As a culture, the Japanese seem to be quite light on their feet. I was a dance instructor for 33 years & teaching people to be light on their feet is everything when first learning to dance, especially with a partner. In the USA, most people tramp quite heavily as they walk; so I conclude that this is mostly how Japanese can ‘ninja’ their way through even the most dense of crowds. Arigato 🙏🏼
Wow! I have been studying Japanese martial arts for over 30 years. One drill we do is called "Tokyo Train Station" where all the students have a central point in the dojo to walk past and they have to learn that natural dodge ability to not bump into each other while walking.
I am Japanese born in America and I fold everything, including trash. People make fun of me but I just can't stop! Thank you for this clever and interesting video.
When I was in elementary school we learned penmanship. I'm not sure if this is still taught in American schools, but I think it trains the mind to be organized and to take pride in neatness. I think if we lose these practices we start chipping away at some basic but important aspects of teaching about character.
I feel like Mexicans also have/had that "telepathy": at least from the older generations, there was quite a lot of context culture and empathy. Of course, that has gone out the window with cellphones and lack of attention, individualism and egocentrism, etc. Or maybe it was just my family, they brought me up like that and I'm always shocked at how inconsiderate everyone else is, how they do not think ahead of other people's well-being. Your explanation of musical sound and noise would explain why I find certain things beautiful why others don't care, or why I'm overwhelmed by perceived noise while others don't register it. Having neat handwriting was important in the West before complete digitalization, we would even learn cursive writing! I think that as a Millennial I was one of the last people to use it. I went to a strict Elementary that taught it as the ONLY handwriting and to this day I appreciate it for the lost skill that it is, and for the important things I learnt through it.
I lived in Hawaii for 40 years. Lots of Japanese people there. I picked up the telepathy habit. I think it's really nice, plus there it was considered too "in your face" or obvious to have to state what was needed. A hint is enough. Now I live in Arizona. And I still use the telepathy thing. But here, people aren't expecting it and I am forever being told "Oh! You don't have to ________" So interesting how cultures have different understandings.
Fabulous. One thing comes to mind. I've spent some time with the Lakotas (plains Indian people) and their tradition, like your 1000 paper cranes, is making tobacco ties. When someone needs some serious prayer, you take tiny squares of cotton cloth, about 2" or less on each side, drop a pinch of tobacco in the center, gather the cloth into a little bundle, and there is a way of tying all of these tobacco ties onto the same long string, without cutting the string. The sacred number of tobacco ties to make on one single string is 405. And for the person who is making this tobacco tie string -- this takes quite some time -- there is a prayer put into each of the ties. That's a lot of prayer. During Sundance, the ceremony on the plains where the community gathers for prayer and healing and there are four days of dancing and drumming and singing and sweatlodge ceremonies, you can take your tobacco tie string and place it on the tree that is erected in the middle of the dance circle. All of those prayers are magnified, I guess you would say, by all of the people attending the Sundance ceremony and by the dancers and singers and medicine people who attend.
All your vids are great! When I went to buy a book in a Japanese bookstore I was fascinated at how beautifully they wrapped it, and the string- tying, a whole other art.
Great video, Aki! I enjoy your videos very much. I think I (an elderly German lady)I am very similar to the Japanes people. When I saw the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), I found the scene with Colonel Saito and Colonel Nicholson (two arch-enemies) so remarkable. The two men were standing alone on the bridge in the evening and Nicholson said: "Wonderful!" Saito confirmed this in an almost dreamy voice, but Nicholson meant the bridge that had been built and Saito meant the beautiful sunset. I much more sympathised with Saito ... Saito was played by the famous, in his younger years beautiful actor Sessue Hayakawa (1889-1973). He was the second son of a family that belonged to the Japanese nobility. His father was a high provincial official and, at his request, the young Hayakawa aspired to become an officer in the Japanese navy, which he was unable to complete due to a diving accident that left him with hearing problems. Disappointed, Hayakawa tried to commit traditional seppuku, but lost consciousness and was found and healed despite serious injuries. He then turned to Zen Buddhism and tried to become a Zen priest for several months...
