For a study abroad program, I would HIGHLY recommend the Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) for 1 year. VERY well organized and VERY nice teachers. I had the time of my life there. Oh, and the host families were wonderful.
I highly agree with you guys when it comes to the difference in friendship between americans and japanese people! actually i was so surprised at how easy it was to make friends when i was studying abroad in america.
Sharla, luv your channel! I never thought about going there, but your vids make Japan seem interesting, and familiar. Fascinating! Your have a real gift with culture and people. Bravo!
I love that. When you got the question about friends. I am also aboard right now, and ive noticed the EXACT same thing. I laughed at the question too. Japanese people are very weird sometimes.... My only "true" friend i have made in Japan so far (I have been here for 4 months) is my girlfriend. So if you come to Japan, dont be mad or sad if you cant make a lot of good friends, If you can make one or 2, you are doing better than me! Good luck!
OMG yay work video! Please upload soon! I've searched through all your videos multiple times to figure out how you and other jvloggers earn yer keep haha. Whooot!
Really interesting. Thanks for all informations. Can I ask you, how you learned japanese? I mean, did you began at university, or still as you were at school, by yourself or something? How was it for you to learn it and was it difficult for you, as you went to Japan for the first time? And what do you want to work after the university?
Sharla in Japan Hi Sharla. I really am curious about the year course you took to learn Japanese. Did you know any Japanese before you did it and were you fluent when you finished it? Do you have any links to the page for it? Also, just wanted to know if the school you are at teaches in English or do you have to be fluent in Japanese to go to it???? please respond :D
+Sharla in Japan Do Japanese universities accept foreign homeschooled students because the embassy over here in my country said they won't take private students,only regular students are allowed.Altough I have fulfilled all of their criteria including gpa requirement at 4.0 and my sat score is 2007.But still they embassy keeps on refusing.Please help or should I contact the university directly because I wanna go to Japan for further studies and I can speak a little bit Japanese too. please reply
Very interesting topics ! Especially about making friendship with Japanese. I think the definition of "friend" might be very different, too. In our culture, we don't express feelings or what we're thinking very clearly because people express themselves directly tend to be considered selfish here...... I experienced the same difficulty even though I'm Japanese... I sometimes ask myself what the definition of "friend" is here. So it's very important to be able to guess what people think in this country.
I'm glad you will be making a video about part time jobs! I worked for a few years in Japan (through JET... not like バイト at all) but now I'm in school and need money so... but I'm not sure what's out there besides English tutoring or what it's like. Kind of nervous!
I didn't know it was possible to transfer from an american university to a Japanese one. Originally I was thinking about studying abroad for 3months but studying abroad for a whole year and finishing my degree in Japan is a even better idea! ありがとうございます！
sharla, are you still in the process of getting your bachelor's or are you going for a degree beyond that? i've been wanting to ask, but didn't know if it was an invasive question..? >w
been wanting to learn Japanese culture and language for years but already graduated school and a post secondary course (graphic design), completely lost on how to get into a course let alone a scholarship, any tips or suggestions? google is not a friend haha
+한국어violinisttt lmao turning 18 means nothing in certain households. not that people cant do what they want but if your parents are feeeing, and housing you ya you still need consent lol
by the time you are in uni (granted you arent already) your parents will have a few years to warm up to the idea. slowly show them pictures, talk about it, show videos and they will calm down. important things like safety and transportation is important also. Typically money wise study abroad is pretty "cheap" as long as you get scholarships, good grades and your university has a equal exchange of tuition.
+한국어violinisttt Will be next year. Its already been worked out by my own school but i couldn't work a place to go any sooner, which is why im already aware of costs, the process, etc. Its just the going there part.
hey Sharla in Japan if I want to go to university in japan do I have to do a university transfer or can I just apply directly to the Japanese university after high school?
Akshay Narendranath I don't think it is just to make sure you speak Japanese. It depends on which faculty you're going for. Also I think you'd need to take the JLPT N2 test before applying
You are so lucky, I'm jelly! I wish I could go back in time and tried my hardest in my studies, graduated early or got a study abroad scholorship, and go to Japan. I didn't give a care in the world of what I wanted and just lived in the moment and now that I realize some stuff, I can't do it because my life is so difficult now. Even when I was in high school I could have graduated about a trimester early and gotten two scholorships for college but I already had my kids so I wouldn't be able to travel. Find a very smart Japanese person and see if they can make a time machine. Heh. I'm not regretting my kids, I'm regretting my choices. How I wish to attend school in Japan. 💔
I was wondering, when they interviewed you, was the interview in English? And also, how did you learn Kanji? I mean, I've taken Japanese classes & learned kanji, but I only know the kanjis in the context we learned in class. How do to you pick up the different pronunciation (?) For the same kanji but different context? (Not really school related, but I'm just curious.) :)
I'm Japanese man. It is difficult that foreigners make friends with Japanese. The reason are the following points. (1) The Japanese have a fear against foreigners. (2) Since the Japanese can not speak English very well, it is difficult that they take to communicate with foreigners. (3) Because of the shy national character. However, the Japanese do not discriminate against foreigners. If foreigners are in trouble, the Japanese will help you with pleasure. If foreigners want to be friends with Japanese, It is necessary that they participate in local communities and enter the club of school actively.
