[SSJup81]

Originally Posted by zeox

Where can i stay for 2-3 months? god knows I can't afford to stay at a hotel that long :S

I guess you could stay at a hostel with a tourist visa or something like that. I don't think those are as expensive as hotels.

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How am I supposed to make friends there? is this somehting I should do beforehand? in that case, how?

Probably would be best to just make friends beforehand since, to me, 2 - 3 months isn't much time at all. You could probably make some online. Lang-8 - Multi-lingual language learning and language exchange might be helpful. You can find people to speak with for practicing different languages. Maybe one of the people you come across might become friends with you. I've made a couple of friends through mixi (a Japanese blogging site, sorta), but I've always been weary about meeting people online unless I've been talking to them for a long time, so I can guarantee that I wouldn't be meeting anyone from that anytime soon, even if I was going to Japan tomorrow. lol

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Where do you guys suggest I stay if I decide to do this?

I guess you mean "where in Japan, right? Either way, I don't have enough knowledge to answer this (aside from a rural area), but I will say this. To really "get the language" better, I feel that one would need to stay longer than just two or three months. I feel you would need way more than that. Maybe a year or two at a minimum.