I finally got my placement! I'll be living in Shiso City, Hyogo Prefecture. Apparently it's a small city of about 42,000. The city was formed in 2005 by the merger of four smaller towns, Chikusa, Haga, Ichinomiya and Yamasaki. It's on the Kansai plain northwest of Kobe and west of Kyoto. There doesn't seem to be too much information about it online though. I still don't know exactly where I'll be living, or what age group I'll be teaching. But at least I have a slightly better sense of where I'll be!
Shiso City official page: http://www.city.shiso.lg.jp/
