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especially considering that company employees around that age tend to socialize a lot within the company. Yes. This is by design. You're not just joining a c
by patio11 9y ago
especially considering that company employees around that age tend to socialize a lot within the company.
Yes. This is by design. You're not just joining a company, you're getting social belonging and a built-in set of drinking buddies. That is such a critical part of the deal, and such a universally acknowledged part of the deal, that it is not routinely described as part of the deal.
- fenomas 9y agoSure, but to some extent this is Japan in a nutshell - joining anything from a university circle to the neighborhood adult volleyball team does tend to come with new drinking buddies, albeit at varying scales. (And having said that, if you're single you can of course expect the volleyball coach to paternally try and set you up with that nice 24 year-old on the team...)
- eric_khun 9y agokinda related, how easy for a foreigners to play in the local volleyball team in Japan? I'm considering to move in Tokyo for a year or more, and would love to find some vball buddies
- fenomas 9y agoI see teams practicing now and then but I don't know how one goes about joining. But if you're eligible and the team has space, I wouldn't think being a foreigner will matter too much.
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- senex 9y agoI work for a global / English-speaking company in Japan. We don't have futsal and basketball instead of vball, but it's pretty easy to get started. PM me if you're interested.
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