NOTIFICATION SQUAD: It's 5am and I've been editing for 18 hours. I can't feel my face. I've forgotten my name. (I think it's Dave). There's a ton of stories and experiences stuffed into this video - I hope you enjoy them! (Just don't ask me about the guy in the basement). I'd like to another Q&A again and indeed, if it does well, I may do another in June. I hope you guys are safe wherever you may be out there right now - things seem to be improving and I look forward to getting out once and again exploring the country. The question is, WHERE should we explore? Let me know in the comments and it'll probably definitely happen.
Have you ever been to (now turned museum) Dejima in Nagasaki where the Dutch and Portuguese held a trading post two centuries ago? It's also the source of some katakana loan words that came from both languages. The first exposure of Japan to Western culture.
as a Mongolian, it was so ridiculously funny to know how Japanese people react to us. maybe one day i will open a sushi restaurant in Mongolia and name it as oda nobunaga, be my guests.
In general, the reason why Japanese people ask you your ages is just because they don’t know how to start conversations with foreigners. As you know, Japanese generally is not good at speaking English although we learn English for about six years at school. But at school we memorized some basic English sentence like “ where are you from?” , “ how old are you?” So when Japanese meets foreigner, they ask you your country, your ages automatically. They are just interested in who you are and try to know you doing there best in English. We never try to push our culture on you Sorry for my poor English but I just let you know the fact.
How well do you understand English? Better than you speak it? Either way it's impressive to me, a total nerd who doesn't know a proper second language. At best I know a few words and short phrases in a handful of languages, most of them closely related to English so it doesn't even really count (Spanish, French)
When living in an apartment in Japan you should choose apartments that use “Tekin concrete” as their material for the inside of the wall. “Tekotsu” or “mokuzo” walls are thin so it makes it’s easier to hear people’s noises.
This is very useful to know but how would you be able to tell if an apartment had tekin concrete? Is it regularly written on the contract/sales advertisement what kind of concrete is used?
D. C It's written specifically in the advertisement or website or wherever you see real estate's information. This is a common knowledge in Japan when you rent an apartment or buy a house. Mokuzo means the skeleton of the building is wood, so it's better to chose Tekkin concrete.
When I lived in Japan, I generally didn't hear my neighbor, except when he decided to have a 4AM shouting match with his girlfriend. Those were always fun, and quite frequent. Fortunately, I sleep with earplugs anyway. EDIT: I lived there for 6 years and never needed a hanko stamp. Not for the bank, or renting an apartment, or anything. Everyone just always let me sign instead.
Y’know oddly enough I’ve never seen Point Break. Despite being a huge film fan. I really like Keanu Reeves too. Also, That picture of Ryotaro (unsure of how to spell it exactly so I just sounded it out) is absolutely legendary :3 and is what has brightened my day.
We live in a single house (一戸建て) with a space between houses that for Japan is extremely generous, and we can still hear our neighbours. That's Japan for you. Also, about the hanko, if you are really stubborn, you can get by with using a signature instead (especially if you are a foreigner, one rare benefit of being a foreigner in Japan...). It is my one act of resistence against the Japanese system...
Pretty sure they didn't let you just "sign" the papers when getting a loan to buy the house unless it was some rare ultra pro foreigner company which don't exist in Japan to begin with
I was stationed at a small US Air Force outside of Fukuoka (1979-1980) and I remember the shocked looks of locals when they saw one of us. (We worked up at the JASDF site on Mt. Sefuri outside the city but lived on the local economy.) There was a lot of elbow nudging and bad stage whispers behind hands of "Gaijin, gaijin." My buddy and I would respond, especially if they were cute girls, by doing the same thing but with Nihonjin in place of Gaijin. It was a fun way of meeting Japanese girls.
I think, that ultimately all his personalities will gang together to fight evil Chris and free weak Chrisses to make land of Multiple Personality Disorder happy again
We needn't be enemies, Chris. My peerless fame on the platform is unmatched and would no doubt lead to confusion on the streets. All jokes aside, fantastic American accent.. Terrifying.
