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08-01-2008, 01:12 PM
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Plus being from England, you've got some advantages that I as an American don't have. 1) With the Working Holiday Visa, you can get here without having to show such a hefty amount in your bank account as I did. $6,000 beats $20,000 any day. With the added bonus that you can work here in Japan (provided you can find someone to hire you). 2) The English can get a visitor's status for a period of a 6 month stay. It's only 90 days for Americans then we have to leave the country. On a visitor's status, you don't have a requirement to show funds in your bank account as far as I know. Of course, you can't work with visitor's status either. Also, some of the ward offices here offer free or inexpensive Japanese lessons so you don't absolutely have to fork over a ton of money for tuition to a private language school. However, I can't vouch for the quality of the lessons. If your main goal is language acquisition, then I'd spring for a private language school. As for me, I decided to come to Japan last November. I already missed the deadline to apply for a student visa to start school in January and I didn't want to wait 6 months before starting language classes in Japan so I came over on visitor's status. I studied for nearly 3 months, then had to go back to the U.S. in March. I came back a week later with visitor's status once again. Over the spring, I submitted my application for a student visa while in Japan. I received my student visa 1 month ago. My student visa is now good for a year (although I will run out of savings fairly soon). However, I certainly wouldn't suggest taking the hurried route I took. Take your time, plan your move. And do whatever it is you need to do in preparation for it. 
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08-01-2008, 09:15 PM
Wow that cleared loads up, thank you very much and true I shouldn't rush this, I'm just doing some major preparation I hate not being prepared and it coming to the time and suddenly rushing it
 , So what good Japanese Language schools are there out there? within the Tokyo area?
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08-01-2008, 10:27 PM
Plan well and if you have more than a year to go, then you should definitely take some more classes at Uni.
I made the same mistake by exploring too much and it is good until you start wasting time. Always think about moving forward cos whatever you do, the fastest way to get to Japan and have a job secured over there is to finish your degree. And if you are worried about money, don't you have some kind of student loans that you can use?
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08-01-2008, 11:40 PM
Haha no worry s matey, but anyone got any information on either private schools or colleges or unis or what not to get into? which ones the best for and most likely to take me under my current situation
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08-01-2008, 11:46 PM
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08-02-2008, 12:12 AM
Just need to get away from it
 , its OK don't get me wrong but id much rather be in Japan personally a new country a fresh start no one would know me just all new plus at the same time learning new things
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or are you talking about me taking more classes over in Japan's Uni?
