The Beyond Academy Tokyo program is an incredible program I'd recommend to anyone who's interested. From the moment you sign up to the day you leave Japan, they are so helpful and kind, and I think where they especially shine is with the local team. The local help team has been absolutely amazing throughout my whole time in Japan, and I honestly could not have asked for them to be any better.
Beyond Academy also organises a huge number of events for interns to attend, with there usually being one on Thursday evenings and Sunday daytimes. These events are super useful for getting integrated in Tokyo, as well as getting to know your fellow interns better. Some of the events organised during my time here were a day trip to mount fuji, an afternoon in the historic area of asakusa wearing kimonos, a tour of different natural disasters and how to deal with them, held by the Tokyo fire department, and many more.
All in all, this is a wonderful program, that I wholeheartedly support, and I'm so glad I chose to do it, having made many friends and great experiences to remember it by. I 100% recommend anyone considering it to give it a try.
If you did this all over again, what's one thing you would change?
I think if I were to go back to the start of my program, I'd want to stay for longer. I chose the 8 week program, which is definitely long enough to stay in Japan, but I've fallen in love with the country, and felt so welcomed by the people here, that if I could stay longer, I definitely would. And I would recommend anyone considering this program to stay for as long as they can, so long as you get outside of your comfort zone and try things out, you'll be sure to enjoy yourself.