I really appreciate the east london guy about the vegan food. Rather than 'blaming" Japan for not wrote the ingredients in english, instead, he acknowledged that the 'difficulty' is because he has not learned Japanese and willing to learn for his next trip...
My first trip to Japan was in 2016, I cried on the way home haha. It felt like home, I have missed it since we left. We are going back in a month and I cannot wait!
Don't worry we know exactly how you feel! If you need ideas on things to do, then have a look at our videos about Japan. We were there for 3 months earlier this year 😁
True Normality the first trip we purchased a tour though Groupon.com through affordable Asia. For this trip we are flying out of Atlanta, and staying in Akihabara for two weeks. It is 3500 for two people. $1750 each. We booked through travelocity
I was in Japan in August and I also cried while waiting the plane at Haneda... Juste did not want to come back to trashy smelly France. I am now working hard at my job to spare as much money as possible in order to go back in Japan a full year with a WHV visa
I give Japan 10/10 and would love to move and live there for a couple years to experience more of the country. I was only able to visit Tokyo and Kyoto during my visit this past May, but it was incredible. I know some people say it’s difficult to talk to Japanese people, but I had the privilege of doing so even though I’m not an advanced Japanese speaker. My favorite exchanges were with this adorable girl who worked at Liz Lisa on Takeshita Street, a man who helped me when I was lost, and this older man I met in Kyoto! The Liz Lisa girl and I talked about kawaii things haha. We went back and forth in Japanese and English. I ended up accidentally leaving my phone in the dressing room like an airhead and she chased me down outside of the store to give it to me. She was just really nice and I hope she is doing well. 💕 I ended up getting a little lost one night in Tokyo because my WiFi device died and I had just been wandering around exploring and not really focusing on where I was going haha. I also could not get my phone to connect to any other WiFi in the area for some reason! My brother was completely elsewhere in the city. I didn’t even have to ask anyone for help because this kind Japanese man came up to me and asked me if I was lost. He helped me and stayed with me until I found other American foreigners who then let me use their phone to contact my brother through fb messenger!! They were all so kind I wanted to cry lol. The older man I met in Kyoto was super friendly and informative and told my brother and me all about the history of certain temples and shrines and we also learned so much about Buddhism. Once again, we went back and forth in English and Japanese which is just tons of fun haha. I love and miss Japan so much. I can’t wait to go back someday. 😭💖
Sounds like you had an amazing time out there! We were there in May as well, but we were there for 3 months so were fortunately enough to visit different parts of Japan. Even better that we got to film some amazing content for our RUclips channel!
10 I want to live in Hokkaido because it's cold there and I love the cold! I'd also would love to travel around Japan when I'm not busy. It's been my dream for so many years. I'm even studying and learning the language for almost 4 months and I now can keep a conversation!
A lot of Japanese are vegetarians and don't have a problem finding food and meals. It's only hard for vegetarians that visit Japan because they can't read or speak Japanese. Most visitors are also not familiar with different kinds of Japanese food and vegetables. Foreigners only know Sushi, Ramen, Curry and Kobe beef, Japanese food is so much more than that.
12 years in Japan. I have to deduct 1 point for the humidity, but add 2 points for the safety. So I guess that's an 11. Fabulous place for kids. I raised 2 there. Now retired in the SW of the US. However, the US is in free fall, so may return to Nihon. Of course when the US collapses, it may take Japan with it.
as a tourist i give it 10 which is why i am going there again next week for a couple of weeks. work there is too tough tho so probably it goes down to 6-8 if you actually live there. the novelty also wears off after some time. i was there once for 2 months and i got used to some zhings fast and appreciated them less. then when i left i missed them
To answer Cathy's question, I've never been to Japan and I'm not sure that I'd offer a score, but maybe two observations. I've seen a lot of people who visit a place on vacation come back with feelings for the place they visited that reminds me of infatuation. Of course anyplace you go where you don't have to work, cook, clean or do housework and there are a lot of new things to see and do is wonderful and most of us would like to move to that place right away. The other thing I've seen in people is that they have unrealistic views of places that are far away that they haven't visited and again, it sometimes reminds me of infatuation. But yeah, from what little I've seen of Japan on YT, it looks like a fun place to visit and probably a nice place to live.
From what I've seen 8.5 also. As I am dependent on lipreading, I have zero idea how to cross the language barrier. I'm currently teaching myself Japanese Sign Language, but really need to learn how to write so I can get around communication barriers.
Way late but I would give it a 10/10 even without going once. Ever since I found out about Japan I knew I wanted to move and live there. Nothing has changed my mind since.
