ageha and womb are two big superclubs that i know of.

trance isn't too big there from what i know, mostly techno and house. japanese culture is very distinct though and they are most definitely on the forefront of improvising and coming up with new stuff.

i have no clue how easy or hard it is to break into the dj scene there, but i doubt it is easy. same as with any local scene in the world...mix with the crowd, get to know people, promoters, other djs, etc.

but one piece of advice though, don't go with just the intention of dj'ing....that way if you fall flat on your face at least you can still do something else.

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Originally posted by aleksd Just out of curiosity, why Japan?

I've always been interested in the culture since i was a child. It's a group of islands the size of Hawaii, and yet they put out some of the best technology and inovations in the world. I like their cars too. It just seems like the place to be, a place on the forefront of things. As for scenery, nothing that special from what i heard, though very beautiful.

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Originally posted by b i n k u n trance isn't too big there from what i know, mostly techno and house. japanese culture is very distinct though and they are most definitely on the forefront of improvising and coming up with new stuff. i have no clue how easy or hard it is to break into the dj scene there, but i doubt it is easy. same as with any local scene in the world...mix with the crowd, get to know people, promoters, other djs, etc. but one piece of advice though, don't go with just the intention of dj'ing....that way if you fall flat on your face at least you can still do something else.

Yeah, I don't plan on going over there until I'm stable financially where I'm already at. Besides Djing, i don't know what kind oif skills I have of use. I'm trying to get a diesel drivers licence, but Japan's main income is export. I'm not sure if a truck driver would be in as high demand like America..

Japan's to small for truck drivers

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Originally posted by Seakr I've always been interested in the culture since i was a child. It's a group of islands the size of Hawaii...

Hahaha, good luck getting a job as a trucker in Japan! Like any transport company would give a job like that to a foreigner. Basically if you want to work in Japan for a living you have two options: English teacher or translator. Unless you go to Tokyo or some place big like that, the only DJing jobs you'll get are for tiny venues with a majority of them being hip-hop gigs. Failing this, you might find rave like parties in smaller cities throughout Japan, but I guarantee they will be very limited, very hard to find, and won't get you scratch to live off of money-wise. Unless you get rich and famous DJing in other places then you're shit out of luck sir. I am living here right now, and I can tell you that usually they have pretty racist and close-minded attitudes towards hiring foreigners, especially for jobs of high importance such as truck driving. But for your desired work, it'd probably be more open-minded- but you still wouldnt get jack in cash and your dream is still very unrealistic. I don't see what all the big fuss about Japan is either though... even though I will most likely end up teaching English here.

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Originally posted by theblakeman Hahaha, good luck getting a job as a trucker in Japan! Like any transport company would give a job like that to a foreigner. Basically if you want to work in Japan for a living you have two options: English teacher or translator. Unless you go to Tokyo or some place big like that, the only DJing jobs you'll get are for tiny venues with a majority of them being hip-hop gigs. Failing this, you might find rave like parties in smaller cities throughout Japan, but I guarantee they will be very limited, very hard to find, and won't get you scratch to live off of money-wise. Unless you get rich and famous DJing in other places then you're shit out of luck sir. I am living here right now, and I can tell you that usually they have pretty racist and close-minded attitudes towards hiring foreigners, especially for jobs of high importance such as truck driving. But for your desired work, it'd probably be more open-minded- but you still wouldnt get jack in cash and your dream is still very unrealistic. I don't see what all the big fuss about Japan is either though... even though I will most likely end up teaching English here.

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Originally posted by Seakr Yeah, I'm not riding on the fact that, "hey i'm white, i'm different," to get me gigs/acceptance. What do you mean about working hard beyond knowing the language and having an obvious skill level?

I mean making contacts, networking, gettign your shit out there constantly being a part of the scene and costantly supporting all of what is going on and really becoming a true part of the scene.

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Originally posted by Benshin Japan's to small for truck drivers

oh wow the amount of ignorance in that statement ... amazes me.




Anyhow in order to move there and reside in Japan you need to have a high level of education.
Truck drivers work insane hours ( more so then what you may have heard about people holding regular jobs ), there is a huge amount of truck traffic between the south and the north for fish trade where the drivers are often up for days at a time.
It will most certainly not be an easy job to consider over there, and financially it will not be rewarding.


Otherwise in regards to the clubs a lot of people have pretty much covered that. There is a scene but like in most countries you have to know where to find it and then manage to get integrated.


also small piece of advice: get rid of any debt! That will weigh you down seriously if you move abroad especially Japan. Also don't rely on having a big lump sum of cash when you go over there cause it will most likely not last a long time at all seeing as everything is really really expensive.
You need to go there in advance and plan everything out jobwise before you make the big move.
And don't expect to be fluent in japanese before having lived there for a good amount of time. Languages are learned by exposure not by reading a book!

Lee Burridge got the scene going in Thailand and Hong Kong. He grew big there.
Japan has a big Prog house/Techno scene.

When I think of clubbing in japan, I think of HUGE clubs (with strippers here and there at stripperpoles) and massive laserlights and f*ck*ng Tech-trance!

Now, THAT's Japan.

But I haven't got a clue.

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Originally posted by PutBoy When I think of clubbing in japan, I think of HUGE clubs (with strippers here and there at stripperpoles) and massive laserlights and f*ck*ng Tech-trance! Now, THAT's Japan. But I haven't got a clue.

LMAO!