Writing from Oklahoma, USA. Your episodes are so wonderful to watch. You are hilarious. By the way, I have been to Japan 4 times and traveled around the country extensively. I love Japan and plan to move there once Covid is behind us
As someone who has been born and raised in the US, hearing someone suddenly switch to an American accent while talking is the fucking STRANGEST thing. You do the accent well too!
Pokéfreak Yes! He did sound like an American! He probably has other talents... that he doesn’t want to share yet, but he would be great playing an American in a spy movie, in Japan! 😉😁😅
2:34 If I had a hornet jump into my car like that, I'd jump off the moving car and let it explode in the guardrail. I'm sure the insurance company would understand.
I once jumped out of my car when I was first learning to drive due to a bee. Luckily, I was only going about two miles an hour in an empty parking lot.
I remember going to Mie shrine with a friend of mine. We were walking around in the town outside the shrine, and this girl, about 5-6 years old points at us when we were in a little shop and was like "Mama, Gaijin!" super excited. We laughed, my friend smiled and waved, and the mother turned beet red and apologized profusely. It reminded me a lot of the things me or my brother had said at that age and embarrassed the crap out of my mom
When I was in Nara on a back street, a man walked by carrying an adorable toddler. I heard her squeak out "Gaikokujin! Igirisu!" and I lit up with a huge smile. I waved and bowed with a little "ohayogozaimasu". I really want to believe my wife and I were the first foreigners she had ever seen. On the flip side, I heard some teens in Osaka call my wife and I "baka" in with gaijin and a few things I couldn't pick up, so there's that too. At least teens being insufferable is a shared cultural aspect evident across the globe.
Jang-geum Seo this kind of people go to thailand or philipines. The majority is aware that japan,korea and china don‘t throw women on the feet of western men.
Those weird english hats is the equivalent of getting a tattoo of japanese letters not understanding what they mean but they get them anyways because they look cool.
I always love it when some dweeb goes out and gets a symbol thinking it means something spiritual or good luck only to find out years later it means they enjoy cleaning septic tanks.
@@bearguy2617 You always hear them stories about someone who gets some kanji tattoo, then when they get home and go to a Chinese restaurant the staff laugh at the white guy with chicken and rice written on him
"4/10, I'd rather eat sand" That's quite the generous rating for some sand. You must be quite the sand connoisseur. Where can we find the tastiest sand?
Tends to happen with strict hierarchical and disciplined societies. While it is very efficient for day-to-day things, it isn't very flexible and breaks down when something unexpected happens. It works well in emergencies too when everyone listens and evacuate in an orderly fashion, but the response time can also be delayed because people lack initiative to take action. Rules can't be written to cover ever scenario.
In Turkey, everything can change in a day and after that day you will get used to calling your mom your grandpa in just one day. Good for staying alive bad for the order I guess.
Try asking to remove or substitute something in a set meal in Japan and you get a blank look from the person taking your order. Beyond that, service in general is always polite
LOVE your channel, telling about TRUE experiences. And i definitely recognize myself with my 20 years living in this country. More than familiar stories. I would be more than pleased to share my many experiences as well.
I had a close encounter with one of those asshole wasps: I was at the Universal Studio at the smoking area, i noticed people started to feel uneasy and shifting around while looking all sides, i'm chilling with a cigarette leaning against a column. Suddenly people start looking at me, the wasp is right next to my hand, instinctively i slapped the bugger and it fell to the ground dead. People looked at me like i was some sort of badass yakuza guy
I was waiting and reading thinking you'd say something like you dropped your cigarette or burnt yourself or even screamed and dropped to the ground but what what actually happened is hilarious
I live in Lithuania and my apartment has concrete walls. I can still hear arguments from my neighbors flawlessly, to the point I feel like I can usually respond to them if I just talk loudly. Trust me, your sound problem isn't limited to the fact you live in Japan. 😅
Same here, online classes are a nightmare since I have to tell my teachers that my neighbor decided to renovate his entire flat and hasn't stopped drilling for 3 months.
