I remember when I was a sophomore or junior in high school I got really sick with bronchitis during a convention, which is contagious, so I bought a mask at a vendor because I didn't want to cough on everyone. it matched my cosplay though so nobody said anything during the convention, but when I wore it during school so I didn't get my classmates sick (I'd wash it at the end of the day) everyone moved away from me in all of my classes. It got to the point where one of my teachers was like, "She's literally wearing it so that you don't get sick, and if she weren't wearing it you wouldn't have cared. Stop disrupting the class by making a big deal of it."
While you can order large packs of single use one. You can actually order ones that are meant to be washed. No real reason to to make more waste if you don't have too.
Japan isn't going to give you grief for wearing what you normally wear, but most Japanese women wear short skirts (Japan is a leg country) but do not show a lot of cleavage.
I was amazed at how quiet the trains were when I was on them during my stay in Tokyo in May. Even groups of teenagers (who in the UK would pretty much be shouting to be heard over the train / bus etc) were whispering to each other in order to not annoy the other passengers. There was one time when someone pulled his phone out and was basically shouting down it. The glares he got were so intense that he hung up, apologised to those around him, and remained quiet until he got off three stops later.
That's one of the ways that we use to tell if someone is a foreigner or not xD when they start talking really loudly to a friend beside them or on the phone.
I feel the same way. I went in May/June last year and when we used the trains, which was close to nearly every day, I was always so astounded at how polite and quiet people are. My friend and I always tried to speak at a low hush and the only time we were a little loud was when an older Japanese man was asking to buy my Mario shoelaces lmao If I ever go back, I think taking transport will be my absolute favorite thing. People on trains in Australia have zero respect for those around them.
my half Filipino mom always cooks rice with every chicken and steak meal and as I got older I realized not everyone ate rice as much as I did. I always feel incomplete eating BBQ steak without rice, it just fills me up in a way that doesn't weigh me down! And you can do so many things with rice, I love it!
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watching the mask section in 2021 has me laughing (and also crying inside lolol). Nice video!!! I actually really enjoy hearing about habits foreigners pick in in Japan :)
seems like nobody knows, I guess it's one of the social conventions that everyone follows without asking any questions ..... personally, I do both, depending the available parking and max efficiency, like when there's almost no cars in a parking lot, I'll go straight in from one parking side to the opposite one, so my front will already be out when I get back
As you say, backing in is difficult even for Japanese. This is just my idea but almost Japanese may think that the possibility to hit someone is higher when going out than parking to empty space.
When you come out of the parking space it's important to see if any cars or people are coming. The fact that you never hit anybody is quite irrelevant, it still could happen. When you're backing into a parking spot you still see everything around you, so it's less likely to hit something. It's one of the many many things that Switzerland and Japan share, because we're more focused on the rest of society than on ourselves. But I also think that it has something to do with the density of the population, if you have like 200 giant parking spots and 3 cars parked you don't need to be that careful :)
Sharmander My Mom does it with her parking spot at her house every time, but she also lives on a hill. When she would be backing out she can't see as well as if she were to pull forward, so in this case it makes sense. Personally though, I'm good at looking behind me and paying attention so backing out is no big deal and honestly, if I'm going to be hit, I'd want my trunk to be hit rather than my engine. Much less costly to repair if at all.
Noemi Davolio you're from Switzerland and you think Switzerland and Japan share many things?? I'm Japanese who currently lives in United States but I've been always thinking about that. Like the government system, education system, we are sorry yet you guys do better! I've never visited Switzerland, but it's love to know more and visit and maybe live there one day!! (Sorry for irrelevant comment)
Well I have a valet job and the reason we back up into parking stalls is because its kind of easier to fit longer cars since the turn radius is a lot wider backing up (this is the case with parallel parking too) and it saves time when we need to bring a car up since the car is just ready to go. So its kind of just getting more of the work out of the way of leaving the parking lot (does that make sense?)
It's just very much safer to back up in a parking space and get out. I never understood why people don't, especially when people have driveways on a busy street, backing up... on the street get it not, it says: hey, respect me and adapt to me cause I don't care about you or anybody.
Had wanted to comment something like this. Unless I need specific access to the trunk (in which case, it might still be better backing in), which would require me to back out when I leave, I always back in. It's that much easier to do and do right. I frequently miscalculate my turn radius when driving into a spot (as opposed to backing in), so the alleged time savings are usually in backing in for me.
One thing I just can't adapt to here in Japan is bakeries. They have so many "French Style" bakeries and yet not a single one of them has decent bread or croissants. And it's frustrating because everything looks ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, they look exactly like what we have in France and in Switzerland, but everything is too soft and too sweet. When I bite into a croissant I expect it to bite back ! I want to hear the crust crumbling ! Same goes for most breads, nothing has a hard shell, they don't even make any crumbs that's how soft they are. Though it goes both ways, when my boyfriend first came to Switzerland he couldn't handle our bread, he actually cut his gum with the crust ! I'm sorry I'm rambling but I would kill for some nice bread right now ;)
Asian more like soft bread than hard bread, I thinks it's depends on how deep level on eat bread style. On first I super excited soft bread and now I really don't like bread which is extremely too soft just like eat cotton 😅😅😅 Unfortunately there's still too soft bread out there because probably weak teeth (probably because too long for hot weather) 😅
matias ariel Yh not really sure why hard/chewy bread isn’t a thing in Asia. I’m from the Philippines and it’s the same thing. Most of our breads are soft and sweet with a few exceptions: Biscocho (Filipino Biscotti), Pilipit (It’s a twirled sweet breadstick thing) and probably a few more I can’t think about. It’s just because Asians see bread as more of a snack or dessert type thing rather than being part of a meal like in the west. *Asians referring to East and South East Asians. The other Asians (Indians, Khazaks, Arabs etc..) use bread in pretty much the same way as Europeans do).
One thing I learned about that was from an anime about bread called Yakitate!! Ja-pan. They said that Japanese people produce less saliva, which is why when they eat any western-style bread, it's too dry for them. So in order to make it acceptable in Japan, they're much softer. Also because most Japanese people love sweet things.
Man, that rice thing is so interesting to me, because there just really isn't any equivalent in america. We certainly have staple foods that show up a lot: corn, pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, etc. But it's not like any one of those things is present at EVERY meal.
culwin I call shenanigans. How would you even get fries for every meal? Are you making them yourself in a deep fryer? Who owns a deep fryer? Do you just never cook food for yourself and every meal you eat is american style takeout or fast food? That seems like it'd get quite expensive. Maybe somebody does these things, teenagers who don't care about eating well working their first job with money to burn perhaps, but it's not representative of typical american eating habits. The rice thing is a thing that almost all Japanese people seem to do.
ForeverMasterless I work with several people who eat out almost every meal. No, they don't own deep fryers. Fries are the "default" side with most restaurant meals (fast food or otherwise). You seem to just want to argue for the sake of arguing. Which is fun to be sure, but I've got a shipment of deep fryers to deliver.
In Argentina most people back in too and it's the only way you learn 90 degree parking at any driving school. The thing is, the most dangerous and crowded part is not the parking spot but the lane were you're driving. When you park you're stopped in the middle on the lane with hazard lights on and everyone can see you maneuvering, but when you get out you appear out of nowhere right into the lane where everyone else is driving and where people are likely to be walking. That's why it is more important to be able too see when you leave than when you arrive.
Well, they *can* be easier to navigate in the US in a sense, in that much of the time the spaces are *angled* in order to make it easier to park facing forward *and* to back out, which everyone has to watch for people doing, anyway. (It was also just how they used to lay out town centers, with somewhat wider streets. A lot of places now, though, they've had to add extra lanes or make formerly one-way streets two way, so a lot of that angle-parking is replaced by parallel parking (car parallel to curb, that means: I know some countries call these things other names. Basically angle parking, the spaces are like this / / / / / / / and parallel parking means when cars are lined up at the side of the road like = = = =) It seems a lot of Japan has perpendicular parking spaces in most places. And lots of parking garages where the spaces are perpendicular so people can travel both ways in confined spaces.
If I want to "back in," I find two empty back to back spaces and pull through. I never actually back into a spot. Though my younger sister was required to back into her spot at her vocational high school (they each had assigned parking spots) because there were so many people leaving at the end of the day; it was crazy. With lines of cars in the parking lot waiting to exit, they didn't want anyone backing into another.
Living in Gunma, where driving is the norm, I'd say that most parking lots are at least a 30/70 mix of people who pull into spaces rather than back in.
When I visited Japan I just couldn't use a squat toilet I tried but couldn't but I was downtown kobe, and had to go bathroom really bad so I searched high and low for a western toilet I finally found one and it was a handicap toilet in a women's makeup department I was embarrassingly escorted out by security. it was very cringy and so embarrassing.
Lol yeah everybody squated in woods long time ago.But aren't there any western Toilet?Many of them are equipped the shower nozzles for targeting for your arse.
