Man seeing all these old comments and watching this video 13 years later makes me feel sad knowing that some of you might not be here today. I hope everyone in this comment section and everyone in the video are doing fine and living their lives to the fullest. Thanks Katherine for documenting your life for all to enjoy. God bless y'all wherever you guys are. Though time seems to separate us across long lengths, just remember that I was expecting you to read this, whatever year you may be in. It's nice to know that you're here reading this comment friend, so much so that it warms my heart. So, how's your day going? Great, so far? If not, I sincerely believe you will do just fine. Like OE Fitness said, "At the end of the day it's night, and every little thing is gonna be oil-right. If it's not oil-right, it's not the end." By the time you're reading this, I might be a successful, prosperous person, and I want the same for you too. Or maybe I might be dead lol. Anyways, God bless you, my brother and sister in time :) GEN ZYZZ 30/05/2023, 10:59pm AEST.
woahhhhhhh everythings... cleannnn! theres no dirt nor trash filling the streets! theres no gum on the floor and wall,Theres no filthy language on the desk nor writing! you can wear a skirt without to much fear! you can walk around without waiting and hoping you don't get hit and yelled at by a car! no ones rude! you don't have to turna round every moment to watch if your being followed! THE DESKS ARE CLEAN! theres no holes in the walls from people getting mad and punching a hole in them! I AM AMAZED.
icemistthewolf hehescriblz Believe me, the quite vast quantity of people are not nice there, when I came from Germany to there, they were giving me some aggressive looks plus I was a towering giant and I had very low trust of some of the everyday men, women and students. My Half sister Yoko gets quite a lot of bother because she's half Austrian, half Japanese.
lol no we had ex change students from Japan in my school and they spoke little to no English. Everybody just used Google translate to communicate or some type of app.
Same bro, my streets are absolute crap and the drivers don't care about you as a pedestrian. I recommend watching Perropros skate video in China. It's not japan but it's probably one of the greatest skate videos I've ever scene
Omg if i had a teacher that talked like that i would've loved my classes everyone there sounds so freaking cute and they seem respectful omg i wanna go to japan
Its amazing how you can walk outside while its dark and not having to check if you're followed! Or how nice everybody is and decent with no mini skirts. I thought that they would roll them up to be shorter but they kept them long and nice!
-classic grassy banks on sides of river -classic all female school -classic cicadas -classic school grade hierarchy -classic slidey-door classrooms -classic sit around desk at lunch break -classic japanese bento box -classic classroom cleanup -classic bow before class starts -classic classroom rep -no classic after school club :( Overall, I am satisfied, if you add the after-school club you can have your own slice of life anime series, 12 episodes, unless your really good, I'll allow a 2nd season, 24 episodes (possible OVA's)
i can see the plot coming together now, all we need is the romantically oblivious MC to make this a Romcom, and i dont think i ever saw a school anime with a foreigner MC so this needs to be done
I love that they clean their classroom up afterwards. That's a great idea, something they should do over here in the UK. It'll teach kids how to clean up after themselves and teach them to respect their work environment much more. All they'd need to do is add an extra half hour to the school day. A class room full of kids all cleaning would have it done in no time.
You made a great video! I'm a Taiwanese,and I used to know about Japanese culture from comic books,however, it may not be that realistic. You're video shows the real way they live,and I think being an exchange student must be a wonderful experience! Thank you for making and putting up this video~.
Well.. i'm american and when I learned I would be going to Japan as an exchange student (I learned I would be going in 6-7 months) I made an effort to learn Japanese since I would be in Japan it would be respectful and I wouldnt say I can speak it fluently because they would still laugh when I spoke sometimes lol but I didn't speak English for the month I was there so don't generalize american's like we are all the same thinking everyone speaks English....
***** Who told you that some people who arnt american i bet :) you know that stereotyping and making blatant ignorant comments are just stupid right you know that every american isnt the same right how about you just expand your mind and grow the fuck up :)
She's there for 6 weeks, it sounds like she knows the very basics, but you're right it doesn't sound like they are strong in English and I doubt in 6 weeks she could learn much Japanese.
It actually looks like 98.54% of the people she videotaped looked pretty darn annoyed, but pretended to act normal. I can see it in their eyes. They were like: "Da fuck this gaijin video-taping us for?!" Like the way some of them would act all awkward and how others would just run up and throw their face into the screen after the camera turned on them... Shy folks I tell you.
I felt extremely uncomfortable the entire video because she did not attempt to speak any Japanese, and the girls look very confused and trying to understand when it should be the girl recording attempting to understand them.
Guys can you realized the cultures are different a_a also they were wondering what it was she wasn't wondering anything they were kinda like what was that she was trying to tell them but she doesn't know the word for video or whatever in Japanese because she probably hasn't learned it yet.
Some of these comments are just very rude, I like the video a lot and even though it shakes a lil I can tell a lot of effort went into it and it gives you a good idea of what its like in Japan. So Thanks
You're so lucky to be an exchange student in Japan =( I can tell that it's really fun in there by means how they talk all friendly in class without selfies and bad mouthing their friends...waaa
Not to mention the uniforms are Sooooooo cute too! The girls where I live wear tops that show off their midriff, and to be honest....,some of them look like their melting down their pants. 😰
Izzy Moore now I think about it it would have been better if it worked like that in our shool too @.@ most girls are fake and wear stuff on them like they're going on party I kinda envy you lol
There are no guys in my school (sad I know) and girls have there skirts so high up im like wtf is wrong with u but ive never worn a skirt since yr1 tats 8 years ago I dont like em I dont feel comfortable in them I always feel wierd and there are lots of male hentai teachers.
Don't you feel rude at all speaking English everywhere? I mean I watched a few minutes and you only spoke a few individual Japanese words, if I went to a non-English speaking country I would not force everyone to speak a language which they are not completely fluent in...
