going to language school in tokyo for a year

[Charlie_swe]

oki,,, (WARNING for bad english typing)

oki i finaly made the choice too move too jp and go a language school in tokyo ..
i have started paning my economics.. and looks lik this

Dormitory cost 60 000yen/month (power/water/gas is included)
food and daily stuff 60 000yen/month

after those expenses will o have 189 678 yen too spend on fun stuff every month..

so firs question .. is this enough money too have every month .. or should i get more

second question. what els should i think about..whene studying in jp..

thats the questions for now.. (hade a lot in the start but forgott them now)

 

[Mandylion]

So you have about 300,000 yen a month? Most language teachers make less than that so if you budget and watch your finances you should do fine - but a lot depends on your lifestyle.

Have fun

 

[GaijinPunch]

190,000 yen a month should be fine as long as you don't deevlop any expensive hobbies like buying records, games, or drugs.

 

[Riyko]

That should be good amount of money to have left a month. When I went I had at least 250,000 yen left after helping my aunt pay for her bills and food for myself the amount of time I spent with her which I only stayed with her 2 weeks each time, but I made sure I had more money left over just incase I found something I really wanted that was really expensive ^_^. Like they said above it just depends on how you are after bills, if you drink you can spend alot of money on alcohol without even realizing it and also on small things like manga if you read it.

 

[Charlie_swe]

soo 190 000 yen is't much too have each mount after bills and food expenses s paid??

hmm ..

the only hobbies i have is party, Bike:ing , Airsoft, party , girls , computers, anime&manga, ..

what i gonna buy in jp too study and my free time use is a : mobile comp , cellphone,
a bike (if i don't take my own bike frome here with me)

how is it later if i want to contuine study or seek work in jp.. what should i think about then..

 

[Pachipro]

If you cannot survive on 190,000 yen per month after all expenses, something is seriously wrong here. 190,000 yen after expenses will allow you have an excellent time and a little shopping in between.

If that were me today, I could have a great time doing everything I wanted and still save probably more than 60 or 70,000 yen left over to save.

If you want to continue to study or seek work after you have studied the language a while there should ne not much of a problem depending on what you want to do.

 

[Riyko]

Since he's from a different country the conversion of his countries money might not be as high as the exchange rate for the American Dollar to Japanese Yen. I know the enchange rate from american to japanese is $1 to 120Yen

 

[Charlie_swe]

hmm i have only talkt about yen ..

here is the exchange rate from swedisk SKR too yen

10skr - 146,98yen

10skr - $1.22

 

[cyberryo]

Wildly expensive Tokyo? It`s not so bad any more.

I think that this extract from Reuters should address yours and that of others from western countries planning to stay in Japan once and for all:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1447537

If you are planning to study in Japan, I am sure that your maths dexterity should be good enough for your own currency calculation, and how you plan to use your own money.

Ken