This video is great! Sharla, you have seen both Canadian/American people and cultures and those Japanese, and you are accepting both as facts, it seems. We need someone like you who can weigh values not with absolute criteria but relative. I really appreciate your videos which introduce Japanese cultures not critisizing them but simply showing them and presenting your own feelings for them. One difference between American and Japanese "friendship" may be inviting your friends to your place. In my experience, it rarely happens in Japan. Reasons? I can't really tell. So don't use inviting as a criterion of friendship. Like Sharla already wrote below, making GOOD friends is not an easy thing. Maybe that IS different from you guys. Opening up yourself is not an everyday thing to see. It seems even more so these days than in my youth days 30 years ago in Japan.
I went to Public University. If you go to Public university, I think you can get summer vacation from July 2nd week to the end of August, almost 2 months. And spring holiday start the first of February to the end of March. So we had almost 4 months holidays. But usually it depends the university.
Sharla, since you didn't link it, did you ever end up doing a video on your work experience in Japan (part-time, especially)? I can't find it if so. I've heard you need a degree even to work part-time, and was told you also need N2/1 to get even part-time work... I was wondering what your experience was, even in regards to finding a job - did you find it was difficult as a foreign person? I know Japanese companies/employers are allowed to not hire someone simply because they're not Japanese, and I've heard it happens quite often. I'd be interested in knowing what your experience was and how people trying to do something similar to what you did can go about such things.
It's questioner's misinterpreting ;The video that cellphone smashed by high school teacher is in CHINA NOT IN JAPAN ! However it's hard to tell apart for foreign people I think;(
its kinda weird to hear about school costing because free education at all levels here, all the way up to university. and thanks for the video, gave me lot of information about studying there :)
Wow... you had a pretty long vacation time frame. I only had 3 days or so during summer, and 3 or so during fall, then a 2 week stretch over winter... then again I was in an accelerated program.
The Asian teacher that smashed the phone was in Thailand! If she wasn't talking then I can see why people can't differentiate. Thai and Japanese sound totally different lol!
Hey greg!! i went to american university, graduated last may!!! i took the first year of japanese language.... did you have Eguchi-sensei and Donovan-sensei?
it's too cold in japan. when my professor asked me to write an essay I would get writer's block. ti's been 8 years since I been in school I'm a college dropout.
thank you for the information. I really appreciate it. I was wondering are you being taught in English? or Japanese in class? I would love to finish my BA in Japan. I hope to hear from you soon.
Greg seems like a really nice person. Also Ya'll have matching dimples :)
haha thank you ^_^
Awe, Greg is so sweet!
yey Greg's back :D He has the BEST smile ever!!! Totally brightening my dull rainy morning :D
... hang on, Greg makes videos?! ... 'runs to see'
I'm so glad you brought Greg back. He seems like a nice person. I do hope you two venture out for more sushi and post it on your channel.
Woo, Greg's baack!
LOL the long awaited return i presume ^_^
Which university in Japan did you go to?
So cool! Very helpful tips! You and Greg are so cute :) Thanks for the links to the scholarship page!
Thank you ^_^
For a study abroad program, I would HIGHLY recommend the Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) for 1 year. VERY well organized and VERY nice teachers. I had the time of my life there. Oh, and the host families were wonderful.
Greg's smile me happy this morning start,thanks Greg
グレッグくん、物腰柔らかい良い人オーラが溢れ出てます!
留学の疑問にきめ細かく答えてて解り易いですね。
グレッグが優しそうで良い感じ。次回の動画出演に期待してます。
You're both so lovely, good luck with your studies :)
I'm on a really basic level of japanese, but i'm glad i can read the katakana and hiragana at the bottom. Not the Kanji though. Not yet anyway lol
I love how he's shaking his head like a boss in the background the whole time you speak :d
Your video is so useful for my english learning
thank you sharla!!! your videos are always helpful :) looking forward to the next one
He's back!!!!!