Can you make a video about autistic japanese people? I'm interested in how they experience the "telepathy ability", since as far I know, people on the autistic spectrum are struggeling with the understanding of contexts and the feelings of others a lot. Thank you! :)
For me it’s hot here means turn on the AC. An the folding thing is funny when you remember some Japanese arts like Judo are jokingly called, ‘the gentle art of folding clothes while your opponent is still wearing them.’ Great video!
What fun! Want to visit one day and these things help to round out knowledge of how others think. My granddaughter and husband just visited Japan and loved it a lot. Thanks!
Cool! I agree with the other comment saying it's a great thumbnail! I think a special skill from my area of the US (Appalachian countryside) would be being able to fix anything even when we don't exactly know how to do it properly. If someone from my area has some string, glue and some cardboard they can fix everything from a fence to a part of a car. I've seen it! Edit: is that a SHURE mic? I have one too! ☺️
This was fascinating. I loved the portion that included a history lesson. That was fun. I was raised in an area where crickets, frogs, and lots of animals would make noises all the time and I love the sound. Turns out I met some people from the city who love the sound of traffic because they are used to it but not silence. . I think it depends on the environment really with that one. For instance, I have always lived close to train stations so I love the sound of trains while others can't stand it. I believe the same about handwriting. I also believe it is important to perfect your handwriting. As a kid, my handwriting was pretty messy. When I was 14, I started to practice making it neater. Now, everyone I know who sees my handwriting says I have such pretty and neat handwriting. It is also unique as I have not seen others who have writing like mine (it looks like a script print combination in a way). Yet, my cursive handwriting is gorgeous and much prettier than my handwriting in print. I have had penpals from Japan and they do have very neat handwriting! Loved the video!
I used to tutor a couple of little girls in the UK who had a Japanese mum and a British dad. One of them was more like her mum and used to pick up origami and other Japanese things much more easily, the other had less patience, she tended to like Japanese food more too, though they both did. The mother told me that Japanese mothers play a lot of finger and hand games all the time with their children from the time they're babies, and she thought this was how Japanese children get very dextrous and quick and neat, and that training hands like that was also good for brain development generally. She was quite surprised how little European mothers did it.
Hi ! This is Sangeeta from India ...I had read a Japanese story in my school days about Japanese people that they would never make other people uncomfortable if their clothes has a little tear may be by chance , they act as if they have not noticed it all ..they try by all means not to embarass you ...can this be an add on to your list Matcha ....I'm fascinated by Japanese people since then and here I'm a permanent subscriber to your beautiful channel...thanks for sharing your content....I just love it 😊
The examples with the window and the carrot are really interesting because this also means that Japanese people listen very much on their ear of appeal, which in Western countries often is tipically for women. (See also the "four sides of communication from Schulz von Thun)
I loved this video. Fun and cool info! My favorite part that was so fascinating is the sound of insects being processed in the right or left brain. Wow! Thank you for your videos. 🧡
Hii aki Except origami i identify with rest of the characteristics Your videos make me happy and I wish me and my family could move to Japan too somehow I have adopted minimalism and healthy eating with your videos Arigato 🙏
I'm always learning useful stuff at your channel 😊 I appreciate japanese culture of doing simple stuff so perfectly, thank you for inspiration, Aki-san 🙏 ps: my hand writing is messy too 😅😅
Yes. Based on this I certainly have another life as a Japanese person. Many of these things… like the napkin folding and appreciation of handwriting… I have. Do the Japanese get offended or does it cause relationship issues if one person doesn’t’read’ a hint… in the form of telepathy? I would like a lesson on folding thus plastic bag up in origami…. There are many of them here in Mexico. Thank you… what a in depth video to cover. All goodness to you Aki.
