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Dude knows nothing about "around the world" In brazil street drinking is ok Age of consent is 14 Prostitution is legal Alcohol vending machines are ok I would bet most of latin america and caribean have similar rules.

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Germany: Age of consent: 14 - if the partner is 20 years old or younger. Otherwise 16. Drinking in public: totally legal Prostitution: totally legal, Prostitutes only need to be registered and licensed, regularly health-checked, and to pay their income taxes Buildings: heavily regulated, the system in the USA is utterly liberal compared to Germany Smoking indoors: mostly legal, but in workplaces and restaurants restricted to dedicated rooms and sometimes (e.g. hospitals) in dedicated areas on the premises Defamation: You can be sued for defamation without any restrictions, if there are witnesses; defamation is not covered by some kind of free speech rights Looks like Germany is a lot like Japan, or vice versa. Actually, when compared to the World, the USA is the odd one.

the japanese legal system is stupid through and through and their criminal justice system is just fucked up beyond all reason

Just for clarity, you mean Zoning Laws for buildings, not building codes. Zoning laws control "what you can build where" while building codes determine how you need to construct it. Like structure, fire escapes, that kind of thing. But yeah. It is crazy seeing a small traditional home or temple in the midst of a bunch of high rise office buildings. Was one of the things that struck me too when I visited. Good video!

Hmmm, in my country, the Netherlands, prostitution is totally legal and drinking on the streets too.

The fact that they have vending machines that you can buy alcohol from reminds me of the old America. I remember when lots of office buildings and even companies had alcohol vending machines in the bathroom. It used to be common to see cigarette vending machines in buildings and alcohol vending machines in the bathrooms. It was a quarter and later 50 cents and I think it was 1 dollar at the end of the time when these existed. You put in 2 quarters back to back, and turn the handle 1/4 turn and put 2 quarters back to back in the second slot and then turn it 3/4 of a turn and there were five or six bottles of liquor like vodka and rum and rye and whiskey and there were pulled down levers underneath each spot where the bottles were inside and there were little paper cups and these machines were chilled they had air conditioning inside and they plugged into the 120 volt outleton the wall and you pulled the little paper cup out of the metal dispenser on the side of the machine and you put the cup underneath which alcohol you wanted and you pulled down the lever and it gave you a single shot or a double shot depending on how the machine was configured It was adjustable inside to set the amount of alcohol it dispensed And in addition to many supervisors and higher up people in the company like salesman that would have their own office and have a mini bar or a full stocked bar in their office for clients these businesses and Office buildings had these dispensers in the bathroom and people would go in there and get a shot on a break or on lunch Drinking used to be a lot more common at work Many people that could leave work for the half hour which also used to be a common thing where people would leave work for their half hour lunch break and they would get a drink at the bar or a beer or two or three at the bar during lunch It is why many businesses decided to have lunch rooms or break rooms with vending machines and many Office buildings had a cafeteria or a little store in the building on the first floor that sold sandwiches and soda. Other businesses would have the lunch cart that would come around and people would buy sandwiches and soda from the lunch cart And businesses would offer something like free coffee or something else that they offered and you had to take your lunch on the premises I don't know what year they stopped allowing alcohol vending machines in businesses I think it was the 1950s but it could have been the 1960s I have not seen one of those machines in a very long time and the same with the X-ray shoe machines that were in every shoe store I haven't seen those in a long time I think 1980 was the last time I saw one. America used to be a lot different The mining towns that have museums have photos that the companies took each year and they had the employee the guy and the wife and their kids in front of the company apartment and they listed the names of the husband and wife and the children and the ages and one of the most shocking things was seeing children actual children as young as 3 years old that were working for the company And it was common to see photos where you had a 11 year old girl and an 11 or 12 year old boy and she was pregnant and the next year you saw the baby and she was pregnant again and this continued. Church records which are much harder to get access to also had the marriages of these children and the baptism of the children that they had were recorded for each family In the 1990s when I visited one of these mining towns with the museum for the workers families I saw the actual ledgers that were kept by the company with the photos and the payment records and the deductions and where they were housed This happened all the way up until World War II Children as young as 12 signed up and went to war in WW2 It is hard to believe but America was a much different country and we look at other countries now and we look down on them but America has changed mainly because of after World War II the men that came back from the war were not willing to go back to slave wages and they didn't want children to work in Mills and mines and factories. so the laws were created by the men that came back from the war and it wasn't the business owners and the politicians that wanted the laws to be changed to stop children from working it was these men who saw the worst of humanity and said I want a country that's better. The history of America really is hidden and not taught at all in school And I studied in school and college what happened during and after World War II and I was shocked that no one ever talked about any of these things and how different America was despite the fact that they lived through this and they remember it but they don't ever talk about it and how bad things were in America before the 1950s

"street drinking" is pretty regular in most countries I've been to

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I think I ran into Kurt Angle 📐

Cultural differences , it's all downhill after you have kids

I visited Japan 2 years ago during the cherry blossom season, and I quickly decided I would never want to live there despite all of the great things about Japan -- cleanliness, no bums on the street, on time public transportation, polite people, and food that left a lot to be desired. Japanese food in America is so much better. Seattle is where I belong even with its disadvantages.

