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When the cart guy said "Oh--- you're Japanese? Excuse me. Then we're the same" - it was precious!!! He didn't question how it was so, he just accepted it with respect and love!
Are you a racist? You do understand there are millions of Asians in the UK who are considered British. It is actually illegal to tell them they are not British. It’s hate speech.
Yeah that's all nice and good. But here's the thing she said herself that her family came there as missionaries. Missionaries are colonizers. They seek to change the religious and cultural beliefs of the population they infect. Said that her parents are still missionaries. She's not Japanese. She's an invader and a colonizer. Sorry if you don't like what I'm saying that's too bad but anybody that goes to a different culture and tries to force change on them through altering. Their religious beliefs is not part of that culture
@@OrientalPearlit's amazing that you don't question the fact that her family are missionaries, which means they are colonizers trying to change and influence the culture that they are infecting.
Its funny, Alecia has some of the Japanese face expressions and gestures 😄 She seems very nice and polite, just as you would expect from a japanese person 🙂 Very sweet
I thought the same thing. Even the way she listens and responds to someone when they're speaking was pretty Japanese. The "Mm" they do as a way to tell the other person that they're listening is something non-natives don't generally do.
@@andrewmildenberg4210 they are born there live there its normal if u move and live in some country for example 5 years you adopt their culture behavior and if u born there its normal
plenty of people like her live in Japan. I guess IWas quite lucky to have studied in university in Japan with people like her. I know a dude he's 6'3" tall white, lived his whole life in Japan, but his family is from Alabama. You wouldn't know if you spoke to him over the phone. coolest dude I know. His wife is German, they have two kids and live in Fukuoka.
Japan IS a very lovely country, it is my favourite on Earth. I am blessed to live in Australia, but Alecia put it perfectly, there's a calmess and this sense of joy in Japan that i've never felt anywhere else in the world..
It’s my favourite place I’ve ever visited. I had no expectations (we were there for husband’s work/tokyo marathon) and we LOVED it so much we went back a year later and brought our family to experience it.
My parentage is Polish, I was born in London and once in a bar in Notting Hill I was speaking Polish to the bar maid, when a Jamaican told me F Off back to my own country, I turned around and in a west London accent told him I was born in Shepherds Bush, the look on his face was priceless.
I’m American, born in Japan. Alicia’s expressiveness is perfectly Japanese 😊. My Japanese mother has been gone now 3 yrs. I miss her very much. She was almost 94. She never taught us Japanese, she said, because she didn’t want to confuse us. I knew better. None of my other half Japanese friends spoke Japanese either. Our mothers wanted to do their best to assimilate into the American culture after immigrating to the U.S. I remember a few phrases, but that’s it. I had a friend here in the U.S. that went on a mission to Japan who is full Japanese, but spoke broken Japanese. It was awkward for him to speak to them, he said, as they were confused at why he was full Japanese, but couldn’t communicate it well with them. I felt for him. Thank you for your channel. I’m really enjoying it!
What a waste! If your mother had taught you Japanese you could have always picked up extra cash working as a translator. Or you could be watching Japanese films. What a wasted opportunity.
It's because your mother was a War Bride and knew Japanese society will never view children of foreign fathers and war brides/trophies as Japanese. They were not even given Japanese citizenship.
Your mother probably listened to people who were in a position of authority when they warned about 'confusion'. It's been proven over and over for years to be completely untrue. Kids don't get confused.
The part where Alecia said her parents made her speak english at home is so relatable as an immigrant. We are asians that moved to South america. My parents made us speak our native language at home, because we already got enough of spanish at school. But My brother and I can´t speak to each other in our native language... unless we had to say something secretly to each other ... and also, the shock from natives when they saw asians speaking spanish perfectly. Now there are more and more asians in south america, so in large cities is not an issue..., but if we go to the countryside, we still get people trying to speak to us using hand gestures....
I remember going to a sushi restaurant in Buenos Aires employed by all Japanese Argentines who had lived there for generations and hearing only Spanish. It was a fun experience.
I totally relate to this but I am the opposite to you… My brother and I are British born Chinese and growing up my parents insisted we spoke only Cantonese at home as we got all the English outside… so we would blend the Chinese and English together (known as Chinglish to us folk!) if we didn’t want our parents to understand what we were saying 😂
American-born Asians don't like when people in the US ask about their roots and want to be treated as just "Asians". On the other hand foreign students from Asia want to be recognized as people from their countries e.g. Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc. and not lumped as just Asians. These cultural things can be quite complicated. Wisdom of age has told me to let it go and go with the flow and just explain to people without taking offense or getting upset. Like in this video instead of saying they're from Japan or they are Japanese, maybe just say we're of English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish descent but born and raised in Japan. This way people do understand.
As an American Born Chinese (ABC) from NYC, I always loved it when other nationalities speak any Asian language , makes me feel proud of my heritage especially I was raised in a mixed culture household, some British and American along with Chinese traditions
There's some irony in that though. I'm sure the woman was proud of her British heritage until she went there and found she doesn't have much in common with them. It's a similar experience for many second generation kids. At one point they have to make a choice because when it comes to very different cultures, one can't follow both at the same time. For non-Asians in Japan it's even much harder than in the US, which is multiracial and doesn't associate their national identity with a certain look. In Japan it's the norm that even native-born people will be seen as foreigners when they don't look Asian. They could be 5th generation, doesn't matter. Most Japanese will never see them as real Japanese.
@@ramdas363do u think coloured people are accepted in the US by the whites.. yes there are a bunch of liberals and open minded crowd but majority of the whites lives under the belief that America=White, sounds harsh but true, an European immigrant will be treated better that a 3rd/4th or 5th generation coloured person
I really enjoyed hearing Alicia's story. You always learn something new from her viewpoint. Her unique experience is something anyone could learn from. It's great she got to have a rickshaw ride for the first time. A new memory formed! 💜
Indeed, as an Englishman living outside London, going to London is like going to a different Country with bits of British architecture sporadically dotted about. It's the same with all the big cities really, and I'm sure it's the same for a lot of Countries in that their big cities rarely represent the Country these days.
She and her brother look so much alike, it's awesome! I hope that they never forget what an amazing situation they're in, despite all the challenges with people that assume things because of how they look.
AWESOME!!! A million subs! You've worked hard and certainly earned it. What a great episode. I really enjoyed the talk with Alecia, and have enjoyed the past ones with Joshua.
Very happy to see you hit the million subscribers mark. Lots of hardwork on your part. Always having great content. You've come a long way. Congratulations!
It might just be me but i loved the rickshaw guy when he douns out Alecia was japanese and saying "we're the same then!", i thought that was a really cool reaction to finding that out. Really interesting video about a situation that feels very unique!
@@OrientalPearl I would love to see a video featuring one of the big department stores in Tokyo (Mitsukoshi, Takashimaya), going floor by floor--and visiting the grocery-bakery department. I have fond memories of this.
Congrats on 1 million subs! Well deserved. Being a tourist in your own hometown is weird but also so much fun. I've discovered so many cool places and things to do as a tourist in my on hometown. I highly reccomend people to do that, even if it feels silly.
