Here, let me show you:
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| Here you can see all of Japan. The "A" Marker is my town. |
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| Then we zoom in to the Osaka/Nagoya area. As a prefecture, Mie snakes down the coast. |
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| Here we get a little closer. Owase is the next biggest town just over the mountain to the South. Aiga is the name of my train station. The actual town is called Miyama. |
And here it is! The striped black/white line is the train. There is one convenience store in town.
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| It looks as if I will be living in paradise. This photo was taken from a mountain in the bottom left corner of the photo just above. |
I have briefly made contact with my predecessor, so more details will come later! I know for a fact that I will be teaching at Junior High and Elementary schools, and by looking at maps, I suspect that I have 2 Junior High Schools and 5 Elementary Schools. This may sound like a lot, but I suspect that the elementary schools probably have no more than 30 kids each, and I can't see the JHS's having any more than 150 each.
It's also looking like I won't be needing a car, which is awesome! As far as travel, I am ~5 hours from Tokyo by train, ~4 hours from both Osaka and Nagoya, and ~2 hours from Tsu/Ise (some of the bigger cities in Mie to the north). One other JET from SF is going to Mie with me, and he/she will be going to the town of Kumano (a 45 min train ride south of Miyama). I will be meeting this person on Sunday, and I suspect that we will become good friends!
Six weeks from today, THIS is where I will be living! Life is way too good right now!
Stay tuned for more updates!
Jordan