@@evelinux333 i live in actually newly built apartment (Poland) but everyone finished drilling some time ago and moved in. Aside from this one guy couple of apartments away of course, and would you imagine you could hear him drilling from 1st floor when his apartment is on 4th.. its insane, especially since im working from home and he drills 8-18 on daily basis including weekends
I live in Texas. The nearest neighbor is about 500 meters away through a forest. After that, you need to count in Kilometers. And I'm not complaining :)
Oh my! Well, that didn't speak for all South Koreans. I am a South Korean and your channel is absolutely interesting with all your reviews of Japan that are equally positive and negative. I've seen your videos and you are pretty straight forward in saying your opinions. I learnt so many intersting things about Japan from you. I also find your sarcastic way of speaking downright funny. I am glad to hear you have visited South Korea before. Do come to South Korea again and I hope you have lots of good experiences here as well.
That rice paper candy takes me back to my childhood. Here in Hawaii, what others would call novelty Japanese food/beverages/candies have been the norm due to all the Japanese immigrants who worked in the cane/pineapple fields back in the day, 40’s/50’s. I grew up watching sumo in the 80’s cause Akebono, Musashimaru and Konishiki were absolute beasts on the scene with a crazy rivalry with the Wakanohana brothers. Also, Kikaida and a show called Shogun were bangers too.
It may seem out of character, but no actually. Just yesterday one of the neighbours was singing at the top of his lungs, and I somehow managed to hold myself back from banging the walls in retaliation.
@@AbroadinJapan probably in retaliation to his sarky British neighbour ranting about Japan's terrible English all the time to what probably seems like literally no one #goals
05:08 omg can u imagine an entire spoof episode as Dave in Japan? Chris your american accent is great haha. I'm from the usa and your accent sounded flawless.
Huge compliment to you. My boyfriend never watches a RUclips video over 5 minutes without fast forwarding at least half. He watched this entire video, enraptured. It was amazing.
11:00 about the thin walls, I think that if you live in an older apartment/building, it will be cheaper and more soundproof (at least I hope so), but it will be an earthquake hazard, for example if you live in an 80s mansion converted into 1R apartments
@@theramendutchman just pronounces his words differently. A sounds are very different between the two languages, as well as a few other differences I can't think of off the top of my head
chris, as an american living in america in AN APARTMENT i can tell you this is not a japan only issue. i basically live with headphones on while at home because of how easy it is to hear every little thing my neighbors are doing
Man do I miss the food from South Korea. The kimchi dumplings from the shop right off base. Also the fried chicken and bulgogi from the "chicken and beer" place down the street.
My covers blown; soon the whole world will know I'm actually Chad from Seattle and this has all been filmed on a green screen in the basement for 8 years.
"And at that point, the entire bank broke." This (and the rest of the story) made me laugh so hard. As someone who lived in Japan for 3 years I can picture this so perfectly. =D
Same here, I went to a bank one week after my arrival in Japan and since I couldn't speak much of Japanese the bank workers just started panicking madly. Unforgettable scene 🥰
You dont seriously think they speak proper english now, right xD?! This is the japanese school system we are talking about. English is cool, but learning englisch? Nah! Having a few classes with a british bloke doesn't make good for the years of not teaching spoken english at all or teaching mispronunciation.
Yes! A lot of Japanese and Korean students who go to school and learn English in Europe or have European teachers will also have a European accent! Very lovely ❤️
It depends on the teachers they've had before. Now, I've not been to Japan (on the bucket list), but I have studied linguistics, so without doing any case studies, my thought would be that their English would have too thick of a Japanese accent to tell whether the English was more American or British. What would give it away is the words they use for certain things. If they have only been taught by a Japanese person, then they will likely sound like I described. If they have had someone from either America or England teach the English for a prolonged period of time, then the accent would lean toward whichever dialect it is. So, Chris's students, if they haven't had a British instructor before, wouldn't suddenly have an English accent, but if he had the same students for all the years he taught, they might.
@@MuellerX It honestly depends on the person. My bf, e.g., has an American accent when he speaks English. Sometimes you can still hear his Japanese accent (for example the "R" sound). He also once said to me that for Japanese people it might be easier to adapt an British accent, but I honestly don't know.
I've already subsribed to some channels about Japan and yours is THE BEST, honestly. The British, self- ironic sense of humour is brilliant. I laugh my head off when I watch your entries. Thank you, keep on making short films, please: they're both very informative and funny to watch. Cheers !
i'm a quiet person, i always wear headphones when listening to something, but hearing others through those thin walls all the time would drive me nuts.
