My only nitpick is that when the podcast gets on Spotify/iTunes that there is no background music. It works for the video but not when I only want to listen to the audio
Hey, that one guy from the middle of Scotland here who applied and stayed in Japan on a visa o/. Luckily we do actually have an embassy in Edinburgh so i didnt have to Go all the way down to London cause that shits wayy too expensive.
I love how the chemistry between you all is so natural. It really is just like sitting with friends on a Friday night bullshitting the night away. So effortless and natural. Kudos.
Jesus... also you have to adjust that for inflation so it'll be somewhat a little more, but still... FOR EVERY apple is 6 dollars and Light gives Ryuk a good amount over the years
@@Elfiziancie it a good thing that this podcast did was spread awareness. People think it like walk in the park conning to Japan. If you can't even present yourself worthwhile to the government they will laugh at you spit in and ignore you.. it's just stupid to work in Japan and if your going for anime lol bruhhhh good luck. Hope you have a bachelor's degree atleast. So they can laugh at it and pick someone that just overshadows you in ever conceivable way..
So you telling me in those cliche anime scenes where the girl brings an apple for the boy in the hospital, they spent at least 6 bucks?! Holy fuck that's love. I get the ships now with this fruit context.
I’m italian and yes, Barolo is one of the most famous wines here in Italy. It’s a really good wine and it can get expensive if it’s well aged (A bottle of Barolo from the 1950s or 1960s goes for 1500€ at the moment). Keep up the amazing work guys, loving this podcast. Much love and respecc from italy ❤️
1:05:20 American here. It is cheaper to eat out if you live alone, but cheaper to cook for a group. Most stores are geared towards bulk. Fresh produce is cheap, but fresh meat is about 30-50% more.
What? How is it cheaper to eat out unless you’re strictly referring to eating at the cheapest fast food places with value menus? It’s always cheaper to cook in than go out here. You could literally make a weeks worth or more of good, delicious food for a few bucks.
TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Intro, Garnts birthday and wine. 5:24 Living in Japan in quarantine. 7:14 Why they went to live to Japan. 12:14 Traveling. 15:46 Going to the Crunchyroll anime awards. 17:12 Getting offered to live in Japan. 22:02 Moving to Japan because of anime and watching anime on Japan. 23:13 Getting offered to live in Japan (again). 24:20 Not getting into a routine and exploring Japan. 25:09 Visas in Japan and finding an apartment in Japan. 31:24 Applying for a visa in Japan. 34:53 Connor losing his passport and more advice for getting a visa in Japan. 40:35 Degrees and xenophobia in Japan. 46:23 Getting the police called on them and more xenophobia. 50:18 buisness in Japan and everything being too serious. 55:13 "Key-fee" and paying too much for rent. 57:52 Convenience stores. 1:01:40 Tradition in web design in Japan. 1:02:58 Eating out and food prices. 1:07:55 Bullshit products, weight loss and cherries. 1:12:32 Sweets, bread, cheese and nato. 1:16:24 Fish and japanese food culture. 1:19:32 Difficulties of not being able to speak/read japanese. 1:26:01 Problems Connor had after just moving in. 1:27:36 Thoughts about Akihabara. 1:30:09 Amazon, Gumtree and more Akihabara thoughts. 1:32:08 Connors used fridge. 1:36:48 The reactions of people of Connor and Garnt moving. 1:39:07 Anitubers coming to Japan. 1:40:17 Buisness in Japan. 1:41:14 Experiencing things and getting life skills. 1:42:06 The language barrier. 1:43:59 Time they are going to stay. 1:46:20 Garnts company party story. 1:48:50 Outro.
good god, I looked for other comments like this and couldn't find one, so I started doing this myself, and I basically wasted way to much time doing so until I saw this. So anyway because I don't want it to have been for nothing completely I'm just gonna leave what I had until now here as a "second opinion" :D "00:00-5:24 : Garnt's birthday wine 5:24-7:11 : Life in Japan during Corona 7:12-13:00 : Why move to Japan? 13:01-17:11: Problems of traveling a lot 17:12-25:10 : The offer of moving to Japan/Why move to Japan part 2 25:11-27:03 : The struggle of getting a Japanese visa/moving to Japan 27:03-31:27 : The struggle of getting an apartment as a non-japanese person 31:28-34:50 : Process of getting a visa 34:51-38:29 : How Connor lost his passport 38:30-41:03 : How to make the process of getting a visa easier 41:04- : The pros and cons of living in Japan {41:29-50:16 : xenophobia} {50:17- : A tale of fax machines, gyms and paying 6 months worth of rent in advance (or how Japan is unnecessarily complicated) vs convenient stores"
00:15 introduction. 00:54 GiggUK’s cake day. 1:40 Wine amsr unboxing. 2:13 Boruto? Borolo. 3:32 Drops of god stuff. 4:50 wine time/happy birthday gigguk. 5:30 living in Japan / quarantine . 7:18 why live in Japan. 10:34 learn Japanese my weaboo comrades. 13:10 3 OFFICES & travel stuff. 15:50 Crunchyroll anime awards. 17:21 Offers to move. 18:25 MEYLINE 21:51 subverting expectations. 25:15 ROAD TRIP. 27:12 Getting an apartment is HARD. 31:30 Getting an visa is HARD.Dude is harsh 34:54 HOW COULD U LOSE YOUR PASSPORT!!!. 38:36 Japan dont wantu unless u teach English 41:05 pros and cons living in Japan. 46:20 LOOKOUT *COPS* (and xenophoby). 50:21 Japanese business are Slow. 57:34 Japan is expensive & convenient stores. 1:00:55 JAPA just works except when it doesn’t 1:03:00 Good food in restaurants. so why cook? 1:10:48 lose weight just for living inJapan. 1:12:53 (they just talk abou bread here). 1:16:22 misconceptions about Japan. 1:16:22 (but still talking about food). 1:19:34 JAPANESE WBSITES SUCK. 1:20:26 if u cant speak Japanese u fucked. 1:27:39 akihabra? I dunno how to spell :| 1:31:34 used things in Japan. & connor’s fridge 1:36:55 DEGENERATE WEEB VISA. 1:42:00 Language barriers explained by Animal crossing 1:44:04 how long they’ll live here. 1:46:34 SIDNEY NAILING THE ANO HANA END 1:50:13 WITH DE BOYYSS Eu definitivamente n vou fazer isso isso próximo episódio Salve aí pra seilá o Tales o Dandan e o Gustavo e hue hue br 🇧🇷
I really liked that you talked about both the good and bad parts of moving to Japan. A lot of vloggers shy away from talking about the bad stuff I think because they don't want to sound critical or ungrateful, but its good to see people say they can love a place and still not like certain things about it. That's a pretty healthy take on things. You guys have a nice dynamic and its fun to hear all your stories as well.
