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The JET ProgrammeYuppo-no-Sato at Nasushiobara Onsen is one of Japan’s largest footbaths measuring 60 meters long. It receives 60,000 visitors each year. Florentine RonnigerBorn in Vienna, Austria. After graduating from the University of Vienna, where she majored in Japanese studies and art history, Florentine worked at Vienna’s Art History Museum as an exhibition hall attendant and visitor assistant. She currently works as a CIR in Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture. Acting as a bridge for exchanges between the sister cities of Nasushiobara and Linz, she introduces Austrian culture to Japan.REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA30JAPANGRASSROOTS AMBASSADOR In Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, Florentine Ronniger connects two countries with a national costume and a smilelorentine Ronniger, who was born in Vienna, Austria, grew interested in Japan while in high school. Her interest was inspired by Japanese manga and anime. Driven in part by her Japanese classmate, her interest deepened, and at the age of 17, she decided to go on a homestay in Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, a sister city of the Donaustadt district of Vienna. The way the latest technology and traditions intermingled in the large city of Tokyo deeply impressed her. Florentine ended up majoring in Japanese studies at university. After graduating, she worked at a museum in Vienna but travelled frequently to Japan, which remained dear to her heart. “People in Japan were always so kind. I often got lost and time and again people would walk me to my destination. This really touched me. I really wanted to repay them for their kindness.” This got her looking for a job that is culturally related to Japan, and when she saw a recruitment ad for the JET programme, she thought “This is it!” She was hired as a Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) and assigned to a location some Heartfelt Grassroots Exchange Between Austria and JapanBetween Austria and JapanF

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