Part I: Living in Nara

Introductory text

• I. Getting Adjusted
  • Things to Do During Your First Month
    • First things first:
    • With your advisor’s help:
    • Teaching-related things to do:
    • Simple but beneficial
  • Communication
    • Telephones
    • Telephone Cards
  • Telephones
    • Town Page
    • International Calls
    • Call-back services
    • Long-Distance, Low Rates
    • Toll-Free
    • Home phones
    • Domestic & International Mail
  • Domestic & International Mail, E-Mail/Internet
    • Email
    • KTO Internet Providers Table
  • Money
    • Bank and postal accounts
      • Why the *@#! are the ATMs all closed?
    • Sending money home
      • Kanji for bank & post office cash machines
      • ATMs
    • Payin’ the Bills
  • Property Insurance and Taxes
    • Property Insurance
    • Tax
      • Australia
      • Canada
      • U.S.A.
  • English-Language Info
    • Information Centers
    • Libraries
    • English-Language Newspapers
• II. Survival Tips
  • Food (Common Types of Restaurants*Food Shopping*Organic and Health Foods*Western Food*General Tips*Cooking*Vegetarian Eating*Suggested Reading*Natural Food Stores)
    • Common Types of Restaurants
    • Food Shopping
    • Organic and Health Foods
    • Western Food
    • General Tips
    • Cooking
    • Vegetarian Eating
      • Suggested Reading
    • Natural Food Stores
  • Housing (The Housing Contract*Rent and key money*Utilities*Telephone*Garbage*Pest Control*Furniture & Appliances*Climate Control*Household supplies*In the Kitchen*Laundry*Haircuts)
    • The Housing Contract
    • Rent and key money
    • Utilities
    • Telephone
    • Garbage
    • Pest Control
    • Furniture & Appliances
    • Televisions, VCRs and Stereos
    • Climate Control
    • Household supplies
    • In the kitchen
    • Laundry
    • Haircuts
  • Kinki Shopping (Local shops*Department stores*Department Store Schedule*Shopping via overseas catalogues*Other shopping areas*Nara City shopping)
    • Local shops
    • Department stores
    • Department Store Schedule
    • Osaka Department Stores
    • Catalog Shopping
    • Other shopping areas
    • Nara city shopping
      • “Free” Markets in Nara
  • Green Living
    • Green Vocabulary
  • Toilets, Baths and Showers ("Functioning" in a different society*Japanese baths [Ofuro])
    • “FUNCTIONING” in a different society
      • Bath (Ofuro)
• III. Health Matters
  • Health Matters
    • Insurance
    • Medical and dental care
      • Health care professionals
    • Medical Questionnaire
    • AMDA International Medical Info Center, Kansai
    • Medical Information Service (free)
  • Emergencies
  • Privacy, Personal Safety, and Sexual Harassment
    • Should an incident occur:
      • Speaking Out:
      • Should a serious incident occur:
  • Disaster Information
    • Earthquakes
      • Be Prepared!
      • Don’t Panic!
    • Typhoons
    • Information and Communication
• IV. Worship
• V. On The Job
  • Junior High School JETs
  • High School JETs
  • Vacation
  • At Your School
  • Odds and Ends
  • Renewing / Not Renewing
  • Extending your visa
    • Necessary documents for Visa Extension:
    • Nara Branch Office
    • Return Visas
    • Osaka Immigration
    • Osaka Immigration Bureau
    • Immigration Information Center (Osaka)
• VI. Etiquette
  • Hints on visiting a Japanese home
    • Temiyage (Entrance gift)
    • Coats and slippers
    • Sitting
    • Before leaving
    • Other gift-giving suggestions
  • Enkai (office parties)
    • Here are a few more enkai tips:
  • Weddings, wakes, and funerals
  • Sensitive Issues and suggested reading