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Re: Japan to reopen to independent travelers and lift daily arrival cap

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Post by midoridensha » Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 12:21 AM UTC

rendaw wrote: post #96

midoridensha wrote: post #88

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Look carefully at it; probably you won't be able to use the fastest trains with the JR pass. Also, if you're just going to Kyoto from Tokyo, it really is not worth it to get the pass. Just buy regular tickets. The pass is useful if you're doing a lot of train travel in a short time.

The not-fastest shinkansen is still pretty fast, and plenty of people enjoy the train for the experience.

That's fine, but if you spend more money to go slower, that's just stupid. The point is that the pass is a really bad deal, or at best, break-even, unless you're traveling a long distance and within a short-ish timespan. Tokyo-Kyoto is not a long distance and isn't worth the pass at all.

Re: Japan to reopen to independent travelers and lift daily arrival cap

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Post by midoridensha » Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 1:09 AM UTC

suggestion wrote: post #94

midoridensha wrote: post #89

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>For example could I, as a US citizen, work remotely for a US company while living in Japan indefinitely (not necessarily permanently, but at least as an option)? NO. You must have a work visa to live here, and you won't get that unless a Japanese company sponsors your visa. A US company can't do that for obvious reasons, unless it's a company with a Japanese branch office. The only way to do what you ask is to get p…

I figured that might be the case, thank you for the information. I think I would struggle to adjust to the Japanese work culture in order to establish residence within these constraints. I also pretty much exclusively have software experience in government contracting so the jump to commercial would be pretty big too.

>I think I would struggle to adjust to the Japanese work culture in order to establish residence within these constraints.

Or you can work at an American company like Google (not sure if they're still hiring though; I thought I read they had a company-wide hiring freeze).

Re: Japan to reopen to independent travelers and lift daily arrival cap

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Post by midoridensha » Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 4:38 AM UTC

warabe wrote: post #98

suggestion wrote: post #66

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This is all great and relevant advice! I have actually considering moving there, any tips with respect to that? For example could I, as a US citizen, work remotely for a US company while living in Japan indefinitely (not necessarily permanently, but at least as an option)?

Just out of curiosity, why are you considering moving to Japan? I am not trying to discourage you, but if you really want to live in Japan, you have to learn Japanese, which is not an easy language to learn, especially for English speakers, even if you live in Tokyo. edit: wording

There's lots of English speakers in Tokyo who never learn Japanese at a conversational level.