Hii I live in Kyoto. I moved here from US 2 years ago.. lived here as an infant but I wouldn’t count that
I miss my friends back home but I need to be here and honestly, I love Japan. Kyoto is my home.
I have one problem. I miss having friends lol it’s hard for me here even though I speak fluent Japanese and English… to make friends here in Kyoto. I have friends in Osaka and Tokyo but it’s a bit far.
Most Japanese people my age are married with kids or trying for this. Younger than me are students or just starting their career. I’ve made lots of foreigner friends but they’ve all left Japan.
I’ve done bumble friends / dating and they’re very shallow connections and again, foreigners that end up leaving. Or Japanese people that want to learn English. Sometimes I go to Meet up events and they’re cool.
I was making friends at bars a lot but now that I don’t drink… it’s kind of lonely.
I don’t want to date or drink. Just friends to bicycle, Kamogawa chill, run, gym, hike, snowboard, motorcycle, diving, etc. Im really bad at snowboarding but I like it and I went to Hakuba last year and the year before by myself. It was still really fun 😃 most recent was Okinawa for diving and wowwowowowo loved it.
I love to travel also. I’ve been to few countries in Europe, Southeast Asia, Middle East… love it.
Also started going to rock climbing gym too.
Not desperate for friends but if someone is kinda in a similar situation in Kyoto and if we vibe it would be nice 👍🏼
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