I have previously participated in a program called Guy Healy/USA Summer Camp, which in short allowed me to go to Japan for 2 months for only $150 (including airfare, food, housing, etc). I did this through my college but you can apply to it independently as well. I did a number of English camps for 3 days at a time, but there was a lot of off time in Tokyo as well. It was an amazing experience and I would encourage anyone interested in Japan to apply, you don’t need to be from the US either. http://www.guyhealyjapan.com/#!eng/cjg9 They’re taking applications for this summer until January 20th.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any similar programs that they knew of, or in general low cost ways to go go abroad?