This Video convinced me to start wearing those masks when I was cleaning my Aunt's house or with a sore throat when I started working for her in November of 2019. I was originally weird about it because I am a American but now during this Pandemic..I wear one every day or whenever I can for multiple reasons, including having my Japanese friends few less stressed. And when I do I am like " Thank You Rachel." But now I am also going " Thank You, Japan for Anime." Because alot of their normal everyday habits I am now catching myself doing because of this Pandemic because it's actually more practical to do when you're not touching someone's hand, or wearing a mask. I am noticing I am slowly starting to bow as I say thank you more... I feel the urge to want to clean more because I get the thought of " I don't want to see this when I get home from a possible warzone." So I am actually very grateful for these two videos, and for Rachel & Jun being a Channel because through Rachel's I can see Japan through the mindset of an American as well as your Canadian friend and see that yes right now...we need to focus on Common sense and what are the polite ways to Express that when something that is normal from somewhere else suddenly becomes normal everywhere due to a global crisis. Thank You. And yeah ....I feel the urge to bow right now.
When the parking bays either side of you are occupied, it is impossible to turn a car into a narrow bay in one shot when going forward. Cars handle differently in reverse, which makes it easier to turn 90 degrees sharply. Also, reverse gear is a lower gear than even first gear, which makes it easier to make slow movements. On top of this, it is statistically less likely that someone would be within the parking bay as you enter it than crossing your path as you try to reenter the roadway.
Wow, I didn't know Japan was so much like Iran! Iran is full of squat toilets too, and we too use surgical mask often. And we put our hands over our mouth when we are eating something and want to talk. And we don't go out on casual clothes ( unless you are a lazy hipster or you want to go out to your nearest store or something really close) and we eat rice too much!
I love these videos! This is so interesting to me. Regarding makeup, I was in a relatively country/rural area (Yamagata) and I actually felt very conspicuous wearing makeup over there. It looked like the other women my age wore little to no makeup! Next to them, it felt like I was wearing an entire Sephora store. lol. I became self-conscious and stopped wearing makeup while I was over there.
+Loya Frostwind Yes they do! But for people living in the city you walk SO MUCH that it's not super necessary for them to workout outside of that. There are also gyms as well, but those aren't as popular as they are in America.
Yes, I jog around the neighborhood but not many people have a habit of jogging in the first place. (I don't think this is the case in Tokyo) and also most people were sports clothes (?) like they mentioned this video, we don't really go outside in sweats :)
Loya Frostwind they jog in yoga type pants.. the only time that you see them in remotely something like sweats is at school during gym class, and danm they make you sweat
my mom : have you eaten yet? me : i ate pasta just now my mom : so you havent eaten yet me : but im not hungry anymore my mom : no you need to eat rice me : *sigh* k then because rice is love rice is life😂😭
Well, when you back into a parking space you have a nice overview of the space and it's surroundings before you start backing into it. Because of that and the fact that you have a better view when you drive away again, the safety argument is actually valid. However, I have to admit that I usually back out of a space instead of into it.
I always back into a space! I am from England. I find it so much easier. I can drive by, make sure the space is big enough and then reverse in. I get a good view of both lines (on the ground) on either side of the car through my side mirrors. So I can get it perfectly centre. I can then see exactly what is going in when I need to drive out of the space, because I am forward! :) makes sense!
I totally agree with Rachel about the squat toilets! I got used to them during my exchange (I didn't know my school had western style) and I still miss them 8 years later. That and the big flush/small flush
I totally get the backing into a space theory. I have a big car and now find it much easier to reverse park because I have no idea where the front is. But when I had small cars I used to drive in forwards no problem.
You raise the best point! I'm guessing most places in Japan don't have shopping carts/trolleys like in America. But even still... Buy anything big... Guess you have to pull up front then?
They must leave a lot of space between cars then. I often have trouble just opening the door far enough to get out; there's no way a cart would fit in between.
usually parking spaces at the back have quite alot of space at the back in singapore at least. Plus we dont wanna stand in the middle of the road while putting our shopping into the back.
+Yay295 Yeah, they often draw lines to keep the space between cars. And if not, then I guess there's usually enough space at the back like MSadamgasm says.
I only visited Japan for a week and some change and I was totally commenting on how everyone was so dressed up there. It made me feel very undressed in my sweater and jeans! That's one of the things that stuck out to me the most!
The best is when two parking spaces in front of each other are totally open so you can pull through one space and then park facing out of the second. No backing in, or out!!!
its disgusting, urina splashes all over the place, someones just didn't hit the hole, miss the toilet while pooping... sitting up is cleaner and you don't have a risk to wet your feet
You'd love Los Angeles, Rachel. There are MANY parking structures here with signs that say "Backing into spaces prohibited." Love it when you two do videos together.
Backing into a parking place is the best thing ever. And it's way easier to back into a parking place than out of it. If you know your car, backing into a small space is no problem at all, and it won't take long.
i think this depends more on how you were raised and where you were raised. In america its not common nor is it taught so people have trouble doing it. for instance most of the people you see backing in take multiple tries to get into the space and once they are in they are never strait and a lot of the time they are either on, over, or very close to the line on one side. i think that's why many northern americans find it odd, i also think that is why a lot of us say its easier and faster to pull in and back out. but in Japan its the norm so people are use to it and can do it much better and faster. im sure in Japan it wont take a person 20 tries to get into a parking spot backing in... have an american try it and you may be there all day or you have dinged up cars or a crooked parking job.
Totally agree. It's MUCH easier to get out of the space if you have backed in, because you see the traffic. If you're backing out, you always have issues to see behind the big cars on the sides or tinted windows, but with backing in, it's easy. Also, it's really easy to park backing in, because you have both mirrors and don't have to think about the dimensions of the car, just check the mirrors for the even distance to both. People in America are weird. Greetings from Latvia, where everyone just parks as they want :D
I have recently watched a few of both your and Sharla's videos. They are both hilarious and informative. I lived in Japan for 6 years in the 1960s and I am surprised at how much some things have changed and some remained the same. I won't go into backing into parking which I have always done. Keep up the good work!
The argument that backing into a parking space takes more time than backing out of a parking space makes all the sense to me. However, before backing in, you just drove past that space and had a chance to survey it. And you're going slowly precisely because you have to be precise. Whereas when backing out, your view might be blocked by adjacent vehicles. And you're heading into traffic instead of out of it. And you might be stepping on the gas a bit because you don't want to hold up traffic for too long. So please consider this: just because many American parking spaces are dimensioned to facilitate speedy maneuvers doesn't mean that tiny Japanese parking spaces can be treated the same way. It is highly unlikely that you personally will ever crush an infant hiding in a dead angle to death if you save yourself a minute here and there through lazy driving. But when it happens, even when it's a one-in-a-billion occurrence, it's a huge tragedy. Eventually, we'll have sensor-festooned vehicles that can't even harm a stupid pigeon. But for now, the Japanese way is superior. Please: Think of the children.
Americans will agree with you that pulling out of a parking space going forward instead of reverse is always better. That's why when we pull into a parking space and the space in front of us is free as well, we'll pull through so we can exit forward. We agree that it is safer and easier. However, Americans won't put in the effort to turn around and back in. Most of the reason is that we are concerned we'll scratch an adjacent car. Another part of the reason is time. Part of the reason is effort. Backing out of a spot has never really been a problem in the US. People and children know that when a parked car's brake lights turn on, it's better to wait or go to the other side of the aisle. And if you let your car move only an inch then stop as a warning, everyone around gets the idea: move out of the way.
+Ryan Woo so basically what you are saying is that Americans are lazy and dont wanna put effort into backing into a parking space. To that I agree, ive always felt that backing in instead of pulling in is much safer as no on usually hangs in the packing space but people still walk on the road outside the space.
+MSadamgasm I usually park in spots with empty parking spaces around me, so that I can see pedestrians when I back out. Plus, people have the common sense to avoid cars backing up slowly. The problem is with the jerks that pull out too fast and irresponsible parents that don't watch their kids.
+MSadamgasm except that backing into a parking space is just as dangerous as backing out. So what we Americans are saying is that not only is stupidly longer to back in, but in terms of safety risk there is no difference. So we don't understand the reason, at all, because it's completely illogical.
John Baker Haha....people are so bad at driving in reverse that it would surely cause some people to get killed when the driver confuses the break for the gas or swings too far toward a parked car and hits the pedestrian waiting by or coming out of the parked car. The damage to nearby vehicles would be astronomical. People would be too afraid to damage nearby cars to make backing into a parked space with parked cars on both sides a habit. I only back into a parking space if there are no cars nearby and if are not too many pedestrians nearby because they have to wait for me to slowly back in and I don't trust people to not get in the way of a car that is obviously backing into a parking space.
I live very close to where Sharla grew up in Canada and I always back into parking spots... but I also drive a big truck and I find it so much easier to back into a spot to park then to pull in.
The backing out of a parking space thing too, we do that in the uk but not as much, and i always thought as a passenger it's funky-er to back-in to a space than pull-in, maybe it's just me. Love your vids by the way. ( ＾▽＾)( ＾∀＾) ありがとうごさいました
Remember the kerfuffle a short while back because it was reported people were wearing pyjamas/onesies when dropping their kids off at school? That was hilarious.
When I was at uni it was acceptable where I lived to go to the takeout or mini tesco in your trackies (I lived right in the student area near the uni) but as soon as I went home it was immediately not ok anymore
Me too, and I'm from Canada! I think it's maybe more of a personal preference because I feel weird going out in my lounging clothes as well. if I'm going anywhere, I will change my clothes. Maybe some people are just more comfortable that way?