1. German people almost never apologize. They are rude. I'm not a typical German in this respect. I am very polite. If you are polite young Germans make fun of you. I always noticed the German rudeness (of young people) when I returned from England. Things have got much worse in the last four years. I like the politeness of the Japanese. They always stand quietly in line outside public toilets (in Bavaria) and everything happens quickly. I've never had to wait long.
Sugoi! I make the folding things and drawing everywhere xD the dodging is more of a polite thing in Portugal, so that people that don’t dodge are considered rude to other people.
Humm, creo que quizá en otra vida fui japonesa, porque me identifico con gran parte de lo que cuentas en tu vídeo de hoy 😅. Tus vídeos tienen un guión muy elaborado, se ve que trabajas muy duramente en ellos. Muchísimas gracias 🙏💖
I was born and even work today in the City Erwin Bälz came from. As a doctor he lived many years in Japan 1876-1905, taught at the University in Tokio and was called as Courtage physician for the emperor family. If you come to Germany again plan to stay in Stuttgart and we take you to the wonderful japanese garden in Bietigheim-Bissingen that was created from japanese gardeners in his honor.
Thanks for the excellent video. I have only one quibble. I am surprised you did not mention The Canadian characteristic of apologizing for bumping into people (and sometimes even inanimate objects). It's real. We are often teased for it.
Thank you Aki, from my experience with Japanese colleagues, I can say they develop a strong empathy sense (telepathy maybe same) they are as pleased to please as they like clean homes and landscapes (what I call a clean soul). Did you know I teach Origami to children over here since year 2000 ? I want to develop my AI Ninja sense this sounded to me very good one. cheers
Japanese people navigating in crowds, such a blessing! I live in a very crowded city in Europe and I can tell you we Europeans do NOT have these abilities to dodge and navigate. People really aren't aware of their surroundings and people bump into me all the time. At my previous job I had to pass through a shopping area to get to my job, often I made it just in time because tourists were in the way and not letting me pass through xD
Yes actually was amazed at Tokyo central station, peak time in an ocean if briefcases and dark suits nobody looking left or right, no collisions. A sixth sense of where everyone was around them. Being a rural girl I fell into sheer panic trying to cross through this. Suimasin about 100 times a minute 😂
I have experienced several of the Seven Unique Japanese Skills. When in Wadaura, Chiba Prefecture, I attended an arts contest of elementary school students. The theme was "The Whale and the Flowers". I just couldn't believe it. Many works on display showed mastery of artistic skills above those I have seen of university arts students in my country. One got me saying out loud "Putain! On dirait l'oeuvre d'un impressionniste!" It was a painting, made in brush stroke and dabs reminescent of Van Gogh, of a whale trio, seen from below. It was a dynamic painting, full of light, mass, movement, and depth. It was the work of a 2nd Grade student. I think that Japanese are so good at things that require skill because they live in a culture that value skilled work.
Amazing thumbnail! ❤ edit; whoa, I'm shocked Canadians aren't the top of them list for apologizing when bumping into someone. source: Canadian hah lol, also, being Canadian a "pot party" means something else 😂
I fold my paper money all the time. Does that mean I've got Japanese blood in me somewhere? Loved the video, as always. Now I'm off to have some matcha.
I also think Japanese people are good at drawing because they learn calligraphy and have to draw kanji characters from an early age. I’m glad that Japanese people still value beautiful handwriting. The handwriting of younger people in the US is appalling. 😢
Bulgarian here, but it looks like I'm almost there. The only thing that I'm definitely not good at is calligraphy. While I do admire a beautiful handwritten text, I find it boring to do it myself. I stand a better chance at improving my folding skills, since I haven't train them much since primary school. 🙂 Thank you for the interesting video, I really enjoyed it!