I have never been to japan, but i want to move there. There are a lot of reasons, but the biggest, i think, is that i love festivals! Especially Japanese festivals! I love the idea of dressing up, delicious food stalls, cute decor, fireworks, everything! I want to experience every festival in Japan! In the U.S. we don't have many festivals, especially ones to do with nature and seasons. We mostly have music festivals, beer festivals, etc. Which i hate. I can't stand loud music and i don't drink alcohol. The culture of Japan is also very beautiful(the shrines, the architecture, the cute mini shrines, the traditional dress, Japanese Gardens, etc.) and i love that everything is very nature oriented, spiritual, balanced in every aspect(like yin and yang), etc. I also feel like the personalities of the general population are a lot more similar to my personality than in the U.S. For ex. every time i hear someone describing the way that Japanese people act, i almost always am thinking: "wow! that sounds just like me!" XD They even eat similar things as me and i love all of their food! I moved all around the U.S., and i have lived in a lot of different places, but nothing here meshes with my personality. It's mainly the people that are so different from me. I feel like Japan will be a place that i can feel more at home. This is just how i feel at the moment, though. I will have to learn Japanese and stay there for at least a year to really know if i can feel at home there.
Some rated Japan using family and language barrier, but family absence and language barrier is not Japan's fault, so those scores are not actually evaluating solely Japan as a country (food, public, transport, attractions, people and etc).
lol, would love to go, some how the people and culture fell in love with it, best in the school of art magic,🖼️🎼🎨, not to mention would love the tech field irl.......
If I am marrying A Japanese woman and have a half Japanese children, there is a big chance that they will get bullied because they are half Japanese. Maybe you don't know that half Japanese in Japan doesn't treated so well by other kids.
Azwar Muharram well it depends on what their other half is. If theyre half european or white, or theyre good looking theyll get treated pretty well. Maybe not as kids because kids can be cruel but as they get older they will be.
I'd give Japan a 10 easily. I lived there for 2 years and it was great. And with travel like it is now, it would be easy to go back to the states whenever I felt the need in literally a matter of hours... a lot of hours but hours. The only family I have now is my brother so that isn't an obstacle as he is moving to Hawaii so even closer and with the advent of the internet and live video....I'd move to the country though. I want a large yard that can be landscaped. I love Koi ponds and greenery in my back yard. There are no yards in most of the cities especially Tokyo.
Nice! Seems like a lot of people answered the question as though they were asked to living "Tokyo" vs Japan given that the entire country has so much to see ... There's a strong "inaka" vibe here that you can't get in Tokyo proper for example.
I lived in Japan for 3 years. There's an enormous difference btw being a student & actually working in Japan. The business life can be very difficult to adapt to considering how homogeneous and xenophobic Japanese culture is. My score, 6.5/10
I couldn't agree with you more. I have been living in Japan for 2.5-3 years as a vocational school student. As an Asian foreigner, I have a very oriental Asian look. Meanwhile, the Japanese are (in)famous with their obsession of white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes. Guess where that got me? My schoolmates, who are all Japanese, never really try to befriend me. They prefer to hangout with their fellow Japanese-blood friends. They never, ever ask me to hangout with them. I always have to 'invite' myself into their little groups (asking if I can join them). I have their SNS contacts, but they never initiate private chats with me except school-related topics. I never ever talk with them on personal, deep, long talk level. After 2 years long the truth finally fully dawned on me. I accepted the fact that they never treat me as friends. Thus, my whole view towards the Japanese people changed. Xenophobia is quite a problem in Japan. They obsess white people's looks, but that's that. If there are Japanese who have that obsession, if they ever befriend/go out with a white person, I bet they will only treat the white person as a 'trophy friend/trophy lover'. But it's an entirely different case with Asian foreigners. (A lot of) Japanese underestimate Asian foreigners such as Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. Us Asian foreigners never even entered their equation of 'gaikokujin = white skin.'
do japanese person do private chats with personal, deep, long talk level? not to you but between japanese to japanese person... since japan quite individualistic in those regards and they respect privacy and personal space (they don't prob into other people private life so much)...
@alphaxfang You're half right. Japanese talk on deep, personal, long level only with other fellow Japanese. It is also true that Japanese don't pry into other people's lives so as to respect privacy. But, you're also incorrect. Person A has to be brave to consult about his/her own personal issues to person B. That means, even between Japanese only friends, one person has to take the initiative to consult his/her own personal issues to another Japanese friend. I also would feel it rude if anybody pries into my life. UNLESS I take the initiative to consult about my personal issues to other people first. But, what I actually meant on my previous post was, the Japanese schoolmates never try to befriend me, nor try to ask me to hangout for simple drinks/lunches at cafes. Thus, I never got close with them as friends, so I never got the chance to consult about any of my own personal issues at all. Neither do they. They never try to consult about their own personal issues with me. That is what I mean by personal, deep, long talk level. In other words, I am forever a 'soto' (stranger) to them. While their little groups' members are 'uchi' (close friends) to one another. Years and years of being treated as 'soto' (stranger) is actually toxic and mental-depraving. You cannot talk deep, personal topics with any of your Japanese acquaintances, if they treat you as such. Even between 'uchi' (close friends) they started off as 'soto' (stranger) to each other first, don't they? In order to get closer to 'uchi' level, they need to hangout several times with each other, talk common topics with each other several times, etc. If they 'connect' with each other, they will treat the other more as 'uchi' one step closer. I never leveled up to 'uchi' with any of them. I'm stuck with being treated as 'soto' by them.
