another intro, nagasaki-ken

[c uchino]

hey all!
lucky inaka dykes! I'm jealous!! I live in Omura, part of the lovely/amazing nagasaki-ken.  sadly, I report there doesn't seem to be much more queer culture out of the inaka (Kim, I did meet some dykes in Sasebo who aren't jets. and I've heard rumors that there may be some underground dyke hangout spots in nagasaki city, but this still needs more research).

...I also (who doesn't) like travelling and adventures, and doing beautiful things...hiking, biking, burning candles, campfires, sunsets, looking at the moon, talking shit, running in the rain, potlucks, riding trains. I've been busying myself with exploring the waterfalls, springs, forests, shrines, festivals and other things around nagasaki prefecture. I definitely recommend a visit to  shimabara for kyushu folks, it's a very enchanting city. Also, if any kyushu people ever want to go on a short bike trip to somewhere on the island, hit me up, everything is so close i think it's possible to bike almost anywhere, especially on a long weekend. next weekend I'm planning on going to obama-machi in nagasaki.

i'll stop there.
 but y'all have an open invitation here in nagasaki, and kim we should go for a hike sometime.

much love to all the queers still bash'n back and finding beauty in this lonely enchanting country
~crystal

ps- any kyushu people have plans for osaka pride, we could meet up on the overnight bus.

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Cally <poster.ca@gmail.com> wrote:

Hiya everyone!!

I'm also new and on an island!! I live on Sado in Niigata, its an
awesome place that many people over look for anyone who wants to
visit...  Kim-I actually just got in from a trip to kyushu, its
beautiful down there, AND I have a friend on tsushima!!
As far as the introduction, I love to stay busy, be it traveling,
chatting about music or movies, adventuring around Japan/surrounding
areas, or playing/watching soccer.  Oh, I'm going to be in Nagano for
the ALT soccer tourney on the 3rd/4th if anyone else is heading
down...

*Courtney

On Sep 23, 6:42 pm, Kiwi <kmcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lizzie and all other rural JETs--
>
> I'm also new to the JET program, from the U.S., and have been
> sentenced to-- erm, placed in-- Tsushima, an island off of Kyushu,
> slightly northwest of Fukuoka but technically part of Nagasaki-ken.
> I'm loving it so far but the closest lesbian/bi JET I've heard from is
> in Kumamoto... which is about the same distance as between Kyoto and
> Hiroshima.  (And, upon further map-consultation, Shimane-ken is
> roughly the same distance away from me as Kumamoto.  So, Lizzie, you
> tie for next-closest!).  C'mon, people!  Kyushu represent!  ... anyone
> from Saga, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, or Yamaguchi ken?
>
> ... I like traveling, trying my hand at local crafts, onsen, and lots
> of outdoor activities (kayaking, scuba diving, hiking, etc).
>
> --Kim
>
> On Sep 22, 10:35 pm, Lizzie <mission_...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > So I'm new to the JET Programme and was very surprised to find that
> > out of 6,500 or so JETs, nearly all the LGBT ones appear to be hiding
> > in the inaka!
>
> > I feel like I'm the only bisexual in my area, I'm sure other JETs feel
> > this way too. Especially when we would love to go to all these
> > exciting sounding places in Tokyo and Osaka but can't. So introduce
> > yourselves please, who knows, some of us may be nearby!
>
> > My name is Lizzie, I'm from the UK and I live in Shimane-Ken, the
> > second least populated area of Japan! I love my time so far. I also
> > love music, movies and traveling.
>
> > So who else is in the group?
>
> > x