I'm 6'4" white guy and I was very fit and attractive when I was 26. I was also very poor and sleeping on a friend's couch using public transportation. Dating wasn't easy. I went to Japan thinking my few possessions would be expected since I can really only take two suitcases. No one would know how poor I was. And that was actually pretty accurate.

The biggest problem was obviously language and cultural barrier. I studied a few years of Japanese but it's a difficult language and they don't speak much English in Japan. Girls care about talking to the guys they're fucking. And that's to be expected.

Something I didn't expect is that I felt less attractive to Japanese women than American. I think I was too big and muscular. This was a positive quality in Oklahoma where I was from and an unexpected hurdle in Japan. There was a video on r/FA a few weeks ago of an interview of Japanese women and the type of guys they like. One of he most commonly desired physical features was height and it seemed like he ideal tall guy was something like 5'10". Nobody in the states is going to describe a tall guy as 5'10". I felt like being 6'4" in Japan was like the equivalent to being 6'8" in Oklahoma.

I've talked to some guys in Japan about their dating experiences. Some of them did better in Japan then their home country. I feel like my personality is one of my best features, and it isn't ideally presented in a second language I'm modestly familiar with. This was a handicap for me, but I felt it was an advantage for some, one of my friends in particular. He's a bit of a weird fucker. I like the guy and we go at back but he's odd. People back home can quickly assess this about him when talking to him. Japanese women couldn't assess these subtle qualities and I think it worked to his advantage.