year in Japan
03-24-2011, 09:54 PM
if you are in Toronto the best source of information about the working holiday visa program would probably be all the japanese kids who are there on WHV. You could use this site, jpcanada.com, to try to connect with some of them. i believe its in Japanese so use google traslate. otherwise just look for a language exchange partner through craigslist and i'm sure you can connect w some people who are happy to help.
one pretty big issue w living in japan is accomodation. short term rentals have tended to be very expensive and really only for people w expense accounts. full year leases are possible but require large deposits and a guaranteer. the situation varies from city to city, though, and i would really recommend making this a major consideration in figuring out where you want to go.
i would definitely recommend you go to Kansai and then depending on your personality and preferences probably Osaka. kansai is three very different cities in one, you get a little bit of the best of everything. also its much cheaper than tokyo.
one pretty big issue w living in japan is accomodation. short term rentals have tended to be very expensive and really only for people w expense accounts. full year leases are possible but require large deposits and a guaranteer. the situation varies from city to city, though, and i would really recommend making this a major consideration in figuring out where you want to go.
i would definitely recommend you go to Kansai and then depending on your personality and preferences probably Osaka. kansai is three very different cities in one, you get a little bit of the best of everything. also its much cheaper than tokyo.