History

History · 20. October 2024

The JAS office in 2013

This is a story about the JAS office I visited back in 2013. At the time, the JAS office was located about 300 meters from the food court. It was a one-story building housing several organizations. There was no toilet, so we had to walk to the food court. Sometimes it was noisy because I could hear something that sounded like a jet engine. Today, I looked at a Google Earth photo from 2012 and realized that it was the back of a hangar and a runway.

The story of the JAS's official logo

Today, I want to share the story behind the JAS's official logo. Even though JAS didn't have an official logo until 2017, they did have hand-painted signs. At that time, JAS had a few copies of it stored away. By 2012, one of these signs was on their door. In 2014, someone took a picture of it and posted it on their old Facebook page. 2016, I thought it would make a nice official logo, so I digitized it. In 2017, Mr. Bobby, our president, mentioned that we needed a logo for our paperwork. I...

Commencement of JAS Official Website

Before I took over as the webmaster, JAS Iwakuni attempted to manage their website on their own. You can still find some remnants online, such as "***.org", Facebook (old) , Ameblo, etc. Despite their efforts, the website couldn't be sustained for long. When they approached me to launch their new official site, I was a student in their English class. A woman, who was a JAS board member, approached me and asked, "Could you help us start our new official website?" At that time, I had no work and...