@@hannahmagz1 You totally should I love how positive you are. What did you have down for your preferences to placements? May sound weird but if I do get accepted I'd prefer to not be in a city.
I love this channel. There’s always content that answers very specific questions about the JET program that I have and even answers questions that I haven’t thought about asking yet lol really appreciate it. Thank you both. Looking forward to getting accepted and that countryside placement in 2021.
This was so helpful! Thanks for linking me to this while I'm working on my application :) I'd prefer a city but I guess in the countryside I can just work on other things if there's nothing to do (learn Japanese, play music, etc). Love from Canada!
This was so helpful! I'm applying this year, and I want to put 'rural' as a preference, but was a little worried about travel accessibility (post corona). I hope I get a school as cool as Hannah's! Have fun in Seoul Hannah :)
Thank you so much for making this video! I've been wanting to apply since I was 13 and since then I've heard some horror stories about the JET program. Thanks for helping rekindle my dream :)
I think there will always be cases in any program/job where people have a bad experience. You just gotta remember that usually those are the exceptions and not the rule. Good luck with your future application!! :)
This made me more hyped to apply to JET this year when it opens. Im from Los Angeles but I've lived in small towns like in semi-rural Alaska before, so I'm hoping for a rural placement in Hokkaido somewhere. I just have a question about the age of applicants. I know there is no age limit for JET (I don't think there is!) but how old are the oldest JETs you know and how was their experience like?
I've bumped into a few JETs in their 40s but tbh I don't really know them so idk their experiences. If it's something you want to do though then definitely go for it!
I’ve received my placement. I’ll be at Minoh-shi, Osaka. Looking forward to it. I really lucked out. This was a great video! Really informative. “Consider what kind of person you are” was great advice
I loved this video! It was so informative!! Does Hannah have a youtube, I'd love to see her journey in Korea! Would you recommend that applicants that can drive put that they can't to avoid getting placed in a super rural inaka? I am only asking because I have super severe asthma and I have asked to be placed as close to a hospital as possible. I feel like some inaka's would be so peaceful but the one that Hannah is describing sounds like my worst nightmare because of my asthma.
Unfortunately she does not have a channel no! But if your interested you can lemme know on insta and I'll send you her account haha. Is there a medical part of the application that you can explain your situation on? I'm sure that's something they would take into consideration. As for the driving on the application thing, that was and still is pure speculation on my part. So your guess is as good as mine!
Thank you for the video. I have a question: How well the internet works in the rural areas, is the wifi good? I can live in the country side but can not survive withoug internet, and for youtubers this is an important thing.
how about the hospital stuff if you get sick , i heard one guy from Jet program died who lived in rural place bc the hospitals were closed at the moment and had no other way to seek help.
Personally I can't speak to that because I've never been seriously/urgently sick or injured in Japan, and I don't live rural. So all I could say about it at this time is referencing stories people hear about like the one you mentioned. Certainly if I go on to make a full video dedicated to medical services, I would look into it more. Sorry I can't be more help rn!
Gotta love the kpop stans 💜 I was wondering for Hannah if she decided to end her time with JET after 2 years because she was living in the Inaka specifically or if she just wanted to move to a diff country or I guess I’m just wondering how come she decided to leave JET? Thank you!
Hey! I think for me personally, I had always wanted to move to Korea next and two years seemed like the perfect amount of time for me in the countryside. To be honest, living without a car, the countryside just got a little too isolating for me ! And yaaaaas to my fellow kpop stan! 💕
At the end of the day coming to Japan is SO exciting no matter where you end up! If you have any questions about Miyazaki do comment them and I'll try to bully Hannah into responding 😋
I had a pocket wifi because setting up internet can be a real pain in Japan, and I wasn't sure how long I was going to stay. So like super handy, not super slow, but defo not high speed... As far as translation apps, you learn super quickly all the really basic Japanese you need to get by. Then it's just for things that could be out of the ordinary (like the time I lost my sim card...) But also your JTEs are sometimes the best for that, bc even if you speak fluent Japanese, some people panic because you're not Japanese. (like ordering everything in Japanese at McDonalds and the guy behind the counter saying "i don't understand english" 😂😂)
@@hannahmagz1 hahaha! I can just imagine how scared they are talking to you. May i know what community volunteer activities that other JETs do? (just planning out my coping mechanism in advance) hehe
We didn't just become close friends overnight. We all had a night out in tokyo during the 2 day orientation, over time in our group chats it became obvious who we vibed with, and so on. You gotta remember that everyone's in the same position and all wanna make friends so you really just gotta talk to people at every opportunity and put yourself out there, add people on social media... But what really solidified our friendship was our trip to Seoul. As Hannah said, she just asked the group of they were keen, even though none of us were particularly 'close' friends at that point. If you're talking to people and willing to take the first step you'll be fine.
