TLDR: I want to move to Japan as either a post grad student or an ALT since I like the culture, my gf is Japanese and I loved it when I visited. Money isn't a problem, and I just want to come here for a few years initially and go from there.
Hello all, I would like your opinions on my plan of coming to Japan. Sorry in advance if there are problems with the post I don't usually post on reddit.
So I recently graduated uni in the UK (I am not a UK citizen i am from an EU country), and I am thinking of coming to Japan to live for a couple of years. I have a huge love for Japanese history and traditional culture (not meaning anime, although I do enjoy them as well) and I have also made 2 trips here and I am planning my 3rd so as you can tell I at least have come and tried out travelling here and really loved it. It is worth noting that I am in a 3 year relationship with a Japanese girl, and we are currently long distance.
Now, my original plan was to move here for postgraduate studies since from what I have read, it's a less rocky road than straight-up coming here immediately and being thrown in the deep. I, however, don't really want to get into postgraduate studies at this time.
I have also however started thinking about applying for ALT positions, since from what I understand it is a good way to break through the visa hurdles (Can't do JET my country is not part of it anymore😞). I know the pay is pretty bad, but thanks to some things I did back home, I have a stable passive income of basically double the average ALT salary so I don't think money will be a problem if I add that on top of my salary.
What do you think?
Thank you all for your time. I wish you all a great day/night😁
Edit: Typos and grammar
by pardalokatsiko