@@fanfanfan4373 do they previously come from same school? Some school are like linked from elementary to high school... Maybe they (as a group) know each other longer so the relationship is kind of difficult for stranger to come in into their circle... And yeah for stranger or transfer student they need to do extra work to fit in into the existing group... With gaijin looks it will be more difficult i guess...
@@alphaxfang I stated in my very first comment above, that I go to a vocational school. It's like a college. One of the next school options to enroll after high school. The vocational school students come from different high schools. Some even from far away home prefectures. But, they quickly became 'uchi' with the other Japanese students in no time. Except with me. Yeah. That's what happens when Japanese are xenophobic. They look down on foreigners. Thus, foreign students/workers have a really hard time trying to fit in, let alone getting closer as 'uchi'.
I would defiantly move to Japan tomorrow if I could. I live in Canada and think that maybe because we are so culturally diverse here we might not have as much of a unique Canadian culture. Japan is also much older than Canada and has been secluded from the rest of the world for much of it's history. I think that helped to strengthen its own unique culture. It would be a big change in scenery to say the least for that reason and I feel like every day would be a mini adventure. Hopefully in the next few years the time will be right and I can make the big crazy move 🤞
London is better than Tokyo. Such an idiot. Why London gets far more tourists than Tokyo!! lol You've never been to historic and beautiful places like Greenwich park? Greenland docks?
I love like they said 10/10 without taking into consideration not just good things in Japan or things what you see as a tourist, but also the bad things, what they can't see until they work there (I hear a lot of things from my friend who lives and works in Japan few years)
It's always different when you view things as a tourist, we were there for 3 months so kind of like semi-tourists but we still absolutely loved Japan! Which is why we filmed plenty of videos for our RUclips channel 😜
i'd give it a 9. for moving there i'd have to be offered a job out of the blue(where fluent japanese isn't required since i only know beginner). i do plan on seeking a job and live there, at least for some time
That's why I've been learning Japanese for the past year and I have another year to learn it before my 2020 trip :) I plan on moving there if I can find a job :)
@@dodoapexch1389 Speak to any non mainland chinese who have been to Taiwan and Mainland China. Taiwan wins every time. I'm sorry you can't handle the truth
Maybe I'm just a jerk, but I will never understand "family" being a main reason preventing you from moving where you want, and living a life of your own. I love my family to death, but as soon as I could, I moved out of the small city I'm from. I miss my family and home city, of course, but my main goal is to live my life to the fullest and see the world. That's what I'm doing. I've never once regret it. I would absolutely love to live in Japan, and planned on moving there...but there isn't much of a work-life balance there. I have a super chill lifestyle right now, where I'm able to travel and do what I like, while still working a fraction of what I used to. I can't imagine going back to 40 hours + OT every week.
My main issue with Japan actually has to do with my ADHD medication, which can't be brought into Japan. Since I need it to feel like a functional human, I think any trip I'd have would be very unhappy.
@@Hixor depends on the person. Some people a fine or maybe better without it. When I'm without it, I become a binge eater who wants to eat till they puke, as well as being unable to focus on anything, and often lose control of my emotional state. But, I must reiterate, it impacts people differently, and I know I'm in a camp that absolutely needs it to function
When you're asking "do you want to move here?" those freigners seem to be hearing "do you want to move to Tokyo?", not "do you really want to move to Japan?". There's so much more than urban areas.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The last two guys are from Brazil. Dragon Ball was a sucess in Brazil. A lot of people got curious about life style Japan because of this anime
@Alan Jhones ele pronunciou como o F brasileiro, levando a dentição aos lábios e soprando, o TH se pronuncia quase como um S ou Z, só que ao invés de levar a ponta da língua ao céu da boca, leva-se aos dentes superiores frontais e soprando rapidamente, o resultado é um som misto entre A, Z e F, que para brasileiros por falta de costume é difícil de notar, mas para os estrangeiros é totalmente perceptível.
For me it would have to be the workforce issues as well. Especially as a woman, things just aren't as fair in terms of family leave and growing in a company.
um,... it's complicated,... I have to live permanently in Japan later (Tokyo),... summer is hell-on-earth,... weeaboo tourists are annoying but I think they are mostly harmless,... the crows are scary so I really respect them, even when they tear open the plastic garbage bags and make a mess ... right-wing nationalists blaring their stupid songs around Yasukuni shrine really annoy me ... my score is 5.8,... except for Hakodate, that is definitely 8!
I think south east Asia is way more fun and exciting.... Japan is impressive and beautiful however outside of tokyo I found it a bit quite and not much going on. It's too predictable for me everyone follows every rule, and works way too hard. I think it also lacks nightlife.
Career Opportunity: Zero minus points off for even native Japanese salaries and advancement. Liveability: Ten out of ten for Chiba at least being a great place to live and retire. I'm American. I am not an English instructor of any kind. I'm fluent in Japanese since I was a teenager. I want what any immigrant wants. I want to own my home, start a business without restrictions. I want to be welcomed because I am contributing to the GDP of my adopted nation. Sorry, but this video is a fail because you aren't thinking lifetime. Asking a bunch of twenty-somethings isn't any kind of survey.