Hey I'm an incoming JET with a Hyogo-ken prefectural placement. Are you a prefectural JET? Or did you get a city with your placement notification? I'm curious how long it took for Hyogo's BOE to give you an exact city placement if you're prefectural. The anticipation is killing me lmao
I'm prefectural - welcome!! Unfortunately Hyogo are notorious for taking forever to let people know their specific placement. I don't remember exactly but I think it was literally a few week before I came I found out 😬
Tbh every time I've gone to a countryside area it's always been very beautiful. So no specific recommendations. If you don't know much about specific areas, maybe aim for more general areas. For example, somewhere in central Japan so when you travel you're not so far from any one place.
if i'm placed in the inaka, (which is very likely, ) I'm really terrified of being placed in a mold and pest infested house/apartment and not being able find another place
You wouldn't happen to have worked in Japan on the Jet program with a young American woman whose name may be Sarah. She is a very private asmr-tist on youtube, on her fifth year in the program, long brunette hair, big blue eyes, and a nose ring. She has been MIA on her channel for 9+ months (which isn't like her at all) and her listeners have been deeply worried about her!
I’m sorry I don’t recognise her from the description you’ve given. I wouldn’t worry unless someone who knows her personally hasn’t heard from her. I know from experience RUclips can be exhausting and it’s not completely unusual for people to just fall off of it.
can I ask if I have B.d certificate with remedial teaching as ESL teacher, may I appy to a job in the countryside of japan in one of the schools, love nature and the rural locations dont mind teaching there permanently. if you can contact me about this matter I'll highly appreciate it. thanks in advance. Asi
I don't know about other programs, but with JET there is the option to put up to 3 preferred placements. However there are no guarantees and you have to be prepared to be placed anywhere. Having said that I think far fewer people request the countryside and you'd have a decent chance of being placed there if your application was geared towards that, in my opinion. But ultimately no, you can't specifically apply to be a countryside ALT with JET.
'Inaka' just means countryside fyi. If you have any questions for me OR Hannah, comment them below and I'll bully her into responding hehe.
wow, am i the youtuber now? bc i think i am
Pls feel free to take over for a while so I have have a holiday from editing 😂
@@hannahmagz1 You totally should I love how positive you are. What did you have down for your preferences to placements? May sound weird but if I do get accepted I'd prefer to not be in a city.
I'm a Japanese but I don't know the place😂😂😂
Hey, I know how you feel.
I was an exchange student in IDAHO.
I thought I was gonna die in snow.
🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
Hahahaha that's how I KNOW Hannah was so isolated - not even the Japanese people know where she was 😂
Thank you so much for this video, I just got my placement and had been feeling less excited and more nervous about coming to Japan since then.
I'm glad this video could help!
How is your experience so far ?
This was great to hear Hannah's POV. Thank you for sharing! I liked the format too, it was like friends chatting, not a lecture :D
I love this channel. There’s always content that answers very specific questions about the JET program that I have and even answers questions that I haven’t thought about asking yet lol really appreciate it. Thank you both. Looking forward to getting accepted and that countryside placement in 2021.
Appreciate that! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you 😁 🤞🏻🤞🏻
This was so helpful! Thanks for linking me to this while I'm working on my application :) I'd prefer a city but I guess in the countryside I can just work on other things if there's nothing to do (learn Japanese, play music, etc). Love from Canada!
Glad it was helpful! 😁
I was in nichinan just before lockdown. Sure miyazaki is quiet, but miyazaki city is alright, and the shochu is sooooo cheap, its magical...
Hehe sounds like a fun time 🤪🤪
miyazaki city is fun and i will defend it to the death if anyone insults it... but i can call it boring hahaha
This was so helpful! I'm applying this year, and I want to put 'rural' as a preference, but was a little worried about travel accessibility (post corona). I hope I get a school as cool as Hannah's! Have fun in Seoul Hannah :)
I hope you get the placement you're looking for 😊
@@jakubtansey716 Thank you! ☺️ I'm hoping for Ishikawa or Kochi
Great video y'all!! I had no idea Hannah was that far down the country haha
めっちゃいなかですねー 😅
I wasn't lying when I said I lived in the middle of no where looool
Thank you so much for making this video! I've been wanting to apply since I was 13 and since then I've heard some horror stories about the JET program. Thanks for helping rekindle my dream :)
I think there will always be cases in any program/job where people have a bad experience. You just gotta remember that usually those are the exceptions and not the rule. Good luck with your future application!! :)
@@jakubtansey716 Thank you! :)
This made me more hyped to apply to JET this year when it opens. Im from Los Angeles but I've lived in small towns like in semi-rural Alaska before, so I'm hoping for a rural placement in Hokkaido somewhere. I just have a question about the age of applicants. I know there is no age limit for JET (I don't think there is!) but how old are the oldest JETs you know and how was their experience like?
