That or if Turbo Killer by Carpenter Brut is playing and the cop wants to know why you were going 3x the speed limit. No joke, you listen to that song while driving and the next think you know you will be saying "Officer the cuffs are hurting me!"
This is SO true. Not that my Japanese is particularly great, but some Japanese people will be jerks about it if you start talking to them in Japanese. Like, there's nothing in-between not knowing Japanese and complete fluency to them. Tread lightly.
@@dogchaser520 I can't see many people outside of the Americans, French, and Japanese doing this, but it TOTALLY makes sense for those three. A lot of pride associated with those cultures
@@adriansolis5362 And a fair bit of narrow-mindedness regarding other cultures. I've never had anyone in Japan give me a hard time about my (rather poor) Japanese, though. They always seem happy that I'm at least trying. That doesn't mean they slow their speech, stop using complicated grammar or keigo, etc. But I've definitely seen a fair share of Americans roast immigrants for not being perfectly fluent in English. As if you can just magically learn a language to fluency. Some of my friends in Japan are finally almost, almost reaching fluency after 10 years of study and immersion. It's insane how long it can take.
In Spain, if you ask to your wife/gf “are you ok?” or “is something happening?”, and she answer something like “I don’t know. I suppose you know”, you are a dead man. There is nothing you can do about it. And yes, if she say “i’m not angry”, she is angry as fuck. Run for your life!
I'm a wife. If I say I'm not angry, then 90% of the time I'm actually not angry. (But I admit there is a 10% chance I'm a bit angry, but doesn't want to make it a big deal.)
Dogen, the last bit was super hilarious because Chris Broad and his team are up in Fukushima for Journey Across Japan, and on today’s video one of their camera men said they were in a competition with their friend to avoid Christmas songs in public places until Christmas, and he said “we’re going to some of the most remote parts of Japan, surely I’ll win” and then they walked into a post office for a stamp.. and they were blasting it
My wife is from Japan. Hearing Dogen speak, without seeing who was speaking, she thought it was a native Japanese speaker. She was surprised, when I showed her that it was a second language speaker of Japanese.
@@IceQueenaliasIQ I literally was hiding the screen so I actually did show the screen. Its the right verb in this instance. Its not a 'man-splaning thing' so cut me some slack.
@@ScottMcMaster-er4xj Oh no, I was misunderstood! I was just amused by the fact that you "showed" her that he was a non-native-speaker. But it can actually not be "shown" in the sense of "shown visually". To know if someone is native speaker or not, you have to ask them and then believe their answer. What you probably did was show to her, that he doesn't look japanese, and from this she inferred that he must be a non-native speaker. While this strategy might work in the majority of cases for the japanese language, to me, as a German, the idea that you could "see" if someone was a native-speaker (of German) or not is super funny, because it would never work. I wasn't trying to be mean, I was genuinely amused! :D
@@moma-b Japanese people are just as filthy/filthier than most Westerners, particularly people who live alone. China is cleaner at this point (no, I'm not exaggerating, major Chinese cities are now cleaner and people live in cleaner homes). Japan is slowly falling behind. Just like Germany.
@@moma-b It depends on how old it is, an older appartement has old way of building so it this gaps and stuff. To be honest I want this advice 5 years earlier cause I have been combating the "C" for 5 years to no avail...
Hmm, living 2 years in Tokyo and have no problems with cockroaches. I've seen them on streets, but never inside my apartment. But I never cook food by myself.
Dear god no, absolutely hate them. Lotion on folded toilet paper is the best method: smooth and thorough like a wet wipe but is still technically toilet paper and will dissolve in the sewer and not cause a clog.
Last Christmas around the Christmas season in Japan lasts forever... Or, Mariah Carey might sing 'All I Want for Christmas Is You', followed by Tatsuro Yamashita with 'I'm sure you won't come. Alone on Christmas Eve...'. After that, Wham starts to sing again, echoing everywhere in Japan.
"That said, it's worth noting that if you take a job here that pays in yen, you may never be able to go back to your home country again." Yen is like 100 times more valuable than my country's currency so hopefully there won't be any problem!
I think that's not the point. Whether or not yen is worth less or more than your currency is largely irrelevant. It's the difficulty of moving the money or bad conversion.
As someone who subsists largely on supermarket sushi bento, the lingering smell is very true. ALso, the first time I ever heard "Last Christmas" was in Japan, now, I can't stop hearing it!
