Left my passport in a small town in Hokkaido. It was found and delivered to me in Tokyo a few days later. I lost my wallet in osaka and it was delivered to me in Sapporo a few days later. The kindness and honesty of the Japanese people is as impressive as my ability to lose valuable items 😂
Japanese are actually taller than I expected. At 6’0 I didn’t feel out of place at all. I think overall the younger generation are taller than their parents.
I'm the same height as you and I though the same, but I guess the thing is it takes only a little bit more variation on the downward side to skew the avarage
Same. Live in Atlanta and the average height is probably the same as Tokyo? Assuming we're just talking young people. The elderly were pretty short over there.
I'm 5'8" as a man and I felt tall compared to the average woman, especially compared to white women, but I felt average if not short compared to the average Japanese man
@@geoplanetaire I'm 5'9" as a woman and although I'm on the taller side, there are way taller women in my country and I hate to break it to you but 5'8" is small for a man. (I'm German so at least for German standards).
This has been a trend across a lot of East Asian countries. They've rapidly modernized and their standard of nourishment has increased very quickly since the mid-century, with millions lifted from poverty. Turns out being able to eat means you can grow properly, who knew.
My Japanese girlfriend left her purse on the Tokyo subway. She had the equivalent of $2000 in cash in it. She was completely unworried--and hey presto, someone turned the purse over to the station agent, where they kept it safe and sound, not one yen missing.
@@sleepyppl4286why the fuck is that your first assumption. White people commit crimes against white people, this is rather what happens when everybody is able to afford basic needs and has a stable income and access to clean water, healthy food and housing
So turns out 1000 yen is equal to a little over $7 in USD. Yes I had to look it up because I had no clue. That much food for that price 😮 amazing. What a beautiful country, and so many interesting places and things. I have been told the people of Japan are lovely one of the nicest people anywhere.
I mean it’s just because yen is worth so much less than usd. You can experience this in a lot of the world. Like I’m india you can get like a full 3 course meal for $4.
yeah i am 5'3(male) Japanese and my friend is like 5'6~6 i am the only short guy n my friend group. :( anso my friend girlfriend is taller than me. I'm gonna cry. I need to look up at my friends. I think the average height is increasing. all of my friends paret is about my hight or only a little higher than me. also the average height for male in japan is apparently like 168.6cm〜170.8cm and for woman Is 157.3cm〜158.0cm. Im below average for male
I've lived in Japan for the past 3 years and I love it here! The hospitality of the Japanese is what I lovw the most! For example, my friends and I went to Tokyo Comic Con and my friend was in the bathroom doing her hair for her Hogwarts student costume. She took her robe off which also had her wand and put it on the baby changer and when she was done, she turned around and saw her robe was gone! She came out and asked if we saw anyone who had it, then we saw a lady in a Pikachu costume that we remembered seeing in the bathroom. My friend went up to her and asked if she saw it and she thought someone left it and forgot it, so she took it and was finding a worker to give for a lost and found!
You obviously don’t know about #shibuyameltdown. It’s a huge thing in Japan for people to post videos of drunk people passed out in the street. And no, it’s not illegal to record on public transportation.
@@uptoCHINAtown You could be opening a civil case if you publish a photo/video of someone without consent that happens to damage their credibility, even in public. So, you are right, cops won't do anything even if called; but no you are wrong, worst case scenario you could end up paying damages done if sued. It's complicated over here.
@@DisingenuousCommentso it’s illegal but basically nothing gets done about it? So everyone does it cos they know they ain’t gonna get in any legal trouble
I thought people would be quiet in the train. Until I saw two elderly Japanese people across from me chatting, giggling and holding hands. They seemed to have the time of their lives, I'm happy to call them my in-laws.
It’s always been a dream of mine to visit Japan and it’s at the top of my bucket list at this point. I have the vacation time available but cost is an issue at this time, not due to airfare but due to the cost of everything here in the states just going through the roof. I also have a pet that needs attention while I’m gone but I may have an answer for that. Always been fascinated with Japan and I’ll definitely go one of these years when I’m ready.
I loved Japan and didn't have the shock that most people refer to unfortunately 😅 But the four things I do miss from there is their convenient stores(food), safety, their vending machines, and almost universal clean bathrooms lol
In my personal experience this isn’t the case. In any almost every shopping district, big or small, it will won’t have a very large footprint and will be multi story. Although, the dedicated shopping streets are always really cool
@@kadoggie7808 The shotengai are usually only 1 story as far as the retail goes, with offices and apartments above the buildings. In many cities though that I have been to in Japan, the retail was mostly one story like Karatsu in Saga, Hikone in Shiga, Izumo in Shimane and more.
@@kadoggie7808 you probably were only in Tokyo or Osaka where land is very expensive. In the parts of Japan where land is cheaper, places are still walkable but the buildings are more spread out. I walked 2mi to get to a coco ichibanya in Beppu from my hotel, it was a long walk, and not very densly populated but the walk wasn't unpleasant.
For real, I got to spend 14 days in Japan and it was amazing. From beautiful countryside to bustling city life. Japan is a beautiful country and I would recommend anyone to visit.
I seriously wouldn’t. I was there this year for three weeks and I want to be there so bad, everything was so clean and safe! But it’s expensive from my place and my wife won’t go back there
@@1406Alexx awww too bad she won't consider moving with you. Let me guess, family would be too far then? That's usually an issue here but yeah I would love to life there x3
Japan is the best Asian country to visit. Polite, respectful, nice people. Unparalleled customer service and hospitality. Clean and safe. Delicious food.
