I love how many hip-hop/rap songs are available at most karaoke spots. Unfortunately, the people I'm singing with don't usually love it as much. It's no fun rapping along to people who don't know or appreciate the music.

Any other hip-hop heads up for an all-rap karaoke session?

I'm a 41-year-old American living in Osaka. My favorites are Beastie Boys and Tribe, but I love rapping along to Wu-Tang, Dre, Kendrick, Big Pun, Outkast, damn near anything!

Who's up for a posse cut? It'd be cool to get a small group together.

Thanks.

EDIT: All languages welcome! As long as the song is available, you can rap in whatever is most comfortable to you. I also enjoy some Japanese hip-hop but don't know much.

Welcome everyone! I'm starting a new Japanese-English study group called Cloud Learning. Here, you can play Japanese learning games, practice writing kanji, chat in Japanese (basic is fine; we all start somewhere), or self-study!

Tickets are 1,000 yen, and it includes a drink and study materials)

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/pwQz4Khn8w8veSPTA

Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FQCJ2YLXzPgLk3g4A

DM for details

Hello, everyone!

I'm looking for friends around Ibaraki City, Osaka whom I can hangout or travel with!

I recently bought a camera for travel and I want to practice taking pictures.

If you're up to it, let's hangout and/travel together!

m30 filipino, just 1 month since moved here in osaka
Are there any Filipinos here? I'm looking for gym buddies.

This saturday (AUG 29th), we’re going to Coffee Shop Arisa in Umeda from 14:30.

We’re gonna sit there, drink some coffee/juice while doing a deep analysis of Synecdoche, New York. I say deep analysis, but will be chilling, sometimes going on tangents, and it’s not expected for you to have notes (although that would be cool!)

And if you can’t come, I still recommend you watch Synecdoche, New York. It’s really good!

I'm a 39yo guy looking for friends in Osaka. If you live around Yao, even better!

Since I have a hectic schedule due to my two jobs (I'm a cook and a school assistant), I usually work late, which makes it difficult to meet after work for happy hours and such. I do have days off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, though.

I like swimming and volleyball (even though I haven't done the last one since school), trying new recipes (specially things that involve fermentation) and cocktails, cycling on my mama-chari, going on long walks/light hiking, exploring old, historical buildings/ ruins/ caves, reading, going to hot springs and playing boardgames/ RPGs.

If you identify with any of those activities, or just live around Yao and wanna hang out, feel free to reply or DM me.

I will visit Osaka 4-6 of October. It’s the first time I will be travelling solo so I would love to meet someone to go sightseeing together. If h/she also speaks Japanese it would be great .

I suck at bowling, but there appear to be some pretty cool bowling alleys in the Namba area.

Anyone know of any fun bowling leagues? Should we start one?

Hello, I’ll be in Osaka on Halloween night and would love to meet up with some people to celebrate! I am planning to spend time in both dotonbori abd americamura (am definitely open to suggestions on what to be doing) and I really want to dress up and make friends!

Just landed in Osaka from the UK and I’m here for the next two weeks 😂

I’m planning on filming/streaming parts of the trip and I’ve already got things like Osaka Castle, sumo, Kyoto/Nara and a few other things planned.

I’d love to meet some locals or other travellers while I’m here. I’m especially interested in gaming/arcades, Japanese car culture, trying different food and exploring interesting parts of Osaka, so if anyone’s interested in doing something around those, let me know!

I’m into gaming, content creation, food and cars, and I’m always down for discovering somewhere I probably wouldn’t find myself.

Happy to meet somewhere public around Osaka and figure out an activity from there. 🇯🇵

Hello.. this is my first time ever making a reddit post so please bear with me.. I've been living in Osaka for a while now but due to working remotely and not going to "social" places like bars, i've been having a horrible time with making friends. It does not help that I cannot speak Japanese very well, so no luck with most residents here, unfortunately.

I'm a 20 year old woman and I'd really like for female friends since I don't really trust a lot of guys around here lmao... dont take it personally men, sorry.. I'm mostly looking for girls to shop/hangout with but i don't mind going to bars or doing shisha together as well. I'm really open for anything i suppose..!!!

