6 Surprising Life Lessons I Learned in Japan
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- In the video I want to outline what 6 life lessons I have learned from living in Japan for over 5 years, which I think you could also learn from and incorporate into your life. So why is Japan an island of tranquility and stability, why does Japan have the highest quality of life in the world?
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With all its problems i find japan so unique and fascinating . This must be the 100 th video i have watched from many many youtubers including abroad in japan and nobita but still i am learning a lot . That tells me a lot about this country and for me represents " the value system " and respect shown in movies like last samurai . West has to learn a lot especially the mutual respect part of japanese . Thanks for the video Connor san .
Really happy your enjoyed the content Haroon-san! You are completely right, all the stereotypes of Japanese mutual respect & civility towards strangers are true. Hope you have the chance to visit Japan sometime when traveling goes back to normal
I like your perspective and I'm glad you feel that way. I'm really grateful for our ancestors' efforts and high spirit and the gifts that we've been passed on. It's really important for us to live in a harmony. I hope that we can keep it and improve even better. But I'd still tell people to be careful because not everybody is nice unfortunately. I hope you keep enjoying being in Japan🙏
Please make more videos of your africa and france experiences and perspectives , I feel a very honest approach in these videos . Nice
Thanks so much Haroon! I'm new to this RUclips stuff and feel my delivery is a bit boring, but my main intention it to offer insights in a sincere and honest way, so happy you feel that way. I'd certainly try t make videos about my time in kenya & France, two of my favorite places on earth!
I studied Japanese for 3 years before coming to live here 27 years ago, so I had a pretty good grasp of the language when arriving. The thing that annoyed me the most (and still does) was the severe overuse of the phrases Shoganai and Shikataganai (It can't be helped. There's nothing I can do about it. etc.) They use it as an easy out to not try harder, or to not do anything about something that is clearly not right. It's the complete opposite of Kaizen. My students often asked me how to say it in English because they use it so much and want to do so also in English. Before telling them the various ways we say it in English, I always warn them that we Americans actually use it (in my estimate) only about a third of the time Japanese do. Americans are much more active in trying to right a wrong. Of course, that reduces "harmony", but it also makes things get better over time, which I feel is a much slower process here in Japan. Things may be different in the Kansai (Osaka) area, but most of my experience is in the Kanto (Tokyo) area.
Also I never owned a bicycle, but I hear that they are stolen often, one reason that the police often stop people and check for registration. I personally have had 3, yes three, motorcycles stolen in the first 3 years of living here, as well.
My son was recruited by the local "chimpira" who got him and his friends to steal motorcycles. Sorry about that...
Excellent video
Thanks Andrea! Really happy you enjoyed the content:)
I actually enjoyed this. Hope you make more videos like this. Keep up the great work. Thank you.
Not going to lie man. That clip you chose to represent the new York city train made it seem pretty damn awesome to ride 😄
Yeah yeah, Japan is pretty awesome. But the clip from the NW subway was a whole other level
😂😂😂
Hi Conner. Enjoying your perspectives from Orange County, CA. I'm VN. Been to Japan about 4 times. I like clean, safe, responsible citizens.
Thanks for sharing!
underrated channel 👌👌
I think it is a great place to live with high quality of life ... for a foreigner. Japanese people don’t have such an easy ride - there are a ton of unsaid but assumed expectations that they need to obide by. This can completely ruin their life to the point that lots of young Japanese people are opting against getting into the ‘system’ and instead getting part time jobs, remaining as students, or even emigration. Some aren’t so lucky - he seems why the suicide rate is so high. As a foreigner you can get out of these expectations - regardless of how long you’ve lived there or how good your Japanese is. But they are still there. I ended up leaving as I felt guilty ignoring all the expectations I knew the Japanese people doing the same job I did had to face. Why them and not me? It’s not fair. I try to help, but then I realise it’s better not to get involved if you want to have time to sleep or do anything other than work.
Japan is a fantastic place. I keep going back. But, I feel for the Japanese people who have to shoulder all of the pressures society place on them.
Your vids are great you deserve more subs! Great insight and quality production...
you deserve more subs. your content is fantastic and superbly produced.
Glad you think so!
Thank you I liked very much your points and I really think they are great. I enjoyed all of this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
New sub from France, nice&informative content! Keep it up 👍💪🏾
Thanks so much for the positive message Sakura! Really happy you enjoyed the content 🙌 I used to live in France, beautiful country, miss it constantly!
