How July 4th in Japan is celebrated at USA Military Bases
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- I have never celebrated Independence Day on July 4th, especially not in Japan, so my friends took me to the USA Camp Zama in Kanagawa. This event is to say thanks and to give back to the Japanese locals who allow the military to be in their area. American food and snacks, free music and fireworks were some of the things that the Americans offered the Japanese locals to say thanks for their hospitality.
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Thank you for celebrating our independence day with us. Happy 4th everyone!!🇺🇸🎉
That's a good No Doubt cover.
Thank you! I knew that sounded familiar, but couldn't pin down the artist. Bit of nostalgia for a '90s kid like me. ;)
saldiven2009 she was pretty good.
Kathy Cat, sleeper spy for the Fatherland infiltrates the base, while her number 11 on the kawaii scale covers her black ops mission!🤯
xD
This reminds me of when my dad was in the Marine Corps and we lived on Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Ca. They often had huge public appreciation events and activities hosted on base, such as mud runs and marathons. I miss those days. 😢
Sidenote: Popeyes biscuits are the BEST biscuits!😄
I'd say that anyone would miss the Exchange. My parent's left West Point when I was little, but my sister remembers being a Brat.
Yummy biscuits. After watching that I've been thinking about how to describe the taste. I think the closest I can get is that it's a little like a croissant but a bit denser, with a lighter crust, saltier and maybe a little more chewy. Also, tastes great with chicken. Or you can put sausage, eggs and cheese on them. Ok, maybe it's not a great explanation. I should have stuck with yummy biscuits.
And I think I can understand Cathy's little bit of confusion because they do look like scones and IIRC what we call cookies in the US are what they call biscuits in much of the rest of the English speaking world.
Looks like you had a fun filled day! I loved your expression when you tried the Oreos. They are decadent by themselves, but fried? Look out ;) I am pleased as a veteran you were able to experience that.
American spirit in a nutshell :) 4th of July is the biggest birthday celebration and you can feel the sparks fly! Hopefully you can visit the USA more often to capture these experiences! 🇺🇸🎇
M A do you barbecue on 4th of July?
M A Meh
Kyo Mebi Americans definitely love barbecues on summer holidays.
@@rain1676 I'm not M A but I'm from the USA......Yes we do barbeques😇👍
Pizza with barbeque sauce lights the fireworks in my American soul
it's so cool to see the different military bases! I just went to one in Germany yesterday for the independence day celebration and it's so very different but so familiar at the same time lol. maybe I'll get to see it in person one day
That was cool, and thank you! You face on the fried Oreo... priceless... Merica will fatten people really fast.
O3o thanks... suppose we like to be fat.
Oh you wear the lovely Mickey & Minnie clothes in this video! Love your outfit! ^^ Thanks for showing us this wonderful video!
Thanks for the love!! We love our country and this particular day is proof of it. Our flag flies every where and everything is red, white, and blue today. We love to eat, swim, play games, and shoot big fireworks. When my husband was stationed at Camp Lejeune, they went all out as well. We are hanging out with our military family today and we enjoyed all of the above and will have drinks later to too off the day. Much love from the USA!! 😘🇺🇸⭐🎇🎉🌭🍉🤗
Thank you for the wishes for a happy day! I had a great Independence Day and, as I type, I can hear celebrations going on into the night: distant firework explosions all around my city. Earlier, I enjoyed a BBQ dinner with family and then music and fireworks at a local park with my community too. I’m glad you enjoyed the celebrations so much! (Bri was awesome! So talented!) “God bless the USA” and everyone everywhere.
OMG deep fried Oreos! Never saw that. Thanks Cathy, it was very interesting!!
Happy 4th from Minnesota💥🎉🇺🇸
Omg I️ swear I️ saw u in harajuku today wearing a purple dress I️ meant to say hi but I️ was running late to a meeting 😂😂😂
Happy Independence Day, Cathy Cat! I hope you enjoyed your first of many!
Try Red Lobster`s Cheddar Bay Biscuits next time you come to America.
TreeFriar they have Red Lobster is Japan 😄
Summer Ebaben Well, that`s a relief! Are the biscuits any good there?
What a nice little slice of life! Thank you Cathy Cat for sharing this with us! 😊
I loved this video thanks Cathy!
This has me feeling uncharacteristically patriotic.
Thanks for sharing Cathy.
Happy 4th of July Cathy!!
That looked like so much fun. Thanks for sharing that. And I see that you got to experience one of the larger cup sizes the elder gentleman spoke about on Ask Japanese.
The food looked delicious. I hope it was yummy. But I was surprised not to see the traditional frankfurters with mustard and sauerkraut.
Thanks again and a Happy Fourth to everyone.
