Hey all,
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Apologies if this is a frequently asked question. Realistically, this post was made in a hurried frenzy, and I respect it if this isn’t what you want to be seeing right now.
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Trying to meet some new people. Whether I make friends or not is less important — I just hope to be able to sit down and talk to them. My Japanese level is maybe sub-conversational. 20 years old.
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What do you guys think? Any suggestions of where I could go?
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Thank you
Edit: Thank you for all of the replies. I’ll try to adult, lol! 🙂
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No.
>Apologies if this is a frequently asked question.
Seriously? This is a ‘I don’t know how real life operates’ question. Establishments such as bars exist to accrue funds in return for goods and services. If you desire those goods and services, they’re generally very receptive to you entering the premses.
Now, on the off chance this isn’t okay, what’s the worst that happens? They might ask you to leave, and you do so (or not, if you’re spoiling for a fight). Either way, you find out much more directly than wafting brain farts across internet forums.
It’s not weird as long as you just behave normally and know how to act natural in social situations
People go to bars alone all the time looking to meet other people. It’s not unusual.
Nomunication. Too drunk to care your Japanese kind sucks, everyone else is too.
Go make some friends.
(I was nice about it, can I have a cool thing from your UFO?)
Yes, go to a bar that has a bar, sit down order drink and wait for opening in conversation.
Tada. Socializing like every other adult for the last xxxx years.
Not at all man
This is how I learned Japanese. Go for it and enjoy your life your way.
Definitely strange
A man’s gotta have a hobby.
I go to the bar alone and OK I guess I am weird.
I would love to go honestly, I’ve never been to one. I’m typing this while my eyes are trying to close (: so I can sleep (:
No.its perfectly fine.
Seriously, I sometimes wonder if people on here even know how to “life”.
I’d say yes but it also depends on the type of bar. Some are more for local, regular crowds and some others see a more eclectic mix of people. Check some of the online reviews, have a go and enjoy!
That’s how I get free drinks so I’m going to say no.
I suggest wearing the lowest neckline possible.
to share a friend’s anecdote, he managed to befriend the whole neigborhood, and got access into other member only bars as he got lonely because most of his same year uni friends moved out of the student dorm nearby
This is the land of people who do most things alone. There’s even furniture made to eat alone
I do this all the time – it’s pretty normal in Japan, they won’t look at you strangely or anything.
It is
not weird.
Some people go with friends because they want to have fun, some people go alone because they want to meet someone and when you go alone you’re signaling that you DO want to meet someone.
The chick sitting next to you isn’t there alone just for the drinks either.
It’s weird if you go and sit at a table all by yourself. Counter is best for striking up conversations with strangers, especially when you take initiative.