Hello everyone, allow me to welcome you to the newest section of Exeo International, “A Surefire Way to Dating Japanese Women”. I’m Chris, an ex-pat born in New York who has spent the last six years in Japan. I am pretty much your average looking, average talking guy. I like to think that I am pretty nice, too. And like any guy, I like going out on dates. Having been here for so long, I have dated both Japanese and foreign women and have had plenty of good (and bad) experiences along the way. As a foreigner, I have also met others, be they foreign men, foreign women, Japanese men and Japanese women with their own opinions on the matter. I like to think that over time I have also amassed a pretty good set of tips to help out anyone who is looking to go out a date, specifically with that wonderful, puzzling, funny, strange, mysterious and sometimes flat-out bonkers thing we call a Japanese woman.

Since this is the very first article, I may as well tell you what this column will be about, and more importantly what it will NOT be about. If your goal is to try and single-handedly fix the population crisis in Japan by sleeping with a new woman every day, I suggest you look somewhere else. If you are trying to “trick” women into sleeping with you, I hope you look elsewhere because, while I hope my advice is useful in helping a person enter a relationship with a Japanese woman, I do worry that I might be helping sleazeballs reproduce. This article is for people who are genuinely looking for a relationship but are not sure of how to go about it. This article is for people who have dated women from other countries and are wondering how Japanese women are different. This article is for anyone, whether new to the country or not, who is looking for long-term companion. I hope that if I can’t help through my advice I can at least be entertaining, because as much as I have had success in dating, it is because I have failed hilariously.

So why even bother trying to date a Japanese woman? There are a lot of reasons not to. It can be a very frustrating experience if you can’t speak Japanese and she can’t speak English. And even if you can speak each other’s language, there can often be cultural barriers that make communication an arduous task. And if you do manage to get into a relationship – even if it’s – a good one, there are still her parents to think about. They might not be as keen on their daughter dating a foreigner as she is.

But I think the reasons to try far outweigh the reasons not to. Some of the sweetest, nicest, prettiest and, well, wildest women I have ever dated have been from Japan. Japan is a country like no other. It is an incredibly rich and experience, but even the lonest lone wolf (such as myself) can get lonely here. No other place in the world will make you pine for companionship like Japan will, and if you can find it, there is really nothing better. I hope I can help you in your search!

Today we are just saying hello, next week we will get into the real meat and potatoes!

Until then,

Chris