should i continue my study at Japan's university after highschool,can you share your experiences?

Question

I plan to enroll to an Japanese university after I finish highschool , that's what i really desire to do when i was little . However,some of my family's friends said "Why,Japan is nothing but expensive and danger,their people look do some crazy actions,etc...." it's really annoying me ,i dont know what to do.

I have heard some of my family's friends told me about their working experiences with Japanese people ( but they work for japanese in my country) that FEMALE never be respected O.o , please give me some advices....

Answer 1

I have several friends who enrolled in Japanese "tandai" (two-year universities) who went on to have good careers working in the international section at our city hall. It's a good way to learn Japanese, and I think the university environment is better than the workplace.

Japan *is* expensive. I'm not sure if it's dangerous, though. It's safer than the States, IMO. But students (when I went to school) were allowed to work 20 hours part-time. If you teach English, that's good money. If you are working at a super market or convenience store, it's not great money, but maybe better than what you are making at home. Check with the Japanese embassy or consulate in your country.

Studying overseas *anywhere* is a great experience. It teaches you about the world, and makes you look hard at your own culture. In a place like Japan, you learn a new language, and you learn a new way of looking at human relationships. I would say do it!

And remember, no one can make you feel embarrassed or small unless you let them. Eleanor Roosevelt said that, and it's an important thing for women to remember!

Answer 2

I say go for it!!!

Yes, it is expensive, but I wouldn't worry about being in danger (I think Japan had a lower crime rate than the US. Besides, you could be walking late at night, and it wouldn't be that of a problem.) The great thing is, you don't have to have a car to go everywhere! You can take a train, taxi, bus, or plain walk...because that's what a lot of people do.

However, in Japan, people tend to relax after they go to university (really depends where you go though....if you go to medical school, people probably have to work hard), compared to the efforts they put in through high school and before that to get into the universities.
About crazy actions...I, being Japanese, believe that college students in America do crazier stuff. In Japan, you wouldn't have to worry about whether or not there's drugs, etc. in brownies at a party(although they wouldn't have brownies anyway...)

About the respect in females...yes, I have to say that they are not respected sometimes, but that doesn't mean NEVER!!!
Really, all the high positions are usually taken by males, but there are more females out there who are taking those high positions. It's a country, where a "stereotypical family" is patriarch, meaning the male is usually dominant in the family, and the female is submissive, and so and so (which I don't like that much being a female!!) So, I guess it's like America in the 19th century or early 20th century, where females were more thought of as nurturing kind and males were the working ones. Although I have to say, that is saying (did you happen to know that the average number of babies per woman in Japan is decreasing? That's partly due to the fact that more women are working! ) "Ladies' first" is something that you don't hear in Japan. It's more of "age before beauty" type of thing to make it simpler.

If your family or people around you think that females aren't respected and that's why they don't want you to go, why not go to a women's university? There are lots of well-known women's university with good reputations and deep history in Japan, that available in both 2-years and 4-years. One of my friends go to the women's university, and she absolutely loves it! (She says that she's learning a lot more without having guys around, and people are really friendly). And I'm assuming you are a female...was I right?

I hope your family would let you go! I'm so happy to learn that there are people wanting to learn Japanese! It was only a few years ago when I was in America, and people went, Japan? Where's that? Do pandas live in the wild? Do ninjas roam around the city? (No, the people who asked me this weren't joking when they were saying it...)

It might not have been my own experience (*sorry!) but it's from the experience of my friend and my parents who went there. Does that have enough ethical appeal (^_^)
Me, I just happen to go to university in the States to learn English!! Really, coming to foreign countries is the best way to learn the language of that country in my opinion!)

Answer 3

You will be fine..and I have many friends who continued their education in Japan and some of them are working as lawyers, doctors. teachers.etc..

Japanese people would give you opportunity and respect in your job if you deserve it and work hard on it.

You'll never know where you would be ten years from now, but one day you'll gonna ask yourself..why I missed the chance of doing what I really wanted to do?
Yes, it is very expensive and must learn the Japanese language, but this would worth a lot in your future career.
If this is the place for you to continue your study, then nothing to worry..if not..there are many open opportunities in other countries..
It is good to hear that you are looking forward on your college education.. good start..

Answer 4

I love Japan. The people there are polite, well-cultured, and self-disciplined.
They love their country. The scenery was super....

If I were a student, I would learn Art/Design.
No matter whether it's fashion, food, accessories, interior or exterior decorations, crafts, paper-making, inscences, fabrics...etc. All is Art and Beauty. Even the art of tea, the art of martial, the art of inscence, the art of geisha dance, the art of zen meditation, the art of flower-arranging, the art of gift-wrapping.

..and so much more.

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

no