i live in upstate new york and i badly want to move to Tokyo Japan, i currently live with my parents so i dont have much just entertainment stuff and clothes id leave my bed and shelves behind so itll be a small moving load. how much would everything cost? anything helps.
2007-12-11 14:26:17 · 9 answers · asked by AO 4 Yayo 4 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Wow that would be fun to move there. I lived in Japan for 5 years. First off like the earlier people it is quite expensive to ship stuff. My wife paid around a hundred dollars for small boxes going to japan via seamail. However, that was from japan to the states. So the less you can bring the better. Plane tickets could probobly be gotten for around a 900 dollars from east coast. Your next step would be to look up housing. I would reccomend avoiding staying in a hotel unless it is just for a day or two as hotels can run around 120-150 dollars and up from that even for a small room. Second Tokyo is SOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive for housing. So you would be better off living about half an hour away by train. The next thing that you will have to deal with is immagration. Now if you want to go there for a short time you could probobly get away with staying there 90 days without having to do anything. My friend there he stayed past that and married a J/N which that helped him get a working permit but nothing states that the government has to give you legal status to stay in the country. But like here in the states people do stay past there allotted amount of time. Just be forewarned it will reflect negativly on your status when you try to make yourself legal. If you have any type of two year degree you could work as a english teacher for any of the numerous schools in the tokyo area. Some of them even provide housing. Not great but it is okay. However there is a language gap. Not everyone speaks English and sometimes those that do will not always let on that they do. The first thing is i would suggest is a vacation to make sure that it is really something you would enjoy. My first six months i was missing my family as i moved there at the age of 18. However since i am in the Navy i avoided alot of the drama that you will experiance good luck....I LOVE JAPAN
2007-12-11 16:52:42 · answer #1 · answered by ctosnstenftenagel 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Tokyo is the capital of Japan, and the place where over 13 million people live, making it one of the most populous cities in the world but also, a big city to visit, find out more with hotelbye . Most of the city was devastated by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, and then again by the bombing in the WWII, however, Tokyo was able to achieve a remarkably rapid recovery both times. The main attraction of Tokyo is the Imperial Palace with its beautiful 17th-century parks surrounded by walls and moats. The palace is still in use by the Imperial family.
2016-12-17 03:14:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, you just can't move there. Japan does not have an open immigration policy. To work in Japan you need a work visa. To get a work visa you need a solid job offer before you enter the country. Most Americans there teach English. You need a four year degree for this.
Most all jobs will require that you speak, read, and write Japanese at a native level. Jobs will always go to a Japanese first. The exception to this is back-breaking factory jobs no-one else wants. These jobs are currently being filled by Chinese and Koreans.
Realize that most Japanese don't speak English. Many landlords will not rent to a non-Japanese.
Have you even ever been to Japan ? You might want to visit there first.
2007-12-12 02:41:18 · answer #3 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
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2016-10-01 09:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take just the maximun that the airline will allow you without charging excess baggage. There's just no point in shipping stuff that you won't need in Japan. You can buy new home electronics in Japan for less than it would cost to ship them, aside from the difference in current. You are probably going to need suits if you are going to be working, so you might as well get suits there that are fashion there.
2007-12-12 03:34:34 · answer #5 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Its as expensive as buying a plane ticket and shipping your items. Shipping stuff can be expensive sometimes.
But thats not the point, you can't simply move over to Japan and start up again. You need appropriate visas and government immigration permission to move to Japan.
If you have no skills, no degree no nothing, the Government of Japan isn't going to issue a Work Visa to start working.
Since you are a US Citizen you can't get a working holiday visa.
2007-12-11 15:03:29 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
upstate ny as syracuse or buffalo or westchester county or dutchess county. because sadly but true standard of living in tokyo is very high like NYC. you know buffalo or syracuse are small fries compare to nyc.
anyway whatever you do good luck.
2007-12-11 14:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by HanZ 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You can't just move to Japan; there's a visa to be obtained before you can stay there more than 90 days (wth exceptions here and there), then you have to find somewhere to live, work, etc, etc.
2007-12-11 14:55:13 · answer #8 · answered by Ken Y-N 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
I hope you are independently wealthy because you can't work there and it's the most expensive country in the world to live in.
2007-12-11 14:39:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