Japan Diaries 4: Summary


Please join us on our ongoing fourth adventure in Japan. To summarize our adventures in the Land of the Rising Sun, here's the list (complete with links*) of the articles about our day-to-day life and also the places and events that we have visited and experienced:

* Please click the links to read the articles.

Road to JET Programme

PRELUDE

Rumoi ALT 

  • Week 1 - First Week in Japan
  • Weekend 1 - Bought my Bike "Basky"
  • Week 2 - Rumoi City
  • Weekend 2 - Biked Around Rumoi
  • Week 3 - Received my First Pay
  • Weekend 3 - Asahikawa City Road Trip
  • Week 4 - Work & Nomikai with Friends
  • Weekend 4 - Miharashi Park Walk
  • Week 5 - Rumoi City / First School Visit - Haboro High School
  • Weekend 5 - Met Kiaya / Meeting the Rumoi Block ALTs
  • Week 6 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Teshio, Tomamae
  • Weekend 6 - Walking around Rumoi City x First Funaba English Kitchen
  • Week 7 - Met Joshua / Rumoi City, Embetsu, Haboro, Tomamae
  • Weekend 7 - Janome with Hasegawa-sensei / Bonding with Noboru-san
  • Week 8 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Teshio, Tomamae
  • Weekend 8 - First Christmas in Rumoi x Bonding with the Rumoi Block ALTs
  • Week 9 - Rumoi, Sapporo D1 & D2
  • Weekend 9 - New Year/ Sapporo D3 & 4
  • Week 10 - Sapporo D4 & D5, Otaru City Day Trip, Sapporo D6, Flight to Osaka
  • Weekend 10 - Kumatori, Izumisano City, Kaizuka City
  • Week 11 - Wakayama Road Trip, Mie Road Trip D1 & 2, Kumatori, Kyoto City & Osaka City
  • Weekend 11 - Flight back to Hokkaido
  • Week 12 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Teshio, Tomamae
  • Weekend 12 - Shoveling Day x Bonding with the Rumoi City ALTs
  • Week 13 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 13 - Asahikawa City w/ Hasegawa-sensei
  • Week 14 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, 1st Ski Experience with the Tomamae Commercial High School
  • Weekend 14 - Walking Around Rumoi City
  • Week 15 - 100th Day in Japan / Rumoi City, Teshio, Hiking Senbodai
  • Weekend 15 - Walking Around Rumoi City
  • Week 16 - Rumoi City, Teshio, Tomamae
  • Weekend 16 - Walking Around Rumoi City, Bonding with the Rumoi Block ALTs
  • Week 17 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 17 - Shoveling time x Rest Day
  • Week 18 - Rumoi City
  • Weekend 18 - House Clean Up x Rest Day
  • Week 19 - Rumoi City, Haboro, Embetsu, Teshio
  • Weekend 19 - Walking Around Rumoi City
  • Week 20 - Rumoi City, Teshio, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 20 - Wakkanai City Backpacking D1
  • Week 21 - Wakkanai City Backpacking D2, Rumoi City, Haboro, 
  • Weekend 21 - MBA Exam x Rest Day
  • Week 22 - Rumoi City, My Birthday Celebration with Rumoi City ALTs
  • Weekend 22 - Walking Around Rumoi City x Nomikai with friends
  • Week 23 - Renewed Contract / Rumoi City
  • Weekend 23 - Biked to Mashike with the Rumoi City ALTs
  • Week 24 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Week 24 - KC Edition
  • Weekend 24 - Team Nicerio Reunited @ Sapporo D1 & D2
  • Week 25 - Team Nicerio's First Full Day in Rumoi City / Rumoi City, Teshio, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 25 - Team Nicerio's First time exploring Rumoi City, Welcome Party with the Rumoi City ALTs
  • Week 26 - Ella's First Day in Midorigaoka Elementary School / Rumoi City, Haboro
  • Weekend 26 - Walking Around Rumoi City 
  • Week 27 - Golden Week
  • Weekend 27 - Sakura Illumination at Kamuiwa Park, Rumoi City
  • Week 28 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 28 - 2-Day Asahikawa City Trip 
  • Week 29 - Rumoi City, Haboro, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 29 - Attended Kutsumi-sensei's Wedding @ Sapporo City / Family Trip to Cape Ogon, Rumoi City
  • Week 30 - Rumoi City, Teshio, Tomamae