I find backing into a spot so much easier than not! I have to admit I've hit the mirror on a pillar when forced to park otherwise but when backing I see more easily the space I have on either side of the car and it's much easier to park or get out, also so much easier to park inside of the lines.
I live in japan also I’m japanese and I do wear sweats in public. I’m not saying I do but I guess it depends on if you can pull them off and etc. Japanese people care way too much about how ppl think
I always love your videos, it's SO relate-able after you've lived in Japan for a few years! I'm about to go back to Japan and I've been constantly thinking, "Man, me backing up into a space could REALLY use some work." When, I never would have thought this before. Anyways, love you guys! Keep up the great work!
When I was in Japan I saw cars backed into so many spaces that seriously impressed me. Like in between buildings, and in little spaces by their houses. Backing into parking spaces is impressive enough.
The reason for parking in the back is that in Japan, the space and passage for one vehicle are narrow, so if the car gets stuck on both sides and front and back, there is no room to cut the steering wheel to the left and right, making it impossible to exit.
My (small) family is PCSing to Okinawa in 2 months and your channel is helping me learn about the culture more! Where did you learn Japanese? I want to be able to interact a bit easier once I get there. You and your friend are beautiful!
It'll actually be easier to learn in Japan when you're surrounded by people who speak the language! Try to make Japanese friends who actually speak in Japanese (a lot of Japanese people who want foreign friends end up talking mostly in English). I don't doubt your base will have resources for people who want to take language classes as well. We do have a video that lists some free and paid resources, if you want to start learning now! th-cam.com/video/EnZ8DnYBMLY/w-d-xo.html Good luck!! :D Okinawa is BEAUTIFUL and you're going to love it!
Thank you so much for your reply! I actually was exploring your channel and say the two videos you guys had on learning the language. I have a very small vocabulary because of my love for the culture and language since I was very young. I'm so excited. I don't believe I will want to come home based on my travels to other parts of Asia.
I was stationed in Yokosuka for three years (88-91) and I loved it. One thing you won't learn from these gaijin videos is you may not be able to enter or leave your base during protests. There are groups that protest the American military presence in Japan and the gates will be closed during the protests (which can last up to 6 hours). But the Japanese being Japanese, they are very polite about it and announce their protests several weeks in advance, so it is easy to schedule your plans around the protests.
I study Japanese at the university and somehow I always say something like unn (Japanese short for yes) instead of actually saying yes. There were people who looked at me strangely and asked if it's yes or no or what the heck is it. Do you guys do that too?
@@kikismiley11 it's more like "correct" or "affirmative".. so if you ask a negative question to your friends like "you didn't bring your wallet?!" And they actually did but they say "correct, i did bring it", it contradicts itself. Instead they might say "un" for yes. 「うん、ここだ」
Child mainly saysうん(unn)for ambiguous way to reply.I think most of them are affirmative.But it sounds even childish,so even Japanese can't tell if it's affirmative or negative.はい(hai)is better unless want to hemming and hawing
I live in America, so I'm used to pulling into a parking space and backing out, but if you back in you can still see around you as you are going into the space. If you back out you view is obstructed until you clear the cars around you. It does takes more skill and time to back into spaces.
One thing I wish people would remember about face masks in Canada and America is that people don't usually wear masks because they are contagious, which is scary because people without masks could be contagious but, as an example, my mother wears one because she has cancer and on chemotherapy your immune system is tanked so a mask goes a long way toward helping her to stay germ-free. It's unbelievable to me when people come up to her and ask her why she's wearing one or looks at her weird or won't sit by her.. I mean, that's best for her actually but making her feel like an outsider because she's wearing a mask for her own health just makes me irritated.
I totally agree about the fashion thing! Even if it's not cute, girls rarely wear black; always pinks, beige, cream, blues, etc. Japanese women's fashion just seems so soft and feminine compared to 'western' styles.
I think the pulling in or backing into a parking space is a very cultural thing. I’m from Europe and here we get thought 2 parking methods in driving school (to get our license) - parallel parking and garage parking which are both done backwards. If you know the method well, it is actually faster and more efficient to back into spaces because of how cars are built. It has nothing to do with road conditions, it is about car turn axis and turn diameter (which is different between front and rear wheels). It’s just that most people don’t remember the technique well so can take a long time to do it as a result.
i like it when there is a large parking space and not a lot of cars so when my grandmas parks and when we leave someplace we can just drive straight through were someone would be parked but isn't
I agree so much! I have mysophobia or germophobia, so I don't use public toilets even if I'm desperate! Squat toilets would be so convenient! Plus, surgical masks would be great.... Lol why do I have such phobia?? :/
And omg, I'm Asian and I'm literally eating rice with every meal. XD Rice with steak, rice with sweetcorn, rice with potatoes... basically with everything. XD
***** Yeah, most people do ship him is Kagura, I mean I sometimes do. Its cos they always are battling each other, like the relationship between Hijikata and Gin.
haha the parking one is so funny! i only back into a space if it's relatively an empty lot so i don't have to worry about hitting other cars and when it fills up later on it's easy to pull out ~
The train thing applies to Canadians too. Our commuter trains have quite zones on the upper levels and most people don’t talk even in the lower levels.
Phil Nolan I like in the UK, people park either way. It has happened lots of times that I have been walking and a car pulls out right when I walk past and nearly hits me because they went in forward and can't see as easily out the back so they don't know I'm there
LOL I'm the opposite with the parking issue! I ALWAYS back into a parking space and I get annoyed when people don't do it that way (where I live it's like a 50/50 of pulling in versus backing in). I always back in for the same reasons, it's more convenient/safer when you're going to leave. Honestly, I've gotten so used to backing in that I do it really quickly so I don't feel like it takes me more time that way.
So Japan does not stock up for the week like Americans do. They'll buy a few days worth, mostly because most people either walk or ride their bike (getting your license is really expensive). It's also a pain to carry a lot of groceries upstairs to your apartment.
Yes, the backing into parking spaces was a bit awkward when I first saw it. However, I do like the idea and it is more convenience to leave afterwards. I don't do that when I visit back home in the states though. Japanese do that because the park spaces are very compact. Backing out would be a bit challenging because you may start your turn too early and you may side swipe the car.
Wouldn't backing up in a parking space be technically safer? Since you just arrived in the area, you have more chances of noticing if something or someone like a child is around that you need to be aware of, whereas when you back out of a parking spot, you might not have noticed a child around. And when you get in your car, you're less aware of your blind spots since you aren't moving, compared to the first situation where you're driving the car in the parking spot. But that's just my reasoning.
In the Uk driving test you have to be able to bay park which is backing into a space, but we get a mixture of people who back in or drive in to spaces.
I'd be worried I'd pee on myfoot or something :'D When there's no toilet while camping or something and I just go in the bushes then I always have to watch out for that. But I guess it's even harder if you also have to hit the hole in the floor.
THIS! It baffles my mind. I can't imagine being able to both balance myself so I don't fall into the toilet, and so I don't pee on myself. I've never been camping though. Maybe that prior experience helps lol.
There is one key piece of advice if you ever have to do this: Only pull your pants down a bit. If you pull them down around your ankles, it's way harder.
I've used them before many times. You just squat (obviously lol) nothing will go on your legs don't worry there designed to fit so it works perfectly! You should try it and you wont lose your balance trust me lol. Squatting toilets are actually way much better than american toilets! It's more healthier way to poop and pee:D
I worked on a couple oil sites in Alberta, Canada. We always backed into spaces with the work trucks for safety reasons. From what I understand, if we needed to evacuate it is a lot quicker and easier to get out of the spots if you drive out. Otherwise, at home, I drive in because I can't be bothered to back in.
more space is needed to back out from a parking space compare to back into one, because only the front wheels steer. When backing out from a space, movement of the front of the car is limited by the space width (cars or obstacles on both sides), but when backing into a space, the passage way allows more front end movement. Theoretically there could be parking space that can only be accessible by backing in. Unless you drive a forklift, which has rear wheel steer lol
I mean America is a big country so I'm sure there's one somewhere but no, I have never in my life seen squat toilets in America. o_o Perhaps there are some outhouses that are squatting rather than seated? But even outhouses are uncommon these days unless you're VERY out in the woods.
+Rachel & Jun Since I live in Malaysia, many Muslims prefer squat toilets so I use seat toilets more. Kind of the opposite to Japan. A lot of people here love squat toilets compared to other types :D
backing in parking space becomes necessary when the car lane inbetween opposite parking spaces is narrow..so you'll need to pull out your car front facing first while turning the wheels since the narrow lanes makes it impossible to move too much forward (towards the opposite parked cars) before turning the wheels..whereas in backing out a car..we dont hv that much immediate control in our direction since in cars the ones doing the turning are the front wheels
In Australia, In alot of towns you have to reverse park into parking spots (depending which town and state your in). Even in a shopping centre where you can pull into, many of us still reserve into it 😀.
