90 Days in Japan - Is It Still What We Hoped?

10/25/22 • 45 min

This time last year, Zeb had submitted his application for the JET Programme and we began to anxiously await the results. Fast forward to today, where we've been lucky enough to have lived in Japan for 90 days already!
Is Uchinada what we had hoped for? How's Japanese language study going? Did we just have rose-colored glasses thinking about Kanazawa from our honeymoon? What are our favorite parts about our new daily routines?
Join us on this podcast as we review the "4 Stage of Culture Shock" and recap life abroad in Japan so far!

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