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>>51302 right, so I spent 10 days with a student and her family and went to high school with her. This was a part of an exchange program my school has with its Osakan counterpart (we go every other year, they come to the USA in the gap). This was great because the teachers -- both American and Japanese -- had everything planned for us and the Japanese school planned a lot of activities for us instead of just going to class everyday (tea ceremony, cooking class, chorus class w/jpn students, etc.). I don't think you'll get this kind of special treatment if you go solo, but it should be fun at school anyways. Many think that japanese students are really studious and bust their asses for exam etc. This is a blatant stereotype. When I went to actual classes, the front half was paying attention and the back half was busy texting, talking, or sleeping and the teacher didn't seem to care. It was great fun for me tho since I sat in the back with my host student and her friends =P.
The homestay experience. Try to get a host student of the opposite sex (gonna assume you're male for now). Seriously. Hanging out with guys all the time wouldnt necessarily be a bad thing and you'll still probably get attention from the girls. However, I got extremely lucky in that my host student had numerous cute friends who seemed to like my company and were social enough that I still hung out with plenty of guys so I wasn't drowned by Japanese girly behavior. Jeez, long post there. tl;dr homestay is good because you're with a native speaking, female of your age guide 24/7.
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