Living in Japan : Welcome to all those who are new in Japan and those who are thinking about coming!

Funny English

Whereas the English that you find in the international airports is understandable there is also a different variety of English seen on the streets or in the homes in Japan.

Language

I arrived here from New Zealand with next to no Japanese (one year at High school & one year of university Japanese to be exact.) I went through culture shock, homesickness and basically felt like an idiot at times because of the mistakes I had made. But I didnft mind so much because I had come to Japan to become fluent in the language, making mistakes was just a part of the learning process.