I live in Japan!

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by SHAD0W

The website above said they would "transform your name into kanji". Thats why i was dubious... If its all Katakana then its all good.

I didn`t check the page - chances are, they will "transform" it into some random kanji for you. Particularly as outside Japan it`s just going to be for novel value, and we all know how popular and cool kanji are!

In England, primary teachers (although they must have a specialism) teach all subjects. Does it not work the same way in Japan?

I do believe that it does... but....

If i moved to japan with JLPT1, i wouldnt want to use English, I'd want to teach Japanese children in Japanese language. I wouldn't want to join the "gaijin teaching English" que (no offense to anyone thats doing that).

The thing is, well, what do you have to offer to a student other that cannot be offered by a Japanese teacher - other than English? If you are going to be teaching the Japanese curriculum in Japanese, there is no reason to go through the pain of hiring you. You would be no better qualified for the position than the other Japanese teachers available... Not to mention the fact that unless your Japanese is absolutely perfect you`ll be at quite a disadvantage - I imagine it`s the same in the UK, but children are supposed to learn proper grammar and pronunciation from their teacher. It is extremely hard to convince a school (well, more like their parents) that you will be able to fulfill that role.
The only place that it would be "easy" to get a position would be an international school - but that would be in English and not Japanese.

If you don't mind my asking Nyororin, whats your job?

Right now I`m not really employed.

But at one point my ultimate goal was to be a normal junior high school teacher... In the process of getting the certification, I gave up as there wasn`t even a school that would let me do an internship - let alone think about hiring for anything other than English conversation teaching. (I wanted to do English grammar, which is taught in Japanese...)

But back to employment - I was an interpreter/translator for a while. Also worked with a number of elementary / junior high students who had issues preventing them from attending a normal classroom. (Bullying, health issues, etc) Connected with that, I still tutor one of them (even though he has returned to school normally) in most subjects.

[Thrownaway]

I'm getting re-assigned to Japan by my employer, and am going to be working (and hopefully living, to avoid a retardedly long commute) in Yokosuka (Kanagawa?). What's the best way to search for apartments online over there (prior to arriving) if you can't read Japanese? Most of the sites I see in English are either for guesthouses or have only a few listings. What's the Japanese analog to craiglist, rentals.com, etc?

Many thanks for the assist.

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by Thrownaway

I'm getting re-assigned to Japan by my employer, and am going to be working (and hopefully living, to avoid a retardedly long commute) in Yokosuka (Kanagawa?). What's the best way to search for apartments online over there (prior to arriving) if you can't read Japanese? Most of the sites I see in English are either for guesthouses or have only a few listings. What's the Japanese analog to craiglist, rentals.com, etc?

Many thanks for the assist.

There is a whole topic just about apartment hunting in Yokosuka.

Yokosuka apartment search

[Thrownaway]

Much obliged. ありがとうございました.

[imiss]

And it goes on and on and on... wow...

[MMM]

Originally Posted by imiss

And it goes on and on and on... wow...

Huh? What's that mean?

[imiss]

Originally Posted by MMM

Huh? What's that mean?

The thread, getting looooooooooooong.

Last time I've been here it was 80 pages long. Now its over a hundred

[Compaqmac321]

i have a question
what are the clubs in japan like?
im young so when i go i want to go to a good one

[SSJup81]

Originally Posted by Compaqmac321

i have a question
what are the clubs in japan like?
im young so when i go i want to go to a good one

When I think "clubs" I think of the Roppongi or Red Light District areas or Shibuya. Of course, I don't know much in this regard as I've never been to one, but seems I come across most talking about Roppongi and such.

[Compaqmac321]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

When I think "clubs" I think of the Roppongi or Red Light District areas or Shibuya. Of course, I don't know much in this regard as I've never been to one, but seems I come across most talking about Roppongi and such.

ohh ok
sounds good, i hear the shopping in those areas is OFFICIAL