Well, either you have never been to Japan or, if you have, you have never stepped into a Japanese restaurant or an Izakaya. Japanese people are extremely loud and annoying when they gather in groups in hotels, restaurants, or bars. They don't give a damn about the foreigners sitting at tables around them. Japanese will talk loudly, argue loudly, and laugh very very loudly, generally being obnoxious and a nuisance to the foreigners in the restaurants. Visit any Japanese restaurant or bar in Japan, spend half an hour there, and then reply to this message.
@@shinkisaragi4369 it is very low crime, but do not trust the official crime rates, as the police chooses to not report crimes that have a very low chance of the criminal being caught, in order to have a higher conviction rate for reported crimes.
As you know, the Boeing 787 is a quasi-Japanese product. Nagoya is famous as the quasi-headquarters of Toyota Motor Corporation. Nagoya was the area where the Zero fighter plane was developed and manufactured before World War II. The Boeing 787 is a product of the following three companies. Three major Japanese companies, Fuji Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, continue to cooperate to manufacture and assemble the main frame components of the aircraft in Nagoya. Incidentally, the Nagoya area also designs rockets and manufactures components for the space program. Nagoya is a city with a high concentration of very specialized and highly skilled companies. You love Nagoya. Thank you so much. Nagoya is one of Japan's three largest cities after Tokyo and Osaka.
One thing I've noticed about Japanese streets that took me ages to notice: No onstreet parking! I guess there must be indoor garages and parking lots everywhere
I like how you are embracing your content as you’re visiting Japan, you experiencing Japan and and don’t come off as a weeb. I see a lot of content creators that come off as they are Japanese, but they’re not Japanese they’re foreigners, but you embrace that you’re an American and the most amusing way and how you said it right now in your video😂which I find so funny👍(black eye looking into my soul)😂😂😂
You're forgetting the fact that Tokyo is the cleanest place you'll visit. No joke. I visited in 2016 and I couldn't believe how clean the whole city was.
It's because people are taught at a very early age to clean up after themselves and their surroundings, all the way until high school. In America it would be *wild* to have the stupid spend part of the day cleaning the whole school. Windows, floors, you name it.
My exposure to Japanese culture is my beloved aunt Susie who passed away decades ago and her amazing daughter my cousin Kimi Sue, and of course mamasan Susie’s, mom. Just beautiful souls.
It’s not only Tokyo that is utterly packed with people, it’s ALL Japanese cities. Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Kyoto, Fukuoka, are all completely crammed with people. Sapporo is somewhat better in that it was laid out in a planned grid so doesn’t seem as chaotically packed
The second largest city in Japan is about as large as nyc, the 3rd largest city in Japan is larger than Chicago, and the 4th largest is as large as Miami
Lived in Japan for 6 years when I was in the military. Loved it. There isn't crap for crime except the foreigners. Never locked my house and never took the keys out of the ignition of my car. Never once had a problem.
It’s pretty crazy that the crime is so low in the huge cities, unlike most countries. But there are plenty of areas in countries like the US and EU countries that are just as safe. But these areas are typically suburban or rural, so Japan’s crime rate is still very impressive.
Isn't it generalizing to talk about a group of individuals? I've been here for 30 years. What she said is generally all true. I'm never going back to the US.
I been fortunate to visit Osaka once in the early 2000’s, I really enjoyed my stay. Walking around checking out the city and all its marvels was mind blowing. In my mind Japan is a couple of decades ahead of RoW esp. consumer electronics. Japanese ppl are shy, super polite, modest and very organised. It’s the only country I been to where I felt as a complete outsider/immigrant, I don’t know the language, couldn’t read their writing and back then there was no smartphones or google translate. I promised my wife that we will go and see Tokyo, an amazing place I’ve been told
I definitely stood out when I was in Korea. Funny story, me and another huge buddy of mine used to regularly do a hike/run up Seoul Tower. Well one day during this excursion I happened to be wearing an ECW shirt and some school kids asked to take pics with us, I don’t know if they thought we were wrestlers or if they’d just never seen giant white guys before but it was fun and those kids were cool!
Would 100% recommend going to Japan to visit. Best food, best customer service. If you stay in major cities - the trains will get you wherever you need to go. Just make sure you purchase a coin purse, a backpack, a rail card, and a wireless box you can connect your phone too. Tourist Survival Pack. Oh, and be ready to spend cash on almost everything.
Eh... they're not always drunk in the subway in NY, sometimes they're messed up on drugs, mentally ill, or just homeless and looking to start a fight because its winter and jail is better than a subway bench. Just dont make eye contact and don't try to reason with them, and you'll be fine.
All true. I saw all these things in Tokyo this June and really enjoyed my time there. The food is incredible, even in the convenience stores. They all have microwaves that work, and the food is just a great surprise, in a good way.
It's starting to be one of the Japanese influences seeping into Hawaii too. Not the prices, but the decent grub at convenience stores at least, not just spam musubis any more. (Those are awesome, however!)
NO HATE My mom once went to Tokyo and went to a really posh area with lots of elite bars and clubs. She and her female colleague were quietly minding their own business when to guys started stalking them, after that both of them ran for 30minutes until they lost the stalkers. My mom told me Japan(Tokyo) is very very safe but that one area, don't go there alone or without a friend.
Weirdly, iono maybe it's just lately, but my local transit train, BART, has pretty much always been on time. I'm not sure if it's quite to the precision as Japanese trains, but it's definitely down to the minute. Maybe the train thing is more of a LA, PDX, NYC, CHI thing
while NA you can get stabbed or have to fight for saying to not smoke or be annoying on public transportation and which it's common sadly. I hold my tongue when shady looking types are doing so cause don't want a hospital visit from a uncivil individual who just won't listen to reason and come to a basic understanding!