Konijiwa Samurai Matcha sensei have u been to germany with your bambo bike? I know u like Switzerland u seem to be nice and some minimal items sound good to me like i am considering Miyamoto others like Snow Peak Ofuton seem a bit expensive at 250€ but maybe i will consider it
My RUclips book club, the Hardcore Literature Book Club, is about to start the Tale of Genji. I went ahead and read it plus four othere Heien monogatori that were translated into English. Can you tell us anything about that? And have you been to the Genji Museum in Kyoto?
I actually want to get more into origami. I am also a weird American and love insect sounds, though I started slowly learning Japanese and I watch anime in Japanese with subtitles.
I never bumped into anyone while I was in Japan. I don’t know origami, but I fold everything nicely. My handwriting is terrible. The other things I got more or less covered. I’m still working on the things I haven’t mastered yet 😊
Insect voices to me are saying something, even if it is simply "bzzz" or "kweek", so I suppose I use the language part of my brain to hear them. I didn't know that about the different ways of hearing them.
I visited Japan for the first time while living in Korea, and something that surprised me was how, even in a densely populated place like Tokyo, everyone had a clear "personal bubble" around them and somehow steered clear of each other. This felt so weird to me after completely getting used to everyone bumping right into each other and losing my sense of personal space in Korea, lol
This ‘looking ahead and predicting crowds movements’ is know in England as ‘Zanshin’. The telepathic ability is known, in England as being and attentive host which we try and be at all times. Japanese and English people have stamina because we walk everywhere and our cities accommodate this desire. I’m a neuroscientist who was engaged in music/brain research. I have never heard of this ‘right side is music brain’ (dichotomania). Can you give me the source of you information? Drawing ability in Japanese? I think learning kanji increases their abilities, since the glyphs require you to acquire a certain artistic ability.
The "telepathy" part can clearly be described more as empathy. But it also feels like for western cultures a lot of it can also be described as "passive-aggressive" like you are implying something, you're not clearly saying what you want, yet you expect the other person to do something. I've seen a lot of frustration because of this 😂 !
For me, "telepathy" may be hinting to the other party what they want. Other regions or cultures may not be "telepathy", but they might want others to be more straightforward.
I think “telepathy” is better described as empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
As a culture, the Japanese seem to be quite light on their feet. I was a dance instructor for 33 years & teaching people to be light on their feet is everything when first learning to dance, especially with a partner. In the USA, most people tramp quite heavily as they walk; so I conclude that this is mostly how Japanese can ‘ninja’ their way through even the most dense of crowds. Arigato 🙏🏼
Wow! I have been studying Japanese martial arts for over 30 years. One drill we do is called "Tokyo Train Station" where all the students have a central point in the dojo to walk past and they have to learn that natural dodge ability to not bump into each other while walking.
The insect one is so interesting!! I love the sound of cicadas in the summer but so many people find it annoying! 😮
I am Japanese born in America and I fold everything, including trash. People make fun of me but I just can't stop! Thank you for this clever and interesting video.
When I was in elementary school we learned penmanship. I'm not sure if this is still taught in American schools, but I think it trains the mind to be organized and to take pride in neatness. I think if we lose these practices we start chipping away at some basic but important aspects of teaching about character.
I feel like Mexicans also have/had that "telepathy": at least from the older generations, there was quite a lot of context culture and empathy. Of course, that has gone out the window with cellphones and lack of attention, individualism and egocentrism, etc. Or maybe it was just my family, they brought me up like that and I'm always shocked at how inconsiderate everyone else is, how they do not think ahead of other people's well-being.
Your explanation of musical sound and noise would explain why I find certain things beautiful why others don't care, or why I'm overwhelmed by perceived noise while others don't register it.
Having neat handwriting was important in the West before complete digitalization, we would even learn cursive writing! I think that as a Millennial I was one of the last people to use it. I went to a strict Elementary that taught it as the ONLY handwriting and to this day I appreciate it for the lost skill that it is, and for the important things I learnt through it.
I feel that folding origami teaches us to be patience and to have an eye for precision and finer details.
