DATA
Name: Jefferson Peters (JP)
University: UC San Diego
Grad School: U of Michigan
Work: Fukuoka University
Office: Bunkei Center #525
Office hours: Thursdays and Fridays from 16:30-17:30
FAQ
Where are you from? Huntington Beach, California, near Disneyland.
Are you married? Yes. To a Japanese woman I met in California a LONG time ago.
Do you have children? No. (We had a beloved and lovely cat who died some years ago.)
How long have you been living in Japan? For a LONG time (I should speak better Japanese).
Do you like Japan? Yes! I usually feel more at home in Japan than in America (except for the earthquakes...).
What do you like about Japan? Food, manga, TV dramas, seasons, people, kotatsu, sun-dried clothes & futons.
What do you think about Japanese students? Intelligent, funny, shy, and too busy with part time jobs and clubs/circles.
Why did you come to Japan? To work and to learn Japanese language and culture.
TRAVEL
One of my hobbies is traveling (in the pic above I'm in Delphi, Greece).
Traveling is a great way to learn about the world and human beings and yourself.
Click on one of my travel pictures to enter the gallery and see larger images and read my captions.
Name: Jefferson Peters (JP)
University: UC San Diego
Grad School: U of Michigan
Work: Fukuoka University
Office: Bunkei Center #525
Office hours: Thursdays and Fridays from 16:30-17:30
FAQ
Where are you from? Huntington Beach, California, near Disneyland.
Are you married? Yes. To a Japanese woman I met in California a LONG time ago.
Do you have children? No. (We had a beloved and lovely cat who died some years ago.)
How long have you been living in Japan? For a LONG time (I should speak better Japanese).
Do you like Japan? Yes! I usually feel more at home in Japan than in America (except for the earthquakes...).
What do you like about Japan? Food, manga, TV dramas, seasons, people, kotatsu, sun-dried clothes & futons.
What do you think about Japanese students? Intelligent, funny, shy, and too busy with part time jobs and clubs/circles.
Why did you come to Japan? To work and to learn Japanese language and culture.
TRAVEL
One of my hobbies is traveling (in the pic above I'm in Delphi, Greece).
Traveling is a great way to learn about the world and human beings and yourself.
Click on one of my travel pictures to enter the gallery and see larger images and read my captions.
Below is a gallery of my last trip around the world in August-September of 2019: Yellow Knife (Canada), Monterey (California), Strasbourg, Heidelberg, Madrid, Nuremberg, Granada, Antwerp, and Brussels.
Below is a gallery of my trip around the world in spring of 2019: Berlin, Athens, Cairo, Vienna, Napoli, Istanbul, and Washington, D. C.
Below is a gallery of my 2018 trip to Egypt, fulfilling one of my dreams since childhood.
Below is a gallery of pictures from many past trips to many countries in many different years.
BOOKS
My other hobby is reading books and listening to audiobooks. I LOVE reading. It's another way to travel...
Below are the last fifty books I've read. Click on a book to go to my Goodreads page to read my review.
My other hobby is reading books and listening to audiobooks. I LOVE reading. It's another way to travel...
Below are the last fifty books I've read. Click on a book to go to my Goodreads page to read my review.