Maybe she should consider studying a bit first then. If someone came to my country and spoke to me in Japanese i'd think they are very rude. She's giving Westerners a bad image
Oh My god remind me lots of memory from my high school years, it was super duper fun. This video is as fun as how me and my friends were in high school, eating lunch together, studying together, going home together...Even cleaning the classroom was fun; unlike America, Asian schools' classes have a certain number of students and we stay like that for a whole year. Gosh I just wanna go back to high school.
+nay naycutiepie if you live in America I know some really good programs.I leave in January for Japan and I'll live there for a year. I recommend Northwest student exchange.
+nay naycutiepie where in Canada?, if you live around Vancouver then the one I mentioned would still work because it's only about a 3 hour drive from there. But other than that I would try this one called AFS but they are very expensive and they can't guarentee credits.
videos like this just make me want to visit Japan so much more. I think my main issue with where I live right now is the lack of movement. Anytime I need to get anywhere at all, I have to have some kind of transportation, there no detours, or back streets, it's all one way everytime. I want to move to Japan to a place similar to this, where I can walk around and explore, and there is always something to do or see, I guess I feel like it's more independant. And I also love the culture and food :D
Got recommended this video just now and realized that all of these students probably are married with kids now. It just reminds me of how fast time goes by 2009 just seemed like yesterday. Wonder how the person that took the video is doing, is she still living in Japan? And yes of course the video is shaky because of the technology at that time. And why wasn’t she speaking Japanese when she’s a student at a Japanese high school?
Wooooow..... The uniforms are just like the ones that are portrayed in manga...... This is really awesome... Thanks for posting this video to let us know! I also want to do an exchange now....
But very different. Anime/Manga is NOT like real life, but the makers fantasies and what he/she thinks of everything. Most stuff that happens in anime/manga does not happen in real life Japan. Actually, people look down on you in Japan if you are a nerd about something like anime/manga, even though it is made in that country. They are not rude about it, but kinda....I don't know how to describe it.. It's just, not popular there lol.
The lack of even attempting Japanese in this video makes me cringe. I'm not American, but it looks bad on English speakers generally. Please, please try to learn the language and use it a little more. Japanese people are smart and considerate. I don't think they'd dream of coming to your country and speak purely Japanese, making no effort in speaking English. Imagine how that would look to you. Not great.
***** yea...sure..of course she doesn't...she just did an exchange. why on earth would she have the slightest interest in learning the language? completely 100% agreeing with u! lol
Actually, I've seen people speak only in their native languages that aren't English. It doesn't bother me at all. I may not know what they're saying but why would someone speaking in their own language be weird? lol
Japan is awesome. I would really love to go there someday. Their high school life seems very fun and I like their festivals. You know, kind of like the school cultural festival. :3
I don't think my parents are gonna move to Japan any time soon . *Puts hands on hip and puts on black american accent* Well If I'm Not Wearing Japanese School Uniform , Ma Daughters and sons will . If Im not going to Japanese School Ma Children will . And I will keep ma sons away from hentai!!!
Sadly won't be able to move to Japan till I become a university student. But I'm very excited to see my Japanese friends again :) Japan is such a wonderful country.
The passive knowledge is always bigger, but if she can understand the classes- which aren't at the very basic level I think- she used to know to talk about the usual everyday topics.
With how fast they talk on the lesson, all you can do is sit through the Japanese. During Lunch Break, teh girls finally understand what VIDEO means and is like "Cool" XD
@@johannalunn1144 Its vice versa for me. Speaking and writing is fairly easy, while understanding is iffy and my reading is pretty shit right now. I'm only in the basics right now though so that will probably change.
To everyone saying does she even know Japanese? Keep in mind this is intended for English viewers so she wouldn't be speaking Japanese. If you transfer to any country you have to learn some of the language and Japanese is hard to learn. Doesn't mean she doesn't know any.
I love Japan and I wish I could go there some day. Everyone in Japan are so kawaii and Japan all together just looks amazing and everyone seems really nice and friendly x3 Unlike here :P
wow...Japan is like any other country, the economy sucks everything is over priced and not everyone is farting rainbows and shitting glitter. and let me tell you, every one is not kawaii. fucking weebs......
Well... I guess I'm pretty stupid for thinking I'd see Goku fighting Frieza in the sky while at the same time seeing a bunch of very short skirted, sexy as fuck anime girls as they are trying to get the attention of the emo guy with the great hair who apparently has no sexual hormones raging through him whatsoever while the perverts are having nosebleeds and crying out to the heavens on why that guy get's all the girls and they're stuck watching, and all while very stupid yet strong guys are stuffing their mouths in the buffet as the crowd of civilians are shocked, causing them to have their arms in the air with horrified expressions after seeing those people's apparent bottomless stomachs, which causes them to ignore that they're family members are having an incest relationship and all that good stuff. :(
Nathalie Bisono I take 2 buses to get to school: 20 takes 30 min and the 10 takes 15. Then I get off the 10 right in front of school and just walk right tf in. I take the same two back, then walk like 5 min into my house
I LOVE how you say 'so long'. I live in Dublin,in Ireland,right, and we have KILTS okay? Like,you know scottish kilts? well,most schools, including my school- we have a kilt (skirt) which goes down to my ankles!
Jenny Oleinik Woah :D can't you fold them up? Or do you have a dresscode that forbids that? Because some Japanese girls for example fold their skirts up really hight so it's super short o: !
Once I learn enough Japanese and have enough money to travel, I am so going to Japan. I want to buy a lot of stuff there, including Tokusatsu stuff and Anime stuff that my room right now would be fill with so many Japanese items. And it would be awesome to have a conversation with a Japanese girl about yaoi lol.
It's expensive in Japan. Don't blow your money away like that. Have about $3,000-$5,000 dollars to prepare yourself so that you won't go short. Also carry your credit card with you in case you are short of cash on hand. Cheers!
