I moved to Japan 3 weeks ago.
So far I live alone and know absolutely nobody. My Japanese is horrible so I can't make Japanese speaking friends.
Now I have all weekend alone in Tokyo.
How can I meet some English people here and not just sit alone for eternity? I'l be living here for quite a long time.
What the hell do I do?
>he fell for the Japan meme
kek
>>27076800
>My Japanese is horrible
>I moved to Japan...
You made a bad mistake, my friend. You should have gotten a host family. I hope you are just kidding around.
You could join the robots in Fukushima
>>27076822
>>27076830
>B-but muh waifu
It's not even that hard to learn enough Japanese to get by
>>27076800
Don't you have to pass a Japanese competency test to move to Japan?
>>27076901
Please tell me about how easy it is to learn Japanese and get by.
You seem to have much more experience than me. Please share your extensive knowledge.
>>27076800
BUT U GET DA MAD AZN PUZZY THO AMIRITE DESU OPfam XD
U must gotta beat them off ur wite dik wit a stik XXDDD
>>27076917
Where'd you hear that? I thought you simply needed a college degree to work and live in japan, as an English teacher at least.
>>27076800
Why did you end up moving there? Are you working at all? I would get Rosetta Stone or something, but I bet a lot of Japanese speakers also know English. As for meeting English speakers, try going to common touristy spots or seeing if there's any sort of stuff online about people in the area.
I'm a Japanese man, I travel back and forth between Tokyo and Kyoto. Leave your skype.
>>27076958
He's either there on a tourist visa or (unlikely) a work visa. For the work visa in almost all cases you do need a work visa. So OP is probably lying on the internet (4chan of all places)
He can not permanently move there unless he has Japanese citizenship. Which for him would be literally impossible. Looks up the requirements to get citizenship.
>>27077003
Can you give me a little more information than this?
Sure I'd like to meet some people but a little more info would be nice ^^
>>27076970
>"I bet a lot of Japanese speakers also know English"
>>27077020
>for a work visa in almost all cases you do need a work visa
Meant college degree. Which obviously I don't have by the way I spelt that.
>>27077031
hes gonna stick his ehoumaki in you
>>27076800
Why the hell would you move to a country with a culture and language completely unrelated to your own without learning the language first? What were you expecting?
>>27077041
Yeah, why's that so hard to believe? English is one of the most common languages in the world, many foreigners are also taught English as a second language. I spent time overseas as an American and I found that no matter where I went, you could find a decent few that spoke English.
Anon wa baka desu ka
>>27076970
>I bet a lot of Japanese speakers also know English.
The Japanese have the lowest level of English proficiency of any developed country. Don't be fooled by all the western writing and English loanwords, they're as insular as Americans and even less likely to know a foreign language.
>>27077031
Half of my body is covered in tattoos.
I engage in self destructive behavior and hardcore BDSM sex.
>>27077131
>Half of my body is covered in tattoos.
>It's an anon joins the yakuza episode
>>27077105
Sure, but barely anyone who learns a secondary language in high school cares enough to remember it
>>27076800
Your local lawson cashier
>>27076800
How long have you been there so far? I was in Tokyo for two weeks and it was easy to communicate with people using nothing but english.
You're in a massive fucking city. Hang out with other foreigners you meet, or find a Japanese friend who speaks english. Tons of them do in Tokyo. And don't worry. Anything of even slight importance to you is going to be written in both English and Japanese.
>>27077105
>overseas
Japan isn't really a typical overseas country, though. They don't give a fuck about what happens outside of their borders, they outsource diplomacy and military action to the US.
>>27077223
only until their giant robots are ready to take over the world
>>27076800
My fiancee and I will be in Tokyo later this month for our honeymoon if you want to get a drink or something.
>>27076800
>moving to Japan
>moving to an absolute shithole
why
I understand if you like anime and manga and video games and shit, but why the fuck would you move there
If you like the culture that much, spend two / three weeks, or even a month or so just traveling there
>>27077223
they "outsource" military action because they aren't allowed to have a military.
everybody in tokyo understands english. he's not going to have any issues.
>>27076800
try and mingle with some people at the bars maybe.
>OP
you're an idiot and you fell for a fucking meme. you can only go down from here
>>27076800
Not a way to meet English people but there are organisations (Which I think are free) where you can do in-person language exchange with native Japanese. It's a bit like speed dating but just having a conversation trying to help you out with the language and with fitting in. I can't remember what the official ones are called, but if you're interested just Google "chat cafe tokyo" or "language cafe tokyo", they're the next best thing and might be a good way to make friends with the locals.
