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(speaking Japanese)
- Everyone in the ITA community.
I'm Jayde Crawford.
I'm from Seattle, Washington, and I'm currently living
and teaching English in Saitama, Japan.
So a little about me.
I'm 25 years old and I came to Japan in March, 2020.
And I currently work at two elementary schools
as an assistant language teacher.
So I'm going to leave a-
little question box for you guys here.
So you guys can ask me any questions you'd like about Japan.
For me, the hiring process wasn't all that hard.
In November, the year prior, I had applied for the position.
And then by December I had an interview,
which was done in half Japanese and half in English.
And then by January I was notified
that I had got the position
and they had prepared all my documents
for me to arrive in Japan.
And by March I graduated.
10 days later I was in Japan.
So today is actually a national holiday in Japan.
It's the emperor's birthday,
which means I have a day off of school.
So I'm going to take you
to one of the most interesting stores in Japan.
So it's a little loud in here,
but right now I'm in Mega Don Quijote,
and it's a shopping center around Japan.
And you can get anything you could possibly imagine here.
There's a grocery store, there's home centers,
there's real estate agencies, there's hair salons, anything.
(speaking Japanese)
Everyone, I'm signing off for the night,
but I'd like to thank ITA for allowing me
to do this Instagram story takeover.
And if you guys have any more questions
about living or teaching English in Japan,
you can always reach out to me on my personal Instagram.
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