05/09/2026
I’d already been working in education for 5 years, and I had one dream sitting quietly in the back of my mind… live and work in Japan. That dream got put on ice for what felt like forever.
I never let it go — and I finally made it happen.
Hi, I’m Mr G. I got chosen as the one teacher to represent Australia as the Hyogo Prefecture Exchange Teacher — which turned into working two jobes, one in a Japanese high school and another at the Hyogo Board of Education while trying (badly, at first) to learn the language.
That “one exchange” turned into travelling all over the country, way too many nerdy fanboy moments, an appearance on Japanese TV (I still can’t quite believe that happened), and eventually leaving my classroom in Australia behind for good.
Now this is where I share it all — the culture, the travel, the food, the mistakes, and what teaching and living in Japan is actually like, beyond the tourist version and what you have seen online.
My whole thing is to teach and help you understand more about Japan, not just visit it.
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