Japanese CULTURE SHOCK!! What surprises foreigners who come to Japan?!

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  • @garthic
    @garthic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I spend so much time reading about Japan and watching these videos that I am almost afraid there won't be anything left to shock me once I can make the trip.

    • @Gregx763
      @Gregx763 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sorry to say your fear is very accurate just take it as a lesson not to over educate yourself of other places you really want to travel too it happens to everyone, but traveling is best when there is a bit of mystery behind it

  • @1096-m8m
    @1096-m8m 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    2:09 "the lack of english"
    hhmm.. excuse me, but you are in japan 😆 learn some basic japanese, please 🤦‍♂️

    • @morisoba2550
      @morisoba2550 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      She says she's traveled all around the world. But, where has she been to??

    • @1096-m8m
      @1096-m8m 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mori Soba ikr. every countries have their own language. she came to japan and "lack of english" is a culture shock !?? i meant, its not a culture shock🤦‍♂️.
      she is an australian and i bet she cannot speak just one of many aboriginal languages, can i say that a "culture shock" ? 😂

    • @morisoba2550
      @morisoba2550 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ordinary Japanese don't speak English. I'm the only one who speaks fluent English in my neighborhood in Tokyo. Even so, English is the first foreign language in Japan (or in Asia). I would be asked the way to several times by Asian tourists in English.
      I traveled in Europe and it was good to know that English wasn't necessarily the first dominant language to many Europeans. In Italy I asked a curator in English about the painting in a museum and to my surprise she didn't speak English but French. In Spain I was treated like a barbarian because I didn't understand Spanish at all.

    • @1096-m8m
      @1096-m8m 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mori Soba yup, i know. she came to a foreign country that has it's own language... and said "lack of english" is a culture shock !!? like 🤦‍♂️ smh

    • @MadcookieBG
      @MadcookieBG 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      2 years late to the conversation but no matter. In many countries in Eastern Europe and Africa you can see a lot of English (cafe names, street signs, on malls, billboards, hotels, etc). There are even parts (mostly tourist area) where you can only barely see anything written on the native language.

  • @TheKaiTetley
    @TheKaiTetley 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was surprised by how foreigner friendly Tokyo is. Even people who spoke no english were able to communicate effectively. Body language compensated for their lack of english.

  • @krummavisur5992
    @krummavisur5992 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:00 When you hear familiar accent and you immediately know she is from Poland.

  • @diebon9893
    @diebon9893 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hellooo, would you make a video about "what kind of music do japanese people like" or about the local music scene that they have (sorry for my bad english, greetings from Mexico :D)

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +The Brissleey: Don't worry. Your written English is good...and better than many native speakers. Thank you for your effort to learn English. (Greetings from America!)

    • @diebon9893
      @diebon9893 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks! that means a lot.

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      No problem! Thank you for your reply!

  • @anthonyholton2886
    @anthonyholton2886 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was very pleasantly surprised that so many people, mainly men my own age, were very eager to show me how to do things related to Japanese culture. Very kind people in Japan, and very helpful at showing a clumsy gaijin how to fit in.

  • @たれぞう-c3o
    @たれぞう-c3o 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am happy that foreigners like Japan. But!But we like foreigners more than that! Did you know that?

  • @sakesako1250
    @sakesako1250 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Haha love our french accent 😂.

  • @KittieGeorge
    @KittieGeorge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mayonnaise is put in everything in Japan? I think Japanese cuisine which mayonnaise is put in is only Okonomiyaki and Takoyaki. Both aren't traditional Japanese cuisine but merely fast food. What do you think she ate, Cathy?

  • @katrinawheatley81
    @katrinawheatley81 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I would like to see culture shock as far as household items. I was surprised to see that (some) Koreans didn't know what an apple slicer was/look like. There was some powdered household cleaner called Comet on there that they were not familiar with. Are there some items over there that would surprise the rest of the world? 🤔

    • @montgomeryfortenberry
      @montgomeryfortenberry 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Katrina Wheatley yea that would be fun to show us some common household items and how they might compare to other countries, but I always see people drinking bottle or can water and I want to know if the tap is safe to drink, or is the taste just not very good, or is it for convenience

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Katrina Wheatley & +Montgomery Fortenberry: The tap water is safe to drink in Japan. I lived there and always drank tap water. Here is a map for your convenience: i.imgur.com/cpq2rVl.png
      As for household items, actually, most Japanese people do not have ovens. Thus, everything they cook must be cooked on the stove or microwaved (or toasted). Some microwaves have a convection element, but they are very small and not really "ovens". On the other hand, most Japanese households have rice cookers, often with some bells and whistles, including the ability to steam other things as well.

