"We Japanese don't like foreigners..But we love foreign tourists." Finally a Japanese RUclips channel had the balls to say it. That type of humorous candor is why I'm subscribed to your channel man.
@@yishihara55527 better for me then .i want to go eat and shop where are shops with more hearted positive person owner shop boss . Cave ppl should not be even bothered to visit 🙄🤣
As someone who has had formal Japanese language training and traveled to Japan numerous times (as a tourist!), I fully concur with ALL the points brought up by Meshida-san. Not a single point was hyperbole; he wasn't even joking, he was dead serious. Kudos to the great comedian Meshida-san for recognizing and sharing the truth.
After being married to a japanese for over 35 years I must admit that almost everything Meshida says is true. No more no less. However, I was lucky enough to make some friends, japanese ones, who are really honest with me and always tell me that i will never be a fully accepted member in their community. Even my partner always tells me pleease try not to act like a Japanese....my advice to foreigners: dont marry a japanese and follow meshidas advise!!
"Many Japanese people believe, japanese comedy is the best in the world" "Unfortunately foreigners never agree with this" That's because they haven't met you yet Meshida-san. (you're the best!)
Every time I tried to use chopsticks (when I was in China/Japan), they got taken out of my hand and replaced with a fork. Now I know it was all a secret plot to make me forever unable to use chopsticks haha.
Another nice one Meshida! But, based on my observation, Japanese people don't have many Japanese friends either. They just have a lot of coworkers. And to be fair, Americans don't have many American friends either as well. The older I get I realize more and more how rare "real" friends are. If you have three friends who can lend you $5,000/￥500,000 without a question, you are an incredibly lucky person who's living life right.
I think is a global thing because our definition of "true friend" is like a true love, somebody who will be there for u even in difficult situations. So only 5% find this kind of love.
1:05 I was in a small mountain village in Japan. I was amazed how the hotel we were at actually had people who spoke English. One man was particularly excited to speak English. He was very nice, and I appreciated his enthusiasm. They did a very good job making my family feel welcome. I have always dreamed of going back.
@@yishihara55527 At least he was nice rather than rude beggars in other parts of the world who want your money and demand it like they are thieves. I always ask "do you have a gun, a knife, a club, brass knuckles, Taser etc..." after I finish, I say "too bad! I do!" Then I pull out a knife and smile crazily while licking my lips and giving a deep guttural laugh. Most beggars run. Some have to be told to run.
@@yishihara55527 I don't care if he was using it as a chance to practice. The dude was genuinely happy. He was in a rural town with little to no foreigners visiting. I'd have been excited to practice too if I was in his position.
Propably the only Japanese youtuber who says it like it is...of course it's with a tongue in cheek but theres truth to it. Thanks Meshida for providing us with great entertainment. Your videos really uplift my spirit. Ps i love Japanese comedy.
I have been living in Japan for a long time so I want to sincerely thank you for your advice. Starting now I promise to unlearn my limited Japanese and unlearn how to use chopsticks properly and tell everyone I work with ( but not immigration ) that I am now officially a tourist. Your video did however, reaffirm one perception that foreign people have about Japan. Foreign people think Japan is cute and your video was very cute! ごめなさい 🙇
What??....this video pointed out their, insecurities, self-centeredness, bigotry, arrogance and racism what are you talking about LOL. I didn't think it was really cute at all. And ask kissing isn't cute on your behalf no matter what culture you're from. But I guess in Japan they do appreciate brown nosing a lot. I witnessed it times. 😅
About the chopsticks... when I did a student exchange in the late 1990s, I did notice quite a few Japanese people had a sort of sloppy style to both their handwriting and chopstick use. I wondered if part of the reason is that they learned both as children, when their hands were a much different size, and gradually grew sloppier as they grew. Meanwhile I learned as a teen/adult, so my hand never changed size during the learning process.
Once had a senior Japanese couple ask me for direction in Japanese, thinking I was Japanese. I responded in perfect Japanese but as soon as I spoke they realized their error and ran off. lol
@Trinity M What are you on about? I thought what he said about taking bribes was funny, so I made a funny comment (to me at least). I don’t understand why you feel the need to make anything more out of it.
Love the sarcastic humor Meshida put in this video!! It’s a perfect middle finger to lot of weebos watching, and it’s a brilliant approach to many of the sugarcoating videos about Japan out there! I’be been living in Japan for the last 12 years and although some facts have been exaggerated, many of it it’s true lol This video shows how great Meshida is as not only a Japanese comedian, but a comedian that can actually put a show for overseas crowd.
Quote of the day: "Dreams always come true at the sacrifice of other people's dreams" - Meshida-san . You can definitely be a philosopher after you retired from being a comedian.
I was stationed in Japan in the late 70's and fell in love with it right away. But yes, I always asked for a fork at restaurants, thank goodness they always asked too. Always so paranoid that I would do or say something to offend somebody. I enjoyed watching Japanese tv, didn't know what was being said but still the expressions made me laugh. Even the commercials. I want to go back and visit so badly, I miss the crowds and all those lights at night. Even the train rides. So many things I wanted to see and never did. Japan is ICHI BAN!!! (right}?
As a Scottish individual, I can very much relate to my humor and accent not being understood at all lol. Loved this video, very funny and entertaining!
