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@@jamesson1154 don't worry if I eat enough salt I'll be able to avoid diabetes, because sugar causes diabetes so I can eat as much burgers to balance if
I am Chinese, when I went to Japan, I was surprised that when I asked where was the toilet, a Japanese staff at the bank not only told me where the bathroom was, but escorted me there, which gave a very good impression
Well, if one thing the Japanese people are NOT, is straightforward. Some people may think is dishonesty, but it's more like they avoid being confrontational at all costs or saying "rude things". My uncle worked in Osaka for a while, and he says that you kinda become very self-conscious because you're constantly thinking "Shit, am I being rude? Am I annoying people? Am I making a good impression?" For example, he told me about the time when some people went up to him and asked him if he was some sort of music artist, he was kinda flattered at first, but actually thought afterwards: "Shit, I need a haircut and better clothes!"... He never knew whether they meant it or not, but he got better clothes and a haircut and suddenly nobody was looking at him funny on the street. My uncle is very fluent in Japanese and that really helped him pick up some of the more subtle "social cues". Shortly after, he was hanging out with his coworkers and going to restaurants to eat chicken wings and drink with them. He also visited Kobe or something. Well, the point is, yeah, don't expect a straightforward talk with a stranger in Japan...
Hey, I’m the one who had an interview with 2nd group (someone might think I’m lying lol) I watched this video for the first time just right now, and I think my English ability was horrible at this time... I didn’t have enough English vocabularies... And also, so sorry for everyone who felt uncomfortable with my opinion. But I think this experience was so precious for me because it gave me the chance to think about how we(Japanese people) and the people from foreign countries live together in this world. Thank u Yuta!!!!!! PS: Thank you all for giving me a lot of heartwarming messages😭🙏🏻
And 6 months later from this interview, I started the internship in NPO(which is called “very50”), and supporting the social entrepreneurs in some countries. I thought I need to improve my English ability and do something for making an impact to the world (even if it’s small) through this interview!!!!!
Your English was actually great, I didn't need subtitles to understand. And spot on point about hierarchy in America, a lot of people don't realize U.S. as a country is rich but there are 40 million living in poverty.
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What I find strange about Japan: People actually paused for a second and considered their answer before blurting out the first random thing that popped into their heads.
@H D the U.S. is a very large country with a highly diverse breadth of inihibition between the various states and regions. Don't generalize us too much, it's a disservice to both you and us.
Japanese people tend to think before answering. It's a habit I guess. They don't try to answer a question if they don't know the right answer. Unlike people in other countries who just talk, not minding if their words make sense or not lol.
@Guy Eudes Pretty much. Paris syndrome is a real thing. Some people literally faint when they realize it's not the romantic haven they thought it was, and some Japanese lady has literally started a clean up group to try and make Paris what it is in the movies, it's sad but hilarious.
When I visited Japan, one thing I noticed right away was how polite and friendly everyone was toward me. They really made me feel welcome in their country. I love the Japanese people.
Funny thing about the cup sizes: I have been stationed in Japan for a few years, and have gotten pretty used to eating out at Japanese places. I went home back to America and went to the movies with my family. When we were buying snacks, I ordered a large drink, and my Dad asked me if I was sure. I said "No problem, I'm really thirsty anyways." The girl selling the snacks pulls out this massive bucket of a cup and all I could think was "Oh shit, I forgot what country I'm in." Ended up taking the drink home with me and adding rum so I wouldn't waste it
@@stefannotchev7209 I love Japan. The people here are so polite and professional. The vending machines serve hot coffee, which is a godsend when I'm standing watch outside in winter.
In Australia, a standard "Large" drink is closer to the Japanese size than the American. The first time I saw an American-size large cup was when Subway restaurants opened here, and apparently carried across their same cup sizes. I ordered a large. When the attendant showed me a cup the size of a bucket and asked if I was sure. I was like "...hell no. I'll take the regular."
Have you ever smelled a stink bug? They smell exactly like cilantro when squashed and seeing as stink bugs come from east Asian countries such as Japan it would make sense Japanese people would want to avoid eating it..
I visited Japan last year on a school trip and was shocked by the cleanliness of every place I visited (Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya). We went to Tokyo Disneyland, and I was walking past a little green area with some friends when I saw a Japanese schoolboy accidentally leave his softdrink on the seat. As soon as he started to walk away about 4-5 unrelated people called out to him and he rushed back, picked it up, apologised to everyone and then put it in the appropriate bin. In Australia that would not happen because a) no-one would care enough to tell him to clean it up and b) if he was australian his response would have been "get fucked"
Here in the Philippines, that likely wouldn't have happened either. Mostly because the response would be "Where else would I throw it then?" considering unlike Japan and Singapore, there's too little trash cans. I feel like that's part of the dirtiness here. If there aren't any trash cans around, the only choices you have is either litter (secretly, although some people just throw it even with people looking) or put your trash in your pocket and look stupid. So...
@@calmclaren2108 Really? Huh. They probably don't use disposables then. Here in the Philippines, lots of street food and others stuff are sold in packets, disposable containers, plastic cups or bags, stuff like that. If you're gonna sell disposables, there should be a place to dispose of them, but sadly there's very few trash cans here. Thank God that some of the street vendors are considerate enough to have their own trash cans for their customers.
@@moondust2365 this sound's like quite a problem! i think part of it is it would be genuinely shameful to do. so regardless of convenience they'll just carry shit however long they need
My family hosted a Japanese exchange teacher to my school when I was a kid. She totally freaked out when my mum gave her a hug to greet her! By the time she left, it was hugs all around. I always did wonder what her friends and family thought when she returned...
You literally just need to put a fluffy cover on the microphone. Most people will use the mic on the camera which is not good in windy weather, having a separate mic and cover is much better.
@@伏見猿比古-k8c If the popularity of stuff like game of thrones or the witcher are any indication, we are demonstrably fine with them (and people overblow the violence in common American media. Real gore is just as rare.). Just an idiosyncrasy of hollywood, I suppose. "Yeah, we could do that. Or we could *not* do that."
Problem is not the censorship of the word (although censorship definitely is a problem), problem is people's poor vocabulary and feeling the need to use an expletive every two words. It's like they can't even talk unless they use the same 3-4 words in every sentence. It's not just 'fuck', but that's one of them. TLDR: People can't speak or read.
It's more on highlighting mannerisms. Surely people today no longer treated 'fuck' as a word of insult in major cases, but it is still presenting a low sense of mannerisms during social interaction, especially with strangers. You don't immediately say any vulgarities with strangers because you are trying maintain your mannerisms as a sign of general respect to that individual. Imagine vulgarities being normalized and people just use it casually, especially in meetings during work hour, that will eventually sounds weird and inappropriate overall, if not, will probably cause some misunderstanding during the verbal expression.
A thing that always shocks me (in a good way) about Japan culture is how perfectionist and methodic they are when crafting something or learning a skill/job. Almost maniacal... Could be food, art, everything. For instance, you need years of practice to become a sushi chef, I mean only to start making actual nigiri you need years of just watching the seniors!
@@Whutever42 not only that, she said she thought people were rich but was surprised there were poor people in newyork, the fact is that western countries like making themselves the greatest while downgrading other people. same as Paris syndrome.
Area and population wise, yes, NYC is smaller. There is nowhere in the world a Japanese person from Tokyo can visit that will be a bigger city than their hometown. But I've taken many Japanese people around Manhattan, and they are always amazed how tall the buildings are and how tightly packed they all are. In Japan, they can't build that high due to earthquakes. And also the traffic and general activity is much more hectic in NY than in Tokyo, so I think most Japanese people are pretty impressed with NYC.
Also in Serbia,people will act like they knew whole life.Like somebory eould just randomly start speaking with you about their life problems and shit or fo beyond their way to help you out with anything you need,even tho they have nothing to gain from it.
Not in the southern US, unless it's just the preference of a particular household. We don't wear muddy shoes inside of course, but if we've just been walking on dry grass or concrete then it's just a quick wipe and stomp on the doormat and in we go.
The Japanese are so quiet, humble and respectful, it's the way their culture has been for a very long time. I'm not saying that people in the Netherlands aren't all of those things, but I think it's a matter of honor to hold those values in Japan.
If Japanese people think that Americans are too friendly I think they'd have a heart attack if they saw how strangers treat you in Latin America, maybe Italy as well. I'm not really extroverted but most people in Latam countries will make you feel like you're their best friend in just a couple of hours
When I was in Japan I got lost in the subway in Tokyo, and a very friendly Japanese man helped me and left me even the seat of the train that would take me to Kyoto, and bought me food too, but I forgot to ask for the number to thank him. If you read this thank you n.n.
It happened to me too. 1st time a high school aged girl helped us and took a different train with us until he left us in the right platform. It took her at least 30-40min of her time. 2nd time a hotel worker who just finished her shift also helped us in the train. 3rd time a man oriented us and guided us to the right platform. (until the pandemic hit us) I tried my best to guide any person who seemed help her in Sydney. And the good thing is I even made friends with whom I am still in contact. Japanese people are incredibly polite and helpful.
I don't think he will read this but I can pretend to be him if that makes you comfortable... "It was my pleasure, please feel welcome to come back anytime!" :D
For Japanese, don't ever change. Keep the tradition alive and that's what make Japanese culture respected by foreigners. Nothing wrong being shy or being different, that's what makes your country unique to the world. I worked with other Japanese clients here in the US and even as Americans knows how to respect them.
I don’t know man I know some people in Japan it hard to connect with them they kinda fake it hard to know Japanese people tell the truth or not they really good at lying someone said to me in Japan if someone invite you to eat at lunch time they just do it because they want to be polite you better said no because if you said yes you annoyed them and if Japanese people said you good at Japanese they are mocking you
@@MaiNguyen-ck4br if people say that you're good at their langauge is just people being typical lowering their standard for foreingers who managed to speak their language a bit. it's not that we think you're really good at it, it's that we know to speak Asian lanaguage for any westerners is very hard, so we kinda just affirm your effor to even learn it not really mocking you though
@@ChristmasSpirit606 no it a culture thing in Japan Asian people kinda look alike so it hard to know when people from my country talking in Japanese if it good they said nothing about it but if it bad they said some suff like:oh your Japanese really good to mock us because they know we are Asian but not Japanese because our Japanese is bad in Japan people said good things to being polite or mocking they not gonna talk shit right to your face
The only thing I’d change abt Japan is the issue with sexism, sexual harassment and minority discrimination. Other than that I love their culture very much
@@MaiNguyen-ck4br that's the difference sometimes... if someone here in Italy have a bad day or want to say something a little bit rude like "yeah your italian is really bad", they will not try to hide it and be themselves. Of course it's different going from person to person, but in general it's easy to meet someone for the first time that can answer to you in a rude way, and maybe after some chat they will be gentle and funny
When the women said 'maybe we are too clean' I instantly thought of how freaking clean the ground in in the video! Not a chewing gum, ciggarette bud or wrapper in sight
You'd be surprised to see how it is actually dirty in places where people do not come/stop by a lot, the roads are incredibly dirty as soon as you leave a major city.
@@VonBlanproductions There is littering, and there is littering. I believe the level of littering in Japan is much lower than other countries (except Singapore under its heavy punishment). That will help a lot.
@@ThatKidinAfrica Live from where I am from - doesnt really speak Japanese often so I think that was the reason because he works mostly from home and does muni documentations.
