Friday, August 7, 2009

How do live in Japan for 6 months

How do live in Japan for 6 months ?
In 2010 I am thinking about living in Japan for 6 months.I would like to be able to know how I can survive in Japan(I live in the US so I can't get a holiday visa) and how much money do I need to survive .
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you need about $3500 jap money for sushi that will supply you for six months, including a twinky so you can toss it and the japanese hornbags will chase the twinky instead of you.
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Do you have a BA Degree (Any subject will do). If so you can teach English for a year. You want to work as an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) theses are teachers in the public schools. You also want to Teach at an elementary school. The students and teachers are much easier to work with then Jr, or Sen. High Schools. If you don't have a BA Degree, you still could go on a tourist visa. Do private Tutoring and after two months travel to South Korea for a week or two and then come back to Japan and your visa will be extended for another three months. The key to doing this is to stay in Japan NO LONGER THEN TWO MONTHS AND TO SPEND AT LEAST A WEEK IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (South Korea is the closes country and ticket by ferry or plane are cheap). Feel free to e-mail me with any questions. Philly Guy.
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I lived there for just 5 weeks (loved it) but l learned a lot! First off, don't stay in American style, westernized hotels. Stay in "business hotels" (that the traveling business people use) or "ryokens" (traditional Japanese style hotels, bed is a futon on floor, toilet is a hole in the floor, traditional deep Japanese bathtub which will be drawn for you unless you decline). These will cost you only about 1/3 of what the familiar western hotels charge. Second, don't eat at the restaurants in those westernized hotels! A ham sandwich will cost you $10 or $15! Instead, opt for bento box lunches at stands that sell Japanese meals, or some of the wonderful noodles that you can get at almost any station that the fast trains stop. These delicious meals will cost you only $2 or $3 or so--again, less than a third what a meal would cost you in a hotel. If you can figure out the trains, they are a very inexpensive way to travel. Whatever you do, don't take taxis! There are city buses as well. Again, a bit difficult to figure out without help of a Japanese native, but maybe you know one? Just temember: think Japanese, not American or European! Otherwise your trip will be very costly. If you can find a short term rental (some Japanese will rent to westerners, others will not because the westerners have a tendency to not take care of their places as well as other Japanese do), you will likely save a lot of money over even the cheap hotel rate. I could easily stay in business hotels, eat Japanese food, and travel by buses and trains, for $100 per day. Renting a place for 6 months might save me about half of that.
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If you don't have a degree, you could still get a pre-college visa and be able to work up to 20 hours a week.