I would love to go to Japan for 6 weeks 😍 their schools look so nice and Japan sounds so fun :) but i am American :/ But honestly I would love to go be a foreign exchange student anywhere in the world. You must be out of school now? This video is old. When I grow up, I want to move to Japan and have my family there. It's my dream. Wish I could wear a uniform
I was an exchange student a few years back and I had a horrible time learning some of their language and culture. The best way to learn for me was to practice at home and then go speak and listen to every word and pronunciations heard. It helped a lot, and if you go to Japan you REALLY need to visit this place called a Izakiya, you will meet lots of friendly people and you will be surprised when you can start to understand words they are saying. I was eating dinner and having a drink then my ears perked up when I understood a few sentences this guy was saying a few seats behind me. I'm also gonna start the JET program soon to help teach teenagers how to speak English when I get my bachelor's degree in half a year. I'm so excited to go back, and btw it's not anywhere near close to what anime makes Japan out to be, unless you go to Akihabara (weeaboo paradise). And be prepared for everyone to stare at you like a motherfucker. One more thing is don't make the mistake of mishearing a guy say something racist and throw him to the floor, I almost gotten deported for that shit (but it was my fault and I accepted my punishment).
And this is where all the weebs come to say "Oh I wish I could live in Japan, everyone is so kawaii and nice desu sugoi moe moe!!" No Japan is just like every other country, their economy is bad, everything is high priced, and people there are really not all that nice. Not everyone over there is full of happy sunshines and rainbows, and last thing they need are some weeabo ass foreigners thinking that when they come to their country, because they want to live in their anime worlds. Grow the fuck up. If you want to live in Japan, learn the language (Not watch Japanese Sub animes thinking you'll learn that way) actually invest the money in a class or a program where you can learn Japanese. Take interest in their culture and even modern culture. Try to study abroad there, and try to live there for 6 months, and think it's all of what you dreamed of.
***** It's all right to like anime. I like anime, the people I don't like are the people who aren't Japanese, but want to act like Japanese people, and make complete idiots out of themselves, because they seriously think Japan is one live action anime.
mya619 "'Oh I wish I could live in Japan, everyone is so kawaii and nice desu sugoi moe moe!!'" Judging by what you just said you've never been to Japan, have you?
I'm not a particular fan of weeaboos, however one must admit that watching subtitled anime is a great resource- don't get me wrong, you cannot simply learn Japanese by watching anime, however as you get used to hearing the language it is inevitable that you will pick it up, and it would be easier to understand people when they're speaking. In regards to whether Japanese people are "nice" or not boils down to one's personal experience. My impression from the Japanese people that I have met is that their etiquette and hospitality is splendid, such that it puts some of our western folk to shame.
13 years later yt recommend this video. All these people have grown up now probably they'll be getting into their 30s soon. It felt so nostalgic I don't know how or why. I hope all them are living their lives happily
Jesus....doesn't this chick know anything in japanese???? she keeps talking in english to these girls when they clearly don't know what the hell she's saying....you kept telling them to say "HI" to the camera...don't you know "HI" means yes in japanese? so i understand them being confused when you kept telling them to say "HI" to the camera. even i know some japanese yo.....
lichmourne00 Yah they look really shy... I'm going to Japan in a year and I'm going to spend that time learning about 1000-1500 words in Japanese and getting ready to not be that gaijin that tries to speak English to everyone.
Mello Manus Well there are plenty of other videos with Americans in Japan where they will use subs when they have to speak Japanese but they don't go and just speak english. I feel like this would have been more eye opening if she had been able to speak Japanese and talk to them like normal.
Mello Manus Yah but english is a class they take over there we aren't required to take Japanese in America so I'm betting her host family speaks English and was able to teach her the routes honestly from the evidence provided it's easier to say she knows very little Japanese until she says otherwise.
I live in Australia and seeing the place. Everything's all concrete and crafted and tidy and plants are like rare and behind blocks of stone…it makes me feel claustrophobic in a weird way. Like, not being able to touch a tree or grass (or dead leaves even) every 5 steps is NOT NORMAL for me.
Because I doubt Japanese people would accept weeb freaks like you. They aren't living in an Anime dream. They are people just like us having normal lives.
yerapa12 wow. *claps* just because she said, "I wanna go to Japan" or something like that, doesn't mean she just wants to go there because of the awesome anime,figures and display shops. Maybe she just wants to expirence the culture, and how they accept people, and just have plain fun!
you should always not bealive it 100%. only cause you have heard or read some stuffs on the internet...there are mean people and racists everywhere. and you can be a target for cruelty anywhere in the world, if people can read that you're an easy target to hurt or manipulate then it dose'nt matter about the place. Though! i still woul love to go to JApan myself anyway one day:)
Yeah I have done research on that topic for a project because I heard the same thing, but in all honesty, there are racist people everywhere; that's just how life is :/
Is your host family nice? A lot of people I know never really like their host families. Gah, you're lucky you can go there. I've been studying the Japanese language since 6th grade. Still never got an offer.
10 years later TH-cam recommend me this
10 years,,,
Gitanjali Chettri lol
Imagine how old she is now
They probably working at office right now
10 years
5 and a half years later. Whenever I see videos like this I always wonder how the people in them are doing currently.
Me too now this video is 8years old
notice me Senpai Same
Well 9yrs now
Mad titan ikr it’s scary
@@ines_iy yea that's pretty sad
Am i the only one who was just looking at the cleaness of the streets?
Touka Kirishima :3 ye i know... japan as a country seem very clean and organised like to visit some day
yeah i would like that too
YESSSSS ME look too :)
oO SweetStrawberry Oo _CaNcErIa_ Awesome >u
+Touka Kirishima :3 germany is much cleaner.
Man seeing all these old comments and watching this video 13 years later makes me feel sad knowing that some of you might not be here today. I hope everyone in this comment section and everyone in the video are doing fine and living their lives to the fullest. Thanks Katherine for documenting your life for all to enjoy. God bless y'all wherever you guys are.
