I received a letter yesterday from the Oita Prefectural Government Office. What a surprise! They have my name as a "former JET participant". Turns out, today they are launching a new online information center, the Oita International Information Plaza. It's in both English and Japanese. Amazing. I can now find out more about Oita virtually than I ever could when I was actually there. I look forward to visiting the "Comment Exchange Plaza" and hearing what's up these days.
"...a bridge joining Oita and the rest of the world."