Hurrah! We were notified of my assignment from the JET Programme!
We were given our first choice -- Nick & I will be living on Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido, in a town called Furano. OMG!
The hilights from my research this morning:
- average 8 meters powder snow each winter (best skiing in the country)
- lavendar fields
- local cheese and wineries
- nicknamed 'the navel' because it's right in the middle of the island
- 2.5 hours from Sapporo, which has BEER! (Sapporo and my favorite -- Oregon's Rogue Brewery)
- the name "Furano" actually originates from the Ainu (Hokkaido's natives) word furanui - fragrant flame
http://www.outdoorjapan.com/features/ojfeature-furano.html cycling around the area
http://hometown.infocreate.co.jp/en/hokkaido/furano/furano-e.html town homepage
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/hokkaido/furano.html tourist website about area
To review our plans, I will leave Portland this Sunday 5/27, be in Omaha for 2 months, and we'll leave for Japan on August 4.
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