  • Weekend 30 - Walking Around Rumoi City
  • Week 31 - Rumoi City, Nomikai with the English Department of Rumoi HS, Tomamae
  • Weekend 31 - Walking Around Rumoi City - Reuke Farm, Golden Beach Rumoi, Miharashi Park
  • Week 32 - Rumoi City, Obira, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 32 - Sports Festival @ Midorigaoka Elementary School / Hiking Senbodai
  • Week 33 - Rumoi City, Haboro, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 33 - Rumoi City; Father's Day lunch with friends
  • Week 34 - Rumoi City, Rumoi Taishi Festival, Teshio, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 34 - Asahikawa x Biei Trip
  • Week 35 - Rumoi City, Haboro, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 35 - 2-Day Volunteer Work at Kyodo Gakusha
  • Week 36 - Baseball Match at Asahikawa City, Haboro, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 36 - School Festival at Rumoi High School
  • Week 37 - 2-Day Special Non-Working Day; Visited Rumoi Golden Beach / Embetsu, Rumoi City, Tomamae
  • Weekend 37 - Haboro Day Trip / Bonding at Teacher Kanda's House
  • Week 38 - Rumoi Festival / Bonding with Hasegawa-sensei / Rumoi City, Teshio, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 38 - Obira Road Trip with Teacher Kanda
  • Week 39 - Rumoi City
  • Weekend 39 - Mashike Noryu Fireworks Festival @ Mashike / Walking Around Rumoi City
  • Week 40 - Driver's License Application with Matsuda-sensei @ Asahikawa City, Rumoi City / Featured in the Hokkaido Shinbun
  • Weekend 40 - Road Trip; Hokuryu, Moseushi, Fukagawa, & Chippubetsu / Road Trip with Teacher Kanda; Miraie & Saga Family Fishing Grounds @ Rumoi City
  • Week 41 - Rumoi City / Rumoi Fireworks Festival / Road Trip; Obira, Tomamae, Shoshanbetsu, Embetsu, Teshio
  • Weekend 41 - Road Trip; Teshio, Horonobe, Toyotomi, Wakkanai City
  • Week 42 - Road Trip; Wakkanai City, Sarafutsu, Hamatombetsu, Nakatombetsu, Otoineppu / Rumoi City, Embetsu / Road Trip; Sapporo City
  • Weekend 42 - Road Trip; Otaru City, Akaigawa, Toyako, Sobetsu, Date City
  • Week 43 - Road Trip; Date City, Chitose City, Eniwa City, Urausu / Work: Rumoi City, Haboro, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 43 - Road Trip; Uryu, Shintotsukawa, Takikawa City / Road Trip with Matsuda-sensei; Rumoi City, Mashike
  • Week 44 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Teshio
  • Weekend 44 - Road Trip; Mashike / Road Trip; Mashike & Ishikari City
  • Week 45 - Rumoi City, Tomamae / Road Trip; Numata
  • Weekend 45 - Road Trip; Numata, Fukagawa City, Nakafurano, Ashibetsu City, Akabira City, Utashinai City, Kamisunagawa, Sunagawa City, Naie, Urausu, Uryu
  • Week 46 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 46 - Takasu, Asahikawa City, Pippu, Toma, Aibetsu, Kamikawa, Engaru, Kamiyubetsu, Saroma, Abashiri City
  • Week 47 - Abashiri City, Ozora, Bihoro, Kitami City, Asahikawa City
  • Weekend 47 - Horokanai, Bifuka, Nayoro City, Shibetsu City, Kembuchi, Wassamu
  • Week 48 - Rumoi City, Haboro, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 48 - Quarantine D1 and 2 in Rumoi City
  • Week 49 - Rumoi City, Haboro, Tomamae
  • Weekend 49 - Tsukigata, Shinshinotsu, Namporo, Naganuma, Yuni, Abira, Tomakomai City, Shiraoi, Noboribetsu City
  • Week 50 - Muroran City, Noboribetsu City, Chitose City, Hokuryu
  • Weekend 50 - Rumoi City
  • Week 51 - Rumoi City, Embetsu, Tomamae, Shosanbetsu
  • Weekend 51 - Higashikawa, Higashikagura, Biei, Asahikawa City, Chippubetsu
  • Week 52 - Rumoi City, Asahikawa City, Teshio, Tomamae
  • Weekend 52 - Rumoi City, Obira, Tomamae, Horonobe, Toyotomi, Wakkanai City
  • Week 53 - Rumoi City, Haboro, Bibai City, Mikasa City, Iwamizawa City, Tomamae
  • Weekend 53 - Rumoi City
  • Week 54 - Rumoi City, Teshio, Embetsu, Tomamae
  • Weekend 54 - Rumoi City
  • Week 55 -
  • Weekend 55 - 

