[jasonbvr]

Alright, here is one way you could go about finding ikebana classes and other stuff like that. Choose the prefecture of your liking, then contact the CIR or the office the CIR works in. This is basically their job. Putting foreigners in a position to experience Japanese cultural things. I would do all this on a tourist visa. After you find a program you like, go back to that CIR and ask how you are supposed to a certificate of eligibility to continue studying. And when they don't know, I would go to the visa center in Tokyo.

And yeah, seriously someone needs to take my job.