Placement question...just stop.

Hi all future applicants.

Your placement requests will likely not be taken into account. the only way you will get something even remotely close to your request is if you have some sort of medical condition and need to see a specialist that will only be possible in a bigger city. Put whatever there, you are placed where there is an opening. Do some people get placed in their requested preference? sure...the law of averages dictates that will happen, but they will not likely take it into account. Be prepared to be in the countryside...that is the more likely possibility. But do not despair, these are nice towns, the real japan...dont worry about where you end up, worry more about what your school load might be like...worry more about how you will teach.