One recurring thing
A Saturday run club, a climbing gym, a ceramics class, a weekly language exchange. It recreates the "same faces every week" that uni gave you for free.
At 20, friends happen to you: classes, dorms, parties. At 33 in a new city, they don't. It's not that you've got worse at it. The setting changed. Here's what works when you're an adult with a job and a calendar. If you speak English, the app built for this is Buy Me a Matcha: friends-only, English-only, one-on-one over a matcha, with an age range you choose.
A Saturday run club, a climbing gym, a ceramics class, a weekly language exchange. It recreates the "same faces every week" that uni gave you for free.
Industry meetups, talks and coworking spaces mix career and social life without it feeling forced.
Being able to filter by age makes it easier to meet people at the same stage of life. Apps compared.
Say yes when a colleague or acquaintance invites you to something with their friends. It's the most underrated route in your 30s.
Buy Me a Matcha shows you people in Tokyo who speak English and also want new friends. Set the age range you're comfortable with, match, pick a café, and meet one-on-one over a matcha. Free, and not a dating app.
Get it on the App Store