Something I noticed is that when people do talk about the cons of living in another country a lot on the comments kind of seem to ignore that, I guess. Like "oh, you are probably exagerrating" "it might not happen that much" Things like that. Whether it being that might over romanticize about it or don't totally understand or just neutral about it. But yeah that is what I noticed.
@@rosa3299 Grass is always greener on the other side. I would love to live in Japan more than the US (granted, I would love to live anywhere more than the US), but I really get annoyed at all the weebs that treat Japan like a perfect country.
I spent a year in Japan as an exchange student, and sometimes children/teenagers would call out to me in English on the street and ask me to talk in English to them, which was a wild experience for me. And also like Connor said, getting stares as a foreigner was super common, and I had the same experience of it being weird because in my country I look like just another joe. Those stranger moments do make for fun stories though, like two teenagers saying to each other like "wow look at those two (me and my exchange student friend, both in uniform) foreigners! I wonder if they speak Japanese?" and my friend turned to look at them and said "yeah I do" in Japanese. Their faces were just amazing.
Born and raised in an Asian country, foreigners (white people especially) do sticks out. In here they sort of an attraction (they'll become an instant celebrity) to locals, they'll try to talk to you in poor English, get to know you, asking where are you from, why are you here, what do you like about this country, etc. Then proceeds to take a selfie with you. I know if it sounds weird, but that what mostly happen to a lot of foreigner here. And if the foreigner speaks local language (even if it sounds bad) they'll be very happy
@@vaporean_boylove.0w083 and from what I know, that East Asia is generally more etchnicly homogeneous (compare to SE Asia, where I'm from) so *I assumed* that xenophobic behavior can be more prevalent there, idk.
Planning to do a year as well next year. How difficult was the process. How much did your school take care of for you vs things you had to do yourself?
Why do people generally use how Caucasians age as a base point? It's always "[Asian] looks a decade younger" instead of "[White] looks old for his age".
@@RNGeeGee Because they are the base reference for a large amount of people. You would figure that out if you took a minute to actually think about it.
I'm italian and for everyone who's intrested, yes, the Barolo is a famous red wine from the region of Piemonte (Piedmont in english), and is quite expensive, so good choice
I've always been curious about things like that and for the person that mentioned the same for Ireland here; how often is the native tongue used and is it essential to be able to get around in the country? It always seems from my American perspective that o ly English is spoken, lol.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley there's a certain area that used to only speak Irish called Connemara, but that's gotten quite modernized and even the younger locals there mainly speak English now. You need to be fluent (or atleast a highly speakable level) in Irish to be a policeman or primary school teacher, but you will probably never use it practically lol.
super late but thanks a lot for voicing out your experience in Japan! I've thought about the thought of living in Japan quite a few times but I am the kind of person who before he does something major, he carefully analyzes everything first and it was really hard for me to justify living in Japan. I know that it is such a great country but I also want to know what are the cons of living in Japan because obviously, I know that no matter how great Japan is, there'll always be a flaw. And this episode really emphasized that and I'm really grateful for it. I'm still catching up to the episodes so I'm not sure if there are more episodes that talk about the experience in Japan but hopefully you do more of that!
At the part with the cherries I had to think about recently buying butter in Germany. The cheapest butter available was from Ireland, even though Germany has a huge amount of local milk production with a whole lot of different stuff made from that milk. There has been times were Germany had a huge surplus of butter, literal piles of butter that couldn't be consumed because no one needs that much butter in their life. The price difference wasn't that much but if you think about that butter having to travel per ship and truck and the need for constant cooling on the way, you just wonder how they manage to be cheaper (like 0,50€) than local production. Plus local farmers get huge subventions from the government and the EU (guess Ireland gets the EU money too) but still, I can't understand the price difference.
Trash Taste: *drinks beer* So ur opinion on this and this anime and also henti and a lot of it Trash Taste: *drinks expensive Italian wine* Now Japanese life style and business problems
My sibling and I are watching a series on Netflix that's supposed to have high school students but some of them have beards and it just makes it so obvious that they're not teenagers, lol! My brother and I comment the same thing, that they should have two houses, four wives and six kids with beards like that 🤣 Funny and random thing, the particular show we're watching is called All American. One of the larger side characters is the voice of Cloud Strife for the new Remake game. He's 26...playing a high-schooler in this show. But having recently learned this information, I'm now constantly glued to the TV when he comes on to listen for if he slips into Cloud's voice, lol!
@@jqa16 And from back then we're still kinda traumatized - not by the friendship but ... y'know. Showing patrionism is kinda a taboo for us except for championships (especially football).
jali where I live everyone thinks it’s okay to hang those flags on your car/ house/ shirt whatever, as long as the championships are going. After that they have to go. I‘m also surrounded by leftist party voters but I‘m also from Northern Germany and I guess it’s just our culture to not care about what others are doing 😅
The bread and cheese in Japan also made me sad. I looked everywhere for brown bread for three months and failed. One time I thought I found brown bread but it turned out to be coffee flavoured white bread :'(
Traveling across the US has changed my opinion on this. I grew up rural, so we had to plan 2 weeks or more of food, but it was still pretty doable. Certain cities are food desserts, & Hawaii's straight up is the same as Japan, very expensive to make your own food, compared to going out to eat. America is a very diverse place.
This is one of the most enjoyable podcasts I've ever listened to. You can really feel the passion behind the making of this podcast. I mean, I know it's early days but just how content and excited they seem turning up to have a genuine chat about what they love is so entertaining and fulfilling to watch. The chemistry is honestly fantastic. Best wishes for the podcast, keep it up guys!
It’s so cool that’s there’s a podcast for everything haha, recently discovered these guys, n now I’m going back to the early episodes! Entertaining af!
3:21 - "Dafuq is a Barolo?" Just one of the most expensive and best red wines we have in Italy, if you count out the Sangiovese, the Aglianico and the Primitivo. So... good choice :)
Sassicaia? I guess through scale Barolo is more of a midrange wine in America, a good bottle running about $50-$60. It is one of my favorites. Though most of what american vineyards produce in the $60 range is ass.
i love that on trash taste they have a conversation between the 3 types of weebs that werent born on japan the half Japanese the Asian and the non Asian
@@destituteanddecadent9106 plus otakus in japanese is more related to addiction and when someone not born on japan addicted to anine he would call himself an otaku
@@destituteanddecadent9106 Well, "weeb" is far gone from its original meaning. Nowadays it means "anime or manga enjoyer". But yes, originally weeb is meant for non-japanese people
Trash Taste has been the highlight of my week, just had surgery and with it being lockdown in the UK, it has brought laugher and comfort in a very scary time of my life ❤️
I think it also depends if you went to higher education, started working right after high school, or continued with a career you started during your youth. Everyone has different jump off points, his was just earlier than yours.
