By Chris Chiba-Tow, Co-Director, JETAA Tokyo Fellow JETs and JET Alumni — Some of you know me from JETAA events; what you might not know is what I've been doing on the retail side of Tokyo. This August, I got to help open one of the biggest projects of my career: lululemon's new Global Flagship Store in Harajuku, where I now serve as Assistant Store Manager. It's been twelve years since I first came to Japan on JET, and eight years since I first joined lululemon in Japan. I s

There's knowing about matcha, and then there's what Ian Chun knows about matcha. On August 1st, a small group of JETAA Tokyo members braved the summer heat to make their way to Togoshi Ginza to visit Ian at his matcha tasting space, Yunomi Matcha Tokyo — and walked away with a quietly expanded sense of what a cup of tea can be. Ian is a JET alum (Okinawa) whose path to becoming one of Tokyo's most thoughtful matcha specialists has been years in the making — part passion proje

A look back at three sessions on life, work, and study in Japan after JET — co-presented by JETAA Tokyo and USJETAA. The transition from the JET Program to "the real world" can be a little overwhelming. That's why USJETAA and JETAA Tokyo teamed up to launch the Horizons Series, a multi-part workshop designed to help current JETs and recent alumni find their footing in Japan and beyond. With a strong turnout of over 100 virtual registrants and a dedicated in-person cohort, her