I've been in Japan for about a month and a half now. At first, I barely had any interaction with native Japanese as they were very quiet and didn't interact much in general with strangers. I thought it was part of the culture. Later on, one of my friends that have been living here longer than me informed me that most of the time, the native do want to talk to foreigners, but often assume that the foreigners won't understand the Japanese language, or they are not very confident in their English skills. Knowing that I've been making more of an effort to start a conversation with strangers with the little Japanese that I know. Truly enough, the people I interacted with were really interested in the approach and were very nice. I got to practice my Japanese and got to meet someone new which become very important when living abroad.
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I didn’t have a place to stay for the first couple nights of work so I stayed at a classmates WG (house filled with people around the same age). I became friends with them so quickly even though it was only two or three nights I stayed with them. Made me really want to consider find housing where I wasn’t alone because even now I go to their house almost every week and cook and play games with them. It also encourages me to practice my German so I can talk to them in their mother tongue.
We had eight ICP students from Japan and Germany speak about their experiences while abroad. Below is a summary of what they shared! A PDF downloadable link is also available.
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Our BlogICSA has reached out to students overseas to share their experiences and help prospective ICP students know what to expect. |