Hey folks
Moving to Japan in December. I’m wondering whether it will be difficult to build friendships and other social groups in Tokyo if 1) dont speak any Japanese 2) come from south east Asia where I’ve read there’s abit of discrimination (I’m Chinese singaporean)
What may be good ways to start building a community ? I have Japanese friends that I know from college while I was in the USA plus another group that were previously expats in Singapore- but I don’t want to rely on them too much.
I’ve never had issues building friendships before while as an expat. But I suppose what’s different now is I don’t speak the language. Will be planning to learn Japanese but that’s realistically gonna take a while. My hypothesis is I will probably be leveraging the expat crowd for a while before I start building my network (through partying, work and hobby clubs)
Additional context:
Based in Tokyo. Working for a tech firm in roppongi. Will be staying in ebisu. Mid 30s. Male. Lived in 5 countries in Asia pacific: Thailand Singapore Malaysia Philippines Australia
by porkikinsforever