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hello dear friend, now that you are located in japan, why dont u inform us of the tokyo time, most of us may not be familiar with u.s. eastern time and thus miss out on your rare company
As much as I love Japanese. They are famous for the honne and tatemae *real and the facade* Most are warm to foreigners. Some that aren't take time to get to that point. It's hard to know what a Japanese person is really thinking, takes time to know them. :D Japanese can be quite friendly. *example in the non busier areas, there are groups that go out in the evening and walk the streets to patrol* You have to get away from the major city areas to see the everyday Japanese life. It's there all around you.
Yes, Japanese, Korean, and other east asians have a reputation of being unfriendly toward foreigners. From personal experiences, I do agree that they are friendlier but it depends on who you are and what you look like too. That's the same in the US or anywhere else in the world. Being a tall and attractive blond female who can speak Japanese will definitely get strangers to open up quickly to you. Others who don't quite fit this profile won't get the same kind of reception, unfortunately.
Agree. It's the "superior westerner" that gets the kind attention. I lived in Tokyo and San Francisco. It's not even close. Brown Asians are definitely low in the social ladder in Tokyo. No matter how nicely you speak to them.
@@filemonyumul8168 not just Japan but what you mentioned is mostly true for China and SE Asian countries. However, in my experience, darker skin Asians are assumed to be in a lower social class/ working class…that’s why sun protection is so important.
I mean even as a "white" person I can't go into some shops, restaurants and bars, and can't rent 80% of apartments. Meanwhile such things are illegal in every other developed country. Yes, most Japanese people you meat on the street are nice, but the structural racism is going to eat your life away little by little.
Nobody’s face brightens up like a Japanese person hearing foreigners speak their language. I only know a few sentences in Japanese, but even just a couple of words earns you major brownie points, and you immediately realise how friendly and open they are. Once, I was on a train in Melbourne, and sat next to me were two Japanese girls and I had to get past them to get off the train. All I said to them was “Samimasen” and they reacted as if I’d just made their week. I also used to live in Hong Kong, and whilst there’s a huge expatriate community there, not many of them bother to learn any Cantonese. I couldn’t say much, but I learned some greetings, please and thank you and how to get home in a cab, and it seriously earns you a hell of a lot of praise from the locals. On the surface, many are very shy, quiet and reserved, but scratch it a little and they’re honestly some of the sweetest, friendliest and most welcoming people in the world.
you know, reefrunner, it's not the same thing with japanese in japan. they only wants to hear fluent japénese. they're more demanding than the japanese who go abroad. they have not the same sense of friendliness
This isn’t really true especially when you start to become more fluent. Tatemae, they will show a lot of “support” and “happiness” that you’re speaking their language, but Honne, they are becoming increasingly alarmed that investing time to integrate into their culture and society and that is a bad thing. Their are many accounts from others that once they reached near fluent status the attitudes and people around them quickly changed because they were no longer limited to just the “stupid foreigner who could speak basic Japanese” and you can now integrate which they don’t want. They don’t want most people to be part of their society, maybe very attractive women but no one else.
Koreans are far friendlier than Japanese. Regarding the benefits of being white, when I traveled throughout Korea during my 2.5 years of living there, I'd typically end up on a Saturday or Sunday late afternoon out in a remote area where there was a really cool ancient temple or stone Buddha. I had no clue how to get back to the main bus station in town, and by that time of day, buses were not running in the boonies. So, I just started walking. Invariably, rather soon, some middle-aged Koreans would pull up to me, ask me where I was headed, offer me a ride, and end up taking me out for a nice dinner. This happened so regularly that I could count on never being stranded in the countryside after one of my explorations. Some of those encounters led to good friendships. It was delightful, and I once told some Korean high school students of mine about it. They said: "Of course!!! You're a clean-cut WHITE man!!!" Bam! It'd never occurred to me that my whiteness was a door-opener. In the case of this attractive young white woman who speaks Japanese fluently in Japan, of course all kinds of natives warmed to her. And don't forget the crucial role of the camera. You think black people, Indians, or other Asians get such treatment there?
I was wandering the same, I have friends in Japan that according to their experience the Japanese are mostly unfriendly towards foreigners. So I wonder if Anming had the same experience if she wasn't attractive blond blue eyes female (which is rare appearance in Japan).
When I traveled to tokyo I had more conversations with people than in my country😂 and I'll never forget a women who worked at a coffeshop. She wrote something like "you're so pretty" in japanese on my cup cause she was too shy (and didn't speak english) to say it directly to me. Japanese people are so kind🥰
The world is full of nice ppl. We are blessed to have them be a part of our journey. I appreciate their kindness and try to do the same for others. God bless and be safe. Praying 2021 will be a better year.💕
1:27 Hey, that's Lisa 13 (musician, "Harajuku girl" model, etc.)! I've met her a couple of times, and she's really personable and friendly, as is her friend/bandmate NaluchaRos. Great people, and perfect examples of how Tokyo folks can be just as cool and kind as anywhere.
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart" - Nelson Mandela (paraphrased)
I spent hours on a layover in Tokyo, an incredible day. People were SO friendly and helpful to my wife and I. Our 2 week May 2020 trip to Japan was of course cancelled, but we will be back for sure.
Errrrrrr well I spent a month in Tokyo in which I had a great time but when I stayed north of Tokyo in a place called Saitama I had some ugly cold moments as some of the people thought I could not understand what they were talking about . I couldnt believe how racist some people were up these ways. They were shockked when I retorted back in Japanese. There faces turned to shame and they bowed and hurried off. True story
We are from australia and went to Japan with the family a few years ago. Everyone was lovely and polite and helped us if they could, I knew a few basic words and they were very nice to me, as obviously I got the pronunciation wrong at times they were very patient.I think it’s an amazing country and would go back again, such a wonderful experience. Clean and safe and well organised cities. Definitely put it on your bucket list👏💕🇦🇺
@Daenack Dranils Yup I have to agree with you there sir. Especially how a large majority of the people do act like living robots. I mean where I come from in New Zealand everyone or 98% of people are "real and act as normal as normal can be" but when I visited Japan I noticed this living robot syndrome everywhere and in my head was thinking cant these people switch off robot mode and come back to normality.
To be honest as someone who has lived in Japan for five years, I would think most Japanese would particularly see you, Oriental Pearl, as a novelty. Not everyone will get the same experience you have.
So much great energy in this Video. Love the positive vibes. I think also a lot of that comes from you being positive open-minded, respectful, and just sharing and giving to others. Love it.
Thnak you for the video! I have met some Japanese people and since I am learning some Japanese, they really open up when you try to speak to them, and they really don't know much English, but you being able to approach them helps them a lot because they are human too and like you said don't want to get rejected. There is a lot of video on why you shouldn't go to Japan and loneliness seems to be the major reason, but I think if everyone reached out to one another like you are doing then it wouldn't be a big problem, everyone is shy now and then. I hope one day I can visit Japan! This video is very helpful! Thank you! Looking forward to the next! xx.
Many times Japanese people seem shy to westerners because they are speaking in a second language. Speaking to them in Japanese is a totally different feeling.
@@OrientalPearl I agree. I am loving your videos because I am trying to learn Japanese in a country where no one speaks it, so my speaking is not that good but my comprehension is ok. So thanks for your content!
Yeah, he was SO good at that, he must have been at it for years! He would totally be pro level if he wanted! I hope he is doing well for himself because he sure seemed to be giving a lot of his merchandise away instead of charging for it. Maybe he has already made his fortune and is already comfortable, so now he just does the street vendor thing for the interactions with people for the fun of it (Interactions over Transactions! YAY!). It's a nice thought but I will never know for certain. What an awesome person he is, though! :)
I've had a few mixed experiences in Japan, but OVERALL extremely friendly! A woman walked with me 15 minutes out of her way through a rural area to point me to a nearby post office I was looking for, an onsen owner drove me and my friends 20 minutes to a bus station to catch a train we needed to be on, I walked into a small cafe and they treated me like family and would not let me pay for my sakura tea and treats, etc. So yeah, you get some unfriendly vibes sometimes but overall extremely warm and kind people!
