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Originally Posted by cupofwater
thanks for your suggestion Firebird. Actually I did also consider the gaijin house situation for a while, but I felt it wouldn't be much different than the hostel. Also I was concerned about getting stuck in an place where I might be surrounded by more english than japanese. I really want to have the collequial japanese around me everyday so I can adjust to it. I don't want this to turn like the foreign kids dorm all over again (as in konnichiwa and hai are the most of what's said )
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Well if you want to be around japanese people more than foreigners than i´d definitely recommend a shared house. Stay away from places like Sakurahouse or other places that allow only foreigners in their houses. Than don´t stay directly in the citycenters and you can also ask how many foreigners/Japanese live in that house. In the Oakhouse in Kichijoji it was around 6 or 7 foreigners and around 10-12 Japanese wich was great.
And the chance that you will have alot of foreigners in a hostel will be high as well. And don´t expect to see your neigbours to much if you live in an apartment...