  • @adhellaaaaaa
    @adhellaaaaaa 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cathy look so beautiful in this video 💞

  • @josephbradley1781
    @josephbradley1781 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my surprises was no doors on the men’s toilets in parks. Anyone walking by can see you pee at the the urinal. Also, in the men’s toilet at train stations where a woman cleaner walks in to get her job done and no one cares.

  • @Zoe-zj6jq
    @Zoe-zj6jq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do stores stay open 24/7 in Kyoto like Tokyo this question is for Cathy Cat-san

  • @あいすずき-y7p
    @あいすずき-y7p 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love my mother country :)Love japan as half Japanese

  • @TheCeleron450
    @TheCeleron450 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The MariCART is so much fun and is highly recommended.

  • @vanvilad3820
    @vanvilad3820 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please make this kind episode more longer....

  • @blueluna
    @blueluna 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    1)The lack of garbage bins in Tokyo (had to carry it for blocks until got to garbage/recycling bin) and yet is it very clean on the streets.
    2) So many places to drink and eat: there might be a tiny hole in a wall place and with delicious ramen or a drinking establishment on a third floor that you have to take a small elevator to.
    3) The lack of dairy products, I missed yogurt and cheese, but that's just different cuisine and food of the country.
    5) everywhere was pretty much cash based, not every place took cards, also needed a good coin purse for all the change (1-500 ¥ is pretty much all in coins).

  • @HypeTheGamer420
    @HypeTheGamer420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She is so pretty 😍8:05

  • @yaba3000
    @yaba3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:18 Hijikata from gintama

  • @einechterpiratstichtauchin8118
    @einechterpiratstichtauchin8118 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    cathy du wirst ja immer attraktiver... einfach umwerfend :)

    • @1096-m8m
      @1096-m8m 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ein echter Pirat sticht auch ins rote Meer stimmt 👌

  • @jimellison777
    @jimellison777 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    GREAT VIDEO............

  • @scully392z
    @scully392z 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I experienced culture shock in Japan that everyone looked like me. I grew up in Hawaii and am Japanese. I’m used to being in a cosmopolitan environment. I noticed how small the elevator and hotel room was. Also the squatting toilet was strange. Also the dials on the toilet to indicate what kind of flush you want for poop. Chisai or Ooki. I wasn’t sure how to separate the trash and had to take a pause. The flashing signs and crowds were overwhelming for me. Hawaii is much more mellow. I loved the natto for breakfast!

  • @edamame5540
    @edamame5540 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It wud be helpful if you were to ask those foreigners where were they from before the interview.

  • @AmandineYlan
    @AmandineYlan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    French representatives!!! What the guy said is so true! French people love Japan and Japanese love France. It's perfect~

    • @montgomeryfortenberry
      @montgomeryfortenberry 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amandine Ylan I always assumed this from watching some older Anime, but I wasn't sure it was a real thing or just my perception, what do you think brought about this mutual adoration?

    • @Rationalific
      @Rationalific 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Montgomery Fortenberry: I think that in Japan, France is seen as some classical, high-class, and beautiful place, with good food and drinks...and time to relax and enjoy life. Many Japanese cafes and bakeries have French names. Japanese often have stressful lives, so relaxing eating a croissant and drinking coffee is a little pleasure that makes them feel good. Mille-feuille, mille-crepes, crepes, macarons, croissants, parfaits, Mont Blancs, and choux cremes are among the most popular snacks and desserts in Japan. One of my favorite bakeries was "Vie de France". There are many, many others to be found as well.