When landing in Narita for a layover I went the wrong direction exiting the flight. When I asked for help several people appeared to assist. Everyone was so kind and wanted to help me. There was no airport "attitude" from the airport staff that you typically get in western airports. They were gracious and accommodating until I got to where I needed to be. I'm very fond of Japan and Japanese people.
I can’t wait to return to Japan… I have been to 50+ countries in my life and no place is quite like Japan. If one is nice and respectful as a tourist, Japanese people go out of their way to be kind. That was my experience all over the country, even in rural areas and on the remote southern islands.
I think a lot of people who go to Japan, the reason why they get the impression Japanese people are cold is because the people visiting aren't actually interested in interacting with Japan and Japanese people, but rather just interacting with the Japan they see online aka harajuku, shibuya, etc. The visitors don't want to conform their life, I know a lot of visitors who go to Japan and end up eating and McDonalds and I am like huh! There is all that good food there but you aren't interested? Such a waste.... Just because the food or language scares them they stick to what they know thus resulting in an incorrect perspective, in my opinion at least.
I totally would be eating at McDonalds but only cause I am a picky eater! I wouldn't mind trying new things but I hate wasting food if I know I may not eat all of it or being rude and making them think their cooking is bad when it really is just my childish taste buds.
Oh my that's not true they welcome and talk back other visitors here ...i don't why they still have negative perspective about japanese peeps like me i mean seriously talk with foreigners came in japan
First Hand Experience: Japanese people won't give a shit even if you're about to like faint by the street. BUT the moment you start a conversation or ask for help they kind of make it their number one priority to help you and make sure you get what you need. Even if it means walking all the way to the other side of the station climbing up the stairs to the platform and make sure you board the right train. I found it it hilarious how they can go from cold to warm in a second :))
Oh I had an experience where a gentleman walked me to my platform. I asked him in Japanese for directions, he gave me directioms and I walked off, but then still got lost cuz those subway tunnels are something alright, and he passed by me, saw me asking someone for help, and sighed, waved me over, and walked me to the platform. Was annoyed, but still helped. Good people. And honestly I think the whole fainting and nobody stepping in thing is because Japanese are taught as a societal whole to not stand out. Once one person steps up, more will. It's just hard for them to step up in the first place. It kind of sucks in some ways, but I completely get it. Cultural differences.
Several times this happened to me. One time at the Tokyo Market, I asked a dock worker where a good sashimi restaurant was. She took us several blocks to it, and ran the whole way cause she was working and needed to get back. We could barely keep up
@@humu76 We found when we hesitated with direction or tried to navigate on the phone, people would come up to us to help. I agree with the person above who said, once they're helping, they feel responsible to help you sort it out.
Honestly the only bad thing about Japan for me was how far away it is as I get extremely travel sick. When we visited we had such a lovely time despite my not being able to speak any Japanese. People were extremely kind and friendly and the crafts are beautiful. We were even lucky enough to see the first blossoms of the season as the trees woke up from their winter dormancy. I didn't get to do everything I wanted, there's so very much to see, but we brought back some wonderful memories and breathtakingly gorgeous hand forged knives. I'll never forget the sea of lights glittering across the black expanse of the night before Mount Fuji from the top of the Tokyo Sky Tree.
How inspiring! All I really want is to keep learning japanese and maybe get to live my dream to visit this wonderful country.. Thank you so much for showing us all of this, it motivates me a lot!
You are so respectful of the people your around, what a Lovely Man🙏.. glad you show positive side to life in Japan.. the world needs people like you. And you can have a lauf too. Bless ya.. keep up your great work...🙏
Most polite, considerate culture I’ve ever experienced, I fit right in and had nothing but positive interactions with lovely people always willing to help or interact with someone who returns that same consideration. I felt as though I could trust a stranger in Japan more than many star belly sneetches I actually know personally here in the narcissistic west. That trust, honesty and respect are still regarded as inner STRENGTH there was my experience.
That’s mostly politeness, worlds away from genuine kindness. The east is actually a lot more narcissistic than the west. Western people may come off as rude but at least they’re more likely to state their opinion loud and clear, whether it’s positive or an uncomfortable truth (expecially Finns) unlike the Japanese who tend to sugar coat a lot to avoid confrontation. Mind me I’m speaking in general, of course it depends on the single individual.
I remember went to Japan and there is local people suddenly helping me and my family to show us the way to go somewhere. We even didn't ask, but he just randomly came to help us🥰 Thank you Anming for this video, love it!
First trip to Japan, my wife and I went to Kamakura. We got off the train one station before because the hike down to town had a lot of shrines and temples to visit. At one point, we were unsure of the route. An older gentleman walking in the opposite direction from us stopped and we managed to get through where we were trying to go. He turned around and walked with us, probably about half a mile, to show us the best way to get where we were going. We’ve had experiences like that in Kagoshima, in Tokyo and in Kyoto also. We’ve found the Japanese people to be reserved, but incredibly friendly and helpful.
Miss Japan so much! Had the friendliest encounters while being in Japan.... hoped to be back 2020 but You-Know-What changed my plans... try to make the best out of it but feeling homesick? for Japan so it's great to watch your video. Nice work 😊
The exact same question was on my mind.👍☺️ I don't think I have heard that name yet.😁 But I think I already know the answer.🤭 he seems to be very nice and quite tall i think 🤔 Have a nice week ✌️🤗
I remember blade blades except it was a bit different! This brings back so many memories of me and my brothers playing it late at night and our parents yelling at us!
I’m a Flight Attendant from Canada, and have spent a lot of time in Narita, Tokyo (Shinjuki area) and Yokohama, and I can tell you that based on my experiences, I can say that I can definitely see and name instances and certain people that get irritated by foreigners. If you are doing something that’s considered rude, impolite, or disrespectful towards them and their culture, on their home turf, then yeah don’t expect to be welcomed and tolerated with open arms! Speaking loudly and with your mouth open, spitting, coughing and blowing your nose ostentatiously, throwing garbage and cigarette buts on the ground to name a few, won’t have you winning many hearts. But if you take the time to learn their customs, as well as a bit of the language and humour, and say THANK YOU for everything, as well as SMILE ( not so much these days with masks), and if you dress relatively nicely (nothing fancy, but don’t leave your place/hotel room looking drabby) you will find that they are quite kind people.
Yeah I completely get ya. But I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. All the instances you named where they get annoyed at foreigners are just boundaries they have set. except when you have to dress a certain way. (That may not work out for everyone) other than that, I think Japan would be a pretty nice country. I admit tho, I’ve never been there So I won’t really know but just think of it as an inference lol.
why would we smile and repeating the same things? Smiles are only associated to superficiality in japan. they don't show your mood. only professionalism. plus how can we know we do somethn wrong if they told us nothing
Your videos inspired me to take Japanese lessons through pimsleur, a week in and I can't lie... I'm addicted! My own goal is to be able to watch anime without subtitles XP
HEY! thank you for your bravery going up to strangers!!!! i was looking for this kind of foreign-foreign contact with no common language! You are doing a great service to humanity and your videos could be up for years! centuries? millennia? Will you be one of the internet's "Spoken Ancients"?
Such beautiful people. Really made my day seeing how friendly and warm they were to you and each other. Don't get that much here in Sydney. The more I watch on Japan the more i want to go. Thankyou Oriental Pearl.
I lived in Japan off and on for three years in the late 70's and mid 80s. They are probably the most decent, honest people on the face of the Earth. However they can be reserved. Make an effort to learn the language and culture! They love America for the most part!
