During the few months since I've moved to Japan I joined a few hobby groups, consisting mostly of Japanese people.
The impression I get so far is that the socialization among the Japanese members of these hobby groups begins in those groups and ends there. We meet once every week to perform that specific hobby and then split up; nothing really happens other than that, such as going to movies together or exchanging casual messages via social media. I tried to initiate some extra-group activities such as inviting people to go see a movie or sharing my social media accounts, but people seem to be reluctant to follow along. In other words I feel that the fellow members of the hobby groups aren't really interested in socializing or making friends but only performing those specific hobbies which happen to require multiple participants.
Does anyone else get the same feeling or am I just unlucky?
by bahasasastra