As a 'Mercan who's lived in Japan for a short time, I can confirm that konbinis are a legitimately convenient store, unlike the obese pit stops that I go great lengths to avoid. I miss japanese convenience stores, and I wish that seven eleven would have the guts to run their japan stock overseas so I can get my fix.😂
If you’re in the cities, then the shopping mall is up and down, but in suburbs and rural is outwards. Just like in Japan. It’s only in levels in cities.
@@lxuxu51The majority of people will just carry their trash with them until they find a garbage can which can be found in most convenience stores. Any trash that does end up in the ground is cleaned up pretty quickly by the street cleaners.
It is rude to eat or drink while walking out riding anywhere so people consume on the spot and dump their trash where they purchase it. If they take it some where else, they carry their trash to the find a bin. Japan is so lovely.
The stolen part is NOT accurate, in my year in Japan I had more things stolen by different people than anywhere else. I was shocked as I heard about the lack of theft before I left for Japan.
Japanese trains practically never run late, so it's a HUGE deal uf it happens! In fact if one rubs late they will give you a piece of paper to prove you were late because of the train!!
I think it's worth recognizing that the "horizontal" store layout is less an effect of American distaste for stairs and more of an affect of the ability of the automobile industry to capture public infrastructure development in the mid-20th century. This capture is, in turn, an effect of US wartime industrialization.
Space availability is another factor. America's population density is lower than a lot of Asian and European nations, and America also has a lot of flat land, where as Japan is very mountainous. Italy is like this as well. being very mountainous, with a higher population density, building sand roads are just built wherever they can fit them.
I was 5'8 woman, size 9 shoe, blonde hair down to my waist.......definitely stood out .....I was very uncomfortable there. I was totally safe but I certainly didn't fit in !!! 😢
Your comment makes me very sad😞 I’m a Japanese woman 5’8” . I’ve been a victim of sexual crime about 100 times for two reasons related to my look. One is, many Japanese guys have suddenly touched my body on the busy street because I look South Asian. The other one is, guys who have grudge against women hate a woman stands tall. I think those guys spot me in a train or busy street and stalk me until I go to a quiet residential area. A few years ago, an English woman who I met at a bar said she’d walk home for 30 minutes after the bar closes at 3 a.m. I said 〝No way, Japan isn’t a perfectly safe country as you think！〟 She said 〝I know there are many bad Japanese people but they never attack foreigners〟. I was very glad to see she understands Japan. The reason why Japan looks safe for people from overseas is, Japanese criminal isn’t violent but polite and insidious.
Nice for customers, not so nice for employees or owners of the buildings though. Single story shops have the loading dock, storage rooms, and shop floor on the same level so moving pallets of goods is very easy and efficient. Multi-story shops require freight elevators to move pallets, usually more than one elevator. When I worked at a department store, the freight elevators once broke down and we were forced to unload pallets and then make multiple trips carrying boxes of goods up multiple flights of stairs to restock the top floor. Things that might be convenient for your are often a huge pain in the ass for others.
One of the things that immediately made me feel safe in Japan was the men being around the same height as me, the US average height female. I only saw a few guys that were either tall or big.
It has a lot of issues that could make it worse than the US though. A weak yen means you earn a lot less, workplace culture is extremely workaholic oriented and company loyalty is an essential part of Japanese culture. You know how Americans think big companies screwed them over, in Japan no such narrative exists and probably never will in a long time. Also, Japanese racism is on another level of what is acceptable in the west and there’s no anti discrimination laws. This is important when you’re the immigrant because you can count on not getting promotions based on race.
The quality of convenient stores in Japan is light years better than the same store in America. Just compare the Seven/Eleven stores and you will see that the American stores look extremely poor.
yes, 30 Minute drive to Walmart, then go back to your own isolated suburb again compared to a lot of asian countries, you can walk 3 minutes and will easily encounter a convenient store. everything is within a walking distance
DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER - A lot of foreigners get confused, but all the "booby magazines" standing upright are actually regular manga that are popular even in the world. They just have swimsuit models on the covers but they are never the main content. Ones lying flat underneath are the ones with real sleazy content, in case you're looking for them.
The safe downtown stroll is not just specific to Japan I’d say. As a Turkish international student in Canada, all I can say is I feel much less safer in downtown area here than taking a stroll in Istanbul. And yes, even if the crime rates are much lower here.
The culture shocks for me in Japan is that when you have left over food, they generally do not have to go containers for you to bring them home. The other one is there ain’t much trash cans anywhere as compared to the states.
I loved how courteous that Japanese people are in mass transit. Yes, it is crowded and there is pushing, but no loud talking or music or talking on phone. As an American, I think we are so disrespectful.
Dear foreign residents, this is only an introduction of a small part of Tokyo, so please do not misunderstand that the whole of Japan is like this. Tokyo also has mountains, oceans, and fields.
The black-eyed bunnies at the end brought me back to my childhood. My grandparents got me a bunch of the small black-eyed bunnies when they went to Japan. 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰
Aw this reminds me of my trip to Germany. Expect we were super small and everyone was tall, so bathrooms were a weird situation 😂 all in all very amazing experience
I find it funny how Americans are like "whoa it's so safe here I'm not gonna get stabbed or shot" - this is pretty much everywhere in a developed country lol
One thing I like doing in Japan is stuffing my bags into a coin locker and taking the Yamanote line(the green one in the short) and just napping on the train.
“The “Pokey” mon toys” the wording 💀💀
what's "pokey" mean actually?