I and my wife have never found this to be true of Japan. My wife went to Japan many times on business and I went with her the last time. I walked around central Tokyo on my own and stopped for lunch at a typical salaryman noodle bar with crowded benches and I was ushered in and sat down with a bunch of salary men. They immediately recognised I was English and had no clue how to read the menu and started helping me and recommending things on the menu without even being asked. Same on the underground in Tokyo.
Thanks for sharing this with us! We forget that learning a language & the culture that interests us can help us know the beauty of a country. The more sincerity I think people see a foreigner’s authenticity in wanting to learn the people’s language we see that harsh picture being taken off little by little
I visited Japan a few times while living in Taiwan, and it’s true about how NICE the Japanese are! I was blown away by how friendly everyone was. I definitely want to go back someday to stay longer.
I'm Japanese. Japanese. "Be-goma" is not something that children do these days. Be-goma is a Koma for fighting, so the basic rule is to spin it more violently. In the old days, children used to customize the weight to be lower and heavier by themselves.
A friend and I went to Japan a few years ago. Before the trip, we started learning some of the language and about basic customs. We didn’t want to be rude or inadvertently offend someone. I feel like it went a long way for us. We traveled with a group, all of whom are were strangers and seemed to know nothing about the culture: they were surprised when they kept having to take their shoes off indoors and got tired of drinking tea. On a day when we were going to have the afternoon to ourselves and then meet back up for a Japanese dinner, one of the other tourists yelled out, “everybody make sure to have a good lunch since we’re gonna be having a terrible dinner!” My friend and I were beyond appalled at that remark. I found the Japanese to be very nice and amused by my attempts to speak their language. I like to think they appreciated the effort. I was by no means fluent but I made sure to learn a few key words and phrases. Some of the food was a challenge for me but I put on my game face and treated it like mother’s milk. I have maintained my interest in Japanese culture long after my trip and I would love to go back.
@@ffbeexaid4509 I agree. I got the impression they just traveled different places so they could tell their friends they’d been there-not because they were interested in the culture.
@@maegalroammis6020 You really need to stop saying stuff like "it's fake". It's not. In most places, people will be genuinely kind to you as long as you make an effort to respect their customs and culture.
Funny , you mentioned fighting them for the bill , back in 2017 when I went with my friend, our Japanese friend wanted to play for our meals and we told her that we'd pay the next one , she ended up lying to us saying she got up to go to the toilet when I asked the waitress for the bill and paid it before we even knew what was happening. Such a funny memory 😂
Great video as always Anming! I've never seen this side of Japan. As a long time subscriber, I don't think I've met Tommy yet?!? LOL I look forward to your next video.
This is kind of subjectional to what you look like. Just like in all countries. The more attractive you are the better you are received and the more people want to be your friend for a status symbol. "oh look at my attractive American friend." This isn't the same type of reception that everyone gets. While I appreciate where you were going with this video, it just kind of proves that people can use their looks to overcome situations and put themselves in a better position that others would be in.
Hiii Started learning Japanese. Its my dream to visit Japan. Soon as I'm done with school. Enjoying the content from South Africa.✌️ Do you maybe have a video on what camera/editing tools you use?? Thanks
I moved to Japan a while ago. Honestly, everyone has been lovely so far! Old people are super sweet, I love the old ladies of my neighborhood, we feed cats together! The rudest people I met were actually foreigners, to be honest.
@Avocado There are bad and good people everywhere. My personal experience is that, yes, Japanese people have been nicer to me than most of foreigners. Met some nice people from the Philippines as well. Like it or not. Don't try to twist people's personal experiences to fit with your opinion. No one needs this pointless, pathetic negativity.
@Avocado Having a nice neighbourhood is super toxic and far from reality? No, you are just twisting my words because you absolutely want to say the positive image of Japan is fiction. You are toxic, stop pointing fingers at others. There are better things to do to improve your life instead of answering TH-cam comments, since your life seems so dark.
Sugoi! You are amazing! I wanna be a multi-lingual too. Though self-studying is hard with no one to practice to. But youre inspiring dont mind the haters. They'rw saying more about themselves.
one of my biggest dreams is to learn japanese and chinese and be fluent in both languages. it would be so cool to have a conversation with people from overseas!
I have never been to Asia but have talked with people who have been to both Japan and Taiwan both for pleasure and business, and they have all said that both countries citizen's are incredibly helpful and friendly with foreigners. Despite the "You will not believe what happened" tag in the video name, I was not surprised and actually would have been shocked if anyone had been unfriendly or rude.
You were polite enough to learn their language and approach them with it correctly in their home. I cannot even imagine the respect that they must have for you because I am sure that is completely a typical. For some reason I have an overwhelming feeling that more often than not American travelers get aggravated at them for not knowing English which is absolutely appalling when you think about it. This is only the second one of your videos I've ever watched and I'm hooked!
I have travelled a lot in the far east and i know that if you make the effort to learn the basics of their languages and respect their culture they are wonderful people, in fact i am more comfortable and feel safer in their cities than i do in london, trying to talk in loud pidgin english will earn you the utter contempt you deserve.
My dad was visiting Malaysia to visit my sister who was living there. He went into the bank to exchange American money. The bank teller started talking about Americans being arrogant and saying who do they think they are. My sister who was fluent was watching the whole thing from a distance. My dad is one of the sweetest guys you could meet and didn't speak a word of the local language but knew how to say thank you. As the teller was speaking my sister was getting very upset. At the end of the conversation my dad be ignorant of what was going on smiled and said thank you perfectly in the local language. The teller's jaw dropped and his faced turned bright red. My sister almost died laughing. It erased her anger instantly, but she didn't tell my dad until years later. She didn't want to spoil his trip after coming all the way from the USA. My dad just laughed. It's called having class and not letting others spoil your life's experience.
I see the initial shyness. I found similar in Germany from people that was overcome by just trying to communicate and being friendly with them. You've got it down to an art! It must be harder wearing the Covid face masks though, How is Covid affecting you and the people there at this time?
I've always wanted to learn Japanese and I'm fascinated with their culture. I can speak English and Spanish, and have always wanted to learn another language.
If you can speak english and spanish good, the you can allready speak for 80% japanese, learn hiragana and katakana first and your allready good to go. Watching japanese movies like Ju On (the grudge japanese versions) or final fantasy advent children in japanes with subtitles on will help aswell, cause in these movies particular they speak slowly japanese which help. Writing down on paper what you hear will help aswell
I'm an asian living in a western country in a city that is highly multicultural and I've never ever seen or heard that being said about Japanese people - being unfriendly. Actually quite the opposite. Japanese people are one of the highest tourists in the world! I basically saw Japan tour buses at any given time of day when I used to work in the city. It would make no sense that they would love to visit foreign countries every year and not like foreigners.
Yeah I love asia has never had any bad exp. going there, It was paradise for me, maybe men but idk the men seems very nice in these tourist spots at least. Never heard any complain about it either, All i talked too has never been more satisfied and are always going back.
Going in vacation to Japan and living there is 2 different things. The tourist point of view is biased it's not how it look like in reality ! The Japanese people are not that friendly compared to other regions, what's worst is that they would always see you has a foreign even if you have been there for 10years . You are also treated differently depending of what type of foreigner you are something like white skin foreigners > all the others. Japanese tend to use a lot of TateMae so establishing real friendship is really hard Japanese people are not friendly but really polite . But of course all of them are not like that but the majority will always dodged or try to find a way to say no without saying no ^^ . ( All countries have good and bad point Japan is a beautiful country with respectful people, but when I think friendly people I think America, Canada, Spain ect for respectful people I think about Japan Korea and so on )
@@holypopy being 'reserved' and being 'unfriendly' are 2 totally different things. just because they dont jump for joy and rush to talk to you just because youre a foreigner doesnt mean they dont like you. japanese people are very polite, proper, and well-mannered. they dont like bothering people. and just like them, i would avoid anyone like the plague if they showed rowdy behaviour.
