Dating in Tokyo Japan as a Foreigner {Easy Tips to Follow!)

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  • I’ll give you my candid and honest experiences dating in Japan, what is good or bad about dating Japanese girls. Also, I’ll explain whether some common dating stereotypes are true or not, things like, Japanese girls love foreigners or Japanese girls are easy to sleep with. Finally I’ll share my 5 dating tips for dating in Tokyo

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  • @gordonbgraham
    @gordonbgraham 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Dating tips for anywhere on the planet: Relax, be yourself, be a good listener and be respectful.

  • @ConsumptiveSoul
    @ConsumptiveSoul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I’ve been living in Japan since 2013 and I’m a white guy I also married a local girl here in Japan so yeah we’re good have a family together

    • @hemanshuchudasama3535
      @hemanshuchudasama3535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruh why did you got marry you could have lot of hookups as you are white

  • @emailexpat4169
    @emailexpat4169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Most Important Tip: "LEARN JAPANESE!!" Forget English and get fluent in Japanese conversation!! And having a Steady job helps a lot too!! Or some kind of more or less successful business!!

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very true!

    • @darthforexvader7201
      @darthforexvader7201 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want to know more about the Japanese women. Is everything amazing downstairs?
      Apoligies, but I really want to know

    • @raphaelzion1366
      @raphaelzion1366 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      instablaster.

    • @maegalroammis6020
      @maegalroammis6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      you can't ask us to learn it fluently also.

  • @mangokun5002
    @mangokun5002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think you saved the most important tip for last. It took me roughly 4 years of living here to realize the best girls for me were ones who’d lived abroad before. More talkative, spontaneous, with a great sense of humor as well. The difference is night and day.

  • @arterisdewberry9467
    @arterisdewberry9467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    As an African-American man, I can 100% with the long time goal relationship. Casual dating is such a waste of time. I prefer to meet with a Japanese women who's is also looking for a long time relationship as well. I agree with your points. Though, I'm not the type of person who wants to sleep with random women.

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agree! Glad you enjoyed the content! 🙌

    • @maegalroammis6020
      @maegalroammis6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      but most japanese wants casual relations

  • @rabidd909nate
    @rabidd909nate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My only issue with your advice, and I kinda figured as soon as you mentioned a rating scale, is my idea of a 10 and yours are very different things. LOL keep up the great vids man. Much love.

  • @hillbillyartscrafts4367
    @hillbillyartscrafts4367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    dated a Japanese girl for 3 years and it ended? you must have not been willing to put a ring on her finger

  • @syfsonkupskowicki5326
    @syfsonkupskowicki5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My one and only dating experience ended before it start.I revealed my feelings to the girl which was my friend, and she dumped me immediately using the ふられた way.We aren't friends anymore...

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ahhhh sorry to hear that Syfson!

    • @syfsonkupskowicki5326
      @syfsonkupskowicki5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LiveYourBestLife14 Well, things like this are happening all the time...But I miss her really, as a friend.

    • @ThePharaohsCat
      @ThePharaohsCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @syfson Don't be disheartened. Girls are fickle and it could be anything. On one hand some women may feel that you were insincere and tried to sneak your way into a relationship. Bold is always best, as women appreciate honesty. On the other hand, the feeling wasn't mutual. Still if she appreciated your friendship she would have said so. Don't worry about it. Live your life and the girls will follow.

  • @tsl.123
    @tsl.123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This channel needs to be recommended a lot more. Pls, YT algorithm, I'm counting with you.

  • @YounRangr
    @YounRangr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate this video more than other cultural videos on the matter. Underrated video

  • @bluestilling101
    @bluestilling101 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I moved to and currently live in Japan (not in the military), and I dated and married a very beautiful Japanese woman. I would agree with a lot of the things you stated, and challenge maybe only a few. Overall, I think you gave some very good pointers.
    I did make my own friends, outside of work, and outside of her circle of friends. It is not so hard to make friends, but it is very very different. The common denominator between Japan and any other country, and this goes out to the general public, is that if you visit Japan, like anywhere else, have a personality and some interesting facts about yourself. And be willing and able to adjust them up or down. Also being able to communicate in the local language is a huge benefit.

