Thank you @rad33 for you posts on this forum as they drew me to this wonderful site after searching "Canadians in Okinawa". To show my appreciation, I have paid tribute to (stolen) your original thread title - but the copy-paste doesn't end there...
I am currently living in the Vancouver area with my wife, who is a Japanese citizen, and our 2 daughters (2 and 0.5). We originally set the second half of 2022 as our target to move to Okinawa but may have to push it back if the world is still on fire. We still have a year and a half to decide but are having difficulty figuring out where to live. It seems like Naha would be a good starting point and then we can explore and possibly find a good spot to settle long term. My wife has always worked in offices while in Japan and I have a background in teaching English but am also working towards an accounting designation, which will probably be even less marketable than my English teaching.
I feel like a lot of this will be things we learn through experience but any tips on family friendly areas and industries to attack in order to get work ASAP would be greatly appreciated. If not, I would be happy just to hear how any of you got started.
Thanks and take care everybody.
I am currently living in the Vancouver area with my wife, who is a Japanese citizen, and our 2 daughters (2 and 0.5). We originally set the second half of 2022 as our target to move to Okinawa but may have to push it back if the world is still on fire. We still have a year and a half to decide but are having difficulty figuring out where to live. It seems like Naha would be a good starting point and then we can explore and possibly find a good spot to settle long term. My wife has always worked in offices while in Japan and I have a background in teaching English but am also working towards an accounting designation, which will probably be even less marketable than my English teaching.
I feel like a lot of this will be things we learn through experience but any tips on family friendly areas and industries to attack in order to get work ASAP would be greatly appreciated. If not, I would be happy just to hear how any of you got started.
Thanks and take care everybody.
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