[Edit] Wow, thank you guys for all the positive comments! I should come back here when I'm feeling down :) I was actually unsure about making this video because reading all the hateful comments isn't particularly a joyful way of spending one's afternoon. But I was pleasantly surprised that hateful comments towards me weren't that many. Most of my views are not Japanese, so I don't get recognised by Japanese people very often, but when I do, they always say something encouraging me. (They are often ones who are learning English.) So if you want to come to Japan, don't worry. They are plenty of Japanese people who are open to learning about other cultures and sharing their culture. But there are so many interesting comments that I didn't mention here. Maybe I'll make videos about them in the future, but if you speak Japanese, you don't have to wait for me to make videos. So if you want to learn Japanese with me, I can send you some free Japanese lessons by email. So click here and subscribe bit.ly/3brG05V
Look at it from the Ying & Yang perspective. It's impossible for them to exist without one another. It's also best to get a full picture than just the good parts of it. Good and Bad feels more whole, content, and real, as long as there's a level balance between them.
I have watched logan paul actual video and that is not that bad like how you describe even logan paul mentioned respect & mental illness hotlines for that. Second you are trying to picture japanase people especially the girls or the dating culture as submissive one and people across the world want to taking advantages over that.
As a Japanese, I really appreciate your amazing work! 😊👏 That said, with all respect, what "bothers" me sometimes is when you or the interviewees say "In Japan...." or "Japanese people are..." but they only apply to Tokyo area (or at least not where I live) I'm from a small town in Kumamoto. For example, on one video, the interviewees were saying that Japanese people don't really talk with strangers. But that is not true at all in where I live. Strangers always talk to each other and people are very friendly. I know that your interviews are done in Tokyo area and many people in Tokyo think Tokyo represents the whole Japan. But you could mention that things are pretty different depending on where you go. Many of your videos do talk Japan as a nation and do represent Japan in general. But, some just represent Tokyo / big cities. You and your videos are still amazing! ❤️
Well that's for the most countries too. In Romania people think we have a culture based on vampires when only those from Transylvania uses this for marketing reasons. By the way, I love the Japanese culture and the mentality of the japanese people. I think we romanians have a lot to learn from you because communism destroyed our culture and traditions. Defend the culture and traditions of Japan at all cost.
Just because people are friendly in your little town doesn't mean that's standard across all of Japan. That's the exception, not the rule. Moreover, Tokyo has a huge amount of people from everywhere. Visitors from small villages to big cities, all types of people visit Tokyo. Not just from Japan but from all over the world. Tokyo is an international city.
Person A: You make Japan look bad. Well uh, ok then, I'll try to... Person B: You make Japan look too perfect. Wait, what? Person C: You make Japan look too moderate
Mateusz Małolepszy conclusion: the haters will hate you no matter what, so keep being yourself (as long as you respect others’ existence and have morals, I mean)
@@wazsan We all have different tastes and opinions. I don't think he's good looking, but I wouldn't say he's bad looking either. He has a fairly unique look, and that to me is a positive at the very least. I think variation is interesting, even if I don't always like the variations.
I thought that was unecessarily mean but he did explain that it doesn't just mean ugly and people use the word when they don't know why they dislike a person.
It's to do with the very different ways japanese insult each other compared to the West, since there are no swear words or "masculinity" debate. Yuta made a whole video about it
Actually his accent does sound a little korean like it's weird to explain but he pronounces words 'spacey' if that makes sense Japanese people speaking english usually pronounce their words fuzzy compared to this guy
１人の日本人として、Yuta氏の意見に賛同しかねるときも、インタビューの回答者の意見がやや偏ってると感じるときもあります。それでも、海外の方々に日本からの視点を提供するというYuta氏を応援しています。これからも動画楽しみにしています。 As a Japanese person, I sometimes have different opinions with Yuta. Also, I sometimes feel the interviewee's opinions are a little biased. However, I deeply respect his effort to provide Japanese perspective to people overseas. I'm looking forward to your future videos. Good luck Yuta.
what a world we live in, where the people who are confident enough to initiate interaction are the "crazy ones". sheesh, sorry everybody guess I forgot there's very strict guidelines for when and where to make new acquaintances
"Making Japan look bad" dude.. it's making Japanse relatable to other countries.. if you ask a random lithuanian to say the meaning of a rare word they don't use daily then it's most likely they don't know it. Japanase are people, they no better or worse than others in different country..
I agree; if there is some Japanese person reading this and worried about the Japanese appears thru Yuta videos: the image is diverse, complex (and not preordered as in an ad) ultimately also individual and humane. that in turn means we can relate to the person and utimately begin to understand better a point of view that wasn't originally mine. otherwise, an image that is too much uniform and pre-digested would look like a lie. in other words, another thing that you will find is that there is also "bias" in the the followers here: we are aware that everyone that walks the earth (regardless of the cultures her/his is part of) is not perfect nor omniscent nor immutable, and we are content with that. we are not haters, nor weaboos. we just have a positive stance, coupled with an analytical predisposition. in other words: don't worry about our take of Japan. and I think that casual viewers that might look for a "quick fix" usually stop watching much sooner, as soon they understand that Yuta is going to appeal to their brains, instead of putting them to sleep with some stereotype...
I think the more realistic picture Yuta paints of japan is useful for some weebs out there. Japan is an awesome country, that's for sure. But not a perfect utopia. I wanna go there in vacation, but i prefer living and working in my homecountry. There is no perfect nation and japan consists of way more than what is shown in anime/manga (weird that this is even a necessary information for some people)
@@C31c10n3 Exactly. Japan is a great country on many aspects. By like many other countries, it goes with its bad points. Of course, these points will vary a lot from one person to another. But thinking that Japan is the best country in the world shows a total lack of objectivity... From what I've seen, those who go with this idea in mind mainly go live in Japan to escape reality. To run away from problems they have back at home, such as low self-esteem coupled with egocentrism. They need people to value them, but since they can't achieve this at home, they go to a place were everyone look up to them (or so they think). Of course, going to Japan does not solve this problems. Quite the opposite actually... There is no escaping reality.
@ Lemi from Japan I hope to see your channel grow, you have some pretty good content 😃😃😃 you might also want to checkout Nobita from Japan, he too has really entertaining and informative content in his channel.
Adrienne R V san, thank you very much for your comment! I know Nobita san, 😊I really liked his video I saw a few months ago, but i'll check more of his video. Thank you for your tips!
Hi Yuta, I'm a (half) Japanese girl and I just want to say that I really like your videos. I live in Europe so I am not able to interact much with Japanese people/culture daily outside my home. These videos give me a window to be able to be up to date and be in touch with Japanese people /culture.
On April Fool’s Day, you should change your channel’s name to “That Korean Man Yuta” (or maybe use a Korean name) just to mess with the conspiracy theorists’ heads.
I think the reason Japanese people claim he's ugly is because of the facial hair or more squarish, which is a little uncommon in Japan, but more common for us. By Western standards, he looks good. By Japanese standards, he probably doesn't fit the common 'attractive' type
He already explained it but the reason is way more simple and it's not even specific to Japanese, they just want to put him down whether they truly think he is ugly or not. It's the most common petty insult used all over the world.
@@しゅーおーくらけらん lol it's not common at least in my country and some other countries. If you just insult someone cause he's ugly it means you're childish and your insults are weak and laughable.
