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A traditional butsudan, a Buddhist altar, in a JTE’s home in Matsumoto
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Take me Home, to Obon

September 3, 2020September 8, 2020 Web Editor Buddhist, festival, Nagano, Oban

Se-Gil Feldsott and Beccie Smith (Nagano) Origin and History Japanese people have been celebrating Obon for more than 500 years.

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Monkeying Around in Hell Valley

February 24, 2019February 20, 2019 Web Editor AJET, Japan, Nagano, travel

Carolyne Wilhelm (Niigata Prefecture) This article originally featured in the February 2019 issue of Connect. On a crisp early winter

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Back and There Again

February 6, 2018March 10, 2018 connect.ajet.net Art & Culture, Culture, Hokkaido, Japan, JET, Nagano, Niigata, Tochigi, Yamagata

Jack Richardson (Yamagata) Christmas and New Year have come and gone, while many JETs have done the opposite. Here, five

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Connect magazine is a publication created entirely by the English-speaking community in Japan, and sponsored by National AJET. Whether you’re currently on the JET Programme, an alumni, or just a wonderful person living in Japan, Connect magazine strives to bring you engaging content about what the ex-pat community is doing, loving, and thinking about every single month.

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