Positives: fascinating, ancient culture. Wonderful nightlife. Hospitable and friendly people everywhere. Neverending opportunities for interesting experiences. Safe cities. Negatives: tree-less cities. Rivers choking in garbage. Neverending noise everywhere you go. The fact that a 16 hour work day isn t considered that unusual. Personally I think Japan is a cool place to live and highly recommend it, but from the list above you can see that it definitely has its ups and downs My tip for you is to try to covince your mom to visit Japan before she throws everything away to live there. Being a student, you probably have numerous opportunities of getting exchange programs free of charge or in very cheap expenses. By coming to Japan, the experience might even inspire you to find your future profession. And wherever you decide to live, whether it s Japan or your home country or any place else, having a special skill really helps. Or if there is a theme you can be more devoted to than other people, that will help you improve your skills along that theme. So ask yourself what you can enjoy. What you don t mind doing even if you re tired and are earning little money. If you find that, see how it can fit into the Japanese society (if you want to live in Japan, that is). Also I wonder what you mean by quot;westquot;. Japan may not be as quot;eastquot; as you think. I don t know what you expect in Japan, but this country is no dream world. It s just a land located in the nearest west of Hawaii, full of sad and happy people searching for dreams, money and pleasure. But if you love the place, it will help you overcome any difficulties while you re here.
Knowing hiragana and katakana is not enough to attend high school in Japan. By the time you re in high school, you pretty much know all the kanji to be a literate Japanese so you ll be very behind in school and probably not graduate, which will not be great for your job prospects. (If you cannot pass the Japanese Language Proficiency Test at Level 1 or 2, then you are not fluent.) I agree with the other posters in that you should consider going there on your own since you ll soon be old enough. You could do a student exchange there over the summer or in college, you could visit there and earn some money for your travels by teaching English under the table or wwoofing it (willing workers on organic farms), or after you graduate with a BA (more chance of getting a working visa) you could try to teach English through JET program (government program so its pay and conditions are the best) or if your Japanese is good enough through JET you could do a CIR job like translating things or working at a government office/museum/library/etc, or you could get hired at a private company (not as good pay/conditions but you have more control over where in Japan you ll be and could rise up in the company perhaps if you like it enough and decide to stay), or if your Japanese is good enough, get hired by a Japanese company that will sponsor your visa (go to job fairs in America to network). There s many scholarships to study Japanese in America and in Japan. Here s some examples listed at UCLA: http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/... List of options for studying in Japan: http://www.ravimontenegro.com/Japan/stud... High school essay contest to study in Japan: http://www.kccjee.org/pages/program_page... Perhaps the closest you can get to practicing your Japanese outside of Japan is an intensive place where English is not allowed such as Middlebury. http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/j...
If you are or are going to be a college graduate check out the JET Program at; http://www.jetprogram.org Upon university graduation, they will send you to Japan for free then pay you 3,300,000 yen a year to be an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) or a CIR (Coordinator of International Relations). The ALT works in Japanese secondary and elementary schools assiting with EFL education while the CIR works primarily in government offices doing translation work, escorting visiting foreign representatives and dignitaries, and other activities related to international relations. ALT requires no Japanese ability but CIRs have to be functionally and literarily compentent if not fluent. If you are serious about living and working in Japan for a protracted period of time, you should check it out. If you are interested in teaching English in Japan, you might also try Heart English; http://www.heart-school.jp or Interac; http://www.interac.co.jp/recruit/
You can t just move there.Period...They have a closed innigration policy. Please research this !!!! BTW, any Japanese not born there is considered a gaijin. Even if you were a Korean born in Tokyo.
... Magick... sorry... wait until you graduate then study abroad. ^_^
tell her that old people live longer in a healthy way. tell her that u want her around for as long as possible.
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