5:43 reminded me of my trip to Japan a few years ago. I was walking with my (Japanese) partner at night in Nishinomiya when we suddenly heard a commotion. A group of people were surrounding a drunk man who was talking loudly and vomiting and they were also pointing at me. My partner started laughing and I asked him what was going on and he said: "they're saying, 'please control yourself! There is a foreigner over there! She can see you!' I was baffled; I really didn't care but I guess some Japanese people do lol
Japanese people "If foreing discover we can't even write well in our own system they'll think we're dumb" Foreing people studying japanese "so is not like japanese have superpowers for kanjis,they struggle to learn that damn symbols too"
I'ｍ a Japanese expat in the US. I think his videos are interesting in that he askes questions that are not often asked in Japan or the Japanese usually do not think much about. But I also do think that his translation of the comments by the interviewees is sometimes biased. Since I can understand both what is said in Japanese and how it is translated in English, sometimes I feel the English translation reflects Yuta's opinions more than the messages conveyed by those interviewed mostly due to his choice of words and phrases in English. To be fair, though, I should add that this is not a problem specific to Yuta's videos. Cross-cultural, cross-linguitic information gathering always has the risk of something being lost in translation.
well, its probably also done because some words might be misunderstood, or his english understanding is different than yours. I always find myself reading in english , games mangas etc, and sometimes, even the professionals translation seems off, some people just personalize the translation as they see fit, to make it understand better. But no idea if its yuta's case because i can't understand japanese sadly :/
@@WastedTalent83 I agree very much. When literal translation makes no sense in the new language, I have found it impossible that a translator's personal experience and preference will not emerge in the translations. Not to mention the translator's skill levels in both languages, and the translator's writing ability, will all affect the final product.
I always find it interesting that taking a few days off from work is considered not causing trouble for others but taking your sickness to work and getting everyone else sick and putting them through the misery of being sick is somehow not considered causing trouble for others. There was a paper recently published about how companies lose money by getting their sick employees to come into work resulting in getting other employees sick so no only is coming in sick hurting your co-workers it's even hurting the company you work for.
@@blackninja9400 Well lets be honest here, the Korean government is continually criticising Japan over very old past wars. They keep trying to get commemorative statues put up even in America that commemorate "comfort women" that Koreans claim Japanese soldiers took. Some people say there is a lot of evidence that a lot of Korean prostitutes willingly went with Japanese soldiers for the money and now Korea is trying to say the soldiers forcefully took them. Almost all the Japanese soldiers from that era are dead now and the claimed victims too. Perhaps there is some truth on both sides, I have seen little Korean kids draw pictures of Koreans killing Japanese soldiers so I think they are educated to hate Japan from a young age. I don't like the way Korea still keeps trying to get Japan to pay reparations over and over, it never ends. My Japanese wife told me that a Korean journalist recently wrote an article about how Korea needs Japan for trade and he was found dead 2 days later or something similar, I haven't researched the details of that yet so I can't say for sure.
@@Explorshon123Please do NOT spread your knowledge of history anywhere else. You have been deceived by the false side of the history. Japan IS the criminal of the war, Korea isn't the only victim.
@@karkovb1522 Never forget the past, because Japan invasion was one of the worst thing ever happened in most countries in Asia. Yeah, we might have 'moved on' without a proper apology.
i'm like 99% sure that's what it is. he can speak english fluently, he has a huge following of english speakers from other countries and a super successful youtube channel doing that. any excuse they make for hating him is just a cover up for that jealousy.
Memorizing them is important. Writing is actually different skill. Think of it like: you know what humans look like, but you can only draw stick figures.
Yeah, this. I'm trying to cram the kanji in now, and some kanji I just straight up can't memorise, so I check how common the kanji is and if I see it's one of the least-used ones I remember Yuta's kanji video and realise Japanese people probably don't remember it either and it makes me feel much much better. I just think pff, if I really need to know it later I'll just learn it by seeing it used.
@@EnraiChannel i think it's more like recognizing faces. When you look at one, you know whose face is that. But it's hard to draw or even describe a face from your imagination
Just my opinion People who text hate comment don’t really have enough love No matter what they say Just they’re so lonely. Japanese people should love themselves:)
I've come to realize that no matter what kind of content you create, no matter what kind of person you are, there will ALWAYS be someone out there who hates you just for the sake of hating someone. That's just the way some people are. It's an inevitable result of people being able to anonymously say whatever they want without consequences. Even this video already has 17 dislikes. It will have even more tomorrow and the next day. Who are these people? What reason do they have to dislike it? No one really knows, but people like that will just always exist to hate something just for the sake of hating something.
Probably because they are so miserable to the point they had to take their frustrations in their shity lives on other people who are doing well in their life
I wouldn't say they would hate you just for the sake of it. They will have a reason. But yeah, no matter what you do, there will always be people who don't like you. It can be something as silly as being too nice.
Each country has their own good and bad points, but the “not causing troubles to other people” in Japan is so excessive to the point it’s bad/uncaring. This is a story I read about my fellow countryman a few years ago: she wrote that she was sexually harassed in the train. She is asian and perhaps the guy didn’t realize she wasn’t japanese. These perverts usually only targeted Japanese women because foreigners tend to be daring or spoken out. When she asked for help, all the japanese around her pretending not to know. No wonder so many people feels lonely there.
Meiwaku culture is probably one of the things I hate the most out of everything I like about Japan. It's founded on such a simple, good-intended concept but it causes such a toxic culture around social norms and expectations, especially in regards to work and overtime.
And gender norms, strange double-standards that exist in the culture, speaking about injustices people "above" you have committed on you, and generally saying anything about any backwards part of the society. Japan is a cool place and I'm very into it, but it can be pretty horrible as well.
I can understand your sentiment but be aware that it's not a cultural thing that exists separately from the rest of Japanese culture, but rather is a part of the various layers that make up Japanese culture. Like a part from a car that is needed to make the car drive. Consequently, non-Japanese do not have to be okay with it or understand it, but it would help if their goal is to interact with Japanese culture.
Meiwaku culture is actually one of the best things in Japan. All the services and good treatment you received and appreciate in Japan is because of that. The problem in Japan imo is the group mentality of Japan and other Asian countries. People become very self-conscious because you have a pressure to fit in the society. And that causes many problem including bullying, stress, fake personas, sexism, racism, cyber bullying as seem in this video, etc.
Yuta-san, you are a gentleman with a positive demeanour and indeed dealing with those negative comments rationally, and I admire that. Please keep up the good work.
I personally think your videos are good, because they at the very least show that there are a lot of different people in Japan. It shows that you can't rely on stereotypes, which should be obvious, but people still have them.
Anytime there is a crime, big or small, right-wing Japanese people are always saying how the person is secretly Chinese or Korean...I feel bad for ethnically Chinese or Korean people that grow up here having to hear that.
I, as a Japanese, have made many Korean and Chinese friends and they're all fantastic people. I don't see why people should hate each other because of their ethnicity.
South Korea says it is a democratic country, but it brings out the historical problems of 100 years ago,The national prestige Politics is available.The anti-Japanese forces have suppressed even the statements of the living witnesses of history and are educating them on lies.
Actually it is quite true they spread illegal activities in Japan like shadow japanese companies operated by koreans transferring japanese equipment and products to north korea and South Korea illegally, this is happening for atleast 30-40 years now.
You can always "cause trouble" for other people: *(Trying something new/not knowing something) & needing help *Being too big and making people physically & psychologically uncomfortable *Being too ugly & making people have to look away from you *Being an extra customer at the convenience store that increases employee workload and the line's wait time Might as well phase out of existence at that point 🥺😭👌wait...hikkikomoris 😭
Yuta is not only the most sober, unbiased, logical Japanese I've seen. He's the most sober, unbiased, and logical human I've seen on RUclips. You can see that in his arguments and in his calm demeanour.
I'm from Brazil and your videos made me more interested in Japan and its culture and people. You show through your channel that the japanese are loving, light-hearted people, and I liked it very much! It is in my plans to go to Japan in the future, and I think it will be a great experience. Congratulations for your work!
@@asmylia9880 more like welcome to fake politeness of japan. This happen a lot in many fields, they try so much to be polite that often come out as totally fake, or doing other damages they didnt think about.
Such a contrast, here, if you go to work while sick you'll get sent home because you're a bother. Having to go to work while sick sounds so dystopian. if a boss tries to force that here he'll get in all kinds of legal trouble.
