Off to Japan for a year

[lockys96]

Paked in my job beginning of december, went to Tokyo for 3 weeks in January, liked it so much i applied for a Working holiday visa, and have received it allready, took 1 week.

 

So ive booked a flight for next friday 16th and im off for a year.

 

Looking for work is becoming boring here, so off to the land which i find interesting, well see how it goes out there, lol.

 

500,000 yen to my name or £3500.

 

fancy finding out if there are any time attack series at tsukuba anymore? if anyone knows anything that i should try to see this year, let me know.

 

Si:)

[tooquicktostop]

One of the most amazing places I have been to, two weeks was not enough, enjoy yourself

[lockys96]

yeh, i booked only 2 weeks in jan, i was ill for 3days, and went quick which made me extend it another week when out there.

 

i have sorted out a place to rent with my gf who lives there, being a gaijin and getting a contract for 1 year on property is difficult

[SteveR]

Cool - hope it works out for you!

[foggy147]

I'm going to be going travelling late next year again and japan is definately a place I want to visit

[lockys96]

UK doesnt excite me, id love to be able to stay in japan for good, but would require sponsored visa,

[tooquicktostop]

yeh, i booked only 2 weeks in jan, i was ill for 3days, and went quick which made me extend it another week when out there.

 

i have sorted out a place to rent with my gf who lives there, being a gaijin and getting a contract for 1 year on property is difficult

 

Having local knowledge with you will be golden, I was very well looked after by the chefs I met there (was a working holiday), they really know how to enjoy themselves as well, the bars are amazing fun, and the ladies

[lockys96]

enough of the ladies, im made up with my girl there.

 

isnt the way they try to sell things amusing, megaphones,

 

when i stepped off the plane, your hit by the language barrier, and plus being so far away from central tokyo, the railway system is something to get used to.

 

Roppongi is club land, for the tourist, found my way into a shisha bar,

[Jurgen-Jm-Imports]

is your GF japanese ?

 

if you want to visit a car nut, let me know and i will send you his mobile number... very nice car and has some amazing cars in stock..

 

 

cheers

[tooquicktostop]

enough of the ladies, im made up with my girl there.

 

isnt the way they try to sell things amusing, megaphones,

 

when i stepped off the plane, your hit by the language barrier, and plus being so far away from central tokyo, the railway system is something to get used to.

 

Roppongi is club land, for the tourist, found my way into a shisha bar,

 

Lehmans office was at Roppongi Hills

 

Language gap is huge and a but scary if you get lost as the signs are no use

 

I loved the plastic food on plates for a menu, classic, some wierd clothes on the teenagers as well

 

Great fun and when it get humid ! ! good grief it was hot

[lockys96]

would make it easier if she was, id be able to stay for good, but my morale for a relationship is not that low, lol.

 

she is filipino, speaks japanese though and english.

 

ill send u a pm

[martini]

してください楽しい時を過す！

[lockys96]

please have fun,

[Miguel]

I'm full of admiration for you and I wish I had the balls to do the same. Good luck and have fun.

[Attero]

Wow. Good luck out there. I'm not sure I'd want to go out into the unknown with just £3500. Better have a way out in case things turn out for the worst! I'm not saying it will come to that though!

 

Hope everything goes well for you out there. I'd love to go to Japan soon.

[jonathanc]

Really envy you mate Been around Japan few times for short stints (1-2 months) and the place is absolutely fookin amazing. Forget Ibiza etc, this is the shizzle! Great food, crazy partying, a lot of fantastic ladies (!!!) and never ending things to do! If you like cars there's no other better place as well

 

But you are right, its well hard to get a visa to remain there for long It's real hard to gain residency over there...compared to the UK

 

Enjoy yourself mate! You are going to have a blast!

[ivan]

Good luck Si - and have fun you lucky s o d.

[TTRickeh]

Exciting times Have fun.

[a98pmalcolm]

Awsome

[Wez]

Nice one Si and good luck, I hope it all works out for you.

[steely]

amazing chap. hat off to you for being so daring. i wish i had the balls to do this sort of thing.

 

but i do want to go on holiday there sometime. let us know the in's and out's of the place in a few months if you can.

[lockys96]

thanks guys, im in a better situation as my gf allready is working there.

 

i think i can survive 4months without any work.

 

ill keep you posted what im upto

[Martin J]

Good luck, hope it works out for you.

 

... and if not, at least you'll probably see some 'interesting' people - http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=208153

 

[AlanM]

Good luck mate, enjoy

[stevie_b]

Good luck with it, and good for you for giving it a go! I remember going around Japan (Tokyo mainly) with my brother who speaks Japanese fluently. I absolutely know what you mean about the language barrier: it makes you realise how much you can get in, say, France by having only a basic, sub-GCSE understanding of French.

 

Awesome place though, I really got the feeling that the Japanese still have proper, sincere respect for each other, which is more than can be said for Brits who seem to spend a lot of their time trying to get one up one each other.