I love the quiet train thing. It's nice to read or think when you are tired on the train without someone screaming into thier phone. I like the bows and frills but agree with the lack of waist. If you have a curvy body your breasts mean you will need a bigger size to fit them in, but that will make your stomach look huge! Although Rachel you are so pretty and slender I think you'd look great in anything. :) I asked last time, and understand if you dont want to say- but what is your dress size? Reason being is that I would like to use that as a fitness goal! :)
I think measurements vary too much between different companies now that I can't really say I have a certain dress size without just saying my exact measurements. I think fitness should be about finding the healthiest spot for YOUR body, though! There are plenty of fit women who have larger dress sizes than me but look much better, curvy, and healthy. And there are so many different waist shapes for women. Some people might not ever be able to make their waist goal even if they're underweight, because their body isn't naturally shaped like that. So rather than trying to attain someone else's shape, I would reach a spot that's healthy for YOUR body, and then if you still want a smaller waist than what's natural for you then you can try something like waist training with a corset. :)
+Rachel & Jun Thank you for such a kind answer! :) You are completely right, I think I just got carried away enjoying your videos :) and it's easy to see a happy, pretty person and want to emulate them- but I have to find my own best version. I have very high standards so that's a compliment! :) You have great positivity. Other people are inspirations, but you can only really be the best version of you. :) I was an Australian 10, but have now been a 12-14 and look good and curvy! But because I'm used to being smaller and the weight came from being inactive while unwell, I have it as a negative even though I don't look bad I feel less energetic so I think that's what I miss. But thank you for reminding me of that, I will get there in time! :)
For a long while my dad had a large Ford truck and it was actually easier to back it into a parking spot than to pull forward into the spot! So that is a situation in the US where it makes more since to back in.
I still hate squatting toilets. You might not have to sit somewhere someone else has sit with their naked butt skin, it's true... but it's just skin? it's like touching something that someone has touched. like a hand holding thing on the train. I don't get the grossness. Whereas if it's a squat toilet, you get to wade around in everyone else's pee, because some people do not have good aim.
+myvluv333 True, the pee everywhere is gross and gets on my nerves lol. For women's toilets though, it's not always just skin--sometimes it's also pee and period blood, and occasionally diarrhea splashes. Even after it's wiped down and cleaned I don't want to sit on that. Even on top of a cover. Just bleh! Squat toilets are healthier for your bowels anyway. :) But at least a lot of bathrooms here have both so we both get what we want!
Even Western toilets seem to stump a large number of women. We not only have to wade through the mess, but then clean it up before sitting. Tfw you sit on the toilet in a rush and its wet. Wtf is even going on in here...
I normally pull though because it is so much easier to go forward out of the parking space.Its really heard to park then go out backwards. I do just normal drive to school and there is a lotto cars leaving after school.
I reverse into a parking space. it's just as quick either way for me but I find it more convenient and easier because I have "my driving brain" when I arrive at a parking space. whereas when I first get into the car I have to readjust to not just my personal space but my cars space. (obviously this is mainly subconscious but this is why I reverse in)
I’m not sure if it’s the case, but I’ve always felt that it’s easier to back into a tight spot that to pull into it, it’s something about how a car turns more sharply when reversing compared to driving forward. I’d guess this is a real thing as forklifts for example turn on their rear wheels for extra maneuverability.
I was taught by my mom(full okinawan, I wonder if that's where she got it from!) to back into stalls but I can back into stalls just as fast as I can pull into one now. So for me, it's easier to back in. AND there's even a few parking lots here in hawaii where it asks for you to only back into stalls.
I remember when I was a sophomore or junior in high school I got really sick with bronchitis during a convention, which is contagious, so I bought a mask at a vendor because I didn't want to cough on everyone. it matched my cosplay though so nobody said anything during the convention, but when I wore it during school so I didn't get my classmates sick (I'd wash it at the end of the day) everyone moved away from me in all of my classes. It got to the point where one of my teachers was like, "She's literally wearing it so that you don't get sick, and if she weren't wearing it you wouldn't have cared. Stop disrupting the class by making a big deal of it."
Thinking back on it I guess it was kind of weird, especially only having one. Maybe it wasn't the best idea but I was young and stupid
To quote many times I have seen this online and heard it in real life "If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid"
While you can order large packs of single use one. You can actually order ones that are meant to be washed. No real reason to to make more waste if you don't have too.
+Bryanne Rae Yeah, school's shit like that. (Please excuse my language, I just really hate school.)
+Bryanne Rae Hahaha, I'm glad we share that opinion!
You should do a video on what to wear in summer and what to wear in like winter and what's respectable and what's not
Why would you please to people, what's good to wear is wath you like, the respect has to be present whatever you wear
Japan isn't going to give you grief for wearing what you normally wear, but most Japanese women wear short skirts (Japan is a leg country) but do not show a lot of cleavage.
I was amazed at how quiet the trains were when I was on them during my stay in Tokyo in May. Even groups of teenagers (who in the UK would pretty much be shouting to be heard over the train / bus etc) were whispering to each other in order to not annoy the other passengers.
There was one time when someone pulled his phone out and was basically shouting down it. The glares he got were so intense that he hung up, apologised to those around him, and remained quiet until he got off three stops later.
That's one of the ways that we use to tell if someone is a foreigner or not xD when they start talking really loudly to a friend beside them or on the phone.
I feel the same way. I went in May/June last year and when we used the trains, which was close to nearly every day, I was always so astounded at how polite and quiet people are. My friend and I always tried to speak at a low hush and the only time we were a little loud was when an older Japanese man was asking to buy my Mario shoelaces lmao
If I ever go back, I think taking transport will be my absolute favorite thing. People on trains in Australia have zero respect for those around them.
That's kind of true for any other European country but the UK, too, people are very respect less in UK trains.
my half Filipino mom always cooks rice with every chicken and steak meal and as I got older I realized not everyone ate rice as much as I did. I always feel incomplete eating BBQ steak without rice, it just fills me up in a way that doesn't weigh me down! And you can do so many things with rice, I love it!
usagi not only Asians Hispanics also eat a lot of rice. I don’t feel full if I don’t get my rice but I’m trying to work on it living in the USA
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Haha, same xD I've considered making Dutch subs for video's like these, but then I'm like: 'Who would need them?'. And than I don't take the effort xD
+CCDragon93 I'd love to have them! I'm learning Dutch and most Dutch youtubers don't appeal to me :/
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watching the mask section in 2021 has me laughing (and also crying inside lolol). Nice video!!! I actually really enjoy hearing about habits foreigners pick in in Japan :)
Hahaha I had forgotten about that parking argument!! I'm looking forward to comments about why backing in is necessary! I NEED TO KNOW.
seems like nobody knows, I guess it's one of the social conventions that everyone follows without asking any questions ..... personally, I do both, depending the available parking and max efficiency, like when there's almost no cars in a parking lot, I'll go straight in from one parking side to the opposite one, so my front will already be out when I get back
As you say, backing in is difficult even for Japanese.
This is just my idea but almost Japanese may think that the possibility to hit someone is higher when going out than parking to empty space.
When you come out of the parking space it's important to see if any cars or people are coming. The fact that you never hit anybody is quite irrelevant, it still could happen.
When you're backing into a parking spot you still see everything around you, so it's less likely to hit something.
It's one of the many many things that Switzerland and Japan share, because we're more focused on the rest of society than on ourselves. But I also think that it has something to do with the density of the population, if you have like 200 giant parking spots and 3 cars parked you don't need to be that careful :)
Sharmander My Mom does it with her parking spot at her house every time, but she also lives on a hill. When she would be backing out she can't see as well as if she were to pull forward, so in this case it makes sense. Personally though, I'm good at looking behind me and paying attention so backing out is no big deal and honestly, if I'm going to be hit, I'd want my trunk to be hit rather than my engine. Much less costly to repair if at all.
Noemi Davolio you're from Switzerland and you think Switzerland and Japan share many things?? I'm Japanese who currently lives in United States but I've been always thinking about that. Like the government system, education system, we are sorry yet you guys do better! I've never visited Switzerland, but it's love to know more and visit and maybe live there one day!! (Sorry for irrelevant comment)
Well I have a valet job and the reason we back up into parking stalls is because its kind of easier to fit longer cars since the turn radius is a lot wider backing up (this is the case with parallel parking too) and it saves time when we need to bring a car up since the car is just ready to go. So its kind of just getting more of the work out of the way of leaving the parking lot (does that make sense?)
Yes and its easier to see ppl when leaving, versus blind spots if you were to reverse out ✌🏻
Plus, you can see the lines as you back in. It's easier to see whether or not you're parked straight/evenly spaced.
It's just very much safer to back up in a parking space and get out. I never understood why people don't, especially when people have driveways on a busy street, backing up... on the street get it not, it says: hey, respect me and adapt to me cause I don't care about you or anybody.
Had wanted to comment something like this. Unless I need specific access to the trunk (in which case, it might still be better backing in), which would require me to back out when I leave, I always back in. It's that much easier to do and do right. I frequently miscalculate my turn radius when driving into a spot (as opposed to backing in), so the alleged time savings are usually in backing in for me.
I suppose the mask situation has changed in Canada nowerdays ^^
It probably has changed everywhere 😅
I was just going to say something about that and it’s so true.
Oh, yeah! Last two years, masks EVERYWHERE! So obvious that this is a pre-Covid video. 😷
One thing I just can't adapt to here in Japan is bakeries.
They have so many "French Style" bakeries and yet not a single one of them has decent bread or croissants.
And it's frustrating because everything looks ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, they look exactly like what we have in France and in Switzerland, but everything is too soft and too sweet.
When I bite into a croissant I expect it to bite back ! I want to hear the crust crumbling !
