Placement requests: Were you placed in one of your requests?

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1. I requested Tokyo, Yokohama, and Aichi ken with an urban area as my preferred location. I got Fukushima city in Fukushima ken, which is the capital of that prefecture but still a average sized city at just under 300,000 people. It’s about as big as my hometown, and I’m pretty satisfied with it! Being a non-driving jet could have something to do with my placement as well, but I’m not sure.

2. Requested Sendai City, Hyogo Prefecture, and Fukuoka. Ending up with Gifu-Ken.

3. I requested Tokyo > Kanto > Touhoku because I lived in Tokyo for a university exchange I did. I genuinely would have been happy wherever because I love Japan so long as my medical needs were met, but I got Tokyo! It’s really exciting to be able to return to my old stompin grounds tbh.

4. My first request was Kumamoto, then Fukuoka, then Osaka. I got Aso in Kumamoto. Think its because I mentioned my bf’s fam being in Kuma that they placed me there.

5. I got my first choice: Tokyo.
   My other choices were Kanto and Sapporo, but I am very happy to have gotten Tokyo. 😁

6. No, I requested Touhoku region, but got Kansai instead, which is fine since I said I’m flexible. I’m very glad I didn’t get something super inaka.

7. I requested Hiroshima but got Yamaguchi. Glaf to be right next to where I originally wanted.

8. I requested to be in either the Chubu, Tohoku/Hokkaido, or Kanto region (so very broad requests) but ended up in the Chugoku region in the least populated prefecture. I said in my interview I was comfortable going anywhere, which remains true and I am excited 😀

9. I requested Okinawa, Kyoto and Osaka. I didn’t really have any preference though since I’ve never been to Japan and want to explore a lot. Got Kagoshima-shi which I’m very happy with, medium sized city with good transport links.

10. i requested tokyo, saitama, and osaka, mainly for medical reasons, and i ended up with chiba, which sounds perfect for me!! close enough to tokyo that i’ll have access to my meds and big city fun while simultaneously not having to live in the hustle and bustle 🙂

11. No but I’m not mad at my placement either. It’s too good to be true. Osaka City 🙏🏿

12. I was pretty disillusioned with the placement system from the stories I heard, so I just chose Block 1 with Hokkaido and Tohoku because I am not a heat person.
    Got Hokkaido 🙂

13. I requested Tokyo and Ishikawa and I was placed in Tokyo! I’m prefectural and Tokyo is huge so I hope to find out where my school will be soon! Super excited and still very shocked to get my #1 placement.

14. I put Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai as my choices and didn’t get them. Got a city known for its ski resorts and onsen so I’m not complaining

15. Wouldn’t even bother with the request to be honest – roll the dice and have some fun

16. I wrote kyoto osaka and kanagawa and I got Kyoto city 🙂

17. I asked for Kumamoto and Kansai, got Kansai. I’m happy with what I have.

18. I put Tokyo and urban first (and then Sapporo and Akita) but stressed in the interview that I genuinely would be excited for either urban or rural and had struggled to choose my preferences (which was true). I got dead centre Tokyo, in one of the most urbanised wards of all.

    Edit: I should add I did say I could drive, and still got a placement in which driving is almost an impossibility haha. So don’t assume that saying you can drive will bar you from an urban placement.

19. My first request was Hokkaido because I can’t handle the heat and I got placed in Kyushu 🤣 but so far my prefecture looks awesome so I’m happy with how things turned out!

20. It’s a request. Sometimes you get it , sometimes you don’t.

21. I requested Tohoku, Shizuoka, and Osaka. I got Gunma.

    I love it here. I honestly am trying to think of a way to stay forever lol

22. I ended up in my #1 choice but I didn’t have a super strong preference to be there or not 😂

23. I requested Tochigi, Gunma, and Wakayama. I ended up being placed at Hokkaido. I’m still excited for the new adventure.

24. I requested Mie as my first. Ideally I wanted to be in central Japan as the weather is more tolerable for me but I ended up in Aomori 😅 gonna be interesting regardless 😄

25. I have friends in Tokyo so I requested Tokyo to and Saitama ken, not really thinking there was much chance of getting there. My third choice which I actually had some hope of getting was Sendai. I got Yamagata, which is just next door to Sendai and still not too far off of Tokyo so honestly, close enough lmfao

26. I got my number 1 requested location (Tokyo). Doesn’t happen super often but it does occasionally!

27. I requested Kyoto, Aichi or Ibaraki and I got Osaka-fu! Does anyone have advice for prefectural placements? I want to be prepared. 🙂

28. No but I think my placement was everything I wanted from a place (except the climate) but it’s honestly the perfect place

29. I requested Kyoto, Nara and Osaka prefectures and got Kyoto-fu! I am ofc over the moon but honestly I think its more just luck than anything else 🙂

30. I requested Oita, Kumamoto, or Nagano prefectures. I was placed in Kagoshima, near Oita and Kumamoto. All three are prefectures in Kyushu.

31. One of my requests was Kansai region and I ended up with Kobe, so that’s a win! I was more looking for a smaller town feel but I’m still super excited.

32. My preferences were:

    Urban

    1. Tokyo
    2. Kanagawa
    3. Osaka

    I have been placed in Tokyo, so feeling very lucky!

33. I requested Saitama, Gunma and Chiba…and was placed in Kumamoto-shi (bit of a difference, but am looking forward to it!)

34. I requested Nagano, Gunma and the Kansai Region in that order, and I got placed in Shinano, Nagano! I feel super blessed and I’m super excited about my placement! Best of luck to you 🤞🏾✨

35. Tokyo, Yokohama, Fukuoka

    Got placed in rural Aomori

36. Update: I got Tokyo! Mixed feelings here.

37. I chose Kyoto, Nara and Okayama. I didn’t really know what to put, I just didn’t want massive cities or an island, and wanted to at least be on Honshuu. I’ve never been to Japan before so wanted to see all the main sights, as well as explore my prefecture/region.

    I got Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture, Tohoku. So I got my wish to be on the main island and amazingly, only an hour and a half on the Tohoku Shinkansen to Tokyo. I’m also going to absolutely love exploring the Tohoku region, looks so beautiful😍

38. I requested Akita, Aichi, and Tottori. I wanted Akita or Tottori the most and I got Fukushima-Ken. I’d say it’s quite close to Akita and they share some same aspects. I’m happy 😊

39. Requested Oita prefecture, Kyushu region, and Aichi prefecture. I got Oita city and I’m beyond happy!

    My home city (Austin) is the sister city for Oita and I mentioned that in my reason for selection. Plus, In my SOP I briefly mentioned that I want to maintain ties with Oita when I move back to the US. I have no doubt these things contributed to my successful placement.

40. I requested Gifu first, Gunma second, and Aomori third; and specifically asked for a rural placement.

    I ended up being placed in Takasaki, the largest city in Gunma prefecture.

    One of my friends who is also in JET asked for rural Gifu, and ended up getting that as requested.

41. Requested Saitama – specifically Koshigaya City due to sister cities association, Kochi because my host-grandma was born there and it was a pretty cool place to sight see back in the day, Hokkaido because I despise heat and humidity. I got Tokyo, which was unexpected since in my interview they asked specific questions about teaching art skills in Wakayama after learning the school’s dyeing techniques and it was leading to that. My host-grandma couldn’t be more happy since I live about 40 mins away from her – she gets to practice her English and she introduces me to her friends so I can practice my Japanese. I wasn’t even thinking about Tokyo but here we are haha.