Yuta - you're doing a great job of explaining Japan to the rest of the world in a funny, light-hearted and interesting way. You know, my sister lives in Japan and is married to a Japanese guy. He's an awesome dude and quite frankly his whole family is amazing. So for me especially it is really important to shatter all these language and cultural barriers to gain a better understanding of the world in general. I couldn't be more grateful for your work! Thanks!
The one about working when you are sick is pretty common around the world. I remember having a severe flu at some point, though it didn't last long, and while I spent the entire time I was sick in bed, my coworkers were making fun of me afterwards. And that's to say nothing of being pressured into working in general when you're sick. The thing is, in context of 'causing others trouble'... Going to work when you're sick can actually be a LOT worse than staying home. Obviously it depends on why you're sick, but if it's something contagious (like the flu) Then by going to work you're probably infecting everyone else around you. That means instead of just YOU being sick, you're going to be the cause of probably half the people at your workplace being sick. So in fact, in not wanting to 'cause trouble', or being pressured into working anyway... You're probably causing more harm than if you had just stayed away. All this really says of course is that people don't always have a good sense of what will really cause problems and what won't.
I think it depends a lot on what your line of work is. For example, I work at a kindergarten. So I know very intimately what the result is of people's "don't want to bother others" mindset. Because that also means that they send their sick kids to kindergarten so they don't have to miss work. Then the other kids get sick, then the whole staff gets sick. And when we, according to policy, call parents to pick up their damn kids cause they're too sick to be in kindergarten, very often the replies are either passive-aggressive, clearly signalling "You're bothering me at my work", or they just say "Sure, I'll come get him/her as soon as I can" and then they just arrive at their normal time anyway and drop the kid off the next day. It's an extremely fucking annoying mentality. I think there's a difference between this in Japan and in western culture though. In western individualism, everyone loves to feel that "My workplace just won't function a day without me, I HAVE to be there." Pure egoism.
@@nicename7247 I think that depends again on the line of work. In my experience, female-dominated lines of work are far more lenient and even encourage you to take sick days while male-dominated workplaces tend to give you shit for doing so because it's viewed as a sign of weakness. In the Japanese situation though that wouldn't happen. It's the individual that's not supposed to bother the group - not the other way around. Because if the group balance is upset by one selfish individual not doing their part, the group as a whole suffers. That's basically one main aspect of Japanese "group mentality" or Shuudan ishiki (集団意識).
@@viljamtheninja Not so, I think it depends on the country. Here (all male) if you are sick you get told, "Go the hell home, we don't want it". I saw the same said about Germany below in another comment. You have sick days and you are expected to use them. But we also have extra sick days to use when family are sick in addition to sick days for yourself, just a different approach to family and work.
Hi Yuta, I’ve been watching your videos for years now. I find your content interesting. The very fact you’ve decided to find negative comments shows you are generally open to opinions and views of others. While it was interesting to see what the negative comments some Japanese have of you just remember we all think you’re great! Keep up the good work!
Yutaa! For me personally, your channel is one of the most down-to-earth, authentic windows into Japanese culture and I LOVE you for that! I'm from England, and it's actually crazy how many little cultural similarities there are between our two islands :) I'd love to know what Japan thinks of the UK!
depends on culture i think. japanese tends to think flower boys are handsome. yuta's facial appearance is more masculine, which is preferred in western countries
Yuta. I think your videos are amazing and I have learned a lot about Japan by watching them over the years. Being a youtuber myself. I know I cannot please everyone but as long as the majority of people like my content. I am content with this and I just ignore haters. I always open my ears to positive and constructive comments that will help me improve on my videos. But hateful comments are just ignored and I just them off. Keep up the great videos Yuta. I would like to see some updates about the current status of Japan because I would love to visit them once the restrictions are lifted for international travellers. All the best.
That thing about going to work while being sick is something i really don't get about Japanese. Going to work while being sick can cause several times the trouble as when one would've stayed home. Even when you're extra cautious spreading pathogens is something hardly avoidable.
It's an asian thing actually. Back when I was in school my parents would be pissed off if I told them that I'm sick and don't want to go to school. The expectation is that you have to go in order to have great attendance.
@@Cuteemogirl94 Germany. :-) We had one case of someone coming to work with some diarrhea infection and a day later half of the section using the same toilet reported sick. +8h from the person coming to work for a day - 320h because 10 others got sick and stayed home for 3 days + couldn't really enjoy their weekends.
@@Katcom111 I think it's not even just asia.. just saying that i can't understand the working culture (including school) since otherwise Japanese people are very focused on not causing trouble and potentially infecting someone with a disease is at the very top end of the bar of being troublesome. The list of reasons for someone to be sick that are not contagious is very short. IMHO Parents sending their children to school while they're contagious are on the same level as parents not vaccinating their children against stuff like Measles.. But well my opinion..
@@DiabloDBS I respect your opinion. It's obviously that your not East Asian or Southeast asian. Trust me it's an asian thing. This type of matter happens and I seen it happened. You might not understand it but this kind of act does happen.
50 years ago, many Chinese Martial Artist in California hated Bruce Lee for teaching Chinese Martial Arts to American, but Lee ended up becoming a Legend and was respected worldwide. Yuta, please ignore all the haters and do what you like! You are simply sharing Japanese Culture to the world just like Bruce Lee did 50 years ago! One day, you will become a Legend too!!
I think you do a great job, in both revealing interesting facts about Japanese culture, and creating an interest for your audience to learn the language. To me you alway show how interesting Japanese society is, I have never felt any disrespect to your culture, on the contrary. I was in Japan in November of last year, I was also in May of this year and I will be making a short film in August as well. One thing I love about Japan, is that is one of the few countries in the world were English won't get you anywhere, this to me is a very positive thing, is a proof of cultural resistente even if it's just for how complicated it turns to learn (just as complicated it turns for any other country to learn Japanese). Do you think that some hidden reason for haters could be the the fact that you speak fluid English? Jealousy maybe?
I think your videos are awesome and very educational. It makes me want to know more about Japanese culture and hopefully I will be able to visit Japan someday.
The "bothering others" is sssssssooooooo typical :D Long time ago when my Japanese teacher lived ( I really miss her :( )and I was at her to study the language she said a lot thing about this. So I can understand that some people still have this "issue". However since I watching your videos more and more want to go and visit your country. A know a lot things what should I expect and behave there. Thank you and keep up the good work!
I'm learning japanese now and seeing that even japanese people struggle to remember some kanjis(like i do) really helped me not worryng too much about that
I love your videos. You offer a genuine, unique insiders perspective about your own culture that most of us would never be able to read about in books. Thank you for your videos!
I can say with a high level of certainty that anyone who calls others "ugly, bias, troublesome are usually suffering those same flaws themselves. People read far too much into everything and should never be taken too seriously. Opinions are like ar$ehole$, everybody has One (-:
well the real reason is, "unknows" you'll never know who commented, so people feel entitled to say whatever they want, and take out their frustration and sadness on random people.
I love you !! Please keep making videos. I have loved Japan since I was 13 years old and I continue to love that country and wish to learn more about it. I wish to go there so badly one day. I learn Japanese as a hobby and study up on Japan as an interest that I love.
Greetings Yuta San, This is BIG BEAR and small girl. In my opinion, you are a person that speaks from the heart. You and I are the same in that aspect. Due to this trait that we both possess it is difficult for us to express ourselves without offending anyone. Yuta San never change I love your videos, my friend. Sincerely, BIG BEAR and small girl
I wouldn't be surprised. The amount of weebs that think they can learn conversational Japanese by watching anime is astounding. And the amount of people that think Japan is actually like in anime is fascinating.
I loved your Kanji-writing video cos Kanji are HARD!!! I can see myself learning Hiragana and Katakana but Kanji... so knowing even native Japanese speakers find them hard makes me feel so much better.