6:58 there it is, he said it. this is why i always pretend not to know anything and say ''wakaranai''.... and when i say that, japanese are happy and very eager to teach me. i can do it all day. many foreigners should take this opportunity to learn to take humility, and be smart and live peacefully in peaceful japan. thank you so much for speaking my mind and all the minds of foreigners.
I married a Japanese lady and we were together for more than 50 wonderful years. I first visited Japan in the late 1950's and was briefly in Japan a few years ago just before covid. I miss the old Japan, but the modern has good points too. I learned a lot about Japanese culture over the past 60 years. (my wife passed away about 10 years ago) I traveled to many countries over the years on business, and had a funny experience in Argentina involving two Japanese business men, also traveling in Argentina. We were in a big hotel and I was going downstairs in the elevator with the two Japanese business men, to the breakfast restaurant. I'm an average looking Caucasian, but I have a pretty big nose as my father was German decent. I don't speak fluent Japanese, but I do understand a lot of spoken Japanese. The two Japanese business men never thought I understood what they were talking about. What they were talking about was they were making comments and questions about my big nose. I thought about saying good morning to them in Japanese, but I didn't want to embarrass them. I just looked at them and smiled. In my travels to other countries it seems that most of Japanese business men are reasonably fluent in English, but don't consider that people they may meet in another country can understand spoken Japanese. And mostly this is true, but not always.
Your restraint was admirable. I probably would have politely asked them why they felt they could comment about me in Japanese. We lived overseas until my daughter was in high school. She attended Japanese schools and has a masters degree in Japanese. When she worked as a translator on her first jobs the businessmen called her late at night requesting she entertain them. Instead she would assist them in obtaining a sex worker. When they wouldn’t pay their bill for sex and the sex worker asked her to pay, she would help them place it on the hotel charge for the room and request an itemized bill. Hopefully this sent a message to the company about the inappropriate behavior. My daughter studied computer science and quit speaking Japanese. Neither of us feel a tour of Japan is desirable. Why go to a country of Lawson and terrible traffic when the people are not even honest enough to be loyal to their spouses?
@@v.m.8472 Yes unfortunately it is frequent in Japan because many Japanese wives are hard taskmasters, and the men want to get away and let off a little steam. Many of the Japanese males are not the lord and master as they are portrayed in the West. That went out the window maybe 30 or 40 years ago.Japanese woman also have changed over the years to being more spoiled and demanding. Yes, there are still quite a few traditional (old fashioned ) Japanese, but in order to find them you have to live in the smaller towns and countryside. That's where you will find most of the old folks as many of the younger Japanese have migrated to the cities like Tokyo and Osaka. Also many have left Japan for other countries such as my niece and her husband who have lived in Australia for about 20 years. My wife was the old fashioned kind but she was also not exactly the bowing shy wife. Before I met her she had worked in her fathers small construction business for a number of years as the assistant to her dad. She was the oldest child, and she learned old fashioned management techniques from her father (how to be the boss) and occasionally she had to step in between her two younger brothers who also worked in the family business, and tended to disagree on occasion about things. She had to make several trips to Japan over the years for that very reason when they were in a fighting mode. Her dad was no longer running the business because of his health.
You have my deepest sympathy on your loss. I speak English and Spanish but I look like a tanned person from the US. So many people talk to me in English and I talk back to them in English. It’s so funny to see their surprise when I get a call and revert to Spanish. I speak both languages native.
There is a Japanese lady RUclipsr, named "Mayo Japan" , she speaks quite fluent Hindi(an Indian Language) which is very good to hear. She explains many things related to Japanese culture in Hindi language. When a foreigner tries to speak an Indian language, it sounds good to our ears. As for Japanese comedy there's anime named "Gintama", "Naruto" and " One Piece", it is very funny. Even your videos are funny.
This is probably the best travel advice for anywhere you go as a foreigner. People are sensitive to being excluded but exclusion is a natural part of life. Language is a key to understanding a society and even then, unless you're born in that world, you will never truly know what's their perspective and how they experience things, and you don't need to, just immerse yourself in that culture and be yourself in that world.
When I was in Japan I found the people really appreciated me speaking a few words in Japanese like good morning, afternoon, please, thank you and so on. It shows that I did not look down on them and I appreciated them.
Once again thanks for another splendid video. I LOVE VISITING JAPAN. I'm African American and when I visit Japan I get treated as though I'm a Hollywood celebrity !!! Life is so wonderful when you visit Japan as a tourist !!!
Dont worry Meshida-san I have played a certain japanese game franchise that has taught me a lot about Japan. Seriously, I'm basicly a Japan expert now. I think it was called Yakuza? Great bunch of guys. They taught me to punch my problems in the face, amongst other things. I wanna hang out with them when I go to Japan. :D
They were not so bad, I remember having drinks with some weird dudes in suits and sandals hanging around seedy establishments in shinjiku 15 years ago. Friend was semi fluent and I used a phrasebook but we had fun.
@@qadar25 It's not so bad until things go wrong. Many people say, "Oh, New York City is FINE!!! [because nothing happened to me]" I've talked to many people who had guns pointed at them during armed robberies. NYC is pretty fucking far from "fine."