I lived in Hawaii for 40 years. Lots of Japanese people there. I picked up the telepathy habit. I think it's really nice, plus there it was considered too "in your face" or obvious to have to state what was needed. A hint is enough. Now I live in Arizona. And I still use the telepathy thing. But here, people aren't expecting it and I am forever being told "Oh! You don't have to ________" So interesting how cultures have different understandings.
Fabulous. One thing comes to mind. I've spent some time with the Lakotas (plains Indian people) and their tradition, like your 1000 paper cranes, is making tobacco ties. When someone needs some serious prayer, you take tiny squares of cotton cloth, about 2" or less on each side, drop a pinch of tobacco in the center, gather the cloth into a little bundle, and there is a way of tying all of these tobacco ties onto the same long string, without cutting the string. The sacred number of tobacco ties to make on one single string is 405. And for the person who is making this tobacco tie string -- this takes quite some time -- there is a prayer put into each of the ties. That's a lot of prayer.
During Sundance, the ceremony on the plains where the community gathers for prayer and healing and there are four days of dancing and drumming and singing and sweatlodge ceremonies, you can take your tobacco tie string and place it on the tree that is erected in the middle of the dance circle. All of those prayers are magnified, I guess you would say, by all of the people attending the Sundance ceremony and by the dancers and singers and medicine people who attend.
All your vids are great!
When I went to buy a book in a Japanese bookstore I was fascinated at how beautifully they wrapped it, and the string- tying, a whole other art.
Great video, Aki! I enjoy your videos very much. I think I (an elderly German lady)I am very similar to the Japanes people. When I saw the film The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), I found the scene with Colonel Saito and Colonel Nicholson (two arch-enemies) so remarkable. The two men were standing alone on the bridge in the evening and Nicholson said: "Wonderful!" Saito confirmed this in an almost dreamy voice, but Nicholson meant the bridge that had been built and Saito meant the beautiful sunset. I much more sympathised with Saito ...
Saito was played by the famous, in his younger years beautiful actor Sessue Hayakawa (1889-1973). He was the second son of a family that belonged to the Japanese nobility. His father was a high provincial official and, at his request, the young Hayakawa aspired to become an officer in the Japanese navy, which he was unable to complete due to a diving accident that left him with hearing problems. Disappointed, Hayakawa tried to commit traditional seppuku, but lost consciousness and was found and healed despite serious injuries. He then turned to Zen Buddhism and tried to become a Zen priest for several months...
Love the insect sounds. I love meditating outside listening to bumble bees. For me, it is the most beautiful sound!
Can you make a video about autistic japanese people? I'm interested in how they experience the "telepathy ability", since as far I know, people on the autistic spectrum are struggeling with the understanding of contexts and the feelings of others a lot. Thank you! :)
As an autistic person, I wonder the same thing! I think for me it helps to know rules and ways to make social etiquette easier
For me it’s hot here means turn on the AC.
An the folding thing is funny when you remember some Japanese arts like Judo are jokingly called, ‘the gentle art of folding clothes while your opponent is still wearing them.’
Great video!
That’s exactly what I thought, where I live is very hot so opening a window would make it hotter
Always great videos. Thank you.
What fun! Want to visit one day and these things help to round out knowledge of how others think. My granddaughter and husband just visited Japan and loved it a lot. Thanks!
Cool! I agree with the other comment saying it's a great thumbnail!
I think a special skill from my area of the US (Appalachian countryside) would be being able to fix anything even when we don't exactly know how to do it properly. If someone from my area has some string, glue and some cardboard they can fix everything from a fence to a part of a car. I've seen it!
Edit: is that a SHURE mic? I have one too! ☺️
My dad always said "chewin' gum and balin' wire" would fix anything on the farm.
Thank you for your content, Aki!
This was fascinating. I loved the portion that included a history lesson. That was fun.
I was raised in an area where crickets, frogs, and lots of animals would make noises all the time and I love the sound. Turns out I met some people from the city who love the sound of traffic because they are used to it but not silence. . I think it depends on the environment really with that one. For instance, I have always lived close to train stations so I love the sound of trains while others can't stand it.
