Chelsea is from Guam. Elayna is from Michigan. In 2009, they both moved to Japan with the JET Programme to teach English in Ehime Prefecture. While there, they traveled the 900-mile pilgrimage route in Shikoku visiting 88 temples in 15 days. With so many stories from the trip, they began looking for a way to combine their talents (Elayna illustrates; Chelsea writes) to tell these stories. Using Kickstarter, they successfully funded their project and returned to Shikoku to travel the pilgrimage route once more — this time creating illustrated hand-bound books, postcards, bracelets and more for the 270 donors that made their trip possible.
On Wed., Jan. 29, Chelsea Reidy and Elayna Snyder of bigricefield.com will make a TED Talks-style presentation at Georgetown University (register today!) telling their story — from their time on JET through their book project, crowdfunding, and the relationships they built along the way. Until then, Chelsea and Elayna have shared some pictures from their journey…
This is just a few of the thousands of images from their pilgrimage! Join us on Wed., Jan. 29 at Georgetown University to learn more about the Temple by Temple book project. The event is free.
JET Talks is a speaker series modeled after TED Talks that will feature dynamic and interesting individuals to inspire innovative ideas and conversation on Japan within the DC community.
JET Talks: Temple by Temple Sneak Peek | JETwit.com
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Presentation at Georgetown University | Temple by Temple
[…] We’ll be giving a presentation about our book project this Wednesday, January 29th, 2014. at Georgetown University (Car Barn room 202, 3520 Prospect Street NW Washington, DC). For more information check out the JETAADC site. […]