>>27076800
>Be black
>Be in the Army
>Japanese people have literally come up and used this weird translator app on their phones to ask me if they can take a picture with me just because they've never seen a black person in Japan before
I'm glad I'm stateside again. Fuck that place. Didn't even get to bury my face in a Japanese girl's piss-smelling bush
you got what a weeb deserves. hahahahahahahahahaha
>>27077351
Isn't being asked for pictures better than being shot by the police though?
whoops, op, you dun fucked up
there is no rational reason for anyone to move to japan, especially if they dont know the language
>>27077399
You don't have to pay high shipping fees on figurines and sex dolls
>>27076800
>moves to a different country without knowing the local language
Fucking retard.
>>27076800
Did circumstance push you into this or did you genuinely believe this was a good idea? Go to the /djt/ thread over at /a/ and get cracking.
>>27076822
you can't say he fell for the japan meme if his japanese is horrible
>people actually thing OP moved to Japan
He literally cant. His tourist visa will run out soon and he'll have to fly home or get deported.
You can't spur of the moment move Japan. Even for people who have their life handed to them on silver platter. It takes years to learn the language and secure a job that provides enough income over there. Which are just the basic requirements to move over there.
He would also need to give up his countries citizenship because Japan doesn't allow duel citizenship. Which he couldn't do if he didn't learn the language.
I TOLD YOU TO GO TO HARAJUKU NERD
>>27077564
you are so full of of shit and obviously out of turn to even speak on this subject
he could be on a student visa
also he could have easily gotten a visa with an english school to teach for
Paddle across the pacific on a kayak while practicing Japanese on your way back home so next time you might actually have a chance in living there kudasai.
>>27076800
Go to golden gai in shinjuku, talk to the bartender, talk to the white travelers, eat some ramen with sardines from nagi.
>>27077617
In either of those cases he would have had some idea on what to expect when he got there and not be all alone and know absolutely nobody.
Also
>could have easily gotten a visa to teach english
You have no idea how saturated that market is. He either has to have connections and know somebody
or have a degree.
We're not living in the 70's anymore.
>>27076800
Visits tourist spots like Akiba and try to meet some fellow gaijin, and bars that aren't discriminatory against whaito piggu could also be a good spot.
>>27076800
Post pics OP :^)
[blexblex]
>>27077564
>Talking out of your ass with no shame
They just don't want welfare shit.
He can easily move there if he's with a company that has a division in Japan. i.e. bringing value into the country. Or if he's a grad student.
But even if he is just a fucking robot, if he has a high school diploma and the money (and it's really not that expensive tbqh), he can attend a school like http://yosida.com/ , the school itself will sponsor you for a student visa to study Japanese at their school for like 2 years. You can keep it as long as your grades are good and you attend classes, and if you pass EJUA or JLPT N1 and enter college afterwards, you'll be able to stay even longer.
Which surely should be long enough to find yourself a college qt or at least a christmas cake and stay on for the long haul.
>>27077889
And you're just going to believe OP while he provides no info or proof on how he got there, how long he's staying there, and what he's doing there?
You really don't want your fantasy of Japan being the dreamland where everyone bows down to white cock being destroyed?
I'd be happy for OP if he made it there. But unless he provides reasonable evidence that he "moved" there. I believe he's just talking out his ass.
If he did do what you just mentioned he would know some English speaking people. Even if he was a robot.
>>27077105
Dude, japanese are know for sucking at english
>>27076924
Did you not even think about getting a basic knowledge of Japanese before moving to a Japanese country
No one is going to want to hang out with you if you don't even speak their language, you planned this move horribly OP
>>27078001
>a Japanese country
tell me how many japanese countries there are?
>>27077969
>Implying that I want to move to Japan
It's funny how convinced you are that it's so very hard to get to Japan. Are you making excuses for something?
The thing is, I personally know three people who moved there. One for grad school, one for art school, and one with a certain software development company. So from my perspective it isn't rare, it's very easy, and it's quite believable.
Plus, I literally linked you to a web site of a school that will take you and issue you a long-term visa if you just enroll and are accepted. And there are hundreds of schools just like that. It's that simple.
>>27076800
>moving to another country when you don't know the language
As bad as a nigger.
[email protected]
PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU MOVED TO JAPAN
>>27078260
On a completely legal boat with a completely legal passport, officer
>>27078242
I never said its hard to get to Japan. You need to stop changing what I said. Especially when what I said is just a few posts up. I've been to Japan twice. I know how easy it is to get there.
