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Anonymous
I did a 4 month university exchange near Osaka. Dorm, but I spent as little time in there as possible. Had a "homestay" family that I met every now and then, but didn't actually have to live with -- which worked out pretty nicely for me. After years of living as an independent adult, the idea of living under somebody else's rules again didn't appeal to me all that much.
I found the academic standards at my host uni quite lax, so there was plenty of time to go sightseeing in Kyoto, Nara, etc. and shopping in Osaka and Kobe. ymmv
There are programs, such as ISEP, that you can take even if your college doesn't have its own direct exchange program. Assuming your college lets you go on exchange at all, that is.
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