I'm currently a student at a language school in Tokyo in N3 level. Being completely honest, I'm not a fan of Tokyo itself and feel kind of like I'm treated as a cash cow, invisible or an entertainment piece here. Being from a smaller, lesser-known country to Japanese, I feel kind of brushed off whenever I be myself and talk about my culture Kind of like there is a ranking of interesting nationalities where Korean and American sit at the top. I don't drink alcohol and am more the fitness type over partying so that removes me from the most common way of making friends here too.
However I have travelled while living here and I have found other cities much friendlier, especially in Shizuoka and Kyushu and Western Japan. And I have made lots of friends outside of Tokyo, which is hard to manage given it's all long-distance friendships.
So my current plan is to switch from my current school in Tokyo to one in a more regional area. However I have contacted my country's embassy about this and they mentioned not knowing the process and redirected me to Japanese Immigration and I'm afraid to ask my language school in case they try to make things hard for me, I've heard horror stories from people.
My question is, has anyone else been through the process of changing schools and also felt in a similar position while living here. What exactly should I do?
by No-Pay5881