[GoNative]

My wife and I applied from Australia to teach english through Nova. We had spent the previous winter up at a ski resort in Hokkaido and wanted to have a go at living in Japan. Anyway got accepted with Nova and they organised the sponsored visas, bank accounts, accomm, etc. Got placed in Gunma in summer which is about as hot and humid as I would expect hell to be (I don't handle hot and humid well at all). Wanted to head back up to Hokkaido to escape the heat and contacted a company at the ski resort we had done some work for the previous winter. They advised they had jobs for us and after only 5 weeks with Nova we headed back to Hokkaido. Getting a car is easy and they are incredibly cheap here (2nd hand). Living in a little country town with little public transport a car is essential. We also bought a house. Anyway nearly 8 years later (some of the best years of my life) we are now looking at moving back to Australia to have family support with raising our daughter.