I have a slew of thoughts I still haven't completely fleshed out in a publicly sharable form yet, and are from the perspective of a western-raised person, but t

I have a slew of thoughts I still haven't completely fleshed out in a publicly sharable form yet, and are from the perspective of a western-raised person, but the summary would probably look something like: - Most of your socially active friends will most likely leave within 2-3 years of arriving - If you were raised in the west, family and culturally similar communities are likely quite far away (both in flight hours and timezone changes) - It is notoriously hard to break into Japanese social circles, regardless of language competency. Acquaintances are easy, but I'm talking about deeper connections.