That 何が起こるを知らない "survival mode" feeling is one of my favorite parts about traveling to countries where I don't know the language or culture well, but I don't think I'd want to live in a place where I felt like that full time.
@@Doing_Time I guess you don't like Japan then either because it's a very non "frontiers" type of travel country. Not sure why you're even watching this.
@@autohmae Definitely not. It's not called Londonistan for nothing. I have never heard anyone utter the sentence "You know what, in Japan the work culture is much better than in Europe"
The lady needs to visit Lancashire, people are really friendly there, also the North East. People are super friendly there. Also the Irish love to talk to visitors. Just because she's been to London doesn't mean she understands how Britain works or how British people are. London is completely different to the rest of the UK.
Agree with this. London is like a different country. The further north you go, the friendlier people get, even if the accents sound a little more intimidating.
I was going to say that people who have only lived in London can only really say what they like or don’t like about London. Many parts of the UK are miles different.
Love your videos! I've lived in Japan for a total of 10 years, 5 years were spent in the Tokyo region, and a Japanese friend lives near Ueno, so the places you filmed were familiar. I imagine it must be very interesting for folks who have lived in Japan for 20-30+ years, especially those who grew up there, to have a very international identity, in which in many ways Japan IS home. I've only lived there 10 years, and I miss so many things about Japan all the time.
I found this very fascinating... Many people live a life this way, with a different background and born in another country. I myself have a duel citizenship. Thank you for sharing, as I would enjoy more like this seeing the surprised reactions like those in the video. (Congrats on the 1M)💕
I love this channel. It’s always so positive, and interesting. I love it when people open their minds and explore. I have to admit you’re one of the best spokespersons for travel, Japan and language learning. Pimsleur would be well advised to hire you as a full time spokesperson. You are the best example of successful language learning! Keep up the good work and all the best! Brian in Toronto Canada! 🇨🇦
Love your videos. I teach English online to japanese students and your video has given me insight to their culture, their beautiful country which they are proud of. It answers some of my many questions which I get from your interviews and your trips to the local places.
I am 100% japanese born in the US and when I went to kindergarten and 1st grade there in Japan I was teased as american. So even as a pure blooded Japanese the kids discriminated against me so I know how you guys feel. My Japanese sucks so its ok because I prefer to speak English, but in Japan I end up having to speak Japanese 😂😂😂
My step-grandfather was a Japanese-American and was in the WW2 internment camps as a kid. Sadly, there was a time when that was considered okay. I am not Japanese, but people always assumed I was (I have a look where people think I am mixed, and I also get Native American a lot). I was teased for this. It's wild how prejudices work and how kids are especially bad because they have no filter. I wish we lived in a world where people celebrated different people and cultures or kept their opinions to themselves.
@@gR22401 These things are 100% natural for children, people should accept this when moving to places they will be minorities in, the only countries that actually try and make others feel welcome to the point of discrimination against their own are Western countries founded by Europeans
Alecia's reaction to the UK is interesting. I've only lived in one other state, briefly, but it does make you appreciate things you were never aware of. Same with my home town. As a kid, it was small and dull, but now I realize that being on Lake Michigan was way more interesting than being landlocked. Like _The Wizard of Oz_ sometimes - there's no place like home.
Alecia was probably referring about the UK to her experience in London or outside London in the southeast of England. It's like judging the USA by only experiencing New York city. People are far friendlier and approachable elsewhere in the UK. The woman who cuts my hair worked previously in London. She went there from Poland. When she first came to my northern city she thought several people mistook her for someone they already knew. No, we're just that friendly to total strangers!
I used to watch you back when you only had 500,000 subs, I don't know why but the algorithm changed up and life changed up but it's really great that it showed back up and now that you're at 1 million that's so awesome! I hope you continue doing well!
I liked it when you and Alecia spoke Japanese. All the Japanese words sound the same to me but I can see from the English subtitles they really do form complete, complex sentences. It's fascinating how kids pick up the local language perfectly, not matter what their ancestry. Alecia does have a good American accent when speaking English.
@@OrientalPearlReally? For example…“I/You/He/She/They eat” vs 食べる or “I/You/He/She/They rode the train yesterday” vs 昨日は電車を乗った. I might say something else about the difficulty of Japanese - English/English - Japanese interpreting though… given the vast differences in the grammatical structure of the two languages.
@user-ks3ol3lw3b Chinese and Koreans immigrants look like the Japanese , but alas, they are not a part of that cozy family either. They are those neighbors you find in a gentrified area that are dirty, noisy, diseased and you have to call the police on them whenever there is a crime. Euphemisms are fun! (tf is wrong wit u?)
@user-ks3ol3lw3bso it’s only bad when white peoples do it. They must be accepting and sensitive to everyone at all times but it’s ok when other ethnicities do it. 🤔
I love these videos! And I love the charisma of most of the people streetside selling some sort of tourist experience in a lot of countries. This rickshaw guy was amazing!
In 20 years the country I love (the UK) has been destroyed by migrants. I loved visiting Japan for its safety and culture, but the architecture made me so depressed.
@@richardwills-woodward if by migrants, you mean the Conservative Party, then yes. I would hardly blame migrants for the lack of funding to the NHS, 15 years of unnecessary austerity, fewer police, the smallest army since the Napoleonic wars, underfunded social services, the rich getting richer or massive Gov fraud. But aye, blame migrants because you don’t like black or brown people…
@@richardwills-woodward took me years to put my finger on what it was I didn't like there. Yeah something about the interior design there. There's generally a lot less creativity than here or Europe.
You only have a developed world and can say the nonsense you say precisely [because of] the English. Ignorant Muslims and Africans fail to grasp this. They like to move to english land though. A strange decision given their views by majority. @@Natasha-oz6ik
I lived in France for a while and Parisians have a very similar affectation when they’re hesitating/thinking out loud mid-sentence. Only exposure to the living language and culture have this effect.
you know this would be such a good and interesting video for young schoolers to be shown while in schoo. I really think it would help give them a different perspective on the differences of people at the same time the things we all share as just human beings and there may be even a lesson in tolerance there.
I just love watching the reactions when you and your friend spoke Japanese and said she was from japan. That made me chuckle his reaction. It was worth the reply. Stay safe and blessed 🙌 ❤
I can't help but notice her mannerisms are definitely Japanese, especially with the "uh, uh" grunting in agreement when listening to someone else speak. That seems to be very culturally East Asian. It's very interesting.
I love your channel. Such interesting videos. I could watch them for hours. Very interesting to see how a woman born in Japan and whose native language is Japanese is still treated like a foreigner in some regards. I'm also super impressed with your command of so many languages. Congratulations on having so many subscribers!!!
This was quite interesting, I had a friend who grew up in Iran; her parents were from America and also were missionaries there. But when 1979 came, they had to leave. My friend had completely American English and of course looked as American as anybody else, but something always seemed a little bit off, her reactions to things, her attitudes. When I stopped thinking of her as an American and thought of her as an Iranian who just happened to be Anglo-Saxon looking and spoke native English, it all made sense. it was hard for her though, because Iran was her home; she missed it a lot and was unable to go back.
That was my experience. I was at Misawa, Japan, and it was a small city, surrounded by a farming community. The people were very helpful and friendly there. But I heard that the people in Tokyo were not as friendly.