@@yishihara55527 true, but I guess I'm just not that sensitive to danger I come from a country that is generally peaceful but every household has an ak47 and most neighbourhoods have a heavy machine gun and or rig. And people wave guns at each other while arguing loudly. But we still have a fraction of the murders Chicago or NYC have.
Hey! I’m actually learning Japanese currently. Starting from the hiragana lessons. I work for a Japanese company that has a restaurant in California, where I live! But one of my dreams is to visit Japan and speak Japanese very well so that I can converse with locals but I will allow them to speak English with me as well. Haha Japan is awesome! Well…except for the strict labor practices 😅
I often ate out in Japan, but quickly learn not to order in Japanese. The waitress would look at me puzzled and turn to my Japanese friend and ask them what I wanted or they would reply in English. As a foreigner they expect you to speak English so they switch on their English, but when you respond in Japanese they are confused as to what you said for their thinking you spoke English or some other language, too funny. I eventually gave up order in Japanese and either pointed to the item on the menu or spoke English, rather be frustrated.
Once in a while I get a person who will continue speaking Japanese, like those at expensive dept stores. I appreciate this because it makes me feel like welcome and not like some illegal immigrant or something. When I speak Japanese and they blatantly respond in English or say what or excuse me, it makes me feel bad like I’m not welcomed. I sometimes feel offended inside.
You are so correct about the chopsticks. Back in 2010, when my USN ship went to Tokyo/Yokohama; I remember vividly eating at a restaurant (my then -gf frequented, with several of her friends); and they were so amazed that I was handling the chopsticks as well as they were. They kept staring in amazement, like I was a science exhibit! 🤣🤣🤣
One of my Japanese friends would frequently complain that Japanese people would praise foreigners for having good Japanese language skills, when they weren't actually very good. I explained to her that when it comes to gaijinsan, it's not that the dog speaks well, it's that the dog can talk at all.
I spent some time in Taiwan as a college student and it was similar to what Meshida-san describes. If you speak a little Chinese, and know a little about the culture (but not too much), they love you. If you speak too much Chinese, suddenly a switch is flipped and suddenly they treat you like a Chinese... speaking very fast and colloquially, and expect you to know a LOT more about the culture and how to behave properly. Also, if someone speaks to you in English, for God's sake answer in ENGLISH -- they are trying to be helpful and if you ignore their English you are insulting them and making them lose face i.e. "I disdain your crappy English!" or some such. But, underneath all of that, they're great people, like the people of Japan as well, and after all we are all human beings. A smile will get you far.
No worries about me ever speaking Japanese fluently! When I took a semester of Japanese in college, my instructor lamented that "fail" was inadequate to describe my ability. (He made sure to fail me anyway!)
Meshida,why are you not a spokesman for the Japanese Ministry of Tourism? "Please come to Japan, spend foreign currency, leave us alone, then kindly leave and only return when you have more sweet cash💵💰💴"
The toddler thing makes so much sense 🤣 I was at a restaurant in Japan, I was trying to use chopsticks. The waitresses screamed “Kawaii!!” Very loudly like they’re watching a toddler trying to do a magic trick 🤣
Meshida is one of a few who tell us how it really is.. but in his very unique style. Others say it too, but more indirectly.. I'd love to see Mrs Eats and Meshida do a comedy duo sometime. BTW he is right, no one outside of their own islands really *gets* British or Japanese humor..
This is so impressive and awesome dear Japanese Comedian Meshida! A very informative and detailed review about 8 things Japanese do not want us to do in Japan in a very amusing way! Loved it, thanks for sharing this enchanting experience with us! We joined your inspiring channel! With friendly greetings and kind wishes, Alex and Alexandra
Brilliant video Meshida-san. And you are correct. As a Brit myself, foreigners don't understand British humor either due to the fact that Japan and the UK share one thing in common....we are both an island people with our own distinctive culture. The rest of the world just dont "get it"......and plus they are all "foreigners" 😂😉 You have earned a sub, sir.
This was funny in a semi-serious way...dare I say this video was satirical? I think you cured me of my onetime thought of living in Japan. I won't throw my Genki books away quite yet though, haha!
When I was in Japan, I hold chopsticks awkwardly and I mistaken green tea for wasabi. The Japanese lady besides me corrected me. But she also secretly told the waiter about me and they are both giggling. I was so embarrassed. They must be feeling superior about an ignorant alien.🤪
He isn’t lying about experiencing a whole new world haha. I miss my former throne of a toilet in Japan. Now I have to make due with my spray gun in Thailand
I worked for Itochu in Houston Tx. Learned a lot of interesting things about Japanese people. I have no idea how you got into my feed, but I am now subscribed because you remind me exactly of my former Japanese business colleagues.
I lived in South Korea for over 8 years and their style of comedy is similar, lots of silly talk shows and game shows. One benefit is they often have the sentences transcribed while someone speaks so it is a good way to practice Korean. I think this is similar in Japan and some of the slapstick is funny, especially the crazy late night shows! Gambate!
I really appreciate your funny way of telling the truth. A university buddy of mine did learn Japanese and worked in Japan several years after graduating in robotics , then came to Italy telling me exactly what you said ( differently ;) ) ! Bravo !