    • @mermaidise
      @mermaidise 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      oui ! *coucou je suis la fille aux cheveux bleus* >w

    • @vibecheck4623
      @vibecheck4623 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      France the place were there are (no go zones ) because of Muslim extremism

  • @mermaidise
    @mermaidise 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    like a said, japanese peoples don't smell bad in the trains, even after a long sunny and hot day, THIS IS SORCERY . *NoSmellJutsu*

    • @2WheelsGood.01
      @2WheelsGood.01 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "East Asians (Chinese people, Mongolian people, Korean people, and Japanese people) have fewer apocrine sweat glands than most other ethnic groups. The apocrine sweat glands are found in the armpits and around the genitalia, and are responsible for most body odor; the eccrine sweat glands found over most of the body don't secrete anything stinky. It is believed that fewer sweat glands was at one point a useful adaptation to living in cold areas, where sweating could chill the body. They don't totally lack apocrine sweat glands, though - East Asians definitely do have body odor, just a little less of it than the rest of us.
      The gene that seems to be responsible for the lack of apocrine sweat glands is called ABCC11; most East Asians have a nonfunctional version of this gene, causing them to have fewer apocrine sweat glands"

  • @SalehAbuRashid
    @SalehAbuRashid 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How many times were these questions repeated?

  • @BruceWayne-mj6pt
    @BruceWayne-mj6pt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Four bars?! That makes Cathy a Captain.
    Also it is shocking to see vehicles parked and running while the owner goes to the combini to get what ever without fear of getting car jacked.

    • @Elkarus
      @Elkarus 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      キャプテン・キャシー ‼
      "Captain Cathy"
      Seems an Anime title :D

  • @k-emma1301
    @k-emma1301 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    J'adore en reconnaît bien les francais et leur accent anglais (ps: je suis francaise) 😂

  • @tetsuyalederhouse7507
    @tetsuyalederhouse7507 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how the fat guy says everything is so small! Hahahha.

    • @kreizix
      @kreizix 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      tetsuya lederhouse where? seems like I missed that part?

    • @dianelysdiaz9978
      @dianelysdiaz9978 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      3:36 to 3:41

  • @一一-j3r
    @一一-j3r 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    かわいい😍

  • @Teilzeitotaku
    @Teilzeitotaku 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ich glaube, ich habe das schon unter das letzte Video zu diesem Thema geschrieben...aber als ich 2014 das erste mal (von insgesamt 3 mal, und im März / April kommt der vierte Trip ^^) in Japan war (Tokyo), hatte ich eigentlich schon keinen Kulturschock mehr. Wenn man die richtigen Leute (Anwohner, Japanologen etc.) auf TH-cam kennt, erfährt man eigentlich so ziemlich alles, was einen Kulturschock auslösen KÖNNTE, bereits im Voraus.

    • @morisoba2550
      @morisoba2550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ich bin Japaner. Als ich vor einigen Jahren nach Paris und Berlin reiste, erlebte ich einen Kulturschock, dass normal gekleidete gewöhnliche Leute (Jung und Alt) mich (Touristen) auf der Straße betteln. Solche Leute gibt es bei uns in Tokyo nicht.

    • @Teilzeitotaku
      @Teilzeitotaku 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Öhm...in Deutschland (München, Stuttgart, Augsburg, Köln, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Essen) habe ich das auch noch nicht erlebt. Wo ich das schonmal hatte, war in Wien.
      Das hat also nichts mit irgendeiner Kultur zu tun...sondern wohl einfach nur zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort. ^^

    • @morisoba2550
      @morisoba2550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wahrscheinlich kann solcher Bettler den Unterschied unterscheiden, wer locale Personen von nicht diejenigen sind und wer Fremden oder Touristen von diejenigen sind, die Geld geben. Oder Europäische Bettler denken, dass es von Japanern oder Asiaten leicht kleingeld verdienen lässt.

    • @Teilzeitotaku
      @Teilzeitotaku 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Naja als Münchner wäre ich spätestens in Hamburg Tourist gewesen. Und der Unterschied zwischen Deutschland und Österreich (Wien) ist jetzt auch nicht sooo gravierend, als dass man großartig auffallen würde.
      Wie gesagt...ich denke, dass du einfach nur zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort warst.