I have never been to Japan so I can't really give it a rating but pre game prediction I would probably give it 7 or 8 out of 10. I would love to go there but not live there, I only speak a hand full of Japanese words, the gun laws are to strict, I would want to live in an apartment and I would miss my family.
Extremely. If you're living in Japan, you would most likely have to cook your own food. Vegan restaurants exist, particularly in Tokyo, but they cost a ton of money.
本当にインタビュー上手いね
感心することしきりです
可愛いしフレンドリーだし、聞き上手。
I really appreciate the east london guy about the vegan food. Rather than 'blaming" Japan for not wrote the ingredients in english, instead, he acknowledged that the 'difficulty' is because he has not learned Japanese and willing to learn for his next trip...
My first trip to Japan was in 2016, I cried on the way home haha. It felt like home, I have missed it since we left. We are going back in a month and I cannot wait!
Don't worry we know exactly how you feel! If you need ideas on things to do, then have a look at our videos about Japan. We were there for 3 months earlier this year 😁
How much did you spend overall, with tickets included/place to sleep, food, etc? THANKS!
True Normality the first trip we purchased a tour though Groupon.com through affordable Asia.
For this trip we are flying out of Atlanta, and staying in Akihabara for two weeks. It is 3500 for two people. $1750 each. We booked through travelocity
I was in Japan in August and I also cried while waiting the plane at Haneda... Juste did not want to come back to trashy smelly France.
I am now working hard at my job to spare as much money as possible in order to go back in Japan a full year with a WHV visa
True Normality for 2 of us in Aug. 10k for the whole trip, air food hotels etc
cathy cat 文句なく大好き。嫌みが全くない人柄が素晴らしい。キレッキレで弾けるような英語。新鮮な刺身食べてるよう。日本文化の分析は文化人類学的。崇拝してます。
For me 10 out of 10. Already planning a trip back for 2020 after the Olympics
Agree with the first guy about moving but still it's a 10 as a great country to visit
That's what we're hoping for as well! Got to experience the Olympics in London and I think Tokyo will definitely top it off!
With which company are you going to book the tickets? I'm trying to find one but it's hard.
What olympic lol
I give Japan 10/10 and would love to move and live there for a couple years to experience more of the country. I was only able to visit Tokyo and Kyoto during my visit this past May, but it was incredible. I know some people say it’s difficult to talk to Japanese people, but I had the privilege of doing so even though I’m not an advanced Japanese speaker. My favorite exchanges were with this adorable girl who worked at Liz Lisa on Takeshita Street, a man who helped me when I was lost, and this older man I met in Kyoto! The Liz Lisa girl and I talked about kawaii things haha. We went back and forth in Japanese and English. I ended up accidentally leaving my phone in the dressing room like an airhead and she chased me down outside of the store to give it to me. She was just really nice and I hope she is doing well. 💕 I ended up getting a little lost one night in Tokyo because my WiFi device died and I had just been wandering around exploring and not really focusing on where I was going haha. I also could not get my phone to connect to any other WiFi in the area for some reason! My brother was completely elsewhere in the city. I didn’t even have to ask anyone for help because this kind Japanese man came up to me and asked me if I was lost. He helped me and stayed with me until I found other American foreigners who then let me use their phone to contact my brother through fb messenger!! They were all so kind I wanted to cry lol. The older man I met in Kyoto was super friendly and informative and told my brother and me all about the history of certain temples and shrines and we also learned so much about Buddhism. Once again, we went back and forth in English and Japanese which is just tons of fun haha. I love and miss Japan so much. I can’t wait to go back someday. 😭💖
Sounds like you had an amazing time out there! We were there in May as well, but we were there for 3 months so were fortunately enough to visit different parts of Japan. Even better that we got to film some amazing content for our RUclips channel!
Jules AnnaRose I'm sooo happy to read your comment.
Japanese people love foreign people. thanks!!
うう that’s not true. Japan doesn’t want foreigners living in Japan. So many foreigners said they get denied just because of their name.
10 I want to live in Hokkaido because it's cold there and I love the cold! I'd also would love to travel around Japan when I'm not busy. It's been my dream for so many years. I'm even studying and learning the language for almost 4 months and I now can keep a conversation!
I always enjoy the beautiful dresses Cathy Cat wears, they are so lovely and stylish. The aesthetic of this channel is gorgeous.
日本は東京だけじゃないことも魅力なのに。。。
地方に行った方が絶対良い。
でも地方の人は先ず東京行きたがるでしょ。
実際東京は異空間だし。
A lot of Japanese are vegetarians and don't have a problem finding food and meals. It's only hard for vegetarians that visit Japan because they can't read or speak Japanese. Most visitors are also not familiar with different kinds of Japanese food and vegetables. Foreigners only know Sushi, Ramen, Curry and Kobe beef, Japanese food is so much more than that.
