We are dedicated to maintaining the most comprehensive and current online Japan and JET links section. Below you will find extensive links to many aspects of JET life and life in Japan. If you feel that there is a website not listed that is relevant to foreign residents of Japan or the JET community then please pass on details using the form at the bottom of the page.
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| WikiJET |
- Wikipedia-like editable website for JET. Teaching materials, local information and JET events. |
| The JET Files |
- Extremely well designed website and a great angle on the JET experience of one ALT, worth a regular visit |
| AvoidingLife.com |
- Fantastic Site. Captures JET through a video blog from Aomori Ken with lots of pictures and links to other Aomori bloggers. |
| Sensei and Sensibility |
- Insightful dairy of a JET in Ikuno, Hyogo prefecture |
| Spicy Gyoza |
- Fun and alternative dairy of a JET in Fukushima |
| JetAnunki.com |
- Online Journal of an ALT in rural Japan, interesting witty and thoughtful |
| Hakumei |
- Story of a Nagoya JET, bringin' the English to JHS kids |
| My Niigata Com |
- Clean and attractive design, includes a lot of useful content and even has an i-mode service |
| JET Interface |
- Diary of a female JET in Shiga beginning with her first impressions of Japan |
| ESID.com |
- 'Everybody's Situation is Different'. This is an alternative and amusing look at the quirks of life in Japan and on the JET Programme through a series of cartoon strips, well worth a visit. |
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- A website ring/list of JET websites |
| Chopsticks OK! |
- Yes I Can Use Chopsticks is a BLOG of a Fukushima-ken highschool JET |
| I Think i'm lost |
- A friendly community site for new jets coming in to chat about the rigours of the application process and the joys of the acceptence and the panic of the wait. |
| Cavegirl's Big Adventure |
- The story of The Cavegirl (JET) and her (non-JET) Caveman living in Japan. Load of photos, Students' Words of Wisdom and much more! |
| Aaron Ackerson's Blog |
- The blog of a Junior High ALT in Osaka prefecture |
| Mike in Japan |
- Mike in Japan.com Life of a rural jet |
| The Funky Drummer |
- Photos + Stories about life in rural Japan- from fishing in swimming pools to snowboarding sushi style. Updated Weekly |
| Englishman in Nyu-gun |
- The life of a senior high school JET in a little town called Asahi, Fukui ken. |
| WHAT-WHAT! |
- Life and times of a Hyogo JET in words and pictures. |
| Foreigner Perspective |
- A constantly updated photo-journal of life as an elementary school ALT in Gifu prefecture. |
| 45 Degrees North |
- Tales of a Hokkaido JET - Odd thoughts on Hokkaido rural life from a socially disturbed American JET. |
| Mboogiedown: Japan |
- Gaijin Girl discovers Japanland! The adventures of an American JET (in words and pictures) stranded between nowhere and somewhere, Gifu, Japan |
| ShimaneStars |
- A blog on the life and tales of a new ALT in the mountains and inaka of Shimane prefecture, Japan |
| Scott and Vicky in Japan |
- Two engaged JETs share their adventure |
| Traveler.la |
- A good intro to the JET program and the application process |
| Blog of Jumex |
- The life and times of a long-term ALT living in rural Japan. |
| JetBlag Weblogs |
- FREE Blogs at JetBlag.com for the JET Programme participants community |
| Jason in Japan |
- JET in Kumamoto, Kyushu on being an ALT, living in Japan, etc. |
| SUGAR DISASTER |
- Imagine mounds of raw shabu, sakura & satsuma wrapped in a fresh cut of charred shake, girdled in nori oozing shochu taunting your drunk yakuza friend Kai during Yamakasa. Nutty but nice website! |
| The Greatest Pip |
- Future Aichi JET. Current Nagoya University of Foreign Studies exchange student. Photos, videos, and sotries of general silliness. |
| Erin in the Land of Wa |
- A Japanese/Irish Canadian girl pays a visit to the motherland. Reggae Hairstyle Rock n' Roll. |
| Josh in Japan |
- Josh's JET adventure in rural Kumamoto-Ken |
| Erica in Japan |
- A Canadian JET in Nagano shares her experiences and photos of life and work in Japan and travels through Asia |