The number of Nepalese citizens who reside in Niigata is very few and mainly concentrated in second hand car business. Some of them are also involve in restaurant business.
For most of the Nepalese students Niigata is not on their top list rather prefer cities neighboring Tokyo. Unequivocally, under the influence of Educational Consultancy they end up here for their long Japanese stay. As per my knowledge the number of Nepalese students studying Japanese language program is steadily rising in Niigata and the trend will continue in the coming days. The influx is determine by the availability of Part time job.
With increase in the number of students the probability of getting is part time jobs gets slim. Lack of good command over Japanese language is the main constraint factor. This will confine students to undertake those jobs where Japanese language interaction is limited.
The Language program courses have course length of 2 years around. The focus of this course is to make student to learn Japanese only.So, if you want to study in Japanese Universities ,rather than wasting 2 years approach with them directly. Most of these universities have courses taught in english language .It will reduce your valuable year merely on expending on language course.
Please do not rely on part time jobs only for daily expenses. Since these are limited in Niigata ,be prepared for it. If you want to appear for TOEFL,GRE,IELTS exam before joining universities , it would be better if you do all these exams before coming to Niigata.Because the test centers are not located in Niigata rather on big cities like Tokyo or Osaka.
The Train Fair is expensive.So be careful while going for a long travel.The wages if about 700 Yen per hours and varies according to time.The weather is inhospitable. It remains good only for few months and snowing and raining occurs everyday with chill cold.
Finally, Niigata is a cheap(expenses) city but with less earning(per hour).If you are coming to Niigata as a langugage student,please be aware that there is less probability of getting part time jobs. Getting jobs depends on time and fluency on japanese language.Instead choose large cities like Tokyo,Osaka.
