 Sep
Before starting her tenure on Shodoshima, Kagawa’s “Olive Island,” in the Seto Inland Sea, Eryn was an English major in New York City. She now publishes her own column in . . .
Community Spotlight7 May
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The latest issue of CONNECT is out now! This month you can read up on some advice for getting into the home podcasting profession, learn tips and tricks about the struggles (and positives too!) of shopping for bras as a foreigner living in Japan, read about what it’s like being an Olympic ambassador, discover reasons to explore rural Japan, and much more! Sadly, May will be CONNECT’s last normal issue of the year, as we prepare for a staff shift. But don’t go too far! Next month come back to make sure to enjoy our 2021 Art Issue and then join us for a yearly recap and see what were all of our favorite articles of the year. As always, thanks for reading!