Veteran Yamaguchi JETs would like to welcome the 2011 Yamaballers!
We hope you are excited about coming to Japan! Being a JET really is a great experience, and we believe that you are lucky to be placed with us here in Yamaguchi, "possibly the most beautiful prefecture in Japan" (Japan Rough Guide, 1998). Your experience will be life changing, full of adventure and learning, and many times the surreal. Yamaguchi has a relatively small community of JETs (around 60) spread all across the ken, from single JETs living in the rice paddies to small JET communities in the larger towns. Wherever you are placed, your life in Japan will be very different from your life in your home country, but if you properly prepare yourself for your new experiences (both good and bad), your time in Japan will start out on the right foot. Every Yamaguchi JET has a different experience of ken life, but we have all faced some of the same questions before coming to Japan. This website tries to answer some of those questions and so covers the gambit of information that you should keep in mind when moving to Yamaguchi. If you don't find what you want on this website, have a look around the rest of the site, browse our links section, ask your predecessor or email us at: ajet [d o t] yamaguchi [a t] gmail [d o t] com Content Japanese Language and Communication Money/Budget Living Environment Work Japanese Education System Driving in Yamaguchi Travelling In and Out of Japan What to Bring Food Computing in Japan Other Helpful Advice Orientation Advice from Former JETs
