Hey guys,
Want to both vent with this post and maybe hear some thoughts from fellow redditors about the situation 🙂
I'm 25, born and raised in the Netherlands from an immigrant family. Life the last 10 years hasn't been that great. Was able to pick myself back up last year and realized I genuinely need to learn a profession and get a degree to take care of myself and my future. Will be starting school in September to become an English teacher (not Japan related haha).
Not confident yet whether it will all work out as I hope it will but if it does then the following has kinda bummed me out. Realizing that as a future teacher I can only visit Japan at the worst time each year which is in summer season :') With my huge dislike for summer and my big interests in Japan this just hurted me when I realized. It's a very privileged worry I know but it does very much suck.
I'm actually one of the few people who has always looked forward to getting older. Ideally in my head I'd envisioned me getting a nice paying job and spending my vacations in Japan. It feels like my dream has kinda been crushed haha. I definitely want to become an English teacher that's certain but I also want to experience and explore Japan in all it's seasons.
This is where the moving to Japan part came to mind. Not permanently but for around a year. I'll be graduating at 29 (if it goes well) and I saw I will still be eligible for a working holiday visa then which is until 30. I read they have 200 visas per year and have no idea how strict the process is but the only other thing I can think of is to enroll in a language school to study Japanese which seems fun to do as well. But really my main reason for going would be to fulfill my Japan traveling needs before I'm stuck with the summer breaks as a teacher. Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any input about these circumstances then I'd love to hear them!
TLDR: Can only visit Japan in the summer the upcoming years but want more. Go for a working holiday or study Japanese for a year to explore the country?
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