One of the biggest concerns some new JETs have is over bringing gifts for their new co-workers. These gifts are often called omiyage, but true omiyage are gifts you give after you take a trip away from work for a few days; not really as an introduction present.
But many JETs feel obligated to bring something from their home country to give to the Japanese people they’ll be working with.
I discuss what I brought back in 2004.
I also mention that you should try to bring fun stickers from your home country. Unless you’re teaching at high school, stickers are the coin of the realm - you’ll use them all the time, especially at shogakko.
here is a link to the store of the very nice woman who I buy my stickers from on Ebay - she has very reasonable shipping rates to Japan:
http://stores.ebay.com/Fun-For-Kids
My kids love the glow-in-the-dark stickers, scratch-and-sniff stickers, and all the fun American characters I have, since you just can’t get them in Japan.
If you ever want to thank me for all these vlogs, I’d love some stickers (or “seals” as they are called in Japan)!
More soon - thanks for watching!
-Jason
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Lady Japanese Music Box Antique - I found this pretty Japanese doll/music box at an estate sale. The owner told me that they bought the music box in the early 70’s Good Sound. up for auction at my ebay store. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260222887746&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IThttp://stores.ebay.com/anything-salable
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I just put this on ebay-http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160051575351&rd=1&rd=1
Live painting by New York Artist Easton.
Represented in The Netherlands and New York.
It is a beautiful RAW original painting. The painting is for sale.
I just put the painting on Ebay- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160051575351&rd=1&rd=1
You can see more of my artwork on my website: www.eastonart.com
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