Hokkaido Life
The articles below are provided to give some insight into the various challenges of daily life that you may encounter while living in Hokkaido. Some of them have been written by fellow Hokkaido JETs, while others have been collected from the Newcomer’s Manual and the Polestar. We hope this information will be of use to you during your time here.
Here are the 2008 updated documents! (All are in PDF format.)
- Appliances in Japan
- Buying a Computer in Japan
- Festivals
- Martial Arts
- Plumbing
- Staying in Japan to work after your Visa expires
- Studying Japanese
- Buying Foreign Food In Hokkaido
- Housekeeping
- Onsens
- Country Life
- Visiting the Dentist
- Outdoor Adventures
- Buying A Used Car
NOTE: We are still currently in the process of revising the rest of the following documents, so stay tuned.