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thats a bargain!. I cant believe my country is so A$$, for that money you get a 40 year-old two bedroom apartment of about 55 sqr meters in one of the worst neighborhoods according to surveys. And i live in latin america btw. Unbelievable price for a place about 30 min from one of the most expensive cities in the world like Tokyo.

Never understood the address system, kinda interesting. Also that main cafe story LOL

I love your videos, very well spoken, great points/summaries and great shots. Subscribed : D

I remember moving to Japan a few years back and spoke very little Japanese, throughout my journey i had a strange feeling as if i felt so out of place since i was a foreigner, until one day me and a friend whose from Japan told me that i shouldn't be ashamed or feel out of place because his community will always welcome me with open arms, however the biggest challenge for me was that in the u.s, my past self was always scared of moving out of my comfort zone and rely on my family to push me forward, but when i moved to Japan in 2008 part of me didn't want to leave my old self behind since my family were still in the u.s, but overtime i slowly started getting more and more into becoming more confident and my low self esteem started to kick in, but after awhile i noticed that I've changed along with the culture, however when i moved back to the u.s it was still the same except i had a this feeling as if i was a completely different person from my past self

White guys are very sensitive. They don't want foreigners to be in their country but want everyone else in every other country to welcome and embrace them. Wowwowwow!

Thanks man really im 17 and honestly i dont like th US for some reason i feel more connected with japanese cultures then being in the US you have a new sub 🎉❤

I like how most of the footage you used is in and around Ueno station. I go to Japan pretty often and I just came back from it a couple days ago. Every time I come back to Canada I feel like I leave a part of myself there that I need to retrieve. Seeing these familiar places eases some of the pain of leaving those that I care about behind.

What a great piece. 17 years in, and I still feel the same sentiments. All in all, the shift has made me a better person.

I always did my shopping on craigslist. The free section is awesome. If you have a vehicle, it’s a great way to pick things up for free. I would always upgrade if I saw something nicer for free on craigslist. Then I would pass on what I was getting rid of to someone else. Japan is a very lonely country. You have to find your own place and be happy with it. I had a friend who would always ask new people that he would meet what their expiration date was. When are they leaving the country? I thought that was a pretty good way of looking at it.

US imperialism at the last stage.

Visited Japan before and after COVID... It was stark that all the workers in every convenience store i visited was Indian. I hope the Japanese find their way out of this. The Japanese is a treasure of the world.

to give my input on my POV as a former US military person i spent my first part of my decade in japan working on a US base which meant i had certain stuff that was not relatabled to many foreigners living here etc there were some limitations such as i could not buy land or buy a house etc, now i left the base environment and now waiting to submit for my JP Perma resident card, so on my first year on the JP society well yea its hard like the video said your always going to be the foreigner and things just get put on cause your xyz also for the home part yes def my family does get angry with me even when they came to visit because i act different than a normal american (but i been living overseas for 20 years now) but for TLDR the reason why im ok its cause i am married to a local national and have 2 kids so my focus can be on my family here and the other stuff yea they are there but dont need to over lament on it but this is something not everyone can do now me and family own an apparment and are pretty ok for now but yea what the video states is true

Man... That's a really nice apartment for that price... You couldn't get a shoebox for that price anywhere in Sydney

I'm a Canadian dude that has been living here in Osaka for the last 20 years sometimes the loneliness is unbearable though ...Now I know why so many Japanese commit suicide here I have made some foreign friends along the way but at the end of the day they all move back eventually when I came here in my 20s it was easy to go to a foreign bar and make friends but now that I'm in my 40s it's getting more and more difficult I don't know what it is but the Japanese are being way more hostile towards foreigners nowadays maybe it has something to do with over touristing or something but yeah doesn't feel the greatest when I don't feel like being looked at are discriminated against are days I just decide to stay home I have a wife three kids train judo go to the gym and yes I still study Japanese cheers for the video it's always good to get another persons perspective / insight into a foreigner's life in Japan

That's a HUGE amount of space for $500/month!

That's a nice toilet

Thank you for your well spotted details and for describing the feelings so well! I can relate to the feelings you describe when returning home for the first time after a few months. We've been in Japan for 1,5 years (only 😞 ) and returning home was the real culture shock (moving to Japan was some challenge but I definitely wouldn't describe this as a "shock"). When we came back to Europe, it felt as if someone would brake us down from full speed to a tiptoeing pace. We had developed faster and in a completely different direction than those people around. We had to move to another city eventually, just to have a better restart as the personalities we became - and not staying as the old personalities the old neighbours believed we were. And still - Japan had become our home, even for a short time only. And we still feel about it that way. In terms of possession: We experienced a comparable sensation. Not wanting to invest in this or that, because the knowledge about returning always was with us. But on the other hand living there taught us that we didn't need as much as we thought before. We lived without a printer, because a 7-eleven was round the corner. We had nearly no books and embraced the school library (so bookshelves were obsolete). It became eyeopening and liberating and an experience I'm still inspired from.

as a Dutch person this shot at 6:55 really confused me lol

What camera do you use? That opening shot was mesmerizing, replayed it several times.

Every element of this video is so well done. Sensational

as a german, i don't need to supress cultural identity. there is not much of it anyway. and what is, i rather throw away than supress. lol

There is a famous line from a Japanese poem. It says “ふるさとは　遠きにありて　思ふもの” which means “Home is something to be thought of from afar.”