My impression is that he's giving truth with humor. I once worked for Yamaha in the US, and on rare occasion met a very few Japanese. They were all friendly and polite. For commonality with US people, though, that would mostly be in respect of work matters, and perhaps consumer items like cars. I suppose the best I'd be able to do would be to be friendly and considerate, and mean it. Really understanding and assimilating the culture seems a much larger challenge than appears on the surface.
Great video Mr Meshida, I got to know a few Japanese technicians when installing a new machine at work. Invited them for dinner, they were fascinated by the pet guinea pig and when opening foil wrapped potato I think they were relieved to see vegetables.Had to laugh
as usual had a good laugh, domo arigato Meshida-san ;) reminded me as i went for 1.5 month in a homestay to Japan in 1991, couldn't set a foot in the city i was without somebody taking me to view some place under the assumption: crap the f****g gaijin is lost again, have to help him!
Let's deepen the mind fuck. There are Japanese that will act pissed if you don't act lost. They are known to stand in front of the ticket machines at the train stations in Tokyo and will approach any foreigner that they see because they want to "help" them. They don't like it when you say, "Actually, I've been purchasing this ticket daily for the past 20 years..." They want you to always be that lost tourist so that you fit into their box. Otherwise they start malfunctioning because they are already mentally screwed up people.
You’re actually super right-my Japanese pronunciation made conversations with city hall officials go nowhere hahaha. I had to cancel my MyNumber card application, but my reason was not clear, only my pronunciation was good. I did not have enough vocabulary to explain why I had to cancel, but the staff kept asking me for the reason and spoke incredibly fast. I had to make up an easy excuse just so the phone call could end after 20 minutes. 😅
I was mid sip of some UCC coffee and nearly spit it at the screen when you talked about chopstick usage and comparing it to a child's drawing with praise. Keep up the good content Meshida San. Next time I'm in Tokyo I hope I can meet you so you can treat me like a child.
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Thank you very much for watching!
I want to experience the Whole New World 😂😂😂😂
Sarcasm like a Brit😂😂
混乱があります、日本語でArrogant Englishで書きましょうか？
Well... you single-handedly destroyed the myth that Japanese don't appreciate sarcasm!
So, you are warning us that Japan is a sick minded country?
"We Japanese don't like foreigners..But we love foreign tourists." Finally a Japanese RUclips channel had the balls to say it. That type of humorous candor is why I'm subscribed to your channel man.
thanks!
Some don't even like tourists because they won't let you into their shops, bars, restaurants, etc.
Me to I love the honesty
@@yishihara55527 better for me then .i want to go eat and shop where are shops with more hearted positive person owner shop boss .
Cave ppl should not be even bothered to visit 🙄🤣
@@The-Sigma-Principle They will hate you just as much...perhaps even more.
As someone who has had formal Japanese language training and traveled to Japan numerous times (as a tourist!), I fully concur with ALL the points brought up by Meshida-san. Not a single point was hyperbole; he wasn't even joking, he was dead serious. Kudos to the great comedian Meshida-san for recognizing and sharing the truth.
ああ、日本語土手んですね
@@wiandryadiwasistio2062 *上*手 unless you made that mistake on purpose...🙄
What Meshida brings up is same as many places. Learned at an early age just accept and enjoy, hakuna makata!
To say a professional comedian isn't joking is kind of insulting.
After being married to a japanese for over 35 years I must admit that almost everything Meshida says is true. No more no less. However, I was lucky enough to make some friends, japanese ones, who are really honest with me and always tell me that i will never be a fully accepted member in their community. Even my partner always tells me pleease try not to act like a Japanese....my advice to foreigners: dont marry a japanese and follow meshidas advise!!
"Many Japanese people believe, japanese comedy is the best in the world"
"Unfortunately foreigners never agree with this"
That's because they haven't met you yet Meshida-san. (you're the best!)
but Meshida-san is not doing Japanese comedy :D
arigato!
hahaha😁
well meshida speaks English so he is not Japanese
@@deanrubin3639 No...Meshida is Japanese...but not a "Authentic" real Japanese. 😉😂
Every time I tried to use chopsticks (when I was in China/Japan), they got taken out of my hand and replaced with a fork.
Now I know it was all a secret plot to make me forever unable to use chopsticks haha.
I love the brutal honesty disguised as humor.
arigato!
@@Meshida I appreciate the honesty because after several trips to Japan I clearly understand it too.
Another nice one Meshida! But, based on my observation, Japanese people don't have many Japanese friends either. They just have a lot of coworkers. And to be fair, Americans don't have many American friends either as well. The older I get I realize more and more how rare "real" friends are. If you have three friends who can lend you $5,000/￥500,000 without a question, you are an incredibly lucky person who's living life right.
Yes, I agree with you.
thanks as always!😊
Yeah, but is the person that you are borrowing that money from "incredibly lucky"?
The real question is, is the person who wants to borrow $5,000 from them their friend?
I think is a global thing because our definition of "true friend" is like a true love, somebody who will be there for u even in difficult situations. So only 5% find this kind of love.
You must have very rich friends...
If I ever go to Japan, I want Meshida to be my tour guide. He's awesome.
hahaha😁
No. You don't!