1:11 This is the first winter in my new place, and I haven't had this before, but my apartment has been crazy humid ever since the temperatures dropped. The windows get a lot of condensation, the towels never dry, and the gingerbread house I painstakingly put together and decorated crumbled within 24 hours.
Yeah. I'm wondering if it's got anything to do with the fact that I'm near the harbour, and nine floors up. I used the dehumidifier religiously during summer, too.
@@Arctagon Dogen's said that he lives in the inaka, so it's probable he's inland quite a bit. Rainfall doesn't make it up the mountains and Japan's basically a long series of mountains punctuated by very occasional flat bits. Lot of people live along the water, too, because that's where it flattens out. I wasn't right on the water, but within a few km. Think that particular tip is just derived from his own specific experience rather than a more universal one.
He's in Beppu, so it's not too far off the coast. I do think most of these are necessarily tips viewed through the lens of his own experiences. But that's what makes these things all the more entertaining and interesting.
@@Arctagon Yeah, seems like that's the conceit of the joke: rather than general tips like most of these kinds of videos offer, we're getting oddly specific ones that may not actually apply to everyone. Maybe his heating system is particularly drying. I used to blast the kerosene heater with the windows closed (...) and the stench was awful but it never dried things out. Beppu, eh? Planning a Kyushu trip soon -- might have to check it out and see why he decided to settle there!
I love all of your videos, but the line about vacations made me literally laugh out loud. It got me so good--I distinctly remember taking "secret (from my coworkers) vacations." SO MUCH CHEAPER.
@@atrocsyenergy7310 I used to teach English at a public jr high in the countryside and there were 40-45 other teachers and staff. Every time I or anyone else went on a vacation (that the others knew about), we'd be expected to return with omiyage--which are just small gifts/souvenirs to give to others after a trip. They're easy to find in Japan because it's a cultural expectation, and they're often interesting or delicious, but they are *not* cheap. Especially when you need 40-45 *each trip*. Sooo... you just don't tell anyone you're traveling. "It's Golden Week! Are you going anywhere?" "Oh, no, I think I'll just stay home and meet some friends for dinner!" (Actually go to Lake Biwa, have an amazing time sightseeing, but only bring back a few pieces of omiyage for friends/super close coworkers on the downlow.) Hope that makes sense!
@@atrocsyenergy7310 Because socially, you're (sorta) obligated to come to the office bearing keepsakes/gifts (food is the easiest) from the place you visited, to share among your coworkers? So, better make sure you buy enough for everyone you know! That's my experience with several Asian countries, anyway, and one of my siblings who works in Japan says that it's easy to find stores that sell various delicious, elegantly-wrapped box of snacks that you buy to share with people later.
Oh wow, we were in Osaka just last week and decided to use the restaurant area below Umeda Sky Building and eventually laned in this curry place with the yellow sign and it was really good. Didn't know it had that reputation.
Amazing video like always Dogen! Do let us know if you have any other live stream in store for pitch accent, or any other available course or tutoring sessions. They are great!!
omg "Last Christmas" is literally playing in the background as I finished this video Also, these are legitimately good tips, holding onto this one for future orientations, haha
I've had good success by having neither a radio or a TV, and doing all my shopping online. Eliminates basically any source of music that I didn't pick myself.
One long-term goal I have in Japanese is to finally be able to understand songs without having to read the lyrics first. (Though now that I think of it, I haven't even reached that level in my _own_ language.) One of these days...
lmao, im spanish and Id like to think I have a decent enough level in english, that said, even tho most of the content I consume has been in english for years now, I still dont understand most english songs without subs, and I still struggle a tiny bit with shows sometimes while having no problem with yt/conversations (more casual context). Aiming to understanding songs is one of the boss battles of a language imo xd
Even a lot of Japanese themselves don't fully understand the lyrics without reading them first. It's the reason why Japanese releases all come with lyrics on the inside of the CD jacket/booklet whereas I can't remember the last time I saw any lyrics on an English release in the west.
@@lixivia8350 The TV thing still happens to me. For years, in an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants," I thought I heard Mr. Krabs say "ass end," but he said, "aft end."
@@lixivia8350Y en español para mí se depende en el dialecto por ejemplo el dialecto puertorriqueño es muy difícil mientras los mexicanos generalmente son fáciles de entender jeje.
