You are not alone. How did we ever do without it? The school has a couple of computers which you can use for both business (lesson development) and personal needs (letters home and e-mail.).

For access at home, we advise signing up with one of the local ADSL or Optical Fiber providers (NTT and TOKAI both offer good packages with unlimited access for about 2000 yen/month). 

And yes, you can almost always use your own personal computer in Japan. Most all computers/laptops come with international power adapters which eliminate any risk from the different current rates here. We have never had any trouble with any machine brought over by a teacher.  You can also get excellent computers in Japan.   However we would recommend buying one in your home country because you would then have all the manuals and software in English or your preferred language.  The keyboards also vary slightly from language to language and if you are a touch typist, a Japanese keyboard will frustrate you (as would an Italian or Spanish or German, each vary slightly from the English standard.

Last updated on 10月 16, 2009 by Joe Libby