Here’s a hot tip. You can just borrow JPY at 1.5%. Convert it to USD and earn 5% in some savings account. The weakening yen will even reduce the amount you have to pay back when you’re done making free money. Follow me for more suspicious forex alpha
Fast-track any male friendship by pretending he's a girl you're into. Compliment his outfit when he looks sharp. Invite him to dinner and pay for it. Give him a random keychain you found at the dollar store that fits his vibe. Two weeks that guy will bury a body for you.
"Simon how do I explore Japan like a local!!"
Japanese people do not explore Japan. They finish uni and spend the rest of their life tracing a path between gooncave and wagecage. Thrice weekly they stop along the way to pay members of the opposite sex to pretend to be into them.
Never become intellectually attracted to someone dude. A sexual attraction, you can get over. Lots of people are hot. When someone starts firing off neurons in you that ain't never been fired, you're gonna be working that bs off for a year+
If you live in SF you should be flying to Japan 3+ times a year. It's like $500 and the shortest possible trans-Pacific flight. No excuse. I'll buy you dinner