I appreciate your honesty on Japan. My boyfriend and i plan on visiting sometime next year and want to learn as much as we can about the culture so we dont accidentally upset anyone and it gives us an idea what to expect while visiting. We are also trying to teach ourselves a little bit of Japanese becasue its only fair to try to learn the local language. It also makes me feel better that not everyone knows kanji over there, its insane how many characters there are for it. At least i wont have to stress so much over not knowing it as much as the other two writing systems.
私はここで日本人です。正直言って、ユタさんは日本の人生経験、コミュニティ、反応、そしていくつかの社会実験についてのすべての真実を共有しています。 そして、私はすべての外国人に常に彼をサポートすることを提案します、そして私は彼が日本に行きたいと思ったすべての外国人へのガイドになることができると信じています。 I'm Japanese here. Honestly, Yuta-san shares everything truth about Japan's life experience, community, reactions, and some social experiments. And I very recommended to all foreigners to always support him, and I believe he can be a guide to all foreigners who wanted to go to Japan. P/s : Sorry for my bad grammar, I hope you all can understand what I'm try to saying.
Pretty interesting. For example i don't find it surprising at all if Japanese people can not write many Kanjis. It is actually a lot to learn and you forget them after a while if you never use them. Thats nothing if i compare that to my own country Germany or America, where many have problems just speaking the own language in an understandable way and writing mistakes are abundant. Even with just the few letters we have.
[Edit] Wow, thank you guys for all the positive comments! I should come back here when I'm feeling down :)
I was actually unsure about making this video because reading all the hateful comments isn't particularly a joyful way of spending one's afternoon. But I was pleasantly surprised that hateful comments towards me weren't that many.
Most of my views are not Japanese, so I don't get recognised by Japanese people very often, but when I do, they always say something encouraging me. (They are often ones who are learning English.) So if you want to come to Japan, don't worry. They are plenty of Japanese people who are open to learning about other cultures and sharing their culture.
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Nice implication!
Yuta I can see myself getting along with you. You seem like a easy going guy. Keep up the good work.
Look at it from the Ying & Yang perspective.
It's impossible for them to exist without one another.
It's also best to get a full picture than just the good parts of it.
Good and Bad feels more whole, content, and real, as long as there's a level balance between them.
I have watched logan paul actual video and that is not that bad like how you describe even logan paul mentioned respect & mental illness hotlines for that. Second you are trying to picture japanase people especially the girls or the dating culture as submissive one and people across the world want to taking advantages over that.
In english, #2 is called "stirring the pot" when its done to purposefully cause trouble
As a Japanese, I really appreciate your amazing work! 😊👏 That said, with all respect, what "bothers" me sometimes is when you or the interviewees say "In Japan...." or "Japanese people are..." but they only apply to Tokyo area (or at least not where I live) I'm from a small town in Kumamoto. For example, on one video, the interviewees were saying that Japanese people don't really talk with strangers. But that is not true at all in where I live. Strangers always talk to each other and people are very friendly. I know that your interviews are done in Tokyo area and many people in Tokyo think Tokyo represents the whole Japan. But you could mention that things are pretty different depending on where you go. Many of your videos do talk Japan as a nation and do represent Japan in general. But, some just represent Tokyo / big cities. You and your videos are still amazing! ❤️
I want to go to all the friendly places in Japan! ♡
I agree his interviews on tokyoites is not representative of the rest of Japan population who have quite different personalities and opinions
Well that's for the most countries too. In Romania people think we have a culture based on vampires when only those from Transylvania uses this for marketing reasons.
By the way, I love the Japanese culture and the mentality of the japanese people. I think we romanians have a lot to learn from you because communism destroyed our culture and traditions.
Defend the culture and traditions of Japan at all cost.
Just because people are friendly in your little town doesn't mean that's standard across all of Japan. That's the exception, not the rule. Moreover, Tokyo has a huge amount of people from everywhere. Visitors from small villages to big cities, all types of people visit Tokyo. Not just from Japan but from all over the world. Tokyo is an international city.
@@stevenhatcher3046 Yeah, you tell that Japanese person how Japan is!
You ended the video with "ciao ciao", you're clearly an Italian in disguise
haha 😂
I'm wondering from which region in Italy...
@@franciscotullio3398 Made from Naples...? 😍
@@franciscotullio3398 napori or mirano spring to mind :D
@@1nadjmi1 Mirano actually exists 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t know how can people hate on Yuta, he is an awesome guy !
Yeah! Like, holy shit, Nobita I can understand xD but YUTA?
MITCHELL DELGADO as a straight guy yes he is actually a good looking gentleman.
BlakeGripling Yeah I dont like Nobita he is extremely biased and ignorant. I see him as a nationalist.
yeah he seems like a super nice and intelligent person!
maybe they hate him because they cant understand xD
Person A: You make Japan look bad.
Well uh, ok then, I'll try to...
Person B: You make Japan look too perfect.
Wait, what?
Person C: You make Japan look too moderate
Mateusz Małolepszy conclusion: the haters will hate you no matter what, so keep being yourself (as long as you respect others’ existence and have morals, I mean)
Person D: You're Korean
@@NetherTaker Person E: No he looks more Chinese.
@@RyanNesbit69 Person F: No, he is actually person A
@@szymonsokolinski9907 Person G: all of the above
This man is a genius "wanna read hateful comments about me? Join my japanese learning classes" mad Respect for the hustle
My favorite one is when he said "do you want to understand Japanese porn well subscribe to my Japanese lessons"
🤣
Marketing 101
His game it's always on. I can respect that.
This should be interesting, why do Japanese hate Yuta?
"He's ugly"
Well then
Master RTP I’m not even gay but he’s handsome
@@wazsan he is!
@@wazsan We all have different tastes and opinions. I don't think he's good looking, but I wouldn't say he's bad looking either. He has a fairly unique look, and that to me is a positive at the very least. I think variation is interesting, even if I don't always like the variations.
That's kinda mean
I thought that was unecessarily mean but he did explain that it doesn't just mean ugly and people use the word when they don't know why they dislike a person.
Pretty mild hate for internet standards I dare say.
Yeah true
prob watered it down
It's to do with the very different ways japanese insult each other compared to the West, since there are no swear words or "masculinity" debate. Yuta made a whole video about it
Anyway, what language or culture has the most rude insults?
@@chitoisbestgirl6789 That depends on your perspective.
"That Secretly Korean Man Yuta" lol
Ahahahaha
Hahhahahah
This one made me laugh lmao
Koreans can act...look at the oscars (american awards) I bet is a common knee jerk reaction from japanese people to other japanese.
metalfish24 😂😂😂😂😂
Yuta: speaks English with a Japanese accent.
Haters: he's Korean!
His accent is far from stereotypical Japanese though. Makes me think he worked or lived in an English speaking country at some point.
Actually his accent does sound a little korean like it's weird to explain but he pronounces words 'spacey' if that makes sense Japanese people speaking english usually pronounce their words fuzzy compared to this guy
@@rohilthomson i think he mentioned spending some time in the US once
岩本文雄 No.
Dunno man, he doesn't have a common japanese accent. Personally never heard of it.
１人の日本人として、Yuta氏の意見に賛同しかねるときも、インタビューの回答者の意見がやや偏ってると感じるときもあります。それでも、海外の方々に日本からの視点を提供するというYuta氏を応援しています。これからも動画楽しみにしています。
As a Japanese person, I sometimes have different opinions with Yuta. Also, I sometimes feel the interviewee's opinions are a little biased. However, I deeply respect his effort to provide Japanese perspective to people overseas. I'm looking forward to your future videos. Good luck Yuta.
Nice you do say that, everyone has haters tho, however He got hate or not he just want share this to the word so,
🇧🇻
I speak Japanese but want to improve.
Everyone's opinions are biased.
4:59
i’m japanese and i like Yuta, but if somebody said “do u wanna be my friend?” on the street like he did, im so scared lol
I would be so scared too! It's like a horror film when the crazy character approaches you!