As soon as I saw the thumbnail the song started. ~Last Christmas I gave you my heart~ 🎉 Have you placed your order for the special KFC Christmas chicken? 😉
Genuine question, is there any difference between Japanese rice and plain rice? Rice plain to me is extremely bland and I prefer things added to it like they do with egg fried rice and Mexican rice.
Last Christmas really is unavoidable. On my way back home from taking the JLPT this weekend I got whammed twice. That's two times more than I had heard it in years.
I was in Japan the first week of November and I didn't even make it 12 hours before they hit me with Last Christmas. At least I haven't lost the Little Drummer Boy challenge yet this year. Yet.
I never knew about McCartney's wonderful Christmas song until i came to Japan.. it is So. Stupid. Last Christmas is a breath of fresh air compared to the 3 notes that comprise that bloody song
I have never received a better haircut from someone else than I can give to myself because my hair acts like it's straight when wet and acts like it's curly when it's dry. If it's blow dried, it will straighten for the next 1-2 hours. So if I pay someone else to cut it, I inevitably get a haircut that looks good at the time and then is completely uneven by the end of the day. $20 haircut, $150 haircut, the result is the same. I bought a pair of scissors and a razor and I've cut my own hair for the past 15 years. Never looked back. Take it from me. If you are not from an ethnic group that the person cutting your hair is accustomed to, your hair will not get cut right.
When I went to the hairdresser I told the man doing the cutting "ichiban mijikai kudasai", because I am indeed balding. He hadn't seen Vinland Saga. I was shocked.
Ah I'm outside the UK atm missing whamaggedon updates from the regular radio station! I've heard a few Christmas jingles so far this year in Thailand, but not sure if I've heard *that* one yet...
I see some subtle tips from not a foreigner in Japan, but a simple husbando. No matter where you live, if your wife says she isn't angry, She's REALLY angry.
You're just saying that because you hear All I want for Christmas is You all the time, the roles would be flipped if you were subjected to Wham all the time
ROTFLLLL I so appreciate this!!!! Luckily I have a gym in my neighborhood, so I am saved from that bit. That food poisoning (or stomach bug) bit is right on. XD Gaijin card ftw.
Wait wait...did you test escaping from "Last Christmas", or did you test badmouthing japanese rice without being deported!? Inquiring minds want to know! Also this would make an excellent video in either case!
Officer you don’t understand, Eurobeat was on, I couldn’t help myself.
Fair enough, son. Carry on
That or if Turbo Killer by Carpenter Brut is playing and the cop wants to know why you were going 3x the speed limit. No joke, you listen to that song while driving and the next think you know you will be saying "Officer the cuffs are hurting me!"
This might be a good time to not be speaking good Japanese
@@Tankerrex3 Doesn't really work these days.
Either they speak enough English or they whip out their phone with a translator app.
'never use good japanese in situations where you may need to play your gaijin card'
i really need to remember this lmao
This is SO true. Not that my Japanese is particularly great, but some Japanese people will be jerks about it if you start talking to them in Japanese. Like, there's nothing in-between not knowing Japanese and complete fluency to them. Tread lightly.
Gaijin SMASH! 🤢
@@adriansolis5362 That goes for a lot of people in many countries. Americans and the French are also notorious for this.
@@dogchaser520 I can't see many people outside of the Americans, French, and Japanese doing this, but it TOTALLY makes sense for those three. A lot of pride associated with those cultures
@@adriansolis5362 And a fair bit of narrow-mindedness regarding other cultures.
I've never had anyone in Japan give me a hard time about my (rather poor) Japanese, though. They always seem happy that I'm at least trying. That doesn't mean they slow their speech, stop using complicated grammar or keigo, etc. But I've definitely seen a fair share of Americans roast immigrants for not being perfectly fluent in English. As if you can just magically learn a language to fluency. Some of my friends in Japan are finally almost, almost reaching fluency after 10 years of study and immersion. It's insane how long it can take.
"she said she's not angry? Yeah, she's angry."
isn't that just universal?
Truly.
In Spain, if you ask to your wife/gf “are you ok?” or “is something happening?”, and she answer something like “I don’t know. I suppose you know”, you are a dead man. There is nothing you can do about it. And yes, if she say “i’m not angry”, she is angry as fuck. Run for your life!