Been all over Japan more than 7 times. What I find "weird" about Japan: The opposite of their views on customer service. Customer service is impeccable and business give the impression of taking extreme pride and care in what they do. Toilets are really cushy. What a wonderful word to use to describe a toilet. People sit REAL close to each other on the train. Like literally butt pressed against butt. I swear at one point someone was literally half sitting on my lap. Discrimination in establishments are the norm there, where no foreigners are allowed. Discrimination is everywhere in the world but that was a really unique manifestation of it that I had never seen elsewhere in the world. And people are actually really friendly somehow despite the idea that they're shy. As a foreigner I've had Japanese people in the table next to me in restaurants etc. smile and strike up a conversation with me. One time I was in this expesnive steak restaurant with my family and the couple next to us started talking to us. Another time I was there with my friend in a diner in Asakusa Tokyo and an old lady at the table next to us just smiled and started chatting with us. Fun times. I even had the pleasure of staying at my friend's family's house in Japan and one thing about Japanese houses that stands out to me is how the toilet is in its own room while the shower is in a totally different room which if you think about it actually makes perfect sense and every home designer should follow. Like who the heck decided the shower and the toilet bowl should be in the same room? That's weird to me. And lastly you just feel so comfortable on the street because people are so good at appearing to mind their own business. Nobody stares, nobody cares, unlike other countries where you have people staring and glaring you down. I felt so free to be me and be alone without any eyes on me. Lol
@@pelinalwhitestrake3367 In the Netherlands too, although a larger upstairs bathroom may have a toilet. Exceptions exist though, mainly in small apartments.
My mom's Ethiopian friend was similarly shocked when she arrived to San Francisco and saw so many homeless and poor people. She also thought the US was a place where everyone is rich, or at least middle class, but we actually have obscene levels of wealth inequality for a first world country.
Mm yea. The money gap is really large, even in the so called “middle” still leagues behind the rich. Take what I say with a huge spoon of salt though, i only know what I see through observation.
this is one thing I noticed about Japanese people... Many of them actually speak English on a fundamental scale. However, because of the shyness plus their lack of confidence, they would rather say they don't speak it, or they speak it poorly... He most likely knows English pretty well..
william97able: You’re most likely right. It’s the same in many European countries where the best non-native speakers of English reside (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands). It’s a shame, really, since people can’t really judge them unless they’re fluent in more languages.
Tonya M I know Jdrama isn’t real and a lot of it is exaggerated or embellished but I’m 100% sure they base most of their scenes off of real life interactions in Japan... you know, how Japanese people interact? That’s how they get the audience to relate to the movie (you know, Japanese people watch Japanese shows and movies?) Last name bases until they have 3-4 kids together or have gone through two wars together. It’s just the law over there.
James Son as a person who doesn’t watch jdrama and has been to Japan, I’ve only herd people called by their last names if they were a waiter or something. Everyone else was “kun, san, Chan, and sama”
Am I the only one who had to smile when the guy said he finds it strange that foreigners in Japan wear T-Shirts saying weird things... considering Japan is kinda famous for Japenglish texts on almost everything?
I wonder if this is generational or cultural because few of my acquaintance say it. Admittedly, I hear it said by younger people (strangers while shopping, etc.) fairly frequently. I am a young Gen X and live in a semi-rural area.
@@eurekahope5310 I think it has just become an accepted thing between us younger people. We dont use or take the word to it's full meaning. Words do only have as much power as you give them.
Why is it? Do you not have anything better to do that dribbling hen you think about Japan all the time? Grow up, stop pretending to be Japanese and come back when you can speak about politics in Japanese, filthy weeaboo!
When an area is homogeneous it's easier to unite and have similar, same values and respect. Hence Japan. The west likes to take in dog shlt from 3rd world countries and fq themselves up.
@@ThePresentation010 sounds like subversion and Japan will be forced to open up and take on mass immigration under the guise of aging population as one of a few excuses. See Western Europe for example.
"It's really weird when Americans wear weird shirts; like ones saying '神' (god) on them" ...While his friend standing right next to him is wearing a shirt that literally just says 'Supreme' in English 😂😂
I actually agree with her statement about the word ‘fuck,’. It doesn’t really make all that much sense honestly. Like it’s just a sound that pretty much has the same meaning as frick the word we use to censor it. But isn’t that just the same thing then just with a different sound.
Honestly I feel like the US has more of a culture of cursing in public. In other English-speaking countries, like Canada, it's not as acceptable. So considering that a lot of American media is shown in other countries, I'm personally glad that profanity is censored.
jaydashnine hmmm, I wouldn’t agree I’ve lived in both Canada and Australia and both swear a lot. Both Canadian and Australia media has swearing in it. Most adults don’t mind. It is when overused or when children are around that people get upset. America and Australia are more loud about it compared to Canada
the people who care about "fuck" are small in number, but quite motivated about it, whereas people who don't care don't care. the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Omg I'm laughing so hard, the girl was like "american use the word fuck a lot idk why they censor it" and I said without thinking "she's not fucking wrong tho" and I was like lmaoooo 😭😭 it's just so casual
I agree. Like most of the things were observations that were expected or at least unsurprising to me. Her insight on the commonplace yet taboo nature of "fuck" was....REALLY jarring and thought-provoking. We use it ALL THE TIME, but it still gets censored in a lot of places.
@@lauragoreni3020 Idk, I was appreciative of a chance to see a bit of my own culture from the outside. It changed the way I thought about it. If it didn't have that effect on you. that's fine, too.
@@anonygent See, the concept and culture of Hawaii is completely different from the main land US, that it should be a country of its own. Which it was in the past.
her English is pretty good, but in Japanese they use the English word "hierarchy" (with somewhat altered pronunciation so it's "hii ra ru kii") in basically the same way we use it in English (and if anything they use it more). so it wasn't strange she could use it.
I mean I suppose that's like an important word in Japanese? Because hierarchy is more rigid in Japan. So when she's learning English she learns that word because she uses it a lot in Japanese.
I think her point was more about how many poor/homeless (she didn't say homeless but she is polite, I think she meant "street people") people there were, and she's not wrong. In our capitalist society where socialism is a bad word, we have this bizarre mentality on wealth, it's like, I did what I had to do to get wealthy, so fuck you your trash for not being wealthy too.. I dislike that part of america.
They are actually very talkative once they know you! If you can get around Japanese people drinking, you will not find friendlier, more open people to talk to! In America, I feel it's the opposite and people want to be left alone (or just their group) when drinking.
The "no shoes in the house" thing is a habit I adopted at some time in my early teens. Not because of Japan, but in Germany there were a lot of fresh Eastern European immigrants in the 90s. A lot of my friends at school were from those families, and I'd often get scolded by some Russian granny for wearing shoes inside. Somehow it made sense to me so eventually I stopped doing it at home too.
@@gweegygweegy6126 In the Netherlands and Belgium they also don't necessarily take shoes off, which boggles my mind so bad. Some families do. Others don't, or they only take it off on their upper floors, and not on the ground floor. It makes me roll my eyes so bad, cause they also don't really tend to mop their floors or anything, so it's all quite dirty. But in eg. apartment type of homes they mostly take the shoes off. I'm from Eastern Europe as well, so for me the cleanliness standards are quite weird in the West. They would wash their hair daily, but like never ever mop the floor, and I'm like why...
I find it funny she mentioned it was New Zealand that her host family made her wear shoes inside. Natives in New Zealand also remove our shoes especially in traditional houses. She was staying with an English host family.
I find the comments about the western laid-back way of communication pretty spot on. I'm Kuwaiti and I lived in the States for about 5-6 years. I was amazed during my 1st couple of months in North Carolina by how people would give random compliments about your clothes and how they smile whenever there's eye contact. I thought they were flirting with me at 1st lol. Of course that depends on what state/city you live in, and it's not the case in all western societies. My Scottish friend actually used to hate this particular trait about Americans saying that they talk a lot and calling them "unclassy' lmao. Japanese on the other hand can seem very stiff. A relative went to Tokyo and hated it. He said they were so quiet and machine-like that it felt lonely. I absolutely love it though.
@ Roman razo Texas is bigger than the entire country of Spain by about 172,682 sq km so if your well traveled in your home state and you’ve been to Oklahoma then your well traveled even if you can’t name off a grocery list of places , most people ( especially some Europeans ) just don’t realize just how big America really is so don’t feel bad
@@blakedavis2447 You're definetely not well traveled if you've only seen Texas and Oklahoma. Nature and landscape wise the US is amazing and you can see a lot, but culturally and historically it's very limited. You're absolutely right that most Europeans underestimate the size of the US, but most Americans tend to underestimate the difference a 100 miles makes in the rest of the world
When I went to Japan I saw a shirt in a store that said "You have got big hands" I think people in Japan would think it weird that us Canadians usually say "Thank you" to the bus driver after getting off the bus
well in India full grown adults do that. So there's your "two most populated countries on Earth". Looks like it's a "people problem" for much of humanity... Master Yoda hasn't taught them the Force yet, I guess.
This is a bit embarrassing but when I was little my mum cutted my pj's bottom because I wasn't potty trained so whenever I had an accident it would just go on the diaper so my mum wouldn't need to wash the clothes (cause sometimes the piss would leak through and it's just disgusting)
I actually have experienced it....its not completely unpleasant but more uncomfortable, like how are you supposed to respond naturally! The most you can do is just say thank you and pretend it never happened, which feels quite uncomfortable
@@18nigellsutojo11 i think the best way is just to ignore (even if it's uncomfortable), you can't know what kinda people they are.. especially if you're abroad
Depends on the setting and by whom, especially speaking as a woman. If an old woman at the park says I look cute, that feels nice, I like that. But I'm walking alone at night, it makes me feel afraid.
And that's one of the major things I did not like when I went to Japan. There was no love for latin food. I sorely missed my tacos with all their cilantro goodness.
One thing I’ve noticed is no matter where you are, people are basically the same. We do the same things, want the same love and happiness, go about our days in similar fashions. Everybody just does it differently. I have Hmong friends that I stay with a lot, and the culture differences are def there, but basically humans are all the same. I find us Americans can be somewhat condescending when talking to people who speak differently, either changing their tone to match theirs, or by dumbing down their talk instead of using single words and short phrases. Other than that, people are pretty much the same everywhere. We all like to have fun, laugh, spend time with family, go out, and make something of ourselves.
Homura Akemi he’s obviously joking because the second group were the girls who were speaking English. Before you insult someone, make sure you’re correct.
We try not to talk too much with customers sometimes because it can be perceived as pushy if you are right next to them or trying to help them the whole time. But at some stores it's a requirement to say hello when someone enters and try to start a conversation with them. 😂 I always feel too pushy when I have to do that. I personally only like being helped in certain stores.
I work at a grocery store seasonally because I'm a student and oh my god I HATE frontlining (when there are no customers at the register so you have to go out of your way to stand in front of your register and ask if people are ready) its so awkward omg. I usually just talk to my coworkers since were all just trying to kill time since my store isnt the busiest at certain times of the day. If someone needs help, they can make eye contact with me or they could look confused and then I'll approach them.
