A must watch for anyone considering living in Japan. My own view is that, like anything, you get out of it what you put into it. Regardless, it’s important to be honest with yourself about your initial goals and motivations.
Thank you for making this video and sharing the benefit of your experience in Japan. These points could be incredibly helpful to anyone looking to make a positive impression and have a rewarding experience living there. Thanks again! 😊🙏
Interesting. I think you managed to nail down why many folks struggle in Japan and give up but a lot of those are great pointers for life everywhere, even in Kyushu where people are not as uptight and restrained as in Tokyo.
Patience is a virtue 😊. When I was studying to become a professional business trainer I had to teach myself patience. It was hard. One technique that I used was to go to a supermarket at the busiest time and stand in the longest queue at the checkout (I always made sure that the people in front of me had full trolleys 😂). It took time but it paid off. However, there are times when I think aaaargh!!! 😤😂
It amazes me when they say people need x amount of years to master a cooking task. Lack of systems keep the workers down; imagine need ten years experience to cook a burger!
To your point, jobs these days rarely offer training or orientation. Cleaning, washing dishes, sharpening knives, and making rice are more analogous to the “wax on, wax off” approach in the Karate Kid. In order to learn how to make sushi, you need to know about the dishes, the knives, the rice, and the subtle nuances of different kinds of fish and other ingredients. When you understand all these things and how they work together, then you can call yourself a sushi master. In the interest of complete transparency, I do not know how many years it takes to become a sushi master. But now I feel like I have to go down the rabbit hole on that one.
Excellent question. What is the difference between an expat and an immigrant? Coincidentally, I’m currently working on a script for a video that covers this.
Honestly this makes me want to go more, the only thing is the small spaces but with some many people in limited space I get it. I never understand the people I’d see go to Japan, or anywhere else, and then complain because it wasn’t more like where they came from. For me part of the whole point is because it would be different. Just doesn’t make sense but whatever I guess.
@@weeklyfascination I’m wanting so badly to come to Japan but so far my endeavor has been not been going well but I’m not giving up. And hopefully your content comes in handy when I do get there.
@@Jasimp90 that’s my goal. There are a bunch of videos about Japanese culture on this channel as well as Japanese business etiquette. If there’s something I haven’t covered, please let me know.
@@weeklyfascination I look forward to watching them and if anything comes to mind I’ll be sure to reach out. Until then thanks for the content and have a great day.
A must watch for anyone considering living in Japan. My own view is that, like anything, you get out of it what you put into it. Regardless, it’s important to be honest with yourself about your initial goals and motivations.
This made my day.
Thank you for making this video and sharing the benefit of your experience in Japan. These points could be incredibly helpful to anyone looking to make a positive impression and have a rewarding experience living there. Thanks again! 😊🙏
Thanks for watching!
Interesting. I think you managed to nail down why many folks struggle in Japan and give up but a lot of those are great pointers for life everywhere, even in Kyushu where people are not as uptight and restrained as in Tokyo.
Very important to understand these points; it can be very hard to cope here otherwise.
Thanks for watching! I hope it was helpful. I don't think I came to Japan with all of these traits.
Patience is a virtue 😊. When I was studying to become a professional business trainer I had to teach myself patience. It was hard. One technique that I used was to go to a supermarket at the busiest time and stand in the longest queue at the checkout (I always made sure that the people in front of me had full trolleys 😂). It took time but it paid off. However, there are times when I think aaaargh!!! 😤😂
That's something I still work on.
We need a video on that Japanese culture of leaving nasty reviews online!!
I can do that
It amazes me when they say people need x amount of years to master a cooking task. Lack of systems keep the workers down; imagine need ten years experience to cook a burger!
To your point, jobs these days rarely offer training or orientation.
Cleaning, washing dishes, sharpening knives, and making rice are more analogous to the “wax on, wax off” approach in the Karate Kid.
In order to learn how to make sushi, you need to know about the dishes, the knives, the rice, and the subtle nuances of different kinds of fish and other ingredients. When you understand all these things and how they work together, then you can call yourself a sushi master.
In the interest of complete transparency, I do not know how many years it takes to become a sushi master. But now I feel like I have to go down the rabbit hole on that one.
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Why are you not an immigrant vs expat at this point? Their selflessness is not what Americans would consider selflessness.
Excellent question. What is the difference between an expat and an immigrant? Coincidentally, I’m currently working on a script for a video that covers this.
Honestly this makes me want to go more, the only thing is the small spaces but with some many people in limited space I get it. I never understand the people I’d see go to Japan, or anywhere else, and then complain because it wasn’t more like where they came from. For me part of the whole point is because it would be different. Just doesn’t make sense but whatever I guess.
Exactly! It’s supposed to be different.
@@weeklyfascination I’m wanting so badly to come to Japan but so far my endeavor has been not been going well but I’m not giving up. And hopefully your content comes in handy when I do get there.
@@Jasimp90 that’s my goal. There are a bunch of videos about Japanese culture on this channel as well as Japanese business etiquette. If there’s something I haven’t covered, please let me know.
@@weeklyfascination I look forward to watching them and if anything comes to mind I’ll be sure to reach out. Until then thanks for the content and have a great day.
I knew the "you're fat" story was coming the second you said you can't be so sensitive here 😂
You saw it coming! You’ve either seen my other videos or you’ve spent time in Asia.