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Exciting update! I’m blogging for Japanese travel company HIS over on their website! New posts and content every day. I still content that’s previously unpublished on this Tumblr and my Blogspot that will be exclusive to HIS! Check it out~

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Colleen Green took this photo when I went out to a Shimokitazawa bar with her, Cassie Ramone and friends after their performance at Shibuya HMV.

#miss u japan

Your photos filled me with homesickness and I've never lived in Japan, how's that possible? (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

Your heart knows that you must visit someday and I hope that you can soon. <3

Hi, it is a dream of mine to live in Japan independently when I am an adult (early twenties) I was wondering if you have any advice or key information about living in the country and also how is it communicating in Japanese, as it is not my first language. Additionally if your living in Japan how did you get a job or are you traveling for a holiday?

Yes yes! I’m happy to help.

Japanese is difficult. Even if you have studied it previously, moving to Japan will make you realize how much you don’t know. But at the same time, it will motivate you to learn more. English literacy in Japan is really not so great, but you will have a bit of an easier time if you live in a major city. My advice for when you’re there is to push yourself to be in situations where you have to use Japanese. It’s amazing how little a person can learn if they close their mind off to it. It can feel exhausting at times, but if you open your mind to it, you will learn a lot quickly.

I was working as a full-time assistant English teacher in public schools in Japan as well as part time in a children’s English after school program. Moving to Japan is possible in a few ways depending on where you are from. Countries like Australia and France allow you to have a working holiday visa so you can just go without a company sponsored work visa and then find work yourself. I very strongly advise against moving to Japan on this visa if you have never been to Japan, don’t have close to fluent language skills, and don’t have anyone in the country to help you out. It can be difficult to find work on a temporary visa, especially with low level Japanese language. It’s difficult to find an apartment and also difficult to do the procedural things like setting up a bank account and health insurance stuff without someone to help you. I know that this option can seem appealing because of the freedom of not being tied to a company but I am so grateful that I went with a company sponsored visa because they facilitated everything for me and I would have had infinitely higher levels of stress had I not done that. One of my friends came to Japan on a working holiday visa and there are definitely some pros and cons to both options (assuming your country will provide that visa) but ultimately I’m pretty happy with my choice. You can also come for your first year on a sponsored visa just to have some assistance and get used to Japan life and then work somewhere else afterward.

Generally speaking, it’s pretty rare to find work that isn’t teaching English if you aren’t fluent in Japanese so your best bet is to apply to a teaching company and have them sponsor your visa. If you are curious about the company I worked for, check out this blog post I did. Feel free to message me again with any questions. You’re asking a lot of good questions and I hope this didn’t seem scary at all and that you’re able to move to Japan when you’re ready. :)

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