Emery's posts Emery on 20 Dec 2011
I’ve been talking about posting the pictures from my trip to Koya-San for a while now, and now that I have some down-time I’m finally going to do it! While Thanksgiving didn’t really happen for me this year, I did take the opportunity to go with many of my fellow JETs to Mt. Koya in [...]
Emery's posts Emery on 15 Dec 2011
Japan doesn’t really do Christmas the same way the rest of the world does. In many ways, Christmas in Japan is kind of like Valentine’s Day in the states. Generally, kids get lots of candy and maybe some small presents (though, not everyone does this) and the family might gather to share a Christmas Cake. [...]
Emery's posts Emery on 21 Nov 2011
So, I guess catching up is on hold. Today, I’m going to talk a little about community involvement instead. When I signed up for JET, I think I had this image of moving to a small Japanese town and becoming immersed in the culture and daily life of the place by virtue of the circumstances. [...]
Emery's posts Emery on 23 Oct 2011
Shocking, isn’t it? For a country as advanced as Japan, you’d think it’d take less than two and a half months (closer to three, really) to get a home internet connection sorted out. You’d be wrong. About a month after I arrived in my new home town we were hit by a major Typhoon (Typhoon [...]
Emery's posts Emery on 18 Jun 2011
For those of you who read this blog (people read this blog?), you are no doubt aware that nothing has happened here for many moons. I’ve been living a nice, stable life in DC without much interesting to blog about, and so this website has been simply wasting away for wont of attention. But wait! [...]
