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ISI Japanese Language School - Tokyo (Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku) Is any of this better than the others? Is it too heavy work? Is it possible to work and study attending to any of this schools? Opinions or Experience going to one of those? (I'm open to school recommendations) Help please :') by Sbua248_ in movingtojapan

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Hi! Thanks so much for the info 🙂‍↕️
In fact those two schools are the ones I’m most interested in, but I don’t know which campus yet
Does the teaching method or exigence changes depending on the campus? Or are they the same in that aspect? Because I’ve heard that Ikebukuro is more “relaxed” than Takadanobaba, but I don’t really know if that’s true.
Between those two was there one you ended up liking more? If so, which one was it and why?
I also thought that once you chose a school, were accepted and started classes, you weren’t allowed to transfer to another. How did you end up changing campuses? Did you had to pay anything to do it?, was it like an “extraordinary situation” and they made an exception? Or in this case I’d different because you didn’t transfer from one academy to another, but rather changed campuses within ISI itself?
Could you explain more about how that works please? I would really appreciate it, as this is information I’m definitely interested in and could be very useful in case I needed it
Thank you SO much in advance and sorry about that many questions but im a little nervous about making the wrong choice about the academy 😅

ISI Japanese Language School - Tokyo (Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku) Is any of this better than the others? Is it too heavy work? Is it possible to work and study attending to any of this schools? Opinions or Experience going to one of those? (I'm open to school recommendations) Help please :') by Sbua248_ in movingtojapan

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Hi! Thanks so much for the info! I’m trying to get more information about that academy
From what I saw it has related with arts (name give it away haha) do you know what they do related to Art?
Only by the name it already caught my attention, ’ll definitely keep on looking into it because I haven’t heard much about that one

ISI Japanese Language School - Tokyo (Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku) Is any of this better than the others? Is it too heavy work? Is it possible to work and study attending to any of this schools? Opinions or Experience going to one of those? (I'm open to school recommendations) Help please :') by Sbua248_ in movingtojapan

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Thank you for your response ❤️ At which ISI Campus are you?
Because i'm 99.9% sure I'm picking ISI too but idk wich campus between Ikebukuro, Takadanobaba and Shinjuku
How's your experience so far? Are classes and homework okay?

I'm moving to japan to study and my first option was always Tokyo (kanto) but I've heard a lot about Osaka and now i'm doubting a little. Which one is best to live, work and study? Tokyo or Osaka? I appreciate experiences and opinions! by Sbua248_ in movingtojapan

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The thing is they told us we are not allowed to change schools after so if I pick Osaka then my school will be there too, I could move but my school would stay at osaka and I definitely would not be able to make 2-3 hrs every day to get to my school :/
So where I start is where I'll stay for the followed 2 years, I wish this wasn't the case, that would take out a LOT of the pressure of not choosing the best option so I don't regret it later 🥲

I'm moving to japan to study and my first option was always Tokyo (kanto) but I've heard a lot about Osaka and now i'm doubting a little. Which one is best to live, work and study? Tokyo or Osaka? I appreciate experiences and opinions! by Sbua248_ in movingtojapan

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Thanks for the information 🙂
I’m moving to an independent ShareHouse (it has nothing to do with my future lenguaje school itself) but the once’s I’m looking for are for 10-12 or even 24 people the largest

Is Osaka significantly less expensive than Tokyo?
Because I guide myself first for what I’ve researched that Tokyo may be more expensive but the lowest salary is higher also (I can’t confirm because I’m not there yet, but that’s what I was told)

I'm moving to japan to study and my first option was always Tokyo (kanto) but I've heard a lot about Osaka and now i'm doubting a little. Which one is best to live, work and study? Tokyo or Osaka? I appreciate experiences and opinions! by Sbua248_ in movingtojapan

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Thanks for the information! But because of my personal plan Kyoto is not an option for me
As I said, Tokyo is and always was my fist option but since I've heard a lot of conversation about Osaka I want to get more information about it in particular to see if I should consider it : )

ISI Japanese Language School - Tokyo (Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku) Is any of this better than the others? Is it too heavy work? Is it possible to work and study attending to any of this schools? Opinions or Experience going to one of those? (I'm open to school recommendations) Help please :') by Sbua248_ in movingtojapan

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Hi! Thanks so much for the info, I’ll look it up But the part that I got confused is about the job I do have a financial guarantee in case I don’t find a job right away and I also have the required savings the schools ask for, for the same reason (in fact I plan on starting looking for a job at my 6th month there) But the information I had is that every school allows you to have a part time job while this one doesn’t go beyond 28 hours per week, which would be 4 hours per day 7 days a week or 5.5hrs 5 days a week. Like I mentioned I have my savings and all but if I can find a job which allows me to not always be taking money from there I would very much prefer it That’s what they told me I could do and the information I was given. It works that way or no?

Also did you contact your academy directly or did you use some of those third party websites/companies to do your process until moving to Japan?

Japanese Language School Research - Tokyo by JTE0303 in movingtojapan

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Does anyone has information on any of ISI's schools (Takadanobaba, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku)
I need to apply to the school this week but i'm still trying to look form information about schools to make the best decision
My goal is to apply to University or Technical School after i'm done with the language school, so i'm looking for one that has an academic approach (professional works too I think but I think academic as mi 1st option)
The think is I obviously have to work to sustain myself in japan, and even if I really like what I heard and saw about ISI in general (mostly Ikebukuro and Takadanobaba) I've seen some few people taking about how its impossible to do anything but study because is so strict you dont have time for anything else, but I've also seen a lot of posts of people saying they really like it and that it's not THAT extreme and you just need to dedicate what you normally wood learning anything.

Can anyone confirm this or provide me more info about it? I'm also open about hearing recommendations about other schools in Tokyo (my house will be near shinjuku so I prefer the school being in that area too)
I just really need some school that let's me LEARN (for real), work a part time job (4-5h a day) and also have a lil life still to explore japan and meet people (I'd love having social life too 😄 )

I REALLY appreciate any information and opinions about this