# Episode 18: Back to School (in April?!): A New Term in Japan

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Podcast: [Two Shores One Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-shores-one-story-7110565)
Published: 2025-04-16T03:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 930

## Resource

It's April in Japan (and the rest of the world) and that means the new school term has started! So exciting. In today's episode, I give recount my experiences of what happened during the first few (or many) days of the new term.

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