Honestly, with all the Japanese bitches, you'd probably love it. Shibes man, shibes!
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😂 nostr:npub1r0rs5q2gk0e3dk3nlc7gnu378ec6cnlenqp8a3cjhyzu6f8k5sgs4sq9ac and nostr:npub137c5pd8gmhhe0njtsgwjgunc5xjr2vmzvglkgqs5sjeh972gqqxqjak37w live there. I wonder if they would recommend it?
I've been wanting to go there for a long time. From what I gather, it would be an awesome place to live, especially if you can bring/make a friend so you're not completely alone AND clueless lol! The culture is so different, it would be an enriching learning experience at the very least. There's so much about their culture that just kinda makes sense, and much that doesn't.
Would I recommend living in Japan? Hard to say without knowing your personal situation and preferences.
That’s fair, I’m just curious not serious right now, but I’m feeling kinda sick of the US honestly. Don’t have a clear career path right now I want to follow. Working a generic retail job now.
People that come to Japan usually follow one of 2 job paths: teaching English or work in tech. If you can’t work in tech then you probably won’t have a good time. It’ll be a lot to adjust to and teaching pay is not good. Many people leave. The older you are the harder to adjust I think (just from what I’m hearing). I came here with my wife and we both spoke English and still do. It wasn’t as much to adjust to for me. And I don’t work a teaching job obviously.
In terms of finding companionship it usually doesn’t work out for majority of people. It can be fun but eventually you’ll realize you can’t stay in a long term relationship, too different culturally. I wouldn’t recommend it.
The only reason it works for me is because I met my wife in the states and we knew each other for a long time. She was very Americanized by the time we came here.
I didn’t know you ever lived in America, I thought you always lived in Japan, interesting. Thanks for the insight.
I grew up in Michigan and later moved to California and Washington.
What made you want to move to Japan?
We thought about starting a family and figured we’d do it here. I was getting bored of US and just said fk it let’s do it. Sold everything and moved in a few weeks.
Are you self employed doing design full time? I’m getting sick of the US too, feel like both sides of politics are evil and war criminals.
I currently do product design at Amboss.
If I wanted to pursue product design as a career, do you have any recommendations on where to start? How long did it take you to do it full time?
You can probably get pretty far self teaching and practicing. I am fully self taught but I’ve been designing for a long time. I have a large list of clients behind me and multiple agency experiences.
I’d read everything I can, learn the tools and practice a lot. Goal should be to get paying work in the field as soon as possible. Look for UI/UX designer position once you feel comfortable and have a portfolio. Preferably take on a few freelance clients and make something you can show off that you got paid for.
There’s no time frame I can give - all depends on your motivation, effort and ability to learn and move fast.
All I can say is that no one ever becomes a good designer - it’s always a work in progress and you’ll constantly look back at your previous work wondering how it was so bad.
There’s a Reddit sub called japanlife and it’s full of sad and predictable stories about people coming to Japan thinking they’re going to have a wonderful time but end up leaving depressed and alone.
I kinda want to get into tech too, not sure. If I could work from home in any reliable capacity I would feel much more open to trying things out, but I can’t now.
Maybe I need to just stack hard and try to achieve financial freedom to the point I can have more options at least .
Visit for a month, see how you like it, see how you feel about living here, decide and pursue.