I'm not sure if I'd even be able to pass N4 yet. Are you trying to reach N1? N1 looks insanely hard... looks hard enough just for Japanese people to do.
Yeah, that's true Tinker! Luckily I live in Rome and here theree's an institute of Japanese Culture! In Italy only in 3 cities is available the JLPT for example!
In my case I live quite far north-east from Montreal, and the nearest cities that have JLPT are Ottawa and New York. I wish they had at least the exam in Montreal.