You still have no idea on the actual process it takes to MOVE there.
It isn't like the US or Germany where you hop a border and people start giving you hand outs.
>you're going to link back your previous post about
>>27077889
>saying I literally just showed you how easy it is
That's easy for people who aren't complete fuck ups. (do you know where you're posting?)
OP has still provided no proof that he's actually in Japan or what he's doing there.
>>27076800
Create a youtube channel and post vlogs about Japan for robots.
Message some jvlogers. They usually hold meetings for foreigners in bars.
Sign yourself for a Japanese course, not individual one, study in group that can show you around if you get to know them.
Install Line, apparently it's very popular in Japan.
What are you even doing there OP? I mean you had some savings and you wanted to go there? Or do you work mobile and you can afford to work from any place?
>>27078242
While I was in Japan I've met western foreigners who moved there. It's not impossible. I never said it was.
It is though for OP and 99% of the people who post on r9k.
You can't move to a new country and expect to magically get your life together. Especially if you can't even speak their language.
>>27076800
where are ya op?
i'm studying here now
>>27078410
i'm studying in osaka but about to fly to hokkaido and go by train back down through the entire country on the seishun 18 for a couple of weeks. spring break so i figured i might as well
anyway message me if you want
[email protected]
>Can't speak/read japanese
>Move to Japan
>>27078447
That picture hit to close to home.
>>27078570
yeah i got a folder full of em (who doesn't)
>>27078594
i just collect em. not sure why.
>>27078620
i just love being depressed. i'm on ADs now and when the artificial happiness gets too much i stop taking em for a day or two just so the depression comes back
(sorry for derailing thread)
>>27076917
Not at all, desu senpai. There are various ways to get a long-term visa, but none of them requires knowledge of Japanese.
>>27077020
>He can not permanently move there unless he has Japanese citizenship
What is "permanent residency"?
OP
I'm going to go Japan for tourism purposes
wanna let a fellow robot sleep in your apartment for like four nights? and hang out and just be autistic together
when i was budgeting i didn't plan for hotels
(poor poland guy you know)
and couchsurfing is garbage, no replies and rejections everywhere even though i read profiles thoroughly every time :/
osaka march 30 - apr 3 (if anyone else can, would be great too), tokyo apr 7-11
[email protected]
>>27076800
How long will you be in Japan? How long will you be in Tokyo? Where are you going after that?
>>27077131
Yakuza like to employ foreigners to do their dirty work. Then they don't have to take responsibility when you get arrested.
>>27078675
Have you checked Airbnb? They are really cheap here. (Well cheaper than the hotels anyway, but that's not saying much)
What are you gonna go see in Osaka? It's nice here desu. Tokyo is too big city-ish imo but downtown Osaka feels kinda comfy in a way
>>27078594
>>27078620
>>27078634
>>27078447
Pls no, why is the world so awful?
>>27078620
>obituary published July 2011
>thread made in October 2011
hmmmm
>>27076800
I live in Japan too, anon. Where in Tokyo you live?
>>27076800
>What the hell do I do?
Drill that Japanese motherfucker. Go out and use what little you have, and whenever you're not training up your vocab, go out and listen to people talk. Immersion is the best way to learn a language.
I get the impression that you knew that this would happen but you went to Japan anyway. You are the cause of your own sadness.
>>27078710
Dunno yet, I was thinking I can get to planning like a week before... It's a big city, I'm sure there will be something to see every day. Friends who went there already told me about this 2-day pass to many attractions with unlimited transport for like 3000 yen, I will surely use that as much as possible, and take it a bit slower later. Also planned Kyoto and Nara in the days between, and actually found a guy who said he would host me in Kyoto (hope he won't ghost me >.>)
Airbnb was the first thing I checked. I didn't even check the hotels, I definitely couldn't afford that. I want to use the only opportunity in life I will have to go to Japan during cherry blossoms. I'm really lucky I got to go for a student exchange in Korea with most of the stuff paid for me, but all my luck ran out right then. And still, airbnb isn't exactly cheap either. I will probably go for it if I have no other choice, with few nights being homeless to save.
sorry for blogging, but there's not really anyone I could share this with
>>27078741
hehe didn't even notice. good catch.
>>27078711
wish i knew
>>27078823
Do you have the JR pass? Wish I could've gotten that for all the travel I have planned. Gotta stick to the Rapid trains.
Nara/Kyoto are a lot of fun if you like temples. There's definitely a fuckton there.
Also yesss I'm so excited for the hanami. My only hobby is photography, so this will be fun I think.
