first, I just want to thank Nyororin for answering the houndreds of questions in this thread. you are amazing.
now, on to my question(s)!
I've been slowly but surely (read: incredibly slowly) studying japanese for the past year now and it has come to a point where i feel i won't progress unless i either take a class at school (which i can't :S ) or just surround myself with japanese things and people for a while. So it has come to the point where i'm seriously thinking about flying to japan and staying there for 2-3 months. So, naturally, I have some questions on how all this would work.
1.
Where can i stay for 2-3 months? god knows I can't afford to stay at a hotel that long :S
2.
How am I supposed to make friends there? is this somehting I should do beforehand? in that case, how?
3.
Where do you guys suggest I stay if I decide to do this?
Those are the questions I can think of right now
oh, I don't know if it matters but I am 23