Last week my company’s VP of strategic development pulled me into his office and said that my proposal piqued his, and a few other board member’s, curiosity and its very likely I’ll have the opportunity to work as an expat for a 3-5 year stint in Hamamatsu Japan. I am fluent (JLPT Lvl 3; with aims at my lvl 2 cert soon). I lived in kansai for a couple years in my early 20's. I have traveled extensively to Hamamatsu over the last 5 years and am very well acquainted with all parts of the city. I’ll be working as a design engineer; I am a manufacturing engineer in the automotive industry. I’ll be bringing my family (wife, 11yo, 9yo, 7yo, 4yo) none of which speak but have a lot of exposure to the language already. The kids are homeschooled right now but more than likely we will enroll them in a public school for increased exposure. My wife and I have traveled there for a couple months total, so she isn’t going in blind. What advice would you give to prepare for life in Japan? That I make sure to have included in my relocation agreement?
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