Episode 12: Interview with Bahia Simons-Lane (Numata-shi, Gunma, 2005-2007)
Posted by Bahia Simons-Lane
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I was a JET in Gunma Prefecture from 2005-2007. I taught at an all girls’ high school and then after JET worked at the prefectural board of education for one year.
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By Ryan Hata
My name is Ryan Hata and I was an ALT on JET from 2014-2017 in Tottori-ken teaching at Aoya High School. As a fourth-generation Japanese American (father’s side) and fifth-generation Chinese American (mother’s side) born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, my heritage mainly consisted of food and celebrating larger events related to my ethnic cultures. For example, I ...
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture from 2005-2006.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
I had done a high school exchange program in Chiba Prefecture, and then studied abroad at ICU in Tokyo during my junior year of college, so I knew Japan and the Kanto Region well. I definitely wanted ...
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
2016-2017, I was in Ibaraki-ken, in Toride, the bottom/back heel of the Ibaraki pig.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
I had a desire to experience Japan, not as a visitor, because my brother had been living there for about four years at the time. Having ...
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I lived on the coast of the Sea of Japan in Sakata City in Yamagata Prefecture from 2017-2020.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
I feel like this is a long story. I got my BA in Japanese at the University of Mount Union, and the JET Program ...
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
Nishiaizu, Fukushima Prefecture. 2005-2008.
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I stayed in Miyagi Prefecture (Tohoku/Northeast region) in the town of Karakuwa, located on a peninsula on the outskirts of Kesennuma City, from 8/2009 to 8/2011.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
During my time at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) I started taking classes on East Asian history, ...
Mombusho English Fellow (MEF) Program Reunion (MEF is the predecessor of JET) March 19-20, 2022. Richard Mei (MEF, Tokushima-ken, 1981-1982) became the U.S. Consul-General in Osaka last summer and he’d like to host this at the Consul-General residence. Interested? Contact Tim Cook (MEF, Yamaguchi-ken, 1981-1983); professor of English, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken at 
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