good morning
my name is ness, I am a 23 year old from Birmingham, UK and I am looking to do a WHV for a year in Japan coming into Summer this year.
what I am planning on doing is applying for a 10-12 week crash course at either Coto Academy or GENKI JACS ( which I would appreciate advice on which is better ) to essentially have a strong foundation in Japanese, obtain a 150 hour certificate to then if in the future apply for a student visa in the future.
^ IF in the future by the way , as I do not have a BA degree and like I say in the rest of my email I’m coming to Japan for a year to experience and I would like to have a good foundation in the language while being there to get a basic job & get around the country okay.
I haven’t got any solidified long term plans and after the year I would more than likely just come back to the UK anyway
( I know not to let them know of this on my letter to Immigration )
I am planning on getting a share house through Borderless House and reaching out to someone personally through a friend I know closer to the time ( like a month in advance ) to get a room.
at the moment I’ve started working again, plus I usually model which pays well but it always dies down towards the end of the year and I went to Japan during the only time I would have had stuff on anyway – so I plan to come to Japan with at least £10,000 ( excluding expenses of the flight there and the language course )
I’ve also inquired with my modelling agency about reaching out to some modeling agencies there to see if that’s how I could obtain work while being there and I would plan to get a part time job to sustain myself, not use too much of my savings and cover expenses – where doing the Japanese course will come in useful.
plus I have made Japanese friends that I believe would strengthen my Japanese especially doing the course.
to be even more transparent, I am doing this because housing and finding stable work in the UK is a joke right now ; unless you are in a relationship here it’s quite unsustainable to live and I thought if my grandparents are kicking me out by the end of March I may as well go and experience a place that filled me up spiritually and see what comes of it. while exploring and having a good time.
I guess why I’m putting this out there is because I would just appreciate some other thoughts and maybe some advice , I saw someone give some really good advice to someone once they land there – it would be nice to hear thoughts on my situation as I’m very much trying not to be led by fear and risking it for a biscuit ahaha
+ how much do you bring with you?
+ what do you bring with you ?
+ anyone else with sharehouse experience ?
by Nessisdone12345