Coming to Japan: JFAQ56

After getting a large amount of comments and questions about my own personal story of coming to japan I I finally made a video describing the process I went through while showing you the area I live in.

Sorry about putting white text over some white backgrounds. I didnt realize to later that this can be hard to read on some monitors. Another lesson I have learned in the editing process.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• japan
• gaijin
• nova
• japanese
• nihongo
• nippon
• nihonjin
• aeon
• ecc
• geos
• eikaiwa

[gigasbleach99]

It seems that you have had your fair share of trails and tribulations in Japan. Is Japan going to be your new home or do you plan to come back to the united states?

[unrested]

@gigasbleach99 i always never say never, but for now i have no intentions of ever leaving. the hardest trials are far behind me now and life has only gotten better and better since then.

[ShinobixXxKakashi]

I wonder if I will be able to tell such a story in two years too. But I am actually really going to Japan for a year (starting this August). You really seem lucky, but luck is a talent too, you know :P

[unrested]

@ShinobixXxKakashi japan is a great adventure. but i would be lying if i said you wont have your bad and good stories. those who stay here past a year definitely run into their fair share of trials.

[Andrewz21]

cool vid. why did u tag aeon? is that the company that found you? that's the company that i am considering to work for as well, as they also sent me an email interested in me

[unrested]

@Andrewz21 just wanted peeps who were looking into eikaiwa to know my story.

[garspelman]

Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing your story.

[JuanG940]

thanks for the info on what you need and how you got started. I really want to go live in japan after i graduate and save up some money.

[Eagleeyesschell]

@DJEmergency

If it is your business and it's net worth is $100,000+ there is a visa that will allow you to work in japan. As far as any other visa; work visa requires a sponsoring company and the requirments of the visa are either atleast a bachelors degree or 3+ years of professional experience in the field your getting a job as, spousal visa's are available if you marry a native japanese citizen, work holiday visa's are allowed for a certain group of countries (not US unfortunately)

[DJEmergency]

Great videos man. I've been fascinated by the japanese culture for years and plan to visit there one day. From all the stories and videos you posted it makes me want to go there more now lol. Question? I'm working at a great job repairing computers remotely at home and I'm able to work any where as long as I got a great internet connection (even overseas.) The thing is that I want to keep this job, so my question is would it be harder for me to migrate there if I like japan when I visit?

[KurisuBurukkusu]

cant hear you through all the music

[Cap661]

Your videos on here continue to be a godsend, for the inquisitive and curious, but above all for those of us who are, or are going to be, in the land of the (still) rising sun. I hope to get there in the near future, but have to take care of selling my house and family business first. I wonder how hot or cold the foreign teacher market is after the earthquake though, I haven't been able to get a clear picture thus far.

[GrayXIII]

Hey man, I have been looking to come over to Japan for a while now and am trying full throttle to get myself to a point where I can compete with a lot more "scholarly" people than myself. I was looking through videos about alternatives to the JET program because there's always a chance I won't make the cut. And I stumbled onto your video. Gotta say my heart goes out to you and it just fuels me even more so that even if I get rejected, I can keep trying.

[ihateschool778]

it's good to hear people with difficulties become successful. seems like God was with you all that time. i wanna go to Japan so bad. i'm really starting to despise what the culture in america has become

[TrueKyuubi2]

very nice story bro thx for sharing

[gordondb]

great video! ! !

[WallyWadeMovies]

I guess i have 2 dreams and 1 of them is to live in japan. I have a lousy job and a practically boring, routine-driven-life that goes nowhere.

I am at a point where i am feeling more anxious because the older i get the more i deny myself the pleasure of drawing, or writing or doing anything i used to do when i was a teenager. I really want to bail out of this country and try japan. I look at Nelson Mandela. Dude spent 25 years in prison and later became president.

Good things do happen