@@GT-Oldschool Sorry but I don't believe so if you are telling me 100% of the Japanese population is reserved it's a lie when a Japanese person talk to another Japanese person I don't see that reservation. I have to say that Nobody ask for that kind of treatment from the Japanese like talking to the foreigners ect. My point is more about the Japanese society / hypocrisy and how they could basically lie to your face . You can ask any foreign that lived in Japan they will tell you how hard it is to make reel connection when in Europe or other Asian countries you sympathize in 3seconde and can make reel connection. Even hafu (mixed Japanese) born in Japan have difficult time to adjust to the Japanese society and are isolated from the Japanese community it's a very conservative country but explain to me why they do that ? If it's just about being polite, well mannered, reserved . I'm not gonna talk about the skin color issue or the way they justify everything with the ignorance card in some delicate subject. The main subject was friendliness so I will finish with how they treat you can be based on something you didn't choose skin , country, ect . You have a rank has foreign based on different criteria.. Some Japanese can be extremely rude thinking you don't understand them you can hear a lot of racial comments or even slang made for foreign that are kinda way of limits. Anyway I will not continue cause it's way to long but their is some aspects of Japan that are mess up like any country of course :).
@@holypopy "Sorry but I don't believe so if you are telling me 100% of the Japanese population is reserved it's a lie.." when did i say 100% of japanese people is reserved..? your liberal way of thinking gives me a headache. there is no country that is 100% anything. just like not 100% of canadians are nice. im pretty sure some are scumbags. "Some Japanese can be extremely rude.." exactly - SOME! most are generally polite. you automatically like to base things off colour and race. it might be the way you act or the way youre dressed. when you hear them talk about you and describe you, you think theyre being racist when they probably dont mean anything bad by it, but you take offence because youre sensitive and perhaps dont actually know much about the culture. there are words in asian languages that sound very racist, but are not. i have a european friend who is polish who tells me they tell "racist jokes" all the time in their country, but only americans get offended by them. its the same in australia, we tell "racist jokes" and we are a western country. its just you people who watch too much mainstream media and get pressured into "political correctness". they have conditioned and programmed you to be offended at the smallest things, and now i cant post anything without some snowflake getting offended and get my comment deleted.. censorship was never like this, but this new batch of generation are soft.
They understand foreigners can't speak their difficult language. I speak English with Japaneses woman and girl children holiday in Korea. So kindly helpful take and guide me to where I want to go in Korea. I was amaze how mentally adult her children are, so morally taught. Wow I was greatly touched.
I was in Tokyo for a week back in the 80s and was very surprised at how friendly and helpful people were. The only complaint I have is that I never managed to get through the Tokyo underground without someone helping. They would come over and ask to help, take me to the ticked desk to get the right ticket, then to the platform to be sure I didn't get lost.
Great job with the videos, keep them coming! I can honestly say in all my years living in Japan I only ever ran into one old guy on the train who was drunk and abusing me over WW2. I didn't take part, so he was way off.... When I stood up from my seat he calmed down pretty quick as I'm 6'5. Oh, and also the Gomi lady who regularly patrolled my building, and would subtlety return trash to my front door if not packed correctly or placed out on the wrong day.... Pretty sure she didn't like Gaikokujin. Other than those two not an issue ever. Always found Japanese people to be courteous, friendly, super helpful and genuine.
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HI How can you speak Japanese and Chinese so good...? Have you lived there for a long time?
hello dear friend, now that you are located in japan, why dont u inform us of the tokyo time, most of us may not be familiar with u.s. eastern time and thus miss out on your rare company
As much as I love Japanese. They are famous for the honne and tatemae *real and the facade* Most are warm to foreigners. Some that aren't take time to get to that point. It's hard to know what a Japanese person is really thinking, takes time to know them. :D Japanese can be quite friendly. *example in the non busier areas, there are groups that go out in the evening and walk the streets to patrol* You have to get away from the major city areas to see the everyday Japanese life. It's there all around you.
@@tullioliuzzo5887 I’ve been here since 2012. I went to university here too.
@@bobbyqian5213 sure, it will be 9 am Tokyo time on Monday January 18th
Yes, Japanese, Korean, and other east asians have a reputation of being unfriendly toward foreigners. From personal experiences, I do agree that they are friendlier but it depends on who you are and what you look like too. That's the same in the US or anywhere else in the world. Being a tall and attractive blond female who can speak Japanese will definitely get strangers to open up quickly to you. Others who don't quite fit this profile won't get the same kind of reception, unfortunately.
There’s truth to this. My friend Sam who is a 400 pound American guy said he gets away with more here when I do videos with him.
If you are a brown person they don't even care at all😕
Agree. It's the "superior westerner" that gets the kind attention. I lived in Tokyo and San Francisco. It's not even close. Brown Asians are definitely low in the social ladder in Tokyo. No matter how nicely you speak to them.
@@filemonyumul8168 not just Japan but what you mentioned is mostly true for China and SE Asian countries. However, in my experience, darker skin Asians are assumed to be in a lower social class/ working class…that’s why sun protection is so important.
I mean even as a "white" person I can't go into some shops, restaurants and bars, and can't rent 80% of apartments. Meanwhile such things are illegal in every other developed country. Yes, most Japanese people you meat on the street are nice, but the structural racism is going to eat your life away little by little.
That old man was so nice.
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Nobody’s face brightens up like a Japanese person hearing foreigners speak their language. I only know a few sentences in Japanese, but even just a couple of words earns you major brownie points, and you immediately realise how friendly and open they are. Once, I was on a train in Melbourne, and sat next to me were two Japanese girls and I had to get past them to get off the train. All I said to them was “Samimasen” and they reacted as if I’d just made their week. I also used to live in Hong Kong, and whilst there’s a huge expatriate community there, not many of them bother to learn any Cantonese. I couldn’t say much, but I learned some greetings, please and thank you and how to get home in a cab, and it seriously earns you a hell of a lot of praise from the locals. On the surface, many are very shy, quiet and reserved, but scratch it a little and they’re honestly some of the sweetest, friendliest and most welcoming people in the world.
Sumimasen
Except to Koreans and Chinese
you know, reefrunner, it's not the same thing with japanese in japan. they only wants to hear fluent japénese. they're more demanding than the japanese who go abroad. they have not the same sense of friendliness
This isn’t really true especially when you start to become more fluent. Tatemae, they will show a lot of “support” and “happiness” that you’re speaking their language, but Honne, they are becoming increasingly alarmed that investing time to integrate into their culture and society and that is a bad thing.
Their are many accounts from others that once they reached near fluent status the attitudes and people around them quickly changed because they were no longer limited to just the “stupid foreigner who could speak basic Japanese” and you can now integrate which they don’t want. They don’t want most people to be part of their society, maybe very attractive women but no one else.
I believe being young, attractive, female, and fluent might make a difference in your experience vs others. (From someone who loves japan).
All of the matter of prospective, so I agree.
It's why I enjoy watching various video vlogs and see different experiences.
Exactly. These wahmen really are confused why it isn't as easy for men.
Koreans are far friendlier than Japanese.
Regarding the benefits of being white, when I traveled throughout Korea during my 2.5 years of living there, I'd typically end up on a Saturday or Sunday late afternoon out in a remote area where there was a really cool ancient temple or stone Buddha. I had no clue how to get back to the main bus station in town, and by that time of day, buses were not running in the boonies. So, I just started walking. Invariably, rather soon, some middle-aged Koreans would pull up to me, ask me where I was headed, offer me a ride, and end up taking me out for a nice dinner.
This happened so regularly that I could count on never being stranded in the countryside after one of my explorations.
Some of those encounters led to good friendships.
It was delightful, and I once told some Korean high school students of mine about it.
They said: "Of course!!! You're a clean-cut WHITE man!!!"