I went to Japan two years ago for a month and I was so nervous. I watch so many of your videos and they really helped me to survive! Thank you so much!!!
I’m Japanese and I used to eat literally thousands of Bontan Ame when I could not wait for lunch in high school. As a big fan of that candy I’m glad you talked about it😆
Chris, I love these videos where you share stuff with us, you have an amazing sense of humour. I laugh a lot at your vid and I am a person who finds it difficult to laugh at comedians. Keep it up.
If I was to get a Japanese inner-city apartment, my biggest concern would definitely be noises from all of my neighbours. I can totally understand brick not being a common construction material at all for small residential housing, the better insulation should be an obvious thing by now. I’d imagine it would have to be a lot of the newer properties for you to be able to get one like that. Thanks for this video mate. Definitely answered a few more questions I had. It is a shame they don’t really have much sitting out front options at restaurants and drinking establishments. I’m betting it’s only really common in the most spaced out areas of the city where congestion is less of a problem or you are in the countryside.
I know this was 9 months ago, but I'll add this here (if nothing else to help anyone else that reads later) Choose a concrete apartment. Wooden apartments will have this issue. Most cheap apartments are wooden, even in Tokyo, but concrete aren't that much more expensive relative to their area. This has been common knowledge for many many years among Japanese people. The foreigners that are active on the internet constantly complaining of this for some reason refuse to look into this and/or refuse to let this myth of all apartment's being poorly constructed/insulted die.
I’ve watched your videos so often that my mum was worried I was thinking of moving to japan myself.. I told her I just appreciated your ability to be self deprecating and sarcastic 👍🏻
"What!? A foreigner!?" - every kid in China despite living in major cities and having foreign English teachers. If they didn't sound shocked it wouldn't be so bad, but it's such a stupid thing to say. Plus it translates as "outside person." So I copy them, looked shocked and say "Eh!? Zhongguo Ren!"
yeah my japnese neighbour look like he is deaf since ever weekend he like to turn on high base music for 8 to 10.... at least i know what time it is... and normally i just go to supermarket for discount food....
Uuuuuhhhh 14:34 the stamps yes. I think if they were to switch those out for yubikeys would be awesome. Instant transition to carrying something in your pocket again
@@attackfleed1301 jokes on you, but Jesus is actually burried in Japan. If you could find Chris' episode on that you'd be amazed at how authentic and real it is * sarcasm *
One of the main actesses in The Human Centipede grew up in the same town in Wyoming that I did, and I actually did some business with her dad about a year ago. I never met her, and I don't know how I'd take meeting her now. Feeeeeed hiiiiim!!!!!!!!
NOTIFICATION SQUAD: It's 5am and I've been editing for 18 hours. I can't feel my face. I've forgotten my name. (I think it's Dave). There's a ton of stories and experiences stuffed into this video - I hope you enjoy them! (Just don't ask me about the guy in the basement). I'd like to another Q&A again and indeed, if it does well, I may do another in June. I hope you guys are safe wherever you may be out there right now - things seem to be improving and I look forward to getting out once and again exploring the country. The question is, WHERE should we explore? Let me know in the comments and it'll probably definitely happen.
Thanks for the video Dave!
Gotcha chicken boy
I'd love to see you explore some of the "Darker" aspects of Japan.
Have you ever been to (now turned museum) Dejima in Nagasaki where the Dutch and Portuguese held a trading post two centuries ago? It's also the source of some katakana loan words that came from both languages. The first exposure of Japan to Western culture.
You'll be alright, Mr. Japanese Spy Man
I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere.
A bit like the suffinaaahhhs dahn sarf ...who then end up like covid and infect Japan when they emigrate...just like Dave here :D
So uncivilized
This is treason then
Pizza Time
not like ENERGY JELLY, which has a perfect, smooth texture, perfectly complimenting it's taste.
plot twist: the guy in the basement is the real Dave whose RUclips channel was called Dave in Japan until Chris abducted him and took over his channel
So thats why his diet video stopped only on week#2
Is that why Ryotaro is trying to assassinate Chris? Humm
@@mouadezzouine3076 sounds like he's an undercover detective to investigate the disappearance of david to me now
*M-MASAKA*
@@mouadezzouine3076 The real Friend!!
