[RediscoverTravel]

Your Japanese school should be able to give you a cultural visa. Costs can be cut by going to a school outside of Tokyo. When I moved to Japan I attended Japanese school full time. The school cost about 35,000/month, rent at a cheap gaijin house was 50,000/month and food was 30,000/month. This was many years ago but I think you can still do it for that price. Of course you will have no social life but if your purpose is to learn the language then it is good to focus on that.