I think it was a reference to Pop Team Epic.
I'm a wife. If I say I'm not angry, then 90% of the time I'm actually not angry. (But I admit there is a 10% chance I'm a bit angry, but doesn't want to make it a big deal.)
べつに。。。
Dogen, the last bit was super hilarious because Chris Broad and his team are up in Fukushima for Journey Across Japan, and on today’s video one of their camera men said they were in a competition with their friend to avoid Christmas songs in public places until Christmas, and he said “we’re going to some of the most remote parts of Japan, surely I’ll win” and then they walked into a post office for a stamp.. and they were blasting it
My wife is from Japan. Hearing Dogen speak, without seeing who was speaking, she thought it was a native Japanese speaker. She was surprised, when I showed her that it was a second language speaker of Japanese.
When you "showed" her... 😛
I've seen some impressively fluent JSLs, but Dogen trumps them all.
@@IceQueenaliasIQ I literally was hiding the screen so I actually did show the screen. Its the right verb in this instance. Its not a 'man-splaning thing' so cut me some slack.
だって日本人の私よりはっきりして聞き取りやすい日本語話すもん…
@@ScottMcMaster-er4xj Oh no, I was misunderstood!
I was just amused by the fact that you "showed" her that he was a non-native-speaker. But it can actually not be "shown" in the sense of "shown visually". To know if someone is native speaker or not, you have to ask them and then believe their answer.
What you probably did was show to her, that he doesn't look japanese, and from this she inferred that he must be a non-native speaker.
While this strategy might work in the majority of cases for the japanese language, to me, as a German, the idea that you could "see" if someone was a native-speaker (of German) or not is super funny, because it would never work.
I wasn't trying to be mean, I was genuinely amused! :D
the cockroach bit is probably the most relevant and important advice ive ever heard about moving to/living in japan, 10/10
How can they be such a big problem after Japan is so meticulous with the garbage selection and collection?
@@moma-b Japanese people are just as filthy/filthier than most Westerners, particularly people who live alone. China is cleaner at this point (no, I'm not exaggerating, major Chinese cities are now cleaner and people live in cleaner homes). Japan is slowly falling behind. Just like Germany.
@@moma-b It depends on how old it is, an older appartement has old way of building so it this gaps and stuff. To be honest I want this advice 5 years earlier cause I have been combating the "C" for 5 years to no avail...
Hmm, living 2 years in Tokyo and have no problems with cockroaches. I've seen them on streets, but never inside my apartment. But I never cook food by myself.
@@2ad10man I think it’s because you don’t cook.
Washlets are a game changer.
The difference between a washlet and a normal toilet is the equivalent to a normal toilet and a bucket. Facts.
Dear god no, absolutely hate them. Lotion on folded toilet paper is the best method: smooth and thorough like a wet wipe but is still technically toilet paper and will dissolve in the sewer and not cause a clog.
@@nunyabusiness896what the fuck did I just read?
@@nunyabusiness896what the hell, no, that is not just as good as a washlet. Why on earth would I rub lotion on my poopy butthole.
U.S. Christmas: Mariah Carey defrosts
Japan Christmas: Awaken, my master! WHAM!
The advice to not drift on mountain roads at night even if a 90s eurobeat banger starts playing got me, these advices are gold
Last Christmas around the Christmas season in Japan lasts forever...
Or, Mariah Carey might sing 'All I Want for Christmas Is You', followed by Tatsuro Yamashita with 'I'm sure you won't come. Alone on Christmas Eve...'. After that, Wham starts to sing again, echoing everywhere in Japan.
Believe me, Dogen-san, it's impossible to escape "Last Christmas" outside Japan too...
2:22 your gaijin pass might expire someday, use it while you can
That’s hilarious, I lived in Mongolia and Last Christmas plays on repeat all through December.
Not to reply like a weirdo but I currently live in Mongolia and I’m loving all the constant Last Christmas and All I Want for Christmas is You😂
2:27 土産や休暇中のフォロー？を必要とされる、有給申請理由を聞かれるが「私事都合」と書いて、察しの良い心優しい上司なら何も言わず心の中で「楽しんで来い」っと送り出してくれるだろう。
Noise cancelling headphones are advised in all shops and konbini from November to January.
"That said, it's worth noting that if you take a job here that pays in yen, you may never be able to go back to your home country again."