I deffo prefer a sales assistant who is available and findable but who isnt in your face all the time. In US, i found they're just too annoying and pushy, but in France if i needed sth there were seemingly only people at the tills with a long line of people in the way. I like UK shop system best so far since they're friendly when you need them to be and once theyve helped you, then they get on with the rest of their tasks :)
@@Nashmi-JO I was in a store in Dammam looking at the beautiful gold pieces for sale, and everyone who came in, whether Arab or western, was greeted by a loud and hearty, "Salaam alaykum!" I loved going back and forth on the price of things. It was very intimidating at first, but it seemed the shop owners were more and more friendly if you drove a hard bargain, like a respect thing. I did learn that if the shop keeper offers you "a gift" once you agree on a price and buy something, you cut a bad deal and the shop keeper offers you a trinket to ease his guilty conscience. I miss price dickering. It just doesn't fly in Walmart.
Yeah, I feel like if they're trying to talk with me they want to force a product, or over-help and take up my time. I think in the US we tend to prefer independent actions.
I'll never stop saying "hello", "please", "thank you" and "goodbye" to workers at any business where I am a patron. I try to adapt culturally wherever I am, but politeness and consideration is not up for debate. A waitress or clerk is not an animal. That is a human being, and I am trading my money for their service. It is an equal exchange. They're not slaves. To thank someone is to acknowledge that they did a favor for you that they weren't obligated to do. You are in their debt because they did something for you. To say "please" is to tell a person, "I know you are not obligated to do this by the laws of nature, but it would make me very happy, and I ask you this as a favor or kindness." To greet someone is to acknowledge that they exist in your vicinity and are a human being with thoughts and feelings just like you, and wish them a good day, the same as you hope they wish you. To say goodbye is the same thing but chronologically reversed.
You are not in their debt because you pay for their work. It is all about whether you want to be nice to staff or not. Sometimes (at least where I live) they are complete pieces of shit who do their job exclusively to get their payment at the end of the month and do zero effort to be good workers
2:26 i went to high school in Taipei and when I first moved there my friends told me that if I didn't get hit by a scooter at least once a week then I didn't go outside enough LMAO
I met a Japanese girl once in a hostel in Belgium. And during our conversation she started crying because she said she just started to realise how open the world is compared to Japan. She thanked me afterwards for talking to her.
Yes, that’s a good point, I’ve been to Japan several times, the service is perfect there. In the US the service isn’t anywhere close as good, it’s laziness and just a lack of care
BenjaminFranklin99 uhhh, it isn’t as stark as New York where homeless people live on the streets among skyscrapers owned by billionaires, but there are still billionaires that live in fancy mansions in the country while homeless people live in the streets of the city.
i never knew that! super interesting. To me its one of my favourite spices, and i never understood why people found it repulsive (more than just preferencial difference). Its so good in some curries.
Cilantro was strange to me...at first. And I wavered between thinking it was awful, and thinking it was good. Eventually I settled on "good". Now I crave it with Mexican food, which I didn't grow up with unless you count Taco Hell. And even that was rare in my early childhood. I definitely get the weird aspect of how cilantro could taste to people. It's an acquired taste for sure. I wish I could learn to like fish, or basically anything from under the water, including clams, oysters and lobsters, etc. Aside from a tuna fish sandwich or tuna salad, I pretty much can't stand any of it. But I know millions of people love it, so it's something I'm missing out on unfortunately.
For me, it's not necessarily that soapy as it is an INTENSE flavor. It's usually too much half the time, but while I love cilantro lime rice and will eat it by the bucket full, I can't stand pico de gallo or similar salsas BECAUSE of the cilantro in it - or something, but I'm pretty sure the cilantro is a major offender in it for me. I also can't stand onions or have a great tolerance to even mildly spicy things, so I don't think I would have ever liked salsa anyway.
@@ChomperkaGregnant Almost seems since social media came along its become unacceptable to complement a random in person, whereas exactly the same random complement to the same random person on social media would probably get a 'like' or 'heart' or whatever from that person
Every Japanese seem to think that they're generally shy! Being naturally introverted, I feel like I should’ve been born in Japan lol. It’s tiring being born and growing up in very extroverted countries, I feel like everyone wants to force me to speak up because I stand out being the silent one. 😓
I love being an introvert and I don’t really wanna get out of it (or do you mean get /away/ with it? cause that's a different thing). And yes I do like people but specifically the right people for me (hence, me expressing my opinion that I think I'll feel comfortable in that kind of society). I agree that silence can present some challenges, but silence isn’t always that bad. Silence makes way for thinking and contemplating and those are what introverts can be strong at. Besides that, actions can do as much as words can say. 🙂
grew up in America, now living in Japan. although there are Americans who are ok being quiet when with someone you know, people generally feel really uncomfortable with silence and have to talk about things just to fill that silence. whereas japamese people feel ok with that silence, and it actually gives them more room to say things they actually care about when it comes to mind. as someone who feels more introvert than not, that does take alot of pressure off
Yes! These videos always make me want to move to Japan. I've always been called out for being "too quiet" or told I need to speak up more or get out more, and I try but it's exhausting trying to force yourself to be extroverted when you definitely are not
1:58 Hierarchy!? Girl, that's a 3 dollar word... Hella fancy. I have no idea how to say hierarchy in Japanese. Kaisoo? It's a sad but true observation.
I really liked this - They are willing to actually Discuss differences and laugh about them, rather than wishing ill on those who are different. Well done.
Surprised Yuta didn't offer us his thoughts, or tell us what he concluded. I think that usually makes for a more interesting video, that i can think more about. Now i feel like i lack a springboard for discussion.
most of the people in the comments have no real interactions or gone to japan... but have very strong comments on there culture and the way they act.... its just rude really to think like that... my family hosted many exchange students and the japanese where the most respectful and kind. and yes they hold things in its how they are raised so i dont see any problems people need in general need to be more open minded and kind... in saying that japanese people adapt to other cultures very fast, they have a very isolated history also dont forget. and not just that a very cool culture rich in history and thats what makes them who they are. we should all love each other more and judge less. also Arigatō too yuta for your videos =)
I'm from Laos in Southeast Asia. Lao people are super friendly. We greet everyone with a "Sabaidee". That means " hello " It doesn't matter if you're a male or female. Old or young. Stranger or not. You're greeted with a generic word "Sabaidee"
It is interesting, for an european, that there are so many people in Japan that did not visit any foreign country. We are blessed in this continent to have so many different cultures on such small distance.
MrPatriickzz open boarders are great but what you have from it if you can’t afford Traveling? I can’t afford it and never even visited an neighbor Country. I simply can’t afford Vacations
@@IcidLink it's always possible? You even cycle to Germany or Belgium. Or make a Roadtrip with tents. You don't have to be in a 4-5* hotel. In 2019 I drove from Netherlands to Spain with 2 friends. Only sleeping at campings.
@@MrPatriickzz Always depends on your age, your income, where exactly you live in your country, how much time you have for traveling (how much vaccation can you actually aford to take or how your vaccations around the year) and what options of traveling you have. Do you have a driving license and a car or do you rely on public transport and bikes? Cycling a bike from like Görlitz, Germany to Poland is literally just crossing a bridge (it's even a distance you can literally walk btw.), but imagine living somewhere in the middle of the country and only owning a bike. Suddenly the way to poland becomes a whole day of cycling on your bike. Now living in a small village you might not even have a good connection to public transport and would need to take the bus to the next big city to get a train station to get close to the border or into another country. I'll agree, doesn't have to be a very noble hotel or something and it's obviously way easier to get to other countries than for a japanese to get to somewhere else but how much you can actually travel is still determined by a lot of factors.
@@TitanKaempfer yes you're right. I agree with you. But if you can afford a car. You can basically have a holiday for barely anything. Especially if you take 2-3 people with you. Campings are like 20-30 euros a night for the whole car. Food is also cheap at campings. And then just the gas. But also divided by 3/4.
I think every culture will find weird what other people from other cultures do, could be a tradition, or a some type of food or manners. Thanks for the video
This is true. I think the amazing thing about exploring new cultures is those "weird things" and embracing them. The world would be an incredibly boring place if we were all the same.
When I visited Japan, I found it comfortable. It was clean, people were polite and helpful. The weird thing was that people dressed up and ate noodles in corner stores standing. Their foods are in small portions and I get hungry early if I order their standard meal.
Haha, the people who were dressed up eating noodles must have been the office workers/ salary men! Usually during lunch time those places are packed with workers!
@@TheBudakSkema yes, "outsider" is more accurate. Foreigner is gaikokujin, the koku meaning "country." You won't hear "gaijin" used much outside of casual conversation among Japanese.
@Ragnarok Upper class swedes do wear rshoes inside since its apperently classy and show their class...I guess thats why they are so thin with a ll the crap indoors making their immunesystem good giving them the good bacteria.
@Ragnarok We in Spain never ever have guest slippers, even if the floors are cold. Visits always keep their street shoes on until they leave, that's why we have doormats at the entrance of the buildings and the apartments, for people to clean their shoes. In my own house I wear slippers anyway, but if I enter with friends, I don't use to take my shoes off, to not make my friends uncomfortable. Anyway, Spain weather is quite dry (in most cities it won't snow for years, and you get about 10 rainy days), so generally speaking, you don't bring that much dirt from the street.
Us swedes don't either, well, at least not those native/or living in the North. I've lived in the UK for years and no one takes their shoes off at the door, it drives me crazy.
@@user-cdf9fk2rqa Could be... I mean, I can't speak Japanese, but this sounded like Austrian/German word for Austria so much :D. You are probably right haha
I also heard "Österreich", because of the slight ch-sound he made at the end and it would not come as a huge surprise because Austria/Österreich is not too unknown in Japan
I clearly heard Österreich as well. I do not think he said オーストラリア, which has way more mora than what I could understand at least. And the ch sound in the end makes it very clear to me.
oh dear don't get me started on some koreans and chinese. there're already a lot of them here, from where i am and they're not so friendly and polite as the japanese
not all of them of course, but a lot of them Chinese and South Korean usually cold and lack of manner in Southeast Asian country. They see us as inferior or something idk
@@fakuri913 most of koreans adore and level themselves to americans and european country, but if you are an asian. naah don't expect too much from them.
In my country we don't remove our shoes when entering our home or someone else's. I've visited another country which had this costume and it was so weird for me. I've felt unprotected, which was odd given that I was on a relative's house. I wasn't able to get used to that. In my country it could be seen as rude to remove your shoes unless you were invited to stay, you would only do that on your own house.
@Mahima Bhat We also have mats on the entrance, where we stomp our feet to lose dirt. It's cultural, we know the floor has to me mopped regularly so we don't care for a little dirt for a few hours because we'll clean it. Even when we remove our shoes, we stay on our rooms, if we have to move around the house, we use another more loose footware.
There was definitely a theme regarding Americans being extroverted. And that is most definitely something you see almost only in America. For example, here in Europe, the teachers are never you're friends and you must never really get very close with them, while in the US it is heavily encouraged. I definitely prefer the way it is in America though because at least it promotes good use of social skills whilst still staying completely respectful of others most of the time.
I found Australians to be nice overall but I did meet a bible thumper who publicly chastised me for a joke I made to my friend about my spike bracelet.
@@michaeluzumaki1762 Please try not to categorize an entire populace of a country for the actions one mentally disturbed "human", I understand hating is easier than love. There are no "white aussie nationalists" only nationalists / supremacists. The people from Australia are already signing a petition to strip the citizenship of a certain individual who i assume you are referring and who i will not name out of respect for the families affected. Love and peace from the land down under.
VanLifeCrisis In Hispanic culture and Latin America you will find it common among family and friends , kisses on the cheeks for the ladies and a hug with a few pats on the back for the gentlemen and handshake for anyone in general.
even greeting hugs are on their way out for all but close and trusted friends. girls are getting sick of being groped by pervy old men and i dont blame them.