Are you by chance a Midwesterner? German traditions were strong growing up in Wisconsin. Why eat hot dogs when you can have brats, am I right? ;)
PongoXBongo, No, I'm from the North East. German traditions are strong in the US. I think more Americans claim German descent than from any other ethnicity. I'm more of a knockwurst kind of guy than brats. There was a company here that used to make weisswurst with veal and turkey. That made a fine substitute for franks every once in a while. For me, it's just not the Fourth without franks, although, to be honest, this year I did mine a little early.
right? Damn that sounds so yum right now....
@@PongoXBongo I am. Born and raised in MN. Also I am half german. Grandfather came here from Hamburg just after the war.
This makes me miss home, used to live there and go to school there. Definitely has change a lot since 2005.
Happy Independence Day & Semper Fi
As an American, I have never tried a deep fried Oreo, but I do know what Fry Sauce is!🇺🇸
They're good, but fried steak covered in mashed potatoes and gravy is heaven on earth.
I think it only exist in the south
I love this!! Watching the celebration part I was thinking to myself, what an emotional rollercoaster it would be if I was there in Japan away from my home country at this event, sitting with everyone and knowing I'm not in my home country celebrating our birthday..... I guess the what ifs got to me.... I actually teared up....But thankyou Cathy Cat.......😊🇺🇸🗽🎆🎇 🇯🇵❤🇺🇸🇯🇵😇
Cool video I was really surprised they did something like this over there. Haha I also had completely forgot it was forth of July and I basically slept through the whole day because I forgot, heard the fireworks outside my window and started freaking out.
That girl was doing a KILLER performance of Spiderwebs!
6:55 wait.... that's the ending theme from Captain America's 1st movie
Brings back memories when my family was stationed in Okinawa during the late 70’s. Man did not know you had your own channel.
waoo so nice!!!! happy 4 of july ~! this was a very interesting video :)
This is very different when I was growing up in Japan.
Back then the bases did not have fast food franchises.
And the 4th of July was a cultural Exchange event. We had a Japanese style Podium erected and we did obon traditional dancing in the day time.
Then in the evening we would have the American Events such as the band and the food booths were run by the various sections on the base as fundraisers.
We would also have Japanese concessionaires running their food booths also.
We would have to pay the Japanese concessionaires in yen and the American booths in dollars.
Natsukashi!
Aw, that was so sweet of you to wish us a Happy 4th. Hope you had a fun time. Your friends seem so sweet & fun. Yes, that was a great No Doubt cover, was fully expecting to see Gwen in the next shot.😆😆
The shrine is probably a leftover from when it was a Japanese base. Camp Zama was originally built by Japan, and then surrendered at the end of the war.
It was the Japanese Military Academy.
I used to love going to that BK, it was the only reason to go to that base.
SerenityComplex have you seen the one on Kadena island where I live the exchange is the size of a wallmart and has many shops bellow it's bk on the first floor exchange on the second. It's huge
Yeah, we can get pretty maudlin around national holidays! 😉
Glad you had fun joining in on the festivities! And it seems like a lot of the locals did as well (looks like there was a possibly drunk pair in the background waving an American flag).
How funny this is?!!! This video is so nostalgic for me from the time I lived and served on a militarybase in Germany, spangdahlem in the Eifel region. I guess this was an army base but the BX and its food is about the same. Antony’s pizza made me laugh. It was so good as I remembered but then again that’s all we had to choose from. And Popeyes is KFC’s competition here in the states. Great biscuits and red beans and rice. Mmmmmm, so good. Chuße!!!
edtomorrow what branch was the base you were on? I think Camp Zama is marines.
Tom Riddle It was an Airforce base. 52 fighter wing USAFE. Right by where they Brew Bitburger bier. Lol!!
edtomorrow Nice!! I’m an Air Force brat and spouse. 😂
I just checked. Camp Zawa is Army. 😅
Tom Riddle I thought so because of the uniforms but maybe it was just an army band that traveled there for a USO show. Good times!
Hey there! Thank you so much for posting this. Late, but it made me so happy!
Happy 4th Cathy cat!
That dude singing is so good! What a voice!!!! And your face when trying the deep fried oreos. They are SO yum. I get them at the fair every year.
Loved this video. Happy 4th of July. I will be going to Japan next week to meet up with my wife who lives in Japan. Will be staying there for 2 months. Plan to bring her back home with me in America. Hope to see you around Cathy. Love all your channels. By the way my parents were German.
Looks like so much fun... and food xD so much food
I’m not seeing this until it’s almost Independence Day in 2019. Happy Independence Day to all my American brethren across the pond there, and Happy Independence Day to YOU, Cathy, if that matters to you. 😌
‘Merica 😄
I’m on a military base in Japan in the same area. We had an event very similar. 😄
Oh my goodness, the last band played the Captian America movie theme song 😍
Just visited the base for the first time today and it was an amazing experience!
love it. I just had to move after 6 months in Japan. I actually wish I was there instead of here in the states for the 4th.
Very cool That was a Great CamO Gwen Stefani !
I grew up with Sugar with strawberries & Cream : ) My Dad is German ( Sudetenland )
The Army bases do July 4th Right.
