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Jason's Adventures in rural Japan
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On Tuesday, May 26, 2009 I hit 2,000 subscribers!! Woo-hoo. :D You guys are the best!

You can follow along with my last few months in Japan over at Twitter (I finally joined):
http://twitter.com/TaishaJason

I've been posting to YT since October of 2006 and I really enjoy making vlogs and talking about living in Japan.

I have a 2nd channel, used mainly for responses and random thoughts:
TaishaJason
http://www.youtube.com/tais...
so stop by sometime and check it out.

I now have a 3rd channel dedicated to all my Sumo videos. JasonsinJapan
http://www.youtube.com/user...
The 117 sumo vlogs already on this channel will stay on this channel.

Thanks for watching!

Please feel free to ask a question about JET or living in Japan, but please peruse my playlists first - I might have already vlogged about the topic of your inquiry.

JET Programme info:
http://www.jetprogramme.org
Name: Jason
Age: 40
I live in rural Japan, where I teach at two public Jr High schools as part of the JET Programme.
City: Taisha, Shimane ken, Japan
Hometown: San Diego, USA
Country: Japan
Website: http://www.jasoninjapan.blogspot.com
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Playlists
Becoming an ALT - JET Program Vlogs
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Vlogs about coming to Japan as part of the JET Programme, made by a current ALT in rural Japan.
JET Vlog supplements
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Vlogs I made while making my initial series in 2008 about coming to Japan as part of the JET program.
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Vlogs about my life in rural Shimane prefecture, not always directly related to teaching or the JET Programme.
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Channel Comments (335)
supercross1985 (16 hours ago)
Just found your channel,and its 01:10 in the morning,saw the Kendo video on my recommendations,will view more of your channel tomorrow,off to bed for me,nemui!
Dawe mata.
42317 (3 days ago)
Happy Birthday!
Sorry I forgot yesterday.
sach3 (3 days ago)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
jamiespilsbury (5 days ago)
Hello there Jamie is the name and Peace and Love is my game I watch some of your videos the one I like is when you went to The John Lennon Museum.
tengyang2001 (6 days ago)
Hey Jason. Out of curiosity, whenever you invite friends out in Japan (who are Japanese) to restaurants or entertainment centers, do you have to "treat" them? Or do you split the bill equally? Or do you just pay for your own stuff individually. How does it work? And also, does this applies to dates as well? And when you go over to somebody's house, do you have to bring something over (like food or gifts)? What's the "accepted" way to show that you are polite? I'm asking this just in case one's generous tendencies might be construed as condescending. Thanks.
OhKyo (1 week ago)
I was just wondering how much Japanese did you know when you first arrived? (percentage wise) and how well do you think you know it now?
pfnyhan (1 week ago)
Have been a viewer of your vids for awhile! Hope to see you able to get back to Japan soon. Have a safe trip back to the states!
halocrazy5k (1 week ago)
Just watched your newest video.
Have a safe trip back to america!
Don't forget about all your fans here also lol.
-halocrazy5k
halocrazy5k (1 week ago)
Great videos!
I plan on signing up for the JET Program one day as well.
Good luck in your video makeing,I'll be looking forward to more.
-halocrazy5k
Cronaldo02 (1 week ago)
yeo. u know about micheal jacksons death right? just informing you if you have not watched the top films today or yesterday
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