Jynxx 4 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Thanks again. I will get on to it. I do have interpreting background on the diplomatic/social/technical with government and company level. Lot easier than dealing with a smal companey boss who has hangup with paying up. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Obviously I don't know if there are any positions currently available but if you don't want to work for a Japanese company or teach english (or Japanese) and you want to live where it snows a lot then Niseko probably has more opportunities for bilingual Japanese than just about anywhere else in the country. Worth checking it out. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Yeah, probably have to do that for a while before getting a place in Asahikawa ... or till my oldies kick the bucket Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Not sure how expensive rego is but the distances are not big. Car is essential IMO Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 We're Aussies goz. We all think cars are essential. After living in Niseko though for so long I met a lot of people who even by their 30's had never had a license. Incomprehensible for us but especially people who'd come from big cities like London had just never worried about getting a license to drive. Rego can be reasonably expensive in Japan but the price of second hand cars are dirt cheap compared to Aus. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Fwiw i found my day to day groceries etc to be a fair bit cheaper in asahikawa compared to sapporo and kutchan Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Are you kidding Tubs ? Public transport is so overpriced . its 200¥ for the bus Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Yeah, Thaz expensive. Y150 for 6 train station stops to Shibuya. The same company`s bus would be Y240 to Meguro Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I don't think that's expensive. In Scotland it'd cost you 20 quid AT BEST to ride the same distance between Yokohama and Tokyo by train, that's around 3000¥. A bus may cost you 10 quid, 1500¥ Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Well let's just say compared to Australia, Hokkaido is a very, very cheap place to live. Anyway if you landed a half decent job in Niseko, earning say around Y4-5 mill a year the cost of public transport wouldn't be much of a concern. Hell just buy a cheap car. I'm talking jobs with foreign owned companies. They love getting bilingual Japanese staff. No issues with organising work visas and they really need and want bilingual staff. They're like gold! 'Gold' being paid just 4-5 million yen? Sounds like a raw deal to me that. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Sounds like this kind of gold, muikabochi. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Well let's just say compared to Australia, Hokkaido is a very, very cheap place to live. Anyway if you landed a half decent job in Niseko, earning say around Y4-5 mill a year the cost of public transport wouldn't be much of a concern. Hell just buy a cheap car. I'm talking jobs with foreign owned companies. They love getting bilingual Japanese staff. No issues with organising work visas and they really need and want bilingual staff. They're like gold! 'Gold' being paid just 4-5 million yen? Sounds like a raw deal to me that. Sounds awesome to me Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Even from German standards.... They are so capitalist their idea is reward the employers so there will be more employment ... certainly a convincing argument and it works in Australia ... but the Germans created 400 Euro jobs so that employers can avoid getting full time staff. Most have to work 2 of them jobs .... Shit wages. Germans consider themselves lucky if they are getting paid 1000 Yen p/h. Japanese working holiday makers are blown out how well us Aussies get paid on the low skill employment. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted July 2, 2013 Author Share Posted July 2, 2013 Tubs, if I end up paying more than 10 bucks for all the public transport money added up in that day.... that`s expensive Link to post Share on other sites
systemsguy 0 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Ii ne. Wish I was sitting here thinking about actually moving somewhere and having the choice! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 being a systems guy in Aus ain't at all bad. You could be in India. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted July 4, 2013 Author Share Posted July 4, 2013 Donno if anything is called having a choice ... I am not geeting into a debate abou zat ... but considering I had held a Japa passport and my parents are Japa by blood/birth, I kinda feel pretty limited when I have to go thru the same process as any Gaijin and wait for 3 months (without being able to work) to get a temporary resident status Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Learn to start making tea and filing stuff and become an OL. Just don't get pregnant by the boss. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Well let's just say compared to Australia, Hokkaido is a very, very cheap place to live. Anyway if you landed a half decent job in Niseko, earning say around Y4-5 mill a year the cost of public transport wouldn't be much of a concern. Hell just buy a cheap car. I'm talking jobs with foreign owned companies. They love getting bilingual Japanese staff. No issues with organising work visas and they really need and want bilingual staff. They're like gold! 'Gold' being paid just 4-5 million yen? Sounds like a raw deal to me that. Average Japanese household income for the whole country is about 5.3 million yen. I dunno what the median is, but it's definitely lower because about two thirds get less than the average. The further you get from the big cities, the more likely it is, with Okinawa rock bottom. About third of households nationwide live on 3 million yen or less, the same 250,000 a month talked about in the eikaiwa thread. Average household income is down by about 1.2 million a year from the peak which was 1994ish. In rural Hokkaido, outside Hatoyama's relatives, rich farmer's son, the usual taxpayer/printed money-funded jobs like schoolteachers,komuin, and policemen, and the odd restaurant/pension owner where its all cash in hand, they'll not be many people on what is 20,000 a day average. Typically I guess you'd need to work for a good company and to have been there at least five years. You may also have to do considerable unpaid overtime. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Interesting numbers and fair point. I still think 4-5 million yen for a highly sought after and qualified bilingual person is not much though. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 wow.....I've definitely been sleeping all these years in Japan.......4-5 million a year sounds a damn lot to me Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 For a 'highly sought after' bilingual? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 yeah Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Naruhodo Link to post Share on other sites
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