Ichinohe is a small town in Iwate Prefecture which is in the Northern part of the main island of Japan. The town has 15,000 people, 4 of them foreigners. Three of them are English teachers for the local school board and the other is Samantha. One of them has already been there for a year. For a little more background on the town: it's cold. There are several feet of snow a year and the only thing that anyone has told us there is to do in winter is ski/snowboard. I think that this means we will certainly learn to ski/snowboard. The guy I'm replacing says not to expect to see the ground from about December to April. To make the cold even more fun, houses in that part of Japan don't have insulation or central heating. That means that all of the heat we have in the winter will be from space heaters mostly kerosene which in turn means that for ever hour the heater is on we will have to have a window open for an hour. This will keep us from dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. Also, at night we will have to turn all the heating devices off to prevent fire. Which means that when we wake up the house will be as cold inside as out. However, we are both excited for the adventure of it all. It will be a new experience and we will learn a lot about each other and Japan.
About this blog. Samantha and I will both be posting here. That way you will get both our perspectives in one blog. We look forward to sharing our experiences with you and hearing your comments about them.
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