Get social in Japan
Our aim is to allow those in Japan both foreigners and local to connect either online or at a venue to encourage cross cultural communication and friendships. We provide information from online forums/clubs to international parties.
Meet People in Japan
Here is a list of some groups/clubs that encourage international friendships in Japan:- Osaka gogaku group (just started 4 May 09)
Language Study Groups
- Hiragana Times Internatinal Party - Tokyo and Osaka.
- Internationalparty.jp - Tokyo (the Osaka one has closed)also see here
- Tokyo Friends Party
- JapanParty.com - Sushi Party
- Vibe Tokyo
- LeafParty - Iidabashi, Tokyo.
International Parties - Tokyo
Meet People in Tokyo- Hiragana Times Internatinal Party - Tokyo and Osaka.
- Nagoya Friends Party
- WhyNotJapan.com - International parties in Kobe, Kyoto and Osaka.
- Kansai Happy International Club - KHIC - Various monthly activities.
- International Social Network - Various fun events for all (Osaka).
- Eating Group - Osaka
- IEC Int. party- reservation is required, need to call to find place.
International Parties - Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto etc.
Meet People in Kansai and other cities- Osaka Pub Crawl
- Kyoto Pub Crawl
Pub Crawl/s
- 2JPN - Started in '08, looks like it will go far.
- Meeting Wave - Set up your own offline meeting.
- Japanevents.net - Calendar of Business, community and networking events.
Networking Groups
- Japan-Guide Friends Forum - Listing posts of people interested in making friends.
- Japan Talk
- E-japanese.jp - Language exchange listings.
- Jobs in Japan - Language exchange section of the classifieds.
- Japan Guide forum - Language Exchange section.
- Kansai Scene - Language Exchange section of classifieds
- Fukuoka Live - Chat and exchange, especially for those interested in Fukuoka, Kyushu.
Japanese Pen Friends/Find a Language Exchange Partner
- Global Language exchange sites:
- tt4you.com - fun modern site... I might even register myself.
- Here is a list on my other site
- Plenty of Fish to be continued.
Personal sites - free
- WorldFriends
Personal sites - Member fees apply
.. You could probably avoid these, but then again you might be of the attitude that paying sites have more decent members?Good luck..
If you want to list your site here pls. let me know.
- Gaijin Pot Forums
Japan Related Forums
- Tech Group Meetups/Blogs
- Tokyo Tech, meetup
- Tokyo Swallows
- Online Classifieds
- Japanese online newspapers
- Metropolis
- "Jobs in Japan" - langauge exchange classifieds. Others can be found from the English-tutors link
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Bars and Nightlife in Osaka: (If nothing is on, you could try dropping in at one of these bars)
- Balabushka
- Bar & Cafe Scorpion
- Belly Dance-Habibi Osaka
- Blarney Stone-Irish Pub
- Cellar Bar- Live music
- Club Camon
- Club Pure
- Kiwi's Pub Osaka
- Murphy's Irish Pub
- Sam and Dave