[Sangetsu]

You should have no problem getting an English teaching position in Japan. Your ethnicity is not really a factor, and I know a few English teachers who are from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and elsewhere.

If you want to get a teaching position in Japan, you need to do a little planning. The best times to apply for teaching positions are just ahead of the fall and spring school semesters. It is at these times that most hiring is done. If you were looking for a position now, or in early winter, you would have a much harder time.

I wouldn't be too preoccupied with getting a position inside Tokyo. I love Tokyo (and will be working at a new school there as of Monday), but there's a lot to be said about living outside the metro area. It's cheaper, the people tend to be laid back and more friendly, and getting to Tokyo when you have the desire for a visit is usually not that difficult.

If finding a position in the metro area is difficult, you should try for the areas immediately surrounding it. Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba are all close by (some people even commute to central Tokyo daily from these areas), but are far less expensive, and have many things of their own to offer.

This weekend I'm moving house to Tokyo after 2 years of living out in the countryside, I'll miss the sounds of the frogs and the smell of the flowers.