Yen is like 100 times more valuable than my country's currency so hopefully there won't be any problem!
lol same here. i guest eastern europe is the expetion.
As an argentinian I agree so much (our currency is worth around 0.00083 dollars).
Same for me! And I'm literally planning to move to Japan permanently.
I think that's not the point. Whether or not yen is worth less or more than your currency is largely irrelevant. It's the difficulty of moving the money or bad conversion.
As someone who subsists largely on supermarket sushi bento, the lingering smell is very true. ALso, the first time I ever heard "Last Christmas" was in Japan, now, I can't stop hearing it!
Please dont stop making these, im loving it !! Its informative in a fun way .
Why is this so accurate?? When he talked about moving into a new apartment I immediately thought of my cockroach battle.
1:29 Incorrect, I'd stop going the gym even it's one train stop away
1:33 good to know some things are universally true
Chasing nattō with a happy meal is always a good idea for me.
I've made the mistake with speaking Japanese too soon and losing my gaijin card.
These videos are training me to not trust Dogen under any circumstance, while also totally trusting him in all described scenarios
Help
ブラックキャップは本当に買っておくべき
blackcap is my hero
1:11 This is the first winter in my new place, and I haven't had this before, but my apartment has been crazy humid ever since the temperatures dropped. The windows get a lot of condensation, the towels never dry, and the gingerbread house I painstakingly put together and decorated crumbled within 24 hours.
It really depends on the area, too. I never used a humidifier, but the dehumidifier was absolutely 100% required for survival in summer.
Yeah. I'm wondering if it's got anything to do with the fact that I'm near the harbour, and nine floors up. I used the dehumidifier religiously during summer, too.
@@Arctagon Dogen's said that he lives in the inaka, so it's probable he's inland quite a bit. Rainfall doesn't make it up the mountains and Japan's basically a long series of mountains punctuated by very occasional flat bits. Lot of people live along the water, too, because that's where it flattens out. I wasn't right on the water, but within a few km. Think that particular tip is just derived from his own specific experience rather than a more universal one.
He's in Beppu, so it's not too far off the coast. I do think most of these are necessarily tips viewed through the lens of his own experiences. But that's what makes these things all the more entertaining and interesting.
@@Arctagon Yeah, seems like that's the conceit of the joke: rather than general tips like most of these kinds of videos offer, we're getting oddly specific ones that may not actually apply to everyone. Maybe his heating system is particularly drying. I used to blast the kerosene heater with the windows closed (...) and the stench was awful but it never dried things out.
Beppu, eh? Planning a Kyushu trip soon -- might have to check it out and see why he decided to settle there!
1:32 I feel like this one is universal, not just for Japan. But thanks for mentioning it anyway.
Been living and working in Tokyo for 7 years. I have no notes. This is perfect.
Thanks
Thank you Violah!
I love all of your videos, but the line about vacations made me literally laugh out loud. It got me so good--I distinctly remember taking "secret (from my coworkers) vacations." SO MUCH CHEAPER.
Heyyy, I didn't get this one, could you elaborate please? ^-^
@@atrocsyenergy7310 I used to teach English at a public jr high in the countryside and there were 40-45 other teachers and staff. Every time I or anyone else went on a vacation (that the others knew about), we'd be expected to return with omiyage--which are just small gifts/souvenirs to give to others after a trip. They're easy to find in Japan because it's a cultural expectation, and they're often interesting or delicious, but they are *not* cheap. Especially when you need 40-45 *each trip*. Sooo... you just don't tell anyone you're traveling. "It's Golden Week! Are you going anywhere?" "Oh, no, I think I'll just stay home and meet some friends for dinner!" (Actually go to Lake Biwa, have an amazing time sightseeing, but only bring back a few pieces of omiyage for friends/super close coworkers on the downlow.) Hope that makes sense!
@@atrocsyenergy7310you are always expected to bring back gifts after the holiday for every coworker, that can be a lot of money down the drain
@@atrocsyenergy7310 Because socially, you're (sorta) obligated to come to the office bearing keepsakes/gifts (food is the easiest) from the place you visited, to share among your coworkers? So, better make sure you buy enough for everyone you know! That's my experience with several Asian countries, anyway, and one of my siblings who works in Japan says that it's easy to find stores that sell various delicious, elegantly-wrapped box of snacks that you buy to share with people later.