Vegans have a stricter diet than vegetarians. They have to bend over backwards to find places that don't use products they don't consume.
12 years in Japan. I have to deduct 1 point for the humidity, but add 2 points for the safety. So I guess that's an 11. Fabulous place for kids. I raised 2 there. Now retired in the SW of the US. However, the US is in free fall, so may return to Nihon. Of course when the US collapses, it may take Japan with it.
日本だと、小さい時から好き嫌いはダメ、もったいないからって、教育されるからビーガンは日本人にはほぼいないよね。
でも、国際的に考えていく中で、ビーガンや宗教的事情に配慮が必要なんですよね。
as a tourist i give it 10 which is why i am going there again next week for a couple of weeks. work there is too tough tho so probably it goes down to 6-8 if you actually live there. the novelty also wears off after some time. i was there once for 2 months and i got used to some zhings fast and appreciated them less. then when i left i missed them
10 out of 10. Food, public transport, conveniences, beautiful public parks...
I love the why she says "Cathy cat"!
To answer Cathy's question, I've never been to Japan and I'm not sure that I'd offer a score, but maybe two observations. I've seen a lot of people who visit a place on vacation come back with feelings for the place they visited that reminds me of infatuation. Of course anyplace you go where you don't have to work, cook, clean or do housework and there are a lot of new things to see and do is wonderful and most of us would like to move to that place right away. The other thing I've seen in people is that they have unrealistic views of places that are far away that they haven't visited and again, it sometimes reminds me of infatuation. But yeah, from what little I've seen of Japan on YT, it looks like a fun place to visit and probably a nice place to live.
I have been watching your RUclips in the sense of training English listening.
A big huge 10 for me!
Its one billion over 10.. Its all what i love ❤️... Thank you for the beautiful videos Cathy 💙
From what I've seen 8.5 also. As I am dependent on lipreading, I have zero idea how to cross the language barrier. I'm currently teaching myself Japanese Sign Language, but really need to learn how to write so I can get around communication barriers.
Way late but I would give it a 10/10 even without going once. Ever since I found out about Japan I knew I wanted to move and live there. Nothing has changed my mind since.
I have never been to japan, but i want to move there. There are a lot of reasons, but the biggest, i think, is that i love festivals! Especially Japanese festivals! I love the idea of dressing up, delicious food stalls, cute decor, fireworks, everything! I want to experience every festival in Japan! In the U.S. we don't have many festivals, especially ones to do with nature and seasons. We mostly have music festivals, beer festivals, etc. Which i hate. I can't stand loud music and i don't drink alcohol. The culture of Japan is also very beautiful(the shrines, the architecture, the cute mini shrines, the traditional dress, Japanese Gardens, etc.) and i love that everything is very nature oriented, spiritual, balanced in every aspect(like yin and yang), etc. I also feel like the personalities of the general population are a lot more similar to my personality than in the U.S. For ex. every time i hear someone describing the way that Japanese people act, i almost always am thinking: "wow! that sounds just like me!" XD They even eat similar things as me and i love all of their food! I moved all around the U.S., and i have lived in a lot of different places, but nothing here meshes with my personality. It's mainly the people that are so different from me. I feel like Japan will be a place that i can feel more at home. This is just how i feel at the moment, though. I will have to learn Japanese and stay there for at least a year to really know if i can feel at home there.
Some rated Japan using family and language barrier, but family absence and language barrier is not Japan's fault, so those scores are not actually evaluating solely Japan as a country (food, public, transport, attractions, people and etc).
duuuuude LOVES CLAMP!CCS was my first/childhood anime too.
lol, would love to go, some how the people and culture fell in love with it, best in the school of art magic,🖼️🎼🎨, not to mention would love the tech field irl.......
Japan is 9.5/10 for tourism but if you want to create family and live in Japan it's 7-8/10
7-8 ??? pfft. where the hell would a safer, cleaner and more mannerism anywhere else other than Japan.
If I am marrying A Japanese woman and have a half Japanese children, there is a big chance that they will get bullied because they are half Japanese. Maybe you don't know that half Japanese in Japan doesn't treated so well by other kids.
They live in tiny homes
Azwar Muharram well it depends on what their other half is. If theyre half european or white, or theyre good looking theyll get treated pretty well. Maybe not as kids because kids can be cruel but as they get older they will be.
How long have you lived in Japan?
8,5 maybe, i went to Tokyo for 5days in ‘09 and don’t have much time to explore the places back then. I will go there again definitely in the future.
I'd give Japan a 10 easily. I lived there for 2 years and it was great. And with travel like it is now, it would be easy to go back to the states whenever I felt the need in literally a matter of hours... a lot of hours but hours. The only family I have now is my brother so that isn't an obstacle as he is moving to Hawaii so even closer and with the advent of the internet and live video....I'd move to the country though. I want a large yard that can be landscaped. I love Koi ponds and greenery in my back yard. There are no yards in most of the cities especially Tokyo.
ive never been in japan but i think i would give it a 10/10 or atleast close to that
I give Japan 100
It was a very interesting report
Nice! Seems like a lot of people answered the question as though they were asked to living "Tokyo" vs Japan given that the entire country has so much to see ... There's a strong "inaka" vibe here that you can't get in Tokyo proper for example.