Bam! It'd never occurred to me that my whiteness was a door-opener.
In the case of this attractive young white woman who speaks Japanese fluently in Japan, of course all kinds of natives warmed to her. And don't forget the crucial role of the camera.
You think black people, Indians, or other Asians get such treatment there?
I was wandering the same, I have friends in Japan that according to their experience the Japanese are mostly unfriendly towards foreigners.
So I wonder if Anming had the same experience if she wasn't attractive blond blue eyes female (which is rare appearance in Japan).
She might have the others, but she is by no means fluent in Japanese.
When I traveled to tokyo I had more conversations with people than in my country😂 and I'll never forget a women who worked at a coffeshop. She wrote something like "you're so pretty" in japanese on my cup cause she was too shy (and didn't speak english) to say it directly to me. Japanese people are so kind🥰
Are you white?
@@hellesouza8853 Why are you asking?
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@@maegalroammis6020 ??? I'm a women and don't speak any japanese 😂😂
@@xVarunax you are naive. it's easy to say that when you have all world's luck. you don't know her culture
Japan: “People fighting over the bill”
The Netherlands: “You are gonna pay for this by yourself right?”
This is a good comparison.
@@OrientalPearl Yeah, I know this because I am Dutch and what I just described is known as “Going Dutch”
Sadly the truth yes.
Haha, goeie.
@@Ryan-mw1ry I didn’t say getting someone else to pay
The world is full of nice ppl. We are blessed to have them be a part of our journey. I appreciate their kindness and try to do the same for others. God bless and be safe. Praying 2021 will be a better year.💕
It will for sure!!!!!
they're fakelmy nice
the nicest people are actually rare in japan.
Well, how did 2021 go for ya?
1:27 Hey, that's Lisa 13 (musician, "Harajuku girl" model, etc.)! I've met her a couple of times, and she's really personable and friendly, as is her friend/bandmate NaluchaRos. Great people, and perfect examples of how Tokyo folks can be just as cool and kind as anywhere.
Wow, I had no idea. We were just driving passed.
@@maegalroammis6020 Troll
no she's fakely friendly it's just her culture, it ask her to be polite
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart" - Nelson Mandela (paraphrased)
That's so true.
I spent hours on a layover in Tokyo, an incredible day. People were SO friendly and helpful to my wife and I. Our 2 week May 2020 trip to Japan was of course cancelled, but we will be back for sure.
Errrrrrr well I spent a month in Tokyo in which I had a great time but when I stayed north of Tokyo in a place called Saitama I had some ugly cold moments as some of the people thought I could not understand what they were talking about . I couldnt believe how racist some people were up these ways. They were shockked when I retorted back in Japanese. There faces turned to shame and they bowed and hurried off. True story
We are from australia and went to Japan with the family a few years ago. Everyone was lovely and polite and helped us if they could, I knew a few basic words and they were very nice to me, as obviously I got the pronunciation wrong at times they were very patient.I think it’s an amazing country and would go back again, such a wonderful experience. Clean and safe and well organised cities. Definitely put it on your bucket list👏💕🇦🇺
say the one who speak japanese fluently
@Daenack Dranils Yup I have to agree with you there sir. Especially how a large majority of the people do act like living robots. I mean where I come from in New Zealand everyone or 98% of people are "real and act as normal as normal can be" but when I visited Japan I noticed this living robot syndrome everywhere and in my head was thinking cant these people switch off robot mode
and come back to normality.
easy to say that as a tourist. people will treat you like an outcast once they learn you live in.
You should’ve taught him the traditional western Beigoma saying: “LeT iT RiPpp!!”
LOL
Bruh this comment killed me. Surely a wise old pro like this must've invented the saying.
But he doesn't say it unless shit is getting serious.
That old man hand control is amazing, the amount of precision he got is crazy
What a true gentleman,honour and respect to him, great video again.
Fun fact: Getting the spinning top to bounce onto the ground is like ten times more difficult than just keeping it in the container. So well done! :D
I could imagine since the street ground is so rocky and uneven
To be honest as someone who has lived in Japan for five years, I would think most Japanese would particularly see you, Oriental Pearl, as a novelty. Not everyone will get the same experience you have.
not just as a novelty
only because she's half and speak fluently japanese
@@maegalroammis6020 she's half Japanese? Isn't she just American
@@luccissimp7758 yea pretty sure she was born in America doesn't mean she can't be half. Then again I don't even know if she is half Japanese
Besides appearance: blonde, tall, her behavior is not typical, forward for an Eastern woman, but not sure if I'd minimize to novelty though
So much great energy in this Video. Love the positive vibes. I think also a lot of that comes from you being positive open-minded, respectful, and just sharing and giving to others. Love it.
Awesome job on getting 150k subscribers that’s a crazy amount of people who subscribed, you are growing fast I hope I get to see you get 200k next
Thnak you for the video! I have met some Japanese people and since I am learning some Japanese, they really open up when you try to speak to them, and they really don't know much English, but you being able to approach them helps them a lot because they are human too and like you said don't want to get rejected. There is a lot of video on why you shouldn't go to Japan and loneliness seems to be the major reason, but I think if everyone reached out to one another like you are doing then it wouldn't be a big problem, everyone is shy now and then. I hope one day I can visit Japan! This video is very helpful! Thank you! Looking forward to the next! xx.
Many times Japanese people seem shy to westerners because they are speaking in a second language. Speaking to them in Japanese is a totally different feeling.
@@OrientalPearl I agree. I am loving your videos because I am trying to learn Japanese in a country where no one speaks it, so my speaking is not that good but my comprehension is ok. So thanks for your content!
they're fakely nice
@@OrientalPearl only fluently. they're stupidly demanding
So happy to see that uncle was able to amaze someone from afar with his life long passion.
Yeah, he was SO good at that, he must have been at it for years! He would totally be pro level if he wanted! I hope he is doing well for himself because he sure seemed to be giving a lot of his merchandise away instead of charging for it. Maybe he has already made his fortune and is already comfortable, so now he just does the street vendor thing for the interactions with people for the fun of it (Interactions over Transactions! YAY!). It's a nice thought but I will never know for certain. What an awesome person he is, though! :)
I've had a few mixed experiences in Japan, but OVERALL extremely friendly! A woman walked with me 15 minutes out of her way through a rural area to point me to a nearby post office I was looking for, an onsen owner drove me and my friends 20 minutes to a bus station to catch a train we needed to be on, I walked into a small cafe and they treated me like family and would not let me pay for my sakura tea and treats, etc. So yeah, you get some unfriendly vibes sometimes but overall extremely warm and kind people!
only creepy meetings.
Did you speak Japanese?
When landing in Narita for a layover I went the wrong direction exiting the flight. When I asked for help several people appeared to assist. Everyone was so kind and wanted to help me. There was no airport "attitude" from the airport staff that you typically get in western airports. They were gracious and accommodating until I got to where I needed to be. I'm very fond of Japan and Japanese people.
I can’t wait to return to Japan… I have been to 50+ countries in my life and no place is quite like Japan. If one is nice and respectful as a tourist, Japanese people go out of their way to be kind. That was my experience all over the country, even in rural areas and on the remote southern islands.
The editing of your beyblade fail killed me 😂😂
Thanks! I love adding little jokes like that.
@@OrientalPearl The best use of Lacrimosa there is ahahah overly dramatic edits.
I think a lot of people who go to Japan, the reason why they get the impression Japanese people are cold is because the people visiting aren't actually interested in interacting with Japan and Japanese people, but rather just interacting with the Japan they see online aka harajuku, shibuya, etc. The visitors don't want to conform their life, I know a lot of visitors who go to Japan and end up eating and McDonalds and I am like huh! There is all that good food there but you aren't interested? Such a waste.... Just because the food or language scares them they stick to what they know thus resulting in an incorrect perspective, in my opinion at least.
