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Originally Posted by SHAD0W
As part as of my teaching degree i get to choose something as a special placement for a few weeks teaching practise outside the classroom. Alot of people in my case go to teach in childrens hospitals or young offenders institutes. While pondering my choices i was told that my friend was going to ireland to do her placement -> ive been given permission to go to japan.
Apparently I'll be going to stay with a woman who owns and runs a school for international students in japan. Children of people who have come to work in japan from other countries. So ill be teaching a range of subjects in english to foreign children, which is a relief that i don't have to speak japanese while at work Im only at lower intermediate level.
This school is in TSUKUBA, in the Ibaraki prefecture. Just wondered if anyone could tell me some things about tsukuba? Whats life like out there? Anything i should know about the area?
Does anyone here live in tsukuba? we could go for a drink when I'm not teaching!
Also, does anyone have any tips for staying with a host family in japan?
Any help highly appreciated!
Ash
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Tsukuba is really nice... Its very green and it has all the basic amenities you can expect from a small city. Outside of Tsukuba, you'll mostly find a lot of rice fields... Its a perfect place to jog, if that is your thing. Make sure to check out Ushiku Daibutsu while you are there, its one of the biggest Buddha statues in the world.