Helpful Websites
JET Programme General Information Handbook
The GIH is your ultimate guidebook for everything JET-related. Access the latest version online to keep up-to-date.
JET Programme Accident Insurance Policy Guide
All JET participants are covered by the JET Accident Insurance. The latest JET Accident Insurance Policy Guide as well as information on coverage and making a claim can be accessed.
Nagasaki International Association
A local international association that aims to build a multicultural community in Nagasaki. They regularly hold events and lectures aimed at international exchange and their website has a wealth of helpful information for non-Japanese people living in Nagasaki.
This site contains info for and by foreigners with connections to Nagasaki. It is updated regularly with blogs and articles written in multiple languages.
Nagasaki Prefecture’s premiere internationally focused magazine. It’s written and published by Nagasaki JET participants.
Nagasaki Official Visitor Guide
All about the interesting things to do and see in Nagasaki. This is a great resource for planning trips within the prefecture.
All the train times for trains all over Japan. It is available in English and allows you to search the origin and destination as well as select departure or arrival times and dates.
This is the equivalent of hyperdia for inter-city bus travel in Kyushu.
A useful site for Nagasaki Prefecture ALTs, as it allows you to track the progress of typhoons.
Here you will find such a wealth of information that it would take days to go through it all. This is blog site that is specifically aimed at people who are new to Japan and/or don’t speak a lot of Japanese. However, I think there is something on there for everyone. There is a whole section of HOW TO (do an international transfer, use the air con, find medicine, get a credit card etc), and all kinds of other information about things from festivals to sweat etiquette.
This is a blog post written by a Nagasaki ALT who had the experience of obtaining a Police clearance certificate, to provide a potential employer, before leaving Japan.
JET Websites
These websites are made by our JET friends across the nation. Even though every situation is different, there is lots of great info and content to be found in the pages below.
This is not an exhaustive list by any means. If you have one that has been of particular value to you please feel free to contact us so we can add it to the list!