Thread: Moving to Japan
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Old 08-31-2011, 04:40 PM   #61
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Re: Moving to Japan

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Christopher Li wrote: View Post
No, I definitely enjoyed living there - but I still don't think that I would live there on a permanent basis, especially considering that doing so would mean subjecting children to the same stuff.

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Plus a million. I've had a great experience here, but I'm leaving mainly because I don't want to put my daughter through the school system. A lot of the issues raised on this thread stem from the schooling IMO. If you are a foreigner, especially English speaking and white, you can kind of live here and avoid having to engage with the culture. For instance, you can get away with not speaking the language. However, when you have kids, you have to confront the system here full on.

Still, it's a totally different place from anywhere "in the west" and living here for a few years will challenge the way you think and your beliefs and assumptions about a lot of things, not just Budo.
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