I lived in Japan for 3 years. There's an enormous difference btw being a student & actually working in Japan. The business life can be very difficult to adapt to considering how homogeneous and xenophobic Japanese culture is. My score, 6.5/10
I couldn't agree with you more. I have been living in Japan for 2.5-3 years as a vocational school student. As an Asian foreigner, I have a very oriental Asian look.
Meanwhile, the Japanese are (in)famous with their obsession of white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes. Guess where that got me?
My schoolmates, who are all Japanese, never really try to befriend me. They prefer to hangout with their fellow Japanese-blood friends.
They never, ever ask me to hangout with them. I always have to 'invite' myself into their little groups (asking if I can join them).
I have their SNS contacts, but they never initiate private chats with me except school-related topics.
I never ever talk with them on personal, deep, long talk level.
After 2 years long the truth finally fully dawned on me. I accepted the fact that they never treat me as friends.
Thus, my whole view towards the Japanese people changed.
Xenophobia is quite a problem in Japan. They obsess white people's looks, but that's that. If there are Japanese who have that obsession, if they ever befriend/go out with a white person, I bet they will only treat the white person as a 'trophy friend/trophy lover'.
But it's an entirely different case with Asian foreigners. (A lot of) Japanese underestimate Asian foreigners such as Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.
Us Asian foreigners never even entered their equation of 'gaikokujin = white skin.'
do japanese person do private chats with personal, deep, long talk level? not to you but between japanese to japanese person... since japan quite individualistic in those regards and they respect privacy and personal space (they don't prob into other people private life so much)...
@alphaxfang You're half right. Japanese talk on deep, personal, long level only with other fellow Japanese. It is also true that Japanese don't pry into other people's lives so as to respect privacy.
But, you're also incorrect. Person A has to be brave to consult about his/her own personal issues to person B. That means, even between Japanese only friends, one person has to take the initiative to consult his/her own personal issues to another Japanese friend.
I also would feel it rude if anybody pries into my life. UNLESS I take the initiative to consult about my personal issues to other people first.
But, what I actually meant on my previous post was, the Japanese schoolmates never try to befriend me, nor try to ask me to hangout for simple drinks/lunches at cafes.
Thus, I never got close with them as friends, so I never got the chance to consult about any of my own personal issues at all.
Neither do they. They never try to consult about their own personal issues with me.
That is what I mean by personal, deep, long talk level.
In other words, I am forever a 'soto' (stranger) to them. While their little groups' members are 'uchi' (close friends) to one another.
Years and years of being treated as 'soto' (stranger) is actually toxic and mental-depraving. You cannot talk deep, personal topics with any of your Japanese acquaintances, if they treat you as such.
Even between 'uchi' (close friends) they started off as 'soto' (stranger) to each other first, don't they? In order to get closer to 'uchi' level, they need to hangout several times with each other, talk common topics with each other several times, etc. If they 'connect' with each other, they will treat the other more as 'uchi' one step closer.
I never leveled up to 'uchi' with any of them. I'm stuck with being treated as 'soto' by them.
@@fanfanfan4373 do they previously come from same school? Some school are like linked from elementary to high school... Maybe they (as a group) know each other longer so the relationship is kind of difficult for stranger to come in into their circle... And yeah for stranger or transfer student they need to do extra work to fit in into the existing group... With gaijin looks it will be more difficult i guess...
@@alphaxfang I stated in my very first comment above, that I go to a vocational school. It's like a college. One of the next school options to enroll after high school.
The vocational school students come from different high schools. Some even from far away home prefectures.
But, they quickly became 'uchi' with the other Japanese students in no time.
Except with me.
Yeah. That's what happens when Japanese are xenophobic. They look down on foreigners. Thus, foreign students/workers have a really hard time trying to fit in, let alone getting closer as 'uchi'.
I would defiantly move to Japan tomorrow if I could. I live in Canada and think that maybe because we are so culturally diverse here we might not have as much of a unique Canadian culture. Japan is also much older than Canada and has been secluded from the rest of the world for much of it's history. I think that helped to strengthen its own unique culture. It would be a big change in scenery to say the least for that reason and I feel like every day would be a mini adventure. Hopefully in the next few years the time will be right and I can make the big crazy move 🤞
Also Canadian here. I'm currently studying Japanese so that I can try to find a job and move there in 2020 for the Olympics, working in tourism :D
So you want to diversify Japan
引っ越しの言葉が良く無かったな ただ点数を聞くだけで良かったと思う
日本人は馬車馬の様に働くイメージが強いが、それは相当昔の話で今やアメリカより就労時間は少ない
日本を代表するトヨタ自動車は、昨年の年間休日は１２１日も有る 平均すると３日に１日も休み ドイツ人から見たら未だ多いかも知れないが
しかし、漫画やアニメの影響は大きいな。
点数だけで良かった というのは同意です。
日本についてってことだったら日本のことだけだけど
引っ越すかどうか ということになれば
この場合は自国の家族や友達や仕事等、日本自体には関係ないことになる。
だから日本について同じ印象を持った人でも家族がある人とない人では変わるでしょう。
単純に最高か最低かを聞いて、そして10点を付けた人にのみ
引っ越したいかどうか聞けば良かったと思います。
Idk if anyone would go to East London and rate it 10 lol
Hahaha lol
Will I get knifed to death while buying fresh halal meat?
