7｜Find Social Events and Make Friends in Japan: Meetup Guide

18/06/202420/12/2024

Popular events where you can meet people : Meet up

What is Meetup?

Meet up has many events where you can meet many people.

First, let me explain what Meetup is.

Meetup provides a place where organizers can hold events and foreigners and Japanese people looking to meet can participate.

Event Fees

Event fees vary depending on the events and organizer and may change from time to time.

Admission fee is 500 yen to 3000 yen, I think the market price is around here.

Admission prices are cheaper for women and foreigners, and generally higher for Japanese men.

When the admission fee is 500 yen, you must order one drink separately, but events that cost 2,000 yen to 3,000 yen may include all-you-can-drink.

Prices around 3,000 yen include all-you-can-drink and pizza, depending on the event.

Some events have all-you-can-drink options, while others allow you to choose not to have all-you-can-drink options. *Additional charges apply for all-you-can-drink options.

Types of Events

Although I have never participated in it, there is also bar hopping and club hopping.

It’s a small group that goes around three or four bars or clubs with hosts.

It might be interesting for tourists to participate in small-group events.

There are also picnic and hiking events.

Picnics are held in famous and large parks

Bring your own drinks and food

It’s an event where many people just have a picnic and there are no games during the event, so everyone must call out to each other themselves.

I’ve never been on a hike, but from what I’ve heard from people who have done it, it seems that because the number of people involved is small, there is a high chance that you get along with them.

Psychologically, when there are fewer people, there are fewer choices, so people choose from among them, so the probability of becoming friends increases.

On the other hand, when there are many people, there are so many choices that it becomes difficult for people to choose one from among them.

However, I don’t know what kind of people there will be, so I think you need luck if you have a small group.

I want everyone to meet all kinds of people and find good encounters.

A good encounter can change your life

And since Meetup holds events all over the world, you can attend an event no matter where you are.

Fun events! boring events! There are some events where the organizers are a bit questionable, so in my next article I would like to introduce groups that I participated in that was fun and the organizers were nice.

Why not participate in an event where you can meet lots of people?

Meet up Website

Meetup

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