Freelancing in Tokyo: Networking Opportunities!

Hello All!

I hope you are embracing spring in Tokyo... it's really taken a while for the sun to peek out from behind the clouds, but soon enough it will be here in "full swing" (one of the phrases I constantly encountered during my many FIT proofreading jobs), so, enjoy it while you can.

To help sweeten the experience, we are having the first of what we hope will be monthly networking meetings at the brand new Kimono Wine and Grill in Minami Aoyama. Anyone who joined us at  FIT's launch party last November will be familiar with the excellent food and wine that is served up courtesy of Lauren Shannon and her creative partners at To the Moon and Back. Please check the current FIT news for more details.

Through the networking events that FIT has sponsored, I have met filmmakers, writers, entrepreneurs, and folks who are in Tokyo for the purpose of deciding whether they want to make the big move here. The point: Although the foreign community in Tokyo is growing, it is still small enough to make multiple connections across many platforms and enhance your freelancing opportunities. I encourage you to join us and help expand our FIT community. The reason I wrote Freelancing in Tokyo is to help people see that there are options and opportunities aplenty in Tokyo to apply your skills, whatever they may be. Yes, it is true, many of them are associated with language: teaching, editing, writing, proofreading, narrating, etc. But, as has been pointed out by other fellow freelancers who came here long before I did: Use these type of English-language related jobs as launching pads for your higher goals, whatever they may be. It is easy to lose track of that when someone is waving the offer of a steady teaching gig in front of your nose; however, if you play your cards wisely, you can create your own "freelancing universe" in Tokyo and do the jobs that appeal to you. 

Hope to see you on May 20th!