Believe me the fruits in Japan are really really expensive.. Maybe that's because the demand of the items are not consistent with the reproduction of the fruit
Because Japan is seasonal. Food is available when it's available, and if not, then you are paying a premium for the farmer who has to grow it in manufactured conditions. LIKE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO. Pay for your food. Pay your farmers. And they do realise how small Japan is, right? You grow food on land. Growing food on less land means you charge more for that food. Duh.
@@AllTheArtsy The Netherlands is nine times smaller than Japan. However it is the second highest agricultural producing country in the world, second only to the USA.
ShadyIrish Well the Netherlands is very flat and has a high percentage of arable land while Japan is larger yet is mostly mountainous and only has a few flat plains to farm on.
OH HEYYYYYY its me why do i randomly find my friends/Onii Chans cult whenever i'm watching a ideo form AKi or Joey or somethingggg? i mean- cool but also suprising
39 minutes in and i learned this much about moving to japan: Learn japanese, know how to sort trash, DONT FORGET YOUR DAMN PASSPORT, get a work visa for japan, get a bachelors degree. I probably missed some stuff but i think i got most of it.
@@undleras4293 If you knew anything about Japanese hiring standards you'd know that your degree literally does not matter and many companies will hire you based off the skills you have, whether you can withstand the brutal interview process and whether or not you graduated from a notable university. Please go to the Boston career fair and tell me how my friend who graduated in international communications but got a job at comtec, an IT company because he was fluent in both English and Japanese and could code. Mind you he works crazy hard, graduated from Kyoto university but he doesn't have a STEM degree, nor is he crazy good at web dev stuff. I know someone who worked as an engineer in Japan and he just switched to full stack developing because his engineering job was paying like 25k USD a year if you converted it. He has no degree but works at Rakuten making bank.
I see it in a similar way on how gigguk described bunny girl senpai. They are such approachable real people just being themselves. I guess its the oozing of charisma?
Connor: “Whats the odds of that?” news outlet in half a year: “A British gaijin gets arrested for beating a person near to death because they sold him a cockroach infested refrigerator”
i am not gonna lie, I think he got the fridge of one of those lonely persons that died and nobody notices till months later, when the stench gets too bad...
Literally a guy from Edinburgh, Scotland here, am planing on applying for a Visa. Definitely looking forward for the round trips to the embassy in London...
CONNOR IS 23!? HE'S THE SAME AGE AS ME!? I've always thought he was like 27 or something. Also, it's very interesting and fun to hear about how life is in Japan
I feel like it's either Westerners age quite fast, or Orientals just age really slow. I'm also 23, Asian, and people mistook me for a high school student when I'm here bustin' my butt off trying to finish my master's degree.
Listening to the part about Connor losing his passport is a different vibe when you're American lol... replacing your passport here takes AT LEAST 6ish weeks but usually a few months so I was so upset for him til I heard it took him 5 days to get a new one 😅
This podcast just randomly popped up on my recommended and I literally have no idea who you guys are but these are really entertaining, looking forward to more in the future!
"Finally gigguk on a weekly content delivery schedule" - New York times " I had no idea I needed this so much in my life" - Washington post " Stupid Gaijin misrepresenting japan" - Japan daily news
These podcasts are so fucking well structured I am honestly amazed.... I love how well you can follow each theme and everything blends together while still talking about multiple aspects of one subject...
@@aperture0 I investigated whay you said and apparently there is bunch of people saying that it is the hardest. Personally I think it depends on the person and from personal experience, the civil engineers and mechanical engineers seem to be the most stressed out.
@@aperture0 People say it's hard because it involves a lot of math, but honestly, if you are good at math, the major will be pretty easy. That goes to everything
a bunch of kids in these comments that are probably still teens at the oldest, arguing about degrees that they don't know a thing about...Getting a M.S. in Engineering is hard, don't matter what kind homies.
I’m Italian and Barolo is a well known wine from Piemonte, but you tipically drink it while eating meat, it’s pretty strong to drink it with empty stomach
so.. let me get this right, Japan: please come here, we need workers Also Japan: we hate foreigners, please pay more money for the same shit and go through this patronising and tedious process for moving, living and working. *surprised pikatchu face*
Honestly, it's hilarious. I mean this is pretty standard stuff for poor minorities who don't "fit the mold" everywhere. From aggressive visa requirements to get into "Western" countries to racial profiling by cops, it's all there. It was funny to see the script get flipped got on Connor but sadly familiar
The government knows it desperately needs workers and immigration but at the same time it's unable to change fast enough to actually allow people in, and also for Japanese society as a whole to be more foreigner friendly..
@@smalllJ Well gigguk was the one who got racially profiled. Connor wasn't. Connor's concern wasn't about racial profiling it was that if he got pulled over by a cop due to his inability to communicate and his lack of understanding of laws he wouldn't be able to communicate with the cop and wouldn't know what he did wrong. Completely different to the parrelel you're trying to draw.
It's needs vs wants. They really would prefer more Japanese workers, but since Japanese are working constantly they don't produce enough offspring to meet replacement rate, let alone increase the population. It's been a concern for decades, but it's only just becoming a real problem now.
I have been watching parts of older episodes and highlights and it's great whoever is doing the graphic pop ups timing is spectacular. It adds a flair that makes me have to watch lol.
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I'll probs still watch it as a video for no reason just because I'm bored.
Waiting on that one guy that does the time stamps XD
My only nitpick is that when the podcast gets on Spotify/iTunes that there is no background music.
It works for the video but not when I only want to listen to the audio
Please get it on the Google podcast app if possible. I listen to a lot of podcasts during my job.
Pls on the PodCasts app
Gigguk: "I had three offices around the world"
I expected no less from the man who emailed Wit Studio .
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THAT SENT MR HARDDD
LMAOOOO
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
We need mikasa x eren
The holy trinity of the hentai man, 93% and GiggUK
Lol perfect
You must mean the anime zone
The yaoi man
The manga boy
I know those references
Hey, that one guy from the middle of Scotland here who applied and stayed in Japan on a visa o/. Luckily we do actually have an embassy in Edinburgh so i didnt have to Go all the way down to London cause that shits wayy too expensive.
LMAO
that's probably not an embassy, more like a consulate general
I had to go all the way to Milan to get the visa for my exchange year😂
ayyy XD
Scotland gang
I love how the chemistry between you all is so natural. It really is just like sitting with friends on a Friday night bullshitting the night away. So effortless and natural. Kudos.
Damn so when Light gave away apples he spent 6 dollars an apple
Jesus... also you have to adjust that for inflation so it'll be somewhat a little more, but still... FOR EVERY apple is 6 dollars and Light gives Ryuk a good amount over the years
wow ryuk was expensive
Hey man, death gods are not cheap dates.
What kind of allowance does Light have?!
Not surprising. Light clearly came from a life of privilege.
"The Japanese government allowed us to continue as weebs!"
