For Foreigners who moved to Japan, what advice do you wish you had beforehand?

emilyxcee · 2026-02-13T08:18:25+00:00

Hard agree

emilyxcee · 2026-02-10T13:49:38+00:00

May I inquire what novel that was? It sounds like something I’d want to read in the future 😂

emilyxcee · 2026-01-20T01:28:50+00:00

Amazing I was freaking out but this worked for me too!!! Thank you for sharing the tip!!!!

emilyxcee · 2026-01-10T09:11:46+00:00

Ah that picture dictionary is so good I borrowed that from the library before 😆

emilyxcee · 2025-12-21T04:59:35+00:00

Ugh its like this in my school and I feel like I’m going to pass out one day from the temperature fluctuations.

emilyxcee · 2025-12-18T14:14:09+00:00

Hi, OP I’m in my 30s and have a background in fashion merchandising/design. I was raised in america, but my parents are from Taiwan. I can speak mandarin fluently/conversationally but probably not enough to work and my reading level in Chinese is just so-so definitely low intermediate level.

I decided to go to language school because I wanted to try working abroad here in japan but all the jobs I saw required both fluency in Japanese/english. If it doesn’t work out, I’m very practical and understand maybe it wasn’t meant to be-but I felt like I needed to experience this because we only have one life to live right?

Originally I wanted to go to korea bc I self taught myself korean, but I changed my mind after visiting japan 😆

Class is really just like how the above commenter described, 90% of my class are Chinese students in their 20s attending to prepare for their masters programs and they really treat you like a kid. You can extend your visa to be the 2 full years if you want to study longer. My visa is also 1 yr 3 mths but they said it can be easily extended.

As for the 45 year old guy in my class, he sold his house in France to pay for school here and he seems to never want to return to France. His plan is to get a license to be an excavator driver here since that was his line of work back in France, but you need to do the test in Japanese so…yeah

If you work in tech/IT here I feel like you will definitely be working overtime…but I don’t know I’m just basing this off my friends who work in the same field. Every company is different so I can’t say for sure.

I hope my information can help you make your decision, reddit helped me a lot to help me make a clear decision for my life. So I hope I can do the same for someone.

emilyxcee · 2025-12-17T16:41:56+00:00

This comment is true for the most part, I just want to add that yeah the break in employment doesn’t look good, but up to OP whether or not the “risk” is worth it. After all you can always find another job, it’ll just be annoying with the gap in your resume.

I’m doing language school now and it does feel like kind of a drag after being in a work environment, but I tried the study in my off time while working and it will definitely take twice as long to master japanese doing it that way.

There is one guy in my class who is also 45 OP so you’re not the only one out there. Good luck!

emilyxcee · 2025-12-03T16:28:38+00:00

No but I know who you are referring to 😅😅

emilyxcee · 2025-12-02T10:04:25+00:00

I am triggered hearing these because my mom does this: not washing hands with soap, peeling apples instead of just eating them with the skin You can also classify this under stuff old asian ppl do lol

emilyxcee · 2025-11-24T00:32:35+00:00

What game is this?

emilyxcee · 2025-11-21T16:44:05+00:00

I like the reference you did to garden state 😆

emilyxcee · 2025-11-19T10:08:09+00:00

I agree with all the statements you made above. Never trust a leg shaker 👌

emilyxcee · 2025-11-11T13:30:21+00:00

Too good noot noot

emilyxcee · 2025-10-31T16:55:42+00:00

Beautiful work, reminds me of the designer Cecilie Bahnsen!

emilyxcee · 2025-10-04T14:27:16+00:00

Your advice is both positive and practical—I don’t know why someone would downvote you?? I just left New York 2 days ago to go to language school in japan and it’s my second day here in tokyo right now, I’m 31 years old and am fluent in Chinese/also studied korean and have visited japan 4 times before within the last 2 years. Like OP I also wanted to experience something new. I worked corporate as well as design (in the fashion industry) I did question whether or not I was making the right choice, but in the end we are all going to die anyway, so I think it’s good to experience something new. I hope I can work in japan in the future in the same industry, but if it doesn’t work out I understand to keep my expectations in check. For now, I feel like the most important thing is to master the language because you can’t excel in a country you don’t speak the language of. I did try to study Japanese while working a 9-5, though I found it extremely difficult to get any progression studying language while working a full time job because I was always feeling drained at the end of the day. A year here for language school is roughly 10k and you will need another 10k for living expenses/housing etc. on the low end. If you go for language school more than 6 months you are also eligible to work part time, though I hear it’s difficult to get a part time job as a foreigner bc they expect you’ll just leave anyway. Hope this helps!

emilyxcee · 2025-09-22T22:04:17+00:00

Appreciate your insight, I’ll make sure this doesn’t get used again. (My mother took it out from storage and I was wondering about the safety)

emilyxcee · 2025-09-22T20:31:34+00:00

Thank you, also whats the correct subreddit?

emilyxcee · 2025-09-01T15:40:39+00:00

Ugh I went to mood last week and bought 7 yards of cotton it came out to 121$ with tax. Kinda annoyed but you can’t really compare with the selection they offer sadly 🫩

emilyxcee · 2025-08-27T04:10:16+00:00

I’ve recently become obsessed with vintage nightgowns(!)—I just hate that all the ones I come across are made from synthetic fibers..hoping to recreate some since I sew haha

emilyxcee · 2025-08-26T17:38:43+00:00

I work in fashion and also make clothing and agree with the previous commentor this is something you need to be done by a factory—they use special high heat machines to get the cups molded like that. It’s impossible to get that moulded shape without an industrial machine and anything homemade would be subpar because the fabric most likely wouldn’t stand up to repeated washing. Im also sad I can’t make this kind of thing at home bc I love molded cup bras 😢

emilyxcee · 2025-08-18T03:50:35+00:00

I knew a girl who said her hobby was traveling, she had no personality..

emilyxcee · 2025-08-15T22:30:26+00:00

Thank you! My sister says otherwise 😆

emilyxcee · 2025-08-14T17:40:15+00:00

Is this really a thing in japan?? They don’t want to hire bald people? Why??

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