Capsule hotels are a good shot for absolute cheap places to stay, but you can also stick everything in a coin locker and pass out at a train station salaryman-style :)
Feel free to email me, too, if you have any questions. I'd offer but my dorm room here is about 5 sq meters.
I LOVE Kurds who want to go to Japan!
>>27078862
>Do you have the JR pass? Wish I could've gotten that for all the travel I have planned. Gotta stick to the Rapid trains.
I don't plan on moving much, just conquering one city at a time. I'll take a bus to Tokyo to save on sleeping place and transportation (shinkansen is expensive, really), unless hitchhiking would be a viable option, but I guess not because of huge distance and the fact that I'm male (with long blonde hair, so totally different)
I mean it would be a pretty good deal if I wanted to visit like 1 city every day, but I'm not adventurous, I've never travelled in my life alone.
>Nara/Kyoto are a lot of fun if you like temples. There's definitely a fuckton there.
That's exactly what I wanted to see, I'm not coming to party all day.
>Also yesss I'm so excited for the hanami. My only hobby is photography, so this will be fun I think.
Wish I had a non-shit camera, lol
still, will be lots of fun I hope
>Capsule hotels are a good shot for absolute cheap places to stay, but you can also stick everything in a coin locker and pass out at a train station salaryman-style :)
That's one other option I considered, esp. since I won't be taking much, just one backpack... question though: will I be bothered by the police or something?
>Feel free to email me, too, if you have any questions. I'd offer but my dorm room here is about 5 sq meters.
If you're wondering if it bothers me to sleep in a small space with others - nope, I'm fine with (almost) everything, rape and murder explicitely excluded. But I understand if you'll feel uncomfortable.
Thanks for the advice senpai
hope you have a good life
>>27076800
I was in Japan this last year for a little backpacking trip and I spent quite a bit of time in Tokyo. Do you live in Tokyo? Because there is a cafe in what I believe is the eastern section of Tokyo, I think it's near Ueno stop on the yamanote line or something. Anyway here's the link for for it.
http://mickeyhouse.jp/english/#2
Just go and talk to people, that's why they are there. Don't be a faggot and get depressed like I did OP. Just fucking talk to people, Japanese people are the nicest people ever.
and don't pull out any of that weaboo shit, they fucking hate Americans who are outwardly enthusiastic about that kind of stuff.
>>27076800
Go to Roppongi, the place is a shithole but you'll find Brits, Americans and Aussies everywhere
>>27079149
And nogs trying to get you to buy a hooker
>>27076800
Asiafag, currently learning basic japanese for a short trip in October/November. Give us contact details, I might visit you for a spot of tea then.
>>27079024
Planning to do the same, any tips?
>>27079024
>http://mickeyhouse.jp/english/#2
Op here awesome link.
I will drop by.
Got anything else similar?
>>27076800
Contact Jbloggers, and ask them how to survive in Kneejon.
>>27079018
Sounds like you will miss a lot. Japan isn't fun if you are trying to maximum poorfag it.
>>27079270
Thanks, unfortunately not anywhere similar that I can think of right now, but I just have some advice. The thing about Japanese culture that I noticed while I was there is that nobody is going to talk to you unless you put yourself out there. I was traveling with a friend while I was there for the first month and he really just put himself out there, and it opened a lot of doors for us. We met a ton of great people and experience a bunch of awesome things because he would just try to start a conversation with anybody.
After he left I basically closed down and didn't talk to many people and ended up super depressed. Just try talking to anybody with your god awful Japanese. They will be much more receptive to you that way.
If you need a translator use google translate, it's super helpful sometimes.
good luck OP, have fun faggot!
>>27076917
You can get a "cultural" visa and stay a whole year in there.
im not OP, but im going to kansai in april.
i've already contacted the poland and the osaka bro ITT, but anybody else who might wanna meet up write me [email protected]
i will only add you by line but it seems like line isn't working right now.
>>27078447
>tear drops on post it
Seems to convenient, fake and gay.
>>27079373
let's consider other options:
1. don't go at all never in your life
2. kill myself
actually accommodation is the only thing I want to save on. wanted to get 50k yen or something like that and be fine with spending every... uh, not penny, but yen. i dunno what I would spend it on anyway (not interested in prostitutes)
>>27078691
You better off mugging drug dealers.
>>27076800
What's your native tongue, English? If there is a university close to where you live, you could easily meet foreigners or Japanese people trying to learn English (/other languages) there. The latter often are extremely passive though, so you'd have to look into language exchange meet-ups and clubs to get to know people.
