My partner (30F) and I (33M) have been talking about the potential of moving to Japan for the past couple of months or so. Nothing TOO serious but it's been a bit of a "pipedream" for each of us to get to experience the culture and life there for at least a little bit. She is half-Japanese, I have no Japanese background at all, if that is relevant at all. We have both been studying Japanese for the past 6x months but are true beginners. Probably not even N5-level at this point yet. She is Canadian, I am American, for further reference.
I have worked for 2x major Toy Companies (top 5) for the past ~9x years of my life. Starting as a mechanical engineer and now in management. I know that Japan has a LOT of Toy consumption, but I'm curious just how much is actually developed and manufactured in Japan vs. outsourced to other countries.
I realize this question may be a bit nebulous but, what would the rough reality be that we would both be able to live in Japan for ~1-2x years given my background?
We've even talked about just "dropping everything" and teaching English in Japan, if something like this is even possible, and living on some savings that we had to support additional travel and resources.
- Is this crazy? Has anyone done something similar to this?
- Any advice for where we should potentially look into?
Appreciate anyone's advice, encouragement, or feedback here. Happy to provide more info however needed as well! Cheers all 🙂
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