Before the break AJET had our annual Bonenkai. On December 15, 45 JETs headed to Café Bien in Hiroshima to celebrate the end of a great year. There were good drinks, great food and amazing people. And of course, no Japanese Bonenkai could be complete without a game of BINGO, where many winners took home gifts. Shout out to Desmond… sorry about the star, or was it a candy cane? Better luck next time!

Hello JETs! Here at Hiroshima AJET headquarters we have been busy working on some exciting upcoming events: Early April we are planning a quiz night. Come see if last year’s winners (Jeff Niemetschek, Berin McKenzie, and Russ Tyler) can retain their title! All the money raised that night will go towards the Bangladesh Habitat for Humanity trip, which is being led by Hiroshima JETs, Shannon and Peter Coelho. During Golden Week their team is going to Bangladesh to help build houses for needy families. The quiz night fundraiser will be a guaranteed fun night where you can see if you truly have lost all of your capacity for intelligent thought while in Japan – plus you’ll be helping out a good cause.

Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu, fellow JETs! We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season full of bonenkai, travels, friends, family, and keeping warm as the temperatures have dropped. We want to thank everyone who came on the trip to Fukuoka and those who attended the first ever Hiroshima AJET Bonenkai. Both events were a huge success, and we hope that you had as much fun as we did.