@@riorovando5821toys used for 😏😏
@@riorovando5821well in some parts the Caribbean it means "vag" and judging from the those toys I think it means the same
@@riorovando5821in some parts of the Philippines "vagina" is translated to "Puki" And "Your Vagina" Translated to "Puki mo"
@@riorovando5821if I’m not wrong its a play on words about toys used for certain activities
Lmao, not the Detective Conan magazine right next to the tiddy magazine 😂
Those maga Inés are actually manga. Only the cover is about girls
I noticed that too😂
Can confirm it's like that in all convenience stores I've been too, and I live in here.
The teddy magazine with girls as young as 8?
@@floydlooney6837 No, that magazines are in the disclosed area. In the open area they are 20 but look like 10 ;)
Left my passport in a small town in Hokkaido. It was found and delivered to me in Tokyo a few days later. I lost my wallet in osaka and it was delivered to me in Sapporo a few days later. The kindness and honesty of the Japanese people is as impressive as my ability to lose valuable items 😂
Thank goodness no American found your lost items.😅😊
@@susanrand512 honestly it happens in America too, just not as often.
@shatteredscry oh yeah, I lost my motorbike and never got found. 😅
@@shatteredscry lack of money tend to does that
you need to stop losing things lol
Japanese are actually taller than I expected. At 6’0 I didn’t feel out of place at all. I think overall the younger generation are taller than their parents.
I'm the same height as you and I though the same, but I guess the thing is it takes only a little bit more variation on the downward side to skew the avarage
Same. Live in Atlanta and the average height is probably the same as Tokyo? Assuming we're just talking young people. The elderly were pretty short over there.
I'm 5'8" as a man and I felt tall compared to the average woman, especially compared to white women, but I felt average if not short compared to the average Japanese man
@@geoplanetaire I'm 5'9" as a woman and although I'm on the taller side, there are way taller women in my country and I hate to break it to you but 5'8" is small for a man. (I'm German so at least for German standards).
This has been a trend across a lot of East Asian countries. They've rapidly modernized and their standard of nourishment has increased very quickly since the mid-century, with millions lifted from poverty.
Turns out being able to eat means you can grow properly, who knew.
My Japanese girlfriend left her purse on the Tokyo subway. She had the equivalent of $2000 in cash in it. She was completely unworried--and hey presto, someone turned the purse over to the station agent, where they kept it safe and sound, not one yen missing.
Cuz its only japanese people in there
thats what happens when you have a homogenous society, everyone can easily trust eachother because everyone is basically the same person
We could have that, but instead we have "diversity is our strength".
@@sleepyppl4286why the fuck is that your first assumption. White people commit crimes against white people, this is rather what happens when everybody is able to afford basic needs and has a stable income and access to clean water, healthy food and housing
@@stevecariggillio4139 if you think diversity is the problem then you're def a racist
So turns out 1000 yen is equal to a little over $7 in USD. Yes I had to look it up because I had no clue.
That much food for that price 😮 amazing.
What a beautiful country, and so many interesting places and things.
I have been told the people of Japan are lovely one of the nicest people anywhere.
Thankfully, the exchange rate is in the tank currently. Only a few years ago, it would have been $13.
@@thechieflegofanatic9194 honestly I had no idea, but that amount of food for that little currency amazing.
Oh man wait till you find out their racism makes us muricans look tolerant
They are only nice if you aren't
Black Hispanic or any other kind of Asian
I mean it’s just because yen is worth so much less than usd. You can experience this in a lot of the world. Like I’m india you can get like a full 3 course meal for $4.
Not all Asians are thin and small. When I went to Japan I was quite shocked with their heights. Same applies to Korea and China.
i think in korea they're taller
@zainebhidoussi1498 everyone says opposite. Some say Chinese were taller ones whole Koreans were the smaller ones
@@jjfresh. It is a real stereotype. The average height of Chinese or Japanese is quite low compared to that of Europeans.
yeah i am 5'3(male) Japanese and my friend is like 5'6~6 i am the only short guy n my friend group. :( anso my friend girlfriend is taller than me. I'm gonna cry.
I need to look up at my friends.
I think the average height is increasing. all of my friends paret is about my hight or only a little higher than me.
also the average height for male in japan is apparently like 168.6cm〜170.8cm and for woman Is 157.3cm〜158.0cm. Im below average for male
Chinese (175.66cm) to Korean(175.52cm) then Its Japanese(172.06cm). highest to lowest.
I got this from a website.
I've lived in Japan for the past 3 years and I love it here! The hospitality of the Japanese is what I lovw the most! For example, my friends and I went to Tokyo Comic Con and my friend was in the bathroom doing her hair for her Hogwarts student costume. She took her robe off which also had her wand and put it on the baby changer and when she was done, she turned around and saw her robe was gone! She came out and asked if we saw anyone who had it, then we saw a lady in a Pikachu costume that we remembered seeing in the bathroom. My friend went up to her and asked if she saw it and she thought someone left it and forgot it, so she took it and was finding a worker to give for a lost and found!
How's the casual racism
@Young_LJ if there is I haven't noticed it lol, everyone's been so nice to me!
#14 Japanese people don't post videos of people struggling in public without permission....cause it's illegal...
Better take that red passport from me cause I do that all the time 😂 seeing salary men passed out or a geisha puking her guts out cracks me up
You obviously don’t know about #shibuyameltdown. It’s a huge thing in Japan for people to post videos of drunk people passed out in the street. And no, it’s not illegal to record on public transportation.
In US it’s illegal to support hate groups but…………………. Law still needs enforcement.
