Japan Internships

I enjoyed my whole stay during the internship in Tokyo! It helped me learn more about the culture and see it with my own eyes. I gained experience and this will definitely enhance my CV and help me with more opportunities in the future. The staff of RISEWAYand the local team in Tokyo were very kind and always helped. I'm thankful for all of them.

I absolutely loved meeting new share house mates and going out and about in Japan with them. As a group, it was exciting to meet new people and experience new things together! Some advice I would give to future interns would be: don’t overthink it and don’t be scared to go into this new experience. Go with the flow and just enjoy your time!

My favorite part of the internship was meeting new people from all around the world and making new friends. My favorite part in Japan was learning how to use the transportation because it’s been fun! The most important thing I learned during my time would be time management skills, how to manage and balance a variety of things (like working from home, working in an office, and everything else in between!) During my free time, I visited temples, went biking around, went shopping, visited museums, art galleries, and lots of sightseeing!

I choose to intern in Japan because I was really interested in learning a lot about the culture. The culture is very unique and very different to where I’m from, so I really wanted a chance to involve myself in that and experience what it’s like to live in Japan, and to also see the really beautiful sights that they have here. My internship was at a daycare centre. This program helped me in my personal and professional development, mainly with my communication skills. Because the children speak Japanese and I don’t, and at first, that was a big challenge to overcome, but I learned that facial expressions and gestures go a long way when talking to children and I was able to make good friendships even with people who did not speak the same language as, so it definitely helped with my communication skills. My advice for future interns is to come here confident and to be prepared to adjust to new situations.

I would say that my favorite part of my internship (because I did marketing for a tourism company) was getting to do a lot of research into what places people should go in Japan and then for me to take the opportunity to explore in Japan too. Just doing that research and to know more about Japanese culture - within an environment where my internship colleagues are supportive - was a highlight. Just learning more about Japan, going to visit the places I researched, and seeing that Japan is a beautiful, beautiful country!

My favorite thing about Japan and my internship was navigating the city by myself, getting really good ramen and really good sushi! During the internship, I learned how to manage my time. I think time management is a very good skill to have before coming to Japan but you can also evolve that skill while you're experiencing the internship in Tokyo too. Also, learning from children in an entirely different culture allowed me to learn more about how to care for children, which is something I hope to do in the future, through my professional work. To future interns - you need to know that Japan is very fast paced but you should know that the team are here to help you and they are super nice people. Even though you might not feel like you belong here, you truly do, because you are respecting and learning about the culture that is different from your own.