Same goes for most breads, nothing has a hard shell, they don't even make any crumbs that's how soft they are.
Though it goes both ways, when my boyfriend first came to Switzerland he couldn't handle our bread, he actually cut his gum with the crust !
I'm sorry I'm rambling but I would kill for some nice bread right now ;)
Asian more like soft bread than hard bread, I thinks it's depends on how deep level on eat bread style. On first I super excited soft bread and now I really don't like bread which is extremely too soft just like eat cotton 😅😅😅
Unfortunately there's still too soft bread out there because probably weak teeth (probably because too long for hot weather) 😅
matias ariel Yh not really sure why hard/chewy bread isn’t a thing in Asia.
I’m from the Philippines and it’s the same thing. Most of our breads are soft and sweet with a few exceptions: Biscocho (Filipino Biscotti), Pilipit (It’s a twirled sweet breadstick thing) and probably a few more I can’t think about.
It’s just because Asians see bread as more of a snack or dessert type thing rather than being part of a meal like in the west.
*Asians referring to East and South East Asians. The other Asians (Indians, Khazaks, Arabs etc..) use bread in pretty much the same way as Europeans do).
japanese bakeries are amazing!!!!
if you don't like soft bread you could try and toast it :)
One thing I learned about that was from an anime about bread called Yakitate!! Ja-pan. They said that Japanese people produce less saliva, which is why when they eat any western-style bread, it's too dry for them. So in order to make it acceptable in Japan, they're much softer. Also because most Japanese people love sweet things.
Man, that rice thing is so interesting to me, because there just really isn't any equivalent in america. We certainly have staple foods that show up a lot: corn, pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, etc. But it's not like any one of those things is present at EVERY meal.
Some people eat fries with just about every meal
culwin I call shenanigans. How would you even get fries for every meal? Are you making them yourself in a deep fryer? Who owns a deep fryer? Do you just never cook food for yourself and every meal you eat is american style takeout or fast food? That seems like it'd get quite expensive. Maybe somebody does these things, teenagers who don't care about eating well working their first job with money to burn perhaps, but it's not representative of typical american eating habits. The rice thing is a thing that almost all Japanese people seem to do.
indi33uhu What country you be living in where everybody's got deep fryers? Scotland?
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I work with several people who eat out almost every meal. No, they don't own deep fryers. Fries are the "default" side with most restaurant meals (fast food or otherwise). You seem to just want to argue for the sake of arguing. Which is fun to be sure, but I've got a shipment of deep fryers to deliver.
+culwin I have a deep fryer although we rarely have fries.
In Argentina most people back in too and it's the only way you learn 90 degree parking at any driving school. The thing is, the most dangerous and crowded part is not the parking spot but the lane were you're driving. When you park you're stopped in the middle on the lane with hazard lights on and everyone can see you maneuvering, but when you get out you appear out of nowhere right into the lane where everyone else is driving and where people are likely to be walking. That's why it is more important to be able too see when you leave than when you arrive.
It's also a matter of the pivot point being closer to the rear wheels, but maybe American/Canadian parking lots have more room for maneuvering.
Well, they *can* be easier to navigate in the US in a sense, in that much of the time the spaces are *angled* in order to make it easier to park facing forward *and* to back out, which everyone has to watch for people doing, anyway. (It was also just how they used to lay out town centers, with somewhat wider streets. A lot of places now, though, they've had to add extra lanes or make formerly one-way streets two way, so a lot of that angle-parking is replaced by parallel parking (car parallel to curb, that means: I know some countries call these things other names. Basically angle parking, the spaces are like this / / / / / / / and parallel parking means when cars are lined up at the side of the road like = = = =) It seems a lot of Japan has perpendicular parking spaces in most places. And lots of parking garages where the spaces are perpendicular so people can travel both ways in confined spaces.
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Same.
same
I always do^^, sorry^^
If I want to "back in," I find two empty back to back spaces and pull through. I never actually back into a spot. Though my younger sister was required to back into her spot at her vocational high school (they each had assigned parking spots) because there were so many people leaving at the end of the day; it was crazy. With lines of cars in the parking lot waiting to exit, they didn't want anyone backing into another.
Living in Gunma, where driving is the norm, I'd say that most parking lots are at least a 30/70 mix of people who pull into spaces rather than back in.
When I visited Japan I just couldn't use a squat toilet I tried but couldn't but I was downtown kobe, and had to go bathroom really bad so I searched high and low for a western toilet I finally found one and it was a handicap toilet in a women's makeup department I was embarrassingly escorted out by security. it was very cringy and so embarrassing.
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Did u actually press emergency button instead of flush button? Lol
Lol yeah everybody squated in woods long time ago.But aren't there any western Toilet?Many of them are equipped the shower nozzles for targeting for your arse.
This Video convinced me to start wearing those masks when I was cleaning my Aunt's house or with a sore throat when I started working for her in November of 2019. I was originally weird about it because I am a American but now during this Pandemic..I wear one every day or whenever I can for multiple reasons, including having my Japanese friends few less stressed. And when I do I am like " Thank You Rachel."
But now I am also going " Thank You, Japan for Anime." Because alot of their normal everyday habits I am now catching myself doing because of this Pandemic because it's actually more practical to do when you're not touching someone's hand, or wearing a mask. I am noticing I am slowly starting to bow as I say thank you more... I feel the urge to want to clean more because I get the thought of " I don't want to see this when I get home from a possible warzone."
So I am actually very grateful for these two videos, and for Rachel & Jun being a Channel because through Rachel's I can see Japan through the mindset of an American as well as your Canadian friend and see that yes right now...we need to focus on Common sense and what are the polite ways to Express that when something that is normal from somewhere else suddenly becomes normal everywhere due to a global crisis.
Thank You. And yeah ....I feel the urge to bow right now.
When the parking bays either side of you are occupied, it is impossible to turn a car into a narrow bay in one shot when going forward. Cars handle differently in reverse, which makes it easier to turn 90 degrees sharply. Also, reverse gear is a lower gear than even first gear, which makes it easier to make slow movements. On top of this, it is statistically less likely that someone would be within the parking bay as you enter it than crossing your path as you try to reenter the roadway.
I understand the rice thing, I couldn't leave without bread (baguette, specifically)!
Wow, I didn't know Japan was so much like Iran!
Iran is full of squat toilets too, and we too use surgical mask often.
And we put our hands over our mouth when we are eating something and want to talk. And we don't go out on casual clothes ( unless you are a lazy hipster or you want to go out to your nearest store or something really close) and we eat rice too much!
That's exactly what I thought especially the part with the squad toilets!
I love these videos! This is so interesting to me. Regarding makeup, I was in a relatively country/rural area (Yamagata) and I actually felt very conspicuous wearing makeup over there. It looked like the other women my age wore little to no makeup! Next to them, it felt like I was wearing an entire Sephora store. lol. I became self-conscious and stopped wearing makeup while I was over there.
"I wear a mask, you know, it's Japanese thing.." Welcome in 2020.. (maybe now it will be more common to just wear masks when you feel sick)
In Japan, do people jog around the neighborhood(in their sweats) for exercise? If not, where do they get their exercise?
+Loya Frostwind Yes they do! But for people living in the city you walk SO MUCH that it's not super necessary for them to workout outside of that. There are also gyms as well, but those aren't as popular as they are in America.
Yes, I jog around the neighborhood but not many people have a habit of jogging in the first place. (I don't think this is the case in Tokyo) and also most people were sports clothes (?) like they mentioned this video, we don't really go outside in sweats :)
Loya Frostwind they jog in yoga type pants.. the only time that you see them in remotely something like sweats is at school during gym class, and danm they make you sweat
日本では進入路も駐車枠も比較的せまい駐車場があったりします。この場合、内輪差・外輪差とかの関係で、バックで駐車をする方が効率が良いようです。
my mom : have you eaten yet?
me : i ate pasta just now
my mom : so you havent eaten yet
me : but im not hungry anymore
my mom : no you need to eat rice
me : *sigh* k then
because rice is love rice is life😂😭
that’s why pull-throughs are the best! no backing in or out at all!
Well, when you back into a parking space you have a nice overview of the space and it's surroundings before you start backing into it. Because of that and the fact that you have a better view when you drive away again, the safety argument is actually valid.
However, I have to admit that I usually back out of a space instead of into it.
Yes! The indoor voice. I know the feeling.
I always back into a space! I am from England. I find it so much easier. I can drive by, make sure the space is big enough and then reverse in. I get a good view of both lines (on the ground) on either side of the car through my side mirrors. So I can get it perfectly centre. I can then see exactly what is going in when I need to drive out of the space, because I am forward!
:) makes sense!
