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Love this video. I escaped after seven years. Also fell into the wrong international crowd.

Great video and information. Thank you! Currently working on my path to live in Japan. 🙏🏾📿

How about safety?

Good to hear from someone who's actually been there long enough to know what's what. Keep it up. I lived in Tokyo for six years and don't claim to know as much as many of these relative newcomers who think they are Japan experts.

ATTENTION AMAZING PEOPLE! The answer to the contest is NIIGATA, JAPAN

I guess you're in Nagano or Takasaki, or maybe Kanazawa because of the snow. Btw how can you collaborate with someone who got the right answer when you're out of Japan? I'm in Japan lol

First time I came across your video and it's comforting and assuring to hear that people over 50 still have a chance to work in Japan. I'm not at that age yet, but I can proudly say that I live in Japan for a year teaching ekaiwa English for a year, before returning back home, But I am considering returning to Japan to live and work there again. Thanks for your video and oh you were in Kamo area in Niigata.... there was something that gave it away, but I won't say what it is 😂

ARE YOU IN TOKYO AKIHABARA?

I lived for many years in japan. Racism is worse out of tokyo. But after a while i just ignored it. Most are tiny little norrow minded & thats because they dont travel. When i sware back at them in japanse most turn white with shame 😂😂😂😂

Couldn’t come back at a worse time.

I've desperately wanted to live in Japan since 2007.. Thanks to social media algorithms and trends, I'm constantly seeing content by foreigners complaining about how much they hate living in Japan. I always say, I'll happily take their work visa in exchange for them being able to return to their home countries, so they can stop complaining to the world about how much they hate their lives in Japan. I thought this video was going to be yet another person complaining about Japan.. I'm glad that it wasn't!! I'll keep an eye out for more vids from you!

Tagami, Niigata

I would guess you are somewhere in Central Japan . . . somewhere in Niigata perhaps. Were you hiking in Kamoyama Park?

Your location must be somewhere near Fuji san in Shizoaka prefecture😊

GUESS GUESS GUESS!! Where am i in Japan?!

saying konnichiwa to a random stranger after 25 years in Japan? I smell lies. If you were even 1 year in Japan you will know nobody talks to strangers and nobody wants to talk to anybody unless it's close friend or family. Of course you could be completely oblivious of surroundings, maybe that's why people in Japan bully you.

My son and I visited Japan in 2023. We went to Tokyo, Osaka, Nara, Kyoto and Hiroshima! Loved every second of our trip. My son is interested in settling in Japan in the next couple of years to work there. He is currently in a College in Canada, taking a 2 year course for Hotel Management. Do you have any advice for him, Michael?

Are you in Hokkaido?

Toyama.

what is good pay in Tokyo? I hold a masters degree in acupuncture from NY state. I know this wont hold in Japan and I would have to study acupuncture in Japan to be licensed, but I have very high quality bodywork skills and I have been doing this for 25 years. I am under the impression that bodywork can be done without licensing depending on the phrasing. Would it be possible to work in Japan on some level with these skills? Thank you for your time and your content.

Great video. I have a 4+ decade Japanese spouse, so partial experiential“knowledge”. My take is the following: most foreigners in Japan come when young, having not yet fully experienced the hardship and compromises adulthood requires to achieve a level of “success” or security. Well, that part is the same in Japan. Compromises. But without a basis for comparison, they must experience that same transition “in a foreign country”, where they are woefully deficient in the native language. Try living in ANY country not knowing the language, one will live on the uncomfortable fringe. That becomes unbearable over time. Acceptance by locals comes when one shares daily with everyone around them they are committed to living in Japan, by their rules. Until then, they’ll see you as expecting “special” treatment. THAT is a no-go in Japanese society. Your interactions with locals will likely be either 1) cordial indifference, or 2) as the “nail that must be hammered down”, to paraphrase a popular Japanese saying. It takes a strong person like yourself to thrive under those conditions. Kudos again for the video.

I wish it was that easy to find a "good" job in JP. I've been living here for 10 years now, can speak fluent English and Japanese and yet, I;ve been struggling with finding anything beyond teaching at an eikaiwa school

Thank you all for the positive comments. And if I may repeat myself, everyone has their own experiences and so do I. When I said I laugh at the people who cry about their experience living in Japan from overseas - my laughing is caused my own experience contrasted by others and it's funny how we all see Japan in the first years of the struggle. I laugh at me as well as others who thought Japan was this romantic Hollywood movie we saw before coming to Japan. We are funny to think Japan is like our own country.