@@uptoCHINAtown You could be opening a civil case if you publish a photo/video of someone without consent that happens to damage their credibility, even in public. So, you are right, cops won't do anything even if called; but no you are wrong, worst case scenario you could end up paying damages done if sued. It's complicated over here.
@@DisingenuousCommentso it’s illegal but basically nothing gets done about it? So everyone does it cos they know they ain’t gonna get in any legal trouble
I thought people would be quiet in the train. Until I saw two elderly Japanese people across from me chatting, giggling and holding hands. They seemed to have the time of their lives, I'm happy to call them my in-laws.
@@huguesdepayens807 huh?
It's not like all 180 million people agreed to remain silent. Of course there's gonna be noisy people but they're a minority.
Also, unless you're in one of the bigger cities, people will still talk on the trains
as long as you respect other people it should be fine
they're quiet, the ladies were an inconvenience
It’s always been a dream of mine to visit Japan and it’s at the top of my bucket list at this point. I have the vacation time available but cost is an issue at this time, not due to airfare but due to the cost of everything here in the states just going through the roof. I also have a pet that needs attention while I’m gone but I may have an answer for that. Always been fascinated with Japan and I’ll definitely go one of these years when I’m ready.
I loved Japan and didn't have the shock that most people refer to unfortunately 😅
But the four things I do miss from there is their convenient stores(food), safety, their vending machines, and almost universal clean bathrooms lol
The one about the shops going vertical only applies to the big cities in Japan. In the smaller cities that is not the case.
In my personal experience this isn’t the case. In any almost every shopping district, big or small, it will won’t have a very large footprint and will be multi story.
Although, the dedicated shopping streets are always really cool
@@kadoggie7808 The shotengai are usually only 1 story as far as the retail goes, with offices and apartments above the buildings. In many cities though that I have been to in Japan, the retail was mostly one story like Karatsu in Saga, Hikone in Shiga, Izumo in Shimane and more.
@@linuxman7777 interesting, it seems you’ve had a lot more experience in Japan than I have. I never really got to travel around much
@@kadoggie7808 you probably were only in Tokyo or Osaka where land is very expensive. In the parts of Japan where land is cheaper, places are still walkable but the buildings are more spread out.
I walked 2mi to get to a coco ichibanya in Beppu from my hotel, it was a long walk, and not very densly populated but the walk wasn't unpleasant.
Even smaller towns have several story high pachinko stores …
For real, I got to spend 14 days in Japan and it was amazing. From beautiful countryside to bustling city life. Japan is a beautiful country and I would recommend anyone to visit.
I seriously wouldn’t. I was there this year for three weeks and I want to be there so bad, everything was so clean and safe! But it’s expensive from my place and my wife won’t go back there
@@1406Alexx
Why not? Doesn't she realise
it's an amazing place!🙏🇬🇧
@@Seraphine07F it was literally to good, I’m like 50 percent less happy to live in Europe since then lol
@@1406Alexx awww too bad she won't consider moving with you. Let me guess, family would be too far then? That's usually an issue here but yeah I would love to life there x3
@@MurakiChiyo yeah and she wasn’t so amazed like I was. She loved it, but I’m just a bit obsessed with Japan since then lol
Japan is the best Asian country to visit. Polite, respectful, nice people. Unparalleled customer service and hospitality. Clean and safe. Delicious food.
また日本に来てね♡歓迎します！🇯🇵
booby magazineは草
“Its like a perpetual Swifty concert” is probably the worst analogy I’ve ever heard in my entire life.
having lived around Asia all my life (where land is few and population is high) I've never felt so alienated by that statement
I like the polite and quiet.
Why don't you like black people?
Well, either you have never been to Japan or, if you have, you have never stepped into a Japanese restaurant or an Izakaya. Japanese people are extremely loud and annoying when they gather in groups in hotels, restaurants, or bars. They don't give a damn about the foreigners sitting at tables around them. Japanese will talk loudly, argue loudly,
and laugh very very loudly, generally being obnoxious and a nuisance to the foreigners in the restaurants. Visit any Japanese restaurant or bar in Japan, spend half an hour there, and then reply to this message.
And little to no crime
@@shinkisaragi4369both not possible in a country with blacks 😔
They are quite the opposite of that
@@shinkisaragi4369 it is very low crime, but do not trust the official crime rates, as the police chooses to not report crimes that have a very low chance of the criminal being caught, in order to have a higher conviction rate for reported crimes.
I was in japan last month ❤
I am going to japan later this year and I am so fucking exited, mostly because I want to see how the people there react to me as I am 6 feet 8.
That's me passing out on the train after shopping at up and down shops
I spent 4 months in Nagoya in 2012 working for Boeing. I absolutely LOVED Japan! The people, the food, the history & culture....
As you know, the Boeing 787 is a quasi-Japanese product.
Nagoya is famous as the quasi-headquarters of Toyota Motor Corporation.
Nagoya was the area where the Zero fighter plane was developed and manufactured before World War II.
The Boeing 787 is a product of the following three companies.
Three major Japanese companies, Fuji Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, continue to cooperate to manufacture and assemble the main frame components of the aircraft in Nagoya.
Incidentally, the Nagoya area also designs rockets and manufactures components for the space program.
Nagoya is a city with a high concentration of very specialized and highly skilled companies.
You love Nagoya.
Thank you so much.
Nagoya is one of Japan's three largest cities after Tokyo and Osaka.
One thing I've noticed about Japanese streets that took me ages to notice: No onstreet parking! I guess there must be indoor garages and parking lots everywhere
that's because we get ticketed if we do that.
