hello skull cat here, i've been interested in every thing japanese, from there culture to there anime and manga, but i cant get over there, how did ya all do it, i wanna go before i become blind, is that too much to ask for, any ways any advice would be greatly helpful, oh and yes i know save save save

It depends on whether you want to go by either:
- Short Term (Visiting as Tourist, Possible short term study)
- Long Term (Working or Other)

Short term is very straight forward, depending on your country you are issued generally 90 days visa upon arrival in Japan. If you are one of the few 5 or 6 countries you can extend this further by another 90 days (upon acceptance from Immigration at their discretion). Within the 90 days Visa you are free to travel within the country but are not permitted to work

Long term is alot more complicated and falls under many Categories such as Working Visa,General Visa,Specified Visa etc. Obtaining these visa's (which duration range anywhere from a few days/months to 1-5 years) requires you to have a purpose to fulfill the Immigration Offices decision to give you a visa, i.e Working or Study etc.

Depends entirely what you plan on doing, Short term and visiting the country isn't a problem or difficult. Getting work and living in Japan is different kettle of fish.

i see i would like a short term, i think it would be nice to live in japan but i like the freedom america gives me, any ways would ya know how and what i need to gain a visa for short term visit, and would they allow me to carry a ring on the plain with out revealing it

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i see i would like a short term, i think it would be nice to live in japan but i like the freedom america gives me, any ways would ya know how and what i need to gain a visa for short term visit, and would they allow me to carry a ring on the plain with out revealing it

Im gathering from your post that you are from the USA then? Well if you are you will be given a 90 day Visa upon arrival, thats it, nothing difficult about it.

I don't understand regarding the ring though? I don't think rings are anyway dangerous? Unless their is a different type of ring I don't know about?

So, pretty much as long as your record is clean they'll give you the 90 day visa, correct? Could you leave japan and then go back shortly after and get another 90 day visa or do you have to wait a certain amount of time? And if this method works, could you accumulate 10 years worth of living in japan and apply for a citizenship/permanent residency?

As far as i know u need to work there the method you said won't work in order to obtain citizenship actually it won't work on any country.I think after 5 years of working there u get a permanent citizenship and after another 5 you official are Japanese