- Gigguk, 2020
Gigg, Uk, 2020
do you need to be famous or functional to continue becoming a weeb? because i don't think i can do that
@@Elfiziancie in Japan you need to
@@Elfiziancie being functional is a good enough standard, being famous enables you to fucking flex on peers
@@Elfiziancie it a good thing that this podcast did was spread awareness. People think it like walk in the park conning to Japan. If you can't even present yourself worthwhile to the government they will laugh at you spit in and ignore you.. it's just stupid to work in Japan and if your going for anime lol bruhhhh good luck. Hope you have a bachelor's degree atleast. So they can laugh at it and pick someone that just overshadows you in ever conceivable way..
So you telling me in those cliche anime scenes where the girl brings an apple for the boy in the hospital, they spent at least 6 bucks?! Holy fuck that's love. I get the ships now with this fruit context.
Sasuke who smacked the fruit basket from Sakura👍
@@Kotoamatsukami6910 it's suddenly so much more of a dick move now
"Destroying every weebs' preconceived notions about Japan"
should be the title of this episode
Lol True!
“You mean I won’t have waifus flocking to me begging for a harem when I step off The flight???”
@@teaguewoodcock18 bruh, even in the anime world, we won't get a single waifu
@@febreeziTV here here
I thought about going there for a week or so, for the alcohol and nature. Wouldnt move there though.
Flexing in the West: expensive cars, clothing, accessories
Flexing in Japan: Cherries
rero rero rero
@@thewildcard600 i can hear this
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Normal cars wish short hoods
I can hear AND see this😂
I’m italian and yes, Barolo is one of the most famous wines here in Italy. It’s a really good wine and it can get expensive if it’s well aged (A bottle of Barolo from the 1950s or 1960s goes for 1500€ at the moment). Keep up the amazing work guys, loving this podcast. Much love and respecc from italy ❤️
Expecting one of us to drop in with this. Beat me to it.
@@juicejooos Same hahaha was just checking the comments for this
I live in Switzerland and besides excellent local wines you can get Italian and French wines as well. Barolo is an excellent wine.
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I live in Austria and while I've naturaly been to Italy a lot, I dont know that wine. Guess I'll be on the lookout for it!
I just realized they timestamped all the episodes. That's top tier podcasting
this is the only podcast so far that i’ve never been bored of
I thought the same until I heard the "Abroad from Japan Podcast" by Chris (a friend of Joey)
True
Same
I know it’s so entertaining to watch
This and the official podcasts are my favs also mkbhds
"What would you like to drink ?"
Connor: *British accent intensifies*
"Of course wine."
You mean 93% right?
@@icantpretend726 whose 93%?
Dead Stabb Watch Episode 1 to understand
@@deadstabb4941 you know, the 93%
@@deadstabb4941 The person this commenter seems to refer to as "Connor".
Italian here:
yes, Barolo is italian. Good choice
was looking for this
Sono il Barolo, confermo tutto
And well known! (At least in other European countries)
I am a weeb, I do want to move to Japan, but only for a year to get to know the culture. Then I want to move away and try a different country.
Hi, portuguese here, is Porto wine well known in Italy?
1:05:20
American here. It is cheaper to eat out if you live alone, but cheaper to cook for a group. Most stores are geared towards bulk. Fresh produce is cheap, but fresh meat is about 30-50% more.
What? How is it cheaper to eat out unless you’re strictly referring to eating at the cheapest fast food places with value menus? It’s always cheaper to cook in than go out here. You could literally make a weeks worth or more of good, delicious food for a few bucks.
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro, Garnts birthday and wine.
5:24 Living in Japan in quarantine.
7:14 Why they went to live to Japan.
12:14 Traveling.
15:46 Going to the Crunchyroll anime awards.
17:12 Getting offered to live in Japan.
22:02 Moving to Japan because of anime and watching anime on Japan.
23:13 Getting offered to live in Japan (again).
24:20 Not getting into a routine and exploring Japan.
25:09 Visas in Japan and finding an apartment in Japan.
31:24 Applying for a visa in Japan.
34:53 Connor losing his passport and more advice for getting a visa in Japan.
40:35 Degrees and xenophobia in Japan.
46:23 Getting the police called on them and more xenophobia.
50:18 buisness in Japan and everything being too serious.
55:13 "Key-fee" and paying too much for rent.
57:52 Convenience stores.
1:01:40 Tradition in web design in Japan.
1:02:58 Eating out and food prices.
1:07:55 Bullshit products, weight loss and cherries.
1:12:32 Sweets, bread, cheese and nato.
1:16:24 Fish and japanese food culture.
1:19:32 Difficulties of not being able to speak/read japanese.
1:26:01 Problems Connor had after just moving in.
1:27:36 Thoughts about Akihabara.
1:30:09 Amazon, Gumtree and more Akihabara thoughts.
1:32:08 Connors used fridge.
1:36:48 The reactions of people of Connor and Garnt moving.
1:39:07 Anitubers coming to Japan.
1:40:17 Buisness in Japan.
1:41:14 Experiencing things and getting life skills.
1:42:06 The language barrier.
1:43:59 Time they are going to stay.
1:46:20 Garnts company party story.
1:48:50 Outro.
Holy shit this took longer than I want to admit
bump
Good that you answered your on comment so I can like you twice.
good god, I looked for other comments like this and couldn't find one, so I started doing this myself, and I basically wasted way to much time doing so until I saw this.
So anyway because I don't want it to have been for nothing completely I'm just gonna leave what I had until now here as a "second opinion" :D
"00:00-5:24 : Garnt's birthday wine
5:24-7:11 : Life in Japan during Corona
7:12-13:00 : Why move to Japan?
13:01-17:11: Problems of traveling a lot
17:12-25:10 : The offer of moving to Japan/Why move to Japan part 2
25:11-27:03 : The struggle of getting a Japanese visa/moving to Japan
27:03-31:27 : The struggle of getting an apartment as a non-japanese person
31:28-34:50 : Process of getting a visa
34:51-38:29 : How Connor lost his passport
38:30-41:03 : How to make the process of getting a visa easier
41:04- : The pros and cons of living in Japan
{41:29-50:16 : xenophobia}
{50:17- : A tale of fax machines, gyms and paying 6 months worth of rent in advance (or how Japan is unnecessarily complicated) vs convenient stores"
You’re doing gods work
00:15 introduction. 00:54 GiggUK’s cake day. 1:40 Wine amsr unboxing. 2:13 Boruto? Borolo. 3:32 Drops of god stuff. 4:50 wine time/happy birthday gigguk. 5:30 living in Japan / quarantine . 7:18 why live in Japan. 10:34 learn Japanese my weaboo comrades. 13:10 3 OFFICES & travel stuff. 15:50 Crunchyroll anime awards. 17:21 Offers to move. 18:25 MEYLINE 21:51 subverting expectations. 25:15 ROAD TRIP. 27:12 Getting an apartment is HARD. 31:30 Getting an visa is HARD.Dude is harsh 34:54 HOW COULD U LOSE YOUR PASSPORT!!!. 38:36 Japan dont wantu unless u teach English 41:05 pros and cons living in Japan. 46:20 LOOKOUT *COPS* (and xenophoby). 50:21 Japanese business are Slow. 57:34 Japan is expensive & convenient stores. 1:00:55 JAPA just works except when it doesn’t 1:03:00 Good food in restaurants. so why cook? 1:10:48 lose weight just for living inJapan. 1:12:53 (they just talk abou bread here). 1:16:22 misconceptions about Japan. 1:16:22 (but still talking about food). 1:19:34 JAPANESE WBSITES SUCK. 1:20:26 if u cant speak Japanese u fucked. 1:27:39 akihabra? I dunno how to spell :| 1:31:34 used things in Japan. & connor’s fridge 1:36:55 DEGENERATE WEEB VISA. 1:42:00 Language barriers explained by Animal crossing 1:44:04 how long they’ll live here. 1:46:34 SIDNEY NAILING THE ANO HANA END 1:50:13 WITH DE BOYYSS Eu definitivamente n vou fazer isso isso próximo episódio Salve aí pra seilá o Tales o Dandan e o Gustavo e hue hue br 🇧🇷
Thanks bro
And the god himself is back again
nice
Thank you time stamp god
Should someone make the captions?