London is better than Tokyo. Such an idiot. Why London gets far more tourists than Tokyo!! lol You've never been to historic and beautiful places like Greenwich park? Greenland docks?
Definitely not lol
SixPack Shakur I know you do, that's why I live in a nice and clean, all-white neighborhood with gates and guns.
I love like they said 10/10 without taking into consideration not just good things in Japan or things what you see as a tourist, but also the bad things, what they can't see until they work there (I hear a lot of things from my friend who lives and works in Japan few years)
It's always different when you view things as a tourist, we were there for 3 months so kind of like semi-tourists but we still absolutely loved Japan! Which is why we filmed plenty of videos for our RUclips channel 😜
I was in Japan 3 times, I know that for tourism is Japan great country. But they have no idea about other aspects of living in Japan
20 out of 10, everything was fantastic! Also a 20 out of 10 for this video folks! Keep up the great job!
I am moving there!
Omg! Enjoy you must have scored it a 10 then!
I have been to Japan twice (so far haha) and I will give an 8 , seeing Japan as a tourist and living there are 2 different visions
That Australian guy looks like G Eazy lol that's rad.
海外に半年位は住んでみたいと思うけど、やはり産まれた国が良いのは皆同じではないのかな？
特別な場合をのぞいてね
言葉の違いは大きいと思う
特に日本人は教育の問題で英語が堪能な人はあまりいないからね
でも思いの外、点数が高いのには驚いたな
Been there twice for me i'd give it a 10 but I want to see how it's like living there as opposed to just visit certain area in the country
Looks like your did your intro after you have asked the question to foreigners. Hehehe.
i'd give it a 9. for moving there i'd have to be offered a job out of the blue(where fluent japanese isn't required since i only know beginner). i do plan on seeking a job and live there, at least for some time
ストーカーが、いなければ、理想的な国です。 ジョン レノンの悲劇が頭をよぎるから。以上 2021/AUG/28
10 for me all the way!
I'll give 9 because of convenient transportation, low crime rate,beautiful landscape. But if I could speak Japanese Ill give 10 for Japan :p
That's why I've been learning Japanese for the past year and I have another year to learn it before my 2020 trip :) I plan on moving there if I can find a job :)
Japan is a 10. Mainland China is a 1
Taiwan is 12...
@@dodoapexch1389 Speak to any non mainland chinese who have been to Taiwan and Mainland China. Taiwan wins every time. I'm sorry you can't handle the truth
A lot of Ramen sounds amazing to me. I could live off that.
London guy is spot on.
That girl at 6:50 is GORGEOUS! She's my fav girl in this series :P
Cathy Cat is cute ! and clothes is cute too ! ^^
10
I would say 8/10. I lived in Tokyo as a student and it was fucking amazing, but work in Japan...not sure I would like it.
Maybe I'm just a jerk, but I will never understand "family" being a main reason preventing you from moving where you want, and living a life of your own. I love my family to death, but as soon as I could, I moved out of the small city I'm from. I miss my family and home city, of course, but my main goal is to live my life to the fullest and see the world. That's what I'm doing. I've never once regret it.
I would absolutely love to live in Japan, and planned on moving there...but there isn't much of a work-life balance there. I have a super chill lifestyle right now, where I'm able to travel and do what I like, while still working a fraction of what I used to. I can't imagine going back to 40 hours + OT every week.
13:06 "Times Square,times two" he literally said the same words two times
That's an awesome observation.
10 a 1000 times over!
My main issue with Japan actually has to do with my ADHD medication, which can't be brought into Japan. Since I need it to feel like a functional human, I think any trip I'd have would be very unhappy.
Whats ADHD medicine do? i refuse to take it
@@Hixor depends on the person.
Some people a fine or maybe better without it.
When I'm without it, I become a binge eater who wants to eat till they puke, as well as being unable to focus on anything, and often lose control of my emotional state.
But, I must reiterate, it impacts people differently, and I know I'm in a camp that absolutely needs it to function
Wait, u cant bring ADHD meds to Japan?
@@Nattbad not Ritalin based medication.
It's treated as an illegal drug in Japan
Oh wow
10 because simping for cathy
Cathy Cat, didn't you come to live in Japan, before you actually came Visit and see what it was all about?
When you're asking "do you want to move here?" those freigners seem to be hearing "do you want to move to Tokyo?", not "do you really want to move to Japan?".
There's so much more than urban areas.
7/10
it would be a 10/10 if I could meet Cathy Cat!