London and the rest of Britain are different. I wouldn't recommend anyone live in London unless they had to for work. Also British people are reserved and don't really interact with strangers (unless drunk), we are friendly once you get to know us, we have weird sense of humour, we like to form a queue, we like to talk about the weather, we like roast dinner and fish & chips, we are accepting of other cultures, we like to be polite and say sorry a lot
They do up north, It was quite a shock for me and i'm from the midlands. It's literally night and day vs London. London is more like NYC with the rep of everyone being quite rude and tbh there is almost a 50% chance you're not interacting with a English person at all.
OOoopp North we are very friendly and open (I from Lancashire), it's only in London that people are afraid to interact with each other, in my experience.
@@FinalHourMetal Yep, when she said "British people won't really talk to you" I immediately thought "You went to London, then". I commuted between Staffordshire and Shropshire for over 10 years, and on the two occasions when I had car trouble, within minutes somebody stopped to help me sort it out, once a guy stopped to slow the traffic so I could change my wheel safely, and the other time the gear linkage came away and a guy fixed it with some latex gloves! 🤣
Yep, London doesn’t reflect the rest of Britain especially the North. Like most capital cities in the world, it’s very egocentric and people don’t engage with their neighbours never mind anyone else. Come to the North and receive a warm welcome.
Agreed! Personally, I found Scousers to be one of the most welcoming and friendly peeps I have met (was quite shocked back then) vs London where everyone just mind their own business.😂
It is fab to see your videos and show that we can all travel the world and live in other countries if we have respect , understanding and learn new languages. Thank you
Great Video! What an intelligent young woman, and an excellent role model. That was one of the most interesting videos I have watched in a while, with so much information to think over and glean. Her points about culture and general differences to the UK and America were great, I had to re-watch that part. I would've loved to hear more about what she thinks about the UK specifically, but I would assume her brother might have a more current memory and holistic view of that. Once again, great video, I hope I find more of your videos recommended to me in the future!
Ive been a subscriber for a while now and decided I will make a comment on how much I enjoy your videos. This one especially is wholesome and it gives you an insight to what its like for a foreign family to grow up in a foreign country and live like a native. Keep up the great work. Much love from South Australia
I love seeing this. I know you siblings are born and raised in Japan so you are Japanese, but still it’s so nice and fascinating to see your Japanese behaviour, manners, way of speaking. It’s your home country 🇯🇵❤️
This is basically the story of every second, third and fourth generation immigrant kids who's parents teach them the language of their ancestors. I was born and raised in American. But English was my second language. And I had trouble learning English in school. Kids would tell me to go back to where I came from. But I was born here. Parents wouldn't let us speak English at home because we had alot of that outside of the house. It's interesting to see that with other cultures in other parts of the world
Congratulations on reaching 1 million subscribers, Miss Alyssa. I am sure Mr. Joshua and Miss Alecia could be part of the same community in Japan, along with snack box too.
I'm Japanese-American, but I have lived in Japan for the last 15 years. I always joke that if I got Japanese citizenship, I would be Japanese-American-Japanese.
Love your channel! I was five years old when my family from Shanghai immigrated to Australia in 1951 after fleeing from the communist. For years we were the only Asians most Australians encountered. I had a lot of interesting experiences from those days. And while I’m more at home in Australia I found that I could be comfortable living in China today. However it still presents challenges much like what your British expat friends found in visiting Britain. Thanks for your terrific channel. (Umm, I think I’ll have a meat pie for lunch.) From California.
I like the occasional change from your usual format. I know it’s not easy to find the people to be interviewed. Well done Pearl on achieving 1M subscribers. Hope you would not mind showing us your gold plague in a special episode of your journey of learning Asian Languages from China to Japan and to Korea and finally settling down in Japan. Congratulations!
My birth place is above the Arctic Circle in Alaska, I have red hair, green eyes & am very pale yet I get asked what’s your native tribe😂 did a dna test a few years back, I’m 91% European, no Alaskan native, pop always said we’re Scottish (17%😂). Anyone can be born anywhere, I’m still as Alaskan as they come❤ your life makes you YOU! Thank you for sharing!
As a Brit, when she talks about London feeling like youi're in constant survival mode, I agree lol. I couldn't personally live in London, after a few days I'm glad to leave and get back home to somewhere quieter and much more predictable annd chill. It's a bit of a shame she compares all of Britain to the faults of London, seeing as many people from UK also wouldn't want to live in London, lol. Life is very different in different parts of the UK.
wow awesome video really enjoyed hearing about how much more settled and freindly it is over there, and the diffrences between that culture and uk .It is very true nobody talks to each other over here in uk, its very odd how much it has changed within the last few years, with everyone fearing what the other is saying or doing, nice to have your video as a fresh perspective .many thanks appreciated x
In Britain to treat someone so disrespectfully (by telling them to go back to where they came from) would be a criminal offence and would be treated very seriously. Is it not the same in Japan?
A few years ago I visited Quebec. My Canadian cousins had informed me that everyone would initially address me in French. Unfortunately being British, growing up pre-internet, I was never given an opportunity to learn other languages. If you're abroad and speak British you only need to shout at the foreigners for them to understand. Anyway, I entered a shop and a member of staff spoke to me. I called my cousin over to translate. The young lady who had addressed me looked mystified and said "but I just spoke to you in English?" I was so convinced that I was going to hear French that I heard French. Thank you for your content which I always look forward to and thoroughly enjoy.
She might have actually been speaking English, just with an almost indecipherable accent 😂I have lived my entire life in Ontario, Canada and still struggle with some Quebecois accents.
Man, the British are worse than us Americans. But, at least our schools forced us to "learn" a different language. Differs by area, but I think I had to take 5 years of a foreign language. 2 in middle school and 3 in high school.
I grew up in Sussex in the 70s and 80s. French was compulsory from 7 and we had to do 2 languages from 12 to 16. I did French and German which gave me the basics for travelling.
I'm interested to know where in the UK Alisha visited, if it was just London or the south then yes people keep to themselves more, but people are generally friendly, perhaps the more north you go lol
Great content, love you joined by other people. Always hoping to see you and Xiaomanyc together in a vid at some point. A small story from Germany: a ex-coworker of mine had korean roots but was born in Berlin and my former boss was talking to her like a baby, as he thought she could not really speak german. But when she answered in berlinian dialect, he was really shocked! It was funny for us, but she was kinda pissed at first, understandably!
Thank you for this video. I thought that you yourself on your journey with your husband is VERY interesting but Alecia and Joshua are something different. It really made me think about the people I grew up with and that have been considered as foreigners.
It does sound like she went to London when she went to the UK, its not really a good example of what the UK is like as the vast majority of the country is not in London. It's like its own thing really.
Even different parts of london are really different from each other. Central london is very different to kingston for example. We don't talk about Croydon
English culture is rural. English cities are mostly repurposed husks of industrial and imperial might built up when the british invented the modern world (still very interesting but not the folk culture of centuries past). If you want to see english culture, go into nature and the countryside if you really want an english cultural city with glimmers of pre industrial life york and chester are great examples
Honestly if you have good English and have been living in America for a while, you’re American. That’s the best part about being American is that anyone can become American no matter where they are from. As we see in this video, you can be literally born and raised in Japan and not be considered Japanese. Not the case at all in America.