I really liked that you talked about both the good and bad parts of moving to Japan. A lot of vloggers shy away from talking about the bad stuff I think because they don't want to sound critical or ungrateful, but its good to see people say they can love a place and still not like certain things about it. That's a pretty healthy take on things.
You guys have a nice dynamic and its fun to hear all your stories as well.
People need to understand that every country has good and bad things about it, and there isn't really a place where you won't face difficulties.
@@Endershock1678 Except Costa Rica, that place is almost a Utopia
@@Stynkrat Eh... agree to disagree.
Something I noticed is that when people do talk about the cons of living in another country a lot on the comments kind of seem to ignore that, I guess. Like "oh, you are probably exagerrating" "it might not happen that much"
Things like that. Whether it being that might over romanticize about it or don't totally understand or just neutral about it.
But yeah that is what I noticed.
@@rosa3299 Grass is always greener on the other side. I would love to live in Japan more than the US (granted, I would love to live anywhere more than the US), but I really get annoyed at all the weebs that treat Japan like a perfect country.
Looking back at this episode, and Connor saying he's 23, when I myself am now 23 is just insane.
The room has 50% more stuff than it did last time
Upgrades
And only two videos lmao
And also... How many people are in this room?
Actually 93%
Don't you mean 93%
I spent a year in Japan as an exchange student, and sometimes children/teenagers would call out to me in English on the street and ask me to talk in English to them, which was a wild experience for me. And also like Connor said, getting stares as a foreigner was super common, and I had the same experience of it being weird because in my country I look like just another joe. Those stranger moments do make for fun stories though, like two teenagers saying to each other like "wow look at those two (me and my exchange student friend, both in uniform) foreigners! I wonder if they speak Japanese?" and my friend turned to look at them and said "yeah I do" in Japanese. Their faces were just amazing.
That had to be fucking gold seeing their faces
Born and raised in an Asian country, foreigners (white people especially) do sticks out. In here they sort of an attraction (they'll become an instant celebrity) to locals, they'll try to talk to you in poor English, get to know you, asking where are you from, why are you here, what do you like about this country, etc. Then proceeds to take a selfie with you. I know if it sounds weird, but that what mostly happen to a lot of foreigner here. And if the foreigner speaks local language (even if it sounds bad) they'll be very happy
@@malikfaisal416
I actually never knew that at all.
@@vaporean_boylove.0w083 and from what I know, that East Asia is generally more etchnicly homogeneous (compare to SE Asia, where I'm from) so *I assumed* that xenophobic behavior can be more prevalent there, idk.
Planning to do a year as well next year. How difficult was the process. How much did your school take care of for you vs things you had to do yourself?
*How to destroy a Weeb's High Perception of Japan:*
1. Make them watch this video
Kirasensei Channel is even worst than this xD
@@agustinaquino1528 Yeah pretty much, although only for spanish speakers
but anywhere is always good than living in a 3rd world country full of corrupted people
@@shiningburiza6903 Agreed. Rather live there than here in the Philippines.
I mean Japan still has wonderful places to visit. I visited a waterfall in Japan, and it looked like it was from a movie
3 weebs sipping expensive red wine, discussing Japanese cultural norms, business etiquette and other international affairs.
*.top tier content.*
joey cant be a weeb he is japanese
"I expected no less from the man who emailed Wit Studio" must be said to Gigguk anytime he does/say anything slightly impressive or slightly pathetic
I hope that becomes an inside joke for all future episodes
I wonder if they even responded lmao
yeah, imean i loved it when they turn “is it Noragami” inside joke whenever they guess an anime.
Gigguk: reaches his thirties
Also Gigguk: looks like in his early twenties.
The Asian DNA really did its job.
Tru, so feckin tru. Heck I'm surprised that Connor's 7 years younger
My cousin is 37 this year but he looks like he's in his early twenties.
@@kalayaanmayumimartirez3497 They look around the same age! With no context some might even say Connor is older.
Why do people generally use how Caucasians age as a base point? It's always "[Asian] looks a decade younger" instead of "[White] looks old for his age".
@@RNGeeGee Because they are the base reference for a large amount of people. You would figure that out if you took a minute to actually think about it.
Connor: Silky smooth voice
Joey: Light, calm voice
giggUK: Voicecracks at 30
still love you anime zone
C dog Virginia, Joey the an1me man and gig UK aka Anime zone
uraverageboi Bruh that’s like correcting someone on who the president is on a comment from 2012
like finance/wife like man
gigue sydsnap get it?
Gigg United Kingdom Arizona
@@yuki_sekai my favorite city
I'm italian and for everyone who's intrested, yes, the Barolo is a famous red wine from the region of Piemonte (Piedmont in english), and is quite expensive, so good choice
"trash taste"
These 3 are discussing Japanese politics while sipping red wine
I expect nothing less
@@lilalvy6677 from the man who emailed wit studio
I expect nothing less from the man who likes hentai on Twitter for his fans, A British weeb and the man who emailed studio wit.
"Syd started singing the anohana ed in front of the higher ups"
Imagine if one of them started singing Renai Circulation or something after
How about something even better, Everybody's Circulation
@@elxotul I reject my humanity jojo
@@elxotul kokoro washi odasuru moto moto
*trumpet*
@@ericdomanic1376 Is that a jojo reference?
Connor: "Welsh people in Wales can't even speak Welsh"
Me: c'mon man why have you got to call me out like that
WHAT WOULD YOUR ANCESTORS SAID ABOUT YOU?!
Same deal here in Ireland 😂
I've always been curious about things like that and for the person that mentioned the same for Ireland here; how often is the native tongue used and is it essential to be able to get around in the country? It always seems from my American perspective that o ly English is spoken, lol.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley there's a certain area that used to only speak Irish called Connemara, but that's gotten quite modernized and even the younger locals there mainly speak English now.