I have a feeling you connected at a high level ,with the embodiment of Japan society. I guess this is the default relationship, kind of surreal, ubiquitous by definition. In my eye, culture is carried by ppl. My world is sth like 5 ppl. We belong. We share an adhoc culture (history) while we met from a prior subculture (nerds). A sense of belonging is implicit. I just know whom I belong with, with so called peers. I feel attached to a place when I have had memories. But the location is loosely or say, remotely attached to the geo scenery. It's located in the ppl. You probably feel nostalgia by now which is attachment. Yet forever foreign. The two are distinct. It's a false paradox. You are very spot on with bringing identity on and on. I think Identify is in the now.

Mind sharing your "retro synth" playlist?

Amazing cinematography

I can see you've been outside of London for quite some time now as the cost of rent for a cardboard box has since doubled. In all seriousness, that's a practically designed apartment in a convenient location. Keep up that skin care routine, your skin is enviable.

Honestly, thank you for collecting these thoughts and putting them into a video. I was only there for a couple of weeks myself, so it’s certainly not the same level of impact as living that life in the truest sense, but I felt these sentiments embarrassingly hard regardless. Even just that little bit of time changed me in ways I hadn’t really anticipated. I ended up taking certain small habits back with me, but even those small things feel jarring or even disorienting to do since they don’t mesh with my normal surroundings back home, despite feeling correct and expected within my own mind. The reverse culture shock despite not even being away for all that long has been surprisingly immense. Cried through most of this video, like catharsis.

A promising title, but the content seems little more than vague waffle. Very disappointing.

So that's what it is. I'm here since April, already starting to understand on my experience, what you said

White people are fucking up Japan the more of them show up the more they bring that toxic shit they moved away from to Japan

Living abroad on your own is a significant accomplishment. I imagine only a small percentage of people from developed countries, including Japan, ever have the chance to live overseas, especially in a culture with a different alphabet or writing system. None of us had to move abroad, it’s a very personal journey we choose. Things like cars and furniture don’t matter much. What truly matters are the relationships you build with the people in Japan. I’ve known foreigners in Tokyo for years who still can’t write their names in katakana. So, cherish every day in Japan. Once you leave, this chapter will fade like a distant memory. Make friends, invest in those connections, and stay in touch with loved ones back home. Be proud of yourself for embracing your life here. Japan is yours.

Keep muslims out of japan!!!! Learn from our mistakes! Regards from Germany

Beautiful filmmaking.

I wasn't sure where you were going with this initially, at 10 minutes or so you really brought the point home. Great video man

fast and informative.

the relatability of this video was very jarring. very human. thank you for sharing your self awareness

hmm, great video

As someone who wants to move to Japan next year this video really helps a lot in giving me another perspective. This kind of deep introspection is really important and necessary to not lose yourself in the sea of uncertainty that a new culture can bring. Thanks as always.

A handful of my friends taught English in Japan. One actually married a Japanese girl. None of them remained in Japan after 5 years, not even the one with the Japanese wife. All had their fill and preferred to live in Canada or Australia.

When dangerous liberal immigrants spread misinformation, they spread it by sharing information about you among Japanese people on social networking sites. You are a dangerous person.

I lived in Japan for 12 years before returning home this year. I say returning home, but I'm not sure that's the right thing to say. Much like you, I started my adulthood in Japan. It's what I associate with the word home. The possibility of returning home was hanging over me for many years, influecing every major decision like you said. I never thought I would return home but then life happened and I returrned. After 12 years in Japan I feel more alien at home than I did there. So I think that plane of existenec you are talking about.. that's even more pronounced after you come back home and you feel out of place. Thank you for making this video, it spoke out many of the silent thoughts I had throughout the years and it made me cry.

It’s not the destination, it’s the journey one has to experience.

This air of this video hits really close to home. Japan is a country that has always felt comfortable in my soul. From the very first time I saw or heard about it when I was a child, I felt a sense of longing. The country I live in feels more and more foreign every day. Hoping I can make it there before I die one day.

You put out some amazing videos and I'm happy to be an early subscriber. Looking forward to your further growth and content coming up! Cheers mate

I like that you can see a few rogue bubbles floating around in the shot after the kid goes away haha.

Regarding immigration Japan must avoid Muslims, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Africa. Japan can take westerners as immigrants.

What I think is that the well is poisoned by bad faith actors who are xenophobic, so a nuanced and balanced discussion is rare to be had online. Anytime you hear someone say "increasing immigration is a major mistake" right off the bat is CLEARLY biased and has no interest in changing their minds. Even if proven wrong, even if japan makes x decision, these people will only feign objectivity. Japan needs to change. Technocrats will try and spin you this romantic tale of how Ai and robots will replace the need for human immigration, but if you look at the realities of what makes an economy function, what keeps jobs and people fed, they couldn't be further from a good answer.

Very insightful video, made me consider what I would lose if I went abroad. Lots of big questions that I would have to answer before I can confidently say I'm done with where I live. But we all have different a different story, some people have nothing left where they live so are eager to move on. Some have so much that the thought of leaving is unbearable...some people exist between the two, like me. Thank you for making this video and sharing your personal experiences.

_"less about fitting in and more about understanding and accepting where you belong in the space in between"_ There might be a word that fits better than _belong_ in that sentence but basically yes, for me also that's the only logical way of looking at it, and I cringe every time I hear a gaijin whinge about how "one can never really feel 100% accepted" (Yeah, so...? Is 80-90% so unbearable? Still an awesome place to live if you get the chance, so either take the "You only live twice" approach or please cut out the moping 😑😅)

Uh very good video production, from the first minute i was hooked, more subs to you