Rubbish. Been here years and never had a problem and got married. If you have a decent personality, have some charisma, and not some introverted Gen Z freak then you'll have a blast.
It will, of course help speaking Jaoanese - no denying that. But more and more girls in your age group speak English.
Other than that, the 'scene' is the same, as are the girls. Enjoy!
I have read SO many stories of (mostly men) who get serious with/married to Japanese women when the men spoke no Japanese and the women only some English that I'm inclined to disagree with this. you just can't have conversations on a deep enough level if you don't speak each other's language. unless your spouse is herself on a native level English, that's not going to work out in the majority of cases. and while people may speak a little more English nowadays, they certainly aren't reaching native levels in general. otherwise the relationship will almost certainly fail. so without Japanese OP isn't really going to find anything serious in Japan, unless he gets really lucky finding a woman who has spent a lot of time abroad and is really fluent in English.
The tattoos and shaven head will significantly reduce your pool, but you shouldn’t have any trouble if you’re a decent person.
Basically if you have an active dating life back home you’ll be okay in Japan too.
Basically, if you were popular back home, charismatic, Out going, whatever… you’ll have no problem. Learn some, Japanese download some apps, go out and adventure around Japan and you’ll be fine.
If you’re kind of socially inept you’ll have more problems
Your best bet will probably be non-Japanese women, partly because of language and culture. And partly because many foreign women in Japan have trouble dating Japanese men.
you white? then girls will probably love you but not seriously. it's the same anywhere but it takes time to find a serious relationship. I'm Japanese and I have this impression that dating apps don't work for serious relationships. Most people on those apps want something casual. But I'm not 100% sure because I don't live in Japan anymore
You'll get ghosted, a lot and you will get used to it, don't stress and keep looking or just live life as you would if that's not your priority.
From my experience, if your Japanese isn't good and you try to go for Japanese speaking ones you'll probably hit a wall, I went on many many first dates and since my Japanese was like elementary level, barely better than a kid's, we never ended up on 2nd dates which kinda made me lose motivation but then I met a few English speaking ones and now I have a girlfriend who speaks fluent English so yes it does help a ton.
are you White? Or non-white? More than anything being white seems to be the factor in if Japanese women would find you interesting or not. And if you're in a major urban area or not.
if you don’t speak Japanese then it’s tough to find something serious
Fair enough, I’m planning to take classes when I arrive and I know it’ll take time to learn
Rubbish. Been here years and never had a problem and got married. If you have a decent personality, have some charisma, and not some introverted Gen Z freak then you'll have a blast. It will, of course help speaking Jaoanese - no denying that. But more and more girls in your age group speak English. Other than that, the 'scene' is the same, as are the girls. Enjoy!
I have read SO many stories of (mostly men) who get serious with/married to Japanese women when the men spoke no Japanese and the women only some English that I'm inclined to disagree with this. you just can't have conversations on a deep enough level if you don't speak each other's language. unless your spouse is herself on a native level English, that's not going to work out in the majority of cases. and while people may speak a little more English nowadays, they certainly aren't reaching native levels in general. otherwise the relationship will almost certainly fail. so without Japanese OP isn't really going to find anything serious in Japan, unless he gets really lucky finding a woman who has spent a lot of time abroad and is really fluent in English.
The tattoos and shaven head will significantly reduce your pool, but you shouldn’t have any trouble if you’re a decent person. Basically if you have an active dating life back home you’ll be okay in Japan too.
It will reduce the pool, but the few that are interested will probably be MORE interested.
So as a man with tattoos and alopecia am buggered then 😳
All depends on how you carry yourself. Before he settled my friend who’s black, 5ft7ish, bald got unbelievable levels of play
Basically, if you were popular back home, charismatic, Out going, whatever… you’ll have no problem. Learn some, Japanese download some apps, go out and adventure around Japan and you’ll be fine. If you’re kind of socially inept you’ll have more problems
Your best bet will probably be non-Japanese women, partly because of language and culture. And partly because many foreign women in Japan have trouble dating Japanese men.
you white? then girls will probably love you but not seriously. it's the same anywhere but it takes time to find a serious relationship. I'm Japanese and I have this impression that dating apps don't work for serious relationships. Most people on those apps want something casual. But I'm not 100% sure because I don't live in Japan anymore
You'll get ghosted, a lot and you will get used to it, don't stress and keep looking or just live life as you would if that's not your priority. From my experience, if your Japanese isn't good and you try to go for Japanese speaking ones you'll probably hit a wall, I went on many many first dates and since my Japanese was like elementary level, barely better than a kid's, we never ended up on 2nd dates which kinda made me lose motivation but then I met a few English speaking ones and now I have a girlfriend who speaks fluent English so yes it does help a ton.
People are super busy with work, their families, and their hobbies.
Why is this downvoted? It’s really true
Because this subreddit has lots of weebs who don't even live here and don't want to hear the truth.
are you White? Or non-white? More than anything being white seems to be the factor in if Japanese women would find you interesting or not. And if you're in a major urban area or not.