You need to be fluent (or atleast a highly speakable level) in Irish to be a policeman or primary school teacher, but you will probably never use it practically lol.
@@tricksfollies9549 yeah I've heard of that name, I heard of it from a weatherman saying it
super late but thanks a lot for voicing out your experience in Japan! I've thought about the thought of living in Japan quite a few times but I am the kind of person who before he does something major, he carefully analyzes everything first and it was really hard for me to justify living in Japan. I know that it is such a great country but I also want to know what are the cons of living in Japan because obviously, I know that no matter how great Japan is, there'll always be a flaw. And this episode really emphasized that and I'm really grateful for it.
I'm still catching up to the episodes so I'm not sure if there are more episodes that talk about the experience in Japan but hopefully you do more of that!
Connor must be known as “that printer dude” in the charity shop
This comment made me laugh wayyy more than it should have. Thanks
Connor: We didn't do anything illegal we were just playing Mario Party very loud
Japanese Police: Hey that's illegal
"wait, that's illegal"
@Ryder Tom indonesian?
I love how cdwag and gigguk were ranting and joey was just like "yeah"
Gigguk: electrical engineering
Connor: mechanical engineering
Joey: IT
These dudes can build a freakkin robot (•_•)
They don't have a software engineer
@@ryuisonline8816 nah, that’s Mudan 😆
I have none of it and i already built a robot (*_*)
@@LarsEspenmoney, indian youtube tutorials, bam youre good to go
Invite Chris Broad from Abroad in Japan and interrogate him on his anime tastes!
He has none. He doesn't watch anime unfortunately.
Heck yeah
@@krishmidha1037 WhAt abOuT PoKéMoN?
I will donate the rest of my birthday money to the Trash Taste Patreon if they actually Invite Chris over.
@@krishmidha1037 why would someone move to japan if they dont watch anime??
Is it just me or is connor's life just a unpredictable hurrican😂
ikr i swear a reality show with him would be hilarious
Its more like a tsunami that somehow came back for the tenth time.
Madlad lifestyle
Ah, the chess
"Yeah you look older, it's because of the beard"
-Says the guy that looks like homeless Australian Jesus
He IS Austrailan Jesus tho. You didn't know?!
you mean Homeless Australian Jesus Sama
I snorted
More like weaboo
I am dying bruh😂😂
The next day, one Brit, one Thai, and one halfsie were deported.
You wanna know who’s buying the cherries ?
It’s Kakyoin. He is single handedly supporting the entire japanese cherry industry
that's good
At the part with the cherries I had to think about recently buying butter in Germany. The cheapest butter available was from Ireland, even though Germany has a huge amount of local milk production with a whole lot of different stuff made from that milk. There has been times were Germany had a huge surplus of butter, literal piles of butter that couldn't be consumed because no one needs that much butter in their life. The price difference wasn't that much but if you think about that butter having to travel per ship and truck and the need for constant cooling on the way, you just wonder how they manage to be cheaper (like 0,50€) than local production. Plus local farmers get huge subventions from the government and the EU (guess Ireland gets the EU money too) but still, I can't understand the price difference.
Rerorerorerorerorerorero
😳👀✨
@@stormgr3n Stuff from other countries will be cheaper in almost every field
Would love to see Chris from Abroad in Japan on the podcast.
Me too!
Would absolutely amazing indeed!
They're good friends so I'm sure they'll bring him on at some point.
We will most definitely see it because they’re good friends but in a previous video it got mentioned that they lived pretty far from eachother
@@gaterkj Yeah I think Chris still lives in Tohoku so that's pretty far away
Trash Taste: *drinks beer* So ur opinion on this and this anime and also henti and a lot of it
Trash Taste: *drinks expensive Italian wine* Now Japanese life style and business problems
Looks at title - Visible Confusion
What would happen if they drink Vodka?
@@somebody7205 talk about living in Mother Russia
And Japanese politics
I love how there's a whole section about connor's fridge
LMAO fax
"when you have a beard you immediately have 4 mortgages, a car, and 2 kids" 😂
My sibling and I are watching a series on Netflix that's supposed to have high school students but some of them have beards and it just makes it so obvious that they're not teenagers, lol! My brother and I comment the same thing, that they should have two houses, four wives and six kids with beards like that 🤣
Funny and random thing, the particular show we're watching is called All American. One of the larger side characters is the voice of Cloud Strife for the new Remake game. He's 26...playing a high-schooler in this show. But having recently learned this information, I'm now constantly glued to the TV when he comes on to listen for if he slips into Cloud's voice, lol!
Fluffymiyster finally a show to play that game to
I just see the 3 stages of a weeb
Single, dating and married
Isn't that just the life stages of the average person 😂.
@@EdwardHohenheim yall forgot proto human.
Ch1nn3r that’s not true, since our waifu’s / husbando’s can never be real. don’t give us hope
Married, dating, and harem building
Japanese landlords: "Can you properly sort your trash?"
Germans: "I already feel home."
They were the bestest of friends 80 years ago
@@jqa16 And from back then we're still kinda traumatized - not by the friendship but ... y'know. Showing patrionism is kinda a taboo for us except for championships (especially football).
@@ultraxred I guess it really depends on where you come from.
jali where I live everyone thinks it’s okay to hang those flags on your car/ house/ shirt whatever, as long as the championships are going. After that they have to go. I‘m also surrounded by leftist party voters but I‘m also from Northern Germany and I guess it’s just our culture to not care about what others are doing 😅
Filipino grandmas: What's trash? Can you eat that?
The bread and cheese in Japan also made me sad.
I looked everywhere for brown bread for three months and failed. One time I thought I found brown bread but it turned out to be coffee flavoured white bread :'(
That sounds awesome though
This is the saddest TH-cam comment I've ever come across. If you're still in Japan, I hope you find your brown bread.
@@autumnanderson2695hell naw
Joey: There are these things called hafus
*Hafu description pops up*
"Hafus are considered sex icons in Japan"
Joey is officially a sex icon
Yeah now its official
Lol!
Really?? cuz I've heard otherwise about "hafus"
Delicious genetic diversity!
@Hans Hanzo they aren't. The Japanese people I've seen look down on them, which is an entirely different kind of problem.
American Here:
Unless you eat a ton of fast food, it's generally a lot cheaper to cook.
Yeah, found that odd. Most people are just a) lazy b) busy or c) never learned how to cook.
Even then it's still not because of medical bills.
And fast food is getting pretty expensive too.
Traveling across the US has changed my opinion on this. I grew up rural, so we had to plan 2 weeks or more of food, but it was still pretty doable. Certain cities are food desserts, & Hawaii's straight up is the same as Japan, very expensive to make your own food, compared to going out to eat. America is a very diverse place.