Oh wow, we were in Osaka just last week and decided to use the restaurant area below Umeda Sky Building and eventually laned in this curry place with the yellow sign and it was really good. Didn't know it had that reputation.
thank you for these important tips, dogen.
ゴミの分別のルールは引っ越すたびに確認しなければならない…細かいんだこれが
That's still better than "All I Want For Christmas" Hell.
Haven't had a Dogen video come up on my page for AGES. I need to go back and watch everything I've missed.
Went to local bar on Dec 1 and they requested a christmas song, Last Christmas was met with much praise. thanks dogen
『日本ではラストクリスマスから逃げる方法がない』大爆笑！
いやむしろあれが聞こえてきたら冬の到来を実感できる。
I’m in Japan and haven’t heard Last Christmas yet. Maybe this year is the year!
1:15, okay, i just bought one, i need reasons how come 😂 しまたよ
I LOVE Last Christmas. My birthday is the 26th so I feel as if I get a personal shout out every time. Sounds like Japan is the place for me!
Last Christmas is the only Christmas song I like so it's all good with me lol
Dogen just dashed all my hopes of renting a panda Trueno when I go to Japan next year.
Going to keep these in mind for my time in Japan
I have to use a dehumidifier in winter.
When you are sick of Last Christmas, try these Japanese classics:
クリスマス・イブ
クリスマスキャロルの頃には
恋人がサンタクロース
白い恋人達
My lover is santa Claus is such a banger.
Amazing video like always Dogen!
Do let us know if you have any other live stream in store for pitch accent, or any other available course or tutoring sessions. They are great!!
So you are saying I can escape "All I want for Christmas is you"? Count me in!
But what if I hear Maximum Synergy from Wangan? How am I not supposed to tear the roads up???
omg "Last Christmas" is literally playing in the background as I finished this video
Also, these are legitimately good tips, holding onto this one for future orientations, haha
Having been gone from Japan for a long time, Last Christmas is so nostalgic lol.
How about the kerosene truck song? That one hits me in the feeling region HARD...
Your beanie looks great, but there's something about saying Tip #1 while wearing a beanie that is hilarious
I suddenly realized I’d love to see a Dogen / Noriyaro video. Get you put on the track with him. That would be delightful.
I would love that so much
Is there any place in the western world where you can escape last christmas? Other than maybe a cabin in the woods somewhere in canada or sweden?
I never heard about Last Christmas until learning about Japan.
I've had good success by having neither a radio or a TV, and doing all my shopping online. Eliminates basically any source of music that I didn't pick myself.
One long-term goal I have in Japanese is to finally be able to understand songs without having to read the lyrics first. (Though now that I think of it, I haven't even reached that level in my _own_ language.) One of these days...
lmao, im spanish and Id like to think I have a decent enough level in english, that said, even tho most of the content I consume has been in english for years now, I still dont understand most english songs without subs, and I still struggle a tiny bit with shows sometimes while having no problem with yt/conversations (more casual context). Aiming to understanding songs is one of the boss battles of a language imo xd
Even a lot of Japanese themselves don't fully understand the lyrics without reading them first. It's the reason why Japanese releases all come with lyrics on the inside of the CD jacket/booklet whereas I can't remember the last time I saw any lyrics on an English release in the west.
@@lixivia8350 The TV thing still happens to me. For years, in an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants," I thought I heard Mr. Krabs say "ass end," but he said, "aft end."
@@lixivia8350Y en español para mí se depende en el dialecto por ejemplo el dialecto puertorriqueño es muy difícil mientras los mexicanos generalmente son fáciles de entender jeje.
I enjoyed this more than I thought humanly possible. The perms-smirk-grin I likely had in front of the supermarket was likely unsettling to behold. 😅
"Welcome to Japan. WHAMAGEDDON starts here."
I am planning to go to Kitakyushu specifically to visit the TOTO museum of washlets.
納豆食べる勇気出ない人は納豆巻きから行くといいですよ
Yum for the rolls.
As soon as I saw the thumbnail the song started. ~Last Christmas I gave you my heart~ 🎉 Have you placed your order for the special KFC Christmas chicken? 😉
There is a Coco Ichi across the road from my place 😁
Genuine question, is there any difference between Japanese rice and plain rice?
