PPL in Japan?

[xen]

Hello,

I am going to move to Japan in 2 or 3 months. I don't have my PPL now but I was considering starting soon.

I was wondering, is it hard to start a PPL there as a foreigner? I have heard it's much more expensive than in other countries (lot of japanese people go oversea to do it), what should I expect?
Any cheap aeroclub good for foreigner that you know?

I was also hesitating about starting training in France during the two months before going there (JAA), but it depends if hours are transferable (I doubt I can have it in 2 months), and how complicated/expensive it is for foreigner to do it fully in Japan.

Any advice is greatly appreciated, it's hard for me to dig site in Japanese.

Thanks

[jtr]

Expensive, Yes. VERY
Difficult, don't know but certainly converting a foreign license is not "easy"

There are not many school around and only 2 that I know of that have english speakers. (though not english websites)

Where will you be based?

[xen]

I will be based in Tokyo (Shinjuku area).

[jtr]

Try Alpha Aviation. They have a few schools around that may suit.

[xen]

Looks more like an helicopter school, and 200 km away from Tokyo.
But I will give it a try, thanks!

[The Dominican]

I'm going back to work next week, I'll ask some of our Japanese pilots that I know had their training in Japan and get some options for you.

[xen]

Great, very much appreciated, thanks.

[xen]

The Dominican, any chance you had some feedbacks from those pilots in Japan?