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Hey Alex, thanks for all the advice and encouragement. I take it that you're over there on JET now then?

I put down Sapporo City, Fukuoka City and Osaka City in that order as my options but I'm really not that fussed. As long as there's a bit of kendo and an internet connection, I'm happy.

Though having some samurai, geisha, free flowing sake, high-tech toilets, snow-capped mountain peaks, tropical islands, skyscrapers with nightclubs on every floor, well... all of that stuff would be a plus I guess .

Oh and I heard that they were mainly looking for enthusiasm so I completely scrapped the personal statment above and started again. Basically by gushing into a sheet of paper about why going to Japan and the JET program is really awesome, making a token attempt at answering the questions, doing a quick spelling/grammar check and sending it off. Worked for me!

I'd be really interested in hearing about your experience so far. I'm not so much worried as I am excited. I think the fact that the program gets so many mixed reviews is that a)the positions really are quite different in cushyness depending on where you end up and b)some people go out there with the wrong mindset. For me, I know it's going to be an adventure, and that's all I'm assuming...