I believe the same about handwriting. I also believe it is important to perfect your handwriting. As a kid, my handwriting was pretty messy. When I was 14, I started to practice making it neater. Now, everyone I know who sees my handwriting says I have such pretty and neat handwriting. It is also unique as I have not seen others who have writing like mine (it looks like a script print combination in a way). Yet, my cursive handwriting is gorgeous and much prettier than my handwriting in print. I have had penpals from Japan and they do have very neat handwriting!
Loved the video!
I used to tutor a couple of little girls in the UK who had a Japanese mum and a British dad. One of them was more like her mum and used to pick up origami and other Japanese things much more easily, the other had less patience, she tended to like Japanese food more too, though they both did. The mother told me that Japanese mothers play a lot of finger and hand games all the time with their children from the time they're babies, and she thought this was how Japanese children get very dextrous and quick and neat, and that training hands like that was also good for brain development generally. She was quite surprised how little European mothers did it.
Hi ! This is Sangeeta from India ...I had read a Japanese story in my school days about Japanese people that they would never make other people uncomfortable if their clothes has a little tear may be by chance , they act as if they have not noticed it all ..they try by all means not to embarass you ...can this be an add on to your list Matcha ....I'm fascinated by Japanese people since then and here I'm a permanent subscriber to your beautiful channel...thanks for sharing your content....I just love it 😊
Watching from LA ❤
The examples with the window and the carrot are really interesting because this also means that Japanese people listen very much on their ear of appeal, which in Western countries often is tipically for women. (See also the "four sides of communication from Schulz von Thun)
2:34 that's not the pot party I was expecting 😂
Great content, video! Thank you!
Thanks for this video, really pleasant to watch as usual !
Thank you, Aki! I loved your video! Have a nice week!
I love your videos! Thank you for the entertainment and knowledge 😊
Great video!
I loved this video. Fun and cool info! My favorite part that was so fascinating is the sound of insects being processed in the right or left brain. Wow! Thank you for your videos. 🧡
This was a fun video! I really like you and how your mind thinks!
I really loved this video with your stories and insight. Very enjoyable! Thank you so much, Aki!!
I loved this- fascinating and fun! The ninja fact might be my favorite. 😃
Hi Samurai Matchasan, Konnichiwa! I'm loving your content! I'm falling in love with Japan as well. Sending greetings from Argentina! x
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Thank you Aki!
Love all your vids. This one was wonderful. I have some things to work towards! Handwriting, origami and my ninja skills. 😁 Thank you.
Hii aki
Except origami i identify with rest of the characteristics
Your videos make me happy and I wish me and my family could move to Japan too somehow
I have adopted minimalism and healthy eating with your videos
Arigato 🙏
What a fun video!
The insect voices fact is so intriguing!
I'm always learning useful stuff at your channel 😊 I appreciate japanese culture of doing simple stuff so perfectly, thank you for inspiration, Aki-san 🙏
ps: my hand writing is messy too 😅😅
Yes. Based on this I certainly have another life as a Japanese person. Many of these things… like the napkin folding and appreciation of handwriting… I have.
Do the Japanese get offended or does it cause relationship issues if one person doesn’t’read’ a hint… in the form of telepathy?
I would like a lesson on folding thus plastic bag up in origami…. There are many of them here in Mexico.
Thank you… what a in depth video to cover. All goodness to you Aki.
1. German people almost never apologize. They are rude. I'm not a typical German in this respect. I am very polite. If you are polite young Germans make fun of you. I always noticed the German rudeness (of young people) when I returned from England. Things have got much worse in the last four years. I like the politeness of the Japanese. They always stand quietly in line outside public toilets (in Bavaria) and everything happens quickly. I've never had to wait long.
Same with the French, we will find a way on putting the blame at least partly on you rather than apologise 😂 !
