All About Teaching English in Japan Part One: The Decision

Temple Entrance original photo by author.

It all starts with an idea that leads to “the decision”.

For me I only had the vague idea of living abroad. My girlfriend had left to do her own thing travelling around the world for a year. My job as a social worker was boring and stressful. I was restless. Out of the blue a friend in Japan offered me a teaching job in the mountainous countryside of Nagano…