Canadian living in Japan for the past 5 years.
I was very lucky to make friends with an amazing set of friends almost immediately after coming to Japan. They were mainly composed of half Japanese kids who had went to international school as kids. Now they are fluent in both English and Japanese. I find myself relying on them whenever we go out.
My work is with a foreign company, so there is not much need for Japanese at work.
I don't drink much so just getting plastered every night till I'm fluent is unfortunately not an option.
I feel like I am a textbook example of being in the foreigner bubble. How do you guys break into new more local communities and break bad habits to embed yourselves deeper in the community.
by StillStudyingTokyo