[Housetek]

1. Study abroad

2. Sponsored by a company

3. register as a entertainer for a visa

4. get married to a japanese person

5. certain countries have holiday visas, which is good for 6 months

6. stay 3 months at a time on sakura houses 3 month rental plan and fly to guam every 3 months for a day or so and reenter and book the same apartment.

7. Work for some bar for funds and room with a person who has a visa and stay off the radar *not recommended*

8. have a ridiculous amounts of money, they'll issue a visa for millionaires with out question since they'll spend that money in Japan.

9. Go through Jet/esl teaching program

10. be a homeless person stayin off the grid

I know japan is great and is a exciting place to be.

but actually living there and working there is a different story.

You really gotta have a plan and a reason to be there, other then "i love japanese things lol kthxbai!"

comming out of highschool, you will not be able to afford to live in japan unless your out in the boonies some where.

not knowing the language fluently will make things more difficult *im not fluent and manage to live there for year and 1/2 but it made things harder*

right out of college i just decided to go live there.

really hard finding work, and affording every thing. i found my self burning through money on just necessities.

luckily i illegally got a job at night clubs for a short period.

what i did was just stay on a 3 month visa and dip out the country for a few days, it was one of the more expensive routes.

but i had no other choice really.

and my fiance at the time wasn't a japanese citizen, she just had a student Visa and per parents had work visas.

also not to sound like a dick

but if you cant afford school in america, you will not afford life in japan. period.

unless you do with mmm said and become homeless.