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sounds good. yeah i understand what you mean with people hanging around with english speakers. same thing happens in the uni i'm at now...

Anyway, i got a choice between Kyoto university and Tokyo university (both top ranked uni's in japan and asia), i'm told that there are less foreigners in kyoto, so it'd be better to learn the language and culture, BUT, i'm very likely to fail the year if i go there. So now i'm going mroe towards tokyo... what do you think about that? Is the experience worth failing a year of uni? personally i'm in no hurry to finish studies as i've almost guranteed a job after i finish whenever i want to.