Thanks Aki. That was interesting. Greetings from Satoshi
Sugoi! I make the folding things and drawing everywhere xD the dodging is more of a polite thing in Portugal, so that people that don’t dodge are considered rude to other people.
Wonderful!
Humm, creo que quizá en otra vida fui japonesa, porque me identifico con gran parte de lo que cuentas en tu vídeo de hoy 😅. Tus vídeos tienen un guión muy elaborado, se ve que trabajas muy duramente en ellos. Muchísimas gracias 🙏💖
Great informational video. Those crosswalks in Tokyo seem like organized chaos. I was amazed I never got run over.
so fun!
I was born and even work today in the City Erwin Bälz came from. As a doctor he lived many years in Japan 1876-1905, taught at the University in Tokio and was called as Courtage physician for the emperor family. If you come to Germany again plan to stay in Stuttgart and we take you to the wonderful japanese garden in Bietigheim-Bissingen that was created from japanese gardeners in his honor.
thanksd i love this
Number 4 is super interesting 💚
Thank you for a interesting video🙏 Is Wabi Sabi a subject you can do a video about. Wish you a great day
Thank you Aki.
The immaculately folded plastic bag was quite Impressive 💚
Thanks for the excellent video. I have only one quibble. I am surprised you did not mention The Canadian characteristic of apologizing for bumping into people (and sometimes even inanimate objects). It's real. We are often teased for it.
Thank you Aki, from my experience with Japanese colleagues, I can say they develop a strong empathy sense (telepathy maybe same) they are as pleased to please as they like clean homes and landscapes (what I call a clean soul). Did you know I teach Origami to children over here since year 2000 ? I want to develop my AI Ninja sense this sounded to me very good one. cheers
Amazing culture!
Japanese people navigating in crowds, such a blessing! I live in a very crowded city in Europe and I can tell you we Europeans do NOT have these abilities to dodge and navigate. People really aren't aware of their surroundings and people bump into me all the time. At my previous job I had to pass through a shopping area to get to my job, often I made it just in time because tourists were in the way and not letting me pass through xD
In Italy we use many vowels too ❤ Thanks for your videos. I'm trying to practice some your suggestions
That's great! Maybe you can hair insect voices??
Yes actually was amazed at Tokyo central station, peak time in an ocean if briefcases and dark suits nobody looking left or right, no collisions.
A sixth sense of where everyone was around them.
Being a rural girl I fell into sheer panic trying to cross through this. Suimasin about 100 times a minute 😂
I have experienced several of the Seven Unique Japanese Skills. When in Wadaura, Chiba Prefecture, I attended an arts contest of elementary school students. The theme was "The Whale and the Flowers". I just couldn't believe it. Many works on display showed mastery of artistic skills above those I have seen of university arts students in my country. One got me saying out loud "Putain! On dirait l'oeuvre d'un impressionniste!" It was a painting, made in brush stroke and dabs reminescent of Van Gogh, of a whale trio, seen from below. It was a dynamic painting, full of light, mass, movement, and depth. It was the work of a 2nd Grade student. I think that Japanese are so good at things that require skill because they live in a culture that value skilled work.
Amazing thumbnail! ❤
edit; whoa, I'm shocked Canadians aren't the top of them list for apologizing when bumping into someone. source: Canadian hah
lol, also, being Canadian a "pot party" means something else 😂
I fold my paper money all the time. Does that mean I've got Japanese blood in me somewhere? Loved the video, as always. Now I'm off to have some matcha.
I also think Japanese people are good at drawing because they learn calligraphy and have to draw kanji characters from an early age. I’m glad that Japanese people still value beautiful handwriting. The handwriting of younger people in the US is appalling. 😢
Bulgarian here, but it looks like I'm almost there. The only thing that I'm definitely not good at is calligraphy. While I do admire a beautiful handwritten text, I find it boring to do it myself. I stand a better chance at improving my folding skills, since I haven't train them much since primary school. 🙂 Thank you for the interesting video, I really enjoyed it!