I like how you are embracing your content as you’re visiting Japan, you experiencing Japan and and don’t come off as a weeb. I see a lot of content creators that come off as they are Japanese, but they’re not Japanese they’re foreigners, but you embrace that you’re an American and the most amusing way and how you said it right now in your video😂which I find so funny👍(black eye looking into my soul)😂😂😂
Lived in Japan for 3 yrs. Loved it.
You're forgetting the fact that Tokyo is the cleanest place you'll visit. No joke. I visited in 2016 and I couldn't believe how clean the whole city was.
It's because people are taught at a very early age to clean up after themselves and their surroundings, all the way until high school.
In America it would be *wild* to have the stupid spend part of the day cleaning the whole school. Windows, floors, you name it.
You'd be surprised how it is these days. Shibuya was never a super clean part of town, but recently it's looking more like a dump by the day 😢
Just wait until you see nothern Europe.
@@destituteanddecadent9106 Same with the entertainment parts of Shinjuku, unfortunately.
Switzerland would like to know your location
37 million people but very quiet and calm with blue skies😊
My exposure to Japanese culture is my beloved aunt Susie who passed away decades ago and her amazing daughter my cousin Kimi Sue, and of course mamasan Susie’s, mom. Just beautiful souls.
It’s not only Tokyo that is utterly packed with people, it’s ALL Japanese cities. Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Kyoto, Fukuoka, are all completely crammed with people. Sapporo is somewhat better in that it was laid out in a planned grid so doesn’t seem as chaotically packed
The second largest city in Japan is about as large as nyc, the 3rd largest city in Japan is larger than Chicago, and the 4th largest is as large as Miami
@@ac1455 it’s not the population. It’s the density. Check that out and get back to me
It's because of those cities are full of tourist
@@elmalanmalan2175 you don’t believe that do you ?
@@shizuokaBLUES I do ! You think I'm making this up?
Lived in Japan for 6 years when I was in the military. Loved it. There isn't crap for crime except the foreigners. Never locked my house and never took the keys out of the ignition of my car. Never once had a problem.
They are missing a certain culture over there that’s why crime is low
It’s pretty crazy that the crime is so low in the huge cities, unlike most countries. But there are plenty of areas in countries like the US and EU countries that are just as safe. But these areas are typically suburban or rural, so Japan’s crime rate is still very impressive.
@paulhunter9613he specifically said only the foreigners are to worry about.
@@huntersedlacek7495where?
@@paulhunter9613racist clown
A lot of generalizing going on in this video…
She is the definition of appeal to ignorance.
Isn't it generalizing to talk about a group of individuals? I've been here for 30 years. What she said is generally all true. I'm never going back to the US.
I'm still baffled their young adult comic magazines (青年漫画雑誌) all include gravure both on thr cover and a few color pages like 💀
I miss Japan, I can't wait to go back again.
My friends and I are planning on going in a couple of years and we are even going to make it a spot to travel to offten for the unseeable future
The Food is amazing. I was there in 2013 Hanami-Festival and my wife and I still talk about it
I been fortunate to visit Osaka once in the early 2000’s, I really enjoyed my stay. Walking around checking out the city and all its marvels was mind blowing. In my mind Japan is a couple of decades ahead of RoW esp. consumer electronics. Japanese ppl are shy, super polite, modest and very organised.
It’s the only country I been to where I felt as a complete outsider/immigrant, I don’t know the language, couldn’t read their writing and back then there was no smartphones or google translate.
I promised my wife that we will go and see Tokyo, an amazing place I’ve been told
I definitely stood out when I was in Korea. Funny story, me and another huge buddy of mine used to regularly do a hike/run up Seoul Tower. Well one day during this excursion I happened to be wearing an ECW shirt and some school kids asked to take pics with us, I don’t know if they thought we were wrestlers or if they’d just never seen giant white guys before but it was fun and those kids were cool!
Would 100% recommend going to Japan to visit. Best food, best customer service. If you stay in major cities - the trains will get you wherever you need to go.
Just make sure you purchase a coin purse, a backpack, a rail card, and a wireless box you can connect your phone too. Tourist Survival Pack. Oh, and be ready to spend cash on almost everything.
What's a wireless box?
@@husnaliyana8393 Worded that weird - its a remote cellular hotspot. This way you can use your own phone for things like internet, google, etc...
@@husnaliyana8393 Portable wifi
@@husnaliyana8393I think it's a bit like one of those mifi things. A portable hotspot to teth your phone to the internet.
Drunk people on trains is literally a new york classic
Eh... they're not always drunk in the subway in NY, sometimes they're messed up on drugs, mentally ill, or just homeless and looking to start a fight because its winter and jail is better than a subway bench. Just dont make eye contact and don't try to reason with them, and you'll be fine.
The”magazine “ got me😂😂😂😂😂
Well when it’s 98% Japanese people in a homogenous society it tends to be a lot safer…
All true. I saw all these things in Tokyo this June and really enjoyed my time there. The food is incredible, even in the convenience stores. They all have microwaves that work, and the food is just a great surprise, in a good way.
It's starting to be one of the Japanese influences seeping into Hawaii too. Not the prices, but the decent grub at convenience stores at least, not just spam musubis any more. (Those are awesome, however!)
@@exidy-yt I wish my country had spam musubi at convenience stores
@@SOA_yt Me too brother, Me too.
NO HATE
My mom once went to Tokyo and went to a really posh area with lots of elite bars and clubs. She and her female colleague were quietly minding their own business when to guys started stalking them, after that both of them ran for 30minutes until they lost the stalkers. My mom told me Japan(Tokyo) is very very safe but that one area, don't go there alone or without a friend.
Yea there are many bad things about Japan but people like her don’t talk about it.
