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 sites that try to encourage international friendships in Japan:- 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
- Osaka gogaku group (just started 4 May 09)
Language Study 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
- 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