I've been creepin for a few hours and watched a handful of your videos, i have loved Japanese culture since i was younger, like 14 (now 32) this gives me motivation to use that app and try and learn Japanese. My Heritage is German/French american born in Canada. Thanks for the content and inspiration!, keep up the good work! If i can learn German first i'm diving head first into japanese.
I love watching ur channel. I watch on utube. I love videos from all over the globe. Mostly because I will never ever be able to travel anywhere other than the small town I live in Tennessee. So I guess is a way to see these beautiful places around the world I will never get to see or experience. 😢😊
The problem with the lady is she's comparing London to the rest of England. London is super expensive, polluted and rife with crime. Not anywhere I'd want to live or even visit anymore. To be fair I prefer Asia to the UK but using London I feel isn't a great comparison
I lived in UK for 27 years and left for good last year. I disagree with you, I’ve seen UK get worse and worse. Full of towns and cities where young chavs will insult you on the street for no reason (especially if you’re not white), quality of life declining due to inflation which is higher than the inflation in most developed countries, crazy house prices, wages struggling to keep up with those increases, -awfully unreliable and terribly expensive rail system, the NHS massively underfunded and nowhere near as good as it used to be. Right now the UK is one of the least developed countries in the developed world.
@@Dennis-nc3vwIt’s the second time you have posted a wrong comment. English people migrated to this continent and setup 13 colonies. They did not leave their DNA or ethnicity at the shores of England and acquire a new one here. They are still of the Anglo-saxon ethnic group of people. Their mitochondrial DNAs will match mtDNAs found in Anglo-Saxon ethnic group found in the UK.
"Constantly in survival mode" is such an apt description of living in many western cities these days. It should be an eye opener but instead we're told that living in fear is just part and parcel of living in a city.
I'm a white guy with 2 Australian parents born and raised in Hong Kong. I certainly have a confused identity, but I would never say I was Chinese. 🤷🏼♂
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This was a good one.
My 34-year-old son has been teaching English in Japanese schools for the past 10 years (first Kyoto, now Osaka). I was hoping to send one of these Valentines care packages to him, however, both of the web-sites (sakura/TokyoTreat) stated in the FAQ that they cannot deliver to addresses within Japan. Any suggestions on how I might be able to do something like that?
You have a new ghost scammer that replied to my comment on this video
yes me two @@half-breed
I'm English, if I was born in Zululand I would still be English I wouldn't be a Zulu. Only an American would think that would make me a Zulu.
When the cart guy said "Oh--- you're Japanese? Excuse me. Then we're the same" - it was precious!!! He didn't question how it was so, he just accepted it with respect and love!
yeah because japanese people have blonde hair and blue eyes lol
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you are a kind of person who's always aggressive for no reason
@@damienrobbie5974 cringe response
Yeah he was really sweet
Are you a racist? You do understand there are millions of Asians in the UK who are considered British. It is actually illegal to tell them they are not British. It’s hate speech.
Her and her brothers mannerisms are very culturally Japanese. She did seem so much more comfortable speaking Japanese ❤ What an interesting video 😊
Thank you for being here for every video friend!
Yeah that's all nice and good. But here's the thing she said herself that her family came there as missionaries. Missionaries are colonizers. They seek to change the religious and cultural beliefs of the population they infect.
Said that her parents are still missionaries. She's not Japanese. She's an invader and a colonizer.
Sorry if you don't like what I'm saying that's too bad but anybody that goes to a different culture and tries to force change on them through altering. Their religious beliefs is not part of that culture
@@OrientalPearlit's amazing that you don't question the fact that her family are missionaries, which means they are colonizers trying to change and influence the culture that they are infecting.
Definitely has the Japanese humility, hopefully it will rub off on the youtuber
@@pithius2191 which youtuber Mr.Beast PewDiePie or some u imagine it would need some culture in behave
Its funny, Alecia has some of the Japanese face expressions and gestures 😄
She seems very nice and polite, just as you would expect from a japanese person 🙂 Very sweet
I thought the same thing. Even the way she listens and responds to someone when they're speaking was pretty Japanese. The "Mm" they do as a way to tell the other person that they're listening is something non-natives don't generally do.
@@andrewmildenberg4210 they are born there live there its normal if u move and live in some country for example 5 years you adopt their culture behavior and if u born there its normal
They are literally Japanese haha, thats why
She is Japanese born there so........
plenty of people like her live in Japan. I guess IWas quite lucky to have studied in university in Japan with people like her. I know a dude he's 6'3" tall white, lived his whole life in Japan, but his family is from Alabama. You wouldn't know if you spoke to him over the phone. coolest dude I know. His wife is German, they have two kids and live in Fukuoka.
Japan IS a very lovely country, it is my favourite on Earth. I am blessed to live in Australia, but Alecia put it perfectly, there's a calmess and this sense of joy in Japan that i've never felt anywhere else in the world..
It’s my favourite place I’ve ever visited. I had no expectations (we were there for husband’s work/tokyo marathon) and we LOVED it so much we went back a year later and brought our family to experience it.
@@jbre7233 We are glad you had a good time. Please come back anytime we like to see you enjoy
Calmness and sense of joy? You haven't lived and worked in a city there.
@@kyotango Haha well, I'm just a visitor. I have heard the working culture is a little intense to say the least...
How many places in the world have you visited
My parentage is Polish, I was born in London and once in a bar in Notting Hill I was speaking Polish to the bar maid, when a Jamaican told me F Off back to my own country, I turned around and in a west London accent told him I was born in Shepherds Bush, the look on his face was priceless.
You should have told him to f off to Jamaica
A Jamaican? The irony….😂
Very interesting thank you for making this content.
I’m American, born in Japan. Alicia’s expressiveness is perfectly Japanese 😊. My Japanese mother has been gone now 3 yrs. I miss her very much. She was almost 94. She never taught us Japanese, she said, because she didn’t want to confuse us. I knew better. None of my other half Japanese friends spoke Japanese either. Our mothers wanted to do their best to assimilate into the American culture after immigrating to the U.S. I remember a few phrases, but that’s it. I had a friend here in the U.S. that went on a mission to Japan who is full Japanese, but spoke broken Japanese. It was awkward for him to speak to them, he said, as they were confused at why he was full Japanese, but couldn’t communicate it well with them. I felt for him. Thank you for your channel. I’m really enjoying it!
What a waste! If your mother had taught you Japanese you could have always picked up extra cash working as a translator. Or you could be watching Japanese films. What a wasted opportunity.
Sorry that you did not learn Japanese while growing up. Perhaps, you can start. Better late than never.
It's because your mother was a War Bride and knew Japanese society will never view children of foreign fathers and war brides/trophies as Japanese. They were not even given Japanese citizenship.
Sorry for your loss. Your mom did her best. ❤
Your mother probably listened to people who were in a position of authority when they warned about 'confusion'. It's been proven over and over for years to be completely untrue. Kids don't get confused.
Congratulations on 1 million subs 🎉
Thank you so much!