That's right. Locals will interact if you reach out to them.
Yeah you’re right , those idiots are barely able to greet in Japanese , yet they be like “ OMG Japanese people don’t speak with me “ 😂
I totally would be eating at McDonalds but only cause I am a picky eater! I wouldn't mind trying new things but I hate wasting food if I know I may not eat all of it or being rude and making them think their cooking is bad when it really is just my childish taste buds.
Oh my that's not true they welcome and talk back other visitors here ...i don't why they still have negative perspective about japanese peeps like me i mean seriously talk with foreigners came in japan
@@FuhrerHeisen but Japan is full of great food too! I think most kids would like tempura or ramen, so you might try those?
My youngest brother learned Japanese before staying in Tokio for over a year. He made a lot of friends who he's still in contact with to this day.
First Hand Experience: Japanese people won't give a shit even if you're about to like faint by the street. BUT the moment you start a conversation or ask for help they kind of make it their number one priority to help you and make sure you get what you need. Even if it means walking all the way to the other side of the station climbing up the stairs to the platform and make sure you board the right train. I found it it hilarious how they can go from cold to warm in a second :))
Oh I had an experience where a gentleman walked me to my platform. I asked him in Japanese for directions, he gave me directioms and I walked off, but then still got lost cuz those subway tunnels are something alright, and he passed by me, saw me asking someone for help, and sighed, waved me over, and walked me to the platform. Was annoyed, but still helped. Good people.
And honestly I think the whole fainting and nobody stepping in thing is because Japanese are taught as a societal whole to not stand out. Once one person steps up, more will. It's just hard for them to step up in the first place. It kind of sucks in some ways, but I completely get it. Cultural differences.
Several times this happened to me. One time at the Tokyo Market, I asked a dock worker where a good sashimi restaurant was. She took us several blocks to it, and ran the whole way cause she was working and needed to get back. We could barely keep up
@@humu76 We found when we hesitated with direction or tried to navigate on the phone, people would come up to us to help. I agree with the person above who said, once they're helping, they feel responsible to help you sort it out.
it's just creepy
@@maegalroammis6020 odd comment
Damn, that ojisan is a real Beyblade master 0_o
This made me laugh so hard
Oh wait theyre actually called beyblades..........
7:19 That was super nice of him! To give you that. :) Looks really cool.
I love how kind Japanese people are. I went there once and it was so nice and would love to go back again.
they're not so
I seriously just want to give a big hug and lots of money to that old man. He was soooo nice. Hopefuly everything goes good in life for him.
Honestly the only bad thing about Japan for me was how far away it is as I get extremely travel sick. When we visited we had such a lovely time despite my not being able to speak any Japanese. People were extremely kind and friendly and the crafts are beautiful. We were even lucky enough to see the first blossoms of the season as the trees woke up from their winter dormancy. I didn't get to do everything I wanted, there's so very much to see, but we brought back some wonderful memories and breathtakingly gorgeous hand forged knives. I'll never forget the sea of lights glittering across the black expanse of the night before Mount Fuji from the top of the Tokyo Sky Tree.
This was a really interesting and great video! Thank you Anming for showing us different sides to Japan and China!
How inspiring! All I really want is to keep learning japanese and maybe get to live my dream to visit this wonderful country.. Thank you so much for showing us all of this, it motivates me a lot!
I was here when u had like 20k subs. You grew so much the past months! Congratz! I believed!
Thank you for being here for so long! It's been a wild ride.
You are so respectful of the people your around, what a Lovely Man🙏.. glad you show positive side to life in Japan.. the world needs people like you. And you can have a lauf too. Bless ya.. keep up your great work...🙏
Most polite, considerate culture I’ve ever experienced, I fit right in and had nothing but positive interactions with lovely people always willing to help or interact with someone who returns that same consideration.
I felt as though I could trust a stranger in Japan more than many star belly sneetches I actually know personally here in the narcissistic west.
That trust, honesty and respect are still regarded as inner STRENGTH there
was my experience.
East > West
you don't knowtheir culture. it's all about superficiality
That’s mostly politeness, worlds away from genuine kindness. The east is actually a lot more narcissistic than the west. Western people may come off as rude but at least they’re more likely to state their opinion loud and clear, whether it’s positive or an uncomfortable truth (expecially Finns) unlike the Japanese who tend to sugar coat a lot to avoid confrontation. Mind me I’m speaking in general, of course it depends on the single individual.
I remember went to Japan and there is local people suddenly helping me and my family to show us the way to go somewhere. We even didn't ask, but he just randomly came to help us🥰 Thank you Anming for this video, love it!
That's a wonderful memory that you made.
it's creepy honestly
First trip to Japan, my wife and I went to Kamakura. We got off the train one station before because the hike down to town had a lot of shrines and temples to visit. At one point, we were unsure of the route. An older gentleman walking in the opposite direction from us stopped and we managed to get through where we were trying to go. He turned around and walked with us, probably about half a mile, to show us the best way to get where we were going. We’ve had experiences like that in Kagoshima, in Tokyo and in Kyoto also. We’ve found the Japanese people to be reserved, but incredibly friendly and helpful.
Wow, that was so nice of him to help you!
that's stupid how reserved people like them force thjemselves to help others
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i am so happy that is randomly found your chanle even though im from norway this is the best youtube chanle i have sen in a while
I'm glad that you found the channel too!
You are amazing at making people around you as passionate as you are.
It probably helps that you are also very kind & undeniably respectful, too!
Miss Japan so much! Had the friendliest encounters while being in Japan.... hoped to be back 2020 but You-Know-What changed my plans... try to make the best out of it but feeling homesick? for Japan so it's great to watch your video. Nice work 😊
Because of all gour videos, it’s motivating me to to persist in my studying and really pursue going to Japan.
That's so wonderful to hear!
Who is Tommy ?!!😁😁
Well asked.
The exact same question was on my mind.👍☺️ I don't think I have heard that name yet.😁 But I think I already know the answer.🤭 he seems to be very nice and quite tall i think 🤔
Have a nice week ✌️🤗
I was just about to ask that same question, lol. But I think we can probably tell the answer 😉😁 He seems like a really nice guy.
yes same who is Thommy?😄🕵🏻♀️
@@OrientalPearl i'm so curious about this too. heemmm
Thanks to you i have gained the courage and motivation to learn japanese with the link! I have come so far in just 3 days! Thank you so so much!
Is this hubby in the video? I’m so late following you but I find different cultures so very interesting I am learning Arabic. I love you!!!
I remember blade blades except it was a bit different! This brings back so many memories of me and my brothers playing it late at night and our parents yelling at us!
I’m a Flight Attendant from Canada, and have spent a lot of time in Narita, Tokyo (Shinjuki area) and Yokohama, and I can tell you that based on my experiences, I can say that I can definitely see and name instances and certain people that get irritated by foreigners. If you are doing something that’s considered rude, impolite, or disrespectful towards them and their culture, on their home turf, then yeah don’t expect to be welcomed and tolerated with open arms! Speaking loudly and with your mouth open, spitting, coughing and blowing your nose ostentatiously, throwing garbage and cigarette buts on the ground to name a few, won’t have you winning many hearts. But if you take the time to learn their customs, as well as a bit of the language and humour, and say THANK YOU for everything, as well as SMILE ( not so much these days with masks), and if you dress relatively nicely (nothing fancy, but don’t leave your place/hotel room looking drabby) you will find that they are quite kind people.
None of that earns you any points in the US, either- foreigner or not
@@lockandloadlikehell Sorry, say that again? I don’t think I quite understand..?
Yeah I completely get ya. But I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. All the instances you named where they get annoyed at foreigners are just boundaries they have set. except when you have to dress a certain way. (That may not work out for everyone) other than that, I think Japan would be a pretty nice country. I admit tho, I’ve never been there So I won’t really know but just think of it as an inference lol.
