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Category Archives: Community

December Events in Saga

November 17, 2015by sagajets Leave a comment

The Compelling Beauty of Arita Ceramics in the Age of the Great International Exhibition When: October 16 to November 23 Where: Saga Prefectural Kyushu Museum Cost: 600 yen Yutori and Varadon: […]

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Community, Events, Leisure, Saga Prefecture

Saga Dragon Boat Race Go!

August 25, 2015by Shelby Leave a comment

Last Sunday, the Saga JETs capped off their busy month by participating in the Saga Dragon Boat Race in Saga City. Lead by their team manager and AJET representative Jamel […]

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Community, Events, Sajo District

It’s Circle Time「サークルタイム」!

January 29, 2015by sagajets Leave a comment

For children in Saga who interact with English in a classroom setting, the times when they can enjoy the language free from school structure are usually few and far between. […]

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Community, Events, News, Saga CIR, Saga Prefecture

Block 10 Events Update #4

May 21, 2014by sagajets Leave a comment

Here is Penny’s final Block 10 events update! Lots of cool stuff so take a look! And once again, thanks to Penny for doing such a great job of being […]

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AJET, Block 10, Community, Events, Leisure, News, Uncategorized

Saga JETs Win AJET’s Race to the Top

May 19, 2014by sagajets Leave a comment

Saga JETs have won AJET’s Race to the Top Challenge by raising the most money for charity and committing the second most hours to community service. Saga JETs give back […]

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AJET, Community, News, Saga AJET

The 111th Arita Ceramic Fair Special Events and Exhibitions

April 28, 2014by sagajets Leave a comment

Hallo 🙂 Hanna です。 Arita’s biggest event of the year, the Arita Ceramic Fair (陶器市 – “Tokiichi”) will officially start tomorrow, April 29and end next Monday, May 5; again over […]

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Community, Events, Kito District, News, Saga CIR

Event Report: 1st Arita Porcelain Making Tour

April 10, 2014by sagajets Leave a comment

As most of you probably know, one of my (very enjoyable) duties as a CIR here in Arita is to organize and guide tours for English-speaking foreigners in Japan. During […]

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Community, Events, Leisure, News, Saga CIR, Saga Prefecture

National AJET Elections: Results!

February 24, 2014by sagajets

UPDATE – Results can be found here. Congratulations to the new Block 10 Rep Emily Maitland and Chair Sandy Cheng! Voting in the 2014-2015 AJET National Council elections has opened. You can view […]

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AJET, Block 10, Community, Events

15 Minutes of Fame for Kashima ALT

February 6, 2014by foxypez Leave a comment

Recently, the Saga Prefectural Newsletter, ‘Shikisai’, published a short article about Tyler Kasindorf-Mantaring (2nd year ALT, Kashima BOE) for their foreigner spotlight section, which interviews foreign residents to “see Saga […]

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Community, Kito District

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