Modern era, so annoyingly suspicious
Who else wouldn't, lol
what a world we live in, where the people who are confident enough to initiate interaction are the "crazy ones". sheesh, sorry everybody guess I forgot there's very strict guidelines for when and where to make new acquaintances
Lmao that was so awkward and creepy
"Making Japan look bad" dude.. it's making Japanse relatable to other countries.. if you ask a random lithuanian to say the meaning of a rare word they don't use daily then it's most likely they don't know it. Japanase are people, they no better or worse than others in different country..
Yeah I feel like not knowing a kanji is like in English when you run into a word you don't know the meaning of. No one can be aware of everything.
If anything, the whole point of this video is to show that, yes, even as homogeneous as they are, Japanese people are still, well, people.
I agree; if there is some Japanese person reading this and worried about the Japanese appears thru Yuta videos: the image is diverse, complex (and not preordered as in an ad) ultimately also individual and humane. that in turn means we can relate to the person and utimately begin to understand better a point of view that wasn't originally mine. otherwise, an image that is too much uniform and pre-digested would look like a lie.
in other words, another thing that you will find is that there is also "bias" in the the followers here: we are aware that everyone that walks the earth (regardless of the cultures her/his is part of) is not perfect nor omniscent nor immutable, and we are content with that. we are not haters, nor weaboos. we just have a positive stance, coupled with an analytical predisposition.
in other words: don't worry about our take of Japan.
and I think that casual viewers that might look for a "quick fix" usually stop watching much sooner, as soon they understand that Yuta is going to appeal to their brains, instead of putting them to sleep with some stereotype...
I think the more realistic picture Yuta paints of japan is useful for some weebs out there.
Japan is an awesome country, that's for sure. But not a perfect utopia. I wanna go there in vacation, but i prefer living and working in my homecountry. There is no perfect nation and japan consists of way more than what is shown in anime/manga (weird that this is even a necessary information for some people)
@@C31c10n3 Exactly. Japan is a great country on many aspects. By like many other countries, it goes with its bad points. Of course, these points will vary a lot from one person to another. But thinking that Japan is the best country in the world shows a total lack of objectivity... From what I've seen, those who go with this idea in mind mainly go live in Japan to escape reality. To run away from problems they have back at home, such as low self-esteem coupled with egocentrism. They need people to value them, but since they can't achieve this at home, they go to a place were everyone look up to them (or so they think). Of course, going to Japan does not solve this problems. Quite the opposite actually... There is no escaping reality.
Yuta is secretly Japanese, I heard him speaking Japanese once.
That's crazy dude.
Unbelievable
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR
Whoa damn couldn’t tell
FBI be like: DELETE THIS
-The japanese man yuta
haters- "He's secretly korean man yuta".
-The american man yuta
haters- " He's secretly chinese man yuta".
Bruh, he's actually filipino
@@manamemajeff6283 Nah fam, he's actually Vietnamese
@@madonut6836 he's indonesian
He's Mexican you twats!
@@TheBunnygirl20 wait scratch that he's russian
I'm Japanese and I love his channel. He is cool and inspiring to me.!!!
I love Japan so much.I want to visit it one day hope this will happen one day ^.^
@ Lemi from Japan I hope to see your channel grow, you have some pretty good content 😃😃😃 you might also want to checkout Nobita from Japan, he too has really entertaining and informative content in his channel.
Adrienne R V san, thank you very much for your comment! I know Nobita san, 😊I really liked his video I saw a
few months ago, but i'll check more of his video. Thank you for your tips!
Wow I pressed your profile by accident and the first video I seen has an idolm@ster million live miniature
No, You are korean
Hi Yuta, I'm a (half) Japanese girl and I just want to say that I really like your videos. I live in Europe so I am not able to interact much with Japanese people/culture daily outside my home. These videos give me a window to be able to be up to date and be in touch with Japanese people /culture.
Same but I'm a boy and I did like 2 years of school in Japan
I am too!! I think I have an idea about Japanese culture from my mother and experiences but it definitely help watching these kind of videos!
What is your other half? :>
@@stevensiegert I'm half Belgian (Europe) and half Japanese haha
Is it only me or is there a bigger Chinese presence in Europe than Japanese? Would be nice to have a perspective from japanese/ half japanese people.
On April Fool’s Day, you should change your channel’s name to “That Korean Man Yuta” (or maybe use a Korean name) just to mess with the conspiracy theorists’ heads.
Genius
Pretty good one. lol.
Good idea, but I think that RUclips allows you to change your name only once per half year.
@@SmookieYT Uh no? I've changed my name literally after a few minutes after another about 6-7 times in a row lmao
Smookie I think that's for the channel URL. Name can be changed quite a lot.
Yuta, you're definitely not ugly lol
I think the reason Japanese people claim he's ugly is because of the facial hair or more squarish, which is a little uncommon in Japan, but more common for us. By Western standards, he looks good. By Japanese standards, he probably doesn't fit the common 'attractive' type
He already explained it but the reason is way more simple and it's not even specific to Japanese, they just want to put him down whether they truly think he is ugly or not. It's the most common petty insult used all over the world.
kris Agreed! I would kill to have Yuta's strong jawline!
@@しゅーおーくらけらん lol it's not common at least in my country and some other countries. If you just insult someone cause he's ugly it means you're childish and your insults are weak and laughable.
Yes he is.
But who cares.
Guys are rarely pretty.its just the way it goes
5:43 reminded me of my trip to Japan a few years ago. I was walking with my (Japanese) partner at night in Nishinomiya when we suddenly heard a commotion. A group of people were surrounding a drunk man who was talking loudly and vomiting and they were also pointing at me. My partner started laughing and I asked him what was going on and he said: "they're saying, 'please control yourself! There is a foreigner over there! She can see you!' I was baffled; I really didn't care but I guess some Japanese people do lol
Lol, that's an awesome story. 😂
accidentally pressed your pfp and noticed your youtube account is 12 years old. Holy shit thats the oldest ive seen so far
Dang, dude is vomiting, the time for control was long past! Should have thought of the foreigners when they started drinking lol.
@@kiiturii wew
Lmao you should have walked over there and looked horrified
japanese: he's Korean
koreans: he's Chinese
Chinese: 𝕩𝕦𝕖 𝕙𝕦𝕒 𝕡𝕚𝕒𝕠 𝕡𝕚𝕒𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕚 𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕘 𝕩𝕚𝕒𝕠 𝕩𝕚𝕒𝕠
@karina is this xue hao...?
雪花飘飘北风萧萧
GET OUT LMAO🤣🤣🤣
𝔁𝓾𝓮🥶 𝓱𝓾𝓪🧚♀️𝓹𝓲𝓪𝓸😻𝓹𝓲𝓪𝓸🗿𝓫𝓮𝓲👺𝓯𝓮𝓷𝓰🤩 𝔁𝓲𝓪𝓸😼𝔁𝓲𝓪𝓸.
Yoo what's up egg man
Hey Yuta it's guys
yuta hey guys its
Guys Yuta hey it's.
Yuta guys it's hey
its guys yuta hey
Guys
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AH! YOU FELL FOR IT, *THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!!!*
I love how you took hate comments and turned them into an informative video to educate non Japanese about Japanese culture. Great video Yuta.
Japanese people "If foreing discover we can't even write well in our own system they'll think we're dumb"
Foreing people studying japanese "so is not like japanese have superpowers for kanjis,they struggle to learn that damn symbols too"
Damn this dude is a genius, making content from haters
when life gives you lemons
Some musician youtuber make songs from hate comments..lol. check Elise Ecklund for example
go watch Losers read haters comments. Like you never seen papa franku done that before
I'ｍ a Japanese expat in the US. I think his videos are interesting in that he askes questions that are not often asked in Japan or the Japanese usually do not think much about. But I also do think that his translation of the comments by the interviewees is sometimes biased. Since I can understand both what is said in Japanese and how it is translated in English, sometimes I feel the English translation reflects Yuta's opinions more than the messages conveyed by those interviewed mostly due to his choice of words and phrases in English. To be fair, though, I should add that this is not a problem specific to Yuta's videos. Cross-cultural, cross-linguitic information gathering always has the risk of something being lost in translation.
