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[Mark]

To the OP,

It might be difficult to find what you want. I don't really know the hiring requirements of colleges, but I doubt that they all require MAs. There are three main types of post-secondary institutions.

1) Universities. These are pretty much out.
2) Junior Colleges. 2 year academic colleges which I believe are usually or always for women only. I don't know their requirements but they might be out.
3) Vocational Colleges. Called semmon gakko, these might be your best bet. Each semmon gakko tends to focus on one thing, like cooking, travel, English or foreign languages. I highly doubt that they require MAs as they are not really acadmic institutions. There are tons of them and they're all over the place, especially in central Tokyo. But most of the students will be 19 or 20 and probably not really academically inclined. A lot of the positions with these schools might be part-time though. I know people who've done that kind of work and it can pay quite well, although it isn't necessarily reliable.

If you want to teach only adults, you might consider AEON. I applied to them, but didn't go with them. But when I was considering them, they offered me different schools and had a rough breakdown for adults versus kids. Since they have a separate chain of kids schools, they have many branches that don't offer kids classes. Also, they'll set you up in an apartment so you don't have to worry about that. However, they did say that, depending on demand, a non-kids school could begin offering kids classes at any time, so you're never completely safe from the kiddies.

You also might want to consider Westgate. Their next semester runs from September to December, and after that you'be only got three months until the new school year. Work part-time a bit during those three months and job hunt like crazy for a good gig from April.

[spidey]