I totally agree with Rachel about the squat toilets! I got used to them during my exchange (I didn't know my school had western style) and I still miss them 8 years later. That and the big flush/small flush
個人的な考察ですけど①アメリカと比べて道路も駐車場も幅が狭い事②アメリカみたいに一度に買い物を済ませない事だと思います。アメリカは駐車場が大きいからスペースも広くとれるし、買い物の荷物をそのままトランクに入れやすくする為に斜めになってる所とかありますけど日本じゃまずこんな広くとれません。前向きに入れられなくもないけど結局出る時が非常に難しくなります。それともう1つは子供が轢かれない様にする為です。日本は駐車の車間距離も狭い為バックで出たりすると子供が視界に入らず、まき込む可能性があります。事実そういう事故があります。そういう事も含めて日本ではバックの方が向いているんだと思います。
あと、ひょっとしてだけどレイチェルさんもシャーラも日本で運転した事ないんじゃないのかな？ 少しでも運転した事ある人なら分かると思うけど、運転した事ない人は気付かないんだと思う。
同意、それ言えてる
何度も返信してすみません。ちょっと失礼な事言い方になりますけど、レイチェルさんみたいなアメリカ人は日本では何れ事故を起こすと思います。何故なら両国の道路事情が違い過ぎるからです。そもそも日本は山岳が多く坂のアップダウンも激しいし急なカーブもあります。市街地では狭いT字路や一方通行も珍しくありません。だからこそ日本には教習所があり、高い料金を払ってでも公道に出る前に基本的な運転技術を身に付ける必要があるんです。前向きでしか駐車出来ませんなんて話になりません。教習所自体存在せず簡単に免許が取れるアメリカとは訳が違います。動画内でレイチェルさんは譲れないとおっしゃっていましたがドライブ好きな自分はもっと譲れません。ここは日本ですからね。もう少し日本の道路事情を学んだ方が良いと思います。
仰るとおりでバックで駐車する方が小回りが効き、狭いところに入れやすいというのが日本では常識となっていますね。教習所でも教わりますが例えば縦列駐車なんかは良い例で後退駐車が基本です。よほど広いスペースでない限り前進からはいつまでたっても駐車できません。まあ、たまにそういう人見かけますけどw
Damn, this looks like a heavy discussion.
I totally get the backing into a space theory. I have a big car and now find it much easier to reverse park because I have no idea where the front is. But when I had small cars I used to drive in forwards no problem.
Doesn't backing into parking space like completely complicate loading things into the back ?
You raise the best point! I'm guessing most places in Japan don't have shopping carts/trolleys like in America. But even still... Buy anything big... Guess you have to pull up front then?
I think usually shopping carts/trolleys can go through between the cars. And come to think of it, it's the safe way to load things.
They must leave a lot of space between cars then. I often have trouble just opening the door far enough to get out; there's no way a cart would fit in between.
usually parking spaces at the back have quite alot of space at the back in singapore at least. Plus we dont wanna stand in the middle of the road while putting our shopping into the back.
+Yay295 Yeah, they often draw lines to keep the space between cars. And if not, then I guess there's usually enough space at the back like MSadamgasm says.
I only visited Japan for a week and some change and I was totally commenting on how everyone was so dressed up there. It made me feel very undressed in my sweater and jeans! That's one of the things that stuck out to me the most!
I love love love these videos hope there's a part 3 coming soon
The best is when two parking spaces in front of each other are totally open so you can pull through one space and then park facing out of the second. No backing in, or out!!!
バック駐車の方が、旋回するスペースが少なくて済むのです。
狭い日本の駐車場では、バックの方が駐車しやすい場合が多いです。
っつーか船も靴も普通そろえるのがマナーじゃん。次に使う時に使いやすいように戻すのがマナーです。効率性じゃねーよじゃあ服もそこに脱ぎ散らかしとけよw
そうですね、私もそう思います。
前向き駐車では、出す時に左右の角が隣に当らないか気にします。
バック駐車は（後輪が動かない為）左右の衝突を気にしなくてもいいです。
出す通路が幅広ければ、前向き駐車でも気にしなくていいですね。
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lovehide2006 そうなんだよ。切り返さないと入らないような狭いところや傾斜になってるところなど、日本の駐車場はかなり停めにくい作りなんだよね。その場合バックじゃないとハマって動けなくなったり、とにかく省スペースで駐車できるからバックなんだね。
凄い混雑してる時とかバックで出ると危険じゃないかな??
例えば駐車する時両端の車は停車してるのでバックで入れても事故りにくいけど出るときは前向きで出ないと混雑してたら危険と思う
日本人がバックで駐車するのは、教習所でバックで入れるように習うから。
で、日本の駐車場は狭い、頭から入れる駐車場は大体線が斜めに引かれている。日本だと高速のパーキングは頭から入れる。
日本の建物は地震対策で柱が大きい、それに柱の間が短い、大体柱の間に入れられるのは３台から６台ぐらい、頭から入れられるように線を斜めにしたら、一つのスペースに入れられる車の台数がへってしまう。
だから、少ないスペースになるべく多くの車を入れるように、バック駐車を教えるのだと思う。そういえば、ＴＤＲは昔はバック駐車だったけど、最近は頭から入れられるようになっていますよ。
バックで１っ発でビタっと止めれたら気持ちイイやん。
その快感求めてかと思ってたわw
Wow I’m Russian and I remember squat toilets! It was a Soviet thing also. Actually I’m ok with that plus it’s a more natural way.
Ayne IV Yeah I’m from Azerbaijan, and I remember using squat toilets my whole childhood, and I loved them.
Asumi Nishimura, yeah but sometimes they were scary, like just a hole in the floor haha
I have also experienced squat toilets and I don’t dislike them because to be honest I think it’s kind of gross to sit on seat toilets anyway.
its disgusting, urina splashes all over the place, someones just didn't hit the hole, miss the toilet while pooping... sitting up is cleaner and you don't have a risk to wet your feet
Helter Skelter exactly! helps you take a crap better😳
You'd love Los Angeles, Rachel. There are MANY parking structures here with signs that say "Backing into spaces prohibited." Love it when you two do videos together.
一回通り過ぎて何もないことを確認した駐車スペースにバックで入るのと、前向き駐車した状態から車や人が出てくる可能性が高い道路にバックで出るのは、動画中での説明のような「同じ」にはならないかなと思います。
たまに前向き駐車もしますが、やはり出るときの安心感が違うので、極力バックで駐車するように心がけています。バックも慣れると、難しいものでもなんでもないので。
論理的に正しい、、、、レイチェルの言ってることはおかしい。
In the South Dakota we tend to back in the winter more often bc it makes it easier if you need a jumpstart.
Backing into a parking place is the best thing ever. And it's way easier to back into a parking place than out of it. If you know your car, backing into a small space is no problem at all, and it won't take long.
i think this depends more on how you were raised and where you were raised. In america its not common nor is it taught so people have trouble doing it. for instance most of the people you see backing in take multiple tries to get into the space and once they are in they are never strait and a lot of the time they are either on, over, or very close to the line on one side. i think that's why many northern americans find it odd, i also think that is why a lot of us say its easier and faster to pull in and back out. but in Japan its the norm so people are use to it and can do it much better and faster. im sure in Japan it wont take a person 20 tries to get into a parking spot backing in... have an american try it and you may be there all day or you have dinged up cars or a crooked parking job.
Totally agree. It's MUCH easier to get out of the space if you have backed in, because you see the traffic. If you're backing out, you always have issues to see behind the big cars on the sides or tinted windows, but with backing in, it's easy. Also, it's really easy to park backing in, because you have both mirrors and don't have to think about the dimensions of the car, just check the mirrors for the even distance to both.
People in America are weird. Greetings from Latvia, where everyone just parks as they want :D
Right. Here in Germany that's the only way we learn it in our driving lessons.
I have recently watched a few of both your and Sharla's videos. They are both hilarious and informative. I lived in Japan for 6 years in the 1960s and I am surprised at how much some things have changed and some remained the same. I won't go into backing into parking which I have always done. Keep up the good work!
The argument that backing into a parking space takes more time than backing out of a parking space makes all the sense to me.
However, before backing in, you just drove past that space and had a chance to survey it. And you're going slowly precisely because you have to be precise. Whereas when backing out, your view might be blocked by adjacent vehicles. And you're heading into traffic instead of out of it. And you might be stepping on the gas a bit because you don't want to hold up traffic for too long.
So please consider this: just because many American parking spaces are dimensioned to facilitate speedy maneuvers doesn't mean that tiny Japanese parking spaces can be treated the same way. It is highly unlikely that you personally will ever crush an infant hiding in a dead angle to death if you save yourself a minute here and there through lazy driving. But when it happens, even when it's a one-in-a-billion occurrence, it's a huge tragedy.
Eventually, we'll have sensor-festooned vehicles that can't even harm a stupid pigeon. But for now, the Japanese way is superior. Please: Think of the children.
Americans will agree with you that pulling out of a parking space going forward instead of reverse is always better. That's why when we pull into a parking space and the space in front of us is free as well, we'll pull through so we can exit forward. We agree that it is safer and easier.
However, Americans won't put in the effort to turn around and back in. Most of the reason is that we are concerned we'll scratch an adjacent car. Another part of the reason is time. Part of the reason is effort. Backing out of a spot has never really been a problem in the US. People and children know that when a parked car's brake lights turn on, it's better to wait or go to the other side of the aisle. And if you let your car move only an inch then stop as a warning, everyone around gets the idea: move out of the way.
+Ryan Woo so basically what you are saying is that Americans are lazy and dont wanna put effort into backing into a parking space. To that I agree, ive always felt that backing in instead of pulling in is much safer as no on usually hangs in the packing space but people still walk on the road outside the space.
+MSadamgasm I usually park in spots with empty parking spaces around me, so that I can see pedestrians when I back out. Plus, people have the common sense to avoid cars backing up slowly. The problem is with the jerks that pull out too fast and irresponsible parents that don't watch their kids.