Well said, sir. :)
Or the haters are plain stupid.
@@RyanNesbit69 Dim-witted boomer.
well, its probably also done because some words might be misunderstood, or his english understanding is different than yours.
I always find myself reading in english , games mangas etc, and sometimes, even the professionals translation seems off, some people just personalize the translation as they see fit, to make it understand better.
But no idea if its yuta's case because i can't understand japanese sadly :/
@@WastedTalent83 I agree very much. When literal translation makes no sense in the new language, I have found it impossible that a translator's personal experience and preference will not emerge in the translations.
Not to mention the translator's skill levels in both languages, and the translator's writing ability, will all affect the final product.
You certainly don't make Japan or Japanese people look bad. Just the opposite in my opinion.
違う
@@ryousukelovesyahshua 私の意見はあなたの承認の対象ではありません
@@ryousukelovesyahshua Aww; Chris the weeaboo doesn't know what an "opinion" is...
残念やな～
@@ryousukelovesyahshua Fuck off, bitch.
@@etymike エセ関西弁、、とは言い切れないコメント。くそぉぉぉぉぉぉぉ
I haven't been an active subscriber but randomly watched this video and...wow Yuta you've really improved by leaps and bounds in your spoken English.
When I came to work sick, my boss said "Get the f*** out of here, don't spread your germs". I spent a beautiful week working from home.
I wish more bosses were like yours
Was this is Russia?
@@hunkydory3521 No. You get a trip to Siberian Gulag there
i dont get how this relates to the video
@@xXxSkyViperxXx 3:57
I always find it interesting that taking a few days off from work is considered not causing trouble for others but taking your sickness to work and getting everyone else sick and putting them through the misery of being sick is somehow not considered causing trouble for others.
There was a paper recently published about how companies lose money by getting their sick employees to come into work resulting in getting other employees sick so no only is coming in sick hurting your co-workers it's even hurting the company you work for.
'That Korean Man Yuta' does have a certain ring to it. :-D
maybe is korean spy agent to make japan look bad
😂😂😂
@@blackninja9400 Well lets be honest here, the Korean government is continually criticising Japan over very old past wars. They keep trying to get commemorative statues put up even in America that commemorate "comfort women" that Koreans claim Japanese soldiers took. Some people say there is a lot of evidence that a lot of Korean prostitutes willingly went with Japanese soldiers for the money and now Korea is trying to say the soldiers forcefully took them. Almost all the Japanese soldiers from that era are dead now and the claimed victims too. Perhaps there is some truth on both sides, I have seen little Korean kids draw pictures of Koreans killing Japanese soldiers so I think they are educated to hate Japan from a young age. I don't like the way Korea still keeps trying to get Japan to pay reparations over and over, it never ends. My Japanese wife told me that a Korean journalist recently wrote an article about how Korea needs Japan for trade and he was found dead 2 days later or something similar, I haven't researched the details of that yet so I can't say for sure.
@@Explorshon123Please do NOT spread your knowledge of history anywhere else. You have been deceived by the false side of the history. Japan IS the criminal of the war, Korea isn't the only victim.
@@karkovb1522 Never forget the past, because Japan invasion was one of the worst thing ever happened in most countries in Asia. Yeah, we might have 'moved on' without a proper apology.
You are so articulate about other People's Hatred.
That shows how balanced you are as a Person.
Your haters are just jealous of your english skills :D
True
i'm like 99% sure that's what it is. he can speak english fluently, he has a huge following of english speakers from other countries and a super successful youtube channel doing that. any excuse they make for hating him is just a cover up for that jealousy.
His english is good,
Lmao
Lol right 😂
You're not ugly. You look like you should be a married man already.
He isn't?!?
Asking for a friend. 👀
I mean.... Ugly people get married all the time. In fact, they get the prettiest girls. Not saying he ugly!
@@9ra307 yea i learned that from some ugly bastard -hent- ahem i mean off brand
@@an0nym0us_slash35 no need to say anymore. You are a man of culture! 👍
一番気に入ってるユーチューバーなので応援しています。📣
The kanji thing actually made me feel better, since I feel less stressed about memorizing the kanji lol~
Memorizing them is important. Writing is actually different skill.
Think of it like: you know what humans look like, but you can only draw stick figures.
Your comment make me feel bad again. Memorizing alone is hard enough :((
Yeah, this. I'm trying to cram the kanji in now, and some kanji I just straight up can't memorise, so I check how common the kanji is and if I see it's one of the least-used ones I remember Yuta's kanji video and realise Japanese people probably don't remember it either and it makes me feel much much better. I just think pff, if I really need to know it later I'll just learn it by seeing it used.
@@EnraiChannel your example make me laugh hard
@@EnraiChannel i think it's more like recognizing faces. When you look at one, you know whose face is that. But it's hard to draw or even describe a face from your imagination
I love your videos, they are so informative and they give me hope and inspire me to visit Japan. Thank you!
MineCraft Pwnage - Ep. 1 - Creeper madness
@@sonicfan73887 yes that's a video on my channel
He isn't ugly. I always enjoy looking at his cute face lol
He's very 可愛い (kawaii)
he is just fine
@@blackninja9400 High cheekbones, and sharp jawline. He is far from average. His eye area and brow ridge could use some work.
He looks weird but I've gotten used to it lol
I find him very handsome, myself. His eyes and his smile, especially.
Just my opinion
People who text hate comment don’t really have enough love
No matter what they say
Just they’re so lonely.
Japanese people should love themselves:)
This haters need to find jesus
Japanese person: *Hates in Japanese*
American person: *Hates in American*
Dual Nationality person: *Tries to figure out which language to speak to you in*
@@fictionmyth Hates in Bilingual
I've come to realize that no matter what kind of content you create, no matter what kind of person you are, there will ALWAYS be someone out there who hates you just for the sake of hating someone. That's just the way some people are. It's an inevitable result of people being able to anonymously say whatever they want without consequences. Even this video already has 17 dislikes. It will have even more tomorrow and the next day. Who are these people? What reason do they have to dislike it? No one really knows, but people like that will just always exist to hate something just for the sake of hating something.
Probably because they are so miserable to the point they had to take their frustrations in their shity lives on other people who are doing well in their life
So true
I wouldn't say they would hate you just for the sake of it. They will have a reason. But yeah, no matter what you do, there will always be people who don't like you. It can be something as silly as being too nice.
Each country has their own good and bad points, but the “not causing troubles to other people” in Japan is so excessive to the point it’s bad/uncaring. This is a story I read about my fellow countryman a few years ago: she wrote that she was sexually harassed in the train. She is asian and perhaps the guy didn’t realize she wasn’t japanese. These perverts usually only targeted Japanese women because foreigners tend to be daring or spoken out. When she asked for help, all the japanese around her pretending not to know. No wonder so many people feels lonely there.
they gt nuke too hard i guess
Meiwaku culture is probably one of the things I hate the most out of everything I like about Japan. It's founded on such a simple, good-intended concept but it causes such a toxic culture around social norms and expectations, especially in regards to work and overtime.
And gender norms, strange double-standards that exist in the culture, speaking about injustices people "above" you have committed on you, and generally saying anything about any backwards part of the society. Japan is a cool place and I'm very into it, but it can be pretty horrible as well.
I can understand your sentiment but be aware that it's not a cultural thing that exists separately from the rest of Japanese culture, but rather is a part of the various layers that make up Japanese culture. Like a part from a car that is needed to make the car drive. Consequently, non-Japanese do not have to be okay with it or understand it, but it would help if their goal is to interact with Japanese culture.
Really, nothing could be more of a bother than infecting your co-workers with whatever you’ve got. Just take a day or two off.
@natto 3 Bruh
Meiwaku culture is actually one of the best things in Japan. All the services and good treatment you received and appreciate in Japan is because of that.