Yes finally did another video with her ^_^
グレッグ、すごいいい人そうな顔してるなｗｗｗ
ありがとう＾＿＾
日本では、日本人同士でも友達になるのがちょっと難しいんだよね〜…、2週間くらいアメリカに行ったとき、本当みんなフレンドリーでびっくりした！
Nice informative video and funny too! You guys should do more videos like this! ^^
I highly agree with you guys when it comes to the difference in friendship between americans and japanese people! actually i was so surprised at how easy it was to make friends when i was studying abroad in america.
really informative video :) Thanks Sharla and enjoy your holidays!
Yay Greg is back! :3 I'm going to japan this summer! Woo.
Sharla, luv your channel! I never thought about going there, but your vids make Japan seem interesting, and familiar. Fascinating! Your have a real gift with culture and people. Bravo!
Cool! I was just going to your channel as you posted a video! Good info :)
Awesome job Greg! Come back soon!
Ill try to make another appearance soon ^_^
Because many Japanese peoples
Very very shy and can not speak English but they want have many friends
文化の違いはなかなか難しいですね～
グレッグさんもありがとうございます！
いいお話しが聞けました^^
Thank you so much, Sharla, this video helped so much!
Some international students at my old college were so active for club activities that their Japanese had improved so much.
日本人は外国人に慣れてないから恥かしいんですよ。本当はすごく友達になりたいんですけどね！最近は外国の人が増えてるから慣れていくと思います^ ^グレッグさんの笑顔が素晴らしいですね！
Thanks for the upload, Always helpful and informative. Ja mata ne!
I love that.
When you got the question about friends. I am also aboard right now, and ive noticed the EXACT same thing. I laughed at the question too. Japanese people are very weird sometimes.... My only "true" friend i have made in Japan so far (I have been here for 4 months) is my girlfriend.
So if you come to Japan, dont be mad or sad if you cant make a lot of good friends, If you can make one or 2, you are doing better than me!
Good luck!
グレッグさんの笑顔が最高です☆
OMG yay work video! Please upload soon! I've searched through all your videos multiple times to figure out how you and other jvloggers earn yer keep haha. Whooot!
Really interesting. Thanks for all informations.
Can I ask you, how you learned japanese? I mean, did you began at university, or still as you were at school, by yourself or something? How was it for you to learn it and was it difficult for you, as you went to Japan for the first time?
And what do you want to work after the university?
Thank you so much!! It was really healpful!
Omg I love your vlogs!!!
Your Japanese sub is grate‼ I'd like to improve my English www 頑張ってください！
Great* first mistake good job in learning English though^^
Your school in Canada is expensive even to native residents. I'm becoming poor :(
Haha yeah, this is true :(
Sharla in Japan
Hi Sharla. I really am curious about the year course you took to learn Japanese. Did you know any Japanese before you did it and were you fluent when you finished it? Do you have any links to the page for it?
Also, just wanted to know if the school you are at teaches in English or do you have to be fluent in Japanese to go to it???? please respond :D
+Sharla in Japan Do Japanese universities accept foreign homeschooled students because the embassy over here in my country said they won't take private students,only regular students are allowed.Altough I have fulfilled all of their criteria including gpa requirement at 4.0 and my sat score is 2007.But still they embassy keeps on refusing.Please help or should I contact the university directly because I wanna go to Japan for further studies and I can speak a little bit Japanese too.
please reply
I want to study in Japan, I have 1 year left in high school
I would absolutely love to study abroad in Japan. All that is keeping me from doing so are my parents. They really do not want me to leave.
Thank you so much for these type of videos, Sharla!! They're so helpful. Hoping to study abroad. :-)
Very interesting topics ! Especially about making friendship with Japanese. I think the definition of "friend" might be very different, too. In our culture, we don't express feelings or what we're thinking very clearly because people express themselves directly tend to be considered selfish here...... I experienced the same difficulty even though I'm Japanese... I sometimes ask myself what the definition of "friend" is here. So it's very important to be able to guess what people think in this country.
Really helpful video since I'm trying to look for something like this for my engineering degree. You have really pretty eyebrows btw.
Yeah Greg is the coolest friend you have.
Wow!! I've been throwing Japanese parties for years apparently!!!!
I live in the UK so is there any good exchange programmes to Japan? Thanks! ^-^
チャンネル登録しました^ ^
これからの投稿期待します！
I'm glad you will be making a video about part time jobs! I worked for a few years in Japan (through JET... not like バイト at all) but now I'm in school and need money so... but I'm not sure what's out there besides English tutoring or what it's like. Kind of nervous!