Generally yes but in Japan you can get a bento from a convenience store for like $4-$6 and it's actually good.
The guy editing 2 hours of video with this level of quality has enormous patience and dedication
Garnt: I’m Thai
Japanese Cop: hehe omae wa-
Garnt: Here’s my British passport
Japanese Cop: KUSO!
Rule Britannia intensifies...
ngl that was fucked up
This is one of the most enjoyable podcasts I've ever listened to. You can really feel the passion behind the making of this podcast. I mean, I know it's early days but just how content and excited they seem turning up to have a genuine chat about what they love is so entertaining and fulfilling to watch. The chemistry is honestly fantastic. Best wishes for the podcast, keep it up guys!
True!
This video is pretty much "The struggles of connor's life: in Japan"
More of "The struggle of connor's AND Garnt's life: In Japan, with Joey watching and helping out where he can"
I swear Connor's life is like a sims game
Explain. Also first reply with 893 likes after 6 months
@@mylesmadill9059 yea it’s weird anyway second reply
3rd :D
4th XD
5th
It’s so cool that’s there’s a podcast for everything haha, recently discovered these guys, n now I’m going back to the early episodes! Entertaining af!
When you realise Gigguk is a hardcore businessman, youtuber, weeblord, and a reviewer at the same time....👌
and a masters degree holder in engineering!?! damn if I was gay I'd be all over him
enthusiast in everything he do. great lad
@@snow86241 😂Same
I expect nothing less from the man who emailed studio wit
Did you mean gigg UK
I'm happy to say I am that one guy that lives in the north of Scotland.
I subscribed.
3:21 - "Dafuq is a Barolo?"
Just one of the most expensive and best red wines we have in Italy, if you count out the Sangiovese, the Aglianico and the Primitivo. So... good choice :)
Sassicaia? I guess through scale Barolo is more of a midrange wine in America, a good bottle running about $50-$60. It is one of my favorites. Though most of what american vineyards produce in the $60 range is ass.
I' m gonna be honest. As an Italian, I had never heard about Barolo before this video...
@@francescogiuntoli9704 Same
The thing is....I’m allergic to grapes! 🤣
iya. uda di bus kok. lg lanjut podcast kwkwkwkw
Connor is one of those people who needs a lifeguard in his bathroom just to make sure he doesn't die in the bathtub.
i love that on trash taste they have a conversation between the 3 types of weebs that werent born on japan
the half Japanese the Asian and the non Asian
Are Japanese born weebs a thing? I thought they were called otakus?
@@destituteanddecadent9106 no its just that being born in japan makes it easier to watch anime and finding people that watch anime
@@destituteanddecadent9106 plus otakus in japanese is more related to addiction and when someone not born on japan addicted to anine he would call himself an otaku
@@destituteanddecadent9106 Well, "weeb" is far gone from its original meaning. Nowadays it means "anime or manga enjoyer". But yes, originally weeb is meant for non-japanese people
Ah okay thanks you two
You know what ad I got for this podcast?
Jobs In Japan
“Japan is the coolest place to live and work.”
That’s what the ad said.
It is freaking LIE.
I know that ad haha
IT'S A SIGN lol
I can’t express how much I love hearing y’all just talk. This is the one podcast I can sit down and actually enjoy without getting bored 👌🏽
Trash Taste has been the highlight of my week, just had surgery and with it being lockdown in the UK, it has brought laugher and comfort in a very scary time of my life ❤️
I can't believe me and Connor are the same age I still feel like a child
Yeah I’m a year older and I feel like I’ve still got a lot to go.
Same lol
@honey 23
ikr I'm a year younger and he looks quite a bit older than me lolololol
I think it also depends if you went to higher education, started working right after high school, or continued with a career you started during your youth.
Everyone has different jump off points, his was just earlier than yours.
Connor: loses passport
Gigguk: mentions durian fruit
Me: gets a place further than the universe flashbacks
Same
I love that show so damn much
Gigguk was the reason I watched it and it’s now one of my fav rewatches 😭
Luxeries
Western countries: Gucci, LV, Valenciaga, etc.
Japan: fruits and vegetables
Baahhhh
Believe me the fruits in Japan are really really expensive.. Maybe that's because the demand of the items are not consistent with the reproduction of the fruit
Because Japan is seasonal. Food is available when it's available, and if not, then you are paying a premium for the farmer who has to grow it in manufactured conditions. LIKE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO. Pay for your food. Pay your farmers. And they do realise how small Japan is, right? You grow food on land. Growing food on less land means you charge more for that food. Duh.
@@AllTheArtsy The Netherlands is nine times smaller than Japan. However it is the second highest agricultural producing country in the world, second only to the USA.
ShadyIrish Well the Netherlands is very flat and has a high percentage of arable land while Japan is larger yet is mostly mountainous and only has a few flat plains to farm on.
This podcast is awesome. 2 hours feels like 20 minutes. Glad there is more.
Everybody gangsta till they switch seats
im so surprised that Garnt is the oldest he looks like the youngest honestly
South East Asian blood, probably
Edit: I called Garnt East Asian by mistake
Only one with no beards
Asian, based on aki's video, joey with clean shape look like 18 or 20
OH HEYYYYYY
its me
why do i randomly find my friends/Onii Chans cult whenever i'm watching a ideo form AKi or Joey or somethingggg?
i mean- cool but also suprising
Nora Kulcsar i watch for Gigguk
I’m not a podcast kinda person, but this I will listen to for hours 🧐
saammeee
So that explains the whole fruit as a gift thing in japan
Connor: holds passport in jeans pocket every time he holds it
Connor loses passport
Connor: pikachu face
39 minutes in and i learned this much about moving to japan: Learn japanese, know how to sort trash, DONT FORGET YOUR DAMN PASSPORT, get a work visa for japan, get a bachelors degree. I probably missed some stuff but i think i got most of it.
Be prepared to spend about 6K more to move than you ever have in your life.
Don't buy second-hand fridges from kiwis.
* a bachelor in engeneering or another stem field
I'd spring for a Masters degree honestly.
@@undleras4293 If you knew anything about Japanese hiring standards you'd know that your degree literally does not matter and many companies will hire you based off the skills you have, whether you can withstand the brutal interview process and whether or not you graduated from a notable university. Please go to the Boston career fair and tell me how my friend who graduated in international communications but got a job at comtec, an IT company because he was fluent in both English and Japanese and could code. Mind you he works crazy hard, graduated from Kyoto university but he doesn't have a STEM degree, nor is he crazy good at web dev stuff. I know someone who worked as an engineer in Japan and he just switched to full stack developing because his engineering job was paying like 25k USD a year if you converted it. He has no degree but works at Rakuten making bank.
“Passport in my jean pocket” gave me a legit spook lmfao.
the nerve of some people lol
i had an anxiety attack just from hearing that
Exactly man!!!
Coming back after 3 years is really trippy.