I love the idea that Chris listens to his YT stock music on his free time, and in his car.
he know what he doing....
as a Mongolian, it was so ridiculously funny to know how Japanese people react to us. maybe one day i will open a sushi restaurant in Mongolia and name it as oda nobunaga, be my guests.
Tokugawa Ieyasu also works :)
would definitely go there:)
I would fly to Mongolia just to eat your sushi establishment (given standard constraints of reality)
I wanna go to your restaurant!
eiichiro oda pls
In general, the reason why Japanese people ask you your ages is just because they don’t know how to start conversations with foreigners. As you know, Japanese generally is not good at speaking English although we learn English for about six years at school. But at school we memorized some basic English sentence like “ where are you from?” , “ how old are you?”
So when Japanese meets foreigner, they ask you your country, your ages automatically.
They are just interested in who you are and try to know you doing there best in English. We never try to push our culture on you
Sorry for my poor English but I just let you know the fact.
Your english is pretty good though, keep it up
@tk2887 There is no rule, just enjoy conversation. if you talked friendly, people would be friendly regardless of your ages, country.
How well do you understand English? Better than you speak it? Either way it's impressive to me, a total nerd who doesn't know a proper second language. At best I know a few words and short phrases in a handful of languages, most of them closely related to English so it doesn't even really count (Spanish, French)
I've been to Japan 3 times and find the culture and people wonderful. I can't wait to go back.
Shit if my Japanese was half as good as your English id be living the dream! Keep it up bro your English is fine
Absurd to think someone thought your name was "Dave in Japan." Everyone knows youre Chad in Seattle.
Roger in Tibet
I thought his name is abroad
Chad in Chad sounds better.
Robert in Berlin.
Sounds better than Gary in Japan.
"Dave in Japan". "The Real Chris Abroad".
Twist of the century.
I knew it the moment he had suddenly lost all that weight
Nice pfp
and japanese spy man!
I’m more concerned about what he did that he changed his name and hanko. That’s majorly shady.
I like how Chris drives around listening to his own intro music.
the RUclipsr equivalent of wearing your face on a shirt
If I run into Chris one day, I hope I can say "I love You Dave, where is the love hotel?"
Just don't forget, "May I buy you a PizzaSand?"
Lol 😂😉
Add in "want to go watch E.T.?" and you'll be set.
@@gallopingalumphus5390 I want to like but the number is just to perfect just count this as a like 👍😅😜
@@Rainb0y2k I did it.
When living in an apartment in Japan you should choose apartments that use “Tekin concrete” as their material for the inside of the wall. “Tekotsu” or “mokuzo” walls are thin so it makes it’s easier to hear people’s noises.
Wtf bruh🤣
Lan Naga
The material used for the inside of a wall is a very important matter when choosing houses in Japan.
This is very useful to know but how would you be able to tell if an apartment had tekin concrete? Is it regularly written on the contract/sales advertisement what kind of concrete is used?
D. C It's written specifically in the advertisement or website or wherever you see real estate's information. This is a common knowledge in Japan when you rent an apartment or buy a house. Mokuzo means the skeleton of the building is wood, so it's better to chose Tekkin concrete.
@DANI CALI GIRL that applies to the entire world uwu
8:33 The Real/Fake Chris segment has to be a regular thing, that was great!
Up
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It was unexpectedly horrifying. I loved it
Segment?
Makes even more sense that he would be a Japanese spy man
When I lived in Japan, I generally didn't hear my neighbor, except when he decided to have a 4AM shouting match with his girlfriend. Those were always fun, and quite frequent. Fortunately, I sleep with earplugs anyway.
EDIT: I lived there for 6 years and never needed a hanko stamp. Not for the bank, or renting an apartment, or anything. Everyone just always let me sign instead.