Same here
Meshida will be my Tour Guide for the best Foreigner "Soap Land" locations in Japan! He is well experienced in these kind of things. 😉😂
No tips for you Meshida😂😂😂
1:05 I was in a small mountain village in Japan. I was amazed how the hotel we were at actually had people who spoke English. One man was particularly excited to speak English. He was very nice, and I appreciated his enthusiasm. They did a very good job making my family feel welcome. I have always dreamed of going back.
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Reality Check: He was "very nice" because he was using you for a free Engrrrrrish lesson.
@@yishihara55527 At least he was nice rather than rude beggars in other parts of the world who want your money and demand it like they are thieves. I always ask "do you have a gun, a knife, a club, brass knuckles, Taser etc..." after I finish, I say "too bad! I do!" Then I pull out a knife and smile crazily while licking my lips and giving a deep guttural laugh. Most beggars run. Some have to be told to run.
@@yishihara55527 I don't care if he was using it as a chance to practice. The dude was genuinely happy. He was in a rural town with little to no foreigners visiting. I'd have been excited to practice too if I was in his position.
@@brycekleinschmidt438 Hey weeb...I promise that you won't be happy being used day in and day out as a free Engrrrrish language lesson system!
Propably the only Japanese youtuber who says it like it is...of course it's with a tongue in cheek but theres truth to it. Thanks Meshida for providing us with great entertainment. Your videos really uplift my spirit. Ps i love Japanese comedy.
thanks!
You're weird!
Jonah...you love Japanese Comedy...but you will NEVER u understand it, according to Meshida...lol! 😉😂
I have been living in Japan for a long time so I want to sincerely thank you for your advice. Starting now I promise to unlearn my limited Japanese and unlearn how to use chopsticks properly and tell everyone I work with ( but not immigration ) that I am now officially a tourist. Your video did however, reaffirm one perception that foreign people have about Japan. Foreign people think Japan is cute and your video was very cute! ごめなさい 🙇
Thanks!hahaha
@@Meshida Thanks for your reply...:) Hope to meet you someday and work on comedy.
What??....this video pointed out their, insecurities, self-centeredness, bigotry, arrogance and racism what are you talking about LOL. I didn't think it was really cute at all. And ask kissing isn't cute on your behalf no matter what culture you're from. But I guess in Japan they do appreciate brown nosing a lot. I witnessed it times. 😅
@@TheVernonENT take it or leave it.
About the chopsticks... when I did a student exchange in the late 1990s, I did notice quite a few Japanese people had a sort of sloppy style to both their handwriting and chopstick use. I wondered if part of the reason is that they learned both as children, when their hands were a much different size, and gradually grew sloppier as they grew. Meanwhile I learned as a teen/adult, so my hand never changed size during the learning process.
Once had a senior Japanese couple ask me for direction in Japanese, thinking I was Japanese. I responded in perfect Japanese but as soon as I spoke they realized their error and ran off. lol
I've lived in Japan since the 90s and I have to say....I love his brutal honesty!
"We're not used to getting bribes, unlike politicians" At least that's constant all over the world.
@Trinity M What are you on about? I thought what he said about taking bribes was funny, so I made a funny comment (to me at least). I don’t understand why you feel the need to make anything more out of it.
Love the sarcastic humor Meshida put in this video!! It’s a perfect middle finger to lot of weebos watching, and it’s a brilliant approach to many of the sugarcoating videos about Japan out there! I’be been living in Japan for the last 12 years and although some facts have been exaggerated, many of it it’s true lol
This video shows how great Meshida is as not only a Japanese comedian, but a comedian that can actually put a show for overseas crowd.
arigato!
As a foreign living in Japan... This is the funniest honest review I have ever watched 😂
Quote of the day: "Dreams always come true at the sacrifice of other people's dreams" - Meshida-san . You can definitely be a philosopher after you retired from being a comedian.
Hey, it worked for Carlin.
I was stationed in Japan in the late 70's and fell in love with it right away. But yes, I always asked for a fork at restaurants, thank goodness they always asked too. Always so paranoid that I would do or say something to offend somebody. I enjoyed watching Japanese tv, didn't know what was being said but still the expressions made me laugh. Even the commercials. I want to go back and visit so badly, I miss the crowds and all those lights at night. Even the train rides. So many things I wanted to see and never did. Japan is ICHI BAN!!! (right}?
As a Scottish individual, I can very much relate to my humor and accent not being understood at all lol. Loved this video, very funny and entertaining!
Thank you for your honest opinion.
6:58 there it is, he said it. this is why i always pretend not to know anything and say ''wakaranai''.... and when i say that, japanese are happy and very eager to teach me. i can do it all day. many foreigners should take this opportunity to learn to take humility, and be smart and live peacefully in peaceful japan. thank you so much for speaking my mind and all the minds of foreigners.
Takeshi castle show is known globally for its sense of humor.
