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Welcome! This is the Shonai ALTs website. It's that time of year when we say goodbye to those JETs who are moving onto other things and a cheery Hello! to this year's incoming ALTs. We hope you find this website useful. I'd like to say a big THANK YOU! to Tom Telford who for the past 2 years has managed and updated this website. Thanks and Good Luck in your move back to Blighty, Tom!

Tom Telford

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Gassan (1984m) seen from Chokai (2236m).

 Gassan seen from Chokai.

  • Cherry picking at Kozue's.
  • Jazz on Chokai!!!  Here are some pictures.  If anyone has any more they would like to add, please send me them, because I don't think mine turned out very well.
  • I've put up some pictures rice planting at Setsuko-san's in Yawata.
  • Ed has given us his account of this year's Matsuyama festival, where he and his brother dressed up as samurai and paraded through the town.
  • Monique sent me some pictures of this year's hanami (cherry blossom parties) and I've added a few of my own.  If anyone else has any, please send them to me.
  • Ed's written a guide to Hirata so we now all know what's there.  He's promised to write one on Matsuyama once something happens there.
  • Sapporo snow festival - If you weren't there you can read all about it, and if you were you can now relive it by reading this!!
  • I've written a little piece about my trip to to Kuromori Kabuki and included some pictures.  Despite the cold it was very good fun.
  • Pictures from the basketball in Tsuruoka are now available.  There are also some on James' site.  
  • Here's an excellent website that has recently come to light: syberpunk.com, a collection of random and very very funny stuff about Japan.
  • I've finally got round to putting up the pictures of the Halloween party, so please enjoy.
  • You can now read all about Ian's Yamabushi camp as well.
  • New pictures!!!  I've put up some pictures from around Shonai and even more pictures so that people who have never had the fortune of coming here can now see how beautiful it is.  There are no pictures of Haguro in this set.  Because Haguro's my favourite place it has its own section here.
  • You can also read about Tom's world record norimaki-making exploits.