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Sachiko Tsunoda-Bedford comes from Yatsushiro city, Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan. In July 2013, she married Ryan Giralt Bedford, who worked as an English teacher on the JET Program for 3 years in her hometown, and made the move to … Continued
We’ve broken down JET Alums Chelsea Reidy and Elayna Snyder’s Temple by Temple Project by the numbers. Join us next Wed., Jan. 29, 7pm at Georgetown University for a TED Talks-style presentation (register today!) where Chelsea and Elayna will bring the … Continued
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 … Continued
We are pleased to present our next JET Talks event, featuring former JETs Chelsea Reidy and Elayna Snyder who will discuss their successful illustrated book project“Temple by Temple” and their pilgrimage route around Shikoku. The talk will take place in the evening … Continued
In this episode, I speak with Stacy Smith about the joys and challenges of working as a professional Japanese translator and interpreter. Stacy worked as a Coordinator of International Relations (CIR) in Kumamoto-ken before eventually returning to the United States … Continued