Name: 10 YEARS LIVING IN JAPAN | Why Did We Stay?
Uploaded: 2017-04-26T18:34:49.000Z
Duration: 11 min 26 s
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This is Micaela for those of you that haven't seen her yet.

- Yeah, Micaela was originally from BC as well in Canada

and we've both been living here for over 10 years now.

- I came as an exchange student when I was 17 years old.

that had lots of Japanese exchange students

so when I asked about opportunities for myself,

if I could travel abroad, they hooked me up,

and I ended up going to Kyushu, which is in southern Japan,

and I went to high school in Miyazaki for a year.

but I did like a two-week homestay high school experience

but it wasn't like a real year in high school.

- It was just like I joined some classes and we had some fun

but I had a really cool homestay experience

I just started out working as an English teacher.

- I went back to Canada 'cause I had to graduate

because it came with training and everything.

They trained me for the job and that kind of set me up

with skills that helped me even in later years in Japan.

- Yeah, I feel like most people that come here

to teach English, they're not trained to be a teacher

for what you're gonna be doing, which is nice.

I worked in a private English school, which was awesome.

I did education both in Canada and Japan.

Yeah, I was almost ready to graduate in Canada

but then I moved here because of the earthquake

and I ended up finishing my education here.

and now I do YouTube and translation and that kind of stuff

- I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. (laughs)

I also went to college in Japan for music and entertainment.

and then there was a bunch of years of that,

and I quit that because it wasn't for me.

so this year, we're probably gonna start our own company.

- So because we've both been here for so long,

I thought it'd be cool to talk to you guys

For me, I think the main reason is that it's so exciting

and I have so many different opportunities

that I feel like I wouldn't get back in Canada

so I speak English obviously and Japanese

so jobs like translation or like being a tour guide

or all these things that just wouldn't be so easy

to get back in Canada, I could just do if I wanted here

I mainly do YouTube now because it's enjoyable and I love it

I could easily get a job doing translation full-time.

I think I'd be worried to go back to Canada.

I wouldn't know what I would do there. (laughs)

like coming to Japan and becoming bilingual