My day is infinitely better when you do your “American” accent. It’s so reminiscent of Keanu Reeves from Point Break
Keanu chungus moment
There was no way that was his voice
Y’know oddly enough I’ve never seen Point Break. Despite being a huge film fan. I really like Keanu Reeves too. Also, That picture of Ryotaro (unsure of how to spell it exactly so I just sounded it out) is absolutely legendary :3 and is what has brightened my day.
Sounds better then his British accent 😂👌🏻
Is it really that different, I didn't even realise he spoke THAT differently at first
that American accent was so spot on “Dave in Japan”
i dont like my own accent anymore. lmao
It's so good, we need an entire episode in the American accent!
Omg yep. Soooo many LOL's.
It's very impressive.
@@BingoBangoBabyInc did he not do that as one of the anpanman challenges in the journey across japan
We live in a single house (一戸建て) with a space between houses that for Japan is extremely generous, and we can still hear our neighbours. That's Japan for you. Also, about the hanko, if you are really stubborn, you can get by with using a signature instead (especially if you are a foreigner, one rare benefit of being a foreigner in Japan...). It is my one act of resistence against the Japanese system...
Pretty sure they didn't let you just "sign" the papers when getting a loan to buy the house unless it was some rare ultra pro foreigner company which don't exist in Japan to begin with
Ryotaro’s Smug smile can only belong to a true Japanese spy
It’s genuinely terrifying how good that American accent is
How to distinguish American from Britain accent?
@@VoyagerEugen If they say Spade They're British. If they say shovel their American. Lol.
@@eureka5635 i say spade and I'm American:/ could also be my jamaican family though
@@eureka5635 Spades and shovels are two different but similar tools
It’s not good, at all haha. Really, not being mean, but it’s not good :). Still, love the English accent
I like the fact that you listen to your own theme tune while cruising in your car.
What's the name of that song? It sounds pretty catchy
@@Javier-ov3hj open.spotify.com/track/1t54WzbyLYyXSU8MsXA8Wd?si=PS27-2U3RvyGDaaRyqJttA
Its a banger
I was stationed at a small US Air Force outside of Fukuoka (1979-1980) and I remember the shocked looks of locals when they saw one of us. (We worked up at the JASDF site on Mt. Sefuri outside the city but lived on the local economy.) There was a lot of elbow nudging and bad stage whispers behind hands of "Gaijin, gaijin." My buddy and I would respond, especially if they were cute girls, by doing the same thing but with Nihonjin in place of Gaijin. It was a fun way of meeting Japanese girls.
Those days have gone sadly apart from hardcore bar rat green card hunters
@@rachelarJapanese or American green card hunters?
Are we not going to talk about Chris locking himself in a closet and torturing himself?
No?
We're just gonna ignore that little scene?
*What* scene? 😀🔪
WHAT SCENE. YOU SAW NOTHING.
That wasn't Chris it was Dave
I think, that ultimately all his personalities will gang together to fight evil Chris and free weak Chrisses to make land of Multiple Personality Disorder happy again
I thought that it had impressive cinematography (not that I know much about that) for a random skit. Especially with face paint etc.
I’m Japanese, but I enjoyed this video.
And I study English by watching this😀
Your English is good! Keep up the good work!
Me too bro
Your English is great!
Well you are doing great!
Keep going, you're doing well ✨✌
You’ve outdone yourself with this one, Dave.
The thing I like about your videos as unique because of your dramatic reconstruction.
We needn't be enemies, Chris. My peerless fame on the platform is unmatched and would no doubt lead to confusion on the streets. All jokes aside, fantastic American accent.. Terrifying.
Lol
Gordana Stefanovic ee gordana jeli imas instagram
DAAAVE LOVE YOUR VIDS WE NEED TO GET U TO TOP COMMENT
Haha, the guy definitely thought I was you!
- It's the greatest insult you'll ever have.
@@AbroadinJapan Don't be so self-deprecating you dashing devil. Keep up the great work, man. Your star keeps rising.
I was so thrown off by his American accent during the “Dave in Japan bit”, it was convincing but uncharacteristically cheery for him lol
British people sound like stereotypical suffer bros when doing an American accent😂
The brief second of no accent threw me way off and I was like, Wait, what if his accent is a ploy, maybe he's "Abroad in England but Abroad in Japan"
You should check out his episode of Journey Across Japan where he speaks with an American accent for the day, very unnerving
@@superlynx98 link?