What about the badly translated Japanese T-shirts that you weeaboos wear? Exactly! Destroyed yet again with facts and logic. Come back when you can speak about politics in Japanese.
I am an American, in Vegas and while making dinner, I was randomly watching videos. I just saw your channel for the first time and have watched some of your videos….I am SO LOVING your videos! I’ve never seen any like these and never really thought to get this perspective! As Americans, we do this all the time -as far as wondering or commenting about how others live and talk and also, mimic others. I have rarely, if ever, actually seen others from other countries, mimic us or give their perspective. I have been laughing so much and they are so right about us, the way we are and like in your other videos, the way we talk. So funny, I love this and it’s nice, because we need a “dose of our own medicine”! As Americans, we’re always so pompous and mimicking other people, so this is good! We should all learn about each other and be able to laugh about differences, as well, so keep up the good videos!!
6:12 made me laugh because when I visited japan I thought it was odd how little people communicated whilst at work, where as in the u.s I talk with my coworkers Very often. It’s cool that others notice that as well but from a different perspective 😊
Do you remember that the guy in orange said that he didn't speak English? Well, he actually perfectly understood some of Greg's questions that he asked in English :D It's a good example that Japanese people tend to downplay their skills. So if you speak Japanese, feel free to downplay your Japanese skills and Japanese people will be impressed.
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i like this kind interview!
about downplay skill i'm very agree
ショールームアプリに最初は英語に挨拶、片言英語で答える
あとで日本語に答えて全員めっちゃびっくりした、すぐツッコミ来る🤣
wait. we should downplay our skills? how does that impress people im kinda confuzzled.
@@randomboiyo6254 just be like I only know hello and then surprise them by speaking full sentences
Good day Mr. Yuta, can you do a video of what do Japanese think of Philippines/Filipinos? Thank you 😊😊
僕：「こんにちは。」
日本人：「あぁ！日本語上手。」
下手でごめんなさい。
I think everyone who isn't American thinks US portion sizes are mad
Bruh I can chug a large soda
Earth Vision XXR that’s why most of us have diabetes.
@@jamesson1154 don't worry if I eat enough salt I'll be able to avoid diabetes, because sugar causes diabetes so I can eat as much burgers to balance if
Even people from the US think US portion sizes are crazy.
I mean European dish sizes also tend to be a bit big for me (Japanese, 45kg)
I am Chinese, when I went to Japan, I was surprised that when I asked where was the toilet, a Japanese staff at the bank not only told me where the bathroom was, but escorted me there, which gave a very good impression
thats pretty weird
But TH-cam is ban in china, right?
@@avinash2046 NORDvpn!
@@PhillipAmthor 😝
Did he urinate for you? 😉
Okay but when I went to Japan there was an old guy with a shirt that just said "Vegetable" in English on it and I about died of laughter 😂
@KripKay that is too funny 🤣🤣🤣
KripKay AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Japanese Engrish is the best type of engrish
@@jessicamcdonald7131 Lol my grandparents have the accent
LOL
Also I love how respectful they are. They all wanted to avoid calling costumes weird, just different.
Well, if one thing the Japanese people are NOT, is straightforward. Some people may think is dishonesty, but it's more like they avoid being confrontational at all costs or saying "rude things".
My uncle worked in Osaka for a while, and he says that you kinda become very self-conscious because you're constantly thinking "Shit, am I being rude? Am I annoying people? Am I making a good impression?" For example, he told me about the time when some people went up to him and asked him if he was some sort of music artist, he was kinda flattered at first, but actually thought afterwards: "Shit, I need a haircut and better clothes!"... He never knew whether they meant it or not, but he got better clothes and a haircut and suddenly nobody was looking at him funny on the street.
My uncle is very fluent in Japanese and that really helped him pick up some of the more subtle "social cues". Shortly after, he was hanging out with his coworkers and going to restaurants to eat chicken wings and drink with them.
He also visited Kobe or something.
Well, the point is, yeah, don't expect a straightforward talk with a stranger in Japan...
* customs :)
Hey, I’m the one who had an interview with 2nd group (someone might think I’m lying lol)
I watched this video for the first time just right now, and I think my English ability was horrible at this time...
I didn’t have enough English vocabularies...
And also, so sorry for everyone who felt uncomfortable with my opinion. But I think this experience was so precious for me because it gave me the chance to think about how we(Japanese people) and the people from foreign countries live together in this world. Thank u Yuta!!!!!!
PS: Thank you all for giving me a lot of heartwarming messages😭🙏🏻
And 6 months later from this interview, I started the internship in NPO(which is called “very50”), and supporting the social entrepreneurs in some countries. I thought I need to improve my English ability and do something for making an impact to the world (even if it’s small) through this interview!!!!!
you the one on the right or left.?
@@spudthegreaterusa8386 It shouldn't be too hard to figure out considering only one of them speaks English in the video...
Your English was actually great, I didn't need subtitles to understand. And spot on point about hierarchy in America, a lot of people don't realize U.S. as a country is rich but there are 40 million living in poverty.
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What I find strange about Japan: People actually paused for a second and considered their answer before blurting out the first random thing that popped into their heads.
I find British people to be like that too.
@H D the U.S. is a very large country with a highly diverse breadth of inihibition between the various states and regions. Don't generalize us too much, it's a disservice to both you and us.
Japanese people tend to think before answering. It's a habit I guess. They don't try to answer a question if they don't know the right answer. Unlike people in other countries who just talk, not minding if their words make sense or not lol.
@Guy Eudes Pretty much. Paris syndrome is a real thing. Some people literally faint when they realize it's not the romantic haven they thought it was, and some Japanese lady has literally started a clean up group to try and make Paris what it is in the movies, it's sad but hilarious.
Scandinavian and German people consider their answers too.
"Its called child size because its aproximately the size of a small child if they were liquified"
Damnit, I giggled. Have your like.
Oh my
Yuck !
Nice reference lol
No! Haha
When I visited Japan, one thing I noticed right away was how polite and friendly everyone was toward me. They really made me feel welcome in their country. I love the Japanese people.
Funny thing about the cup sizes: I have been stationed in Japan for a few years, and have gotten pretty used to eating out at Japanese places. I went home back to America and went to the movies with my family. When we were buying snacks, I ordered a large drink, and my Dad asked me if I was sure. I said "No problem, I'm really thirsty anyways." The girl selling the snacks pulls out this massive bucket of a cup and all I could think was "Oh shit, I forgot what country I'm in."
Ended up taking the drink home with me and adding rum so I wouldn't waste it
*laughs in Japanese*
Seriously tho, cool story 😂 so what was being stationed in Japan like for you?
That story was great in many ways. Not least that you lived in Japan ...Managed to get home now and again and consumed rum on your trip back home.
@@stefannotchev7209 I love Japan. The people here are so polite and professional. The vending machines serve hot coffee, which is a godsend when I'm standing watch outside in winter.
Japan cup sizes, heehehehehehe.
In Australia, a standard "Large" drink is closer to the Japanese size than the American. The first time I saw an American-size large cup was when Subway restaurants opened here, and apparently carried across their same cup sizes. I ordered a large. When the attendant showed me a cup the size of a bucket and asked if I was sure. I was like "...hell no. I'll take the regular."
"Have you ever found any foreign foods weird?"
"Cilantro, I hate it"
Mexicans:
bruh...they just pissed off *three billion* people from INDIA
Hating cilantro is picking a fight with an entire race
Have you ever smelled a stink bug? They smell exactly like cilantro when squashed and seeing as stink bugs come from east Asian countries such as Japan it would make sense Japanese people would want to avoid eating it..
Cilantro is actually used heavily in Chinese food too.
My japanese mom is in love with cilantro lol
Man that city looks so clean compared to most cities in the U.S.
Yup Japan is very strict with their trash management.
no need to go that far, just go to Canada lol
Demographics
Two rightwing parties no longer tax corporations and the rich, so there isn't sufficient tax revenue in the US to maintain the infrastructure.
@@HaxHaunter you really never been to Canada have you
The greeting kiss thing is not just uncommon in Japan. It's uncommon in all of Asia.
That's exactly it.
Can agree as a Southeast Asian
here in Sweden aswell
Trueeeee
Yess. It's true. It's not allowed kissing in pubic in Bangladesh. It's so strict .
Everytime she spoke english i thought i was understanding Japanese
Bruh same
それは時々本当にそのようになります。
every time she spoke japanese i thought i wasn’t understanding english
Sgrp 270 no, that is Hiragana and Kanji
jetso2000 LMAO
I visited Japan last year on a school trip and was shocked by the cleanliness of every place I visited (Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya). We went to Tokyo Disneyland, and I was walking past a little green area with some friends when I saw a Japanese schoolboy accidentally leave his softdrink on the seat. As soon as he started to walk away about 4-5 unrelated people called out to him and he rushed back, picked it up, apologised to everyone and then put it in the appropriate bin. In Australia that would not happen because a) no-one would care enough to tell him to clean it up and b) if he was australian his response would have been "get fucked"
Here in the Philippines, that likely wouldn't have happened either. Mostly because the response would be "Where else would I throw it then?" considering unlike Japan and Singapore, there's too little trash cans. I feel like that's part of the dirtiness here. If there aren't any trash cans around, the only choices you have is either litter (secretly, although some people just throw it even with people looking) or put your trash in your pocket and look stupid. So...
@@moondust2365 chris broad said in a vid that considering the cleanliness theres a surprisingly small amount of bins around tokyo etc
@@calmclaren2108 Really? Huh. They probably don't use disposables then. Here in the Philippines, lots of street food and others stuff are sold in packets, disposable containers, plastic cups or bags, stuff like that. If you're gonna sell disposables, there should be a place to dispose of them, but sadly there's very few trash cans here. Thank God that some of the street vendors are considerate enough to have their own trash cans for their customers.
@@moondust2365 this sound's like quite a problem! i think part of it is it would be genuinely shameful to do. so regardless of convenience they'll just carry shit however long they need
What was disney like? I've always wanted to go to a Japanese disney :)
My family hosted a Japanese exchange teacher to my school when I was a kid. She totally freaked out when my mum gave her a hug to greet her!
By the time she left, it was hugs all around. I always did wonder what her friends and family thought when she returned...
For some reason I imagine an entire town in turmoil by the hands (and arms) of a lunatic on a hugging spree.
It's a happy thought.
She probably dialed it down when she got back.
Imagine here in Brazil where we greet women by hugging them and kissing both of their cheeks. She'd have a heart attack!
I'm an American and I dread hugging people that I'm not extremely close with. It just feels disingenuous to me most of the time.
@@theramendutchman This is such a wholesome comment. ^_^
That women was low key being cat called and didn't realize it b/c of the culture difference
That is exactly what came to my mind
Yeah, at first I agreed that we greet each other a lot in America but once she said they yelled calling her cute and I got real disappointed
@@mmmprecisely220 except she wasn't talking about dudes, she was talking about other women.......
@@bingbing860 Doesn't mean it's not catcalling
@@mmmprecisely220 It doesn't mean it's cat calling
The mic quality with such a windy weather is fantastic , very good investment on your equipment
true!
You literally just need to put a fluffy cover on the microphone. Most people will use the mic on the camera which is not good in windy weather, having a separate mic and cover is much better.