>>27079593
How long do you expect 50k yen to last? It's a pretty small amount. Might last a week if you stretch it.
I would like to go but I don't want fukishima cancer
>>27079749
what do people spend money on?
that's like minimum monthly wage in my country bro
>>27079839
If that's your average monthly wage, then you should realize Japan is far more expensive than your home country. Food can be had for decently cheap, but everything else will be expensive, especially transport.
I learned Japanese as a way of staying sane during my NEET period and later ended up living over there for six months. I kinda felt like it was the final test for my Japanese skills, though I suspected I would hate it over there (I was right).
I think you are better of being an idiot who knows zero Japanese but that is stereotypically outgoing and cheerful (the way they imagine most white foreigners are) than being an introvert who is fluent in Japanese. I was the latter and I was miserable over there.
The brief periods that I was around other white people were the most relaxing - it was like the weight of being a foreigner was suddenly lifted and I could just be myself and talk in my native tongue. It was great. I was going to hit up a bar in Shibuya called The Aldgate, cause apparently foreigners went there a lot, but I was broke so I never did it. Plus I just don't like being social, so what would be the point?
I now live back in my home country and just import my Japanese books and shit from Amazon, cause it's waaaay cheaper to spend $100 here and there on shipping than to actually live in Japan. I have a shipment of books coming next week and I am super excited about it.
>>27076800
3 weeks? Seriously? I've lived in Tokyo for 6 years. Have been a NEET for 5 of those years. Have no friends. Speak basic Japanese. Spend most of my days wandering Akiba hoping some qt nerd will take pity upon me. Every English speaking foreigner I have met here has been Normie tier bordering on Chad. Especially the Yanks and Australians.
Tokyo is a lonely city, even for natives. If you're buckling after just three weeks you may want to reconsider living here. I like it here because I'm able to anonymously wallow in my autism without getting randomly attacked by normies and Tyrones. But if you're a normie who craves attention I can see you struggling here tbqh senpai.
>>27080057
As a follow up to what I said here, if anyone like me ends up in Japan and starts getting miserable, here is my advice: Go outside. You don't need to go around people, but just go walk around wherever you are. My best memories of being in Japan are of just walking around the city for hours on end doing nothing in particular. Just drop by a convenience store or a vending machine when you get hungry or thirsty. You can easily get an entire day of decent entertainment for under 1000 yen.
Browsing shops is also pretty entertaining. Really depends on your Japanese ability for some of them, but I loved going to bookstores. I would just wander around browsing books for a few hours each week. The only problem is that a fuckton of Japs like to stand around and just marathon read entire books/series in the store, so you have to navigate through them.
Oh, and in Tokyo some of my favorite places to go were graveyards. They were usually pretty quiet and fairly empty, so you could just wander around and try to convince the graveyard cats to let you pet them. I succeeded a couple times.
I doubt anyone will bother to read this, but whatever, maybe I can help someone like me. I didn't really have hopes or expectations for Japan, so it all turned out okay for me. Hopefully it turns out okay for anyone else who decides to head over their on their own.
Hey I'm a nisei living in japan right now, if this isn't a troll post I know someone who can get you help.
Post throwaway email or something and I'll hook u up.
>>27080081
Illegal immigrant?
>>27080154
Thanks anon, I read your post. I'm going to Kyoto for a year or two in June. I'm pretty introverted (as you'd expect on r9k) so I think your advice will probably really help me. I don't think I'll make a lot (if any) native friends, so I'm hoping going outside and visiting temples and shrines will save me in that regard.
>>27080171
If you are still in the thread I can send you my email?
Still here?
>>27080081
Fuuuuck, if you see this, please email me, I have questions about how you are able to live there. [email protected]
>>27079024
Wow, this is pretty fucking cool.
>>27080057
>idiotic who knows zero Japanese but is outgoing
>introvert who is fluent
False dichotomy
Last time I was in Tokyo I went to a blowjob bar every other day. I was there two weeks.
>>27077351
>Japanese girl's piss-smelling bush
please expound on this
it's like the 10th time I've heard this meme and don't understand
>>27083111
that's fourteen blowjobs
>>27076800
get on okcupid, its easy senpai
>>27078001
Cultural immersion is the fastest way to learn a language.
I lived there for two months, ended up hopping girl to girl for a living. If you don't mind being proactive (not Chad, but make an effort to at least search out girls online) and don't mind being used by them, then it's not the worst way to survive. This is assuming white and not ass ugly.
