Ogawayama-Climber/Teacher wants to move to Japan
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Hullo! Im reaching out to Mountain Project to manifest a move to Japan! I'm an American rock climber and English teacher. I LOVE teaching English and I'm cray about climbing. I want to live near Ogawayama and teach English. |
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The main program for teaching English in Japan at the K-12 level is the JET program. I'm not sure if you can specify where you want to teach however. In Japan it always helps to have a sponsor or some sort of go between. The Japanese Alpine Club might be able to help you. Otherwise, the board of Education of the two prefectures which border Ogawayama which are Nagano and Yamanashi. The Japanese embassy and the Japanese Tourism office should be able to guide you in the right direction. There are also listings of universities and colleges in the Guide to International Education. If you are sponsored, then you have no visa problems. Otherwise you can stay only 3 months at a time and then have to leave for at least 24 hours to come back for another 3 months. Without sponsorship, 6 months is all you can spend per year in Japan. It's a wonderful country. Every western person should spend some months there to see how a very different system is so modern and works so well. Good luck! |
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Hey, American living in Tokyo for 2 years now. |
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Thanks for responding guys! Both of your suggestions are great. I've had a posting up on the Japan Jobs page and I got two hits for schools after posting this! I am definitely leaning towards Tokyo, the more I read. I'd like to leave in 6 weeks from now if possible. I am looking to teach only English and leave climbing as just a hobby. It seems it's hard to find a job that's not a 6 day a week eikawa. I tried Westgate Corporation and it seems as though the earliest departure with them would be early next year. I've also applied to a few other schools, so we'll see what yields first! |
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If you come to Tokyo look up my climbing meetup group |