Though time seems to separate us across long lengths, just remember that I was expecting you to read this, whatever year you may be in. It's nice to know that you're here reading this comment friend, so much so that it warms my heart. So, how's your day going? Great, so far? If not, I sincerely believe you will do just fine. Like OE Fitness said, "At the end of the day it's night, and every little thing is gonna be oil-right. If it's not oil-right, it's not the end." By the time you're reading this, I might be a successful, prosperous person, and I want the same for you too. Or maybe I might be dead lol. Anyways, God bless you, my brother and sister in time :)
GEN ZYZZ
30/05/2023, 10:59pm AEST.
1 june ❤
Well i don't like 2023 because that year was disappointhing
Ok?
And i like the year 2026 because that year will be interesed obviously
And sorry for ruin the year 2026
woahhhhhhh everythings... cleannnn! theres no dirt nor trash filling the streets! theres no gum on the floor and wall,Theres no filthy language on the desk nor writing! you can wear a skirt without to much fear! you can walk around without waiting and hoping you don't get hit and yelled at by a car! no ones rude! you don't have to turna round every moment to watch if your being followed! THE DESKS ARE CLEAN! theres no holes in the walls from people getting mad and punching a hole in them! I AM AMAZED.
Where do you live? Venezuela?
Wakaba Saegusa florida -_-
icemistthewolf hehescriblz
romania is the same, i feel your pain.
Then you have to see crows zero. LoL
icemistthewolf hehescriblz Believe me, the quite vast quantity of people are not nice there, when I came from Germany to there, they were giving me some aggressive looks plus I was a towering giant and I had very low trust of some of the everyday men, women and students. My Half sister Yoko gets quite a lot of bother because she's half Austrian, half Japanese.
この平凡で幸せな動画の後、東日本は津波に、熊本は大地震にあい、九州各地や全国的な豪雨災害でズタボロにされた
何気ない１日を全力で謳歌するのが日本の学生達の動画も
環境を作っているのも実は学生自身
この生活に憧れる海外の方も自分の力を信じて自分達の取り巻く環境を良くしていってほしい。
私はこの動画を見てもっと日本が好きになった。
Oh god...look at how beautiful it is. It's so clean and the people look respectful.
I wanna go so bad.
if a japanese girl spoke only in her language in US would be laughed by everyone ... english presumption
Not where I live in Connecticut...all the non-English/Spanish speaking students were very popular because people think it's cool
really? i don't think it would be like that, but i'm norwegian so maybe it's different customs.
lol no we had ex change students from Japan in my school and they spoke little to no English. Everybody just used Google translate to communicate or some type of app.
+CrayCrayAura where I live people probably just wouldn't talk to the kid unfortunately
+Christian Fabien everybody was so fascinated and transfixed by them in my school by that they were always surrounded by random people
Japan looks like such a nice place to skate
I was thinking the same thing, but I do DH longboarding and fast pushing
Streets in my country are so boring and lineal, unlike japan so full of curvy streets and hills.
Same bro, my streets are absolute crap and the drivers don't care about you as a pedestrian. I recommend watching Perropros skate video in China. It's not japan but it's probably one of the greatest skate videos I've ever scene
+Manuel Toloza same
same
Omg if i had a teacher that talked like that i would've loved my classes everyone there sounds so freaking cute and they seem respectful omg i wanna go to japan
I wonder how teachers would look like lol
Weaboo
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Same here
Hey V ;)))
Its amazing how you can walk outside while its dark and not having to check if you're followed! Or how nice everybody is and decent with no mini skirts. I thought that they would roll them up to be shorter but they kept them long and nice!
-classic grassy banks on sides of river
-classic all female school
-classic cicadas
-classic school grade hierarchy
-classic slidey-door classrooms
-classic sit around desk at lunch break
-classic japanese bento box
-classic classroom cleanup
-classic bow before class starts
-classic classroom rep
-no classic after school club :(
Overall, I am satisfied, if you add the after-school club you can have your own slice of life anime series, 12 episodes, unless your really good, I'll allow a 2nd season, 24 episodes (possible OVA's)
+NoClueBlue lol! xD
😂😂😂
+NoClueBlue Dont forget that 1 episode has to be for the typical school culture festival
Obligatory school field trip to the beach!!!! =D
i can see the plot coming together now, all we need is the romantically oblivious MC to make this a Romcom, and i dont think i ever saw a school anime with a foreigner MC so this needs to be done
This is absolutely wonderful and makes me want to take another vacation to Japan! I love their everyday lives. Thank you so much for sharing!
I love that they clean their classroom up afterwards. That's a great idea, something they should do over here in the UK. It'll teach kids how to clean up after themselves and teach them to respect their work environment much more. All they'd need to do is add an extra half hour to the school day. A class room full of kids all cleaning would have it done in no time.
"listen to how fast they talk" she is literally speaking at a pace you would talk with a baby oh my god
Yeah they don't talk very fast at all lol >
+Dinah Drucker when you first start learning japanese it always sounds faster than it actually is
+OtakuSenseiHig Truth! 10 years later watch old programs and wonder why I used to think they were talking so fast...
To a beginner, she sounds like she is talking at medium pace (normal)
Amazing documentary of Japan 's high school life. Love Japan & thanks for making.
Japan looks awseome, I wish I could go there some day, everybody seems so friendly
Everyone seems so friendly! :D
their country is not friendly。。
Andy Skaura Now that there is a little bit racist, don't you think?
Andy Skaura I’ve heard their country is full of nice people, but just because they seem nice to you it doesn’t mean they like you 🤷♀️
You made a great video! I'm a Taiwanese,and I used to know about Japanese culture from comic books,however, it may not be that realistic. You're video shows the real way they live,and I think being an exchange student must be a wonderful experience! Thank you for making and putting up this video~.
10 years later I get this in my recommended and now I realize everyone in this video probably has family now
after 10 years youtube recommends this for me
Goes to Japan and just talks to everyone English, knowing full well they can't understand. Must be American.