Kudos. So glad to see you grow so big!
Keep up the good work. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 ❤ 😊 🥰
Congratulations 🥳
subd since like 4k
I will never get tired of these videos! Please keep them coming! Hearing people speak different languages is absolutely beautiful!!
More to come!
The part where Alecia said her parents made her speak english at home is so relatable as an immigrant. We are asians that moved to South america. My parents made us speak our native language at home, because we already got enough of spanish at school. But My brother and I can´t speak to each other in our native language... unless we had to say something secretly to each other ... and also, the shock from natives when they saw asians speaking spanish perfectly. Now there are more and more asians in south america, so in large cities is not an issue..., but if we go to the countryside, we still get people trying to speak to us using hand gestures....
I remember going to a sushi restaurant in Buenos Aires employed by all Japanese Argentines who had lived there for generations and hearing only Spanish. It was a fun experience.
Hay una gran comunidad de gente de origen asiático en Argentina.
I totally relate to this but I am the opposite to you… My brother and I are British born Chinese and growing up my parents insisted we spoke only Cantonese at home as we got all the English outside… so we would blend the Chinese and English together (known as Chinglish to us folk!) if we didn’t want our parents to understand what we were saying 😂
My parents can speak Chinese (a southern dialect) but they save it for talking secrets in front of the kids. Lol.
American-born Asians don't like when people in the US ask about their roots and want to be treated as just "Asians". On the other hand foreign students from Asia want to be recognized as people from their countries e.g. Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc. and not lumped as just Asians. These cultural things can be quite complicated. Wisdom of age has told me to let it go and go with the flow and just explain to people without taking offense or getting upset. Like in this video instead of saying they're from Japan or they are Japanese, maybe just say we're of English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish descent but born and raised in Japan. This way people do understand.
Their accent in English is called an International School Accent. My children have that accent from growing up in 5 countries.
Fascinating! I think my mom has that! People always say she has an accent but she was raised abroad but mainly in Japan in international schools
Congrats on one million subs. Great video again. I like the story of the two British-Japanese siblings.
Thank you so much! They have another brother too. Maybe I can interview him one day too.
As an American Born Chinese (ABC) from NYC, I always loved it when other nationalities speak any Asian language , makes me feel proud of my heritage especially I was raised in a mixed culture household, some British and American along with Chinese traditions
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Then you're still chinese and only American in citizenship.
There's some irony in that though. I'm sure the woman was proud of her British heritage until she went there and found she doesn't have much in common with them.
It's a similar experience for many second generation kids. At one point they have to make a choice because when it comes to very different cultures, one can't follow both at the same time. For non-Asians in Japan it's even much harder than in the US, which is multiracial and doesn't associate their national identity with a certain look. In Japan it's the norm that even native-born people will be seen as foreigners when they don't look Asian. They could be 5th generation, doesn't matter. Most Japanese will never see them as real Japanese.
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And a lot of westerners will never see "ABCs" as real American etc. Your point? Life is too short
@@ramdas363do u think coloured people are accepted in the US by the whites.. yes there are a bunch of liberals and open minded crowd but majority of the whites lives under the belief that America=White, sounds harsh but true, an European immigrant will be treated better that a 3rd/4th or 5th generation coloured person
I really enjoyed hearing Alicia's story. You always learn something new from her viewpoint. Her unique experience is something anyone could learn from. It's great she got to have a rickshaw ride for the first time. A new memory formed! 💜
Glad you enjoyed it! I have another similar video for you that will be coming out next week.
As an Asian born and raised in Europe, this story resonates with me. Thanks for the great content!
this was adorable... i love japan can wait to visit. hope i have a good experience.
i love the rickshaw guys energy and the way he said "im japanese" was so cute❤ love the video~
Yeah, those guys are always a lot of fun.
That job keeps you in top condition!
Wait till there are 10 million immigrants over 20 years in Japan and see how they react!
Didn't it occur to you that it was unusual that the Ricksha boys all spoke English?
That was so interesting. Thanks for making and sharing and well done on achieving your first million subs. Here's to the next million.
Thank you very much!
I really liked this kind of content, I would love to see more! Keep up the good work, you've inspired me to start taking japanese seriously.
The next video will also be an interview.
It's a shame that people think London represents the whole of the UK. It really isn't. It's alien to people who live outside of London too.
Speak for yourself - if it’s alien to you, you’ve lived a very sad, limited and closed lifestyle. In fact, you haven’t seen much of the UK at all.
Indeed, as an Englishman living outside London, going to London is like going to a different Country with bits of British architecture sporadically dotted about. It's the same with all the big cities really, and I'm sure it's the same for a lot of Countries in that their big cities rarely represent the Country these days.
London is completely foreign almost you won’t get anything of cultural value there
London is now full of Aliens. It isn't the place that created an Empire.
@@hauddubius3706Yep, feels like South Asia.
I like how the Japanese guy with a carriage learned that someone that looks foreign is born in Japan and speaks Japanese. That’s really cool.
She and her brother look so much alike, it's awesome! I hope that they never forget what an amazing situation they're in, despite all the challenges with people that assume things because of how they look.
And it’s funny because they have complete opposite personalities lol
Who effin cares.
AWESOME!!! A million subs! You've worked hard and certainly earned it. What a great episode. I really enjoyed the talk with Alecia, and have enjoyed the past ones with Joshua.
I enjoyed meeting them both.
Very happy to see you hit the million subscribers mark. Lots of hardwork on your part. Always having great content. You've come a long way. Congratulations!
Thanks a ton!
It might just be me but i loved the rickshaw guy when he douns out Alecia was japanese and saying "we're the same then!", i thought that was a really cool reaction to finding that out. Really interesting video about a situation that feels very unique!
By saying we are the same he meant exactly the opposite. We are not the same.
Thanks!
Wow thank you so much. This will help cover the transportation costs of the next interview 😊
@@OrientalPearl I would love to see a video featuring one of the big department stores in Tokyo (Mitsukoshi, Takashimaya), going floor by floor--and visiting the grocery-bakery department. I have fond memories of this.
I watch almost all your new videos from start to finish because your content makes me happy and gives me a smile.
Thank you for watching to the end. 😊
Congrats on 1 million subs! Well deserved.
Being a tourist in your own hometown is weird but also so much fun. I've discovered so many cool places and things to do as a tourist in my on hometown. I highly reccomend people to do that, even if it feels silly.
Thanks! 😃 here’s to the next million!
That 何が起こるを知らない "survival mode" feeling is one of my favorite parts about traveling to countries where I don't know the language or culture well, but I don't think I'd want to live in a place where I felt like that full time.
Almost nowhere is as safe as Japan though :( however some places are way better than others
right. I don't like europe for the opposite reason of her...I'm more into "frontiers" travel...southeast asia, south asia, africa, south america...
@@Doing_Time I guess you don't like Japan then either because it's a very non "frontiers" type of travel country. Not sure why you're even watching this.
I think she might actually have been talking about work culture, etc...?
@@autohmae Definitely not. It's not called Londonistan for nothing. I have never heard anyone utter the sentence "You know what, in Japan the work culture is much better than in Europe"
The lady needs to visit Lancashire, people are really friendly there, also the North East. People are super friendly there. Also the Irish love to talk to visitors. Just because she's been to London doesn't mean she understands how Britain works or how British people are. London is completely different to the rest of the UK.
