[chisato]

I am a 15 year old (male), freshman at high school. I'm a hafu, and I live in the US but go to Japan most years in the Summer for about a month and stay with my grandparents. I have gotten a strong liking for Japan, and am seriously thinking about moving there when I get older. (I'm not a Japanophile, I and no, I don't draw manga or anything like that.) However, since when I visit in the Summer for only a month and I don't attend school or anything I don't have a big chance to experience the lifestyle, although I do as much as I can without going to school. I have been thinking about becoming an exchange student for a year to experience the lifestyle and culture as much as possible. I'm not sure if the program is for people like me who are already fluent in the language ( I know some kanji), and have experienced the country many times before, etc. If anyone has any experience in exchanging or a situation like this overall please let me know. I'm just not sure if the exchange program would be best for me. Please take this seriously.