I didn't know it was possible to transfer from an american university to a Japanese one. Originally I was thinking about studying abroad for 3months but studying abroad for a whole year and finishing my degree in Japan is a even better idea! ありがとうございます！
Greg looked blazed
Very helpful, thank you!
Aww yiss an updated one hell ye!
awesome! thank you for replying so soon.
Hey Sharla! Can you make a video about the night life in Japan? Like the best places to go dancing, bowling etc :)
sharla, are you still in the process of getting your bachelor's or are you going for a degree beyond that? i've been wanting to ask, but didn't know if it was an invasive question..? >w
Bachelor's! :) I won't be doing any more school once I'm done, I want to start working :)
It depends on universities, but my university in Japan has about 2 months vacation in summer.
日本の場合、友達は心の繋がりの深さだから、遊ばないから友達じゃないってのは違うと思う。どれだけその人と親密であるかなんじゃないかな。話は変わりますが、グレッグさんの目がキラキラしてるのに、炎みたいにエネルギッシュでとても綺麗ですね。
Can you transfer straight out of a community college to do a year in Japan or do you have to be in a University?
been wanting to learn Japanese culture and language for years but already graduated school and a post secondary course (graphic design), completely lost on how to get into a course let alone a scholarship, any tips or suggestions? google is not a friend haha
thanks for the video! i leave later this yea to go to a language there too and i didn't know about any university's
Do you usually transform from your English comments to Japanese capitation?
Very very good!
What program did you enroll in?? And what university did u go to??I'm thinking of the CIEE year-long but that's kind of expensive, thanks
Can you pls do a tips for learning Japanese video? thanks sharla
P.s. Your pretty
Thanks, really helpful video! Hopefully after my psychology study and I can do something similar, studying Japanese in Tokyo :)
So if you learn Japanese on your own can you go to college to learn it without taking a test for it?
Did your parents let you go to Japan? Because if I asked my parents if I could go to Japan they would say no
well once you turn 18 your parent's consent won't matter ;)
+한국어violinisttt lmao turning 18 means nothing in certain households. not that people cant do what they want but if your parents are feeeing, and housing you ya you still need consent lol
by the time you are in uni (granted you arent already) your parents will have a few years to warm up to the idea. slowly show them pictures, talk about it, show videos and they will calm down. important things like safety and transportation is important also. Typically money wise study abroad is pretty "cheap" as long as you get scholarships, good grades and your university has a equal exchange of tuition.
Ty Monae ♡ are you studying abroad?
+한국어violinisttt Will be next year. Its already been worked out by my own school but i couldn't work a place to go any sooner, which is why im already aware of costs, the process, etc. Its just the going there part.
Great video :)
日本人は凄く個人主義だからね
一人の時間を大切にする
I'm almost sure I've seen this guy many times before I was going to my Japanese school (from october to december 2013)
hey Sharla in Japan if I want to go to university in japan do I have to do a university transfer or can I just apply directly to the Japanese university after high school?
You can apply right after, but you'd most likely have to do some kind of entrance test :)
Sharla in Japan
okay I plan to go to the Kyoto Seika University.
Isn't that exam just to make sure I can speak Japanese?
Akshay Narendranath I don't think it is just to make sure you speak Japanese. It depends on which faculty you're going for. Also I think you'd need to take the JLPT N2 test before applying
You are so lucky, I'm jelly! I wish I could go back in time and tried my hardest in my studies, graduated early or got a study abroad scholorship, and go to Japan. I didn't give a care in the world of what I wanted and just lived in the moment and now that I realize some stuff, I can't do it because my life is so difficult now. Even when I was in high school I could have graduated about a trimester early and gotten two scholorships for college but I already had my kids so I wouldn't be able to travel. Find a very smart Japanese person and see if they can make a time machine. Heh. I'm not regretting my kids, I'm regretting my choices. How I wish to attend school in Japan. 💔
I JUST realized you've known each other for quite a while. Cool.
+Sharla in Japan That video of the lady smashing the phone was in the Phillipines not Japan.
I watched Greg for the first time.
As soon as I watched this video, I understood Greg is a really good boy! I am sorry to write poor English.haha
Haha yeah he is!
I wish I could go to japan and go to school there.that would be the best thing in my life.
I was wondering, when they interviewed you, was the interview in English? And also, how did you learn Kanji? I mean, I've taken Japanese classes & learned kanji, but I only know the kanjis in the context we learned in class. How do to you pick up the different pronunciation (?) For the same kanji but different context? (Not really school related, but I'm just curious.) :)
Sharla, can you link the program and the university you were in? Thanks :)
I would love to study in Japan but I haven't even finished secondary school yet! Its annoying.😞
Ugh same
same but I guess we'll save more time to actually study Japanese, save money and prepare for it
Same
You can apply for scholarships to study abroad in high school too! it's actually pretty easy :D
How did you apply for jasso? Did you do it once you got to japan or did you have to apply earlier?
