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Anonymous
I posted this in /jp/ but since you guys know about places, I figured I should try here as well.

so I'm doing the ever popular teach abroad in japan thing, and I just got my placement: a town called Ishiya in Nagasaki prefecture. Problem is, I am not entirely convinced that this town actually exists. after pretty exhaustive internet searches and pouring over maps of nagasaki prefecture, I haven't been able to even locate the town, let alone any information about it. My liason is unable to provide any other information besides the name, but she spelled it out, and I know that Ishiya is the exact name she was given. In fact, the only substantial information I can find on an Ishiya, Japan is a chocolate factory in Sapporo. There is a town in Nagasaki prefecture called Isahaya, and I suppose it's possible that somewhere along the line the name of the town got mixed up, but my liason was pretty confident that it was called Ishiya. Has anyone heard of this town, or have any advice for someone (presumably) moving to Nagasaki prefecture in the near future?
>> Anonymous
Can't help with your geography issue, but for the sake of other /trv/lrs, can you give details on what company you used to get placed, any details on salary, length of contract, any other benefits, and anything else that would be remotely interesting to others considering the same thing?
>> Anonymous
>>69217

yeah, absolutely, the company I'm going with is called Peppy Kids Club (which I still cannot say out loud without sounding embarrassed), and the website is http://www.peppy-kids.com/. Contracts are 13 months with the possibility of renewal at the 6 month mark if your performance is adequate. Pay is 250,000 yen/month and housing/commuting expenses are subsidized. PKC is a private after school english academy, and I'm going to be teaching students aged 2-15. I'm honestly not entirely sure what I can teach a 2 year old, but there's a 3 week training period in nagoya before we're shipped off to our placement cities so I'm feeling good about the amount of preparation I'm getting. Teaching is all done solo and unsupervised, but is based on an official lesson plan so there's not much room for open structured lessons. Applying was pretty painless, my interview was in riverview california, I believe they also have offices in australia, canada and england, though I don't know which cities they're in.
>> Anonymous
>>69219
Looks like about 1/4 of your income goes to rent and utilities, which is normal in developed countries. On the site, it didn't seem like they pay to fly you there initially. Do you have to buy the ticket to Japan?
>> Anonymous
>>69219

Interesting. What's your degree in?