Fantastic video Connor, I don't go back to Japan as much as I'd like but I always found the safety of the country and politeness of the Japanese people to be extraordinary!
Thank you for tell about Japan and their people's.
Of course! I'm happy you enjoyed the video Dennis:) BTW, great name! My brother is named Dennis
You nailed it!
super cool perspective man!! New Zealander living in Shizuoka Japan!
Thanks so much Callum!! Glad you enjoyed the content! 🙌 Hope you enjoy Shizuoka:)
Nice video!
I loved the New York subway 😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's funny but unfair... Yes, it happens but it's usually youngsters later asking for a tip for their "show"...
Although not as quiet as Japan, nuc subways are usually people just minding their business and not too noisy... except the annoying announcements....
These high level +points are great, but Japan is a contradiction. Used to sleep with my door open but had 3 bikes stolen. Girls walk home drunk after midnight but Japan has separate trains cars to protect women. Travelling and living are different experiences. Still wld/will live again.
Awesomeness, opposite of America in every way. In a good way.
Agreed! 😃
👍👍☝️☝️
I heard about that from the school kids but I didn’t know they clean the buildings like the kids cleaned outside Off other buildings to
I always wanted to go to Japan I heard they call it the land of the rising sun ☀️
An Island of tranquility & stability? I thinknEngland currentlyfits that bill as well ( I do know it's part of an archipelago ,' Great Britain': lived there for some time)
Most of the philosophy is Confucianism based from chinese philosophy. And it depends where you are from to look at it. But thanks for sharing lessons, instead of just saying Japan is great and thats it.
I guess most people know Kaizen was imported into Japan by the Americans (!)? Although, when one thinks of ,e.g., Seiko & the continual improvement pre WW2..en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen?wprov=sfla1
A couple of other countries queue ( line-up ) well ( must be others as well?): old friends U.K. & Portugal ( nice to see the union flag behind the queue in the clip).
yoroshiku onegaishimasu == 잘 부탁 드립니다...
I dunno if I'm already doing #6 right or just procrastinating...
Advanced society.
I questions some of your examples.....
At 8:43 do people ever say no? What if it's someone you don't really like? Can you just honestly say no? Because although the honesty is respectful in my opinion, from what I understand about Japanese culture is they value not offending over honesty
One other small thing - practise your intonation for 嬉しい金曜日 it’s a little off. But hey, it’s cute :)
Japan runs a pretty good ship. But I think the Scandinavian countries got them beat
Japan got anime😂
Yes true but man they’re hell boring! Couldn’t bear a month being in any Scandinavian country
Aren't they having trouble with immigration right now?
I agree mostly except for the bikes.
They do steal them, put in a large container van and sell it in the Phillipines. Dont ask me why I know. 😂
wtf???...gusto ko malaman iyan
Why would you not take your trash with you after watching a sporting event?? I grew up in Hawaii though so my outlook may be different - it's heavily influenced by Japanese culture.
I love Japan, but why do you keep saying that it has the highest quality of life in the world ? It's not even in the top 10.
Yeah, U.S. News gives it #14, just ahead of the U.S.
Well the thing is it really depends on how each survey is done. This is a tricky one from how many different perspectives you can tackle it from when you investigate this particular field, that’s why they all come up with a different results.
It's impossible to measure correctly as there is no right or wrong way to measure it. Even from official sources they have to arbitrarily choose factors and weight their importance. For example right now I'm in Thailand, I will leave soon because I am 28yrs old and Thailand is not a good place to develop my career and earn money. However when I'm older and retired I value low cost of living, nice weather, quality healthcare then Thailand will offer a high quality of life for my situation
@@ctb1977 There are social sciences that use actual data to measure these things. It's not impossible to form an idea, based on actual results, to quantify the impact various factors have on people's lives.
The data may vary from person to person, but this isn't about one person in particular, it's an average.
@@scratchy996 yeah the data itself is objective, but deciding which data to use and how to use it is subjective. For example healthcare score contributing a 10% weighting to the overall quality of life score is subjective. Older people would value healthcare more than a young person.
ニューヨークの地下鉄 頻繁にこんなことが起きんの？くれいじー
It all boils down to high IQ
cliche alert! no! XD
they don’t need a holiday to celebrate war criminals in a shrine; that can be done any day