Country-side grade schools didn't prepare their students as well as those in the city, and Lin wasn't accepted at the Taichung First Junior High School, but having raised some funds for his education, his family sent him to study in Japan. He was just 13. Unlike Lee and Peng, Lin comes from a poor remote area.
雖然因為鄉下小學程度不比都會區，林洋港報考台中一中落第，但家中畢竟籌措了一筆錢，將年僅十三歲的林洋港送到日本念書。