That one too and japanese prank is on another tier
hahaha😁
I married a Japanese lady and we were together for more than 50 wonderful years. I first visited Japan in the late 1950's and was briefly in Japan a few years ago just before covid. I miss the old Japan, but the modern has good points too. I learned a lot about Japanese culture over the past 60 years. (my wife passed away about 10 years ago) I traveled to many countries over the years on business, and had a funny experience in Argentina involving two Japanese business men, also traveling in Argentina. We were in a big hotel and I was going downstairs in the elevator with the two Japanese business men, to the breakfast restaurant. I'm an average looking Caucasian, but I have a pretty big nose as my father was German decent. I don't speak fluent Japanese, but I do understand a lot of spoken Japanese. The two Japanese business men never thought I understood what they were talking about. What they were talking about was they were making comments and questions about my big nose. I thought about saying good morning to them in Japanese, but I didn't want to embarrass them. I just looked at them and smiled. In my travels to other countries it seems that most of Japanese business men are reasonably fluent in English, but don't consider that people they may meet in another country can understand spoken Japanese. And mostly this is true, but not always.
Wow, good job lol
Thank you.
Your restraint was admirable. I probably would have politely asked them why they felt they could comment about me in Japanese. We lived overseas until my daughter was in high school. She attended Japanese schools and has a masters degree in Japanese. When she worked as a translator on her first jobs the businessmen called her late at night requesting she entertain them. Instead she would assist them in obtaining a sex worker. When they wouldn’t pay their bill for sex and the sex worker asked her to pay, she would help them place it on the hotel charge for the room and request an itemized bill. Hopefully this sent a message to the company about the inappropriate behavior. My daughter studied computer science and quit speaking Japanese. Neither of us feel a tour of Japan is desirable. Why go to a country of Lawson and terrible traffic when the people are not even honest enough to be loyal to their spouses?
@@v.m.8472 Yes unfortunately it is frequent in Japan because many Japanese wives are hard taskmasters, and the men want to get away and let off a little steam. Many of the Japanese males are not the lord and master as they are portrayed in the West. That went out the window maybe 30 or 40 years ago.Japanese woman also have changed over the years to being more spoiled and demanding. Yes, there are still quite a few traditional (old fashioned ) Japanese, but in order to find them you have to live in the smaller towns and countryside. That's where you will find most of the old folks as many of the younger Japanese have migrated to the cities like Tokyo and Osaka. Also many have left Japan for other countries such as my niece and her husband who have lived in Australia for about 20 years. My wife was the old fashioned kind but she was also not exactly the bowing shy wife. Before I met her she had worked in her fathers small construction business for a number of years as the assistant to her dad. She was the oldest child, and she learned old fashioned management techniques from her father (how to be the boss) and occasionally she had to step in between her two younger brothers who also worked in the family business, and tended to disagree on occasion about things. She had to make several trips to Japan over the years for that very reason when they were in a fighting mode. Her dad was no longer running the business because of his health.
You have my deepest sympathy on your loss. I speak English and Spanish but I look like a tanned person from the US. So many people talk to me in English and I talk back to them in English. It’s so funny to see their surprise when I get a call and revert to Spanish. I speak both languages native.
There is a Japanese lady RUclipsr, named "Mayo Japan" , she speaks quite fluent Hindi(an Indian Language) which is very good to hear. She explains many things related to Japanese culture in Hindi language.
When a foreigner tries to speak an Indian language, it sounds good to our ears.
As for Japanese comedy there's anime named "Gintama", "Naruto" and " One Piece", it is very funny. Even your videos are funny.
This is probably the best travel advice for anywhere you go as a foreigner. People are sensitive to being excluded but exclusion is a natural part of life. Language is a key to understanding a society and even then, unless you're born in that world, you will never truly know what's their perspective and how they experience things, and you don't need to, just immerse yourself in that culture and be yourself in that world.
THANK YOU MESHIDA. LOVE YOU BRO.
thanks!
When I was in Japan I found the people really appreciated me speaking a few words in Japanese like good morning, afternoon, please, thank you and so on. It shows that I did not look down on them and I appreciated them.
It was very good. thank you :)
Once again thanks for another splendid video.
I LOVE VISITING JAPAN.
I'm African American and when I visit Japan I get treated as though I'm a Hollywood celebrity !!!
Life is so wonderful when you visit Japan as a tourist !!!
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You remind me of my mother's advice on how to avoid conflict with other people while on vacation in the U S: Don't talk, smile, and spend money.
Dont worry Meshida-san
I have played a certain japanese game franchise that has taught me a lot about Japan. Seriously, I'm basicly a Japan expert now.
I think it was called Yakuza? Great bunch of guys. They taught me to punch my problems in the face, amongst other things.
I wanna hang out with them when I go to Japan. :D
I already have. Believe me, it's not something that you want to do.
I see what you did there 😂
They were not so bad, I remember having drinks with some weird dudes in suits and sandals hanging around seedy establishments in shinjiku 15 years ago. Friend was semi fluent and I used a phrasebook but we had fun.
@@qadar25 It's not so bad until things go wrong. Many people say, "Oh, New York City is FINE!!! [because nothing happened to me]" I've talked to many people who had guns pointed at them during armed robberies. NYC is pretty fucking far from "fine."
@@yishihara55527 true, but I guess I'm just not that sensitive to danger I come from a country that is generally peaceful but every household has an ak47 and most neighbourhoods have a heavy machine gun and or rig. And people wave guns at each other while arguing loudly. But we still have a fraction of the murders Chicago or NYC have.
Hey! I’m actually learning Japanese currently. Starting from the hiragana lessons. I work for a Japanese company that has a restaurant in California, where I live! But one of my dreams is to visit Japan and speak Japanese very well so that I can converse with locals but I will allow them to speak English with me as well. Haha Japan is awesome! Well…except for the strict labor practices 😅
we love foreigners speaking Japanese!
keep studying!!
