37M - Kyoto/Shiga. Looking for friends

Hey, everyone. Might delete this later cause I feel a little sad posting this tbh. I came to Shiga for JET in 2024 and since then only managed to make one friend but she's moving back to the US soon and I see myself a little sad at the prospect of having 0 personal social life again.

I say "personal" because I met my GF through Bumble and we do a lot of things, but I always feel like I'm her "plus one" and not my own person in most of the social gatherings. And it is a fact that while some of her friends and me get along very well, most wouldn't bother reaching out to me at all if I wasn't dating her.

I've always been very connected to my friends, but Brazil and Japan bein g12h apart + the distance makes it really hard to stay in touch and ofc hanging out is impossible.

I'm pretty talkative, enjoy video games, beer (and light drinking in general), board games, taking walks, talking about world issues and politics (not just in the politicians sense), being just silly, telling jokes and philosphy.

I'm a psychology and Japanese major and I'm in Kyoto almost every other day, so I felt this would be relevant. I apologize if not.

Anyway, if anyone's interested in meeting a crazy, friend-starved Brazillian, hit me up =)