The Hokkaido Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
5 days ago
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When was the last time you went to see a play?
The HAJET musical is back and better than before with a whole new cast! This time, There are 3 performances planned around Hokkaido.
May 25: Imakane Elementary School, Imakane at 17:00
June 1: Rainbow Hall, Tokachi Plaza, Obihiro at 17:00
June 15: Epoa Hall, Ebetsu at 13:00 and 17:00
The Players are still looking for some volunteers to help promote the show, provide accommodations, and work reception or manning cameras. If you think you can help out, please contact hokkaidoplayers2013@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!
Irked by Kirk
1 week ago
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Owen Wade, a former jet has asked us to help promote his zany new book called Irked by Kirk! It’s a collection of more than 100 letters and responses written to huge corporations and famous people alike. Have you ever wanted to know what the CEO of Honda thinks of human cannonballs? How about Kobayashi Air Fresheners response to new scents like “Recycled Lard”? Of course you do! Check out a preview of his book on Amazon Japan. If you like what you see, please help advertise by buying the book through Kickstarter!
Open HAJET Positions
Greetings everyone!
In case you haven’t heard, the elected PC has been completely filled. Congratulations to our new Vice President Rosalind Corner, PC Coordinator David Claridge, and Treasurer Anna Cocchiarella! The new Project Outreach Coordinator Sarah Taylor has also been appointed!
That brings us to the last of our nominations for 2013. There are still 4 positions to be filled: Non-Jet Representative, Public Relations Coordinator, Head Translator, and Website Coordinator. If you are interested in any of these positions please send an email to our Elections Coordinator, Milly Cheung at elections@hajet.org. The HAJET PC will evaluate your application and get back to you as soon as possible!
- Non-Jet Representative – The Independent Rep acts as the voice for non-JET ALT members of HAJET and while encouraging new non-JET ALT`s to join HAJET.
- Public Relations Coordinator – The PR Coordinator helps disseminate information about HAJET events to the HAJET community as well as local Japanese communities, member BOE`s and other local media outlets.
- Head Translator – The Head Translator is responsible for translating HAJET documents to and from Japanese. Prior translation experience and JLPT certification is a plus but not required.
- Website Coordinator – The Website Coordinator is responsible for all things related to hajet.org: making news posts, uploading Polestars, moderating the forums, managing email accounts, and maintaining all the HAJET websites. We are looking for someone with website design experience and an attention to detail.
Spring JET Welcome Dinner
1 month ago
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Come give the April JETs a big Hokkaido-style welcome with HAJET!
We will meet at 10am outside the West gates at Sapporo Station. After giving everyone a chance to drop off their bags, we will give the newbies a world-wind tour of our favourite places in downtown Sapporo: the station Susukino, Ramen Alley, Tanuki-Koji and more!
In the afternoon, we will make our way to Maruyama park to check out the Cherry Blossoms! For those who are feeling up to it, we will lead a hike up to the top of Maruyama. After Maruyama, we will head to Lungo’s Carnival for dinner.
Here’s a rough timeline of the day. Feel free to join us all day or just pop-in to say hi!
10:00: Meet at Sapporo Station West Gates
10:30: Bag drop off
11:30: Walking tour
13:00: Station Free time
14:30: Head to Maruyama Koen
18:00 Dinner at Lungo’s Carnival
If you plan on coming to dinner, PLEASE confirm your attendance on facebook by April 16th so that we can make a reservation at the restaurant.
Uryu Easter Egg Hunt Event
Hello everyone! Today we are promoting an Easter Egg Hunt in Uryu on Saturday, May 18th. If you think you can help out, please join the Facebook event below!
https://www.facebook.com/events/429344773827273
I officially and cordially invite you all out to my sleepy little town to participate in my first big event, the notorious/fabulous Uryu Easter Egg Hunt.
If you can volunteer for several hours, on Saturday, May 18th, I would be incredibly grateful, as would the small, adorable children of Uryu.
From 11 am to 12:00 will be the prep work, such as stuffing eggs with candy, preparing basket-making materials, hiding the eggs in the park, etc.
At 12:00 we will have a lunch or snack break.
At 1 pm the little ones will arrive, us ALTs will assist with basket making, I will give a short presentation on Easter, introduce the ALTs, explain the egg hunt rules, do the actual egg hunt itself (which will take place in a park), open all the eggs and special prizes, have egg dyeing, and all the little ones should be on their way by 3 pm!
I plan on having an after-party/early dinner after the clean-up, and if anyone needs a place to stay for the night, my tiny house has a few nooks and crannies to fit at least five or six people for the night. I have a few sleeping bags, so let me know if you need one. And you can always sleep in the bathtub or genkan if you’re desperate.
Please invite other ALTs if I’ve forgotten anyone on my list! I hope you can make it, and please don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions.
EASTER EGG HUNT!!! Should be awesome!