I often ate out in Japan, but quickly learn not to order in Japanese. The waitress would look at me puzzled and turn to my Japanese friend and ask them what I wanted or they would reply in English. As a foreigner they expect you to speak English so they switch on their English, but when you respond in Japanese they are confused as to what you said for their thinking you spoke English or some other language, too funny. I eventually gave up order in Japanese and either pointed to the item on the menu or spoke English, rather be frustrated.
Once in a while I get a person who will continue speaking Japanese, like those at expensive dept stores. I appreciate this because it makes me feel like welcome and not like some illegal immigrant or something.
When I speak Japanese and they blatantly respond in English or say what or excuse me, it makes me feel bad like I’m not welcomed. I sometimes feel offended inside.
Straightforward info! Love it and well done! Brave and real.
All the advices are very true. Thank you Meshitda San!
arigato!
this is so true in honest way. thank you, sir.
You are so correct about the chopsticks.
Back in 2010, when my USN ship went to Tokyo/Yokohama;
I remember vividly eating at a restaurant (my then -gf frequented, with several of her friends); and they were so amazed that I was handling the chopsticks as well as they were.
They kept staring in amazement, like I was a science exhibit! 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks, Meshida. This has been very helpful.
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Pure gold...🤣
Loved this.
thanks!
Love your content especially when you are with Mr Ken Suzuki, awesome stuff and very informative.
One of my Japanese friends would frequently complain that Japanese people would praise foreigners for having good Japanese language skills, when they weren't actually very good.
I explained to her that when it comes to gaijinsan, it's not that the dog speaks well, it's that the dog can talk at all.
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Never criticize the performance of a whistling cabbage.
Dude, I like your honesty! Nice video!
I spent some time in Taiwan as a college student and it was similar to what Meshida-san describes. If you speak a little Chinese, and know a little about the culture (but not too much), they love you. If you speak too much Chinese, suddenly a switch is flipped and suddenly they treat you like a Chinese... speaking very fast and colloquially, and expect you to know a LOT more about the culture and how to behave properly. Also, if someone speaks to you in English, for God's sake answer in ENGLISH -- they are trying to be helpful and if you ignore their English you are insulting them and making them lose face i.e. "I disdain your crappy English!" or some such.
But, underneath all of that, they're great people, like the people of Japan as well, and after all we are all human beings. A smile will get you far.
Always enjoyable, thank you
Thanks as always!
Brilliant video, as always!
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ここまで説明してくれると思わなかった！流石ですね！
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Japanese comedy that is very dry and cutting, akin to British humour. New subscriber here! Keep on doing what you do! 🙏🏼
Very well done! One of your best!
After visiting family in Japan and going there more than once, I can attest that this is a very accurate video. And very funny!
Thank you for the heads up and advise. I will definitely adhere to your words of wisdom if I am ever fortunate enough to visit.
Arigato🤩
No worries about me ever speaking Japanese fluently! When I took a semester of Japanese in college, my instructor lamented that "fail" was inadequate to describe my ability. (He made sure to fail me anyway!)
Many thanks for your humor and candor. Subscribed.
Arigato!😍
Meshida,why are you not a spokesman for the Japanese Ministry of Tourism?
"Please come to Japan, spend foreign currency, leave us alone, then kindly leave and only return when you have more sweet cash💵💰💴"
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Thank you Meshida-san, your video is really helpful 😁
Loved the honesty and found it a bit funny too. Having an insight to how we are perceived it great so thank you. Love your Chanel Meshida.
arigato!😍
Thank gawd for subtitles.
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Thank you for bringing in a funny way some facts about Japan. It is quite educacional too.
I’ve been looking for a channel like this! 😂
I'm British and i get your humour. You're a bloody funny guy. Who knew this cultural compatibility existed! Subscribed.
The toddler thing makes so much sense 🤣 I was at a restaurant in Japan, I was trying to use chopsticks. The waitresses screamed “Kawaii!!” Very loudly like they’re watching a toddler trying to do a magic trick 🤣
"Your ass will experience a whole new world" .. I lost at it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Best tips that I ever hear about travel to Japan.
Meshida is one of a few who tell us how it really is.. but in his very unique style. Others say it too, but more indirectly.. I'd love to see Mrs Eats and Meshida do a comedy duo sometime.
BTW he is right, no one outside of their own islands really *gets* British or Japanese humor..
This video got me good. Nice advices.
Arigato!!!
After living in Japan for some time, it’s very hard to distinguish when you’re joking or being honest.
I’m loving your videos man!
Arigato!
This is so impressive and awesome dear Japanese Comedian Meshida! A very informative and detailed review about 8 things Japanese do not want us to do in Japan in a very amusing way! Loved it, thanks for sharing this enchanting experience with us! We joined your inspiring channel! With friendly greetings and kind wishes, Alex and Alexandra
Thanks!!!
My man on the inside spitting truth out here
Keep it up
I really love Japanese humor. Every time I want to introduce Japanese comedy to my friends I always go with DOWNTOWN (Gaki no Tsukai) and/or Gintama 😆
your english is FUNtastic to listen..As you said your show is unique because of your strong accent.. thank you for your intelectual comedy...
