As background, I don’t really care if it’s unpaid or extremely low in pay, I’m mid 20s and already a successful engineer in the UK with plenty in savings and can ask my company for a sabattical so I can get to Japan or somewhere else for a few months.
You only live once so I’m just desperate to spend some time in Japan if it’s possible, I want to be more than an ordinary tourist and have some purpose whilst abroad.
Hoping people on this forum can advise on programs that aren’t scams and/or they’ve been on before. Anything that can get me to Japan for a few weeks to a few months would be a something I’d definetly explore. The life experience outweights anything, thanks for any advice guys.
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**What’s the best way to “experience” Japan for a few months? Teaching camps, universities, internships etc?**
As background, I don’t really care if it’s unpaid or extremely low in pay, I’m mid 20s and already a successful engineer in the UK with plenty in savings and can ask my company for a sabattical so I can get to Japan or somewhere else for a few months.
You only live once so I’m just desperate to spend some time in Japan if it’s possible, I want to be more than an ordinary tourist and have some purpose whilst abroad.
Hoping people on this forum can advise on programs that aren’t scams and/or they’ve been on before.
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As a UK citizens you can stay in Japan up to 6 months as a temporary visitor. You don’t need any program.
Mid-20s? Consider a working holiday, you seem to meet the requirements.
>anything that can get me to Japan for a few weeks
If it’s a few week…man, just go visit. Honestly. Don’t overthink it.
If it does turn out to be as intoxicating as you’re building it up to be you can then figure out how to get back for longer.
Get a working holiday visa and then go wwoofing.
https://www.wwoofjapan.com/home/index.php?lang=en
If you are already learning Japanese, I wholeheartedly endorse the language school approach or, even better if possible, taking a language program at a local university (though you may feel old in your mid-20s). I did the latter for a year and it changed my life completely. A friend of mine did the former and spent a summer in Tokyo that was similarly life changing.
keep it a vacation.