In a nutshell that is our continuing success story! And we owe it all to Japan Ichiban's Friends Network. Satoko and I met in Tokyo through Japan Ichiban's Friends Network right back in 2003 when it was all just starting up, and wow it has changed our lives! Japan Ichiban's Friends Network was spot on in helping us find each other because one thing led to another and 6 months later in the middle of 2004 we both find ourselves pointing towards mainland Asia as we depart Japan together for an overland trip from Japan to Europe and back to Australia.

A year later we land in Sydney where we now live the idyllic quintessential Australian lifestyle with our little son 'Lotus" who was a gift from an ashram in India during our travels :-) Yes that is where he was made ha-ha. Lotus was made in India, Japanese mother, British father and was born in Australia; how lucky to have three passports and ultimately he owes it all to Japan Ichiban's Friends Network. If that wasn't enough, next week we look forward to welcoming Lotus' baby sister into the growing World of Friends - WOW! Thanks Japan Ichiban's Friends Network!

It all started with you! Lots of Love, Grant,Satoko,Lotus&??? Anyone out there have any great ideas for our coming daughter's name?

Hello everyone! Thanks to Japan Ichiban's Friends Network! ....I am leading the happy married life, I met my wife (Chinese) in February 2005, and married 8 months later. We both had communication problems due to language barrier, however, we could still communicate in emails every day using online translator. It is not easy for a single Chinese female to visit Japan, so I visited her 2ce in China and I felt she must be the one for me! Now my wife is so used to the life here and even got herself a part time job at nearby resort hotel. A little bit of courage and action led us to happiness! Maybe the world is not as big as you think. Anyway, I would like to thank you very much Japan Ichiban's Friends Network !

In October 2006, I planned a vacation to Japan so I started to contact people in Japan Ichiban's Friends Network a few months before that in order to get some help and maybe dates there and I met Yoko, we started to communicate online and met in Osaka where she lives. Well, when I saw her I fell in love...it was love at first sight, for my side....In December 2006 she came to Italy for two months vacation and in July she will come back again to stay three months with me....after that I am planning to go to Japan to stay there at least one month. Well, I really hope that our relationship will grow and become something really strong. Thanks to Japan Ichiban's Friends Network to let me live such a beautiful experience!

Just want to say thanks for the online opportunity you have given us. My fiancee and I met through WorldFriends Networks. Since then, he has flown several times to where I am based, met my parents, proposed and we are now preparing for our wedding in Hawaii. It's great that you can actually meet nice, decent people online in WorldFriends Networks. So kudos to your great service and for linking different websites from all over the world together, it gives people a better chance to meet others. Again, a gazillion thanks!

Soon after I registered for Japan Ichiban's Friends Network at the end of 2005, David sent me a smile and an email. As he was very nice looking, I replied to his email. But in fact, I did not feel so confident in English. So I studied English and with the help of an English dictionary, I continued to communicate with him. He visited me in Japan for three weeks in April 2006 and we became very close and felt so strongly for each other.

In July 2006, I visited him in Canada and met his family for the first time. The trip was so eventful and wonderful. In November, he proposed to me and now I am living in Canada with him learning to become a good house wife. We plan to go to Japan in May and get married.

I bought a PC in October 2005 and joined Japan Ichiban's Friends Network in November to look for friends from Thailand. Instead, I found the man of my destiny. Honestly speaking, in the beginning I was not so sure about the people I would meet, but I found there are many nice people that you can meet online. Yes, that's true, just like my David!! If we did not join Japan Ichiban's Friends Network, we could not have met each other. When I think of this fact, I really think this site is amazing!!! David told me that he bought a VIP subscription only to talk with me. The money he spent was not wasted at all! None of us knows where she will encounter the man of her life. Many people try to look for a partner inside a very small social circle such as school or company. But in our case, we found each other globally via Japan Ichiban's Friends Network, and that's so wonderful! By the way, besides finding a soul mate, it is also so nice to find good friends all over the world!!

Thank you for the wonderful service. Yes, you can publish the story of me and my boyfriend. We met through this service, and then met in public. Since then we kept seeing each other and found out we love each other.

Thank you for making it easy for us women who cannot go out to look for someone special. You help us a lot by providing this website to search and make good friends as well.

Not so many people get lucky, but I found a real gentleman and I'm so glad I joined this service. Since meeting through this service, we have been seeing each other as much as we can. We live far from each other, but we travel to see each other. I think he is a great guy. We love each other, and plan to get married in the near future. I just had to look and there he was. Thank you WorldFriends Networks!

