So I live in Tokyo and have since March of 2023, I moved to my now apartment in July 2023. I have had 0 problems and love where I’m living. That’s up until my next door neighbors moved in 2 months ago.
The first time this happened, I was extremely apologetic and felt guilty that I had been a disturbance and too loud. My neighbors (two female and one male all Japanese) came to my door, banging and screaming as loud as possible telling me to shut up and be quiet. I had opened the door and as I did one woman grabbed the side of the door, pulled it out of my hand and opened it wide, stepping almost into my apartment. I speak decent Japanese, I apologized and since then I have been hypersensitive to any noise I make at night.
That was until last night, 3am I was playing the game online with my friends, I keep my headphones half off so I can hear my own voice and make sure I’m basically whispering as I play, I have a door shutting off my bedroom from the rest of the apartment that I also keep shut to try to keep quiet. I know that this time I was not being loud. This woman comes to my door banging and screaming again. She covers my peep hole with her hand so I can’t see outside of it, I can’t see how many people there are or if she has a weapon or anything. I know that may sound unrealistic but I felt in my gut there was a reason she didn’t want me to see what she was doing. She kept almost like using a taunting tone telling me to open my door over and over. I told her I’m so sorry I really thought I was being quiet, she started to rip and pull at my door knob and it sounded like she was either using a key or her nails to scratch at my door. It was terrifying.
I called the police afterwards because even if I was too loud I feel like this reaction is not warranted. The police showed up and spoke to me and they were shockingly very supportive and nice. I was scared to even call them because I’m a foreigner and my neighbors are Japanese, so I thought I wouldn’t be believed. They tried to knock on my neighbors door and rang the door bell a few times but she ignored them and wouldn’t come to the door. I have also reported this to management and the company that helped me get the apartment. I’m very uncomfortable, I’m worried that she could either get me evicted or even harm me. I leave in about a month to go back to America. I feel as if this person is searching for any opportunity to act aggressively to me, I’m scared to even leave my apartment out of fear I’ll run into her. I don’t know what to do
(I live in a newer RC apartment)
by Extension_Till_5116