Agree with this. London is like a different country. The further north you go, the friendlier people get, even if the accents sound a little more intimidating.
I was going to say that people who have only lived in London can only really say what they like or don’t like about London. Many parts of the UK are miles different.
Love your videos! I've lived in Japan for a total of 10 years, 5 years were spent in the Tokyo region, and a Japanese friend lives near Ueno, so the places you filmed were familiar. I imagine it must be very interesting for folks who have lived in Japan for 20-30+ years, especially those who grew up there, to have a very international identity, in which in many ways Japan IS home. I've only lived there 10 years, and I miss so many things about Japan all the time.
I found this very fascinating... Many people live a life this way, with a different background and born in another country. I myself have a duel citizenship. Thank you for sharing, as I would enjoy more like this seeing the surprised reactions like those in the video. (Congrats on the 1M)💕
Dual citizenship is BS.
I love this channel. It’s always so positive, and interesting.
I love it when people open their minds and explore.
I have to admit you’re one of the best spokespersons for travel, Japan and language learning. Pimsleur would be well advised to hire you as a full time spokesperson. You are the best example of successful language learning!
Keep up the good work and all the best!
Brian in Toronto Canada! 🇨🇦
Wonderful! Sending love from Japan to Canada.
Absolutely wonderful video.
Fascinating culturally.
So very interesting.
And two great beauties in the rickshaw! ! !
Glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely fascinating insight into cultural societies!
Thank you for excellent videos. I always enjoy them ❤
I hope you enjoy all of my interviews!
I subscribed when you 'only' had 40k, now you allready have 1 million! Amazing and congratulations!
Thanks so much!!
Thank you for a charming interview and tourist tour. Can't wait to visit Japan.
Your videos are always fun. I've been subscribed to you for a long time. Like maybe a couple of years. I always look forward to your videos.
I appreciate that!
Love your videos. I teach English online to japanese students and your video has given me insight to their culture, their beautiful country which they are proud of. It answers some of my many questions which I get from your interviews and your trips to the local places.
I am 100% japanese born in the US and when I went to kindergarten and 1st grade there in Japan I was teased as american. So even as a pure blooded Japanese the kids discriminated against me so I know how you guys feel. My Japanese sucks so its ok because I prefer to speak English, but in Japan I end up having to speak Japanese 😂😂😂
My step-grandfather was a Japanese-American and was in the WW2 internment camps as a kid. Sadly, there was a time when that was considered okay. I am not Japanese, but people always assumed I was (I have a look where people think I am mixed, and I also get Native American a lot). I was teased for this. It's wild how prejudices work and how kids are especially bad because they have no filter.
I wish we lived in a world where people celebrated different people and cultures or kept their opinions to themselves.
@@gR22401 These things are 100% natural for children, people should accept this when moving to places they will be minorities in, the only countries that actually try and make others feel welcome to the point of discrimination against their own are Western countries founded by Europeans
Alecia's reaction to the UK is interesting. I've only lived in one other state, briefly, but it does make you appreciate things you were never aware of. Same with my home town. As a kid, it was small and dull, but now I realize that being on Lake Michigan was way more interesting than being landlocked. Like _The Wizard of Oz_ sometimes - there's no place like home.
Thanks for watching Paul.
Alecia was probably referring about the UK to her experience in London or outside London in the southeast of England. It's like judging the USA by only experiencing New York city. People are far friendlier and approachable elsewhere in the UK. The woman who cuts my hair worked previously in London. She went there from Poland. When she first came to my northern city she thought several people mistook her for someone they already knew. No, we're just that friendly to total strangers!
On the other hand, I've met a bunch of Japanese people who feel they never want to go back. Western freedoms fit them better
This was fascinating! I’d love to see more interviews like this.
The next video will be an interview too.
To see them both to speak to each other in Japanese in that short clip was so awesome
Agreed😁 I thought it was sweet
I used to watch you back when you only had 500,000 subs, I don't know why but the algorithm changed up and life changed up but it's really great that it showed back up and now that you're at 1 million that's so awesome! I hope you continue doing well!
Why have you been gone so long? Missed you. Please put the notification bell on and subscribe.
I liked it when you and Alecia spoke Japanese.
All the Japanese words sound the same to me but I can see from the English subtitles they really do form complete, complex sentences.
It's fascinating how kids pick up the local language perfectly, not matter what their ancestry.
Alecia does have a good American accent when speaking English.
Yes the sentences in Japanese are super long lol.
@@OrientalPearlReally? For example…“I/You/He/She/They eat” vs 食べる or “I/You/He/She/They rode the train yesterday” vs 昨日は電車を乗った. I might say something else about the difficulty of Japanese - English/English - Japanese interpreting though… given the vast differences in the grammatical structure of the two languages.
"It's fascinating how kids pick up the local language perfectly, not matter what their ancestry."
It is!
Japan is an amazing country. Be proud of it and work hard to keep it so.
If we treated a British person of Japanese background like that here in the UK it would just be called racism.
@user-ks3ol3lw3b That's a very long-winded way of saying that they are racist.
@user-ks3ol3lw3b Chinese and Koreans immigrants look like the Japanese , but alas, they are not a part of that cozy family either. They are those neighbors you find in a gentrified area that are dirty, noisy, diseased and you have to call the police on them whenever there is a crime. Euphemisms are fun! (tf is wrong wit u?)
@user-ks3ol3lw3bBullshit!! One of the absolutely most racist nations on earth!
@user-ks3ol3lw3boh ok so telling her to go back to her own country was just being race conscious ok. 🤡
@user-ks3ol3lw3bso it’s only bad when white peoples do it. They must be accepting and sensitive to everyone at all times but it’s ok when other ethnicities do it. 🤔
I love these videos! And I love the charisma of most of the people streetside selling some sort of tourist experience in a lot of countries. This rickshaw guy was amazing!
Thanks for the nice video. Brings back memories when i visited my daughter in japan last year. 😁
Watching from Australia :) chilling before I have to wash my dishes and go to bed.
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Sending love from Japan to Australia.
As a British person that lived in Japan, then came back to the UK…I miss Japan too, can’t stand being back in the UK.
In 20 years the country I love (the UK) has been destroyed by migrants. I loved visiting Japan for its safety and culture, but the architecture made me so depressed.
@@richardwills-woodward if by migrants, you mean the Conservative Party, then yes. I would hardly blame migrants for the lack of funding to the NHS, 15 years of unnecessary austerity, fewer police, the smallest army since the Napoleonic wars, underfunded social services, the rich getting richer or massive Gov fraud. But aye, blame migrants because you don’t like black or brown people…
@@richardwills-woodward took me years to put my finger on what it was I didn't like there. Yeah something about the interior design there. There's generally a lot less creativity than here or Europe.
@@richardwills-woodwarddon’t worry, you’ll get use to it like how a lot of other countries had to get use to being destroyed by the English
You only have a developed world and can say the nonsense you say precisely [because of] the English. Ignorant Muslims and Africans fail to grasp this. They like to move to english land though. A strange decision given their views by majority. @@Natasha-oz6ik
She does the aizuchi thing so naturally at 1:30. Definitely native!
I lived in France for a while and Parisians have a very similar affectation when they’re hesitating/thinking out loud mid-sentence. Only exposure to the living language and culture have this effect.
you know this would be such a good and interesting video for young schoolers to be shown while in schoo. I really think it would help give them a different perspective on the differences of people at the same time the things we all share as just human beings and there may be even a lesson in tolerance there.
I just love watching the reactions when you and your friend spoke Japanese and said she was from japan. That made me chuckle his reaction. It was worth the reply.
Stay safe and blessed 🙌 ❤
I can't help but notice her mannerisms are definitely Japanese, especially with the "uh, uh" grunting in agreement when listening to someone else speak. That seems to be very culturally East Asian. It's very interesting.
White Brits don’t do that.
Hispanics do it a lot too.
Of course they're Japanese, she's Japanese. No wonder then.
1M! Let's gooooo!!!!
Finally made it!
I love your channel. Such interesting videos. I could watch them for hours. Very interesting to see how a woman born in Japan and whose native language is Japanese is still treated like a foreigner in some regards. I'm also super impressed with your command of so many languages. Congratulations on having so many subscribers!!!
Thank you so much. Please enjoy more of my videos today.
Thank you for being unique and kind to speak and learn / see new things!
This was quite interesting, I had a friend who grew up in Iran; her parents were from America and also were missionaries there. But when 1979 came, they had to leave. My friend had completely American English and of course looked as American as anybody else, but something always seemed a little bit off, her reactions to things, her attitudes. When I stopped thinking of her as an American and thought of her as an Iranian who just happened to be Anglo-Saxon looking and spoke native English, it all made sense. it was hard for her though, because Iran was her home; she missed it a lot and was unable to go back.
I get the impression that the people in larger busier cities tend to be less 'friendly' compared to smaller communities, more or less universally.
That was my experience. I was at Misawa, Japan, and it was a small city, surrounded by a farming community. The people were very helpful and friendly there. But I heard that the people in Tokyo were not as friendly.
There's actually a British comedy news sketch about "a northerner going around London saying hello to people"
The actual title is "Northerner terrifying Londoners by saying hello" if you want to find it
@@crptpyr I think that I have heard of it.
London and the rest of Britain are different. I wouldn't recommend anyone live in London unless they had to for work. Also British people are reserved and don't really interact with strangers (unless drunk), we are friendly once you get to know us, we have weird sense of humour, we like to form a queue, we like to talk about the weather, we like roast dinner and fish & chips, we are accepting of other cultures, we like to be polite and say sorry a lot
They do up north, It was quite a shock for me and i'm from the midlands. It's literally night and day vs London. London is more like NYC with the rep of everyone being quite rude and tbh there is almost a 50% chance you're not interacting with a English person at all.
OOoopp North we are very friendly and open (I from Lancashire), it's only in London that people are afraid to interact with each other, in my experience.
@@FinalHourMetal Yep, when she said "British people won't really talk to you" I immediately thought "You went to London, then". I commuted between Staffordshire and Shropshire for over 10 years, and on the two occasions when I had car trouble, within minutes somebody stopped to help me sort it out, once a guy stopped to slow the traffic so I could change my wheel safely, and the other time the gear linkage came away and a guy fixed it with some latex gloves! 🤣
Yep, London doesn’t reflect the rest of Britain especially the North. Like most capital cities in the world, it’s very egocentric and people don’t engage with their neighbours never mind anyone else. Come to the North and receive a warm welcome.
Agreed! Personally, I found Scousers to be one of the most welcoming and friendly peeps I have met (was quite shocked back then) vs London where everyone just mind their own business.😂
It is fab to see your videos and show that we can all travel the world and live in other countries if we have respect , understanding and learn new languages. Thank you
Great Video! What an intelligent young woman, and an excellent role model. That was one of the most interesting videos I have watched in a while, with so much information to think over and glean. Her points about culture and general differences to the UK and America were great, I had to re-watch that part. I would've loved to hear more about what she thinks about the UK specifically, but I would assume her brother might have a more current memory and holistic view of that.
Once again, great video, I hope I find more of your videos recommended to me in the future!
Thank you so much Ben!
1 million !! congrats from France
Sending love from Japan to France.
Ive been a subscriber for a while now and decided I will make a comment on how much I enjoy your videos. This one especially is wholesome and it gives you an insight to what its like for a foreign family to grow up in a foreign country and live like a native. Keep up the great work. Much love from South Australia
Sending love from Japan to Australia!
7:01 yes, our train time table is more like a loose suggestion 😅
I love seeing this. I know you siblings are born and raised in Japan so you are Japanese, but still it’s so nice and fascinating to see your Japanese behaviour, manners, way of speaking. It’s your home country 🇯🇵❤️
My favorite channel for watching anything Nippon. Thank you for the videos and keep it up.
This is basically the story of every second, third and fourth generation immigrant kids who's parents teach them the language of their ancestors. I was born and raised in American. But English was my second language. And I had trouble learning English in school. Kids would tell me to go back to where I came from. But I was born here. Parents wouldn't let us speak English at home because we had alot of that outside of the house. It's interesting to see that with other cultures in other parts of the world
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I am so envious of people who can speak many languages fluently!! What a wonderful skill!! Helps to bring the world together!!
Congratulations on reaching 1 million subscribers, Miss Alyssa.
I am sure Mr. Joshua and Miss Alecia could be part of the same community in Japan, along with snack box too.
Thank you so much! I’m planning on filming again in Hong Kong soon.
I'm Japanese-American, but I have lived in Japan for the last 15 years. I always joke that if I got Japanese citizenship, I would be Japanese-American-Japanese.
Love your channel!
I was five years old when my family from Shanghai immigrated to Australia in 1951 after fleeing from the communist. For years we were the only Asians most Australians encountered. I had a lot of interesting experiences from those days. And while I’m more at home in Australia I found that I could be comfortable living in China today. However it still presents challenges much like what your British expat friends found in visiting Britain.
Thanks for your terrific channel.
(Umm, I think I’ll have a meat pie for lunch.)
From California.
Congrats on hitting 1 million!!!! That's amazing! You really deserve it because of your hard work!
I like the occasional change from your usual format. I know it’s not easy to find the people to be interviewed. Well done Pearl on achieving 1M subscribers. Hope you would not mind showing us your gold plague in a special episode of your journey of learning Asian Languages from China to Japan and to Korea and finally settling down in Japan. Congratulations!
Thank you. I’m editing another interview right now.
My birth place is above the Arctic Circle in Alaska, I have red hair, green eyes & am very pale yet I get asked what’s your native tribe😂 did a dna test a few years back, I’m 91% European, no Alaskan native, pop always said we’re Scottish (17%😂). Anyone can be born anywhere, I’m still as Alaskan as they come❤ your life makes you YOU! Thank you for sharing!
