studying in Japan
 

Hey everyone,

I'm gonna be studying in Japan for a semester and would like some help, PLEASE!!!

Anything you want to tell is fine with me.

Some info: I'm going to be studying in Tokyo
I've never traveled outside of the USA
I know only small phrases of Japanese.
Thanks for anything you can tell me :D

if you have specific questions, ask in this forum: http://www.japanforum.com/forum/japanese-language-help/




here are some links with basic/helpful phrases:

Japanese Words & Phrases

JAPANESE PHRASES

Japanese Language Phrases

Basic Japanese Phrases

Simple Japanese Phrases Archives



hope that helps

Just a tip... stand on the left of escalators if you're not walking up them ;)

unless you're in kansai

Thanks for the links and the tip

does your current school offer japanese? if so, why aren't you already taking it?

if not, try a community college?

the college i'm at doesn't offer japanese and the only place that does is about and hour and a half away. so i'll start abroad and then go from there

I was thinkin and some questions came to me:
Got any advice on getting around while i'm there? What's shopping like there? What's Tokyo like this time of year?

1) train and bicycle.
2) spendy
3) chilly

Hi I have also tried to find ways of studying in Japan but what i do know is that they requier that you can speak proper Japanese and write proper Japanese, a way to test your abilities is to take the JLPT test this test is based on 4 levels Japanese Language Proficiency Test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia more info is available about this test on this link

When it comes to studying in Japan they require that you have and education whit a master or bachelor degree for actually being allowed to study at for example Tokyo U

As you can see they are quite strict as to who they allow inside their country to study, this is probably because Japan has such a high educational level, and this is what i can help you whit a good tip become a member of sharedtalk.com is a great way to learn japanese and you can watch anime search for free japanese lessons on the net like this page here: Kids Web Japan

it might seem a bit childish but this is also one of the more "easy" pages to start and learn japanese, which were also one of the first pages i used when i started to learn japanese nearly 2 years ago

Ganbatte ^_~