Join MAJET for a Japanese-style sports festival and experience all the fun of participating, without the hassle of having to organise anything! Continue reading
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Shipwrecked in Makurazaki!
School may be getting back in session, but the heat is still going strong and will through the end of September. Why not come enjoy one last beach adventure before the summer sun officially fades away? This year, MAJET and KAJET are teaming up to bring you the best beach party in Block 11: Shipwrecked in Makurazaki! Continue reading
Volunteer at this year’s Sea Festa in Miyazaki!
*For information in Japanese, please click here
Sea Day (海の日) is coming, that lone public holiday in the long, hot month of July. It’s a day this island nation sets aside to show its gratitude and respect for the sea, and lots of people go to the beach. Why not join us there the day before?
On Sunday, July 17th, a group of friendly MAJETers are going to Sun Beach Hitotsuba (map) in Miyazaki City to volunteer at an event called Sea Festa (海フェスタ). This event started years ago to help encourage people with muscular dystrophy. This year, event coordinators are expecting over 120 people to come—some are blind, some have brain injuries, and some have physical impairments. Our job is to help them enjoy the sea as much as we do! Continue reading
Introducing the 2016 MAJET Committee!
Each year a new MAJET Committee takes the reins, ready to harness the awesomeness that is Miyazaki Prefecture and share it with the world. This year we’ve got quite a few new faces, as well as some seasoned veterans, ready to give you the best Miyazaki has to offer. So, without further ado, MAJETを紹介します！ Continue reading
Vote now for the 2016-2017 Block 11 AJET Representative!
Only one week left to vote in the Block 11 reelection!
The reelection closes on Wednesday, June 8th. To help you decide who you want to vote for, MAJET got in touch with our two candidates, CJ Fischer of Okinawa and ***, and asked them about their ideas to bring the prefectures together and keep them connected. Check out each candidate’s message below and cast your votes! Continue reading
If Life Were a Videogame…
…it might be something like the 2016 Amazing Race!
This year marked our fifth year holding the race, and we had a great mix of Miyazaki residents (both native and foreign), as well as several guests from outside the prefecture! Continue reading
Heroes in Nejime–the 2015 Dragon Boat Races
Hey Miyazaki, it’s the middle of November already! (How did that happen!?)
It’s a little late now, but we hope everyone had a blast for Halloween–the MAJET Heroes certainly did! Continue reading
Setting Good Pred-cedent
This one’s for you, leaving friends. We figured you are going for the title of Most Perfect Amazing Superhero Predecessor Ever, in addition to sit-squeezing stuffed Hello Kitties into your suitcase, processing 3.5 million forms, and cry-singing songs (all probably named “Sakura”) at nightly goodbye karaoke parties. Continue reading
The Most Amazing of Races
After sorting through close to 400 photographs, as well as details and documents from our biggest event of the year, MAJET is proud to bring you the blog post for Miyazaki’s Amazing Race 2015. Enjoy the read below, and stay tuned for one more very special update coming to this page soon! Continue reading
Miyazaki’s “summer” fruit is actually best enjoyed in spring
The following is an article that was written by one of your fellow MAJETers. It was published in AJET Connect Magazine’s April 2015 issue.
It is posted here with the author’s permission and some extra pix 😉.
If you’ve ever visited southern Kyushu, but especially if you’ve visited Miyazaki, you’ll no doubt have seen the vibrantly yellow omiyage boxes on display at the train and bus stations. Miyazaki has a few claims to fame when it comes to food, including apple mangoes and charcoal grilled chicken, but its shining star is without question the hyuganatsu. Mangoes are incredibly expensive and the chicken takes a special hand to get just right, but hyuganatsu are readily available at any grocery store, if not your neighbour’s garden. So what is the story behind this citrus, seen suspended like little suns across the orchards of southern Kyushu?
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