Depending on the mic and muff you can still get excessive noise from wind, despite protection.
I was just going to say that!!! How in the hell is this so clear!? I have an NTG-2 but it's awful in the wind, even with a 'dead cat' on it.
:D
3:39
“Americans use ‘fuck’ a lot, so why censor it?”
As an American, I completely agree
Also why are we so ok with violence and murder in tv shows and movies, yet cursing and nudity is off limits?
@@伏見猿比古-k8c If the popularity of stuff like game of thrones or the witcher are any indication, we are demonstrably fine with them (and people overblow the violence in common American media. Real gore is just as rare.). Just an idiosyncrasy of hollywood, I suppose. "Yeah, we could do that. Or we could *not* do that."
Problem is not the censorship of the word (although censorship definitely is a problem), problem is people's poor vocabulary and feeling the need to use an expletive every two words. It's like they can't even talk unless they use the same 3-4 words in every sentence. It's not just 'fuck', but that's one of them.
TLDR: People can't speak or read.
It's more on highlighting mannerisms. Surely people today no longer treated 'fuck' as a word of insult in major cases, but it is still presenting a low sense of mannerisms during social interaction, especially with strangers. You don't immediately say any vulgarities with strangers because you are trying maintain your mannerisms as a sign of general respect to that individual. Imagine vulgarities being normalized and people just use it casually, especially in meetings during work hour, that will eventually sounds weird and inappropriate overall, if not, will probably cause some misunderstanding during the verbal expression.
@@piratesmanX But well mannered would be to avoid the word, not to censor it. Censoring it is just really, really annoying.
A thing that always shocks me (in a good way) about Japan culture is how perfectionist and methodic they are when crafting something or learning a skill/job. Almost maniacal... Could be food, art, everything. For instance, you need years of practice to become a sushi chef, I mean only to start making actual nigiri you need years of just watching the seniors!
They pursue perfection.
@@Scuffed_Andy they don't want to be all-rounder. But perfectionist in one skill at a time
‘Before I went to New York I thought it was a big city’ SAVAGE
Lol compared to Tokyo NYC is probably nothing area wise
@@Whutever42 not only that, she said she thought people were rich but was surprised there were poor people in newyork, the fact is that western countries like making themselves the greatest while downgrading other people. same as Paris syndrome.
@@Whutever42 no
@@Lionheart1188 yes
Area and population wise, yes, NYC is smaller. There is nowhere in the world a Japanese person from Tokyo can visit that will be a bigger city than their hometown. But I've taken many Japanese people around Manhattan, and they are always amazed how tall the buildings are and how tightly packed they all are. In Japan, they can't build that high due to earthquakes. And also the traffic and general activity is much more hectic in NY than in Tokyo, so I think most Japanese people are pretty impressed with NYC.
If you find "open" people weird, you should reeeeally come to Greece - most people greet you like you are family from the first moment lol
Bro, Greeks are some of the kindest people I've ever met. Very funny too.
@@hitokiriizo they are also very attractive, specially the guys 😏 I really like Athens
@@hitokiriizo As a Greek I agree haha
Also in Serbia,people will act like they knew whole life.Like somebory eould just randomly start speaking with you about their life problems and shit or fo beyond their way to help you out with anything you need,even tho they have nothing to gain from it.
Greece is a shit hole though
Wearing shoes in the house IS weird!
I put my shoes on my head and walk with my hands
@sneksnekitsasnek is your dad russian
@@WormInsideTheApple why us?
@@DennisMaltzev cause, yknow the meme. _In Russian, we wore shoes in bed and walk outside barefoot_ .
Not in the southern US, unless it's just the preference of a particular household. We don't wear muddy shoes inside of course, but if we've just been walking on dry grass or concrete then it's just a quick wipe and stomp on the doormat and in we go.
How is it possible for a city more populous than the Netherlands to be so quiet and clean? It’s mind-blowing
The Japanese are so quiet, humble and respectful, it's the way their culture has been for a very long time. I'm not saying that people in the Netherlands aren't all of those things, but I think it's a matter of honor to hold those values in Japan.
education and hygiene awareness
I’d love for my city to take notes. People litter all the time!! It’s disgusting ;(
Discipline and respect.
India could never
If Japanese people think that Americans are too friendly I think they'd have a heart attack if they saw how strangers treat you in Latin America, maybe Italy as well. I'm not really extroverted but most people in Latam countries will make you feel like you're their best friend in just a couple of hours
Miran wants tea yeah and meanwhile their body steals your wallet while you distracted by the Friendly Stranger
@@IcidLink lmfaoo never been robbed tbh but i've heard of that happening
that's really cool. i want to visit
can confirm as a latin american.
American Small towns are quite friendly too, just avoid the trailer parks.
When I was in Tokyo, I saw a girl that had a hat saying 'I like to beat my children' and cracked up so much, and kept walked away still cracking up.
Wtf 😭😭
I would've told her
@Martin Luther The hell does this have to do with gender?
@@giuliab8484 /s
@Martin Luther ur satire right
When I was in Japan I got lost in the subway in Tokyo, and a very friendly Japanese man helped me and left me even the seat of the train that would take me to Kyoto, and bought me food too, but I forgot to ask for the number to thank him. If you read this thank you n.n.
It happened to me too. 1st time a high school aged girl helped us and took a different train with us until he left us in the right platform. It took her at least 30-40min of her time. 2nd time a hotel worker who just finished her shift also helped us in the train. 3rd time a man oriented us and guided us to the right platform. (until the pandemic hit us) I tried my best to guide any person who seemed help her in Sydney. And the good thing is I even made friends with whom I am still in contact. Japanese people are incredibly polite and helpful.
I don't think he will read this but I can pretend to be him if that makes you comfortable... "It was my pleasure, please feel welcome to come back anytime!" :D
@@Yourebeautyfull jajajsjs thank you, so sweet
@@Yourebeautyfull Simp
@@capogocrazy6125 Obviously triggered because you don't have the balls to interact with girls lol :D
For Japanese, don't ever change. Keep the tradition alive and that's what make Japanese culture respected by foreigners. Nothing wrong being shy or being different, that's what makes your country unique to the world. I worked with other Japanese clients here in the US and even as Americans knows how to respect them.
I don’t know man I know some people in Japan it hard to connect with them they kinda fake it hard to know Japanese people tell the truth or not they really good at lying someone said to me in Japan if someone invite you to eat at lunch time they just do it because they want to be polite you better said no because if you said yes you annoyed them and if Japanese people said you good at Japanese they are mocking you
@@MaiNguyen-ck4br if people say that you're good at their langauge is just people being typical lowering their standard for foreingers who managed to speak their language a bit. it's not that we think you're really good at it, it's that we know to speak Asian lanaguage for any westerners is very hard, so we kinda just affirm your effor to even learn it
not really mocking you though
@@ChristmasSpirit606 no it a culture thing in Japan Asian people kinda look alike so it hard to know when people from my country talking in Japanese if it good they said nothing about it but if it bad they said some suff like:oh your Japanese really good to mock us because they know we are Asian but not Japanese because our Japanese is bad in Japan people said good things to being polite or mocking they not gonna talk shit right to your face
The only thing I’d change abt Japan is the issue with sexism, sexual harassment and minority discrimination. Other than that I love their culture very much
@@MaiNguyen-ck4br that's the difference sometimes... if someone here in Italy have a bad day or want to say something a little bit rude like "yeah your italian is really bad", they will not try to hide it and be themselves. Of course it's different going from person to person, but in general it's easy to meet someone for the first time that can answer to you in a rude way, and maybe after some chat they will be gentle and funny
When the women said 'maybe we are too clean' I instantly thought of how freaking clean the ground in in the video! Not a chewing gum, ciggarette bud or wrapper in sight
And they do that without draconian laws like the one in Singapore.
those things are found in leftist run places exclusively
You'd be surprised to see how it is actually dirty in places where people do not come/stop by a lot, the roads are incredibly dirty as soon as you leave a major city.
The reason for that is that it’s regularly cleaned by a large workforce... not that people don’t litter. Still impressive though!
@@VonBlanproductions There is littering, and there is littering. I believe the level of littering in Japan is much lower than other countries (except Singapore under its heavy punishment). That will help a lot.
what did you find odd about america?
the poor people
Those people are there because they want to be.
Lmao..
Mike Powell yeah ok mike
Yah democratic states are normally filled with poor people
@@lordcommissar7813 True.
Kudos to those two young ladies for making an honest effort to use a foreign language when they're talking about other countries!
Some curious insight as well.
That kid in africa need to learn more english if he can't understand what the totally fine english the lady has spoken.
@@ThatKidinAfrica Live from where I am from - doesnt really speak Japanese often so I think that was the reason because he works mostly from home and does muni documentations.
Why should you use a foreign language when talking about other countries? Wtf
@@ThatKidinAfrica They obviously could
Been all over Japan more than 7 times. What I find "weird" about Japan: The opposite of their views on customer service. Customer service is impeccable and business give the impression of taking extreme pride and care in what they do. Toilets are really cushy. What a wonderful word to use to describe a toilet. People sit REAL close to each other on the train. Like literally butt pressed against butt. I swear at one point someone was literally half sitting on my lap. Discrimination in establishments are the norm there, where no foreigners are allowed. Discrimination is everywhere in the world but that was a really unique manifestation of it that I had never seen elsewhere in the world. And people are actually really friendly somehow despite the idea that they're shy. As a foreigner I've had Japanese people in the table next to me in restaurants etc. smile and strike up a conversation with me. One time I was in this expesnive steak restaurant with my family and the couple next to us started talking to us. Another time I was there with my friend in a diner in Asakusa Tokyo and an old lady at the table next to us just smiled and started chatting with us. Fun times. I even had the pleasure of staying at my friend's family's house in Japan and one thing about Japanese houses that stands out to me is how the toilet is in its own room while the shower is in a totally different room which if you think about it actually makes perfect sense and every home designer should follow. Like who the heck decided the shower and the toilet bowl should be in the same room? That's weird to me. And lastly you just feel so comfortable on the street because people are so good at appearing to mind their own business. Nobody stares, nobody cares, unlike other countries where you have people staring and glaring you down. I felt so free to be me and be alone without any eyes on me. Lol
In Russia we also have separate rooms for shower and toilet.
@@pelinalwhitestrake3367 In the Netherlands too, although a larger upstairs bathroom may have a toilet. Exceptions exist though, mainly in small apartments.
@@pelinalwhitestrake3367 same here in New Zealand, not 100%, but almost every house I've ever been to. And certainly every one I've ever lived in.
My mom's Ethiopian friend was similarly shocked when she arrived to San Francisco and saw so many homeless and poor people. She also thought the US was a place where everyone is rich, or at least middle class, but we actually have obscene levels of wealth inequality for a first world country.
@Rays Through Trees, Summer Breeze As someone who's lived in the balkans and mexico, that's not true
@Rays Through Trees, Summer Breeze You forgot about the science.
It’s most obvious in the big cities.
@Rays Through Trees, Summer Breeze idk if thats true
Mm yea. The money gap is really large, even in the so called “middle” still leagues behind the rich. Take what I say with a huge spoon of salt though, i only know what I see through observation.
"Do you speak English?"
"No"
"Where have you been?"