What is a good amount of money to make to live in Tokyo ( net)? Thanks

nice content.

I would take some of the anti-Japanese videos on RUclips with a grain of salt. There's been a culture war on RUclips over Japan for a long time, and sometimes some of these vloggers would play up how much they hate Japan to needle weebs. That's not to say they were lying about leaving (disappointment, culture shock, etc.), but that they would really lay it on thick out of spite because of all the hateful comments they received when they were trying to do a more down to earth vlog about their experiences in Japan. A channel that went down this route was Ryan Boundless (or Boundless Journey). He tried doing slice of life videos about Japan, but got so hounded by weebs who were upset over how mundane his videos were that he would troll them with so-called "dreamcrusher" videos. Even to this day, they won't leave him alone. He left Japan ages ago, moved to Africa, and keeps getting begged to go back to Japan. He is still having to address the weebs after all these years.

People attitude, food, the beautiful & clean of Japan.

Brother you’re wrong on many points.I love Japan but there’re things about Japan that are unacceptable I. The modern global world such as landlords denying you renting a property because you’re a foreigner or not being able to get certain jobs simply because you’re not ethnically Japanese even though you’re born and bred there.Those are unacceptable.We’re in a global world.

I love Japan too. Even I never been there. Still love Japan.

My people. Lol😂

walking from Mizonokuchi?

People that move here with unrealistic expectations are going to be disappointed. People that are unhappy and confused in life are going to be unhappy and confused living here. It's really simple. I lived in NYC 40+ years, now in Tokyo. There's no comparison. Tokyo is 1000% better in every way. America really has no culture and is about to become an authoritarian dictatorship led by a convicted felon so...I won't be going back.

That was a Huge Rat 😰

Your persistence is very admirable in such a monoethnic country. TWO thing gaijins never think about when moving to Japan - OSTRACIZATION and RETIREMENT income. 30 yr American vet of J-land here, born and raised in Ikebukuro. I’m 65, 100% bilingual, retired from U.S. military and have U.S. SSI (年金). Will move to J-land (NOT Tokyo) soon to retire from Arizona to escape hyperinflation here. I’ll rent out my property for + 15万円 a month which makes my total monthly income about 60万円. If you are depending on J-SSI, you’d better be prepared to be poor or work ‘till you die. I’ve warned many gaijins, but nobody listens until they’re a day late and a dollar short.

Second time I heard someone like you say Japanese are very sensitive and hide their feelings.

I discover this video to be uniquely in a rich cultural way. Seriously though, there's a lot of "orientalism" going on with westerners re East Asia, buy I rarely hear about the "occidentalism" of Asians. It's nice to hear someone point it out. Also nice to hear someone pooh-pooh comic books😂. I feel the same way.

The anger happens when people create a unrealistic idealistic idea of a place and then have that shattered. That is true of any place or country. I think it may happen more often with Japan as it has formed this fairytale like aura to lots of people. Anime has contributed to this Fairytale aura I think. But in many regards it has earned this amazing reputation due to the amazing public transportation, safety, cleanliness, healthcare, entertainment, customer service, food, affordable housing and culture. But at the end of the day it is still on Earth and has the same problems as most countries. Although if your values are more in line with Japan's values you will probably be happier there then your home country.

Unfortunately, Japan is a colony of the United States. American military bases all over the country, including Okinawa. Americans go to Japan acting like dumbasses because they think they own the country. You seem like a good guy though. Good video. Enjoyed listening to your points of view. ✌️

