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My friends live around a 5 minute walk from the big Meitetsu station so hopefully that's pretty close by?
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I wouldn`t want to walk there from Kurokawa, but it is just a few minutes away by subway.
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My Japanese is pretty poor at the moment as I only get to take a single 2 hour class each week. How much will that affect me when I get to Japan? I'm really eager to learn and improve!
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If you`re teaching English, it probably won`t make any difference as all in terms of work. As for everything else, you shouldn`t have any real problems surviving - but life may be a bit boring without any understanding of everyone around you.
I can`t say for certain in your case, but it seems pretty common for English teachers to not have the opportunity to improve their Japanese all that much even while in Japan. Teachers tend to stick together so end up without much actual exposure to Japanese language. At least not in a way pushing them to learn any of it. Just being in Japan, unfortunately, is not enough on it`s own to learn/improve Japanese.
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Any other tips for a newbie??
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There are a ton of threads on here offering lots of advice. Please have a look around. I can`t think of anything specific applying to Nagoya, but will be happy to answer any detailed questions about the city.
Do you know yet where you will actually be living? A job at Kurokawa doesn`t necessarily mean you`ll be living right there if you haven`t been told you will be.