How to go Japan?

[NeoVisualizm]

Originally Posted by Gaberdeen

First off, 16 and 17 is very young to go galavanting off to a country you have never been before.

Secondly, Japanese people don't generally speak english all that well - so unless your fluent in nihongo - I can pretty much support your parents rationale for refusing to let you go on your own.

Thirdly, I admire your tenacity and apparent passion for wanting to visit Japan. I wish i'd done it as a teeneger years before I first went but the reality is I wasn't ready for it until I was secure in both my finances & in my career. Unless your a millionaire heir/ess - I'd consider what i want to do with my life before spending a fortune on a spontaneous visit to Japan.

What is your hurry? Japan will still be there in a few years time.

You are right about going alone thing, but I didnt say to my parents to go alone, but told them about summer camps. But they still refuse :/

Okay, thats one of the things that concerns me.. I thought about it, but when i go to camps, there are people who do the translation things right? Othet than that, I need to improve my Japanese ://

Thats exactly what I want, I want to visit there when I am a teenager *now* so.. But you are right, again.. Ah no im def not a milionaire XDDD In fact i was thinking to study university there-i still do-, or join some kind of student exchange programs in university to go Japan. But still, I wwant to go there before i start university...

[godwine]

Ah, going to university there will definitely be an option, but it will cost you an arm and a leg, so be prepare for that if you do decide to apply for universities there, thought i am not sure about the application process

[SSJup81]

Originally Posted by NeoVisualizm

Thats exactly what I want, I want to visit there when I am a teenager *now* so.. But you are right, again.. Ah no im def not a milionaire XDDD In fact i was thinking to study university there-i still do-, or join some kind of student exchange programs in university to go Japan.

You could just go to a US university and do an exchange that way. It might be a bit cheaper that way, or you could go through BCA. It's an exchange program. I was looking into this awhile ago, but I was ineligible since I wasn't a traditional student.

Study Abroad with BCA
BCA in Sapporo, Japan

The only University for this is Hokusei Gakuen University, which is in Sapporo, Hokkaido. I've always wanted to go there, which is why I was so interested in this particular one.

But still, I wwant to go there before i start university...

Does your family take trips every year by chance out of the country? If so, maybe you can suggest a family trip (if it's affordable) to Japan.

[NeoVisualizm]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

You could just go to a US university and do an exchange that way. It might be a bit cheaper that way, or you could go through BCA. It's an exchange program. I was looking into this awhile ago, but I was ineligible since I wasn't a traditional student.

Study Abroad with BCA
BCA in Sapporo, Japan

The only University for this is Hokusei Gakuen University, which is in Sapporo, Hokkaido. I've always wanted to go there, which is why I was so interested in this particular one.Does your family take trips every year by chance out of the country? If so, maybe you can suggest a family trip (if it's affordable) to Japan.

Oh thank you for the websites! I will check them out now.. but i also wonder do you think there is universities in UK that have exchange programs to Japan?

And about parent trip,, unfortunately my parents dont really have a trip outside the country so thats.. kinda impossible ://