Well.. i'm american and when I learned I would be going to Japan as an exchange student (I learned I would be going in 6-7 months) I made an effort to learn Japanese since I would be in Japan it would be respectful and I wouldnt say I can speak it fluently because they would still laugh when I spoke sometimes lol but I didn't speak English for the month I was there so don't generalize american's like we are all the same thinking everyone speaks English....
Iron ft Teh hunter So I just told you that not all american's are like this and you respond with a ignorant comment grow the fuck up
***** god man why are you guys so ignorant "im going to hate america because thats what everyone else does" yea just keep
following everyone else lol
***** Who told you that some people who arnt american i bet :) you know that stereotyping and making blatant ignorant comments are just stupid right you know that every american isnt the same right how about you just expand your mind and grow the fuck up :)
You don't have to be American to be dumb lol, but I agree, most are.
I wish I did this when I was a schoolgirl. This looks so awesome! It also explains a lot of behaviorisms and stuff in manga to me.
Does she even know Japanese? I think it'd be really uncomfortable to not know what everyone in your class is saying O.o
Marie I Been there before. Difficult time of my life.
Marie I and it´s pretty impolite too
Marie I Doesn't look like it.
No I think she was just saying that so then we can understand
Marie I Doesn't seem like she does. I don't get how she can even be an "exchange student" if she just sits around doing nothing at all lol.
Do you speak in their language? It's kind of weird because when you speak it looks like they don't understand you... -,-
She's there for 6 weeks, it sounds like she knows the very basics, but you're right it doesn't sound like they are strong in English and I doubt in 6 weeks she could learn much Japanese.
It actually looks like 98.54% of the people she videotaped looked pretty darn annoyed, but pretended to act normal. I can see it in their eyes. They were like: "Da fuck this gaijin video-taping us for?!" Like the way some of them would act all awkward and how others would just run up and throw their face into the screen after the camera turned on them... Shy folks I tell you.
Vanilla Anne I do.
The girl at 5:36 eating her lunch is stealing my heart. She's adorable.
This is the most realistic anime I've ever seen
What 😭
🤓
I felt extremely uncomfortable the entire video because she did not attempt to speak any Japanese, and the girls look very confused and trying to understand when it should be the girl recording attempting to understand them.
Me too 😐
Well she's not japanese
Juria's Edits She doesn't have to be Japanese to speak it 😕
She spoke to the other girls in class with the type of tone you'd use with a baby and it was just ://
Guys can you realized the cultures are different a_a also they were wondering what it was she wasn't wondering anything they were kinda like what was that she was trying to tell them but she doesn't know the word for video or whatever in Japanese because she probably hasn't learned it yet.
Some of these comments are just very rude, I like the video a lot and even though it shakes a lil I can tell a lot of effort went into it and it gives you a good idea of what its like in Japan. So Thanks
Reminds me of Kindergarten. You know with the uniforms, and the bus rides, and friendly people. There's not much of that where i am now XD
You're so lucky to be an exchange student in Japan =( I can tell that it's really fun in there by means how they talk all friendly in class without selfies and bad mouthing their friends...waaa
Not to mention the uniforms are Sooooooo cute too! The girls where I live wear tops that show off their midriff, and to be honest....,some of them look like their melting down their pants. 😰
Izzy Moore haha sounds pretty bad there we just wear clothes we want but I don't like that lel
Izayoi Sakamaki Not really, it just gives me all the more reason why I'm friends with normal people who don't care about "fashion". 😆
Izzy Moore now I think about it it would have been better if it worked like that in our shool too @.@ most girls are fake and wear stuff on them like they're going on party I kinda envy you lol
There are no guys in my school (sad I know) and girls have there skirts so high up im like wtf is wrong with u but ive never worn a skirt since yr1 tats 8 years ago I dont like em I dont feel comfortable in them I always feel wierd and there are lots of male hentai teachers.
Don't you feel rude at all speaking English everywhere? I mean I watched a few minutes and you only spoke a few individual Japanese words, if I went to a non-English speaking country I would not force everyone to speak a language which they are not completely fluent in...
I guess shes still learning, if you go to a place where they dont talk english and you dont know the language how are you going to speak it :P
Ikr I cringed because the girls don't really know fluent English
Cuz she not fluent
Maybe she should consider studying a bit first then. If someone came to my country and spoke to me in Japanese i'd think they are very rude. She's giving Westerners a bad image
Salamander Man I think my comment flew right over your head..
Japan is the best country to spend High School time :D
This is already 9 years ago......and i still remember watching this.life is so fast sometimes
Woooooooooa like skul in the mang!!, like bike in the manga!!, like uniform in the manga,!! Like bag in a manga!!! Wooooooooaaaah!!! OoO!!!
but there is only one difference they are not with mini skirts
Stoyan Pavlov Dont 4get that they dont have like blue hair or red hair
Chloe Majomi
You guys also forgot that there is nobody with super powers and i haven't seen a single ninja in this :O
***** Duh...he is a ninja, that's why you don't see him.
TrueFlashDemon
damn it's hard to find the diference between the girs they are all the same for me at least
Oh My god remind me lots of memory from my high school years, it was super duper fun. This video is as fun as how me and my friends were in high school, eating lunch together, studying together, going home together...Even cleaning the classroom was fun; unlike America, Asian schools' classes have a certain number of students and we stay like that for a whole year. Gosh I just wanna go back to high school.
Wow, I really love Japan *-* I'll go there next year with a few classmates and I'm so excited x3
This is a real life anime. I want to be in Japan !
+Jdman The Epic Gamer 😂😂
Jdman The Epic Gamer I'm dying right now 😂😂😂😂
Japan isn't all alike anime
I love English. I study herd. From Japan
+マイケルくまモン 👏👏congrats 😄
I wish I could go to Japan and go to highschool there. =(
Even if only as an exchange student.
