I’ve been thinking about moving to Japan for a long ago. Rather than living in a big city, I’d rather like to live in a village in the mountains. Of course, it’s an “end goal” and for now, I just want to move to a smaller city – max of \~300k citizens – probably in Kyushu or Aomori where the prices are the lowest.
I will be 27 years old next year. I already have a bachelor’s degree (probably I’ll finish my master’s next year), I’ve also passed N2 (maybe I’ll pass N1 next summer – 2 years ago I missed about 15 points) and 7 YoE as a software developer (.net + some cloud knowledge). I’m rather average or at most just a little better than average as a programmer.
So I’d rather say I have 2 problems for now:
\- to move to Japan (logistic problem)
\- to find a job with a fully remote position (for HSP visa – to get PR in \~1,5 years)
The best for me would be to move to Japan on a working holiday visa to work from home for the first year, and to look for a Japanese Employer in the meantime. But here the problem is with accommodation. It seems to be hard to rent anything as a gaijin, without a visa/residency/Japanese employer/Japanese guarantor and being over sea (If we are not talking about the biggest cities).
My second option is to move on a student visa. I’m thinking of going to a Japanese language school and working remotely for 20 hours weekly. I wouldn’t have much pressure and I could brush up my speaking skills (even after passing N2 I wouldn’t say I’m anywhere near fluent or at least to express freely as a software engineer/architect when it comes to speaking). It limits places I can move to, but even on GoGoNihon, I saw schools with dormitories in smaller cities. It would somehow solve problems with accommodation and a lot of other problems with relocation.
Yet I could try to find a job being over sea right away – but it seems to be the hardest way in my opinion. Maybe I’m wrong, but if one would sponsor my visa then the job would require me to be on-site (in a big city), or if it would be a remote position I think it wouldn’t sponsor my visa.
Or maybe you see some other ways? Or maybe I’ve made some wrong assumptions until now?
by xNoname0112