02-24-2009, 10:24 PM
I never did an "official" homestay. I got lucky and met a great Japanese friend online and stayed at her family's home for a few weeks. It is really a great experience, although now I prefer to stay in my own place when I visit Japan.
When I studied abroad I decided to stay in a dorm because there seems to be too must of a risk involved in staying with a family. You can end up with a really cool family or you can end up in an odd situation. One of my friends got stuck with a 70 year old widow who owned like 7 cats.
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