    • @morisoba2550
      @morisoba2550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Am falschen Ort... mit falschen Leuten... Im ehemaligen Ost-Berlin waren es viele Arbeitlosen Jungen, Kinder von immigranten aus Ost Europa, who ich tagsüber wie ein Business person aussah. Alle fragten mich um kleingeld oder eine Zigarette.
      Aber in Paris in Champs-Élysées, eine gute gekleidete französische Madame fragte mich und andren französischen Herrn für Almosen. Das war eine Überraschung. War sie auch eine Arbeitlose ?

  • @JannyJohn2
    @JannyJohn2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So guys , japanese people don’t smell at all ? :0 I heard that they don’t even need deodorant ???

    • @necaris6408
      @necaris6408 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Jamie ジェイミー I am very curious about that too! My japanese boyfriend was kind of surprised when I pulled out my Deo and was like "What's that??" because he doesn't own it himself. And even when he sweats he does not smell! Maybe it's just him though xD

    • @하니-y9w
      @하니-y9w 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If it's true I'm super jealous -_- 😂😂😂

    • @melodychachan4453
      @melodychachan4453 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jamie ジェイミー unfortunately it's only half true. My husband is the cleanest Person. But he smells of sweat in summer. But it's true that MOST Japanese don't smell. But that doesn't apply to everyone. Unfortunately.

    • @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204
      @mcgeorgeofthejungle6204 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The reason being is Asian people have less Apocrine glands, they basically produce the sweat to help keep joints cool etc. A big misconception is sweat smells but it doesn't, it is the bacteria which feasts on the sweat for nutrients and leaves waste on you is what smells. And as said because Asians have less the bacteria is less on them too. Hence why deodorants are not a huge deal in Japan, they do exist but very limited.

    • @aviolaist
      @aviolaist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They have much smaller sweat glands compared to us smelly foreigners.

  • @62estefanicarrasco58
    @62estefanicarrasco58 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ME ENCANTÓ! ❤ Desearía estar en ese vídeo xD

  • @soff2109
    @soff2109 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was shocked when i discovered that Watermelons in Japan are awfully expensive and difficult to obtain (they come even in cube shape oh my god) in my country (Colombia) you just find it very easily and cheap.

    • @morisoba2550
      @morisoba2550 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm Japanese. Only wealthy people buy those expensive fruits.
      Normal people buy affordable fruits like banana or apple.

    • @rukapark4998
      @rukapark4998 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@morisoba2550 watermelons are considered an expensive fruit in Japan? Why?How much one cost? In my country they are so cheap: 25 cents per kg.

    • @morisoba2550
      @morisoba2550 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@rukapark4998
      In Japan, Watermelons cost 4 Dollar per kg. Normal Size (4kg) one cost 16 Dollar.

  • @demroshed8053
    @demroshed8053 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember this channel from years ago.What happened to Misato Chan?

  • @lupimali9504
    @lupimali9504 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interestingly enough, many foreigners visiting Japan will refer to either hi-tech toilet or punctuality of train in Japan. Those are that bad in other countries?

  • @芋瀬童子
    @芋瀬童子 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    culture shockは別に外国に行かなくても味わえる。結婚!男は【母の味】から【妻の味】に晒される。これほどのshockはない。良い方向のshockなら最高に幸せだが反対だったら一生の不作。涙の人生。

  • @大庭孝広-l9m
    @大庭孝広-l9m 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    マリオカートが任天堂の著作権でできなくなれば、ドンキホーテなんかとコラボして、着ぐるみを買ってもらって乗るみたいな感じで回避するかな。いいアイデアや!

  • @Music-qu9lh
    @Music-qu9lh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why are the french so awkward?

  • @brolygoku3278
    @brolygoku3278 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you xdxdxd

  • @mariokarthero1997
    @mariokarthero1997 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mario Kart on the streets of Japan? Sign me up for that!

  • @kataokasaga
    @kataokasaga 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Blonde is your natural hair color?

  • @DiazGee
    @DiazGee 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "The lack of English"

  • @timothyty7630
    @timothyty7630 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No Muslims

  • @kiyo-gc7rn
    @kiyo-gc7rn 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    今回はいつもと違ういでたちでインタビューしていましたね。

  • @JoschuaSchmidt
    @JoschuaSchmidt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cutie

  • @thelastdefenderofcamelot5623
    @thelastdefenderofcamelot5623 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    we welcome French refugees