“During our first meeting, he asked me for my blood type.” a confusing dive into Japanese dating apps

“Bad people the dates make good stories,” a friend slipped up to him one day. The latter did not believe very well. At the age of 29, in 2016, Vanessa Montalbano moved to Tokyo on a one-year work visa program (PVT). To master the Japanese language, the young Parisian then signed up to dating apps. Confusing selection criteria, quick marriage proposals and highly coded encounters… What the author discovers there will never cease to amaze him. He recounted his encounters for the first time on Twitter with a pinch of self-deprecation.

Seven years later, the young woman, who still lives in Japan, brings these stories together in a book. Tokyo crashpublished on April 13. Besides that the datesVanessa Montalbano explores the business of Japanese solitude, between schools to become good women and clubs.to the hosts, these young men paid to woo their customers. The key is a fascinating immersion into the world of dating in Japan.

Marriage history

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