@@guacamolly_ This is late, but it's this one: ruclips.net/video/xSqRaxppUSc/видео.html
WTF?! That plastic wrap is edible? You mean I've been wasting the last 30 years (including several trips to Japan) unwrapping that crap?
Apparently it's made out of seaweed (or sometimes rice paper) and yes they are edible. Most candy in japan that is wrapped is edible.
@@greatleader4841 Yup....rice paper.
Same here, bruh
If you say crap then...oh boy, you do it in a spiral it seems.
Congratulations, you just wasted food (particularly gelatin/rice paper) for 30 years lol
Writing from Oklahoma, USA. Your episodes are so wonderful to watch. You are hilarious. By the way, I have been to Japan 4 times and traveled around the country extensively. I love Japan and plan to move there once Covid is behind us
I’d like to imagine that Chris who recently bought a car, only did so to do this specific hornet skit. The car is now sold.
You'll be amazed at the absurd lengths I often find myself going for a 3 second joke.
@@AbroadinJapan The basement one is proof of that
I was thinking more like, he told this story to show off his car. But I like your approach more 😂
@@AbroadinJapan I appreciate the hornet buzzing sounds being done in stereo. I was listening on headphones and the effect was utterly terrifying.
Sounds like Scott the Woz
That single hornet animation actually took 12 hours. Good job, criss
You need 'Hat of the Week' as a weekly feature now
The Act of Ravage hat certainly dampened my enthusiasm.
that soundproofing.. i feel you. live in a german, post ww2 building. we have wooden ceilings with straw in the middle. yes. really.
I looked up "Dave in Japan" and there *is* a youtuber named Dave Trippin who lives in Japan and makes videos about it.
Same! I was expecting living abroad or only in Japan to show up.
As someone who has been born and raised in the US, hearing someone suddenly switch to an American accent while talking is the fucking STRANGEST thing. You do the accent well too!
Pokéfreak It’s an essential part of being a Japanese Spy Man
And don't forget, never come korea forever.
Pokéfreak Yes! He did sound like an American! He probably has other talents... that he doesn’t want to share yet, but he would be great playing an American in a spy movie, in Japan! 😉😁😅
2:34 If I had a hornet jump into my car like that, I'd jump off the moving car and let it explode in the guardrail. I'm sure the insurance company would understand.
Ahahaha, nós em Portugal não temos problemas desses
Sadly, it wouldn't explode.
I once jumped out of my car when I was first learning to drive due to a bee. Luckily, I was only going about two miles an hour in an empty parking lot.
Gonçalo Araújo Bruh, here in Algarve we have a lot of Hornets in the Spring, but European hornets, they're smaller but still scary
My wife drove into a ditch because of a spider she didn't get hurt thankfully,lol...the wife was ok also
I remember going to Mie shrine with a friend of mine. We were walking around in the town outside the shrine, and this girl, about 5-6 years old points at us when we were in a little shop and was like "Mama, Gaijin!" super excited. We laughed, my friend smiled and waved, and the mother turned beet red and apologized profusely. It reminded me a lot of the things me or my brother had said at that age and embarrassed the crap out of my mom
When I was in Nara on a back street, a man walked by carrying an adorable toddler. I heard her squeak out "Gaikokujin! Igirisu!" and I lit up with a huge smile. I waved and bowed with a little "ohayogozaimasu". I really want to believe my wife and I were the first foreigners she had ever seen.
On the flip side, I heard some teens in Osaka call my wife and I "baka" in with gaijin and a few things I couldn't pick up, so there's that too. At least teens being insufferable is a shared cultural aspect evident across the globe.
That is ridiculously cute, I had a skill on my face just reading that, can't imagine how it felt
Jang-geum Seo this kind of people go to thailand or philipines. The majority is aware that japan,korea and china don‘t throw women on the feet of western men.
Would've straight up told the teenagers urusai teme
Jang-geum Seo wtf🥴
That hornet reconstruction cracked me up!
To be honest the reconstruction was more exciting than the original event itself.
Chris finally following his dream of becoming James Bond but he's working for Japan and in South Korea.