As a Brit, when she talks about London feeling like youi're in constant survival mode, I agree lol. I couldn't personally live in London, after a few days I'm glad to leave and get back home to somewhere quieter and much more predictable annd chill. It's a bit of a shame she compares all of Britain to the faults of London, seeing as many people from UK also wouldn't want to live in London, lol. Life is very different in different parts of the UK.
wow awesome video really enjoyed hearing about how much more settled and freindly it is over there, and the diffrences between that culture and uk .It is very true nobody talks to each other over here in uk, its very odd how much it has changed within the last few years, with everyone fearing what the other is saying or doing, nice to have your video as a fresh perspective .many thanks appreciated x
I didn't know that dango has such a meaning! Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
In Britain to treat someone so disrespectfully (by telling them to go back to where they came from) would be a criminal offence and would be treated very seriously. Is it not the same in Japan?
A few years ago I visited Quebec. My Canadian cousins had informed me that everyone would initially address me in French. Unfortunately being British, growing up pre-internet, I was never given an opportunity to learn other languages. If you're abroad and speak British you only need to shout at the foreigners for them to understand. Anyway, I entered a shop and a member of staff spoke to me. I called my cousin over to translate. The young lady who had addressed me looked mystified and said "but I just spoke to you in English?" I was so convinced that I was going to hear French that I heard French.
Thank you for your content which I always look forward to and thoroughly enjoy.
French speaking citizen in Quebec can be quite extreme, I am Canadian and 100% respect French but the laws there are aweful
She might have actually been speaking English, just with an almost indecipherable accent 😂I have lived my entire life in Ontario, Canada and still struggle with some Quebecois accents.
Man, the British are worse than us Americans. But, at least our schools forced us to "learn" a different language. Differs by area, but I think I had to take 5 years of a foreign language. 2 in middle school and 3 in high school.
@@HKim0072 I also grew up pre Internet and I'm british languages were taught in the school I went to it was German, Spanish or French.
I grew up in Sussex in the 70s and 80s. French was compulsory from 7 and we had to do 2 languages from 12 to 16. I did French and German which gave me the basics for travelling.
I'm interested to know where in the UK Alisha visited, if it was just London or the south then yes people keep to themselves more, but people are generally friendly, perhaps the more north you go lol
exactly what i thought. London is so different from up north.
London is a special case - it's a megacity where the native population is the minority. It is different to everywhere else in the country.
Great content, love you joined by other people. Always hoping to see you and Xiaomanyc together in a vid at some point. A small story from Germany: a ex-coworker of mine had korean roots but was born in Berlin and my former boss was talking to her like a baby, as he thought she could not really speak german. But when she answered in berlinian dialect, he was really shocked! It was funny for us, but she was kinda pissed at first, understandably!
Yourv channel is a true marvel! Glad to have found you.
6:38嫌だと思って辞めた会社が他の会社に勤めてみて、現実を目の当たりにし、ただの贅沢だったとやっぱり親しみ慣れた前の会社の方が良かったって出戻りする感覚に似てるのかな
To be fair, most Britains wouldn't like London either! It's not representative of the whole of the UK at all.
1:29 "mmh, mhh, mhh!!" Tell me you're japanese without telling me you're japanese :P. this mhh mhh mhh was the japanesiest thing ever XD
You will be surprised how many cultures mmh mmmh like this😅
sounded very korean
They must have such an interesting perspective of cultural interactions. Thank you for sharing this video!
Thank you for this video.
I thought that you yourself on your journey with your husband is VERY interesting but Alecia and Joshua are something different. It really made me think about the people I grew up with and that have been considered as foreigners.
It does sound like she went to London when she went to the UK, its not really a good example of what the UK is like as the vast majority of the country is not in London. It's like its own thing really.
Yea it’s like going to NYC in the states to live. Totally different to most other cities in the US
Even different parts of london are really different from each other. Central london is very different to kingston for example. We don't talk about Croydon
English culture is rural. English cities are mostly repurposed husks of industrial and imperial might built up when the british invented the modern world (still very interesting but not the folk culture of centuries past). If you want to see english culture, go into nature and the countryside if you really want an english cultural city with glimmers of pre industrial life york and chester are great examples
I'm Spaniard and American. I'm still a foreigner in both countries. 😐
Honestly if you have good English and have been living in America for a while, you’re American. That’s the best part about being American is that anyone can become American no matter where they are from. As we see in this video, you can be literally born and raised in Japan and not be considered Japanese. Not the case at all in America.
If you have Spanish nationality you're not a foreigner. Just find people that are worth it and don't listen to toxic people.
Que pases un buen día 😊
@@luisrosias6203 on paper this is true of many countries but in reality it isn't always the case.
I'm turning Japanese, I'm really turning Japanese, I really think so.
You've got me turning up and turning down
And turning in and turning 'round
I've been creepin for a few hours and watched a handful of your videos, i have loved Japanese culture since i was younger, like 14 (now 32) this gives me motivation to use that app and try and learn Japanese. My Heritage is German/French american born in Canada. Thanks for the content and inspiration!, keep up the good work! If i can learn German first i'm diving head first into japanese.
I love watching ur channel. I watch on utube. I love videos from all over the globe. Mostly because I will never ever be able to travel anywhere other than the small town I live in Tennessee. So I guess is a way to see these beautiful places around the world I will never get to see or experience. 😢😊
The problem with the lady is she's comparing London to the rest of England. London is super expensive, polluted and rife with crime. Not anywhere I'd want to live or even visit anymore. To be fair I prefer Asia to the UK but using London I feel isn't a great comparison
To be honest, who wants to be in Ripper town, specially near white Chapel I ain’t gonna have Mary Jane Kelly’s ghost haunt me
Its unfortunate that her experience in the UK wasn't as good as she expected but in general the UK is an amazing place to live.
It still feels like a downgrade from Japan in many respects
I lived in UK for 27 years and left for good last year. I disagree with you, I’ve seen UK get worse and worse. Full of towns and cities where young chavs will insult you on the street for no reason (especially if you’re not white), quality of life declining due to inflation which is higher than the inflation in most developed countries, crazy house prices, wages struggling to keep up with those increases, -awfully unreliable and terribly expensive rail system, the NHS massively underfunded and nowhere near as good as it used to be. Right now the UK is one of the least developed countries in the developed world.
@@A_friendwithoutbenefits If you left, why are you still moaning about it?
@@artsed08 because I can.
@@artsed08😂 moaning is a national passtime in the uk
Their nationality is where they are born but they are British. British blood is what runs through their veins.
British blood runs through American veins, it doesn’t make us British.
@@Dennis-nc3vwIt’s the second time you have posted a wrong comment. English people migrated to this continent and setup 13 colonies. They did not leave their DNA or ethnicity at the shores of England and acquire a new one here. They are still of the Anglo-saxon ethnic group of people. Their mitochondrial DNAs will match mtDNAs found in Anglo-Saxon ethnic group found in the UK.
Great content. I miss Japan. I lived there for 3 and a half years in the early 90s.
"Constantly in survival mode" is such an apt description of living in many western cities these days. It should be an eye opener but instead we're told that living in fear is just part and parcel of living in a city.
I'm a white guy with 2 Australian parents born and raised in Hong Kong. I certainly have a confused identity, but I would never say I was Chinese. 🤷🏼♂
@@AJ-fo2pl That would be irritating, but entirely understandable.