Rumination - Leaving Japan with no regrets

It was a gorgeous day on Monday the 30th, so some fellow YouTubers came over from nearby Matsue and we walked around IzumoTaisha shrine and then went up the coast to Hinomisaki before heading over to Izumo to see "Watchmen."

While Mike and Kim were climbing up the lighthouse, I decided to pull out the camera and reflect a little on my time spent here and how I will try to spend the next four months enjoying my time left in Japan and not dwell on any regrets I may have.

Thanks for watching, and I should have some more DVD/movie vlogs up later this week.

Peace,
Jason

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[fredxfredxariana]

hey um im a 10th grader and ive always wanted to knoe how to become a JET. ive been interested in japan for a really long time and ive decided that i wanted to teach in japan when i grow up.

[TaishaJason]

@fredxfredxariana cool! Check out my main channel - Myargonauts - for lots of videos about becoming a JET - check out the playlists

[LookinSpify]

Jet allows 5 maximum years for foreigner to stay in Japan? someone reply 2 my question

[TaishaJason]

@LookinSpify yes - the rule changed somewhat in 2007 and now the maximum for most JETs is 5 years.

[animeguy587]

hey im going to be a canadian exchange student to japan um did you run into any exchange students

[TaishaJason]

yep - most of the local high schools have one exch student each year.  Nice kids usually.

[drhikarisan]

That would be hard to stand there and look out at that horizon and think about leaving.........

[featheril]

wow! that's great! you do seem to have a knack to teach english. Wish you the best of luck! Ganbatte ne =)

[bluepome]

You're really cool, hope everything went alright. Ganbatte ;)))

[animeguy587]

YAY cuz i cant wait to be in hapan its gonna be awsome lol

[BlanFan2O]

you answered it alright thanks!

[TaishaJason]

I''m not sure I understand your question...

Once you're here in Japan, you can choose to stay a 2nd year, a 3rd year etc. up to 5 years.

If you leave after the end of your first year, you can reapply to JET after a wait of 5 years, but you wouldn't necessarily get the same school/town.