It's the best!! There are heaps of exchange programs that offer scholarships and things! You should look into it :)
べら
Omg I will! I'm planning on it someday in highschool!
+nay naycutiepie if you live in America I know some really good programs.I leave in January for Japan and I'll live there for a year. I recommend Northwest student exchange.
Christian Fabien
Know any for Canada?
+nay naycutiepie where in Canada?, if you live around Vancouver then the one I mentioned would still work because it's only about a 3 hour drive from there. But other than that I would try this one called AFS but they are very expensive and they can't guarentee credits.
この動画、前にも見たけどやっぱり楽しい。いい動画だと思う。鮮やかなブルーの制服がいい。バスもブルーだし、内装めも。
videos like this just make me want to visit Japan so much more. I think my main issue with where I live right now is the lack of movement. Anytime I need to get anywhere at all, I have to have some kind of transportation, there no detours, or back streets, it's all one way everytime. I want to move to Japan to a place similar to this, where I can walk around and explore, and there is always something to do or see, I guess I feel like it's more independant. And I also love the culture and food :D
Thank you for making this. I really loved watching this. It's very intersting. ^^
I would love to go to Japan. the food looks interesting and good. The Japanese kids sound so nice.
Got recommended this video just now and realized that all of these students probably are married with kids now. It just reminds me of how fast time goes by 2009 just seemed like yesterday. Wonder how the person that took the video is doing, is she still living in Japan? And yes of course the video is shaky because of the technology at that time. And why wasn’t she speaking Japanese when she’s a student at a Japanese high school?
Cool video but they really don't speak very fast? :/ maybe you think that because you don't speak japanese but to me it sounds normal
Yeah they don't really speak fast :)
Ba Dum Tss they actually speak slower than French.
try spanish, bruh that sure is the fastest language
Does anyone notice the correlation? They clean their own school, and when they grow up they keep their streets clean. Superior
A lot of Discipline is taught in school and by the parents.
6:00 "I don't know what this is, but I'm going to eat this anyway" sounds like something I'll be doing occasionally during my stay in Japan as well xd
I got a seizure from all the camera shaking
Classic youtube comment, I miss those....
Wooooow.....
The uniforms are just like the ones that are portrayed in manga......
This is really awesome...
Thanks for posting this video to let us know!
I also want to do an exchange now....
But very different. Anime/Manga is NOT like real life, but the makers fantasies and what he/she thinks of everything. Most stuff that happens in anime/manga does not happen in real life Japan. Actually, people look down on you in Japan if you are a nerd about something like anime/manga, even though it is made in that country. They are not rude about it, but kinda....I don't know how to describe it.. It's just, not popular there lol.
Its Sailor Moon uniform
The lack of even attempting Japanese in this video makes me cringe. I'm not American, but it looks bad on English speakers generally. Please, please try to learn the language and use it a little more. Japanese people are smart and considerate. I don't think they'd dream of coming to your country and speak purely Japanese, making no effort in speaking English. Imagine how that would look to you. Not great.
Loroths She said "mom" and "I'm back" in Japanese. don't remember if she said anything else.
Loroths maybe she does when she isn't filming.
+Anne H 100% sure she doesn't know ANY japanese AT ALL.
***** yea...sure..of course she doesn't...she just did an exchange. why on earth would she have the slightest interest in learning the language? completely 100% agreeing with u! lol
Actually, I've seen people speak only in their native languages that aren't English. It doesn't bother me at all. I may not know what they're saying but why would someone speaking in their own language be weird? lol
みんな、自然で可愛いらしい。
Japan is awesome. I would really love to go there someday. Their high school life seems very fun and I like their festivals. You know, kind of like the school cultural festival. :3
seems fun? they have to clean the school and she got home sooo late and she still had to eat dinner , in japan you wouldn`t even have time to relax
It's anime-like so I wanna live there \(//∇//)\ learning japanese \(//∇//)\
Gakupo Kamui yeah everybody goes to japan because of anime , and then they realise its not like anime at all...
I don't think my parents are gonna move to Japan any time soon . *Puts hands on hip and puts on black american accent* Well If I'm Not Wearing Japanese School Uniform , Ma Daughters and sons will . If Im not going to Japanese School Ma Children will .
And I will keep ma sons away from hentai!!!
@@Noodleay wtf
Sadly won't be able to move to Japan till I become a university student.
But I'm very excited to see my Japanese friends again :) Japan is such a wonderful country.
Wait, so this girl can understand a whole Japanese class but she can't say video in japanese?
Often understanding and reading a languege is easier than speaking and writing it.
The passive knowledge is always bigger, but if she can understand the classes- which aren't at the very basic level I think- she used to know to talk about the usual everyday topics.
@@johannalunn1144 to say video is only one word: "doga" or "bideo", if she said that all the problems would have been solved
With how fast they talk on the lesson, all you can do is sit through the Japanese.
During Lunch Break, teh girls finally understand what VIDEO means and is like "Cool" XD
@@johannalunn1144 Its vice versa for me. Speaking and writing is fairly easy, while understanding is iffy and my reading is pretty shit right now. I'm only in the basics right now though so that will probably change.
I love how Japanese school kids are always excited and fascinated when foreign exchange students video tape them.
To everyone saying does she even know Japanese? Keep in mind this is intended for English viewers so she wouldn't be speaking Japanese. If you transfer to any country you have to learn some of the language and Japanese is hard to learn. Doesn't mean she doesn't know any.
Deep down in their hearts they want to punch her. So very very angry.
I see that many people like to do the peace sign.
Oh my god this was so cool! I wish I lived in Japan it seems so fun! Thanks for showing me the side of Japan!!😍
I love Japan and I wish I could go there some day. Everyone in Japan are so kawaii and Japan all together just looks amazing and everyone seems really nice and friendly x3 Unlike here :P
I know, I feel the same!! :-)
really nice
I have to agree 💗💛💙💜💖❤💚
GOOD MORNING C O O L
wow...Japan is like any other country, the economy sucks everything is over priced and not everyone is farting rainbows and shitting glitter. and let me tell you, every one is not kawaii. fucking weebs......
