2025 Fall YOKA

[Kumamoto Prefectural Advisors]

Hello everyone!

The 2025 Fall YOKA is finally here!

You can find it on the updated YOKA page on the Kumamoto JETs website.

This edition features:

• Cultural Exchange on Wheels: My Driving School Experience by Denisse Dizon
  Read about Denisse's journey to obtaining her license by going to a Japanese driving school here in Kumamoto! 
  
• What's on Today's Menu in Kumamoto: Episode three by Shawna-Kay Lipscombe
  Shawna-Kay Lipscombe visits a chic restaurant in downtown Kumamoto called Terrace!  
• Ode To the Sky by Maximillian Esparza
  A poem by Maximillian Esparza.
• Bungo Taketa in the Fall
  A photo collection by Cricket Lee.
• Reflecting on the Quiet Magic of Being an Elementary School ALT by Rebecca Wood
  Rebecca Wood, a former high school teacher, reflects on the transition to teaching in Elementary School on JET!
  
• What's on Today's Menu in Kumamoto: Episode Four by Shawna-Kay Lipscombe
  The saga continues! Shawna-Kay Lipscombe introduces a bowling alley in downtown Kumamoto! 
  

This Yoka also includes background photos by Richard Ho and Cricket Lee.
The front cover design is by Megan Wilson, and the layout of the magazine is by Ivan Yatsko (excluding Denisse Dizon's and Shawna-Kay Lipscombe's articles).

If you are a former Kumamoto JET, please don't hesitate to stay in touch. 

Whether it's by contributing to the YOKA, or sending us a short email, we always love to hear from you!

Additionally, if you would like to be removed from the YOKA list please let us know.

Best Wishes,

Ivan Yatsko

Coordinator for International Relations (CIR)

Kumamoto Prefecture JET Programme Prefectural Advisor

Kumamoto Prefectural Government

International Affairs Division

6-18-1 Suizenji, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, 862-8570, JAPAN

Tel: 096-333-2159

Email: kumam...@gmail.com

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