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Sakura snow! Looking forward for a more fun sakura season next year!

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Looks like we need to rethink welfare policies and also our relationships with each other

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In Japan, It’s Not Just the Elderly Who Die Alone https://t.co/g4cg4GPL1Q

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Can't stop posting sakura photos. The only nice thing about global warming is that we could enjoy cherry blossoms longer this year. #SAKURA #sakurabloomingday #さくらの日 #Japan

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Well, the weather is great, and the sakura is amazing #SAKURA #sakura🌸

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Do you ever realize how cultural we are? Had to write a message in Japanese. Very simple. Wrote it in five minutes but then was worried for two days whether it came out as rude. #foreignerinjapan #gaijin #japaneselanguage

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WHY WORKING FOR AN EIKAIWA IS UNRELIABLE INCOME (especially during a pandemic)

if you follow people on Twitter who live in Japan and you’ve thought, “hey, I would like to teach English someday in Japan too” then this thread is for you! you should know what you’re getting into

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Sakura blossom started early this year #SAKURA #Japan #さくら

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Once, I met a guy who I call IQ checker. When I told him that I specialized in social sciences, he said it was the most useless major. But, learning about my graduate degree, he freaked out, said that I was too smart for him, and told me to take an IQ test #tinder #smartwomen

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Do you have a type of men/women/people you would date? What is more critical: appearance or personality? The other day one Japanese person was trying to convince me to go out with them without knowing me because I'm the type. Ugh! #datinginjapan #loveinjapan #dating

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Mind the Gender Gap: Kawakami Mieko, Murata Sayaka, Feminism and Literature in Japan | The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus https://t.co/t96FfvQl4Z

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What do you think about when you hear the word Japan? Advanced technologies? Manga/anime? Geisha/samurai? Crowds of people?
You can find all these in Japan, but all these phenomena will coexist with many people's ordinary lives for whom this country is home. #ordinaryjapan

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after some online research, I found out that i might mean one(?) of these:
- someone to spend time with;
- boyfriend/girlfriend type of a person;
- friend to go out with to all these drinking places.

And I probably should add the fourth one:
- lover

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I see a lot of guys on Tinder say that they are looking for a friend to ‘drink with’ - 「飲み友だち」を募集する. I don’t really know what it means. #Tinder #Tinderdate #loveinjapan #dating #datinginjapan

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You can’t say that you live in Japan if you haven’t been to dating bars. 相席屋 aisekiya - a new (?) trend to make people meet. You might ask: then what are regular bars for? well, Japan and dating is a complicated topic that I’m trying to unravel here #datinginjapan #loveinjapan

[Unseen Japan @UnseenJapanSite]

Looking at the chart and these selected responses, we can see that many people still begrudgingly use 旦那さん and ご主人, despite their associations with the concept of "master." https://t.co/lPbA8W8sKE

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We ourselves are very powerful in ignoring 🟥 flags: the guy wanted to get pizza he didn’t like, because he’s got a discount ticket; told me to buy drinks, as he doesn’t have drinks at home (cheaper to buy in a supermarket) and so on. Why was I ok with that? #tinderdate #dating

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Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the ride! As a starter, we decided to share a series of posts about dating in Japan. The rest.. it will be as inspiration and your feedback mandate! #alterjapan

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Discount Guy 5. “Scaling down” is a key warning sign to watch for: I don’t know your area, so let’s meet in mine... later: I know the area next to my apartment better... yet, later: I feel a bit under the weather, so let’s meet in my apartment #tinder #tinderdate #loveinjapan

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Discount Guy 4

So, we decided to meet. He proposed to meet in his city, which is about an hour train ride from my place, but I agreed, since it’s better to avoid meeting in my area, just in case. #tinderdate #loveinjapan #datinginjapan