Rice plain to me is extremely bland and I prefer things added to it like they do with egg fried rice and Mexican rice.
Last Christmas really is unavoidable. On my way back home from taking the JLPT this weekend I got whammed twice. That's two times more than I had heard it in years.
1:32 This is true around the world.
Straight facts.
Love you, Dogen!
I was in Japan the first week of November and I didn't even make it 12 hours before they hit me with Last Christmas. At least I haven't lost the Little Drummer Boy challenge yet this year. Yet.
Nailed it!
Could someone recommend a model of not super takai humidifier, please?
For any fragrant food scrap and container, reserve a part of your freezer for them. Life saver!
That last one is too true. White christmas was played a lot too last i was in Japan in december i believe
1:31 Universal truth.
I never knew about McCartney's wonderful Christmas song until i came to Japan.. it is So. Stupid. Last Christmas is a breath of fresh air compared to the 3 notes that comprise that bloody song
😂
Thank you again!
The bit about working in Japan had me laughing hysterically. 🤣
For me, the problem with natto isn't to taste (well I dont like that) but the texture.
The part about the yen hit too close to home hahahahaha
To prevent the last one, I blast Yamashita's "Christmas Eve" into my earphones 24/7.
I have never received a better haircut from someone else than I can give to myself because my hair acts like it's straight when wet and acts like it's curly when it's dry. If it's blow dried, it will straighten for the next 1-2 hours. So if I pay someone else to cut it, I inevitably get a haircut that looks good at the time and then is completely uneven by the end of the day. $20 haircut, $150 haircut, the result is the same. I bought a pair of scissors and a razor and I've cut my own hair for the past 15 years. Never looked back.
Take it from me. If you are not from an ethnic group that the person cutting your hair is accustomed to, your hair will not get cut right.
I can't drift in the mountains when I hear Eurobeat? Why are you ruining my dreams, Dogen?
#1 is SO TRUE 😩
USAican here. I bought a washlet right before the pandemic and TPocalypse started. I looked like a genius.
Don't talk about your vacation is a huge protip. I can't be bothered to bring back omiyage every time I go to a different part of Gaikoku.
Imagine if in the first tip when he said "trust me" he took his cap and showed his head completely bald
Last Christmas has already started playing here....
この人は漫談師かなってくらいちゃんとしたネタ。
アマテラスは倭人以外も御救いくださるだろうか。
When I went to the hairdresser I told the man doing the cutting "ichiban mijikai kudasai", because I am indeed balding. He hadn't seen Vinland Saga. I was shocked.
The discount sushi bento and Amaterasu took me out 🤣
20th: You're not nihongo jōzu.
last Christmas 😂😂yes, we can’t 😂😂
This is doctor Dre finding Eminem’s mixtape on a garage floor but for gaijin trying to rap on a Faust date!
The warnings can never overcome the urge to drift once the Eurobeat kicks in.
Thank you. I have not escaped… Now I hear Last Christmas in my head.
Doing the whamageddon challenge in Japan (impossible)
Ah I'm outside the UK atm missing whamaggedon updates from the regular radio station! I've heard a few Christmas jingles so far this year in Thailand, but not sure if I've heard *that* one yet...
I see some subtle tips from not a foreigner in Japan, but a simple husbando.
No matter where you live, if your wife says she isn't angry,
She's REALLY angry.
That one really surpasses boundaries and cultures.
0:53 I heard Eurobeat in a Japanese DJ club and felt obligated to mention I liked Initial D. I feel roasted.
Bet most people would take Last Christmas over All I want for Christmas Is You any time.
You're just saying that because you hear All I want for Christmas is You all the time, the roles would be flipped if you were subjected to Wham all the time
Nope, I will take neither of them, thank you very much.
2:27 I need more context for this one
In Japan it is customary to give all of your coworkers, boss, friends and family souvenirs from your vacation.
ROTFLLLL I so appreciate this!!!! Luckily I have a gym in my neighborhood, so I am saved from that bit. That food poisoning (or stomach bug) bit is right on. XD Gaijin card ftw.
Omg I literally just brought a ultrasonic humidifier this morning cause it was the cheapest one
buy another, uv light (hvac)
Wait wait...did you test escaping from "Last Christmas", or did you test badmouthing japanese rice without being deported!? Inquiring minds want to know! Also this would make an excellent video in either case!