" *Pretty much the whole anglosphere except the UK and Ireland* "
😂
I was thinking that too! Lol
LOL!
this is one thing I noticed about Japanese people... Many of them actually speak English on a fundamental scale. However, because of the shyness plus their lack of confidence, they would rather say they don't speak it, or they speak it poorly... He most likely knows English pretty well..
william97able: You’re most likely right. It’s the same in many European countries where the best non-native speakers of English reside (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands). It’s a shame, really, since people can’t really judge them unless they’re fluent in more languages.
Ireland is in the UK...
I’m surprised no one mentioned calling people by their first name instead of their last
Same
That’s only in professional settings
Tonya M I know Jdrama isn’t real and a lot of it is exaggerated or embellished but I’m 100% sure they base most of their scenes off of real life interactions in Japan... you know, how Japanese people interact? That’s how they get the audience to relate to the movie (you know, Japanese people watch Japanese shows and movies?) Last name bases until they have 3-4 kids together or have gone through two wars together. It’s just the law over there.
James Son as a person who doesn’t watch jdrama and has been to Japan, I’ve only herd people called by their last names if they were a waiter or something. Everyone else was “kun, san, Chan, and sama”
Tonya M lol Jameson never lets me down.
4:30 Foreigner are weird for wearing t-shirt like "神" while japanese wear shirt that says "become door"
Am I the only one who had to smile when the guy said he finds it strange that foreigners in Japan wear T-Shirts saying weird things... considering Japan is kinda famous for Japenglish texts on almost everything?
Thats china.
I live here in Japan and I see it a lot. I found it odd, too.
MadIIMike I am Japanese but I know😂
You don`t get to see a "God" everyday so enjoy the fukin moment ! 😹😹
He’s probably referring to superdry 極度乾燥しなさい
When she said Americans say "fuck" a lot in everyday conversations I was laughing cuz its true 🤣.
"Fuck, she's right"
I wonder if this is generational or cultural because few of my acquaintance say it. Admittedly, I hear it said by younger people (strangers while shopping, etc.) fairly frequently. I am a young Gen X and live in a semi-rural area.
i fuckin agree with you
Imagine Poles, without "kurwa" some of us would be mutes.
@@eurekahope5310 I think it has just become an accepted thing between us younger people. We dont use or take the word to it's full meaning. Words do only have as much power as you give them.
This is probably one of my favorite channels on TH-cam
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@MichaelKingsfordGray Yeah lol my keyboard autocorrected that and i didn't see it untill you guys pointed it out
Mine too
Why is it? Do you not have anything better to do that dribbling hen you think about Japan all the time? Grow up, stop pretending to be Japanese and come back when you can speak about politics in Japanese, filthy weeaboo!
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"Foreigners go out of their way to communicate with me..."
Poor guy, hope he never finds himself in Russia or Finland :D
:D
Why? Because they very shy??.
Or Germany for that matter.
I love how clean Japan is.
Demographics
When an area is homogeneous it's easier to unite and have similar, same values and respect. Hence Japan. The west likes to take in dog shlt from 3rd world countries and fq themselves up.
@@ThePresentation010 difference between like and been forced.
@@natural_law Sounds like discipline. Which ani. mals don't have. The kids in Jpn clean the school.
@@ThePresentation010 sounds like subversion and Japan will be forced to open up and take on mass immigration under the guise of aging population as one of a few excuses. See Western Europe for example.
"It's really weird when Americans wear weird shirts; like ones saying '神' (god) on them"
...While his friend standing right next to him is wearing a shirt that literally just says 'Supreme' in English 😂😂
IKR! Double standard much. It is always cool when you see another language that you don't understand LOL
Supreme is a brand though. It's likely the guy with the 神 shirt knew exactly what he was wearing and thought himself above the locals.
@@Drownedinblood or it is just a "House Kami" DragonBall shirt lol
@ॐ गणेश ॐ It's cuz I've dealt with that mentality before.
@@Drownedinblood or he just thought it was cool
I actually agree with her statement about the word ‘fuck,’. It doesn’t really make all that much sense honestly. Like it’s just a sound that pretty much has the same meaning as frick the word we use to censor it. But isn’t that just the same thing then just with a different sound.
Honestly I feel like the US has more of a culture of cursing in public. In other English-speaking countries, like Canada, it's not as acceptable. So considering that a lot of American media is shown in other countries, I'm personally glad that profanity is censored.
jaydashnine hmmm, I wouldn’t agree I’ve lived in both Canada and Australia and both swear a lot. Both Canadian and Australia media has swearing in it. Most adults don’t mind. It is when overused or when children are around that people get upset.
America and Australia are more loud about it compared to Canada
@@jaydashnine Don't forget that French Canadians *love* the word "fuck".
the people who care about "fuck" are small in number, but quite motivated about it, whereas people who don't care don't care. the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I prefer to communicate without swear words.
I mean do swear words enhanced the conversation or are they mostly just meaningless adjectives.
Omg I'm laughing so hard, the girl was like "american use the word fuck a lot idk why they censor it" and I said without thinking "she's not fucking wrong tho" and I was like lmaoooo 😭😭 it's just so casual
I agree. Like most of the things were observations that were expected or at least unsurprising to me. Her insight on the commonplace yet taboo nature of "fuck" was....REALLY jarring and thought-provoking. We use it ALL THE TIME, but it still gets censored in a lot of places.
Well it's not something you'd say in front of your momma or grandma, at least in my family since we're hispanic
@@benjwilliams5104 thought provoking? No offense but it doesn't take much to reach the same conclusion as her.
@@lauragoreni3020 Idk, I was appreciative of a chance to see a bit of my own culture from the outside. It changed the way I thought about it. If it didn't have that effect on you. that's fine, too.
Good thing she didn’t bring up Australias favorite swear word
I love how the lady at 5:50 starts naming all these cool exotic countries she's been to , then ends off with "Seattle".
Kenya Loves Japan To be fair, she started off with "Hawaii". That's not a country, either.
thats where im from and i had a bruh moment lmao
Japan’s geography is just as bad as that of United States. 😂
@@anonygent See, the concept and culture of Hawaii is completely different from the main land US, that it should be a country of its own. Which it was in the past.
@@anonygent Borneo isn't a country either. It is an Island with 3 countries on it, Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.
That girl in the second set of interviewees had great English. Not many people can throw the word "hierarchy" around, but she used it perfectly.
her English is pretty good, but in Japanese they use the English word "hierarchy" (with somewhat altered pronunciation so it's "hii ra ru kii") in basically the same way we use it in English (and if anything they use it more). so it wasn't strange she could use it.
@@SadistModeOn wow, that's interesting. Never would have known that one
I mean I suppose that's like an important word in Japanese? Because hierarchy is more rigid in Japan. So when she's learning English she learns that word because she uses it a lot in Japanese.
It's a word she should be somewhat used to.
I think her point was more about how many poor/homeless (she didn't say homeless but she is polite, I think she meant "street people") people there were, and she's not wrong. In our capitalist society where socialism is a bad word, we have this bizarre mentality on wealth, it's like, I did what I had to do to get wealthy, so fuck you your trash for not being wealthy too.. I dislike that part of america.
So the thing most Japanese note is how open to conversation other cultures are.
implying japanese are not. which is concerning.
@Arturo Sanchez Yeah Japanese people tend to be quiet and reserved. But once they feel comfortable around you, they will open up.
@@ceresbane Yes, indeed.
They are actually very talkative once they know you! If you can get around Japanese people drinking, you will not find friendlier, more open people to talk to! In America, I feel it's the opposite and people want to be left alone (or just their group) when drinking.
Ay a fellow Kingdom Hearts fan!
That's why it's so important to visit other counties. You realize the world isn't just your little box at home
Can we just talk about how clear the audio is even with all that wind??!
"They wore shoes in the house. It was unforgettable and uncomfortable"
LOL, Never change Japanese people.
Northern europe agrees with the Japanese on this one
I was surprised when they said that, over here I don't know any household that's like this. We almost always take our shoes off before going inside
Wearing shoes inside is so stupid unless you want to clean all the mud and shit afterwards.
She must've had a weird host family because I live in New Zealand and don't know anybody who would do that. Unless you're just about to go.
See, it make sense to keep your dirty shoe at the door before you enter. Same reason you don't fkin wear raincoat to your bed
3:45
I love how that's the one thing she picked up from American conversation and speech😂
Tells you a lot about our country
Wonder what she'd think of the UK lol
hell yeah, i take it as a compliment tbh
Lol I used that word a lots
It's funny because Americans swear the least out of the english speaking countries
@@calus_bath_water ...which tells you quite a lot about English countries.
The "no shoes in the house" thing is a habit I adopted at some time in my early teens.
Not because of Japan, but in Germany there were a lot of fresh Eastern European immigrants in the 90s.
A lot of my friends at school were from those families, and I'd often get scolded by some Russian granny for wearing shoes inside.
Somehow it made sense to me so eventually I stopped doing it at home too.
I’m Canadian, and it’s normal to take off your shoes in houses. Is it just an American thing to wear shoes inside?
@@gweegygweegy6126 In the Netherlands and Belgium they also don't necessarily take shoes off, which boggles my mind so bad. Some families do. Others don't, or they only take it off on their upper floors, and not on the ground floor. It makes me roll my eyes so bad, cause they also don't really tend to mop their floors or anything, so it's all quite dirty.
But in eg. apartment type of homes they mostly take the shoes off.
I'm from Eastern Europe as well, so for me the cleanliness standards are quite weird in the West. They would wash their hair daily, but like never ever mop the floor, and I'm like why...
@@andij605 Interesting, thanks for the reply!
I find it funny she mentioned it was New Zealand that her host family made her wear shoes inside. Natives in New Zealand also remove our shoes especially in traditional houses. She was staying with an English host family.
@@gweegygweegy6126 I get that this is 8 months old, but it depends.
Carpeted floor? Keep them at the door.
Hardwood floor? Keep them on more.
I find the comments about the western laid-back way of communication pretty spot on. I'm Kuwaiti and I lived in the States for about 5-6 years. I was amazed during my 1st couple of months in North Carolina by how people would give random compliments about your clothes and how they smile whenever there's eye contact. I thought they were flirting with me at 1st lol. Of course that depends on what state/city you live in, and it's not the case in all western societies. My Scottish friend actually used to hate this particular trait about Americans saying that they talk a lot and calling them "unclassy' lmao. Japanese on the other hand can seem very stiff. A relative went to Tokyo and hated it. He said they were so quiet and machine-like that it felt lonely. I absolutely love it though.
Dumb comment
@@wolterprupper5102 pot calling the kettle black, aren't ya?
@@Manganization another dumb comment, keep it up
@@wolterprupper5102 thank you. I'm here all day.
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Me after hearing how much that last girl traveled: uh, I left Texas to go to the Oklahoma panhandle once
I once went from North to South Carolina
My sister, who works in Illinois less than a mile from the Illinois/Missouri state line, has a coworker who has never been to Missouri.
@ Roman razo Texas is bigger than the entire country of Spain by about 172,682 sq km so if your well traveled in your home state and you’ve been to Oklahoma then your well traveled even if you can’t name off a grocery list of places , most people ( especially some Europeans ) just don’t realize just how big America really is so don’t feel bad
@@blakedavis2447 You're definetely not well traveled if you've only seen Texas and Oklahoma. Nature and landscape wise the US is amazing and you can see a lot, but culturally and historically it's very limited. You're absolutely right that most Europeans underestimate the size of the US, but most Americans tend to underestimate the difference a 100 miles makes in the rest of the world
Loek van Houtert I don’t think you realize just how cultural diverse Texas and Oklahoma really are...