Weirdly, iono maybe it's just lately, but my local transit train, BART, has pretty much always been on time. I'm not sure if it's quite to the precision as Japanese trains, but it's definitely down to the minute. Maybe the train thing is more of a LA, PDX, NYC, CHI thing
You are very lovely🥰 thanks for educating us all about the beautiful country of Japan 😊
Don’t forget to mention that it is not polite to talk on the phone in the subway
while NA you can get stabbed or have to fight for saying to not smoke or be annoying on public transportation and which it's common sadly.
I hold my tongue when shady looking types are doing so cause don't want a hospital visit from a uncivil individual who just won't listen to reason and come to a basic understanding!
Stationed in Japan for about 2 1/2 years USN. Loved it
You wont be stabbed, but will be SA
SA?
@@TheOtherChefSexual assault
@@TheOtherChef Sexual assault
Not only will you be SA'd the police also won't report on it to artificially keep their reported crime levels low.
@@hoy455that sounds like a rumour
I'm a Japanese. My English is poor.
This video is interesting for me because most of them are normal for us, especially who living in Tokyo.
The food at convenience stores is really not bad. Then I stayed in Nishi shinjuku the 711 had really delicious oden.
Yea non NA ones surely blow the NA ones out the water i want to try all the non NA ones so bad!!!
Japan also has (in my opinion) one of the World's very best cuisines.
Not just your opinion mate. Tokyo is one of the food capitals of the world
Japanese food is way overrated.
#1 worst in the world
Japanese food is good but the best is a big stretch. What other countries cuisines have you tried ?
Japanese food is the most favorite of
Martha Stewart and was for Anthony
Bourdain !
⛩🍣🍡🍲🍢🍙⛩
Yes, violent crime is low, but if you are a female, there is a large number of sexual assaults and similar crimes of that nature so still be wary.
I love japan so much. I can't wait to go back.
As a 'Mercan who's lived in Japan for a short time, I can confirm that konbinis are a legitimately convenient store, unlike the obese pit stops that I go great lengths to avoid.
I miss japanese convenience stores, and I wish that seven eleven would have the guts to run their japan stock overseas so I can get my fix.😂
You're not lying about the gas station food I had the best ham and cucumber sandwich of my life from a gas station in Sasedo
Sasebo .
If you’re in the cities, then the shopping mall is up and down, but in suburbs and rural is outwards. Just like in Japan. It’s only in levels in cities.
I would stick out so bad in Japan💀💀💀
Forgot to mention no garbage cans on the streets.
Which surprised me because we link garbage bins to having less litter. How are they so clean without having garbage cans?
@@lxuxu51they brought it to either the closest bin OR worse, their home
@@lxuxu51The majority of people will just carry their trash with them until they find a garbage can which can be found in most convenience stores. Any trash that does end up in the ground is cleaned up pretty quickly by the street cleaners.
It is rude to eat or drink while walking out riding anywhere so people consume on the spot and dump their trash where they purchase it. If they take it some where else, they carry their trash to the find a bin. Japan is so lovely.
@@kris5992 Oh well🤔.
first tip for people visiting japan, google translate is your friend. also, be prepared to walk, a lot.
The stolen part is NOT accurate, in my year in Japan I had more things stolen by different people than anywhere else. I was shocked as I heard about the lack of theft before I left for Japan.
At 6'5, I definitely felt like a giant when I was there.
This whole video seems like a good vacation without having lived there.
That Godzilla is amazing
I lived in Japan for two years. I’m 6’2” and an elementary school kid literally called me Gojira (Godzilla). I couldn’t stop laughing.
Japanese people are kind and respectful and honorable
Japanese trains practically never run late, so it's a HUGE deal uf it happens! In fact if one rubs late they will give you a piece of paper to prove you were late because of the train!!
I think they also apologize.
usually only run late when theres suicides by people jumping off the platforms into oncoming trains etc
@@monogramadikt5971 Or dumb foreigners trying to retrieve something on the train tracks, instead of asking the people who work there.
How on earth does that kind of place work
実際、遅延が発生すると謝罪のアナウンスが流れます
The Detective Conan magazine :0 I'm jealous I wanna go to Japan😭. Also awesome video!
It's nice to visit, but the country is racist to foreigners living there and has some pretty hard expectations when it comes to labor.
I NEED THE TITLE OF THE (probably) BL MANGA PLEASEE
Awesome not unlike a thunder storm or tidal wave cool
I think it's worth recognizing that the "horizontal" store layout is less an effect of American distaste for stairs and more of an affect of the ability of the automobile industry to capture public infrastructure development in the mid-20th century. This capture is, in turn, an effect of US wartime industrialization.
Space availability is another factor. America's population density is lower than a lot of Asian and European nations, and America also has a lot of flat land, where as Japan is very mountainous. Italy is like this as well. being very mountainous, with a higher population density, building sand roads are just built wherever they can fit them.
I immensely enjoyed and love the sense of humor.. awesome place to visit hope to one day. You just made my day.
I was 5'8 woman, size 9 shoe, blonde hair down to my waist.......definitely stood out .....I was very uncomfortable there. I was totally safe but I certainly didn't fit in !!! 😢
Your comment makes me very sad😞 I’m a Japanese woman 5’8” .
I’ve been a victim of sexual crime about 100 times for two reasons related to my look.
One is, many Japanese guys have suddenly touched my body on the busy street because I look South Asian.
The other one is, guys who have grudge against women hate a woman stands tall. I think those guys spot me in a train or busy street and stalk me until I go to a quiet residential area.
A few years ago, an English woman who I met at a bar said she’d walk home for 30 minutes after the bar closes at 3 a.m.