The problem in Japan imo is the group mentality of Japan and other Asian countries. People become very self-conscious because you have a pressure to fit in the society. And that causes many problem including bullying, stress, fake personas, sexism, racism, cyber bullying as seem in this video, etc.
WHO INSULTS MY BOY YUTA?!!
Yuta-san, you are a gentleman with a positive demeanour and indeed dealing with those negative comments rationally, and I admire that. Please keep up the good work.
I personally think your videos are good, because they at the very least show that there are a lot of different people in Japan. It shows that you can't rely on stereotypes, which should be obvious, but people still have them.
I wish EVERY country had its own "Yuta" !
Agree.
Ahh, I actually don't want that Vietnamese guy yuta. He'd say somethings like "truyện cổ tích" characters don't speak natural
@@quyankeo Aw man, Yuta is Vietnamese?
Brad the Pitts no he is japanese
Anytime there is a crime, big or small, right-wing Japanese people are always saying how the person is secretly Chinese or Korean...I feel bad for ethnically Chinese or Korean people that grow up here having to hear that.
I, as a Japanese, have made many Korean and Chinese friends and they're all fantastic people. I don't see why people should hate each other because of their ethnicity.
South Korea says it is a democratic country, but it brings out the historical problems of 100 years ago,The national prestige Politics is available.The anti-Japanese forces have suppressed even the statements of the living witnesses of history and are educating them on lies.
Actually it is quite true they spread illegal activities in Japan like shadow japanese companies operated by koreans transferring japanese equipment and products to north korea and South Korea illegally, this is happening for atleast 30-40 years now.
In 2006 and 2007, North Koreans in Japan were arrested for smuggling. Usually North Korea, Korean, Chinese.
@@reinersitanggang You are literally just proving OPs point...
Yuta finishes video.
*Once all the cameras are off, he rips of his mask to reveal he was Kim Jong Un the entire time!*
"...that was so closed"
Rofl
DUN DUN DA-
You can always "cause trouble" for other people:
*(Trying something new/not knowing something) & needing help
*Being too big and making people physically & psychologically uncomfortable
*Being too ugly & making people have to look away from you
*Being an extra customer at the convenience store that increases employee workload and the line's wait time
Might as well phase out of existence at that point 🥺😭👌wait...hikkikomoris 😭
I just love how you always somehow subtly relate all your video subjects to your Japanese course in the end. Genius.
Ikr
I just realized your shirt says "Yo Tube".
It *did* say RUclips at one time, but Autocorrect happened and...
Oi Tube
OMG! I think it says RUclips before I read this comment😂😂lmfao
The Kanji video is actually really funny. Just shows that learning Kanji is achievable!
Yuta is not only the most sober, unbiased, logical Japanese I've seen. He's the most sober, unbiased, and logical human I've seen on RUclips. You can see that in his arguments and in his calm demeanour.
I'm from Brazil and your videos made me more interested in Japan and its culture and people. You show through your channel that the japanese are loving, light-hearted people, and I liked it very much! It is in my plans to go to Japan in the future, and I think it will be a great experience. Congratulations for your work!
If anything, your videos only make me want to visit Japan even more
Same
#MeThree
@Floofy shibe #itsnotexaclywhatthismeans
Aren't you causing trouble if you infect other people by going sick to work.
Welcome to the paradox of work c:
Welcome face masks
@@asmylia9880 more like welcome to fake politeness of japan.
This happen a lot in many fields, they try so much to be polite that often come out as totally fake, or doing other damages they didnt think about.
Such a contrast, here, if you go to work while sick you'll get sent home because you're a bother.
Having to go to work while sick sounds so dystopian. if a boss tries to force that here he'll get in all kinds of legal trouble.
@@BillyViBritannia Face masks don't really make 100 degree fevers go away.
You're a nice guy! You have a very interesting channel! Keep up the good work, hi from Brazil!
Yuta - you're doing a great job of explaining Japan to the rest of the world in a funny, light-hearted and interesting way.
You know, my sister lives in Japan and is married to a Japanese guy. He's an awesome dude and quite frankly his whole family is amazing. So for me especially it is really important to shatter all these language and cultural barriers to gain a better understanding of the world in general.
I couldn't be more grateful for your work! Thanks!
英語聞き取りやすくていつも見てますよ！
これからも頑張ってください！
The one about working when you are sick is pretty common around the world.
I remember having a severe flu at some point, though it didn't last long, and while I spent the entire time I was sick in bed, my coworkers were making fun of me afterwards.
And that's to say nothing of being pressured into working in general when you're sick.
The thing is, in context of 'causing others trouble'...
Going to work when you're sick can actually be a LOT worse than staying home.
Obviously it depends on why you're sick, but if it's something contagious (like the flu)
Then by going to work you're probably infecting everyone else around you.
That means instead of just YOU being sick, you're going to be the cause of probably half the people at your workplace being sick.
So in fact, in not wanting to 'cause trouble', or being pressured into working anyway...
You're probably causing more harm than if you had just stayed away.
All this really says of course is that people don't always have a good sense of what will really cause problems and what won't.
I think it depends a lot on what your line of work is.
For example, I work at a kindergarten. So I know very intimately what the result is of people's "don't want to bother others" mindset. Because that also means that they send their sick kids to kindergarten so they don't have to miss work. Then the other kids get sick, then the whole staff gets sick. And when we, according to policy, call parents to pick up their damn kids cause they're too sick to be in kindergarten, very often the replies are either passive-aggressive, clearly signalling "You're bothering me at my work", or they just say "Sure, I'll come get him/her as soon as I can" and then they just arrive at their normal time anyway and drop the kid off the next day.
It's an extremely fucking annoying mentality. I think there's a difference between this in Japan and in western culture though. In western individualism, everyone loves to feel that "My workplace just won't function a day without me, I HAVE to be there." Pure egoism.
I just thought like what if the coworkers have the same ideology and they think they're causing trouble to you by making you work while sick
@@nicename7247 I think that depends again on the line of work. In my experience, female-dominated lines of work are far more lenient and even encourage you to take sick days while male-dominated workplaces tend to give you shit for doing so because it's viewed as a sign of weakness.
In the Japanese situation though that wouldn't happen. It's the individual that's not supposed to bother the group - not the other way around. Because if the group balance is upset by one selfish individual not doing their part, the group as a whole suffers.
That's basically one main aspect of Japanese "group mentality" or Shuudan ishiki (集団意識).
@@viljamtheninja Not so, I think it depends on the country. Here (all male) if you are sick you get told, "Go the hell home, we don't want it".
I saw the same said about Germany below in another comment. You have sick days and you are expected to use them. But we also have extra sick days to use when family are sick in addition to sick days for yourself, just a different approach to family and work.
@@JaysMackie That's a good approach.
Hi Yuta,
I’ve been watching your videos for years now. I find your content interesting. The very fact you’ve decided to find negative comments shows you are generally open to opinions and views of others.
While it was interesting to see what the negative comments some Japanese have of you just remember we all think you’re great!
Keep up the good work!
Yutaa! For me personally, your channel is one of the most down-to-earth, authentic windows into Japanese culture and I LOVE you for that! I'm from England, and it's actually crazy how many little cultural similarities there are between our two islands :) I'd love to know what Japan thinks of the UK!
"he's ugly"
but.... yuta is extremely handsome...
#yutaisawesome
Yes
Damn straight he is!
depends on culture i think. japanese tends to think flower boys are handsome. yuta's facial appearance is more masculine, which is preferred in western countries
The way he talks confidently makes him even more chaiming
Yuta. I think your videos are amazing and I have learned a lot about Japan by watching them over the years. Being a youtuber myself. I know I cannot please everyone but as long as the majority of people like my content. I am content with this and I just ignore haters. I always open my ears to positive and constructive comments that will help me improve on my videos. But hateful comments are just ignored and I just them off. Keep up the great videos Yuta. I would like to see some updates about the current status of Japan because I would love to visit them once the restrictions are lifted for international travellers.
