[MMM]

We have had several posters here that want to "do anything but teach English to live in Japan".

The vast vast majority of English speakers living in Japan teach English. There are all kinds of situations, from public school teaching to private corporate cram school teaching to small private school teaching to tutoring.

Every situation is different, and it is probably the easiest and most obvious way to start a life in Japan.

I did not mean it is an overly simplistic or monotonous job. I really enjoyed my three years of doing it, as I made my own lessons and was mostly able to teach what I thought the kids might be interested in.

"Lowering youself" is not my term, but the term some people who think they are too good to teach English use.