Thanks for taking us along C.C !
Woo Hoo!
It sure looked like fun!
Really cool
America is my home! Thanks for this. this was really cool!
Pretty cool
Omg, yes so glad you got Popeye's!!!
"Anthony never met him" Legit had me laughing out loud
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY !
Cathy, I recommend you try and attend Open House Day at Yokota Air Base in Fussa-shi. I was stationed there in the '80s and I think that it was held in May-June. Lots of fun seeing our airplanes (mostly transport like C-130) and the friendly folks, just like at Zama.
I love your channel(s) and thank you for providing me with many smiles. I still LOL at the N-E-X-T graphic - "Xx-uu-T"
I’m re-enlisting just for camp Zama. I can’t wait to travel all over japan.
Awww, your so cute when surprised
I've never been to an american base in Japan...but i've been to a few in Germany.... and it's kinda similar, least how they are open to allowing the Locals to join in with Festivals and stuff like that, October fests were VERY big things there. They always had Fests all the time, and German people were allowed on all the time, though i think back then everyone was still checked, despite it.... It was back before the 2000s.
This was super cute
For my 1st time ever watching your Video I truly like your Personality and how cool you are. Cathy Cat 🐱 is gonna be my new Waifu, Your a very unique person with alot of Perk i love that. You truly seem down to earth and if you ever come to America ill show you around and have you try alot of different stuff
Having lived on military bases in Japan,both in the south at Itazuke for a year (in Fukuoka when it was an Air Force base) and then at Yakota Air Base I do miss it. Would love to move back there.
And as far as thanking the locals for letting us protect them welllll....if we left China would be at their shores in no time. Just my not so humble opinion. There were riots after the Occupation ended and mortar attacks by locals on this base...so it's kind of them to let us stay there and help protect them.
Beautiful
Camp Zama was the Japanese military academy. There are bunkers there that are sealed since the end of the war. I spent 3 years there. It is Army.
Omg, that looks totally insane and awesome XD
Happy 4th Cat...I wish I could have been there
Wait. Cathy Cat ist German... What a coincidence.
バーガーキングを食べたいな～🎵💖✨
楽しそうだな～💕
Aww I wish I had known I would have gone to zama instead of staying on Atsugi.. :O
Zana reminds me of so much! Went to middle school there.
Oh my gosh i was there with you and didn't even know!
Aww you should have come to Atsugi, were just up the road for the whole 7th fleet airwing!
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Hi Cathy...I saw a few videos on Ask Japanese, & there are no subtitles...I didn't subscribe until I saw your video on when u came to Houston...then I saw your personal Channel & subscribed to that cuz I can understand it...please put subtitles in Ask Japanese...i just found out that u are German...u are so pretty, are u full German or are u mixed?
Cathy spends hours on each video subtitling. Please, have respect.
I guess Popeyes aren't heard of in Germany or anywhere in the civilian world in Japan. The portions are really in contrast between both sides of the gate while growing up and enrolling school in Atsugi and Yokosuka. Nice to see in a German resident's point of view.
Yokosuka bass?
Love ya so much
I’m in Camp Pendleton
I live there
You should see the fort Binning celebration probably the best but it is the main post for the army and the fire works are like an hour long a the probably one of the best in the shows in the United states
Do people from other countries also get emotional when they hear the music of their homeland? Or maybe it's just me.
5:47 Do we have it in Norway??!!
@cathycat You nailed it, American biscuits ARE scones, just not sweet.
I'm American and I never have tried a fried oreo
i love you so much you’re amazing
Popeyes chicken is the shiznit
So was it July 4th in Japan which made it July 3rd or did they celebrated July 4th u.s.a time which made it July 5th in Japan? 🤔
Yes
POPEYES is fried chicken!!
1:40 Maybe you guys are not in US Army that's why. Can you go to Camp Zama again? I want to see what it is look like now.
The most American band to hear No Doubt
Oh man I loved popeye’s shrimp po’boys, but they don’t have them anymore 😢
all that is inside the base?!
Emilio H there’s even more! Lol military bases are like their own little cities.
You should see the bases in the States, where there's more land to work with. Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, has stables with riding horses. (I never got on one. It would be just my luck that I'd survive four years of parachute duty without a scratch, but I'd fall off a horse and bust my rear end.)
座間キャンプ？近隣の市に住んでるけど中へは入った事無いです。何年か前からパスポート等が無いと入れなくなったんですよね・・・^^;
Katy du bist die beste! and still have questions about your fashion. is it Dekora or some sub-niche of dekora? I love the way you dress yourself.. but you are not stupid and vapid. Love your videos!!!!!
i think i saw you two at the festival
座間キャンプも厚木飛行場も芝生の匂いがアメリカっぽく感じる。
I love your outfit! Who is it by?
😃
来月始まるらしい厚木基地の盆踊りも取材して欲しい。
Murica
im stupid i thought this was american base i was like why is it in japanese but obviously its a japan US military base