Planning a week stay in Tokyo

[marurun]

The teaching English gig is starting to get harder and harder these days to find, at least with pay that'll keep you fed. It is a shame that it's so hard to get a leg up. In truth, though, they do also need more manual labor, and they've been reluctant to allow laborers in, despite that need.

[Breetai]

The teaching English gig is starting to get harder and harder these days to find, at least with pay that'll keep you fed. It is a shame that it's so hard to get a leg up. In truth, though, they do also need more manual labor, and they've been reluctant to allow laborers in, despite that need.

I know it was 2-3 years ago (in Japan). It is worse now?

I guess I'll be better off now that I have an actual teaching cert., but it's a bit scary that I would even need to use that to get a leg up.

[hashiriya1]

Were you guys ALTs? I met a few ALTs and all of them hated it. Is it really that bad?

[D.D.D.]

I've heard immigration there is nearly impossible.

If you're all alone and on your own, yes. If you take the easy route by shacking up with a Japanese girl/guy and/or getting a job at a Japanese company, you're in there.

Permanent status takes a long time, but not impossible.

5-10 years would usually do it.

If you're married with kids for 3 years, the unwritten rule seems to be that short. I suppose it makes you seem to have more roots than someone without kids.

[Breetai]

Were you guys ALTs? I met a few ALTs and all of them hated it. Is it really that bad?

I did some kindergarten work part time on the side. I also worked in eikaiwa, juku and also worked directly (no damned middleman!) for a private school 学院.

[TheyCallMeTheSwede]

I love it you guys pretty much turned the thread around and just talk about immigration in Japan. But I did not mind it, its quiet informal.

[D.D.D.]

I love it you guys pretty much turned the thread around and just talk about immigration in Japan. But I did not mind it, its quiet informal.

So anyhoo, you should totally check out the lakes at Mt. Fuji.