[zmcnulty]

I've accepted an offer to work in an investment bank in Tokyo from April of next year. I don't necessarily need advice about living/working in Tokyo, since I've spent a decent amount of time there and did an internship at a Japanese bank this summer.

But I am interested in meeting more people, or at least finding ways to meet people outside of the company. Especially people in a situation similar to mine (foreigners working in finance/related industries in Tokyo). Is there a secret handshake or something? Is it even acceptable to hang out with people working for the competition?

I mean I know how to meet people in general, and I'm sure I'll make a lot of friends of and through people at the office. But I wasn't sure if there was some kind of organized effort to get foreigners in the industry together. Apart from Roppongi, it seems like most of the "foreign community" even in Tokyo is comprised of English teachers (not that there's anything horribly wrong with them, just making an observation). As far as I can tell, it's as though all the foreigners in finance are hiding somewhere. Am I missing something, or are there just not as many foreigners as I think there are?