  • @unbannedJ
    @unbannedJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    TH-cam WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS CHANNELL!!!! LOVING YOUR VIDS BRO!!!

  • @Trace7173
    @Trace7173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I thought I was a good looking guy before I went to Japan. Girls may like foreigners but only the really handsome ones. The girls there had no problem treating my better looking brother favorably while I was there to buy concert tickets for them. Foreigners that are blonde a blue eyed fit their image of a foreigner, while dark hair and eyed guys like myself were put firmly in the friendzone.
    After 5 years of living in Japan I never went on a single date, girls constantly ghosted me and I never got past a friendly handshake. Some of these girls were musicians and party chicks, and I'm sure weren't that conservative, just not with me. I would prefer dating a Japanese girl who was raised in a western society, but that hasn't happened to me either..lol

    • @zaf_man_unltd4230
      @zaf_man_unltd4230 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂

    • @saifchowdhury7062
      @saifchowdhury7062 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop looking for Japanese women and date other women.

    • @jacobsoto7228
      @jacobsoto7228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      are you a lesbian?

    • @francescovellucci3218
      @francescovellucci3218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I laught a lot but I cant believe u 😝 is not possible that girls didnt like u

  • @nafslee
    @nafslee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm soooo curious about your ex that you met at Shibuya crossing - maybe a story for another time? :)

  • @30803080308030803081
    @30803080308030803081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    #2 and #3 seem so difficult to me. If a girl isn’t excited about me, then my instincts and my reasoning all tell me to avoid wasting my time. I do like tip #1 👍🏻
    Japan seems to have some of the best-looking women. I love their style. I wonder whether I would have any success at all in Japan, or become just like a sexless Japanese man. Where there’s a will, there’s a way?

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sure, everyone is different! But I’d agree that Japanese girls ands some of the best-looking & stylist in the world.
      Exactly, if you try hard enough, I’m sure you’d do well! 😃

  • @LuisJimenezV
    @LuisJimenezV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    100% right. Additionally, I feel girls want to marry for the sake of marrying -- putting love in second place and not forecasting a wholesome relationship.

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Totally agree, and there is a timer for that. If someone isn’t married by 28-30 yrs old, then that’s a ‘problem’

    • @30803080308030803081
      @30803080308030803081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I saw the same thing in China.
      I had many conversations with Chinese women who told me all about their relationships with their boyfriends or husbands. They were honest with me only because these two conditions were true: I am not Chinese, and I am not their boyfriend. A Chinese man or a boyfriend would never know anything.
      I learned so much depressing stuff. I would rather be slowly gnawed to death by a starving panda bear than to be a husband in a typical Chinese marriage.

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@30803080308030803081 wow, seems even more complicated than Japan than! 😬 thanks for sharing your insights!

  • @venom5552111
    @venom5552111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your videos look good im surprised you didn't have more followers

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so much!! I agree😂 I only started a few months ago, so hopefully soon I'll have more

  • @furiousfellow1583
    @furiousfellow1583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To wrap it up: sex is not important, you dont know if its going well until third date and dating without plans for marriage is frowned upon
    Did I miss something? 😅

  • @maz3549
    @maz3549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Connor, I live in Qatar and what you said is totally right. Used to date a Japanese flight attendant here, not easy. One thing she was not conservative at all :) I guess she was one in a million, not the good million though. Thanks for the video!

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing your opinion Maz! Happy you enjoyed the video. I actually used to live in Qatar as well, it was a great country.

  • @thomasm8217
    @thomasm8217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very down to earth. Thank you!

  • @old_newbie9498
    @old_newbie9498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'll add that Japanese girls also have a stereotype of foreigners that we are more romantic than Japanese guys. As a foreigner, simply giving a Japanese girl a bit of attention to meet their expectation goes a long way (ex complementing hair, dress, inviting out, etc.), but without being too aggressive (which "makes a problem" and causes them to distance you by overcompensating with "politeness"). So play into the good romantic stereotype, without going into the rude foreigner bad stereotype.

  • @michaelbowen4275
    @michaelbowen4275 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How normal is it for a woman to be single in her thirties in Japan?

