I really want to go to Japan for the summer because i can't go to my grandparents, cousins, or friends. I really don't want to stay home and i ahve always wanted to go to Japan. I asked my parents and they took it as a joke. How can i convince them i'm serious and to let me go? I've looked up hotels and they are actually pretty cheap. I did the research on the "dangers of the big city" and everything. They still take it as a joke. I understand why they might worry, because of my age (13), but i truly want to go. I tried telling them I'd stay in the Hotel and hang out there but they still aren't convinced. Please help me.
2006-12-23 18:24:17 · 15 answers · asked by bad_girl_375 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
show them a first class ticket and tell them you'll be back before labor day : -)
look into an exchange program; get a job and save for the airfare; are there scholarship-paying programs? ask your guidance counselor. maybe go as a missionary?
2006-12-23 18:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by cboni2000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, just reading your plea I can tell you your parents probably won't make fun of you for at least trying to ask. In fact, you seem to have as much love for Japan as I did when I was younger. I love the country and language.
Sad thing is that you're really too young to be traveling internationally on your own. Especially to an Asian country for the first time. Japan is the safest place in the world (despite a "surge" in crime...which for them, someone jaywalking would be a national event) but getting from Narita to Tokyo and to a hotel is a challenge if you're not familiar. Kids do use the train system there all the unattended, but not going from the airports.
Only way is if you know someone living there, a friend, relative, etc. that could meet you at the airport.
2006-12-23 21:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by Hotwad 980 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love your enthusiasm for wanting to see different cultures and countries.
Most parents wouldn’t let their 13 year old go anywhere unfamiliar by themselves and especially a foreign country. To say you’d go to Japan and spend all your time in a hotel is just plain nonsense.
With that said if you can afford to go why not see if your parents could take you if they can’t perhaps another adult relative or friend of your parents could. Otherwise educated yourself read some books on Japan learn a little language and then go in a few years when you’re older. You might even find some sort of a program and go with a group.
2006-12-23 18:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by Spread Peace and Love 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wait, give me a moment to wipe the tears of laughter from my eyes...
...Ok, now, where were we? Oh, yes. A 13-year-old on her own in ANY foreign city.
Here is my true story: I lived in Japan for ten years, and I don't mean on an Army or Air Force base; I worked in Tokyo for a Japanese engineering firm. I found Tokyo to be very safe, but I also knew what to do in an emergency, and how to do it in Japanese, not just English.
Can you call for an ambulance in Japanese? How about the police? Never mind emergencies, can you direct a taxi driver? Could you even ask where the ladies' room is, and understand the directions? Most Japanese people do NOT speak English, no matter what you have heard.
I am sorry to tell you, but you are mistaken about hotel prices; a summer's worth of room and board in Japan can be staggering. Please believe that there are hidden costs that you might not know about until you arrive.
Most urgently, what do you expect to DO for three months? Camp out in a hotel room? Apart from watch porno, there is nothing to do (unless you are at the Shinagawa Prince), and there is no room service, and few hotels even maintain a restaurant. Do you even KNOW what a Japanese hotel room is like? They are minuscule. Have you ever even SEEN a Japanese toilet (no, they aren't always like ours)?
I admit that Japan is fascinating, but it's no place for a 13-year-old on her own.
Please, please trust me on this one. Find something more your speed.
2006-12-23 18:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
13?
no way in hell my child would go anywhere without me at that age... you may have done your research but you lack experience. sorry if it hurts your feelings but you need a reality check. If you really are concernd about being bored for the summer look at a summer camp near you in an area that interests you.. science, theaterical arts, various sports or just plain fun.... some are "day camps" like 8 am to 5 pm, home at night... some are live in camps... and you can go a week , two or all summer... . you will meet people from all over the country and possibly the world. develope skills usefull to real life. you may just may find a life long friend. Re do your research. Find and option thats is acceptable to both you and your parents. Keep talking. Your incentive is admirable.apply in a an admirable way. good luck!
2006-12-23 18:43:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
13 is kinda young to travel across the world by yourself. I can understand your parents worry. Anything can happen you have to remember over there they have different laws and plenty of people can take advantage of such a young girl. Not just in a sex way but you could be kidnapped and sold for a salve or used as a drug mule. What if world war 3 breaks out while you are over there and cannot get home what would you do? The world is much to scary for someone with not that much worldly knowledge to be traveling.
Just wait until you are older.
2006-12-23 18:31:23 · answer #6 · answered by betty_htch 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't tell you how to convince them only thing I can say is that sweetie the way that I look at is honey you are to young think about going to Japan. If you were older that's fine but you are only 13 . The only way I can say you could go is if someone was going with you that I knew that was going to watch over you like your parents.So don't look at as if your parents are being hard on you .Just look at as they are looking out for there baby and with all of the crazy stuff that is happening in the world today just look at as your parents are doing the right thing. They just don't want anything to happen to and not only your parents. I don't even know you and I care for you and I will never want anything to happen to you .So just take my advice and listening to your parents.Trust me you will thank them for not letting you go.You have your whole life ahead of you.Japan will always be here.
2006-12-23 18:43:02 · answer #7 · answered by Tawanakie H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simple, you're 13, learn the language, grow up a bit and go when you're older. No self respecting responsible parent is going to send their 13 year old child alone to another country, I'm sorry that's just the way it works. But seriously, learning the language will show them that you really do want to go and then when you're older ask them again and their opinion might be changed just by that.
2006-12-23 18:28:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go to China with your aunt first; then see how you like that experience. It could very well turn your interest in Japan completely off. If you happen to like that culture, get your aunt to go with you to Japan next year. In any case, whatever you do, you should be honest with your parents; I'm sure they would like you to expand your cultural horizons.
2016-05-23 03:25:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, how does it feel to want? There really is nothing you CAN do. Your parents are responsible for you and they are not going to allow a 13 year old kid to go to Japan...I don't blame them. Hotel staff is NOT responsible for you and there aren't many that would ALLOW a child to stay by themselves anyway. You are not old enough to be alone period.
2006-12-23 18:36:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