What’s the best way to exchange contact information with someone I’m meeting for the first time?

I’ll answer too—this is Maezawa from the Corporate Planning Office. I think the situation varies slightly depending on whether the questioner is male or female. If you’re a man, you could say: “Would you like to exchange LINE contacts?” (If they hesitate at the mention of LINE, suggest KakaoTalk instead.) Most people would probably agree to exchange contacts. (Whether they block you afterward depends on how satisfied they were with the date.) If you’re a woman and the man doesn’t ask, I feel like it may just end there. But when you’re saying goodbye, something like: “Would it be okay if I contacted you again sometime?” should work well. Some men don’t use LINE, so you can’t be sure whether you’ll end up exchanging email addresses or phone numbers by SMS. That’s why I think it might be better to simply say, “Would you like to exchange contact information?”

I’m Rin, a female member. I wait for the man to bring it up as well. If he asks, I exchange contact information using his preferred method—LINE, email, text message, and so on. After reading the answers, I realized that some men don’t ask first. I’ll keep that in mind.

I’m a male member, Basil. I’m guessing you’re a woman. Usually, the man will be the one to suggest exchanging LINE contact details, so you can just wait. I ask pretty much everyone, including women I have no intention of contacting afterward, but if he doesn’t bring it up at all, please accept that he probably wasn’t interested and move on.