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How hard do you think it'd be to get by in Japan for a year with no Japanese? I could apply for a one-year working holiday visa. It's only an idea, there are a few options to consider. It must be do-able as many 'young' people do it but, the question is, how painful is the 'doing'?

Anyone visited, worked or lived there?

Bluepaint wrote:How hard do you think it'd be to get by in Japan for a year with no Japanese?

Xenops wrote:

Bluepaint wrote:How hard do you think it'd be to get by in Japan for a year with no Japanese?

In 2014, roughly 10,500 people were estimated WHV for Japan. I can't imagine many of them had a high level of English. I spent several months in a Nepali community without speaking Nepali. Then again a few of the key people did have a B2ish level of English & everyone was super friendly.

Bluepaint wrote:

Xenops wrote:

Bluepaint wrote:How hard do you think it'd be to get by in Japan for a year with no Japanese?

In 2014, roughly 10,500 people were estimated WHV for Japan. I can't imagine many of them had a high level of English. I spent several months in a Nepali community without speaking Nepali. Then again a few of the key people did have a B2ish level of English & everyone was super friendly.

I've heard it's possible in Tokyo, but having spent a cumulative month in Osaka and outside of Hiroshima, I can't imagine surviving without either a good amount of Japanese or constantly being with people that spoke it. Perhaps you could ask SophiaMerlin_II, as she is currently in Japan.

https://forum.language-learners.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7674

Getting by would be easy depending on where you're based. But why would you want to get by, is my true question?