I've bumped into a few JETs in their 40s but tbh I don't really know them so idk their experiences. If it's something you want to do though then definitely go for it!
Lol I’m not even on JET but I also heard about the Tokyo jet on the far away island, I think that placement would be really tough for me
Yeeeah I couldn't hack that either hahaha
omg it’s me
Also stan pentagon
If I stan Pentagon harder will you come back to Japan? 🥺
@@jakubtansey716 yes, but never look yeo one in the eyes pls and thank you xxxx
I’ve received my placement. I’ll be at Minoh-shi, Osaka. Looking forward to it. I really lucked out. This was a great video! Really informative. “Consider what kind of person you are” was great advice
Oh nice! Yeah Minoh really ain't far from some fab places!
Loved this! The "K pop is my coping mechanism" got me rollin🤣 🤣
It's a way of life. Join us. 👀🇰🇷🎶
I loved this video! It was so informative!! Does Hannah have a youtube, I'd love to see her journey in Korea! Would you recommend that applicants that can drive put that they can't to avoid getting placed in a super rural inaka? I am only asking because I have super severe asthma and I have asked to be placed as close to a hospital as possible. I feel like some inaka's would be so peaceful but the one that Hannah is describing sounds like my worst nightmare because of my asthma.
Unfortunately she does not have a channel no! But if your interested you can lemme know on insta and I'll send you her account haha.
Is there a medical part of the application that you can explain your situation on? I'm sure that's something they would take into consideration. As for the driving on the application thing, that was and still is pure speculation on my part. So your guess is as good as mine!
Oh my god Eric nam is so good! I saw him in concert and others who did hi-touch also said that he had the softest hands 😂😂
The others you spoke to were absolutely correct 😂
Thank you for the video. I have a question: How well the internet works in the rural areas, is the wifi good?
I can live in the country side but can not survive withoug internet, and for youtubers this is an important thing.
I can't speak for Hannah but I certainly never heard her complain about the internet. I don't think it's something to worry about :)
@@jakubtansey716 Thank you for answering! Good to know.
When you have to zoom so much that google earth said NOPE.....
that’s the boondocks! 😂😂😂😂
Yupp 😂😂😂
how about the hospital stuff if you get sick , i heard one guy from Jet program died who lived in rural place bc the hospitals were closed at the moment and had no other way to seek help.
Personally I can't speak to that because I've never been seriously/urgently sick or injured in Japan, and I don't live rural. So all I could say about it at this time is referencing stories people hear about like the one you mentioned. Certainly if I go on to make a full video dedicated to medical services, I would look into it more. Sorry I can't be more help rn!
And also I don't think Hannah's ever been in that kinda situation.
Gotta love the kpop stans 💜 I was wondering for Hannah if she decided to end her time with JET after 2 years because she was living in the Inaka specifically or if she just wanted to move to a diff country or I guess I’m just wondering how come she decided to leave JET? Thank you!
I'll get Hannah to respond once she gets a chance 😉
Hey! I think for me personally, I had always wanted to move to Korea next and two years seemed like the perfect amount of time for me in the countryside. To be honest, living without a car, the countryside just got a little too isolating for me !
And yaaaaas to my fellow kpop stan! 💕
@@hannahmagz1 that makes total sense, thanks for the quick response!
@@moeyday no bother, I’m in quarantine in Seoul, so have all the time in the world 😇 😂
This was so helpful! Thank youu
Glad it was useful to you 😁
I just got placed in Gokase in Miyazaki, and this calmed SOME of my anxieties lol
At the end of the day coming to Japan is SO exciting no matter where you end up! If you have any questions about Miyazaki do comment them and I'll try to bully Hannah into responding 😋
@@jakubtansey716 Thank you so much! If I think of any, I’ll definitely send them this way 😊
Is the internet slow in her rural area? and did she have to use any translation apps (offline or a physical device)
I'll get Hannah to respond when she gets a chance 😉
I had a pocket wifi because setting up internet can be a real pain in Japan, and I wasn't sure how long I was going to stay. So like super handy, not super slow, but defo not high speed...