This is one of the highest quality for a trashiest podcast I've ever seen.
trash taste, golden standards. truly japanese.
I think I died inside bc I wanted to move to Japan for a while but now I feel like my dreams where just crushed to dust after watching this podcast
·Dèmønïc Ângel· why?
@@lbaxel9122 bc it's to much trouble to move there if that's what I gotta deal with
@@joshuaandersen2320 Moving to a country is a big deal. If that is "too much trouble" you never wanted to move to begin with.
Why is this so entertaining
We got the new big 3
Duh, because it is entertaining
Idk man but i just keep seeing this.
I see it in a similar way on how gigguk described bunny girl senpai. They are such approachable real people just being themselves. I guess its the oozing of charisma?
Connor: “Whats the odds of that?”
news outlet in half a year:
“A British gaijin gets arrested for beating a person near to death because they sold him a cockroach infested refrigerator”
Whats the anime on the picture
ichmaganime speed hump
@@Nikolai-ve1gt shirobako
i am not gonna lie, I think he got the fridge of one of those lonely persons that died and nobody notices till months later, when the stench gets too bad...
Garnt doesn't really look his age, the same for Connor tbh
all the way back here catching up with early trash taste as well?
Boo.
@@airinsurii5300
was planning on it since episode 1, decided 'ehh,
fuck it'
69th liker
Lol same for my coworker and I. He looks 40 and I look 24. He's 24 and I'm 34.
"People in Welsh can't even speak Wales."
- Connor 2020
They can't communicate with whales?
@@fangsoffuego I mean, who _can't_ communicate with whales?
hes obviously not been to north wales then
@@madmacs8404He's from north wales and so am i, its definitely a minority of welsh speakers (fluently i mean) Though it probably depends on the area.
I'm from South Wales and literally no one speaks Welsh here
Literally a guy from Edinburgh, Scotland here, am planing on applying for a Visa. Definitely looking forward for the round trips to the embassy in London...
Twa Pehs Same
glasgow forever
holy shit we've found him boys
Hah, I'm all the way up in Moray, beat that
Aren't the government planning to build a train from Scotland to London?
CONNOR IS 23!? HE'S THE SAME AGE AS ME!? I've always thought he was like 27 or something.
Also, it's very interesting and fun to hear about how life is in Japan
Same I'm also 23, thought mah nigga was 30💀💀💀
I feel like it's either Westerners age quite fast, or Orientals just age really slow.
I'm also 23, Asian, and people mistook me for a high school student when I'm here bustin' my butt off trying to finish my master's degree.
I'm older than him.... nooooOOO
@@redfaldas7524 I'm black and people also still mistake me for 16 year old. Blacks dont crack , asians dont age 🤷♂️
I am 27 and now he is firmly out of my strike zone. Sigh... TT-TT
Listening to the part about Connor losing his passport is a different vibe when you're American lol... replacing your passport here takes AT LEAST 6ish weeks but usually a few months so I was so upset for him til I heard it took him 5 days to get a new one 😅
You have to pay quite a bit extra to get a new one that quickly if it makes you feel any better - normally it takes at least a month here too.
can we get a happy birthday gigguk
@pepper damn you beat me to it
Happy birthday Gigguk!
420 likes :poggers:
"Reasons why I'm not moving to Japan" the podcast
Damn, you bought a barolo, I'm Italian and it actually is a really well-known wine.
Zi io nn lho mai sentito
Stfu
@@jajodb6714 manco io lol
I can confirm that it's a famous and even top-tier wine. A bottle aged 50 years can go up to 3k euros
@@xander8762 ma come no?
this is the only podcast ive ever watched/listened to
This podcast just randomly popped up on my recommended and I literally have no idea who you guys are but these are really entertaining, looking forward to more in the future!
Just me who hoped that Garnt would say "I'm your host GiggUK" ?
I hoped too
moment of silence for our hopes
Yeah me too
i was waiting for that Cdawg Virginia introduction tho.
"Finally gigguk on a weekly content delivery schedule"
- New York times
" I had no idea I needed this so much in my life"
- Washington post
" Stupid Gaijin misrepresenting japan"
- Japan daily news
These podcasts are so fucking well structured I am honestly amazed.... I love how well you can follow each theme and everything blends together while still talking about multiple aspects of one subject...
holy shit, just realized that gigguk, the anime zone, has a masters degree.
@@aperture0 Chemical engineering and mechanical engineering are probably a bit tougher.
@@aperture0 But still, Electical engineering is pretty hard.
@@aperture0 I investigated whay you said and apparently there is bunch of people saying that it is the hardest. Personally I think it depends on the person and from personal experience, the civil engineers and mechanical engineers seem to be the most stressed out.
@@aperture0 People say it's hard because it involves a lot of math, but honestly, if you are good at math, the major will be pretty easy. That goes to everything
a bunch of kids in these comments that are probably still teens at the oldest, arguing about degrees that they don't know a thing about...Getting a M.S. in Engineering is hard, don't matter what kind homies.
I’m Italian and Barolo is a well known wine from Piemonte, but you tipically drink it while eating meat, it’s pretty strong to drink it with empty stomach
so.. let me get this right,
Japan: please come here, we need workers
Also Japan: we hate foreigners, please pay more money for the same shit and go through this patronising and tedious process for moving, living and working.
*surprised pikatchu face*
Honestly, it's hilarious. I mean this is pretty standard stuff for poor minorities who don't "fit the mold" everywhere. From aggressive visa requirements to get into "Western" countries to racial profiling by cops, it's all there. It was funny to see the script get flipped got on Connor but sadly familiar
The government knows it desperately needs workers and immigration but at the same time it's unable to change fast enough to actually allow people in, and also for Japanese society as a whole to be more foreigner friendly..
@@smalllJ Well gigguk was the one who got racially profiled. Connor wasn't. Connor's concern wasn't about racial profiling it was that if he got pulled over by a cop due to his inability to communicate and his lack of understanding of laws he wouldn't be able to communicate with the cop and wouldn't know what he did wrong. Completely different to the parrelel you're trying to draw.
They're Tsunderes
It's needs vs wants. They really would prefer more Japanese workers, but since Japanese are working constantly they don't produce enough offspring to meet replacement rate, let alone increase the population. It's been a concern for decades, but it's only just becoming a real problem now.
"Grape juice with hand sanitizer in it" I have never heard a more accurate description for airplane wine.
Connor :I need friends, I need to socialize
Me: haven't talked to anyone since the quarantine started
another step inside the culture 👍
Possible guests: Chris Broad, Felix, Sharla, Natsuki
Basically anyone who's friends or collaborated with Tokyo Creative
*cough* Nux.
Matthew Carroll yep that would be amazing
Chris broad is dead
Akidearest
Gigguk is the youngest looking 30 year old since araki was 30
I have been watching parts of older episodes and highlights and it's great whoever is doing the graphic pop ups timing is spectacular. It adds a flair that makes me have to watch lol.