Ten year-old Genchiro
sprinted across the dirt field of the Yusato Urban Development Centre with one
goal in mind: to catch me.
It was a Saturday
evening, One World Shimane – a yearly JET-organised event for students across
the region – was nearing its end, and Genchiro, his friends and I were playing
onigoko out on the dirt field adjacent the parking lot. Onigoko is Japanese for
‘pretend devil’,...
