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Originally Posted by BobbyCooper

I Love Japan and the lovely people who live overthere and it would really hurt me too to do this and just leave earlier. But I Love Japan that much, that I would like too see some more from this country and don't spend my entire WHV in a big city like Osaka or Tokyo. It's really not worth it!

It would really pain me to do something like this, to the Japanese people.. but if I have no other choice, what should I do. And I don't want to work somewhere else and do a different job. It's one of my biggest dreams to work as an English teacher in a country like Japan.

The great thing about working and traveling in Japan is that it doesn't take that much time to get from one place to another. I lived in Hyogo-ken, but often went to places like Nagoya, Tokyo, Kyushu, The Japan Sea, etc. for weekend trips. I was lucky to have a schedule where I worked in the evenings on Monday, so I could take off to, say Hiroshima on Friday afternoon and get there in time for dinner, then spend three nights have lunch in Hiroshima and be back in time for work on Monday. Especially if you want to work part time, you should have no problem seeing the country without constantly being on the move. I lived near Osaka, but was less than an hour from some gorgeous hiking areas and small towns with populations of only a couple hundred people.

I think you see my point.

Originally Posted by BobbyCooper

Also I really don't think you correctly understand the meaning of the Working Holiday Visum. It's really not at all designed too work! It's only there too support yourself so that you are able keep on traveling. Cause the Holiday in WHV should always stand out the most and goes for the Japanese as for the traveler. Everybody who deals with the WHV knows this and also the teachers in Japan must know this.

If you want to travel Japan and do small jobs here and there, then more power to you. I am just saying, as one non-Japanese to another, don't be lie and deceive your employers, because that makes it that much harder for the next guy.

Originally Posted by BobbyCooper

Also like Nyororin mentioned a couple posts back.. they love o hire people with a WHV because it just makes things much easier for everybody. Because of that I am going to assume, that most likely 90% of them if not more only work a short period of time.. cause otherwise it wouldn't be a WHV anymore.

Nyororin's addressed what she said, if you want to work short stints and focus on the holiday, that's great. Don't lie about it.

Originally Posted by BobbyCooper

Also, would you recommend me Osaka more? Or perhaps even a much smaller city??

Personally I like Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Nara) area more than Tokyo. I think Kansai has more variety, more flavor, and more charm. All of these cities have their own distinct personalities, and are within about an hour or less of each other. But I also like Fukuoka, Yokohama, and Nagoya a lot as well, so I can't really tell you what you would like without knowing you.