http://www.sagajet.com Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:48:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.sagajet.com/easing-into-the-new-school-year http://www.sagajet.com/easing-into-the-new-school-year#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:01:13 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/announcements/easing-into-the-new-school-year/ Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/easing-into-the-new-school-year/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/a-practical-guide-to-miso http://www.sagajet.com/a-practical-guide-to-miso#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:15:11 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/?p=388 Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/a-practical-guide-to-miso/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/ski-snowboarding-trips http://www.sagajet.com/ski-snowboarding-trips#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:03:57 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/?p=368 Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/ski-snowboarding-trips/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/your-self-introduction-lesson-where-to-start http://www.sagajet.com/your-self-introduction-lesson-where-to-start#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:58:22 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/resources/your-self-introduction-lesson-where-to-start/ Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/your-self-introduction-lesson-where-to-start/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/typhoons-are-you-ready http://www.sagajet.com/typhoons-are-you-ready#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:46:42 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/announcements/typhoons-are-you-ready/ Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/typhoons-are-you-ready/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/mikaeri-waterfall-bonus-festival http://www.sagajet.com/mikaeri-waterfall-bonus-festival#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:06:04 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/?p=231 Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/mikaeri-waterfall-bonus-festival/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/what-to-wear-to-work http://www.sagajet.com/what-to-wear-to-work#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:05:21 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/announcements/what-to-wear-to-work/ Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/what-to-wear-to-work/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/how-to-survive-summer-fatigue http://www.sagajet.com/how-to-survive-summer-fatigue#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:19:09 +0000 Jesse http://www.sagajet.com/announcements/how-to-survive-summer-fatigue/ this article from the Japan times on how to deal with the muggy Japanese summer. We've reprinted a copy here on the site in case the original link breaks. Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/how-to-survive-summer-fatigue/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/karatsu-kunchi-2 http://www.sagajet.com/karatsu-kunchi-2#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:12:23 +0000 Seb Collet http://www.sagajet.com/?p=117 Karatsu Kunchi is easily one of the best festivals in Saga-ken, maybe even in the world. Well, I can't really support that, but suffice it to say that I like it. There is a feeling of excitement that emanates from every karatsu-jin in the last few weeks of October. Since the dying embers of summer they have been practicing the flute or the drum in the streets of the old center every night. They have been counting down day by day to the most important day of their year. They have plenty of beer, shochu and sake stored away so that they will not run out in this time of great need. They have prepared huge feasts, enough to feed their extended family five times over. They have been dreamily remembering the excesses of the year before. They have thinking about Karatsu Kunchi! Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/karatsu-kunchi-2/feed 0 http://www.sagajet.com/when-the-man-comes-around http://www.sagajet.com/when-the-man-comes-around#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:45:24 +0000 Joseph Tris http://www.sagajet.com/?p=114 Generally speaking, most foreigners are treated pretty well in Japan. Sometimes shamefully well. However, legally the Japanese police can engage in behavior towards foreigners that would qualify as discrimination in most other democracies. This happens more frequently in some places than in others. I’m told that the Tokyo police, under the instruction and tutelage of the ultra-nationalist governor Ishihara, can be particularly difficult to deal with, routinely stopping foreigners on their way to work for a "random" I.D. check. In Kyushu, this behavior seems to be less pronounced, though in recent months two Saga ALTs (possibly more?) have been stopped for no reason other than their obvious non-Japanese ancestry. In both cases, the police were polite and the whole episode lasted less than five minutes, just enough time to check the ALT’s gaijin card before diving into the topic of Chicago’s two baseball teams. A minor inconvenience really. Continue reading →]]> http://www.sagajet.com/when-the-man-comes-around/feed 2