You are SO CUTE to me and such an inspiration, I love Japanese
Arigatougozaimasu：）
The insect sound one was fascinating,
FIRST! I'm watching from the Philippines.
Gaki
GGs. XD
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I agree that the Japanese people I have met have very neat hand writing, and so do I.
To me crickets sound so calming i love them 😊
Konijiwa Samurai Matcha sensei have u been to germany with your bambo bike? I know u like Switzerland u seem to be nice and some minimal items sound good to me like i am considering Miyamoto others like Snow Peak Ofuton seem a bit expensive at 250€ but maybe i will consider it
英語教師をしていた夏目漱石が、「I love you」を訳す質問を生徒にし、「我、君を愛す」と訳した生徒に「日本人は直接的には言いません、月がとても綺麗ですね」と言うようにと言ったそうです😊
昔の日本は、今以上にオブラートに包んで表現していたみたいです✨
これも一種のテレパシー？w
My RUclips book club, the Hardcore Literature Book Club, is about to start the Tale of Genji. I went ahead and read it plus four othere Heien monogatori that were translated into English. Can you tell us anything about that? And have you been to the Genji Museum in Kyoto?
I actually want to get more into origami. I am also a weird American and love insect sounds, though I started slowly learning Japanese and I watch anime in Japanese with subtitles.
I never bumped into anyone while I was in Japan.
I don’t know origami, but I fold everything nicely.
My handwriting is terrible.
The other things I got more or less covered. I’m still working on the things I haven’t mastered yet 😊
The insect thing was super interesting whoa
Insect voices to me are saying something, even if it is simply "bzzz" or "kweek", so I suppose I use the language part of my brain to hear them. I didn't know that about the different ways of hearing them.
Aki, if there's someone coming, he moves to the right and you move to the left, you're moving in the same direction!
I visited Japan for the first time while living in Korea, and something that surprised me was how, even in a densely populated place like Tokyo, everyone had a clear "personal bubble" around them and somehow steered clear of each other. This felt so weird to me after completely getting used to everyone bumping right into each other and losing my sense of personal space in Korea, lol
Personal bubble! What a cute way of saying it:) Arigatou gozaiimasu:) I want to go to Korea!
This ‘looking ahead and predicting crowds movements’ is know in England as ‘Zanshin’. The telepathic ability is known, in England as being and attentive host which we try and be at all times. Japanese and English people have stamina because we walk everywhere and our cities accommodate this desire. I’m a neuroscientist who was engaged in music/brain research. I have never heard of this ‘right side is music brain’ (dichotomania). Can you give me the source of you information? Drawing ability in Japanese? I think learning kanji increases their abilities, since the glyphs require you to acquire a certain artistic ability.
Aki-san, subarashii video deshita. Arigatō gozaimasu.
hey Nicholas my apple pencil tip is new but its tip is little bit bent. Is it normal
So now I just have to up my Japanese skills and pick up origami again xD
The insect part is funny bc I was young,I used to hate it.
I'm more Japanese than I thought! 🤣🤣🤣
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I love and do calligraphy and Origami.
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The "telepathy" part can clearly be described more as empathy. But it also feels like for western cultures a lot of it can also be described as "passive-aggressive" like you are implying something, you're not clearly saying what you want, yet you expect the other person to do something. I've seen a lot of frustration because of this 😂 !
This is really interesting and i think im Japanese 😊
I think Japanese and New Yorkers are similar with their agility when walking! 😆
For me, "telepathy" may be hinting to the other party what they want. Other regions or cultures may not be "telepathy", but they might want others to be more straightforward.
Therefore japanese people are so intelligent because they we're trained in so many skills.
I bet Japanese don't apologize as much as Canadians tho - we say sorry when we bump into a post.....LOL
Domo arigato gozaimasu 🙏🇯🇵
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thanks, I'm now japanese
Chiikawa 😊