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I havea pretty similar story. 22 years for me. Moved back to my home country beginning of this summer. I was happy to be an observer for a while also. After about 12 years I thought about my life and decided to get more involved. Settle down so to speak. I've never been a Japanophile or anything like that. But my life was there so I got serious about the relationship I was in and we got married and had a child. It was then that I started to have more issues with Japan. None of the "no one will smile at me" kind of problems, but clashes over actual life philosophies. Stuff that I was told I had to either like it or lump it basically. And they were right. If I wanted to live in their system I had to play by their rules. Fair enough. But I know that's not the only way to live in Japan. But you're going to need to have enough money, a plan and the experience of living in Japan to live on the fringes... so to speak. As for many foreigners newer to Japan I'm reminded of the Paris Syndrome talk that was popular there years back. How Japanese would go to Paris because they had built an image of France in their mind that was pure fantasy and come back seriously traumatized. They're looking for community, fictional or not, that they think they can just plug themselves into because they've watched or read some things. Unlikely to happen. That's not to say you can't or won't ever be accepted. But you'll have to accept their ways first (over your own). Otherwise you live in limboland, half in, half out. And you really are on your own there. Sometimes you have a wonderful spouse to keep you plugged in somewhat but often they suffer from being somewhat outsiders as well. More often divorce rears it's head. Other people; Filipino's, Chinese, Koreans, Brazilians, etc build communities around themselves so Westerns tend to get caught in that limbo state more often. It really is just the West (mainly English speaking countries at that) where we have this weird concept of just joining other cultures as if we were changing schools or something. You really do need to become Japanacized in order to fit in enough tho. And that takes time, often a lot of it. I think Japan can be a great place to visit/be but unless you're independently wealthy for many Westerners that are looking for their new home... it's going to make them eventually run home crying. Me, I'll be back. I love the land and the culture there, modern society... not so much. The people are hit or miss like anywhere. But I have family there and financially it could be a good place to retire... if you know what you're doing. The reality though is opportunities are limited and I'm not interested in doing (or wasn't in a position to start) the few things that could give me an edge for a better life there.

I was born and raised in Japan, and moved to the US when I was 17 on my own. I now live in New York. (I'm visiting my mom in Japan at the moment.) I relate to your perspective even though I moved in the opposite direction. Many Japanese people who move to the US complain in the same way, and many eventually move back to Japan. Just as you said, I think many expats cannot let go of their home culture and blame the host culture for their own failure. I equate it to foreign exchange traders. When you trade foreign currencies professionally, your "profit" is calculated by defining your home currency. If an American trader buys yen, his profit is not realized until he sells it and gets his dollars back. So, even if he has lots of yen, he is always thinking of it in terms of how much it is worth in dollars. Likewise, Americans living in Japan evaluate identities in terms of how other Americans would perceive them, not how other Japanese people do. So, for instance, when they look for jobs, they think in terms of how Americans would perceive them. Some careers or employers might be prestigious in Japan but not in America. So, they would prioritize the latter. They are always thinking in terms of how they would be judged by Americans when they go back. Most Japanese people do the same when they move to the US. This can manifest in subtle ways. For instance, in Japan, houses are periodically demolished and rebuilt. They do not like living in previously occupied homes. A brand-new apartment is a status symbol. But, New Yorkers are the opposite. Modern buildings are cheaply made, so they prize "pre-war" buildings, built before WWII. Japanese people (and many other Asian immigrants) flock to modern buildings because they care more about how they are perceived by other Japanese people. Many are not even aware that New Yorkers' status symbols are the opposite. In this way, no matter how long they live as expats, they cannot let go of their home currency, but this predictably leads to all sorts of frustrations.

Happy New Year to you as well.

I never met one of those "bad" foreigners, but I lived there for only 6 years. I did, however, meet a Syrian who asked me angrily why Obama didn't go in and annihilate Assad (this was a few years ago). He seemed pissed off at me, like I had something to do with Obama's decision not to fulfill that. Then before I could say anything, he said, "I don't want a fight with you," ...as if I was the one starting a fight. Just a very unimpressive human being. That was my one single story of a bad experience with foreigners there.

Thank you for the video.

The culture that wrote the proto creation myth of the Garden of Eden communicated righteousness attained in life as a longer life. Therefore, Adam was the most righteous man before Jesus at 930 (righteousness) years old. The point is that the messiah would be 1000 years old, having attained a perfect millennium of righteousness in his life. Jesus attained that, and that's what the millennial reign of christ is. This is to indicate that Jesus completed Adam's 930 years with a 70-year ministry on Earth. This points to 70 ad. as the return date of Christ and the return of Christ should be understood to be spiritual and not physical. It's the vindication of the saints who were persecuted by the Jews in the 1st century. Jesus returning in the Glory of the Father as YHWY ti destroy his enemies using a pagan army. The salvation of Adam by his decendant means that salvation is available to all by grace and not works. If the Japanese people don't currently get that it is entirely the will of God. Maybe the Spirit will do a strong work one day but hopefully they avoid organized religion. Peace.

Japan is like any other country, all these people making videos are wieboos.

I like that you showed the trains for train lovers. I love Japan, I'm planning on moving back there soon.

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