I'm Japanese man. It is difficult that foreigners make friends with Japanese.
The reason are the following points.
(1) The Japanese have a fear against foreigners.
(2) Since the Japanese can not speak English very well,
it is difficult that they take to communicate with foreigners.
(3) Because of the shy national character.
However, the Japanese do not discriminate against foreigners.
If foreigners are in trouble, the Japanese will help you with pleasure.
If foreigners want to be friends with Japanese,
It is necessary that they participate in local communities and enter the club of school actively.
This video is great! Sharla, you have seen both Canadian/American people and cultures and those Japanese, and you are accepting both as facts, it seems. We need someone like you who can weigh values not with absolute criteria but relative. I really appreciate your videos which introduce Japanese cultures not critisizing them but simply showing them and presenting your own feelings for them.
One difference between American and Japanese "friendship" may be inviting your friends to your place. In my experience, it rarely happens in Japan. Reasons? I can't really tell. So don't use inviting as a criterion of friendship. Like Sharla already wrote below, making GOOD friends is not an easy thing. Maybe that IS different from you guys. Opening up yourself is not an everyday thing to see. It seems even more so these days than in my youth days 30 years ago in Japan.
So is the main holiday is when the Cherry Blossom comes out? Cheers.
School is usually just starting up again when the cherry blossoms start to bloom :)
Greg already act like a japanese, super cute :)
I thought Sharla isn't going to college in Japan anymore or am I wrong? If so, what is she doing now and with which visum? Does anybody know?
こんにちは
日本人ですが動画見てて確かにlolって笑っちゃいました!
高校まではグレードや先生にもよるけど携帯やピアス化粧や髪型なんかの身だしなみやルールメッチャ厳しい！大学生はバイトばっかして朝起きれなくて学校来ない人沢山いる。パーティもこっちでは飲み会かなぁ居酒屋 宅飲み タコパー 鍋パーとかとかw プロムのようなドレスアップしてやったりするパーティも習慣がないから逆に日本人からしたらパーティってどんなのか憧れるなぁ:D
Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your working vid.
My neck is sore from tilt-o-vision, but it did show off your nice complexion LOL ^^;
I went to Public University. If you go to Public university, I think you can get summer vacation from July 2nd week to the end of August, almost 2 months. And spring holiday start the first of February to the end of March. So we had almost 4 months holidays. But usually it depends the university.
Sharla, since you didn't link it, did you ever end up doing a video on your work experience in Japan (part-time, especially)? I can't find it if so. I've heard you need a degree even to work part-time, and was told you also need N2/1 to get even part-time work... I was wondering what your experience was, even in regards to finding a job - did you find it was difficult as a foreign person? I know Japanese companies/employers are allowed to not hire someone simply because they're not Japanese, and I've heard it happens quite often. I'd be interested in knowing what your experience was and how people trying to do something similar to what you did can go about such things.
It's questioner's misinterpreting ;The video that cellphone smashed by high school teacher is in CHINA
NOT IN JAPAN !
However it's hard to tell apart for foreign people I think;(
its kinda weird to hear about school costing because free education at all levels here, all the way up to university. and thanks for the video, gave me lot of information about studying there :)
Wow... you had a pretty long vacation time frame. I only had 3 days or so during summer, and 3 or so during fall, then a 2 week stretch over winter... then again I was in an accelerated program.
The Asian teacher that smashed the phone was in Thailand! If she wasn't talking then I can see why people can't differentiate. Thai and Japanese sound totally different lol!
Some Japanese commented and said it was Korea, haha either way that would never happen in a university here.
Hey greg!! i went to american university, graduated last may!!! i took the first year of japanese language.... did you have Eguchi-sensei and Donovan-sensei?
So if you don't have Japanese as a language at school, can you study it at home and take classes in college for it?
Strange in india bullying starts in college that too in the first year only.
it's too cold in japan. when my professor asked me to write an essay I would get writer's block. ti's been 8 years since I been in school I'm a college dropout.
haha, that actually sounds like my kind of party
Haha yeah eh. I actually prefer them to the drinkasmuchasyoucananddon'trememberanything parties in Canada xD
thank you for the information. I really appreciate it. I was wondering are you being taught in English? or Japanese in class?
I would love to finish my BA in Japan. I hope to hear from you soon.
Both, you can choose what kind of classes you want to take! :)