Why i HATED Living in Japan [amU3I_2Msc0]

A stay in Japan earlier in the year proved disappointing, leading to a return to the UK and an assessment of why living there was undesirable.

Securing quality, affordable accommodation in Japan requires a work or business visa, substantial wealth, or a Japanese partner, while serviced apartments in Tokyo are unaffordable on typical monthly earnings under £5,000 and budget alternatives like guest houses, capsule hotels, or APA hotels feature drawbacks such as thin walls, noise, and poor construction.

Dating Japanese women presented severe difficulties compared to dating Western women, involving communication barriers, awkwardness, conversational burdens, and indirect rejections, which in turn hindered the possibility of securing housing via a partner.

Because living in standard local housing at roughly £500 to £600 monthly is unattainable without a partner, job, university degree, or business visa eligibility as a small-scale YouTuber, Daniel rejects enduring substandard guest house living and chooses instead to make only short visits of one or two weeks to stay in comfortable hotels.

Affordable housing difficulties in Japan and the conditions required to rent comfortable apartments.

Ineligibility for business or self-employment visas as a small-scale YouTuber and reluctance to seek regular employment in Japan.

Dating challenges in Japan, app bans, experiences interacting in Osaka bars, and comparisons between Japanese and Western women.

Dating etiquette differences between Japan and the United Kingdom.

Personal income constraints and the costs of serviced apartments in Tokyo.

Visa eligibility limitations due to a lack of university qualifications.

Drawbacks of budget accommodations including APA hotels, capsule hotels, and shared dormitories.

Negative living conditions experienced in a converted apartment guest house.

Comparison between housing quality in Bangkok, Thailand, and Japanese guest house accommodation.

Living preferences in Japan: Desiring a modern apartment at local rates without noise or poor construction, alongside the obstacles of lacking a visa, partner, and large funds.

Comparison between current UK residence and guest house living in Japan.

Future travel plans involving short one- or two-week visits to stay in good hotels rather than extended stays in guest houses.

Daniel travels to Japan in 2010 at age 20 and resides in a guest house.

Daniel works in a Japanese convenience store in 2011 before quitting after a few months.

Daniel dates in the United Kingdom several years earlier.

Daniel stays in a luxury Bangkok condo for £250 monthly prior to returning to a guest house in Japan.

Daniel stays in Japan for several months earlier in the year before returning to the UK.

Daniel books an apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo for a week at roughly £100 per night.

Daniel visits bars in Osaka and attempts to talk to Japanese women.

Daniel knocks on a shared guest house wall late at night due to an American neighbor's phone calls.

The precise earnings threshold required for a Japanese business or self-employment visa is estimated vaguely as around 100,000 dollars.

Whether Japanese dating partners block contacts immediately after dates end.