A smile is still visible in the eyes, you know.
why would we smile and repeating the same things? Smiles are only associated to superficiality in japan. they don't show your mood. only professionalism. plus how can we know we do somethn wrong if they told us nothing
That game that the old man in the street is showing to people reminds me a lot like Crossfire, a game that I still remember from the late 80s.
Your videos inspired me to take Japanese lessons through pimsleur, a week in and I can't lie... I'm addicted! My own goal is to be able to watch anime without subtitles XP
That would be awesome
fully agree, i´ve lived in Tokyo 6 months and people have been extremely kind and warm.
HEY! thank you for your bravery going up to strangers!!!! i was looking for this kind of foreign-foreign contact with no common language! You are doing a great service to humanity and your videos could be up for years! centuries? millennia? Will you be one of the internet's "Spoken Ancients"?
Looks like a fun place to explore!
Never clicked so fast in my life
I just found your page and You are fun and light hearted and I enjoy your insight.
Such beautiful people. Really made my day seeing how friendly and warm they were to you and each other. Don't get that much here in Sydney.
The more I watch on Japan the more i want to go.
Thankyou Oriental Pearl.
I lived in Japan off and on for three years in the late 70's and mid 80s.
They are probably the most decent, honest people on the face of the Earth.
However they can be reserved.
Make an effort to learn the language and culture!
They love America for the most part!
I and my wife have never found this to be true of Japan.
My wife went to Japan many times on business and I went with her the last time. I walked around central Tokyo on my own and stopped for lunch at a typical salaryman noodle bar with crowded benches and I was ushered in and sat down with a bunch of salary men. They immediately recognised I was English and had no clue how to read the menu and started helping me and recommending things on the menu without even being asked. Same on the underground in Tokyo.
Thanks for sharing this with us! We forget that learning a language & the culture that interests us can help us know the beauty of a country. The more sincerity I think people see a foreigner’s authenticity in wanting to learn the people’s language we see that harsh picture being taken off little by little
I'm glad that this will help improve Japan's image.
I visited Japan a few times while living in Taiwan, and it’s true about how NICE the Japanese are! I was blown away by how friendly everyone was. I definitely want to go back someday to stay longer.
I love the fact that you are full of smiles and laughter.. watching you from Ghana 💓
Sending love from Japan to Ghana.
I'm Japanese. Japanese. "Be-goma" is not something that children do these days.
Be-goma is a Koma for fighting, so the basic rule is to spin it more violently.
In the old days, children used to customize the weight to be lower and heavier by themselves.
A friend and I went to Japan a few years ago. Before the trip, we started learning some of the language and about basic customs. We didn’t want to be rude or inadvertently offend someone. I feel like it went a long way for us. We traveled with a group, all of whom are were strangers and seemed to know nothing about the culture: they were surprised when they kept having to take their shoes off indoors and got tired of drinking tea. On a day when we were going to have the afternoon to ourselves and then meet back up for a Japanese dinner, one of the other tourists yelled out, “everybody make sure to have a good lunch since we’re gonna be having a terrible dinner!” My friend and I were beyond appalled at that remark.
I found the Japanese to be very nice and amused by my attempts to speak their language. I like to think they appreciated the effort. I was by no means fluent but I made sure to learn a few key words and phrases. Some of the food was a challenge for me but I put on my game face and treated it like mother’s milk. I have maintained my interest in Japanese culture long after my trip and I would love to go back.
Bit weird the people in your tourist group went to Japan but dislike Japanese food. 😅
@@ffbeexaid4509 I agree. I got the impression they just traveled different places so they could tell their friends they’d been there-not because they were interested in the culture.
stop saying they are nice! they're just formal and mechanical
@@maegalroammis6020 You really need to stop saying stuff like "it's fake". It's not. In most places, people will be genuinely kind to you as long as you make an effort to respect their customs and culture.
@@Noobzlikeu it's more systematical than personal. doesn't mean they would befriend or trust you.
Funny , you mentioned fighting them for the bill , back in 2017 when I went with my friend, our Japanese friend wanted to play for our meals and we told her that we'd pay the next one , she ended up lying to us saying she got up to go to the toilet when I asked the waitress for the bill and paid it before we even knew what was happening. Such a funny memory 😂
Ha ha, that happens a lot.
Tokyo is an absolute blast, best time of my life was visiting Tokyo, super safe, everyone wants to practice English with your, they ask questions.
Love that you show Japan in so nice way 🥰🥰🥰🥰
JAPAN IS AWESOME!!!!! I LOVE IT BECAUSE ITS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM MY COUNTRY (GREECE). CONTINUE THE VIDEOS YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!
Great video as always Anming! I've never seen this side of Japan. As a long time subscriber, I don't think I've met Tommy yet?!? LOL I look forward to your next video.
Thank you so much for being a subscriber. I'm really new to TH-cam so I don't always know what I'm doing. Ha ha, so many unanswered questions.
What I like about Japan is the fact that, as they grow older, they don't outgrow their childhood hobbies.
That girl @2:59 is a keeper. Hard to beat a cute face and kindness.
I have watched 2 of your videos and i feel like i have learned so much from just the subtitles thank you
This is kind of subjectional to what you look like. Just like in all countries. The more attractive you are the better you are received and the more people want to be your friend for a status symbol. "oh look at my attractive American friend." This isn't the same type of reception that everyone gets. While I appreciate where you were going with this video, it just kind of proves that people can use their looks to overcome situations and put themselves in a better position that others would be in.
After the current situation I will go to Japan for sure!
How many years have you been studying Japanese? You're so inspirational!
私の日本語はもっと努力が必要です。😂
I started studying about 5 years ago.
@@OrientalPearl You're amazing! 😊
I’ve said all of this, regarding Japan. I love it here. Thank you for these videos.
Thank you for this!! I loved the video!! ❤🧡💛
I am envious of how friendly you are! you make it feel like making friends in foreign is so easy. I could never be this social
Hiii
Started learning Japanese. Its my dream to visit Japan. Soon as I'm done with school.
Enjoying the content from South Africa.✌️
Do you maybe have a video on what camera/editing tools you use??
Thanks
Thank you South Africa! I use a Canon kiss M and a GoPro
I moved to Japan a while ago. Honestly, everyone has been lovely so far! Old people are super sweet, I love the old ladies of my neighborhood, we feed cats together! The rudest people I met were actually foreigners, to be honest.
easy to say with a fluent japanese
@@maegalroammis6020 I'm beginner, absolutely not fluent 👍
what a weeaboo.
@Avocado There are bad and good people everywhere. My personal experience is that, yes, Japanese people have been nicer to me than most of foreigners. Met some nice people from the Philippines as well. Like it or not. Don't try to twist people's personal experiences to fit with your opinion. No one needs this pointless, pathetic negativity.
@Avocado Having a nice neighbourhood is super toxic and far from reality? No, you are just twisting my words because you absolutely want to say the positive image of Japan is fiction. You are toxic, stop pointing fingers at others. There are better things to do to improve your life instead of answering TH-cam comments, since your life seems so dark.
The language is so beautiful and the people are so respectful.
Sugoi! You are amazing! I wanna be a multi-lingual too. Though self-studying is hard with no one to practice to. But youre inspiring dont mind the haters. They'rw saying more about themselves.
one of my biggest dreams is to learn japanese and chinese and be fluent in both languages. it would be so cool to have a conversation with people from overseas!
Add to that live there too! 🥰🥰
I have never been to Asia but have talked with people who have been to both Japan and Taiwan both for pleasure and business, and they have all said that both countries citizen's are incredibly helpful and friendly with foreigners. Despite the "You will not believe what happened" tag in the video name, I was not surprised and actually would have been shocked if anyone had been unfriendly or rude.