This video gave me a headache how shaky it is
Yea me 2
samee!
You're not alone xD
+Sami Stacy damn same here :(
she's not a professional, which is expecting though
Well... I guess I'm pretty stupid for thinking I'd see Goku fighting Frieza in the sky while at the same time seeing a bunch of very short skirted, sexy as fuck anime girls as they are trying to get the attention of the emo guy with the great hair who apparently has no sexual hormones raging through him whatsoever while the perverts are having nosebleeds and crying out to the heavens on why that guy get's all the girls and they're stuck watching, and all while very stupid yet strong guys are stuffing their mouths in the buffet as the crowd of civilians are shocked, causing them to have their arms in the air with horrified expressions after seeing those people's apparent bottomless stomachs, which causes them to ignore that they're family members are having an incest relationship and all that good stuff. :(
ummmm. o.O
Hahaha dude this comment right here just made my whole week better.. Thankyou!!
1 town....Akahibara =3
Kuro Sutã Take *heavy breathing*
12 years later, YT recommended this. How are you?
Going To Japan Is My Dream
But Studying In Japan,Oh God HEAVEN!!!
i did not see any octopus, why?
felix klein hahahahahahaha
felix klein XD lol
the uniform looks exactly like sailor moon's uniform that is cool c:
Lmfao.
Nearly apart from the skirt
Honestly it kinda drives me crazy because the collar and cuffs don't match xD
haha yeah,,
TH-cam recommending this to me 14 years later
How the hell did this come up in my suggested videos?
same here 😂😂😂😂
same here 😂😂😂😂
Same here
same like these type of videos just started to trend? lol
Same but i have seen this video 4 years ago
2:21 for my people that live in America when was the last time you seen a broom like that
15 TRAINS? 4 BUSES? AND A LONG WALK?
*HELL NO.*
Hell no indeed!
I know, i would call a cab. she must be crazy
Jamera Hudson I take 3 buses to go to school and back home and it's too much for me. I can't imagine taking 15 trains,4 buses,AND a long walk.
xD I only have a 5 minute walk there and back; fast enough I return home at lunch to eat and then go back to school. (Totally not a loner... xP)
Nathalie Bisono I take 2 buses to get to school: 20 takes 30 min and the 10 takes 15. Then I get off the 10 right in front of school and just walk right tf in. I take the same two back, then walk like 5 min into my house
I noticed how clean and well kept everything is. Looks super nice.
the chick with the broom was actually cute.
Definitely brother
So kawaiiiiiiiii!!
Darwin Decena I knew I was right. :P
this must be a huge improvement learning to speak Japanese to other classmates
Le mom : " darrling, are you in your room? where are you?, Le boy: "Im in somebodys shoes maaaa
I love this video, because it shows real life in Japan! Nothing is more convincing than facts that life in Japan is nice.
うわー！11年前！！ みんな元気でな～
Are the skirts always so long? o-o
it depends really ^__^
I LOVE how you say 'so long'. I live in Dublin,in Ireland,right, and we have KILTS okay? Like,you know scottish kilts? well,most schools, including my school- we have a kilt (skirt) which goes down to my ankles!
Jenny Oleinik Woah :D can't you fold them up? Or do you have a dresscode that forbids that? Because some Japanese girls for example fold their skirts up really hight so it's super short o: !
SpottedBrownie owo I live in cork and the girls here wear PANTS fucking PANTS "screw you pantie shots ;_;"
OfficialNerdSphered Lol I live in Germany and we wear whatever we want XD
Once I learn enough Japanese and have enough money to travel, I am so going to Japan. I want to buy a lot of stuff there, including Tokusatsu stuff and Anime stuff that my room right now would be fill with so many Japanese items. And it would be awesome to have a conversation with a Japanese girl about yaoi lol.
Ewww wtf...
alexa juarez
You don't like yaoi?
Nancy Lo LOL my bad. Didn't mean to sound so rude. But yeah..yaoi is not my cup of tea.
alexa juarez
No, it's okay. Everybody has their like and dislike.
It's expensive in Japan. Don't blow your money away like that. Have about $3,000-$5,000 dollars to prepare yourself so that you won't go short. Also carry your credit card with you in case you are short of cash on hand. Cheers!
This video makes me happy. Japanese students accept her in warm heart. Who cares their English is good or bad?
Nice and Enjoy to go to school 😁God bless everyone to happy 💕 God loves You
I'm going to move to Japan. One day...
Same
+Kylielove Ikr
-sniffle-
.. one day...
+xXSwagKittyXx *cries* I wish I could go today😥
Intergalactica Me too... -begins to cry- M-me too.. 😭
I would love to go to Japan for 6 weeks 😍 their schools look so nice and Japan sounds so fun :) but i am American :/ But honestly I would love to go be a foreign exchange student anywhere in the world. You must be out of school now? This video is old.
When I grow up, I want to move to Japan and have my family there. It's my dream.
Wish I could wear a uniform
I love Japanese people and Japan as well. I love them sooooo much I could literally cry.
I was an exchange student a few years back and I had a horrible time learning some of their language and culture. The best way to learn for me was to practice at home and then go speak and listen to every word and pronunciations heard. It helped a lot, and if you go to Japan you REALLY need to visit this place called a Izakiya, you will meet lots of friendly people and you will be surprised when you can start to understand words they are saying. I was eating dinner and having a drink then my ears perked up when I understood a few sentences this guy was saying a few seats behind me. I'm also gonna start the JET program soon to help teach teenagers how to speak English when I get my bachelor's degree in half a year. I'm so excited to go back, and btw it's not anywhere near close to what anime makes Japan out to be, unless you go to Akihabara (weeaboo paradise). And be prepared for everyone to stare at you like a motherfucker. One more thing is don't make the mistake of mishearing a guy say something racist and throw him to the floor, I almost gotten deported for that shit (but it was my fault and I accepted my punishment).