All the best.
That thing about going to work while being sick is something i really don't get about Japanese. Going to work while being sick can cause several times the trouble as when one would've stayed home. Even when you're extra cautious spreading pathogens is something hardly avoidable.
Where are you from? Because in Germany you have to stay at home if you are sick to make sure not to infect your coworkers
It's an asian thing actually. Back when I was in school my parents would be pissed off if I told them that I'm sick and don't want to go to school. The expectation is that you have to go in order to have great attendance.
@@Cuteemogirl94
Germany. :-)
We had one case of someone coming to work with some diarrhea infection and a day later half of the section using the same toilet reported sick.
+8h from the person coming to work for a day - 320h because 10 others got sick and stayed home for 3 days + couldn't really enjoy their weekends.
@@Katcom111
I think it's not even just asia.. just saying that i can't understand the working culture (including school) since otherwise Japanese people are very focused on not causing trouble and potentially infecting someone with a disease is at the very top end of the bar of being troublesome.
The list of reasons for someone to be sick that are not contagious is very short.
IMHO Parents sending their children to school while they're contagious are on the same level as parents not vaccinating their children against stuff like Measles..
But well my opinion..
@@DiabloDBS I respect your opinion. It's obviously that your not East Asian or Southeast asian. Trust me it's an asian thing. This type of matter happens and I seen it happened. You might not understand it but this kind of act does happen.
my theory is because sometimes you skip jump spin intro, its truly unjapanese like
It seems like Japanese people want him to be some perfect representation of Japan - he’s just a dude asking people questions!!!
Yuta you do what you do and don’t care about the careful comments, ur awesome, and ur not ugly at all
50 years ago, many Chinese Martial Artist in California hated Bruce Lee for teaching Chinese Martial Arts to American, but Lee ended up becoming a Legend and was respected worldwide. Yuta, please ignore all the haters and do what you like! You are simply sharing Japanese Culture to the world just like Bruce Lee did 50 years ago! One day, you will become a Legend too!!
嫌いじゃないよ！楽しく観させていただいてます
I love Japan
@@numnum8357 😐
@@LJXrot What??
I think you do a great job, in both revealing interesting facts about Japanese culture, and creating an interest for your audience to learn the language.
To me you alway show how interesting Japanese society is, I have never felt any disrespect to your culture, on the contrary. I was in Japan in November of last year, I was also in May of this year and I will be making a short film in August as well. One thing I love about Japan, is that is one of the few countries in the world were English won't get you anywhere, this to me is a very positive thing, is a proof of cultural resistente even if it's just for how complicated it turns to learn (just as complicated it turns for any other country to learn Japanese). Do you think that some hidden reason for haters could be the the fact that you speak fluid English? Jealousy maybe?
I think your videos are awesome and very educational. It makes me want to know more about Japanese culture and hopefully I will be able to visit Japan someday.
The "bothering others" is sssssssooooooo typical :D
Long time ago when my Japanese teacher lived ( I really miss her :( )and I was at her to study the language she said a lot thing about this. So I can understand that some people still have this "issue". However since I watching your videos more and more want to go and visit your country. A know a lot things what should I expect and behave there.
Thank you and keep up the good work!
まぁずネットじゃ何でも言えるんね。
でもhatefulなコメントが来るってことはそれだけこのチャンネルも大きくなったってことですよ。
That’s a positive and interesting viewpoint. I’m sure the comments will get worse from here but that means the positive ones will grow as well :D
I'm learning japanese now and seeing that even japanese people struggle to remember some kanjis(like i do) really helped me not worryng too much about that
僕は海外に生活するようになってからあなたの動画をよく見ますが、勉強にもなりますし、日本の色んな面を世界に発信してるのは尊敬しています。頑張ってください！
I also like to watch the videos of Yuta, He shows me many things about life in Japan, and the Japanese people. I hope to visit Japan in the future.
You are the nicest guy in the world. Only love from me.
I love your videos. You offer a genuine, unique insiders perspective about your own culture that most of us would never be able to read about in books. Thank you for your videos!
I have followed your channel for three years. Your English becomes better and better! I am surprised that your pronunciation in this video is so clear
I always enjoy your videos. I think you are a very logical man. I respect that.
これだけ日本のことを英語で説明できるって素晴らしいと思いますよ。頑張ってください。Keep up the good work!
I can say with a high level of certainty that anyone who calls others "ugly, bias, troublesome are usually suffering those same flaws themselves. People read far too much into everything and should never be taken too seriously. Opinions are like ar$ehole$, everybody has One (-:
well the real reason is, "unknows" you'll never know who commented, so people feel entitled to say whatever they want, and take out their frustration and sadness on random people.
When people dump their own insecurities onto you, you should know that you've made it, Yuta!
I love you !! Please keep making videos. I have loved Japan since I was 13 years old and I continue to love that country and wish to learn more about it. I wish to go there so badly one day. I learn Japanese as a hobby and study up on Japan as an interest that I love.
Greetings Yuta San,
This is BIG BEAR and small girl. In my opinion, you are a person that speaks from the heart. You and I are the same in that aspect. Due to this trait that we both possess it is difficult for us to express ourselves without offending anyone. Yuta San never change I love your videos, my friend.
Sincerely,
BIG BEAR and small girl
April 1st, 2020 you have to change the channel name to "That Korean Spy Yuta".
*Plot Twist:* Japanese never hated the channel, the weaboos got offended by it.
I would not be surprised
lol can't stop laughing
Lol
Alex McLargo good to see you here
I wouldn't be surprised. The amount of weebs that think they can learn conversational Japanese by watching anime is astounding. And the amount of people that think Japan is actually like in anime is fascinating.
I loved your Kanji-writing video cos Kanji are HARD!!! I can see myself learning Hiragana and Katakana but Kanji... so knowing even native Japanese speakers find them hard makes me feel so much better.
I appreciate your honesty on Japan. My boyfriend and i plan on visiting sometime next year and want to learn as much as we can about the culture so we dont accidentally upset anyone and it gives us an idea what to expect while visiting.
We are also trying to teach ourselves a little bit of Japanese becasue its only fair to try to learn the local language. It also makes me feel better that not everyone knows kanji over there, its insane how many characters there are for it. At least i wont have to stress so much over not knowing it as much as the other two writing systems.
Yuta is secretly from Las Vegas and he makes all these videos from a bunker in Area 51. He will be discovered in the raid. ;)
it's funny people complaining that you're causing an annoyance/ disturbing other people, when their voiced opinion is likely to cause a commotion!
I wish I could meet people like yuta when vising japan. Meeting people is almost impossible compared to america, latin america and europe.
私はここで日本人です。正直言って、ユタさんは日本の人生経験、コミュニティ、反応、そしていくつかの社会実験についてのすべての真実を共有しています。 そして、私はすべての外国人に常に彼をサポートすることを提案します、そして私は彼が日本に行きたいと思ったすべての外国人へのガイドになることができると信じています。
I'm Japanese here. Honestly, Yuta-san shares everything truth about Japan's life experience, community, reactions, and some social experiments. And I very recommended to all foreigners to always support him, and I believe he can be a guide to all foreigners who wanted to go to Japan.
P/s : Sorry for my bad grammar, I hope you all can understand what I'm try to saying.
I really like your videos Yuta! I think you make Japan look interesting.
知的で誠実な動画が多いので個人的には好きです。
The funny thing is ... Yuta is making Japan look good. And these haters are making Japan look bad ...
Lmao Yuta looks like he's emitting a godly aura when he asks some people to be his friend
I would be his friend lol
Pretty interesting.
For example i don't find it surprising at all if Japanese people can not write many Kanjis. It is actually a lot to learn and you forget them after a while if you never use them. Thats nothing if i compare that to my own country Germany or America, where many have problems just speaking the own language in an understandable way and writing mistakes are abundant. Even with just the few letters we have.
Please keep doing what you do! I support your initiative! Some people will always say something negative!