I'm sure that Chris is his codename and he's actually called Dave.
Japan bond
@@drfudgecookie5800 more likely “Sensei James Bond”
this guy is so strangly entertaining. I can't stop watching, but idk why.
Those weird english hats is the equivalent of getting a tattoo of japanese letters not understanding what they mean but they get them anyways because they look cool.
I always love it when some dweeb goes out and gets a symbol thinking it means something spiritual or good luck only to find out years later it means they enjoy cleaning septic tanks.
@@bearguy2617 You always hear them stories about someone who gets some kanji tattoo, then when they get home and go to a Chinese restaurant the staff laugh at the white guy with chicken and rice written on him
Yeah, but one of those two is kinda more permanent.
I mean, you can just rub away the tattooed skin with a grater, but that hat is forever!
People still do these?
@@saschamayer4050 Nonetheless, you can remove both with a laser
I’m Japanese. When I was a child I loved Bontan candy😊
Wish you luck in your english learning journey
@@ampleicarangal5593 Tbh she seems to be doing quite well.
its really good to me to this day lmao
"4/10, I'd rather eat sand"
That's quite the generous rating for some sand. You must be quite the sand connoisseur. Where can we find the tastiest sand?
I hate sand. It's coarse, and it gets everywhere.
@@bandotaku Not the younglings please
@@bahlee1013 The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
@@bandotaku did you ever hear the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise?
First time I watched it, I didn't notice it, but the HORSE SOUND THROUGH THE WALL IS HILARIOUS!
The bank thing is true. Whenever a situation that requires any kind of thinking or flexibility arises the entire Japanese system breaks down.
Tends to happen with strict hierarchical and disciplined societies. While it is very efficient for day-to-day things, it isn't very flexible and breaks down when something unexpected happens. It works well in emergencies too when everyone listens and evacuate in an orderly fashion, but the response time can also be delayed because people lack initiative to take action.
Rules can't be written to cover ever scenario.
that sounds....kind of awful. Yikes.
In Turkey, everything can change in a day and after that day you will get used to calling your mom your grandpa in just one day. Good for staying alive bad for the order I guess.
Try asking to remove or substitute something in a set meal in Japan and you get a blank look from the person taking your order. Beyond that, service in general is always polite
Chris just switching to an American accent is the most unnerving thing I've seen all year
lmao i felt the same thing!
His American accent is amazing
Which part of the video was that
Me, a foreigner: *confused screaming*
I'm glad i'm not the only one!
Baked Sand, the childhood memory of having sand in your mouth mixed with guilt
4/10
"I'd rather eat sand."
LOVE your channel, telling about TRUE experiences.
And i definitely recognize myself with my 20 years living in this country. More than familiar stories. I would be more than pleased to share my many experiences as well.
I had a close encounter with one of those asshole wasps: I was at the Universal Studio at the smoking area, i noticed people started to feel uneasy and shifting around while looking all sides, i'm chilling with a cigarette leaning against a column. Suddenly people start looking at me, the wasp is right next to my hand, instinctively i slapped the bugger and it fell to the ground dead. People looked at me like i was some sort of badass yakuza guy
10/10 comment, bonus points for being a yakuza
I was waiting and reading thinking you'd say something like you dropped your cigarette or burnt yourself or even screamed and dropped to the ground but what what actually happened is hilarious
I live in Lithuania and my apartment has concrete walls. I can still hear arguments from my neighbors flawlessly, to the point I feel like I can usually respond to them if I just talk loudly. Trust me, your sound problem isn't limited to the fact you live in Japan. 😅
Same here, online classes are a nightmare since I have to tell my teachers that my neighbor decided to renovate his entire flat and hasn't stopped drilling for 3 months.
@@evelinux333 i live in actually newly built apartment (Poland) but everyone finished drilling some time ago and moved in. Aside from this one guy couple of apartments away of course, and would you imagine you could hear him drilling from 1st floor when his apartment is on 4th.. its insane, especially since im working from home and he drills 8-18 on daily basis including weekends
That's kind of a relief?
I live in Texas. The nearest neighbor is about 500 meters away through a forest. After that, you need to count in Kilometers. And I'm not complaining :)
So relatable. