more recommendations, different area

[Tim Cooke]

Hello all.

I was wondering if anyone had thoughts or words of guiding wisdom on English 
teaching schools in Japan  that I might apply to so I can finally go and 
immerse myself in the real culture that exists beyond eiga! I have 
previously applied to JET and intend to do so again, but given the enormous 
competition for places on the JET programme I have been looking at 
alternatives such as NOVA, AEON, ECC among others. It's difficult to know 
what they're like/what sort of reputation they have so if anyone can comment 
on the above or the matter in general I would love to hear about it. Yes I 
know this isn't a cinema-related topic per se and apologies for that, but it 
all ties into me pursuing a career related to Japanese cinema. On a further 
note, getting a scholarship of sorts to study as a student in Japan is also 
something I am also trying to investigate, something like the Monbusho 
scholarship, but I still don't know much about it. And thirdly, in the 
not-so-immediate future I would like to pursue a doctorate, perhaps in the 
US but pretty much anywhere relevent would hold some appeal for me, and if 
anyone had any recommendations about studying Japanese cinema at this kind 
of level (ie what universities may cater for this) I would also like to hear 
about it. Apologies again for the lengthy three-tiered request and many 
thanks to any who choose to reply to it. Cheers, Tim.




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