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**RLRWai4B** · 10-25-2005, 09:10 PM

The lifestyle that you are describing simply does not exist anymore unless you are already a top ranking police dojo instructor. I would say that 99% of the kendo people in the world "dedicate their life to kendo" by practicing as frequently as they can, but they still have day jobs. Yes, you can come to Japan. Yes, you can practice lots of kendo. But you will still have to work to finance these endeavors. If you have a substantial sum of money, you can live here fairly cheaply. If you do not have college bills, learn to cook so you don't eat out every meal, walk when you can or buy a monthly train pass to discount the transportation fees, you could live here for as little as $1100 (US) per month as a rough estimate. This budget does not include alcoholic excursions which can greatly ruin this budget. So you can live here and only do martial arts for as long as you have money for, but I would recommend getting a part time job or enroll in a school program here so you have a reason to be here, thus allowing for a longer visa permitting you to officially stay, and that will fill your time when you are not practicing at the dojo.

Some places you may want to look for housing are "leopalace". I have not lived in one of those places, but I know some people who do, they will rent to foreigners, include utilities, are usually very new, and you won't have to pay a huge sum of money that is involved in initially renting an apartment here at first. You should pay all the money up front because through organizations like them, it discounts the rent a little.

Your dream of living here and doing lots of martial arts is possible. Your dream of only doing martial arts is not. Sorry... you should either enroll in a college program here, or at home, get your degree and this will give you some career options, since usually for even the most basic teaching english job in japan you have to have a college degree, and then you can find work to fit into your schedule. You haven't really been a gaijin (foreigner) in japan unless you have taught english at least a little while, or so the story goes. Most jobs will help foreigners to find housing as well.

Unless you have a vast, never ending supply of funds, you will have to work, or live here and just enjoy the country until the money runs out.

10-25-2005, 09:10 PM	#3
RLRWai4B Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	The lifestyle that you are describing simply does not exist anymore unless you are already a top ranking police dojo instructor. I would say that 99% of the kendo people in the world "dedicate their life to kendo" by practicing as frequently as they can, but they still have day jobs. Yes, you can come to Japan. Yes, you can practice lots of kendo. But you will still have to work to finance these endeavors. If you have a substantial sum of money, you can live here fairly cheaply. If you do not have college bills, learn to cook so you don't eat out every meal, walk when you can or buy a monthly train pass to discount the transportation fees, you could live here for as little as $1100 (US) per month as a rough estimate. This budget does not include alcoholic excursions which can greatly ruin this budget. So you can live here and only do martial arts for as long as you have money for, but I would recommend getting a part time job or enroll in a school program here so you have a reason to be here, thus allowing for a longer visa permitting you to officially stay, and that will fill your time when you are not practicing at the dojo. Some places you may want to look for housing are "leopalace". I have not lived in one of those places, but I know some people who do, they will rent to foreigners, include utilities, are usually very new, and you won't have to pay a huge sum of money that is involved in initially renting an apartment here at first. You should pay all the money up front because through organizations like them, it discounts the rent a little. Your dream of living here and doing lots of martial arts is possible. Your dream of only doing martial arts is not. Sorry... you should either enroll in a college program here, or at home, get your degree and this will give you some career options, since usually for even the most basic teaching english job in japan you have to have a college degree, and then you can find work to fit into your schedule. You haven't really been a gaijin (foreigner) in japan unless you have taught english at least a little while, or so the story goes. Most jobs will help foreigners to find housing as well. Unless you have a vast, never ending supply of funds, you will have to work, or live here and just enjoy the country until the money runs out.
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