Japan packing guide Videos

So you noticed the carpet at the airport, too lol

+spaceghost We're glad the Aeronaut served you well! Thanks for letting us know.

+kikigrl77 If you are staying at a hostel or at friends it's not that difficult to spend a little bit of your time to wash your clothes. When you are travelling light it's simply impossible to pack clothes for every single day. It's not practical. Trust me, I have done it and it was when I first got my Aeronaut 45. I got 5 tops, 2 trousers, 1 skirt, and 7 pieces of underwear for a 7-day trip. I did use all the underwear but because I was staying at a friend's house I realised that I could have done with less clothes because I could have washed them. Since then I have got more practical in my trips.

+Anton Kornilov I guess so... I just plan on spending my precious time that I have on vacation at a laundry mat.

+11Apr19Apr I guess so... I just plan on spending my precious time that I have on vacation at a laundry mat.

+2easydesigns You can wash them!! If you plan on taking different clothes for every single day, I guarantee you will need a suitcase not just a backpack!

+2easydesigns you could... wash them?

I'll check it out! Thank you!

+EDZYFY Ahh, that'd be cool, but I don't think he weighed it back when this was filmed. But check this out: //www.tombihn.com/blog/packing-style-interview-chris-vs-daniel

Thank you for responding! I like Daniel's combination of the synapse and aeronaut 45, it just makes more sense to me for a two week trip anywhere overseas. Is there a way to find out what Daniel's aeronaut 45 weighed after packing?

+EDZYFY Yeah! Both Aeronauts are the 45.

Awesome. If there's anything we can do to help you figure out the right bag, let us know!

+TOM BIHN thanks!

That's an Aeronaut 45.

Polkadot shirt ftw ! 

alright ill take note of that,thank you for the tip :)your help is very much appreciated!

+Thai Khye Wayn You will need to go to a top level college in a big city for something like this. APU specializes in degrees for international communication and the like, not business, law, or science. In fact, you cannot even take classes for those sorts of things at APU. Best recommendation would be to go to something like Tokyo University, Sophia University, Kansai Gaidai or the like, something in a major city. You pretty much need a doctorates degree for fields of science and law. For business, I suppose it would be possible if you have enough ample experience and basic enough degree. Of course, though, for these fields you need to be able to speak fluent Japanese if you're planning on joining a Japanese company. The only exemption from needing fluent Japanese would be teaching english or a science field(as all science fields are done in english). oh, and simply stating you have fluent japanese, if you do, is not enough. you will need to pass the N2 or N1 level test to PROVE you have proficiency in the language.Hope some of this was helpful :)

+MizukiTheMangaka The program I went on was only 2 months. Most exchange programs are for 1 semester (~4 months). You can do it! Just put in the time to finding the right program~!

+Hajar el moudden My whole trip, including 7 days in Tokyo and the flights etc, was about $10,000. This includes ~12 credit hours, yes you read that correctly ~TWELVE, a few field trips and some other cool stuff while you are there. Financial aid is not offered by APU directly for summer students as far as I know (unless you apply directly to their college - in which case you'd have to look on campus or via their website). I imagine you are applying through the new program ICA(I believe? I mention this in the video I think) In any case, their organization should probably offer a few scholarships which as I mentioned you must qualify for. Of course, you can always apply for financial aid or scholarships through your host college which is the main source of funding you should be looking towards.Hopefully this was helpful!

+Sirr Slayerr I studied in school for 2 1/2 years (5 semesters and a summer abroad program) :D

+The Future Scholarships are generally limited by number available to be distributed. They are individual awards given by organizations to those whom they think deserve them based on your entry (there is no score). Basically, be concise and make sure your points are clear cut and easy to understand. Save those answers in a word document and apply to as many scholarships as you can.

+Kyo In Japan Haha I am 6 foot :P I might have some problem then :P

+Rasheeq Islam Depends on how tall you are haha. Some of the taller people got pretty rekt by the dorm beds. The room itself is nice, but I suggest investing a little bit on a pillow and maybe some extra futon puffyness cuz it might be a little uncomfortable. Generally Japanese people just move in with their own futons that are really comfy so they are a little lacking. Rooms have fridges, toilets, and desk space - so it's pretty good. showers are separate from the room but not too far down the hall.

Oh one last thing +Kyo In Japan  How is the dorm room and the dorm houses? I saw your video of the room. It looked good.

Wow thanks again :D +Kyo In Japan 

+Rasheeq Islam Beppu is a little bit boring, but they have a lot of food to try. I especially recommend getting noodles/udon from the outlook above the college and nan bread from a indian place in the city. if u are going during the summer there is cultural events every week sponsored by students from different regions - such as korea, vietnam, phillipines etc. city takes about 15-30 to get to the good places from campus and there are a number of big stores around. most things like animate (anime stores etc) are pretty rare in that area though - so if you're interested in more hobby stores then you'd have to take ~hr train ride (at the end of the bus route ~35 minutes away from campus) to fukuoka which is a huge city which will have everything you'll ever need/want to see. Fukuoka is ~6th biggest city in japan, so basically within 2 hrs u can get there and do day trips and what not. :)

+Kyo In Japan  Thanks for the detaied reply man :D How is the university campus and the city?

+Rasheeq Islam APU was awesome, and the buddy system they have is even better for the abroad students. My buddy was especially awesome! We had a group of 3 foreigners and 4 japanese buddies who did stuff together all the time and even made our own group plans when the whole group wasn't doing stuff together so we had lots of going on the whole trip.As for the program itself, just make sure you are prepared to study. Your are tested into your Japanese class by test and a small speaking introduction. From there you take a lot of classes per week and it helps you improve very quickly!Only side note is that yes, it is in the mountains sooo it takes quite some time to get to bigger department stores and so on. >.>