One piece poster in the bus!
therealbologna2 I saw that too.
And this is where all the weebs come to say "Oh I wish I could live in Japan, everyone is so kawaii and nice desu sugoi moe moe!!"
No Japan is just like every other country, their economy is bad, everything is high priced, and people there are really not all that nice. Not everyone over there is full of happy sunshines and rainbows, and last thing they need are some weeabo ass foreigners thinking that when they come to their country, because they want to live in their anime worlds. Grow the fuck up. If you want to live in Japan, learn the language (Not watch Japanese Sub animes thinking you'll learn that way) actually invest the money in a class or a program where you can learn Japanese. Take interest in their culture and even modern culture. Try to study abroad there, and try to live there for 6 months, and think it's all of what you dreamed of.
***** It's all right to like anime. I like anime, the people I don't like are the people who aren't Japanese, but want to act like Japanese people, and make complete idiots out of themselves, because they seriously think Japan is one live action anime.
mya619 "'Oh I wish I could live in Japan, everyone is so kawaii and nice desu sugoi moe moe!!'" Judging by what you just said you've never been to Japan, have you?
Patrisiogames Actually I have. Did you bother to read the rest of my comment, or just wanted to take that quote of me mocking weaboos?
Preach! I am not a weeaboo, but I would love to live in Japan. I learning Japanese.
I'm not a particular fan of weeaboos, however one must admit that watching subtitled anime is a great resource- don't get me wrong, you cannot simply learn Japanese by watching anime, however as you get used to hearing the language it is inevitable that you will pick it up, and it would be easier to understand people when they're speaking. In regards to whether Japanese people are "nice" or not boils down to one's personal experience. My impression from the Japanese people that I have met is that their etiquette and hospitality is splendid, such that it puts some of our western folk to shame.
13 years later yt recommend this video. All these people have grown up now probably they'll be getting into their 30s soon. It felt so nostalgic I don't know how or why. I hope all them are living their lives happily
Jesus....doesn't this chick know anything in japanese???? she keeps talking in english to these girls when they clearly don't know what the hell she's saying....you kept telling them to say "HI" to the camera...don't you know "HI" means yes in japanese? so i understand them being confused when you kept telling them to say "HI" to the camera. even i know some japanese yo.....
They hear her speaking English and Japanese people are just shy.
lichmourne00 Yah they look really shy... I'm going to Japan in a year and I'm going to spend that time learning about 1000-1500 words in Japanese and getting ready to not be that gaijin that tries to speak English to everyone.
Mello Manus Well there are plenty of other videos with Americans in Japan where they will use subs when they have to speak Japanese but they don't go and just speak english. I feel like this would have been more eye opening if she had been able to speak Japanese and talk to them like normal.
Mello Manus Yah but english is a class they take over there we aren't required to take Japanese in America so I'm betting her host family speaks English and was able to teach her the routes honestly from the evidence provided it's easier to say she knows very little Japanese until she says otherwise.
Mello Manus Maybe I just really would have liked to see her interact with her classmates more naturally
This video is very shaky and kinda made me sick D;
can she not speak japanese?
She's only there for six weeks
+El Ward Okay.
Could they not speak English to her?
i assume she wanted to make a video to introduce you who doont understad japanese.
im sure she ha a hard time as she couldnt speak japanese.
Ohhh okay I see.^^
I live in Australia and seeing the place. Everything's all concrete and crafted and tidy and plants are like rare and behind blocks of stone…it makes me feel claustrophobic in a weird way. Like, not being able to touch a tree or grass (or dead leaves even) every 5 steps is NOT NORMAL for me.
I LOVE THOSE UNIFORMS! ;D
"im filming a video " "video?" "VIDEO!"
I want to live in Japan >~< Why can't i just rebirth ewe
Because I doubt Japanese people would accept weeb freaks like you. They aren't living in an Anime dream. They are people just like us having normal lives.
yerapa12 wow. *claps* just because she said, "I wanna go to Japan" or something like that, doesn't mean she just wants to go there because of the awesome anime,figures and display shops. Maybe she just wants to expirence the culture, and how they accept people, and just have plain fun!
Sammy The Yandere ;3 Thats so right...thank you ♡
***** ikr, I think going there for a month would be cool...oh wait... I can't speak Japanese well shit. (Dreams...crushed)
***** Just start learning it. It's pretty fun when you actually get started. :D
昔ながらの学生カバン。To熊カード（バスカード）。男子のいない第一高校（男女共学なのに30年以上男子が入学しなかった）。地震が起こる前の街並み。
今となっては見ることができない、熊本市民にとってとても貴重な動画です。
What happened??
I want to go there! Everyone is so kind!!!~
Not everyone is nice.... They're some people that hate foreigners.
you should always not bealive it 100%. only cause you have heard or read some stuffs on the internet...there are mean people and racists everywhere. and you can be a target for cruelty anywhere in the world, if people can read that you're an easy target to hurt or manipulate then it dose'nt matter about the place.
Though! i still woul love to go to JApan myself anyway one day:)
Yeah I have done research on that topic for a project because I heard the same thing, but in all honesty, there are racist people everywhere; that's just how life is :/
LOL at how everyone got a kick out of the word "video"
Do you know Japanese because I haven't heard you speak it.
I don't know why I keep watching these when they make me so jealous, LOL.
Is your host family nice? A lot of people I know never really like their host families. Gah, you're lucky you can go there. I've been studying the Japanese language since 6th grade. Still never got an offer.
I wish you luck
goldandvideos Aw, thanks love. I hope it happens some day.
+Alana Syms do your best and hope for the best :)
+Devinose Really guys thank you! If it ever happens I'll remember to think of you both.
+Alana Syms I'd love it if you filmed! :D