6:57 that guys voice in the background is crazy haha
You were polite enough to learn their language and approach them with it correctly in their home. I cannot even imagine the respect that they must have for you because I am sure that is completely a typical. For some reason I have an overwhelming feeling that more often than not American travelers get aggravated at them for not knowing English which is absolutely appalling when you think about it. This is only the second one of your videos I've ever watched and I'm hooked!
In any place no matter what country or city you are in you get what you give. A smile and respect goes a long way. We are a human.
I have travelled a lot in the far east and i know that if you make the effort to learn the basics of their languages and respect their culture they are wonderful people, in fact i am more comfortable and feel safer in their cities than i do in london, trying to talk in loud pidgin english will earn you the utter contempt you deserve.
My dad was visiting Malaysia to visit my sister who was living there. He went into the bank to exchange American money. The bank teller started talking about Americans being arrogant and saying who do they think they are. My sister who was fluent was watching the whole thing from a distance. My dad is one of the sweetest guys you could meet and didn't speak a word of the local language but knew how to say thank you. As the teller was speaking my sister was getting very upset. At the end of the conversation my dad be ignorant of what was going on smiled and said thank you perfectly in the local language. The teller's jaw dropped and his faced turned bright red. My sister almost died laughing. It erased her anger instantly, but she didn't tell my dad until years later. She didn't want to spoil his trip after coming all the way from the USA. My dad just laughed. It's called having class and not letting others spoil your life's experience.
I see the initial shyness. I found similar in Germany from people that was overcome by just trying to communicate and being friendly with them.
You've got it down to an art! It must be harder wearing the Covid face masks though, How is Covid affecting you and the people there at this time?
Such sweet people. Loved them.
I'd like to know the name of the song you have at 4:16 . Plz.
Man I love Japan. Just randomly meeting up with an old school beyblade master like that 😂
I've always wanted to learn Japanese and I'm fascinated with their culture. I can speak English and Spanish, and have always wanted to learn another language.
That’s great. Learning another language opens up so many doors.
If you can speak english and spanish good, the you can allready speak for 80% japanese, learn hiragana and katakana first and your allready good to go. Watching japanese movies like Ju On (the grudge japanese versions) or final fantasy advent children in japanes with subtitles on will help aswell, cause in these movies particular they speak slowly japanese which help. Writing down on paper what you hear will help aswell
I'm an asian living in a western country in a city that is highly multicultural and I've never ever seen or heard that being said about Japanese people - being unfriendly. Actually quite the opposite.
Japanese people are one of the highest tourists in the world! I basically saw Japan tour buses at any given time of day when I used to work in the city. It would make no sense that they would love to visit foreign countries every year and not like foreigners.
Yeah I love asia has never had any bad exp. going there, It was paradise for me, maybe men but idk the men seems very nice in these tourist spots at least. Never heard any complain about it either, All i talked too has never been more satisfied and are always going back.
Going in vacation to Japan and living there is 2 different things. The tourist point of view is biased it's not how it look like in reality ! The Japanese people are not that friendly compared to other regions, what's worst is that they would always see you has a foreign even if you have been there for 10years .
You are also treated differently depending of what type of foreigner you are something like white skin foreigners > all the others.
Japanese tend to use a lot of TateMae so establishing real friendship is really hard Japanese people are not friendly but really polite . But of course all of them are not like that but the majority will always dodged or try to find a way to say no without saying no ^^ .
( All countries have good and bad point Japan is a beautiful country with respectful people, but when I think friendly people I think America, Canada, Spain ect for respectful people I think about Japan Korea and so on )
@@holypopy being 'reserved' and being 'unfriendly' are 2 totally different things. just because they dont jump for joy and rush to talk to you just because youre a foreigner doesnt mean they dont like you. japanese people are very polite, proper, and well-mannered. they dont like bothering people. and just like them, i would avoid anyone like the plague if they showed rowdy behaviour.
@@GT-Oldschool Sorry but I don't believe so if you are telling me 100% of the Japanese population is reserved it's a lie when a Japanese person talk to another Japanese person I don't see that reservation. I have to say that Nobody ask for that kind of treatment from the Japanese like talking to the foreigners ect.
My point is more about the Japanese society / hypocrisy and how they could basically lie to your face . You can ask any foreign that lived in Japan they will tell you how hard it is to make reel connection when in Europe or other Asian countries you sympathize in 3seconde and can make reel connection.
Even hafu (mixed Japanese) born in Japan have difficult time to adjust to the Japanese society and are isolated from the Japanese community it's a very conservative country but explain to me why they do that ? If it's just about being polite, well mannered, reserved .
I'm not gonna talk about the skin color issue or the way they justify everything with the ignorance card in some delicate subject.
The main subject was friendliness so I will finish with how they treat you can be based on something you didn't choose skin , country, ect . You have a rank has foreign based on different criteria..
Some Japanese can be extremely rude thinking you don't understand them you can hear a lot of racial comments or even slang made for foreign that are kinda way of limits.
Anyway I will not continue cause it's way to long but their is some aspects of Japan that are mess up like any country of course :).
@@holypopy "Sorry but I don't believe so if you are telling me 100% of the Japanese population is reserved it's a lie.."
when did i say 100% of japanese people is reserved..? your liberal way of thinking gives me a headache. there is no country that is 100% anything. just like not 100% of canadians are nice. im pretty sure some are scumbags.
"Some Japanese can be extremely rude.."
exactly - SOME! most are generally polite.
you automatically like to base things off colour and race. it might be the way you act or the way youre dressed. when you hear them talk about you and describe you, you think theyre being racist when they probably dont mean anything bad by it, but you take offence because youre sensitive and perhaps dont actually know much about the culture. there are words in asian languages that sound very racist, but are not. i have a european friend who is polish who tells me they tell "racist jokes" all the time in their country, but only americans get offended by them. its the same in australia, we tell "racist jokes" and we are a western country. its just you people who watch too much mainstream media and get pressured into "political correctness". they have conditioned and programmed you to be offended at the smallest things, and now i cant post anything without some snowflake getting offended and get my comment deleted.. censorship was never like this, but this new batch of generation are soft.
They understand foreigners can't speak their difficult language. I speak English with Japaneses woman and girl children holiday in Korea. So kindly helpful take and guide me to where I want to go in Korea. I was amaze how mentally adult her children are, so morally taught. Wow I was greatly touched.
Amazing vibe going from you, thank you a lot!
I was in Tokyo for a week back in the 80s and was very surprised at how friendly and helpful people were.
The only complaint I have is that I never managed to get through the Tokyo underground without someone helping. They would come over and ask to help, take me to the ticked desk to get the right ticket, then to the platform to be sure I didn't get lost.
they were just creepy, yeah
@@maegalroammis6020 No, not at all
@@PanglossDr unknown people who help you for no reason are u serious
@@maegalroammis6020 Yes, absolutely serious.
@@PanglossDr you seriously have a problem.
My Japanese friend was crazy with the bill she was always running to the cashier to pay for us
I find the girl calling her uncle having a cute voice and so funny.😂
yeah she is funny. btw he is pops but not her uncle. LOL
@@AwesomeKazuaki yh bro.Are you japaneese?
@@alialmaawy8865 yeah I'm Japanese. so I know difference of her "Occhan" intonation and the vibe.those Japanese girls are very funny and adorable.
i love your voice and the kind way you talk to people, maybe they're not rudes because of you :).
Great job with the videos, keep them coming! I can honestly say in all my years living in Japan I only ever ran into one old guy on the train who was drunk and abusing me over WW2. I didn't take part, so he was way off.... When I stood up from my seat he calmed down pretty quick as I'm 6'5. Oh, and also the Gomi lady who regularly patrolled my building, and would subtlety return trash to my front door if not packed correctly or placed out on the wrong day.... Pretty sure she didn't like Gaikokujin. Other than those two not an issue ever. Always found Japanese people to be courteous, friendly, super helpful and genuine.