"Japanese large size is American small size" mwehe
Japanese people are generally thiner and healthier thats why
American McDonald’s is crazy
American McDonald’s is crazy
Japan hate fat people , balck people , brown people and lazy people !
@@zuboy4272 Um what the fuck are you talking about?
When I went to Japan I saw a shirt in a store that said "You have got big hands"
I think people in Japan would think it weird that us Canadians usually say "Thank you" to the bus driver after getting off the bus
i'm japanese but i don't think it's wired at all lol i myself do that too and i think it's common
2:51 How is anybody not talking about how in China, parents just let their children poop anywhere? WTF. That's disgusting.
well in India full grown adults do that. So there's your "two most populated countries on Earth".
Looks like it's a "people problem" for much of humanity... Master Yoda hasn't taught them the Force yet, I guess.
Apparently, California is adopting that activity for any age....
Sails Fast I will KILL MYSELF if it happens here
Fucking shit on your own damn lawn keep everything else clean
she prob met some very undereducated person. that's literally illegal in most tier1-3 cities in china
This is a bit embarrassing but when I was little my mum cutted my pj's bottom because I wasn't potty trained so whenever I had an accident it would just go on the diaper so my mum wouldn't need to wash the clothes (cause sometimes the piss would leak through and it's just disgusting)
if some random people on the street called me "cute", i'll be creeped out
I actually have experienced it....its not completely unpleasant but more uncomfortable, like how are you supposed to respond naturally! The most you can do is just say thank you and pretend it never happened, which feels quite uncomfortable
@@18nigellsutojo11 i think the best way is just to ignore (even if it's uncomfortable), you can't know what kinda people they are.. especially if you're abroad
Depends on the setting and by whom, especially speaking as a woman. If an old woman at the park says I look cute, that feels nice, I like that. But I'm walking alone at night, it makes me feel afraid.
What if they call you "ugly"?
@@cyancyborg1477 It's like followers on instagram are cool, but followers in a dark alley are not
And that's one of the major things I did not like when I went to Japan. There was no love for latin food. I sorely missed my tacos with all their cilantro goodness.
I did not expect to see you on here lol. Keep up the great work at JK!
@A I think the reference is to the Cilantro and other spices/ingredients used in Latino cuisine which is completely absent in Japanese cuisine.
ok, question, is that pfp a scott pilgrim reference or am I crazy?
it looks like when scott pilgrim earned the power of love in the comics
I was a little confused by the term 'latin food' I thought you meant Italian food lol.
One thing I’ve noticed is no matter where you are, people are basically the same. We do the same things, want the same love and happiness, go about our days in similar fashions. Everybody just does it differently. I have Hmong friends that I stay with a lot, and the culture differences are def there, but basically humans are all the same. I find us Americans can be somewhat condescending when talking to people who speak differently, either changing their tone to match theirs, or by dumbing down their talk instead of using single words and short phrases. Other than that, people are pretty much the same everywhere. We all like to have fun, laugh, spend time with family, go out, and make something of ourselves.
Damn, I'm getting good at this. I could understand the second group of people like they were speaking English.
Homura Akemi he’s obviously joking because the second group were the girls who were speaking English. Before you insult someone, make sure you’re correct.
@Homura Akemi hi, why do you feel the need to insult him over learning a language? sorry for my bad grammar
@@odaoh Because he's one of those miserable online people who must insult people to make himself/herself feel good.
@Homura Akemi oh, so now were taking life lessons from the guy with the anime profile pic
@@n.8224 the worst kind of weeb, the self-loathing one!
We try not to talk too much with customers sometimes because it can be perceived as pushy if you are right next to them or trying to help them the whole time. But at some stores it's a requirement to say hello when someone enters and try to start a conversation with them. 😂 I always feel too pushy when I have to do that. I personally only like being helped in certain stores.
come to jordan or arab world
we say hello to everyone at street if eye contact happen😂😂
I work at a grocery store seasonally because I'm a student and oh my god I HATE frontlining (when there are no customers at the register so you have to go out of your way to stand in front of your register and ask if people are ready) its so awkward omg. I usually just talk to my coworkers since were all just trying to kill time since my store isnt the busiest at certain times of the day. If someone needs help, they can make eye contact with me or they could look confused and then I'll approach them.
I deffo prefer a sales assistant who is available and findable but who isnt in your face all the time.
In US, i found they're just too annoying and pushy, but in France if i needed sth there were seemingly only people at the tills with a long line of people in the way.
I like UK shop system best so far since they're friendly when you need them to be and once theyve helped you, then they get on with the rest of their tasks :)
@@Nashmi-JO I was in a store in Dammam looking at the beautiful gold pieces for sale, and everyone who came in, whether Arab or western, was greeted by a loud and hearty, "Salaam alaykum!" I loved going back and forth on the price of things. It was very intimidating at first, but it seemed the shop owners were more and more friendly if you drove a hard bargain, like a respect thing. I did learn that if the shop keeper offers you "a gift" once you agree on a price and buy something, you cut a bad deal and the shop keeper offers you a trinket to ease his guilty conscience. I miss price dickering. It just doesn't fly in Walmart.
Yeah, I feel like if they're trying to talk with me they want to force a product, or over-help and take up my time. I think in the US we tend to prefer independent actions.
the girl at the end who didnt know what cat calling is... lol
That's what surprised me the most, I would like to know if it doesn't happen in japan or if she was just oblivious by being in another country
@Mafia Murda I'm Japanese and it doesn't happen... At least I've never seen.
@Mafia Murda 客引きはcatcallじゃねえよゲエジかよおめえは
maybe because she had no word to label it as made it less likely for her to be offended by it
Maybe she is just not a butthurt feminist like western girls and she appreciates the compliment ?
3:38 this is probably the most innocent way of talking about the ridiculous double standards in the US 😂
I'll never stop saying "hello", "please", "thank you" and "goodbye" to workers at any business where I am a patron. I try to adapt culturally wherever I am, but politeness and consideration is not up for debate. A waitress or clerk is not an animal. That is a human being, and I am trading my money for their service. It is an equal exchange. They're not slaves.
To thank someone is to acknowledge that they did a favor for you that they weren't obligated to do. You are in their debt because they did something for you.
To say "please" is to tell a person, "I know you are not obligated to do this by the laws of nature, but it would make me very happy, and I ask you this as a favor or kindness."
To greet someone is to acknowledge that they exist in your vicinity and are a human being with thoughts and feelings just like you, and wish them a good day, the same as you hope they wish you. To say goodbye is the same thing but chronologically reversed.
You are not in their debt because you pay for their work. It is all about whether you want to be nice to staff or not. Sometimes (at least where I live) they are complete pieces of shit who do their job exclusively to get their payment at the end of the month and do zero effort to be good workers
@@MacMan2152 both of yall are true and I agree with your points.
Ok, weirdo. Must take you hours to get through a Walmart
Is cultural. I also do it but what is expected is different in every country.
Goomba Pizza this comment is too underrated
2:26 i went to high school in Taipei and when I first moved there my friends told me that if I didn't get hit by a scooter at least once a week then I didn't go outside enough LMAO
I met a Japanese girl once in a hostel in Belgium. And during our conversation she started crying because she said she just started to realise how open the world is compared to Japan. She thanked me afterwards for talking to her.
That's cute and sad in the same time.
Did you tap it
Japan needs more diversity. Especially Muslims and blacks
Alhadi Balouch *pounds fist* nice
@@garyoakham9723 that's the opposite of what they need. Their culture would be wiped out like European culture is right now by the hoards
Yes, that’s a good point, I’ve been to Japan several times, the service is perfect there. In the US the service isn’t anywhere close as good, it’s laziness and just a lack of care
"I was so surprised by the hierarchy in america" oof
Rich people own this country, so yes, there is a hierarchy in the west. Oligarchy is a better word for it.
I'm pretty sure she means 'wealth inequality'
yay capitalism ........
BenjaminFranklin99 uhhh, it isn’t as stark as New York where homeless people live on the streets among skyscrapers owned by billionaires, but there are still billionaires that live in fancy mansions in the country while homeless people live in the streets of the city.
There is a hierarchy but it's not really something that comes up.
Such smiling, well-mannered and loveable people. Hope i'll get the chance to visit Japan and experience their culture someday.
I hate cilantro too. Apparently it has something to do with genetics that makes it taste soapy
i never knew that! super interesting. To me its one of my favourite spices, and i never understood why people found it repulsive (more than just preferencial difference). Its so good in some curries.
Cilantro was strange to me...at first. And I wavered between thinking it was awful, and thinking it was good.
Eventually I settled on "good". Now I crave it with Mexican food, which I didn't grow up with unless you count Taco Hell. And even that was rare in my early childhood.
I definitely get the weird aspect of how cilantro could taste to people. It's an acquired taste for sure.
I wish I could learn to like fish, or basically anything from under the water, including clams, oysters and lobsters, etc. Aside from a tuna fish sandwich or tuna salad, I pretty much can't stand any of it. But I know millions of people love it, so it's something I'm missing out on unfortunately.
To be fair, you can dislike something without it tasting soapy. Cilantro tastes like an herb to me, just not an herb I like much.
I'm still processing their dislike for cilantro
For me, it's not necessarily that soapy as it is an INTENSE flavor. It's usually too much half the time, but while I love cilantro lime rice and will eat it by the bucket full, I can't stand pico de gallo or similar salsas BECAUSE of the cilantro in it - or something, but I'm pretty sure the cilantro is a major offender in it for me. I also can't stand onions or have a great tolerance to even mildly spicy things, so I don't think I would have ever liked salsa anyway.
The last girl was straight up catcalled and thought it was a greeting😂
Really?! You can't call someone cute anymore? You're generation is fucking stupid.
@@ghostboy929 yeah i understand complaint when someone says "i like your ass",it's rough. But just cute? There's nothing inappropriate in this.
@@ChomperkaGregnant Almost seems since social media came along its become unacceptable to complement a random in person, whereas exactly the same random complement to the same random person on social media would probably get a 'like' or 'heart' or whatever from that person
i really like your videos, i'm also learning Japanese through your online classes, thanks for the lessons
Every Japanese seem to think that they're generally shy! Being naturally introverted, I feel like I should’ve been born in Japan lol. It’s tiring being born and growing up in very extroverted countries, I feel like everyone wants to force me to speak up because I stand out being the silent one. 😓
@@LucasCarter2 introversion doesn't mean lack of social skills
@Lala Fontaine Agreed, some of the best writers and scientists are introverts.
I love being an introvert and I don’t really wanna get out of it (or do you mean get /away/ with it? cause that's a different thing). And yes I do like people but specifically the right people for me (hence, me expressing my opinion that I think I'll feel comfortable in that kind of society). I agree that silence can present some challenges, but silence isn’t always that bad. Silence makes way for thinking and contemplating and those are what introverts can be strong at. Besides that, actions can do as much as words can say. 🙂
grew up in America, now living in Japan. although there are Americans who are ok being quiet when with someone you know, people generally feel really uncomfortable with silence and have to talk about things just to fill that silence. whereas japamese people feel ok with that silence, and it actually gives them more room to say things they actually care about when it comes to mind. as someone who feels more introvert than not, that does take alot of pressure off
Yes! These videos always make me want to move to Japan. I've always been called out for being "too quiet" or told I need to speak up more or get out more, and I try but it's exhausting trying to force yourself to be extroverted when you definitely are not
1:58 Hierarchy!?
