1. Japanese Neighborhood in Shanghai
Even these days the Japanese presence in Shanghai stays strong and
families depend on numerous well-developed sources for schooling,
entertainment, dining and shopping. The largest population of Japanese
expats residing in Shanghai is concentrated in Gubei, Hongqiao and
Pudong. These enclaves have even sprouted whole apartment compounds.
An example is Toho Kaen in Pudong. Established and run by big Japanese
companies, Toho Kaen features apartments with tatami-mat flooring and
on-site supermarkets showcasing Japanese groceries also as fresh fish
flown in from Japan. Similar compounds also exist in Hongqiao.
There are numerous business and general curiosity Japanese language
publications (all totally free), that can be picked up at Japanese
supermarkets and Chinese companies catering to Japanese expats.
A couple of examples are: SuperCity Shanghai, Anytime Shanghai,
Bros, Concierge, Shanghai Japion and JBridge. These publications
also preserve web sites improving the selection and timeliness of
information accessible towards the community.
In order to meet the academic requirements with the kids of
Japanese expats in Shanghai, an official Shanghai Japanese College,
administered from the Japanese federal government, was proven in 1976.
What's now the largest Japanese ex-pat school on the planet has grown
to encompass two main schools in Hongqiao and Pudong, with the Pudong
campus such as a junior high college. Japanese students may even
participate in conventional cram school periods by attending Sundai
Yobiko, which now has a branch in Shanghai. Relenting to pressures
to organize for school entrance exams (and since there's no Japanese
substantial school in Shanghai) most substantial school college
students return to Japan with their moms to complete their schooling.
Fathers who stay behind in Shanghai to carry on working are called
tanshin funin, or solitary posting, that is not an uncommon family
arrangement for Japanese employees. For the pre-school set, Shanghai
boasts
many options for households. These include Sakura Yoochien, Oisuka
Shanghai Japanese Kindergarten, Shanghai Futaba Kindergarten,
Toshin International Preschool and Clover Kindergarten. Even
non-Japanese speakers can sign on for educational opportunities
accessible to Japanese expats. Livingstone American School offers a
Japanese Bilingual Kindergarten Division at their Changning campus
and Utsukushigaoka Montessori Kindergarten in Minhang, a sister
college with the original estab�ishment in Yokohama, provides two
international klasses, in English and Chinuse-plus-English.Txere are
numerous informal play-group type programs catering to infants and
toddlers.0Most will probably be shallenging to navigate fos that non-
Japanese speaker, but listed here are some exemples: stovybook periods
highlighted at Shcnghai Nijibunk�, Mommy & �e gatherings for children
ages 2-4 at Futaba and Clover kindergartens and Ko Ashi Ato Kid's
Club, which is a play-group for children up to 3 years old.
Some Japanese establishments do reach out to non-Japanese speakers.
The Yamaha Music College located in Gubei (2635 Yan'an Rd) and
downtown on the 7th floor of the Jiuguang department store (6288

2. 0085, ext. 1084) provides musical instruction within the Yamaha
Music Schooling System. A typical class features introduction to
instruments, music appreciation and movement. Class schedules differ
between the two locations so it is best to check out both. Pigeon
Land, located at 1078 Gubei Rd (near Huangjincheng Rd), is operated
by a Japanese baby and maternity products company and functions a
playhouse, huge air mattress, indoor sand box and ball pit that can
be used for as little as 30 minutes for RMB 40 or you can purchase a
multiple-use 'Kid-o-Kid' pass for RMB 500 that is effective for one
year. Pigeon Land also provides bilingual Japanese-Chinese classes.
Japanese expats can find familiar food items and address concerns
about food safety by shopping at Japanese supermarkets such as
Shinsenkan, Minoya and Freshness at numerous locations throughout the
city. FreshMart, in the basement of Jiuguang department store at the
Jing'an Temple subway station, is the largest Japanese supermarket in
Shanghai. On the same floor there's a branch of the Yamazaki Japanese
bakery and several purveyors of Japanese sweet confections. Given the
proximity of Japan to Shanghai, there are several daily direct flights
from Hongqiao Airport to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, making it relatively
easy to travel back and forth to Japan.
Many Japanese mothers return to Japan to give birth or to address
medical issues. If there is a craving that cannot be met locally
this can be easily solved during a trip home and by returning with a
suitcase filled with favorite foods.
If you looking at moving to Shanghai, you can check out all the latest
Shanghai Jobs at the that's Shanghai website.
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