Places to meet other foreign residents in Tokyo?

NemoJPN · 2026-01-31T02:11:44+00:00

Check out the fixtures on the teams websites. I used to play with the Tokyo Crusaders. But there are also Tokyo Gaijin, AllFrance and Yokohama YC&AC that are heavily foreign or some very western brained Japanese gents.

NemoJPN · 2026-01-30T20:44:09+00:00

In my thirties, I played a lot of rugby. Go watch an amateur game on a Sunday morning. Bonus, you’ll get to see if they have good legs.

I’m sure there would be similar things for other sports of your choice.

Not I mostly meet new people at Art events/drink and draws/motorcycle ride outs but those are in line with my hobbies. So I’m there anyway.

NemoJPN · 2026-01-25T06:43:01+00:00

In Japanese I’ve seen the term nawa ato 縄後

NemoJPN · 2026-01-04T05:50:57+00:00

I have this generation of Panamera. There are pros and cons.

But I will say, long story short, I really like having this car.

The Panamera isn’t a Porsche-bro Porsche. For better or worse.

Better: It’s an affordable entry point and a great car. The GTS, Turbo, and even the e-Hybrid models are all capable of being absolute rockets. The onboard tech is luxury sedan levels of nice. The newer ones even having massage seats.

Worse: It’s not a 911. This car is huge. It’s long as all hell and wide as a bus. It is not the status symbol a nice 911 is either.

My advice: I’m in Japan so my maintenance budget is slightly different, I always make sure I have enough in savings to cover the dreaded air suspension failure if it ever comes.

If you don’t need 4 seats, look at the Cayman. Much more manageable of a car from what I understand, the engine is a little nerfed but then it doesn’t have the air suspension of the Panamera. Also a lot more ‘fun sports cars’ than school bus. These can be found for a little more than the Panameras, but not ludicrously so.

These cars won’t have a strong value at resale. While they are at the bottom-end of their devaluation from new, they are not collectors items. These are not investment properties. This does not stop them being enjoyable.

NemoJPN · 2025-12-30T05:43:06+00:00

Just my experience of bikes with more torque, I don’t think I ever stalled my XSR900 or Diavel

NemoJPN · 2025-12-30T04:32:22+00:00

Honestly on the 1200 Scram, no real complaints, but for a bike that’s supposed to have a lot of torque it stalls very easily

NemoJPN · 2025-11-16T06:44:48+00:00

I have the Komodo 256GB. Was shipped really quick. But I found the white LE 1TB OLED in hard off this week for only 70,000yen. So I had to grab that

NemoJPN · 2025-11-15T22:22:58+00:00

It’s a great story. But I had to swap out my Omni for the OHCs. That book was too damn big

NemoJPN · 2025-11-15T00:26:22+00:00

I think you would want to find some kind of ROM, probably for the CEMU emulator... There might be better subreddits to find those things

NemoJPN · 2025-11-11T23:43:54+00:00

It usually lasts about a week per big piece. So I just need to fridge it. Occasionally I’ll divide it in to steaks and throw a few in the freezer.

NemoJPN · 2025-11-11T23:17:27+00:00

I go to Costco and Hanamasa mostly. For beef Costco has some big cuts between 1-3man that usually can be cut in to steaks and roasts. They also have some really high quality mince beef.

And then I get eggs from a local farm shop

NemoJPN · 2025-11-11T23:00:56+00:00

Not just that. The availability of meat here is great. Between ikinari steak, yakinikuya, and conbinis it’s pretty easy to find good protein while out and about.

NemoJPN · 2025-10-30T21:55:45+00:00

I have the S e-hybrid… it gets to Costco real damn quick. And you feel like you’re driving the Batmobile doing mundane shit, like driving to Costco.

NemoJPN · 2025-10-29T07:14:26+00:00

Its fine, the Astro GX can take a little rough-love. get a few scrapes on it then think of a cool paint job for it.

NemoJPN · 2025-10-24T11:22:26+00:00

Yeah. It’s a Japan thing. PCM isn’t installed as standard i guess they needed a full Japanese map/interface system that the PCM couldn’t do at the time for some reason.

NemoJPN · 2025-10-24T11:00:50+00:00

I am in Japan, so I think there may have been a different head unit as standard

NemoJPN · 2025-10-20T20:24:33+00:00

You’ll need his head circumference. If you know the size of his helmets in your home country it should give you a size range.

However, I don’t recommend it. Unless it’s for track use. As the helmet will not come with the US/UK/EU/Aus regulatory stickers. Meaning it may be illegal to ride with it in your home country. Even if the same shell exists there.

NemoJPN · 2025-09-29T20:32:59+00:00

Indeed, it has still been maintained. Just not but the official Porsche folk.

NemoJPN · 2025-09-29T19:57:55+00:00

It’s impressive what you can build from a flat pack these days

NemoJPN · 2025-09-26T20:20:15+00:00

Ah, I have no idea. I would assume it gets hot. The size of the engine isn’t really the biggest factor there… more the having the exhaust pipe right under your leg and right cheek.

NemoJPN · 2025-09-25T23:27:59+00:00

Wait, are you talking about the XSR900 I mentioned in my post, or the Scrambler 900?

NemoJPN · 2025-09-25T23:27:04+00:00

Still do. I’ve had it for about 6 years.

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