Girl, that's a 3 dollar word... Hella fancy. I have no idea how to say hierarchy in Japanese.
Kaisoo?
It's a sad but true observation.
Actually it's just ヒエラルキー / hierarukii (borrowed from German _hierarchie_) lmao
**sound of banjos dueling in the distance**
Japanese usually use the word so It's normal.
Yeah; she bested half of the US on that one. #badass
@@VVayVVard actually hierarchy is Greek word 🙂
I really liked this - They are willing to actually Discuss differences and laugh about them, rather than wishing ill on those who are different. Well done.
Surprised Yuta didn't offer us his thoughts, or tell us what he concluded. I think that usually makes for a more interesting video, that i can think more about. Now i feel like i lack a springboard for discussion.
I think he wants to avoid biasing our impressions.
most of the people in the comments have no real interactions or gone to japan... but have very strong comments on there culture and the way they act.... its just rude really to think like that... my family hosted many exchange students and the japanese where the most respectful and kind. and yes they hold things in its how they are raised so i dont see any problems people need in general need to be more open minded and kind... in saying that japanese people adapt to other cultures very fast, they have a very isolated history also dont forget. and not just that a very cool culture rich in history and thats what makes them who they are. we should all love each other more and judge less. also Arigatō too yuta for your videos =)
Nobody gives a fuck about what you've done lad. The fact remains that the East has weird-ass as all hell culture. Borderline creepy culture at that.
@@StarWarsftw12 Define weird
@@StarWarsftw12 Just like the west?
@@StarWarsftw12 daddy chill !
@@StarWarsftw12 bro calm down
The girl at 2:00 on the left with the neck choker, when the wind blows her hair, is stunning!
Definitely a looker, although the girl at 4:54 has an amazing smile!
my heart was taken by the girl
I can’t wait to visit Osaka. I just started learning Japanese reading and writing.
Me too. I wAnt to settle in Tokyo. I'm also learning. ありがよ
I'm from Laos in Southeast Asia. Lao people are super friendly. We greet everyone with a "Sabaidee". That means " hello " It doesn't matter if you're a male or female. Old or young. Stranger or not. You're greeted with a generic word "Sabaidee"
It is interesting, for an european, that there are so many people in Japan that did not visit any foreign country. We are blessed in this continent to have so many different cultures on such small distance.
You forget that we have open borders my friend. It isn't so easy for Japanese people to travel as it is for us. Cost more too.
MrPatriickzz open boarders are great but what you have from it if you can’t afford Traveling? I can’t afford it and never even visited an neighbor Country. I simply can’t afford Vacations
@@IcidLink it's always possible? You even cycle to Germany or Belgium. Or make a Roadtrip with tents. You don't have to be in a 4-5* hotel. In 2019 I drove from Netherlands to Spain with 2 friends. Only sleeping at campings.
@@MrPatriickzz Always depends on your age, your income, where exactly you live in your country, how much time you have for traveling (how much vaccation can you actually aford to take or how your vaccations around the year) and what options of traveling you have. Do you have a driving license and a car or do you rely on public transport and bikes?
Cycling a bike from like Görlitz, Germany to Poland is literally just crossing a bridge (it's even a distance you can literally walk btw.), but imagine living somewhere in the middle of the country and only owning a bike. Suddenly the way to poland becomes a whole day of cycling on your bike. Now living in a small village you might not even have a good connection to public transport and would need to take the bus to the next big city to get a train station to get close to the border or into another country.
I'll agree, doesn't have to be a very noble hotel or something and it's obviously way easier to get to other countries than for a japanese to get to somewhere else but how much you can actually travel is still determined by a lot of factors.
@@TitanKaempfer yes you're right. I agree with you. But if you can afford a car. You can basically have a holiday for barely anything. Especially if you take 2-3 people with you. Campings are like 20-30 euros a night for the whole car. Food is also cheap at campings. And then just the gas. But also divided by 3/4.
I think every culture will find weird what other people from other cultures do, could be a tradition, or a some type of food or manners. Thanks for the video
This is true. I think the amazing thing about exploring new cultures is those "weird things" and embracing them. The world would be an incredibly boring place if we were all the same.
When I visited Japan, I found it comfortable. It was clean, people were polite and helpful. The weird thing was that people dressed up and ate noodles in corner stores standing. Their foods are in small portions and I get hungry early if I order their standard meal.
Haha, the people who were dressed up eating noodles must have been the office workers/ salary men! Usually during lunch time those places are packed with workers!
“Gaijin”
Ah yes, I know this word.
Foreigner ?
Wonder if you know, how they live in Tokyo, drift,drift,drift
Outsider
@@TheBudakSkema yes, "outsider" is more accurate. Foreigner is gaikokujin, the koku meaning "country." You won't hear "gaijin" used much outside of casual conversation among Japanese.
"Gay Gin"
Tonic for homosexuals.
Come to Finland, we're not so barbaric to wear shoes inside the house :)
@Ragnarok Upper class swedes do wear rshoes inside since its apperently classy and show their class...I guess thats why they are so thin with a ll the crap indoors making their immunesystem good giving them the good bacteria.
@Ragnarok We in Spain never ever have guest slippers, even if the floors are cold. Visits always keep their street shoes on until they leave, that's why we have doormats at the entrance of the buildings and the apartments, for people to clean their shoes. In my own house I wear slippers anyway, but if I enter with friends, I don't use to take my shoes off, to not make my friends uncomfortable. Anyway, Spain weather is quite dry (in most cities it won't snow for years, and you get about 10 rainy days), so generally speaking, you don't bring that much dirt from the street.
In the Netherlands this used to be the case too but it's disappearing because people think the extra effort is not worth it.
I dont know why tf anyone would wear shoes in the house, honestly. Just gets everything dirty for no real reason.
Us swedes don't either, well, at least not those native/or living in the North. I've lived in the UK for years and no one takes their shoes off at the door, it drives me crazy.
5:19 he did not say Australia. He said Österreich, which is the German word for Austria xD
He said オーストラリア人 which means Australian. I doubt he speaks German.
@@user-cdf9fk2rqa Could be... I mean, I can't speak Japanese, but this sounded like Austrian/German word for Austria so much :D. You are probably right haha
@@_Leoneee_ LOL to be fair though, people in america sometimes confuse australia with austria due to the similarity in names.
I also heard "Österreich", because of the slight ch-sound he made at the end and it would not come as a huge surprise because Austria/Österreich is not too unknown in Japan
I clearly heard Österreich as well. I do not think he said オーストラリア, which has way more mora than what I could understand at least. And the ch sound in the end makes it very clear to me.
-Do you find kissing is a good way of greeting?
-Mhhm i think its a good thing
Covid: *yes its a good thing (screeching noises)*
Lmfaoooo
also, Herpes
I have met some Japanese people in Indonesia and they are more polite, helpful and kind than people from China or South Korea.
oh dear don't get me started on some koreans and chinese. there're already a lot of them here, from where i am and they're not so friendly and polite as the japanese
you just get lucky.thats all
not all of them of course, but a lot of them Chinese and South Korean usually cold and lack of manner in Southeast Asian country. They see us as inferior or something idk
@@fakuri913 most of koreans adore and level themselves to americans and european country, but if you are an asian. naah don't expect too much from them.
In my country we don't remove our shoes when entering our home or someone else's. I've visited another country which had this costume and it was so weird for me. I've felt unprotected, which was odd given that I was on a relative's house. I wasn't able to get used to that. In my country it could be seen as rude to remove your shoes unless you were invited to stay, you would only do that on your own house.
Yeah same in my country. 🇮🇪
(feet germs ew) id rather have dirt on my floor, plus doormats!!
Apart from upstairs I only take my shoes off upstairs
@@bonniestevenson2221
Feet germs is a lot better than the stuff your shoes can carry.
Y'all weird
@Mahima Bhat We also have mats on the entrance, where we stomp our feet to lose dirt. It's cultural, we know the floor has to me mopped regularly so we don't care for a little dirt for a few hours because we'll clean it. Even when we remove our shoes, we stay on our rooms, if we have to move around the house, we use another more loose footware.
Now I wanna see Yuta in a Greg production! Make it happen! :D
They actually did one a while ago. They have also made appearances in each other videos a few times.
There was definitely a theme regarding Americans being extroverted. And that is most definitely something you see almost only in America. For example, here in Europe, the teachers are never you're friends and you must never really get very close with them, while in the US it is heavily encouraged. I definitely prefer the way it is in America though because at least it promotes good use of social skills whilst still staying completely respectful of others most of the time.
I'm glad all who had visited found us Aussies friendly :)
I found Australians to be nice overall but I did meet a bible thumper who publicly chastised me for a joke I made to my friend about my spike bracelet.
Japanese people here seem young , they are probably mostly talking to university students in Australia.
They mustn't have met any bogans, or else they would definitely have mentioned them.
@@michaeluzumaki1762 Please try not to categorize an entire populace of a country for the actions one mentally disturbed "human", I understand hating is easier than love. There are no "white aussie nationalists" only nationalists / supremacists. The people from Australia are already signing a petition to strip the citizenship of a certain individual who i assume you are referring and who i will not name out of respect for the families affected.
Love and peace from the land down under.
Some Aussies r pretty racist asw
In america the greeting kiss is very antiquated and pretty much unheard of except reaaaly elderly, the hugs are common though.
VanLifeCrisis In Hispanic culture and Latin America you will find it common among family and friends , kisses on the cheeks for the ladies and a hug with a few pats on the back for the gentlemen and handshake for anyone in general.
even greeting hugs are on their way out for all but close and trusted friends. girls are getting sick of being groped by pervy old men and i dont blame them.
Yes, throughout America. Such as Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, Canada and even USA.
Kisses are more European (at least in the south and middle)
Are you kidding me, gaijin wear weird T-shirts?! Weirdest ones I have seen are the badly translated English ones sold in Japan. Lol.
Those clothes from Japan is cool though. I want to buy many of those in the future. ✌️
Those are probably intended for the foreign visitors.
I once a japanese lady wearing a "I am naked " wording t shirt .....and she didn't even knew what it meant
What about the badly translated Japanese T-shirts that you weeaboos wear? Exactly! Destroyed yet again with facts and logic. Come back when you can speak about politics in Japanese.
@@adityaroy2468
Makes me wonder if there's some Japanese t-shirt maker who's fluent in English that's trolling his/her people simply for the lulz.
I am an American, in Vegas and while making dinner, I was randomly watching videos. I just saw your channel for the first time and have watched some of your videos….I am SO LOVING your videos! I’ve never seen any like these and never really thought to get this perspective! As Americans, we do this all the time -as far as wondering or commenting about how others live and talk and also, mimic others. I have rarely, if ever, actually seen others from other countries, mimic us or give their perspective. I have been laughing so much and they are so right about us, the way we are and like in your other videos, the way we talk. So funny, I love this and it’s nice, because we need a “dose of our own medicine”! As Americans, we’re always so pompous and mimicking other people, so this is good! We should all learn about each other and be able to laugh about differences, as well, so keep up the good videos!!
6:12
made me laugh because when I visited japan I thought it was odd how little people communicated whilst at work, where as in the u.s I talk with my coworkers Very often. It’s cool that others notice that as well but from a different perspective 😊
The topic this time was very good
They seem to be very reserved there. It's refreshing.
When that one girl was confused as to why fuck is censored on tv when it’s used so much irl, I felt that