I said 〝No way, Japan isn’t a perfectly safe country as you think！〟
She said 〝I know there are many bad Japanese people but they never attack foreigners〟.
I was very glad to see she understands Japan.
The reason why Japan looks safe for people from overseas is, Japanese criminal isn’t violent but polite and insidious.
@@noripee8278 :( So sorry that happened to you!
@@casinorevelers Thank you 😊
how can a Japanese woman look "South Asian"? like filipino or vietnamese?@@noripee8278
The benefit of vertical shops is that you don't need to drive to other shops. So places actually become livable
Nice for customers, not so nice for employees or owners of the buildings though. Single story shops have the loading dock, storage rooms, and shop floor on the same level so moving pallets of goods is very easy and efficient. Multi-story shops require freight elevators to move pallets, usually more than one elevator. When I worked at a department store, the freight elevators once broke down and we were forced to unload pallets and then make multiple trips carrying boxes of goods up multiple flights of stairs to restock the top floor. Things that might be convenient for your are often a huge pain in the ass for others.
Even in a homogeneous country she’s still worried about black guys looking into her soul.
Facts 😅
The second I heard quiet and respectful I immediately started looking for places to live in Japan
Don’t forget there’s a lot of pedophilia, they had to make only women carriages for trains and all phones there have an unremovable shutter sound
I was in Japan back in 05, I want to go back so bad but im worried that it has changed so much that I will be disappointed
One of the things that immediately made me feel safe in Japan was the men being around the same height as me, the US average height female. I only saw a few guys that were either tall or big.
I love Japan. Trying to get back there for an extended stay.
Black guys looking into my soul.
have you ever notice how clean the streets are. there's litterally no garbage at all. I'm amazed
I wish i could move to Japan. The manners and the peace and quiet and the technology and the low crime rate would be such a welcome change.
It has a lot of issues that could make it worse than the US though. A weak yen means you earn a lot less, workplace culture is extremely workaholic oriented and company loyalty is an essential part of Japanese culture. You know how Americans think big companies screwed them over, in Japan no such narrative exists and probably never will in a long time.
Also, Japanese racism is on another level of what is acceptable in the west and there’s no anti discrimination laws. This is important when you’re the immigrant because you can count on not getting promotions based on race.
Agreed on that on so many levels. I feel like I want a to live in a country that has low levels of crime, no drugs, clean, quiet, polite etc.
That tip from #8 reminds me of that clip of Conan in Japan where he's in the subway station just awkwardly standing there 😂😂😂
Convenience Store food can easily transform me into paradise
Looking to find and eat Poke in the US is very different in the Philippines.
The quality of convenient stores in Japan is light years better than the same store in America. Just compare the Seven/Eleven stores and you will see that the American stores look extremely poor.
yes, 30 Minute drive to Walmart, then go back to your own isolated suburb again
compared to a lot of asian countries, you can walk 3 minutes and will easily encounter a convenient store.
everything is within a walking distance
DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER - A lot of foreigners get confused, but all the "booby magazines" standing upright are actually regular manga that are popular even in the world. They just have swimsuit models on the covers but they are never the main content. Ones lying flat underneath are the ones with real sleazy content, in case you're looking for them.
The safe downtown stroll is not just specific to Japan I’d say. As a Turkish international student in Canada, all I can say is I feel much less safer in downtown area here than taking a stroll in Istanbul. And yes, even if the crime rates are much lower here.
welcome to canada! we're happy to have you
Many of those “culture shocks” are not US vs Japan but more like US vs any other developed country
YES!
peoples stuff get stolen when their leave it out??? its like us vs every country with sane people
More like, only 10 cities in America VS. The world. Get away from the top 10 cities and the world is very similar
Yeah I was gonna say as a European these things are pretty normal lol
You gotta be specific. That's like saying Japan vs. Europe.
Omg I live in Texas and when I went downtown a car almost hit me 😭😭 thats why I never go downtown 😄
The culture shocks for me in Japan is that when you have left over food, they generally do not have to go containers for you to bring them home. The other one is there ain’t much trash cans anywhere as compared to the states.
I loved how courteous that Japanese people are in mass transit. Yes, it is crowded and there is pushing, but no loud talking or music or talking on phone. As an American, I think we are so disrespectful.
My sister was in Japan said it was amazing. People were polite, food fantastic
Three years it was the best every thing
As a Canadian, I dont think its an immense culture shock....except the affordable food part
Dear foreign residents, this is only an introduction of a small part of Tokyo, so please do not misunderstand that the whole of Japan is like this. Tokyo also has mountains, oceans, and fields.
I have been to Japan for business, and I found them very guarded and not very tolerant of other races and cultures.
They have an air of superiority.
The black-eyed bunnies at the end brought me back to my childhood. My grandparents got me a bunch of the small black-eyed bunnies when they went to Japan. 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰 🐰
I would miss the fights tho, the street fights are fucking great😂
Bro. 1000 yen. Under $7 I might need too move
Rent is 50 a square foot.
Lol
Aw this reminds me of my trip to Germany. Expect we were super small and everyone was tall, so bathrooms were a weird situation 😂 all in all very amazing experience
What are you talking about? Berlin is dirty, full of drug addicts and rude people. Very different from Tokyo.
I find it funny how Americans are like "whoa it's so safe here I'm not gonna get stabbed or shot" - this is pretty much everywhere in a developed country lol
“Black guys are looking into my soul…” is what I heard at the end 😂😂😂
One thing I like doing in Japan is stuffing my bags into a coin locker and taking the Yamanote line(the green one in the short) and just napping on the train.