Hey, i am applying as an assistant english teacher in Japan. I am interested to know where i should nominate to be posted? There are a few people on the site living over there, what are your thoughts?

No hard and fast notions of 'yeh i'll be there come next July' but i am very keen to get the job. Talked to a few people and heard lots of good things (and quite a few really bad things) about going. The program is targeted at rural areas but i am really pretty clueless about what to write down!?!?!

Any help?

Oh, the prefecture and designated city option are:
Hokkaido Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Sapporo City
Kyoto Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
Kyoto City
Iwate Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
Osaka City
Sendai City
Hyogo Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
Kobe City
Yamagata Prefecture
Nara Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Hiroshima Prefecture
Saitama City
Hiroshima City
Chiba Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture

There are options for the major cities but i was told they prefer to post young people in rural areas - sounds better to me anyhow.

Basically anywhere in Japan is awesome, even the "rural" areas really aren't all that rural. I actually have friends in Saitama that are doing the exact same thing! Saitama is about 30km from me, not too far from the "city". Many of those places I have never been to and I'm not familiar with, but Hokkaido is way north and cold, Chiba is basically right near Tokyo, Nara, Kobe, and Kyoto are really cool, but further away. That's about as much as I could tell you about it, you will love it where ever you go. Yokohama seems to be where a lot of the classic car places are, most particularly our beloved Datsun shops are around there. Keep us all posted what happens!

-Andy

Anyone knows where I can go shopping? I mean shopping for datsun/car stuffs in Japan? prefer osaka area

thanks

Osaka is an excellent choice ... love to go there myself some day.

AS expected my location preferences didn't really mean that much in the scheme of things. I am being posted in Kumayama (town), Okayama-Ken (Prefecture/State/Province). My travel guide classes it as 'western honshu' and describes the capital (Okayama city) as a 'modern' city surrounded by glimpses of the past. I can't find any information on Kumayama town.

Sounds like a real adventure! I hope it works out well for you, keep us posted.

jack.. the first thing u MUST do when u get there.. is go and find pit road and buy me 1 of them real fancy Aseries they make ! christmas is getting closer...
woodydat

I guess you should learn to go here first.
There's some interesting things in this site about Japan.
Japan-guide.com
Here's more
Okayama
Is this where you are staying? If so, it looks like you're all good. I'm jealous.
Outline of Okayama

Hi guys. I have been in Tokyo since sunday morning and am moving onto Okayama-ken tomorrow. Thursday i am off to Seto where i will be living for the next 12 months! I will be working in Kumayama at a Junior High most of the time and making visits to the 3 elementry schools in the area.

The Keio Plaza in Shinjuko is the absolutely lush place they have housed all 1500 or so new JETs in the program. The majority are from the US but Australia has about 100 or so particiipants.

When I get some more time I'll post some pics.