Thanks!
Brilliant video Meshida-san. And you are correct. As a Brit myself, foreigners don't understand British humor either due to the fact that Japan and the UK share one thing in common....we are both an island people with our own distinctive culture. The rest of the world just dont "get it"......and plus they are all "foreigners" 😂😉
You have earned a sub, sir.
Arigato!😊
@Meshida your engrish is amazing
Your advice is all true and useful. Ironically because of your kind advice, now I want to live in Japan. 😃✨✨
Funny and straightforward guy haha you get a new sub, and like. Your videos are great.
This was funny in a semi-serious way...dare I say this video was satirical? I think you cured me of my onetime thought of living in Japan. I won't throw my Genki books away quite yet though, haha!
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That image at 1:53 🙌🏿🤣💀🤣🙌🏿
When I was in Japan, I hold chopsticks awkwardly and I mistaken green tea for wasabi. The Japanese lady besides me corrected me. But she also secretly told the waiter about me and they are both giggling. I was so embarrassed. They must be feeling superior about an ignorant alien.🤪
Wonderful!!!
He isn’t lying about experiencing a whole new world haha. I miss my former throne of a toilet in Japan. Now I have to make due with my spray gun in Thailand
I worked for Itochu in Houston Tx. Learned a lot of interesting things about Japanese people. I have no idea how you got into my feed, but I am now subscribed because you remind me exactly of my former Japanese business colleagues.
If Japan had more people like Meshida, i'm sure Japanese will no longer sees foreigner as alien 😂😂😄
It's not good to generalise, but a lot of this is on point. Don't mistake good manners for friendliness.
Meshida should become the tourism mascot 👍
arigato!
I want めしださん to produced masks of his face. 🤣🤣🤣
Hello Mr. Meshida,thank you for this information , this is useful as one day I might visit Japan and not to force myself speaking in your language😂😂😂
Mr. Meshida you are honest about what is really going on in Japanese culture, I am very amused at the way you discussed about it ,thanks a lot .
I lived in South Korea for over 8 years and their style of comedy is similar, lots of silly talk shows and game shows. One benefit is they often have the sentences transcribed while someone speaks so it is a good way to practice Korean. I think this is similar in Japan and some of the slapstick is funny, especially the crazy late night shows! Gambate!
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Thanks for the reference about the Uighurs! I've only watched a couple of your videos but I'll subscribe and watch more. Thanks again.
It is completely different from my experience in Japan. I lived for four years and enjoyed my stay in Japan and made many friends.
I'm joking(half) hahaha😁
@@Meshida is it a British joke? 😆
I really appreciate your funny way of telling the truth. A university buddy of mine did learn Japanese and worked in Japan several years after graduating in robotics , then came to Italy telling me exactly what you said ( differently ;) ) ! Bravo !
メシダさん, your English is like your humor, not western standards but works very very well!
ブラジルからのご挨拶.
thanks!
My impression is that he's giving truth with humor. I once worked for Yamaha in the US, and on rare occasion met a very few Japanese. They were all friendly and polite. For commonality with US people, though, that would mostly be in respect of work matters, and perhaps consumer items like cars. I suppose the best I'd be able to do would be to be friendly and considerate, and mean it. Really understanding and assimilating the culture seems a much larger challenge than appears on the surface.
Japan is like Origami, beautifully complicated. 🗾🙇🏾♂️
good line!😊👍
Great video Mr Meshida, I got to know a few Japanese technicians when installing a new machine at work. Invited them for dinner, they were fascinated by the pet guinea pig and when opening foil wrapped potato I think they were relieved to see vegetables.Had to laugh
as usual had a good laugh, domo arigato Meshida-san ;) reminded me as i went for 1.5 month in a homestay to Japan in 1991, couldn't set a foot in the city i was without somebody taking me to view some place under the assumption: crap the f****g gaijin is lost again, have to help him!
arigato!
Let's deepen the mind fuck. There are Japanese that will act pissed if you don't act lost. They are known to stand in front of the ticket machines at the train stations in Tokyo and will approach any foreigner that they see because they want to "help" them. They don't like it when you say, "Actually, I've been purchasing this ticket daily for the past 20 years..." They want you to always be that lost tourist so that you fit into their box. Otherwise they start malfunctioning because they are already mentally screwed up people.
He is the most authentic youtuber!
arigatooo!
This is gold 😂
arigato!
Great content as always keep up the the good work
You’re actually super right-my Japanese pronunciation made conversations with city hall officials go nowhere hahaha. I had to cancel my MyNumber card application, but my reason was not clear, only my pronunciation was good. I did not have enough vocabulary to explain why I had to cancel, but the staff kept asking me for the reason and spoke incredibly fast. I had to make up an easy excuse just so the phone call could end after 20 minutes. 😅
I was mid sip of some UCC coffee and nearly spit it at the screen when you talked about chopstick usage and comparing it to a child's drawing with praise. Keep up the good content Meshida San. Next time I'm in Tokyo I hope I can meet you so you can treat me like a child.
I'm Australian, I definitely understand the 'foreigners not understanding our comedy' thing 😂
Great satire told with a straight face.😊😊😊