As far as translation apps, you learn super quickly all the really basic Japanese you need to get by. Then it's just for things that could be out of the ordinary (like the time I lost my sim card...)
But also your JTEs are sometimes the best for that, bc even if you speak fluent Japanese, some people panic because you're not Japanese. (like ordering everything in Japanese at McDonalds and the guy behind the counter saying "i don't understand english" 😂😂)
@@hannahmagz1 hahaha! I can just imagine how scared they are talking to you. May i know what community volunteer activities that other JETs do? (just planning out my coping mechanism in advance) hehe
I’m from the Shetland Islands, and so i feel I’m used to very rural settings.
Well perfect then. If you were placed inaka it wouldn't be a huge shock, and if you're placed urban then it would be v exciting! Win win 😉
@@jakubtansey716 would they ask any of these questions in the interviews ? / related to rural vs urban
@@zetlander8265 I wasn't asked in my interview but I was certainly prepared to talk about it if it had come up.
Loved this video more than I thought I was going to.
Glad you enjoyed! 😁😁
This was really helpful. Thanks much.
Glad it helped 😁😁
She loved Inaka so much she moved to Seoul. . Great words baby girl XD
The inaka life was not a choice tho lmao
I'm curious how did you go about making friends with people when it is such a short time frame (ie orientation)?
We didn't just become close friends overnight. We all had a night out in tokyo during the 2 day orientation, over time in our group chats it became obvious who we vibed with, and so on. You gotta remember that everyone's in the same position and all wanna make friends so you really just gotta talk to people at every opportunity and put yourself out there, add people on social media... But what really solidified our friendship was our trip to Seoul. As Hannah said, she just asked the group of they were keen, even though none of us were particularly 'close' friends at that point. If you're talking to people and willing to take the first step you'll be fine.
I feel like also, you would be surprised how quickly you can make friends in a high pressure situation like moving to a new country haha
Hey I'm an incoming JET with a Hyogo-ken prefectural placement. Are you a prefectural JET? Or did you get a city with your placement notification? I'm curious how long it took for Hyogo's BOE to give you an exact city placement if you're prefectural. The anticipation is killing me lmao
I'm prefectural - welcome!! Unfortunately Hyogo are notorious for taking forever to let people know their specific placement. I don't remember exactly but I think it was literally a few week before I came I found out 😬
I wanna work in the countryside but I don't know which one to go. any recommendations, which one is the most aesthetically pleasing?
Tbh every time I've gone to a countryside area it's always been very beautiful. So no specific recommendations. If you don't know much about specific areas, maybe aim for more general areas. For example, somewhere in central Japan so when you travel you're not so far from any one place.
@@jakubtansey716 Cool, thnx for the tip.
if i'm placed in the inaka, (which is very likely, ) I'm really terrified of being placed in a mold and pest infested house/apartment and not being able find another place
Hello! Thanks for the video, its very interesting! :D Would love to see some CIR contents as well, i can't find much on youtube T-T
I'll see what I can do 😉
@@jakubtansey716 Thank youuu
Lol shit what have I doneee hahaha I chose rural, thinking oeeeh its cool, but now Im like shieeeet...
Dw you'll have a fab time 😁😁
You wouldn't happen to have worked in Japan on the Jet program with a young American woman whose name may be Sarah. She is a very private asmr-tist on youtube, on her fifth year in the program, long brunette hair, big blue eyes, and a nose ring. She has been MIA on her channel for 9+ months (which isn't like her at all) and her listeners have been deeply worried about her!
I’m sorry I don’t recognise her from the description you’ve given. I wouldn’t worry unless someone who knows her personally hasn’t heard from her. I know from experience RUclips can be exhausting and it’s not completely unusual for people to just fall off of it.
can I ask if I have B.d certificate with remedial teaching as ESL teacher, may I appy to a job in the countryside of japan in one of the schools, love nature and the rural locations dont mind teaching there permanently. if you can contact me about this matter I'll highly appreciate it. thanks in advance. Asi
I don't know about other programs, but with JET there is the option to put up to 3 preferred placements. However there are no guarantees and you have to be prepared to be placed anywhere. Having said that I think far fewer people request the countryside and you'd have a decent chance of being placed there if your application was geared towards that, in my opinion. But ultimately no, you can't specifically apply to be a countryside ALT with JET.
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You 100% almost got kissed by the JTE on period sis.
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