+MSadamgasm except that backing into a parking space is just as dangerous as backing out. So what we Americans are saying is that not only is stupidly longer to back in, but in terms of safety risk there is no difference. So we don't understand the reason, at all, because it's completely illogical.
John Baker Haha....people are so bad at driving in reverse that it would surely cause some people to get killed when the driver confuses the break for the gas or swings too far toward a parked car and hits the pedestrian waiting by or coming out of the parked car. The damage to nearby vehicles would be astronomical. People would be too afraid to damage nearby cars to make backing into a parked space with parked cars on both sides a habit. I only back into a parking space if there are no cars nearby and if are not too many pedestrians nearby because they have to wait for me to slowly back in and I don't trust people to not get in the way of a car that is obviously backing into a parking space.
I live very close to where Sharla grew up in Canada and I always back into parking spots... but I also drive a big truck and I find it so much easier to back into a spot to park then to pull in.
i wish wearing a mask was normal in the US. I could really use it during allergy season...
It is now 😭 😂
Tiny Hen i- 😂 yup
Be careful with your wishes xD
YOU DID THIS TO US
I LOVE SQUAT TOILETS, TOO!! I'm so glad someone else loves them!
We do the whole put real clothes thing on in the uk, that weirded me out when you said that 😂😂
The backing out of a parking space thing too, we do that in the uk but not as much, and i always thought as a passenger it's funky-er to back-in to a space than pull-in, maybe it's just me. Love your vids by the way. ( ＾▽＾)( ＾∀＾) ありがとうごさいました
Remember the kerfuffle a short while back because it was reported people were wearing pyjamas/onesies when dropping their kids off at school? That was hilarious.
When I was at uni it was acceptable where I lived to go to the takeout or mini tesco in your trackies (I lived right in the student area near the uni) but as soon as I went home it was immediately not ok anymore
wth that must suck. I always walk my dogs with my pajamas with no makeup and hair on a 2 days old messy bun lmao
Me too, and I'm from Canada! I think it's maybe more of a personal preference because I feel weird going out in my lounging clothes as well. if I'm going anywhere, I will change my clothes. Maybe some people are just more comfortable that way?
I find backing into a spot so much easier than not! I have to admit I've hit the mirror on a pillar when forced to park otherwise but when backing I see more easily the space I have on either side of the car and it's much easier to park or get out, also so much easier to park inside of the lines.
"People don't wear sweats in public"
HOLD UP NOW... well, I *THOUGHT* I wanted to visit Japan.... but....
Also, as a Mexican living in the US, I could adjust to the rice. Just tastes differently
That sounds wonderful! I hate going out in public and seeing people who look like they just rolled out of bed.
Rachel Levin I prefer it! Reminds me that everyone is human and has those kinda days too 😊
Hey , don’t be put off , is totally worth it ! And in case you do something wrong c you are tourist and they will understand!
I live in japan also I’m japanese and I do wear sweats in public. I’m not saying I do but I guess it depends on if you can pull them off and etc. Japanese people care way too much about how ppl think
this video is great it's so fun to hear about the difference between living here in the states and living abroad.
Omg I love the new art in your outro :0!!
awesome username lol
***** Thank you.
I always love your videos, it's SO relate-able after you've lived in Japan for a few years! I'm about to go back to Japan and I've been constantly thinking, "Man, me backing up into a space could REALLY use some work." When, I never would have thought this before. Anyways, love you guys! Keep up the great work!
2:05 I am guessing they would have this reaction to someone without a mask now. 11.2020
When I was in Japan I saw cars backed into so many spaces that seriously impressed me. Like in between buildings, and in little spaces by their houses. Backing into parking spaces is impressive enough.
As a french i can say the bread part is true. I need bread when i eat.
The reason for parking in the back is that in Japan, the space and passage for one vehicle are narrow, so if the car gets stuck on both sides and front and back, there is no room to cut the steering wheel to the left and right, making it impossible to exit.
My (small) family is PCSing to Okinawa in 2 months and your channel is helping me learn about the culture more! Where did you learn Japanese? I want to be able to interact a bit easier once I get there. You and your friend are beautiful!
It'll actually be easier to learn in Japan when you're surrounded by people who speak the language! Try to make Japanese friends who actually speak in Japanese (a lot of Japanese people who want foreign friends end up talking mostly in English). I don't doubt your base will have resources for people who want to take language classes as well.
We do have a video that lists some free and paid resources, if you want to start learning now! th-cam.com/video/EnZ8DnYBMLY/w-d-xo.html
Good luck!! :D Okinawa is BEAUTIFUL and you're going to love it!
Thank you so much for your reply! I actually was exploring your channel and say the two videos you guys had on learning the language. I have a very small vocabulary because of my love for the culture and language since I was very young.
I'm so excited. I don't believe I will want to come home based on my travels to other parts of Asia.
Amber Marie Ahh ! So cool ! This is so selfish of me lol but I'm secretly hoping my husband gets stationed in Japan next.
I was stationed in Yokosuka for three years (88-91) and I loved it. One thing you won't learn from these gaijin videos is you may not be able to enter or leave your base during protests. There are groups that protest the American military presence in Japan and the gates will be closed during the protests (which can last up to 6 hours). But the Japanese being Japanese, they are very polite about it and announce their protests several weeks in advance, so it is easy to schedule your plans around the protests.
Chew Bird Thats kind of funny ! But I'm not surprised, they are extremely polite people.
In germany in some places you are not allowed to back in to parking spaces because the exhaust could mess up the walls with carbon black and such
I study Japanese at the university and somehow I always say something like unn (Japanese short for yes) instead of actually saying yes. There were people who looked at me strangely and asked if it's yes or no or what the heck is it. Do you guys do that too?
Gabriella Bona i make those Sounds too since i was a child
Isn’t hai yes? Now I‘m confused
@@kikismiley11 it's more like "correct" or "affirmative".. so if you ask a negative question to your friends like "you didn't bring your wallet?!" And they actually did but they say "correct, i did bring it", it contradicts itself. Instead they might say "un" for yes. 「うん、ここだ」
Zachary Conti Ah, I think I get it, thank you :)
Child mainly saysうん(unn)for ambiguous way to reply.I think most of them are affirmative.But it sounds even childish,so even Japanese can't tell if it's affirmative or negative.はい(hai)is better unless want to hemming and hawing
I live in America, so I'm used to pulling into a parking space and backing out, but if you back in you can still see around you as you are going into the space. If you back out you view is obstructed until you clear the cars around you. It does takes more skill and time to back into spaces.
One thing I wish people would remember about face masks in Canada and America is that people don't usually wear masks because they are contagious, which is scary because people without masks could be contagious but, as an example, my mother wears one because she has cancer and on chemotherapy your immune system is tanked so a mask goes a long way toward helping her to stay germ-free. It's unbelievable to me when people come up to her and ask her why she's wearing one or looks at her weird or won't sit by her.. I mean, that's best for her actually but making her feel like an outsider because she's wearing a mask for her own health just makes me irritated.
I'm on my second year of Japanese now, you guys really inspire me! I can't wait to visit japan on study.
I totally agree about the fashion thing! Even if it's not cute, girls rarely wear black; always pinks, beige, cream, blues, etc. Japanese women's fashion just seems so soft and feminine compared to 'western' styles.
I think the pulling in or backing into a parking space is a very cultural thing. I’m from Europe and here we get thought 2 parking methods in driving school (to get our license) - parallel parking and garage parking which are both done backwards. If you know the method well, it is actually faster and more efficient to back into spaces because of how cars are built. It has nothing to do with road conditions, it is about car turn axis and turn diameter (which is different between front and rear wheels). It’s just that most people don’t remember the technique well so can take a long time to do it as a result.
My dinners would always have potatos, it's kinda like the rice thing... xD
RIGHT, POTATOES. That's what I should have said haha
i like it when there is a large parking space and not a lot of cars so when my grandmas parks and when we leave someplace we can just drive straight through were someone would be parked but isn't
I agree so much! I have mysophobia or germophobia, so I don't use public toilets even if I'm desperate! Squat toilets would be so convenient! Plus, surgical masks would be great.... Lol why do I have such phobia?? :/
And omg, I'm Asian and I'm literally eating rice with every meal. XD Rice with steak, rice with sweetcorn, rice with potatoes... basically with everything. XD
***** Ikr!! Sougo is so adorable!!
***** Do you ship anyone with Sougo? Of course besides yourself! I know everyone wants to marry Sougo, I wanna, but then I ship him with Hijikata san
***** Yeah, most people do ship him is Kagura, I mean I sometimes do. Its cos they always are battling each other, like the relationship between Hijikata and Gin.
haha the parking one is so funny! i only back into a space if it's relatively an empty lot so i don't have to worry about hitting other cars and when it fills up later on it's easy to pull out ~
I've been away from this channel for to long
The train thing applies to Canadians too. Our commuter trains have quite zones on the upper levels and most people don’t talk even in the lower levels.
Totally agree about the parking. I find it weird when I see that in America.
Yup, i second that! ^^
oh America, one day you will realise how dangerous it is to park in forward
Gabriel Brown
Not really.
