クリスティアン - ChristianI very much do look forward to finally go to Japan after many years of wanting to do it and many reasons for it then not working out, but planning all of it is a nuisance! Sometimes not getting answers, outdated information on websites, some weird pricing, and just the amount of things to have organized and be informed about. But oh well, that is part of it. I really hope to have at least some of it fixed soon. Currently at almost 3 months from the first messages, nothing is fully booked, as I want to have three things available at the same time to go ahead with the booking: language school (I hope the course does not get full), accommodation (waiting for an answer on this part), possible flight (I have possible routes with known prices).
In good old fashion, I started my planning with a big comparison table on offers and pricing of my option for a language school (which I want to attend first when I get to japan) and accommodation during it. So if someone wants the current prices for it, I do have most of them now (for Sapporo and the current year). I also created a basic template for the messages with my overall plans and some information on myself. After sending the messages I did get some answers quite fast, but others took some time.
One thing I learned: Even if for example the language school has the whole webpage and a contact form too translated to another language than English, write to them in English (or Japanese if possible). Otherwise you likely will not get an answer at all or just a generic English one, which is not adapted to your message.
In good old fashion, I started my planning with a big comparison table on offers and pricing of my option for a language school (which I want to attend first when I get to japan) and accommodation during it. So if someone wants the current prices for it, I do have most of them now (for Sapporo and the current year). I also created a basic template for the messages with my overall plans and some information on myself. After sending the messages I did get some answers quite fast, but others took some time.
One thing I learned: Even if for example the language school has the whole webpage and a contact form too translated to another language than English, write to them in English (or Japanese if possible). Otherwise you likely will not get an answer at all or just a generic English one, which is not adapted to your message.
