I can't say much about teaching jobs and stuff but I can tell about daily struggles.

Food. I have few muslim friends and they almost never eat outside. The only place that might not serve pork or alcohol are Indian restaurants, that too you might have to check menu first.
Social life. Alcohol and food is a big thing here while connecting with other people.

You can solve them to a certain degree if you are in Tokyo area and be able to get few other options.

Also the teaching jobs don't pay much. So Tokyo with less pay is a struggle. The working conditions could be bad in teaching sector, but still depends on a lot of factors.

If you can compromise on these things then it could work or not.

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Advice on Study/Teaching in Japan for a Muslim

Hello!

I'm a Muslim from the UK.

I've been contemplating a lot lately on going to Japan to do a Teaching job for 1 - 2 years. However with all that aside, I have a lot of stuff I want to ask/am curious about so I'll go through that now.

1) I'm thinking of doing a TEFL Course for Teaching English then eventually applying for a working visa to teach in Japan. The main point of this post is that I'm curious as to how/what life is like for Muslims living there, and the process that people have gone through for Teaching in English?

2) I've heard from people who have done something similar that they were able to learn Japanese and still get paid to Teach English? Is that actually a thing that is available?

3) The most important part is what life is like for Muslims living in Japan and for anyone that is living there who has gone through a similar process e.g. a TEFL course or something of the sort.

4) If it is difficult, how do you guys get through it and are still able to pray, fast during Ramadhan or go Jummah?

I wouldn't be staying forever ofc, probably for just 1 - 2 years as previously stated. I really want to do a Teaching Program there and find the culture there really amazing. However to contradict that, the actual working culture is apparently really tough and strict. So it would be kind of a struggle to keep up with that knowing myself, however I'm still curious.

Tokyo I've heard is probably the best place to go as there's a bigger Muslim populations compared to other areas. If so, could I get some people's opinions/insight on that too?

I wanted to make this post to ask local Muslims or anyone who is familiar with Japan on their experience as I'm quite eager on doing this but I want to do my research beforehand.

Thank you for reading my post, hope to hear what you all have to say.

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I can't say much about teaching jobs and stuff but I can tell about daily struggles.

Food. I have few muslim friends and they almost never eat outside. The only place that might not serve pork or alcohol are Indian restaurants, that too you might have to check menu first.

Social life. Alcohol and food is a big thing here while connecting with other people.

You can solve them to a certain degree if you are in Tokyo area and be able to get few other options.

Also the teaching jobs don't pay much. So Tokyo with less pay is a struggle. The working conditions could be bad in teaching sector, but still depends on a lot of factors.

If you can compromise on these things then it could work or not.
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Advice on Study/Teaching in Japan for a Muslim

Hello!

I'm a Muslim from the UK.

I've been contemplating a lot lately on going to Japan to do a Teaching job for 1 - 2 years. However with all that aside, I have a lot of stuff I want to ask/am curious about so I'll go through that now.

1) I'm thinking of doing a TEFL Course for Teaching English then eventually applying for a working visa to teach in Japan. The main point of this post is that I'm curious as to how/what life is like for Muslims living there, and the process that people have gone through for Teaching in English?

2) I've heard from people who have done something similar that they were able to learn Japanese and still get paid to Teach English? Is that actually a thing that is available?

3) The most important part is what life is like for Muslims living in Japan and for anyone that is living there who has gone through a similar process e.g. a TEFL course or something of the sort.

4) If it is difficult, how do you guys get through it and are still able to pray, fast during Ramadhan or go Jummah?

I wouldn't be staying forever ofc, probably for just 1 - 2 years as previously stated. I really want to do a Teaching Program there and find the culture there really amazing. However to contradict that, the actual working culture is apparently really tough and strict. So it would be kind of a struggle to keep up with that knowing myself, however I'm still curious.

Tokyo I've heard is probably the best place to go as there's a bigger Muslim populations compared to other areas. If so, could I get some people's opinions/insight on that too?

I wanted to make this post to ask local Muslims or anyone who is familiar with Japan on their experience as I'm quite eager on doing this but I want to do my research beforehand.

Thank you for reading my post, hope to hear what you all have to say.

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