Special Articles

Tips

10 Things to Do in Hokkaido

Places visited

Tokyo Prefecture

Shinjuku City

Mie Prefecture

Shima City

Toba City

Ise City


Kyoto Prefecture

Kyoto City

Osaka Prefecture

Izumisano City

Osaka City

Sennan City

Wakayama Prefecture

Wakayama City

Hokkaido


Otaru City

Date City

Takikawa City

Ishikari City

Ashibetsu City

Akabira City

Utashinasi City

Sunagawa City

Abashiri City

Kitami City

Nayoro City

Shibetsu City

Tomakomai City

Teshio

Toyotomi

Mashike

Obira

Hokuryu

Moseushi


Nakatombetsu

Otoineppu

Akaigawa

Toyako

Sobetsu

Urausu

Uryu

Shitotsukawa

Numata

Nakafurano

Kamisunagawa

Naie

Takasu

Pippu

Toma

Aibetsu

Kamikawa

Engaru

Yubetsu

Saroma

Ozora

Bihoro

Horokanai


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Location: Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 6, 2023 at 8:46 AM

    I enjoy reading your articles. You are super organized. I feel like I'm in Japan too.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 20, 2023 at 9:48 AM

    Do you have any articles about Abashiri? My family and I are planning to visit the place this coming April. Thanks!

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    1. Neil Alvin NicerioMarch 22, 2023 at 6:18 AM

      Hi there! Yes I do but it will be published after a few months. Sorry. :(

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  3. AnonymousApril 12, 2023 at 7:48 AM

    Wow! This is by far the longest Japan Diaries summary that you have.

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    1. Neil Alvin NicerioApril 13, 2023 at 6:40 AM

      To be honest with you, I have articles lined up til next year. This article will be much longer after that.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 3, 2023 at 7:39 AM

    I've been reading about your Japan Diaries 4 series and I'm happy to see that you've been going places. Which one is your favorite?

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2024 at 9:58 AM

    Last I read this article you only had 4 towns in Hokkaido. I'm happy to see that you have written a lot and promoted the prefecture.

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    1. Neil Alvin NicerioMarch 8, 2024 at 3:49 PM

      Thank you so much! I hope I get to visit write about all municipalities of Hokkaido before 2026.

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  6. AnonymousJune 18, 2024 at 1:48 PM

    Finally, a Pippu and Toma article. Thanks for sharing Neil. I was waiting for this one. I'm looking forward to your Abashiri, Nemuro and Shari articles.

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    1. Neil Alvin NicerioJune 21, 2024 at 10:04 AM

      Thank you! The Abashiri article will be out soon. The Nemuro and Shari will still be next year.

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  7. AnonymousAugust 21, 2024 at 8:09 AM

    Amazing Neil! Your list has grown significantly since the last time I visited this article. I see that you have visited towns north of Asahikawa already.

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