ビーガンの方はお豆腐料理店や精進料理店にいらっしゃると感激なさると思います
そういうお店がなかなかないし、豆腐料理のお店はビーガンが食べられるメニューがなかったりする。あと、高いし。松屋とか吉野家みたいに気軽に利用できるビーガン（or ベジタリアン）メニューのお店が欲しいですわ（松屋でご飯と豆腐を食べるのでもいいんだけど）。
日本三大ガッカリ観光地というものがあります。札幌の時計台、高知の播磨屋橋、長崎オランダ坂。外国からの観光客が経験した三大ガッカリ観光地を知りたい。知って笑いたい。
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The last two guys are from Brazil. Dragon Ball was a sucess in Brazil. A lot of people got curious about life style Japan because of this anime
Brazilian otakus is in everywhere
true
Daniel Cooper yeah, i know, kakakakkakak. SQN
the first one is ok, the second with the attack on titan shirt pronunciates "fings" instead "things"
@Alan Jhones ele pronunciou como o F brasileiro, levando a dentição aos lábios e soprando, o TH se pronuncia quase como um S ou Z, só que ao invés de levar a ponta da língua ao céu da boca, leva-se aos dentes superiores frontais e soprando rapidamente, o resultado é um som misto entre A, Z e F, que para brasileiros por falta de costume é difícil de notar, mas para os estrangeiros é totalmente perceptível.
For me it would have to be the workforce issues as well. Especially as a woman, things just aren't as fair in terms of family leave and growing in a company.
この女の人可愛い
9/10 cute girls
Having been 4 times I rate Japan 11.5 / 10 :)
7:40 that would be me 😂
他人の国に点数を付けるって失礼じゃないかと思う。他人の家庭に点数付ける人なんて聞いた事ない、そういう違和感。
I would move to Japan immediately if i was offered a job there.
11, or even million!
Is the fish and seafood safe to eat after the Nuclear plant destruction?
It wasn't safe before Fukushima. Mercury content off the charts....but I eat it anyway.
um,... it's complicated,... I have to live permanently in Japan later (Tokyo),... summer is hell-on-earth,... weeaboo tourists are annoying but I think they are mostly harmless,... the crows are scary so I really respect them, even when they tear open the plastic garbage bags and make a mess ... right-wing nationalists blaring their stupid songs around Yasukuni shrine really annoy me ... my score is 5.8,... except for Hakodate, that is definitely 8!
If I was rich I'd move there in a heartbeat, I've heard its hard to find a job other then teaching English
私は。あなたを日本人だと思ってました、なんと素晴らしい英語かとＷ
大空真弓さんこんにちは♪
Yay!!!!! Vegans in Japan!!!!
5:21 & 5:29 they are walking and eating.... I thought this was bad manners "ikkai ichi dousa"
13:38
難点×→何点○
字が間違えていましたよ！
外国のみんな Osaka って所はほんまにええよ！
来てな〜
ゆーかわ 大阪って何があるの？
I think south east Asia is way more fun and exciting....
Japan is impressive and beautiful however outside of tokyo I found it a bit quite and not much going on.
It's too predictable for me everyone follows every rule, and works way too hard.
I think it also lacks nightlife.
Career Opportunity: Zero minus points off for even native Japanese salaries and advancement.
Liveability: Ten out of ten for Chiba at least being a great place to live and retire.
I'm American. I am not an English instructor of any kind. I'm fluent in Japanese since I was a teenager.
I want what any immigrant wants. I want to own my home, start a business without restrictions. I want to be welcomed because I am contributing to the GDP of my adopted nation.
Sorry, but this video is a fail because you aren't thinking lifetime. Asking a bunch of twenty-somethings isn't any kind of survey.
That first English guy said 1989373773 words but didn't really say anything at all hahaha
Typical Londoner. Haha
Por favor subtítulos en español. 😖
10:55 Trash=Homeless person
I would give it a ?? out of 10 because I haven't been there before
I have never been to Japan so I can't really give it a rating but pre game prediction I would probably give it 7 or 8 out of 10.
I would love to go there but not live there, I only speak a hand full of Japanese words, the gun laws are to strict, I would want to live in an apartment and I would miss my family.
A lot of this favourable publicity of Japan is because of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
The average of the responses is : 8.875 (or 8 7/8).
So, to give it a grade, Japan gets a B+.
Yea ignore the racism and xenophobia in Japan.
日本へ観光に来るのはいいけど災害に遭う確率が格段に上がっているので充分に気を付けるように。特に関東地域は格段に大災害が起こる確率が非常に高い。
8.5/10
- Too much ramen
HELL YA!!!! MAD PROPS FOR THE VEGAN ENGLISH FOLK!!!!
EDIT: OH SNAP!!! ANOTHER YOUNG VEGAN GAL. HOLY SHIT. MORE PROPS
Is it really tough for vegans in Japan ? . . . anyone ?
Extremely. If you're living in Japan, you would most likely have to cook your own food.
Vegan restaurants exist, particularly in Tokyo, but they cost a ton of money.
Holic
外人で英語で話しているのに、「うんうん（カクカク）」って、すっかり日本人。