  • @unfad1ng
    @unfad1ng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i disagree that its sexually conservative, my experience is that sex happens quite quickly when it does. Usually first date

    • @johnh8186
      @johnh8186 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup. Would agree on that but qualify that those are the ones interested in foreigners. Did interact with ones in the more local hangouts and even then, relatively easy to go around the bases. Given a prevalent of Nampa culture, I would probably err on the easy side compare to back home in NA.

    • @lincoqie
      @lincoqie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am a Japanese woman. I think Japan has two groups of women. Women in one group naturally associate romance with physical relationship, and women in another group consider that sex is purely a mean of reproduction, and find her romance in the platonic part of the relationship.
      I and my family and my friends belong to the latter group, but I heard that there are women in the first group. We don't understand each other beyond the group! 😓

    • @johnh8186
      @johnh8186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lincoqie And ones that can straddle both types - Type one during single phase to attract the future hubby and then switch to the later group once the deal is signed and seal.

  • @canricketts
    @canricketts 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Long time no speak Connor! I love the content! Very engaging!

  • @ThanatosXIII0
    @ThanatosXIII0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video - just found you - and yes, i agree with lots of what you say

  • @100toeface
    @100toeface 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cheers, this was extremely honest, and accurate. I was a bit surprised actually, no insult intended, just that you seem to have a quite accurate grasp and even had the balls to say the truth about the difficulty of getting above average Japanese girls for even attractive and well put together foreigners. I would say the following is accurate as far as your 'points' from a Japanese girls perspective depending on your race (I'm not saying I approve of it, just that I think its accurate):
    Indian: -15
    Black: -20 (BUT a +50 bonus for a tiny fraction of girls, some of which are super hot)
    White: -10 (White guys are kind of like bland milk toast and don't have the niche bonus Black guys get- a lot of times you will see them batting WAY below where they should be).
    Hispanic/any other brown race, except indian: -5
    Asian: 0

    • @100toeface
      @100toeface 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow, I just noticed that one of the sentences I wrote has a strikethough mark. Does you tube have some kind of automatic sensorship program? That is much worse than 'shielding' people from other peoples comments!!

    • @prateekbohra7610
      @prateekbohra7610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an Indian
      Well that blows my chances ,but oh well such is life ,here I thought maybe a cute Japanese girlfriend or wife will be great

  • @haroonmarikar
    @haroonmarikar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you got one more subscriber . nicely presented

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much Haroon! Glad you enjoyed the content

  • @captinhindsight7345
    @captinhindsight7345 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good all around informative video.

  • @Pduarte79
    @Pduarte79 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The idea, I get from japanese, don't know if is wrong or not. Using Evangelion as a metaphor, lol, the Misatos and Asukas are more uncommon comparing with the Shinjis and Reis in Japan.

  • @Nathan_V
    @Nathan_V 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great insight

  • @MrTripsJ
    @MrTripsJ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hate dating in Japan to be honest. My vision of dating has been ruined. Girls just can’t talk about anything deep or seriously, if you’re too direct they get uncomfortable, a lot of girls are just into u for being foreign.
    Approaching girls in public as a white guy is weird, dating apps require men to pay for essentially girls that have highly modified photos. It’s trash. I’m so salty too

    • @Michael-iq1nq
      @Michael-iq1nq 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hit the gymn and you might stop struggling so much

  • @manjunathlakshmanachar2465
    @manjunathlakshmanachar2465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5.6 that's wrong bro. If u wana date atleast u should know their language. Coz u don't expect expect yur language to learn by every one. No matter it is English or some other language.

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for. your feedback Manjunath, and I agree with you. I wish my Japanese was better, and I think it's wrong to expect someone to speak English

  • @ThePharaohsCat
    @ThePharaohsCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Risk, spontaneity etc were top of my reasons to leave. Best described by the bar etc invisible walls. Damn, writing same time as you mentioned.

  • @cowboycowboy9592
    @cowboycowboy9592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had more success meeting Japanese ladies in brazil... more English speaking. More intrested in talking to strangers.

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so for sharing your feedback Cowboy! That makes sense. I'm sure the Japanese that end up in Brazil are much more globally minded.

