Can foreigners live in Kofu, a small Japanese town? [video]

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28 points by CaliforniaKarl 5 days ago | 7 comments

slwvx a day ago | next |

This is a follow-up to a video entitled "What a Small Town in Japan is Like":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiU3Nk16BLQ&t=0s

CaliforniaKarl 5 days ago | prev | next |

The original video title is "Can Foreigners ACTUALLY Live in this Small Japanese Town?".

18 hours ago | root | parent |

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msephton a day ago | prev |

I'm from the United Kingdom and we can visit Japan for 6 months. I should start planning.

rwmj 19 hours ago | root | parent |

Only 3 months by default. You have to specially ask for permission to stay 6 months (and they absolutely won't allow you to hop in and out of the country to "reset" the counter).

Note 8 on this page: https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html

msephton 10 minutes ago | root | parent | next |

Right; we can visit for 6 months.

16 hours ago | root | parent | prev |

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