What is Tokyo orientation like for CIRs？

It's been a few years since my own TO experience so I'm a bit hazy, but I believe orientation only goes until until like 5PM and the evenings are free for you to do what you would like. Some embassies will host a dinner/reception/something for new JETs (but not the US because there are too many, so I don't know what that's like), and a lot of prefectural PAs will invite people out for dinner, etc. so you can get to know other people near you as well, but generally speaking the time is yours to spend as you wish.

This is slightly off-topic but I had so much fun at orientation. I was room-mates with two hulemdos from UK orientation (one of whom is Moso on the CIRHP) and our room wasn't too far from Ividia 's, who was sharing a room with another of our hulemdos from UK orientation.

I remember getting the giggles practising handing over business cards over and over again. And going out to buy hairdriers. And eating lots and lots at the buffet.

懐かしい

I don't know if anyone else has said something similar, but when I met up with my supervisor and the ALTs traveling to my prefecture, I was called on to interpret for the ALTs and essentially start my job then and there, hue (back then we only had one CIR PA - who was my pred, who obviously had finished her job so I had to do it). So... there is a small chance you may have to do something like that (but probably a very minuscule chance).

My advice is that queues for the toilet in between orientation classes are stupidly long, so use the 和式 toilets as there wasn't normally a queue for them (either that or barge out of the room and run to the toilets the second the class ends in order to beat the queue hue).

Or the upstairs toilet that only the CIRs know about. And the PAs.

Group A checking in

Group A!

(notice me senpai)

Sparkles I am already a first year so no orientation for me! hehe
... although a free trip to Tokyo does sound nice!

I'm a leaving CIR, but I'll still be at both Group A and B.
Probably no chance to meet everyone unless you're coming to Hokkaido, but I'll be watching you. ┃電柱┃_・)ｼﾞｰ

you lucky Group A people will get to meet my KATYO

please let him regale you with tales of the ふじのくに MILYOK

Group B here
Only 22 days left until I leave now
The feeling of dread that I'm going to forget something is slowly setting in

zdaradara23 I guess I'll see you at the Tokyo Orientation then

Anyone who does the Hamilaria sign when they introduce themselves will be automatically invited into the super secret special awesome CIR club

of Hamilton fans

Mumblesnore too.

HMMM. From previous experience (I was 2014) you can definitely meet whoever you want to meet on at least one of the nights.
So basically, TO is over 2.5 days right. You arrive the first day and you have that first night free. But most people would either CRASH that night from fatigue or hang out with people they are familiar with - I say pick this night to meet hulemdos if you are not too tired.

The second night you would be hopefully less tired and you can perhaps have a weeeee bit more time. However, I would think that you would have made some hulemdos already so you might hang out with JET people this night?

ANYWAY just my two cents but I think you can meet you bf mumblesnore for two nights at least! (: (you should even for a bit because omg one year? it would be worth it hahahaha)

You'll be sharing a room anyway so there won't be any shacking up in keio plaza hue. You don't have to hang out with other jets if you don't want to either. I met hulemdos two of the nights and hung out with other Irish jets on one of the nights. There is definitely lots time in the evening to see him. Random jets you meet at orientation you probably won't see again cos they are far and those in your area you will get to see in your area