cc wrote:

> "Ronnie Corporon" <corporon2001@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>
> > just wondering if anyone who has been to Japan has worked for James
> English
> > School? if so, any negatives or positive feedback would be appreciated as
> my
> > husband and i are looking into working for them
>
> I don't know them personally, from their website, they offer standard
> conditions.
>
> The "problem" is the location. Do you know the Tohoku ? I wouldn't advise
> anybody to sign for that area without traveling there before.

Just what is wrong with the Tohoku area? And what is wrong with Niigata in
particular? Relatively large population (and high population density) aside,
their listings dominate one of the rural real estate websites I frequent.

http://www.myplanst.co.jp/

People want to dump their Niigata houses for as low as 480,000 (no misprint)
yen. Finding some house fee simple, with land in Niigata under one million yen
is not a problem. If not for the 40 km to the highway onramp or 25 minutes by
car to the station in some cases, in heavy snow, I would go for it just
because it was cheap.

Since other home buyers in this group are willing to throw around 40 million
yen at a time, or take on 35 year loans, you should see beauties like this:

http://tinyurl.com/q5hd

> That can be great for certain persons.
> If you are not a countryside lover, you may not bear the lifestyle. If you
> are not  already fluent in Japanese, you'll be twice as much dependent of
> your employer as in the Kansai/Kanto areas. In big cities, you can easily
> change for another school without having to move kms away, and you can do
> all sorts of things in English and talk about your problems to someone else
> than your coworkers or students.
>
> CC