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A friend and I tried a local joint and it was pretty underwhelming so looking for some recommendations for a proper steak joint that has at least inch thick steaks in the 300g+ or 12oz range that dont cost 1万円 per person.

If anyone has any recommendations please let us know!

I'm local Japanese looking for foeign friends in Tokyo. I'm in a local community and work in a local job. I don't know how to get a chance to meet a global community in Tokyo. Do you have any advice or suggestion?

I’m an incoming student next year and will be attending a school where most are 18-20 year olds.

Since I’ll be 26 by then, I would rather make friends with people older than 21 (and vice versa for them). I’ll probably be an ”old” woman to them 😬

Thus, I don’t wanna live in the school’s dorms. But I also don’t want my own apartment for the first year since I will start feeling alone in a new big city.

I found out about Social Apartments, and wonder if people here have experience living there? Did you get friends? Was it still reasonably clean?

Living in Nakano, I’m pretty sure I can go to either to renew my residency card.

Planning to go this Wednesday and it seems Shinagawa doesn’t have the special PR room anymore.

Anybody with recent October experience at either? End of September was crazy at both I imagine due to the October 1 price changes, so I’m hoping things have quieted down a bit

I was at a bar in Golden Gai and some American tourist came in all super drunk.

This bar also had karaoke and they were having a good time for a little more than an hour, but then when it came to the payment they basically only had usd and insisted on paying with that. This bar doesn't accept card and only accepts cash, but that means in jpy. They basically dropped 60 USD and just left, which was not enough to cover the bill and I was trying to explain to them that they had to pay in yen, but they didn't give a fuck. They just bounced and I was left with the bartender crying her eyes out because now she had to cover the bill...

I guess this mostly applies to tourists, but sometimes I'm really fed up by stupid tourists shitting on hard-working and honest Japanese people.

It's so nice to finally have an indie bookshop dedicated to English books. I shall be frequenting often:)

I just came back from a 10 day trip from Japan. We were staying in Tokyo at IHG continental in Akasaka, Me and my daughter 11 years went out at around 9pm for a walk.

While I was trying to find a 7/11 near by on map, she drifted some mtr away from me and was waiting at corner , near bus stop. Suddenly I saw a white taxi / car with black tinted glasses , stopped few mtrs away and the door opened, i immediately sensed something and called my daughter's name to get her attention and make her walk towards me,

While the door was open, no body came out of that taxi after learning I was nearby and with her, the door closed and the taxi fled away. This all happened in like 8 to 10 seconds.

Am I overthinking, or was it a kidnap attempt on my daughter ? Is this common in Japan ? Maybe the locals can guide me. This has been disturbing me since then.

Particularly the wearing headphones one

I don’t usually buy clothing in Japan because of sizing issues. But now I need some cardigans / knit sweaters for (office) work this winter.

I don’t really know clothing stores. Went to uniqlo but everything is mostly polyester. And even then, it’s always the classic Japanese cut: short sleeves, slim shoulders, wide waist. I need to size up to 2 or 3XL for shoulders and sleeves, and then I have a tent.

Any recommendations on where to go? Looking for good materials (cotton / wool) and a more fitting shape. Not for fancy brand names.

How to connect in Tokyo to board game nights? Are there any public places people meet sometimes to play? For English speakers?

Where can I find a formal dress for around 50,000 yen? I have an American wedding to attend but the styles here are either too frilly for a formal event or too stiff. Where can I find like a silk floor length simple but elegant gown that won’t break the bank?

I’ve been living in Tokyo for a few months and am not used to how to find this kind of formal wear. Not much success in the big department stores because I don’t want gucci or luxury.