Go!Go!Email

I want to keep you updated for how all the things work with Go!Go!Nihon, so during this day I received an e-mail from them giving me more instruction for how to plan the trip. It was pretty nice, informative message listing up what all has to be done before jumping to the airplane, when is the best time to arrive to Japan (if arriving at night you may not be able to get your key right away and need to stay in Hotel so on so on), what to study beforehand if you are starting the beginner course, a list of the places to search for accommodation and also a word about health insurance. 

For us most of the knowledge was right now pretty useless since we already have booked our flights, arranged apartment and we are applying for intermediate course. Even so it was very nice to receive a message from Go!Go!Nihon for a while because when we are mostly just waiting all the time for different things, you almost feel like you have been forgotten and that of course is not the case. From my personal opinion, I would get to the business especially with the apartment a little bit earlier than 3 months before arriving, but because Japan seems to be a country where every this kind of a thing is handled “one month before arriving” (like the visa will be issued one month earlier as well), it seems that for normal agencies for apartments applying this close is ok. “-- most housing agencies do not allow reservations earlier than 1 month prior to your arrival.” That’s the exact thing what was written in the e-mail. That also explains why our landlord was a little bit hesitant to reserve for us since we booked our apartment 1 year before arriving…

I wish to write a lot of more about Go!Go!Nihon and the experience with them when we actually are in Japan and the process is over. But as my travel journal, it is kind of fun to read later when different things happened, don’t you think? For now, thanks for Go!Go!Nihon for helping us out!

Harajuku (Tokyo) 2012