Nice video, your gf has a nice personality and what a nice dog you have :D

Nice video! Thank you 🙏

It would have been nice to have both the English and Japanese names on the screen for each one.

Being an introvert, I enjoy living in Japan because of the respectful distance, well mannered yet reserved people, calming solitude either in nature or in bustle. Different people can like a place for different reasons.

Dude, your thumbnail looks weird.

Wait… she can’t handle spice? I just came from the Pokémon guessing video and I thought she handled the wasabi better than you there 🤣

I agree with Mari, you could’ve stopped at the Frito’s, those were the best ones there 😆

Ironically I didn’t know about Taki’s till AFTER I left the US (3 years ago) and now I see them everywhere (in Germany)

I suppose places like Chicago and London have four distinct seasons. Chicago in particular has freezing cold and snowy winters and boiling hot summers with pleasant autumns and springs

None of the reasons for not liking Japan so far bother me, but I guess the true test is learning Japanese -- I won't know how frustrated I'll be trying to speak the language until I properly grasp it enough to get the frustration. Work culture in America can be pretty harsh, too, depending on your industry. I work as a chemical operator, so there are weeks where I'm working 13 hours every single day in a high stress environment -- it pays well, especially the added overtime (I don't know how that works in Japan), but It's taxing regardless on your physical and mental health. I feel if I can handle that, I can handle whatever Japanese work culture throws my way. The biggest obstacle though IMO is just finding a path to immigrate.

Here I am listening to you and I disagree on almost every point. Even Google Translate has built-in AI nowadays, but even when it didn't, it translated most of the nuances very well - you just needed to know how to use it. But it's not any more difficult than writing search queries. Not to mention programs like Trados and others. Most of Europe has four clearly distinguishable seasons. What are you even talking about? To me you sound just like an arrogant spoiled kid, winning how hard it is to learn one of the easiest Asian language. 😅

Sound like such a lame.

🤔 You say you've been living in Japan for 2 years. I've been living in Japan for 20 years, and have been interacting with Japanese people in three different countries for 40 years. Let's talk after you've been here for 5 years. All the best on your journey young man. 🙏🏻

unhappy people are unhappy anywhere

I must be a unicorn. I saw a Japanese couple just swallowing face making out. Of course they where drunk and it was a quiet street but it was a sight to see nonetheless

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Great video and fantastic editing! I learned a lot from it. I also live in Japan and do content creation. I just subscribed-keep the content coming, I really appreciate it! By the way, what language schools do you think are the best in Osaka? I know you're attending one now, but could you recommend a few?

8:46 There's something hilarious about being so desperate to find something to brag about, you choose to claim that your country is the only country that has "four seasons". Ignore the fact that having four seasons is one of the most common climate patterns in the world (a good chunk of the world has it). 10:19 That office lady totally deserved a revisit and a gift, that was very kind of her to take 15 minutes to help find the correct dormitory.

Ya'll need to understand. Get your head out of your fetishized fantasy world of Asia, OR ANYWHERE. Nowhere is a perfect place.

Very good assesment for an 11 minute video. I have been living in Japan most of the time since the late 1970's and agree. Learning the language is difficult but the better you learn it the better your experience here will be. Also understand that many Japanese will not always comprehend 100% of what is being said - the language can be that obtuse. Example - I once worked at a small Japanese company run by a much older Japanese company president who would always make a statement at the morning meeting (all traditional Japanese companies have a morning meeting). After the meeting a group of the younger Japanese guys would gather around one of the senior guys to ask WTF the president had been talking about. Also, accepting that you chose to be here and you have the choice to leave anytime can be very helpful.

We have been friends for 14 years for my host sister and 16 years for my Japanese high school friends.

I'm still friends with my Wakayama Japan host sister and have been trying to reconnect with my friends from Osaka Japanese high school.

Tokyo has a very high context as compared to Osaka, Wakayama and Nara and Kyoto.

Japanese culture from what I have learned is very Confucian. Just like Hong Kong SAR but we're high context communication unlike Japanese.

I don't care what some boldie says. I'm moving to Japan.

Great video. I just returned from a 13 day stay on September 16th and I can personally attest to the heat. It is brutal. Tokyo had a couple of consecutive 97 degree days with very high humidity. I lived in SoCal for 7 years, and have spent plenty of time in the American South. As Bald says, no comparison. It is freaking hot, and we averaged 10 miles per day walking and drinking a lot of Lawson/7-11 water and Pocari Sweat just to stay hydrated.That said, my wife and I are retired and in our 60s, so the work culture isn't an issue. I did see numerous "personal injury incidents" and notifications on the trains, which I figured were probably suicides based on some pretty decent clues. We would like to live in Japan about 3 months a year and are learning the language, reading-up on the culture, and doing our homework. I'd agree that it could be a lonely place. Nobody talks on the trains, and most Japanese seem in their own world, and it does seem quite insular despite the outward friendliness, hospitality, patience, and kindness to others. I'm actually OK with the "collectivist" culture because I'm so sick of toxic US culture, especially guns and politics. It was so amazing to go basically anywhere without having to look over your shoulder. And it is beautiful. It really isn't too far out of a large Japanese city where you feel you're in a rural area. We're in good shape, and averaged over 10 miles walking per day despite the heat, and fell in love with the country. I'm willing to do the immersion. Keep up the informative videos.