I am going to be an english teacher in japan and was wondering if AEON is a good company to go with. I also wanted to know if they pay well enough to save some cash or if I would be living check to check.
2007-07-30 03:06:09 · 6 answers · asked by ladylove 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Yes, you can definately save some cash. After bills, you can go out every weekend AND save money. Make sure to budget.
Rent will be capped at 50,000 (the rule of most schools).
Cell phone 10,000 yen roughly
Other bills will be up to 10,000 yen.
Food is comparable to the US or other places.
Take public transportation.
You can easily save money.
2007-07-30 06:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Adam 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe if they put you in a school way out in the middle of nowhere where your rent will be cheap, you might be able to save a little money. Otherwise, no, you'll be living paycheck to paycheck. Come for the experience of living here and learning. You'll almsot certainly enjoy it. But there is no way to save real money teaching English in Japan.
2007-07-30 05:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Most of the English teachers I met could not manage with such a low salary and ended up with debts and nothing to eat except bread. Unless you go home every day and eat rice, forget it. After you paid rent, utilities, taxes, insurance, you won't have much left!
2007-07-31 05:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by Selena 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The attitude you have to have tthat living on an eikaiwa salary is essentially minimum wage. You can live on it. You wont starve but dont expect to get rich on it. You will have to pad it with private lessons. Side jpbs etc. Or as some siggest. Cut expenses to the bone. Learn to budget and keep track of every yen you spend.
2015-12-02 18:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you could save money. Get a rice cooker and cook rice everday. On your way home drop in at the department store basement in the evening when they have discounts to get something to go with your rice. If you don't make a yourself a bento for lunch, go to Yoshinoya or buy convience store sushi. Have coffee at Doutor etc. instead of Starbucks. If your company pays for your transportation, buy your tickets at the discount ticket place and you will be making %5 on every ride. When I was company teaching my travel came to about 30000 a month. The 1500 yen I gleaned that way paid for the bottle of shochu I had at my neighborhood yaki-toru place. Want cheap beer-go to the ticket shop and buy beer gift certificates at a discount. Take them to the discount liquor shop and they give you change when you exchange them for beer! You can buy telephone cards, book cards and movie tickets at the ticket shop too. Want to go out and get loaded?-go to a nomihodai joint. Want to eat out cheap-go to an izakaya or yakitori joint.
Seriously-a lot of people in Japan live on a lot less than the 250000 yen at least you will be paid. If you want to save money, it's up to you.
2007-07-30 14:01:05 · answer #5 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You're lucky you are not Black then. That way, you can have a good time teaching in Japan and you might even be treated like a god.
2007-07-30 15:49:08 · answer #6 · answered by The Truthteller 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