  • @paulg6309
    @paulg6309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All good tips and makes sense why you do not see too many Japanese woman on Asian dating sites... thanks for the insight

  • @manjunathlakshmanachar2465
    @manjunathlakshmanachar2465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But u got another subscriber.

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much! Really appreciate it 🙌 🙇‍♂️

  • @olliepopAMV
    @olliepopAMV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:15

  • @thebestofasha
    @thebestofasha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    its literally the opposite of Latin women 🤦🏽‍♂️ gotta be super patient thanks for the video

    • @LiveYourBestLife14
      @LiveYourBestLife14  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!!

    • @thebestofasha
      @thebestofasha 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LiveYourBestLife14 thank you !, I've got a date with a Japanese now !:D

  • @ThePharaohsCat
    @ThePharaohsCat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dating Japanese girl nice. Married to Japanese girl. Hmm 🤔

  • @POLMAZURKA
    @POLMAZURKA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ...don't you mean mixed-racial types?

  • @marlonelias
    @marlonelias 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He's good looking!.!.

  • @modtomodern
    @modtomodern 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Try living there as a western woman, the western men are either lazy or baby- trapped, and the Japanese men well they have a reputation for a reason. Lets give it a try ok? How about easy tips for dating in Japan as a Foreign woman.

    • @legendmir1
      @legendmir1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He is a man though..

    • @kwak76
      @kwak76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lots of foreign women complain about this. Competing against Japanese women for western men attention but discriminating against local Asian men.

    • @modtomodern
      @modtomodern 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kwak76 We don't compete, I was not interested in western men. I love Asian men. I married a Chinese-Canadian man. I do recommend Chinese men over Japanese men but I was living in Japan at the time.

  • @mwinyimwenyi
    @mwinyimwenyi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You look like Steve Carell....🙂

  • @Greenforrest7342
    @Greenforrest7342 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    白人限定

  • @in5364
    @in5364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you're white and want to date in japan then all you have to do is just exist

    • @23Lgirl
      @23Lgirl ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/nfpWAqK0YZE/w-d-xo.html

  • @maybe8156
    @maybe8156 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video bro, but damn you gotta learn the accent, it just hurts our ears, no offense, but good video

  • @skipper4114
    @skipper4114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All this time I was 100% he was gay. If your not gay maybe stop acting Gay. I feel this is your problem. Your a good looking kid. You should not have a problem.

    • @blasiangoddess9831
      @blasiangoddess9831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why would you say that? 😂 He clearly isn’t gay at all. Lol

    • @skipper4114
      @skipper4114 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blasiangoddess9831 because he sure looks and acts like it.

    • @yellowforevor
      @yellowforevor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Okay skipper..... douche

    • @kornbroetchen99
      @kornbroetchen99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skipper4114 how does someone „act gay“? I have gay friends whom you won’t be able to guess their sexual orientation. not acting like a douche chad doesn’t classify you as gay

    • @skipper4114
      @skipper4114 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kornbroetchen99 that’s funny. I have never been wrong with men. But no offence he has gay tendencies which is the reason maybe for the lack of dating women.

  • @sexycesc
    @sexycesc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Put it this way. When I lived in Japan, I actually had a dating life lol unlike where I live and am from in London. As for what type of Japanese girls to go for, I only partially agree with dating those who are high level of English and have lived abroad because they seek to develop the same level of hypergamy or ‘dating the hottest western guys’ and ‘the bad boy types’ as women in our fucked yo western societies - they just adopt those scummy ways themselves. However, in my dating experience in Japan, I did date women who had lived abroad and spoke great English almost perfect in fact and they were often the best ones I dated for so many reasons but I also dated girls who were the opposite and they were unique in that I had a bit more of an authentic experience just spending time with them using my intermediate level of Japanese language. I also dated a Brazilian who was a quarter Japanese and she was cool. However, although it is easier to wrack up more dates and even bedroom fun with them (by the way don’t always expect that bedroom fun to be penetrative sex with all of them I will add), there always seems to be a barrier about them in terms of their affection and their openness towards people in general- even their boyfriends. And that is my summary of my dating when I lived in Japan several years ago.