Saga Newspaper looking for JETs to talk about House Parties
Reporters working at Saga Newspaper are looking for 5-6 Saga JETs to talk about house parties, or “ho-mu pa-ti-” in Japanese, for an article to run in a special Chirstmas Issue of “Fit”, a health and living insert included with the Saga Newspaper on the first and third Fridays of every month.
House parties are somewhat uncommon in Japan–people usually go out with friends, rather than inviting them to their homes. However, the trend is beginning to catch on. In the Christmas Issue of “Fit”, the reporters at the Saga Newspaper are looking for people from several different countries/cultures to talk about how they would throw a house party (for example, a Christmas party).
Now, we’re all pretty young, so I don’t expect we’re throwing house parties for all the gals in our sewing circles and bridge clubs, but you can even just talk about what your parents always did when they invited guests over for a party. For example, “we always had crackers and cheese at our house parties. I was always sent to bed, but I could never fall asleep, so sometimes I would go and interrupt the party and everyone was drunk!” etc, etc.
Anyone interested in talking about house parties in their culture should contact Edward Crandall at the Saga Newspaper. He’s not writing the article personally, but he’ll handle all the translation for the interviews and stuff. Participants will be given a short interview, and will have a profile picture put in the newspaper.
Getting in the newspaper is a great way to get to know people! And not just old people, either–some woman in their mid-20s recognized me from my breif Saga Newspaper debut the other day, it was cool!
The editors are hoping to have the article done by the end of this month, so contact Ed Crandall at the following email address ASAP! They’re looking for about 5-6 people, and once they’ve secured those people it’s over (also note that I’m not doing the USA point-of-view, so that’s definitely open for those US JETs interested).
Edward Crandall
ecrandall@gmail.com
0952-28-2128 (note that there’s a good chance a Japanese person will answer the phone)