Phil Nolan I like in the UK, people park either way. It has happened lots of times that I have been walking and a car pulls out right when I walk past and nearly hits me because they went in forward and can't see as easily out the back so they don't know I'm there
+Gabriel Brown That's just careless driving.
LOL I'm the opposite with the parking issue! I ALWAYS back into a parking space and I get annoyed when people don't do it that way (where I live it's like a 50/50 of pulling in versus backing in). I always back in for the same reasons, it's more convenient/safer when you're going to leave. Honestly, I've gotten so used to backing in that I do it really quickly so I don't feel like it takes me more time that way.
How would you put your groceries in the trunk if you pull in backwards?
So Japan does not stock up for the week like Americans do. They'll buy a few days worth, mostly because most people either walk or ride their bike (getting your license is really expensive). It's also a pain to carry a lot of groceries upstairs to your apartment.
Yes, the backing into parking spaces was a bit awkward when I first saw it. However, I do like the idea and it is more convenience to leave afterwards. I don't do that when I visit back home in the states though.
Japanese do that because the park spaces are very compact. Backing out would be a bit challenging because you may start your turn too early and you may side swipe the car.
Wouldn't backing up in a parking space be technically safer? Since you just arrived in the area, you have more chances of noticing if something or someone like a child is around that you need to be aware of, whereas when you back out of a parking spot, you might not have noticed a child around. And when you get in your car, you're less aware of your blind spots since you aren't moving, compared to the first situation where you're driving the car in the parking spot. But that's just my reasoning.
In the Uk driving test you have to be able to bay park which is backing into a space, but we get a mixture of people who back in or drive in to spaces.
How do you use a squatting toilet without getting stuff on yourself? I seriously don't understand how to use one.
I'd be worried I'd pee on myfoot or something :'D When there's no toilet while camping or something and I just go in the bushes then I always have to watch out for that. But I guess it's even harder if you also have to hit the hole in the floor.
THIS! It baffles my mind. I can't imagine being able to both balance myself so I don't fall into the toilet, and so I don't pee on myself.
I've never been camping though. Maybe that prior experience helps lol.
😂 exactly. I've gone camping and hiking and have had to go in the bushes or behind a tree but it's so hard to do.
There is one key piece of advice if you ever have to do this: Only pull your pants down a bit. If you pull them down around your ankles, it's way harder.
I've used them before many times. You just squat (obviously lol) nothing will go on your legs don't worry there designed to fit so it works perfectly! You should try it and you wont lose your balance trust me lol. Squatting toilets are actually way much better than american toilets! It's more healthier way to poop and pee:D
Backing into a parking space is now replacing parallel parking in some US driver's license tests. Back-in angle parking is required in some places.
駐車するときは、殆んど前から入れないな
周りが見渡せば前から入れるけど
安全確認がしやすいからな～
バックで出るの恐くない？
I worked on a couple oil sites in Alberta, Canada. We always backed into spaces with the work trucks for safety reasons. From what I understand, if we needed to evacuate it is a lot quicker and easier to get out of the spots if you drive out. Otherwise, at home, I drive in because I can't be bothered to back in.
Finally it is normal to wear a mask
more space is needed to back out from a parking space compare to back into one, because only the front wheels steer. When backing out from a space, movement of the front of the car is limited by the space width (cars or obstacles on both sides), but when backing into a space, the passage way allows more front end movement. Theoretically there could be parking space that can only be accessible by backing in. Unless you drive a forklift, which has rear wheel steer lol
駐車場の通路がやたら広いアメリカならではだよねw
Been in Japan for a month. One night at like, 12 AM I went down to the combini in my pajamas not really thinking. Never again.
And now in 2021 - thanks to 2020 - not wearing a mask is strange!!
In a college town that I use to stay at, there was an ordinance that you cannot back into a parking space because they want to see your plates easily.
Oh my god! I already do those things and I've never been to Japan before. I'm such a weaboo ;_;
Where do you find squat toilets?!
Rachel & Jun I think you can find them all over Asia but I am quite surprised because I thought there are also squat toilets in America . 0o0
+Rachel & Jun Turkey, India etc.
I mean America is a big country so I'm sure there's one somewhere but no, I have never in my life seen squat toilets in America. o_o Perhaps there are some outhouses that are squatting rather than seated? But even outhouses are uncommon these days unless you're VERY out in the woods.
+Rachel & Jun Since I live in Malaysia, many Muslims prefer squat toilets so I use seat toilets more. Kind of the opposite to Japan. A lot of people here love squat toilets compared to other types :D
backing in parking space becomes necessary when the car lane inbetween opposite parking spaces is narrow..so you'll need to pull out your car front facing first while turning the wheels since the narrow lanes makes it impossible to move too much forward (towards the opposite parked cars) before turning the wheels..whereas in backing out a car..we dont hv that much immediate control in our direction since in cars the ones doing the turning are the front wheels
"It's safer when I pull out"
In Australia, In alot of towns you have to reverse park into parking spots (depending which town and state your in). Even in a shopping centre where you can pull into, many of us still reserve into it 😀.
I love the quiet train thing. It's nice to read or think when you are tired on the train without someone screaming into thier phone.
I like the bows and frills but agree with the lack of waist. If you have a curvy body your breasts mean you will need a bigger size to fit them in, but that will make your stomach look huge!
Although Rachel you are so pretty and slender I think you'd look great in anything. :) I asked last time, and understand if you dont want to say- but what is your dress size?
Reason being is that I would like to use that as a fitness goal! :)
I think measurements vary too much between different companies now that I can't really say I have a certain dress size without just saying my exact measurements. I think fitness should be about finding the healthiest spot for YOUR body, though! There are plenty of fit women who have larger dress sizes than me but look much better, curvy, and healthy. And there are so many different waist shapes for women. Some people might not ever be able to make their waist goal even if they're underweight, because their body isn't naturally shaped like that. So rather than trying to attain someone else's shape, I would reach a spot that's healthy for YOUR body, and then if you still want a smaller waist than what's natural for you then you can try something like waist training with a corset. :)
+Rachel & Jun
Thank you for such a kind answer! :)
You are completely right, I think I just got carried away enjoying your videos :) and it's easy to see a happy, pretty person and want to emulate them- but I have to find my own best version. I have very high standards so that's a compliment! :) You have great positivity.
Other people are inspirations, but you can only really be the best version of you. :)
I was an Australian 10, but have now been a 12-14 and look good and curvy!
But because I'm used to being smaller and the weight came from being inactive while unwell, I have it as a negative even though I don't look bad I feel less energetic so I think that's what I miss.
But thank you for reminding me of that, I will get there in time! :)
For a long while my dad had a large Ford truck and it was actually easier to back it into a parking spot than to pull forward into the spot! So that is a situation in the US where it makes more since to back in.
I still hate squatting toilets. You might not have to sit somewhere someone else has sit with their naked butt skin, it's true... but it's just skin? it's like touching something that someone has touched. like a hand holding thing on the train. I don't get the grossness.
Whereas if it's a squat toilet, you get to wade around in everyone else's pee, because some people do not have good aim.
+myvluv333 True, the pee everywhere is gross and gets on my nerves lol. For women's toilets though, it's not always just skin--sometimes it's also pee and period blood, and occasionally diarrhea splashes. Even after it's wiped down and cleaned I don't want to sit on that. Even on top of a cover. Just bleh! Squat toilets are healthier for your bowels anyway. :) But at least a lot of bathrooms here have both so we both get what we want!
I like squat toilet. I wash and clean the toilet a little bit before and after using them.
Even Western toilets seem to stump a large number of women. We not only have to wade through the mess, but then clean it up before sitting. Tfw you sit on the toilet in a rush and its wet. Wtf is even going on in here...
I normally pull though because it is so much easier to go forward out of the parking space.Its really heard to park then go out backwards. I do just normal drive to school and there is a lotto cars leaving after school.
Oof face mask😭😭😭😭
I reverse into a parking space. it's just as quick either way for me but I find it more convenient and easier because I have "my driving brain" when I arrive at a parking space. whereas when I first get into the car I have to readjust to not just my personal space but my cars space. (obviously this is mainly subconscious but this is why I reverse in)
都会は駐車場が狭いからバックで駐車する人が多いのではないでしょうか(^^)田舎は前から突っ込む人が多いですよ！
田舎に住んでますが、割とバック駐車多いですよ
Translation?
@@zionnemakoma1398 translate.google.com
I’m not sure if it’s the case, but I’ve always felt that it’s easier to back into a tight spot that to pull into it, it’s something about how a car turns more sharply when reversing compared to driving forward. I’d guess this is a real thing as forklifts for example turn on their rear wheels for extra maneuverability.
車のバック駐車は、『出船の精神（でふねのせいしん）』からだと思います。
レイチェルさんは、出る時にバックの方が速いと仰ってますが、それはありえないですよね。
バックで駐車スペースを出たあとで、必ず１度は止まらなければ前進に切り替える事ができない。
つまり動き続ける事がないのですから、出る時の事を考えれば「あらかじめ進行方向に向けておく」方が速いに決まってます。
あらかじめ準備を整えておく事、それが「出船の精神」です。
I was taught by my mom(full okinawan, I wonder if that's where she got it from!) to back into stalls but I can back into stalls just as fast as I can pull into one now. So for me, it's easier to back in. AND there's even a few parking lots here in hawaii where it asks for you to only back into stalls.