/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Hey /jp/,
I save about $1,200 AU a month, so in around ten months (when I have between $10,000 and $12,000) I'm going to GTFO and go to Japan.
I need some advice here, because I have almost no Japanese (I studied it, but never used it) and my plan is to basically just wander around Japan for a year or so teaching English as I go to make additional money on top of my savings.
I have a certification in teaching English from the University of New South Wales, but no bachelor's degree.
I'm good at living on small amounts of money, and intend to stay in the cheapest accommodation.

Do you think this will be possible?

Picture kind of related.

[Anonymous No.]

>Do you think this will be possible?
no

[Anonymous No.]

Good luck getting a job.

Just go to some community college or whatnot until you can apply for JET or some shit like that. You're not going to make anything if you just wander.

[Anonymous No.]

I really want to flame you, but I won't.

Put your money to better use.

[Anonymous No.]

12.000 for a year might work if you're saving enough. cooking, sleeping outside mostly or only very very cheap accomodation.

Jobs that will earn you a little extra could work too. I'd say try to polish up your japanese then you'll be fine.

[Anonymous No.]

>>782963
I thought if I stayed in a town for a few weeks, I may be able to do some private tuition.
Can someone who has experienced the job market for English tuition in Japan comment on this sort of thing..?

[Anonymous No.]

The Japanese don't like us.

[Anonymous No.]

>>782967
Hmmn, that's what I thought. I have a nice warm coat, I don't mind sleeping under a tree sometimes :D

[Anonymous No.]

how are you gonna teach english when you cant even speak japanese

[Anonymous No.]

>>782975
Because I'm not teaching japanese.

>how are you gonna post on imageboard when you cant even speak english

[Anonymous No.]

>>782974

I didn't mean sleeping under a tree. This is plain stupid.

Buy a bike and get a small one man tent and a sleeping bag. That does the job for the summer mostly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>782978
uh, wow

[Anonymous No.]

>>782979

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, and if the weather is unusually bad I'll just get a cheap room somewhere.
I'll have to get a room in winter though :\

[Anonymous No.]

>>782975

Don't laugh. Many people teach english without knowing japanese here.

[Anonymous No.]

>>782987
>:/
I hope some craze Yakuza stabs you repeatedly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>782987 :\
>>782974 :D
GET THE FUCK OUT FAGGOT

[Anonymous No.]

>but no bachelor's degree

Enjoy your unemployment in Japan.

[Anonymous No.]

>>782988

it was a serious question. the lack of punctuation probably made you think it wasn't but that is not the case

[Anonymous No.]

>>782987

Youth hostels are one possibility, to be sure.

But then again, you could get a really cheap apartment somewhere. I'm paying 800$ for Tokyo Chiyoda-ku. Which is not exactly cheap, but not extremely expensive either.

Outside of the big cities, or somewhere more in the outskirts stuff would be cheaper, to be sure.

There are many private english teaching "schools" that don't require you to have a degree. Mostly conversation schools, where you'll have private students to practice one-to-one conversation.

Payment won't be that good, but with some cash as backup you can survive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>783008
>Youth hostels are one possibility, to be sure.
>hostels are one possibility
>hostels
>hostel

REEE REEE REEE REEE REEE REEE REEE

[Anonymous No.]

>>783005

And I can just repeat myself: Many people teach english here without speaking japanese.

You just go english all the way. It's harder for beginners, but just works forks fine. Going monolingual for language practice is the best way in any language, anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>782950
>Teaching English
>UNSW
faggot, do a real course.

[Anonymous No.]

>>783015

i saw what you wrote, i was just saying it was a serious question

[Anonymous No.]

Private tuition is a BAD idea. You don't know Japanese, you don't know anyone there. There's no way you could possibly sell your services.

Read up on any English teaching program (like JET) before going there and apply for that.

If you don't actually get a job there, you will never live on 12k for a year, and even if you did, I wouldn't see the point. If you want to go to Japan it should be because of their goods/Akiba. If you can't spend any money, just stay wherever you live.

[Anonymous No.]

>>783040

haha oh wow.

[Anonymous No.]

Hmmn, thanks for all your help guys... I think my best bet is to wander around spending as little as possible and attempting to make money in any way I can whilst learning Japanese, and then when I get down to about 3,000,00 yen I'll stay where I am and try to get a job.
Failing that, I'll just rock back here (Australia, by the way, thus the AUD in my OP).

I'm not that interested in spending money on things as someone mentioned, I'm just looking for something, and I'll know what it is when I find it. And no, it's not a fucking girl you pussies. I might have to buy it though. Hmmn... I'm sure it'll work itself out.

Any better ideas?

[Anonymous No.]

>>783040
>If you want to go to Japan it should be because of their goods/Akiba.

[Anonymous No.]

>>783094
3 million yen is 30K Aus$ just fyi

[Anonymous No.]

>>783099
Fine, you tell me why any /jp/sie would want to go to Japan if not for Japanese goods.

You aren't going to become suddenly popular with people, you'll be the same person sitting in your house on the computer all day. You can do that wherever you live.

[Anonymous No.]

>>783104
>3 million yen
>3,000,00
wat

[Anonymous No.]

>>783104
>>783115
Fuck, I put an extra digit. I meant $2,500 - $3000 AU.

[Anonymous No.]

>>783122
No, you were correct. You said

>3,000,00
which is 300 000￥, which is 3000$

[Anonymous No.]

>>782950
If you are going to UNSW, at least do a decent course.

[Anonymous No.]

>>783114

Well, the rural areas are pretty awesome. I'd love to just chill in Hinamizawa. But I don't know why you're responding to such obvious trolls.