I am a US citizen. I was looking to meet my soul mate, someone that I could develop a meaningful relationship with and that was interested in marriage and would consider moving to the United States. I was able to meet that special someone using this service.
I started chatting with a beautiful lady friend on July 17th 2004. We have been chatting for the past 7 months. We recently took vacation together in Hong Kong for the 2004 Christmas holiday. It was then that I proposed to her, presented her with diamond engagement ring, and met her family.

In two months she will be here in the United States where we will make our final arrangements to be married July 17th 2005.

If it wasn’t for our connection at your service, we both would still be looking for our soul mates. Thank you very much for providing an international connection. We are very grateful to you and your staff.

We hope that everyone else using your service experience the same luck and happiness.

Thank you

On October. 9th, 2003, a young lady through your services e-mail me, calling herself Pinky. We've e-mail through about April and then she called me and we have been talking on the phone ever since. I travel to HongKong to meet her and her family and friends which at that time I asked her to be my wife and to live with me here in the U.S. We are now in the process of a Finacee Visa, which will take about 4-6 months. Hopefully some time in February. or March of 2005, we will be married. I love this woman with all my heart and though I was quite content with my life before I ever met her. Now I wonder how I can live without her. Without WorldFriends Networks this might have never happened.

Vic Riggs
From the both of us, thanks to WorldFriends Networks. We are thrilled and over-joy to have our story on your web-site. The same day you sent your e-mail to us, HomeLand Security also informed us that our visa has been approved. Now thats fate!!!!! The picture is from our meeting together in HongKong last July. Again, a Big Thanks to all of you,

P.S. We will let you know when we are married!!!!!

Living in the central U.S. it has been difficult for me to have friendships with East Asian people as there are so few living here and the cultural values of East Asians seem to be only vaguely understood or appreciated here. My wife is a Japanese and we travel back and forth to Japan fairly frequently but for me personally as an American born guy. I find it difficult to learn more about Japanese language and culture when we are not actually there. I find my membership in Worldfirends to be a very special and helpful resource for meeting new East Asian friends and especially with Japanese people who can speak both Japanese and English languages. I have studied Japanese language for many years in classes here in the U.S. but most of it has been academic and separated from the actual daily concerns of everyday Japanese life. My Japan Ichiban's Friends Network contacts have been very helpful for my developing a deeper understanding of the language and how it applies to real world situations. I consider the availability of Japan Ichiban's Friends Network as a special and much needed resource for anyone in the two general areas of the world (East Asia and the U.S.) to communicate, exchange cultural information, and simply to get more familiar with each other as friends and people. The Japan Ichiban's Friends Network administrators and web hosts have always been helpful and courteous when I have contacted them with my questions and concerns. Japan Ichiban's Friends Network has fulfilled many of the wishes and desires I have had for more contact with Japanese people when I am not actually there myself..and I recommend it to anyone having similar interests in developing their language skills and desire for cultural exchange.

I started to learn Chinese last year and was looking for Chinese friends in Japan Ichiban's Friends Network. One day, a person from Honan, China replied me and told me that she is a very busy person so she can't write regularly. Later on, she sent me some documents and asked me how to express things in Japanese and I was surprised by the high level of Japanese she was using and made me wonder what she does for a living. After awhile, she informed me that she was accepted to a doctoral progam in Japanese University and I learned that she was a working obstetrician and gynecologist....and I finally understood why she is such a busy person. In March, she came to Japan. She did not want to trouble me to pick her up at the airport and asked me to wait at her hotel. As I worried, she got lost in the big city and did not show up. I tried to think of all the possibilities of where she might be and kept trying to find her for 5 hours and finally found her in Ochanomizu train station. Though I have not even seen her photo I was so sure it was her! She was carrying 5 large blanket bags on a small luggage cart, bumped up against the staircase. The first sight of her was like this....a small lady picking up large bags that kept falling off from the cart one by one ... This scene reminded me of myself when I first came up from the countryside long long time ago, and I arrived at Ueno train station with my large luggage containing rice, and my brother launghed at me. I was also a country boy then, so I could not laugh. From the next day, she started to study Japanese really hard and also started going to the research lab.. She did not take any days off even on weekends or public holidays. I believe she will definitely complete her Ph.D. I suggested her to remain in Japan after her studyies and work as a gynecologist in Japan. She asked me how to work in Japan and now it seems she is interested in doing so. She asked me many times how to thank me in return for my kindness. So, I told her she does not have to repay me, but she should help others instead of me when she sees they need help. It is my first time to meet such a wonderful friend and I am grateful to be able to help her.