Price shouldn't be much of an issue I think. I'm currently in the military and will be getting out this August (09). The G. I. Bill just increased from 42k to in my case roughly 100k
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I was also considering Ecole Hoteliere Tsuji in Osaka. I think therr is a branch now in Tokyo as well.
Thanks for the advice though. I was considering and still am the Le Cordon Bleu Kobe school. However What I really want to learn is Japanese cuisine.
My only major concern is this though, (And I'm sure this has been discussed in many other posts, of which hopefully you will be able to direct me towards) what is it like for a foreigner living in Japan? Hard to get by? Relatively easy? What level of language proficiency would I need to get by for starters?