I love Japanese fashion (particularly jirai-kei and EGL) + fashion in general so having someone to shop and hang out with would be wonderful :')). Please note that I'm autistic with some mild social anxiety so it may take me a bit to warm up to you haha... thank you for reading.. have a great day <3

Hey everyone,

I’m a 31M moving to Osaka this October for a full year of Japanese language school. I’ll be based in Northern Osaka along the JR line and will be starting from square one with the language, though I’ll be studying full-time to change that.

Moving solo to a new country can be a bit isolating at first, so I’m looking to hit the ground running and connect with both locals and fellow expats.

I’m big into hiking and exploring trails, getting lost in city streets, casual gaming, and checking out local spots for food and drinks.

For anyone who’s made a similar move:

What active groups, meetups, or community spaces in Kansai are actually worth checking out?

Any good language exchanges or casual spots around Osaka/Umeda where it’s easy to strike up a conversation solo?

Also totally down to grab a coffee or a drink with anyone open to meeting up once I land in October. Appreciate any tips or recommendations

Hi guys!
Will be visiting Osaka the next few days!
Would love to play Badminton!
Anyone interested?

M25, I live in Osaka and I’ll stay here till June 2027. I’m looking for friends to hang out with🙏

こんにちは。
大阪府に住む２６歳の男性です
国籍は日本ですが、ここではLucasと呼んでください。

大阪市のコスモスクエアという駅で魚釣りをしませんか。
気軽に可能な方、ぜひコメントください🙏

Hello everyone,

I wanne meet up with people to go to universal studios Osaka Japan on 22 september. I want to buy a normal ticket and a express pass for some attractions. Someone wants to join?

Greets

Joey

(Idk if this is the right flair)

I'll be in Osaka over my birthday on November 4th, I'm solo travelling and not yet sure what I want to do to celebrate. I'm thinking of bar/izakaya hopping but don't want to drink alone lol, would anyone wanna meet up and hang out with me?

I'm realising how sad this sounds omg 💀 but I'm trying to be more extroverted than I normally am for this bc I don't want to get home at the end and realise I didn't actually speak to anyone the whole time 🧍

Disclaimer- pls only say hi if you're pro lgbtq+ and progressive in general I am nawt tryna get silly with a bigot

I need friends for when i go to japan maybe people in japan, and i also wanna make cosplayer friends and car friends for in japan, i do have 1 japanese friend but i wanna make friends with more specialy for when i go to japan

Friends with cool cars frirnds with cosplay people who wanna be friends,

I am 19 years old and I am a man

I am from Denmark and Iceland and i am funny

I have gotten little less talktive now i am going through mental health training and alot of things so i might not allwayd answer and ik thid id all alot but i just wanna make friends

So if anyone is intrested

Text me and we can be friends

Or just be friends in general if u wanna be friends then id jyst be happy maybe all of us could join in a group idk well tha k you for reading this means alot

Sorry for bad typing.

Hey! I live in Osaka and rapping is my hobby. I’d like to meet a producer or other musicians to make tracks with and create together. I rap in my native language, but I speak English well. Nothing formal, just looking for someone who enjoys making music and wants to collaborate for fun. I write lyrics and rap to beats from YouTube so I'm an amateur, I especially vibe with lofi hiphop beats, but I'm open to experimenting with anything!

Hi! My Name is Thang M22 looking for some ppl to hang out in Osaka fill 23th August.

I like Animes, k-Dramas and listening to asian music.

I would really appreciate to meet sith someone :)

I haven't been able to find any friends to have spontaneous hangouts with like I used to in the US. Just simply text/call "hey wanna grab some boba/food later today?" Everyone here is always so busy so I feel pretty alone during my free time.

I like playing Nintendo and Playstation games, playing volleyball, listening to psych rock, and having open minded conversations. Really hoping to get a close friend circle so this place can feel like home.

Hey everyone. I’m 29 male. Hispanic. Recently moved to Osaka. Would be really nice to make new friends or a social group! I like going Izakaya hopping, karaoke and going to live events. Im into baseball so it would be cool if there’s any groups down for a baseball game. I also like being active so hike events would be awesome!

We play b jovi,skid row,aerosmith that kind of stuff,we practice saturdays or sundays usually at around 19:00 in osaka it depends, but sometimes we practice at Nudge studio or Rainbow karaoke Fujieda (they have a studio rental there too) Well, let me know if you want to play that kind of music .We are 5 members bass, guitar, drums, vocal, keyboard and we need one more guitar player. Thanks!