I lived in Japan from 2016-2018 for 1 1/2 years teaching English. I worked at an eikaiwa and at a small international kindergarten. Since coming back to the US, I have gone through periods of really wanting to go back to Japan multiple times. I am in one of those periods right now. I always knew I would go back someday, but I wasn’t sure when. I think next year is that time. I never worked as an ALT, so I will be applying to those jobs. I am curious to see how much Japan has changed and how much has remained the same.
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Same boat, I was there 2017-2019 working as an ALT. Went there for holiday this summer. Want to go back next year but this time want to attend language school for 9ish months.
What kind of teaching job did you have? How did you get it?
I can totally relate. Lived there for two years (2013-2015) and I missed it so much after going back to my home country. Been travelling there often during the past years and I will be finally moving for good next year. Also curious to see how it changed. Best of luck to you!
>lI’ve been out of Japan for 6 1/2 years now. I miss it dearly. I think next year is time for me to go back.
^The ^Biblical ^opinion:
“**As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.**” —[Proverbs 26:11](https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-11.htm)
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Japan is like an addiction.
Love-Hate-Love-Hate……..
There are times that I love it here so much that I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, then there are other times I hate it so much that I just want to pack up and go home the next day….
Then the moment came when I finally arrived at my lovely home country and see the infrastructure, the rudeness of the people….I just wanted to turn my back and fly back to Haneda on the same day
But then I’m a Gaijin in Japan…. will always be a Gaijin…Oh well.
No where is perfect
I’ve been out of Japan for 13 years and I sometimes still wish I’d stayed 😄
Infact there was this guy on the same programme as me and he’s literally still working the same eikiwa job for nearly 16 years 😳
I’ve seen the comments of always being a Gaijin, but is that worse than the racist and rude behavior in other places in the world? Some people in the us will literally yell racial slurs and laugh in your face with their groups of friends. Curious to know how it compares to that, as that is pretty normal behavior in school growing up in the us.
May I ask what you liked about it?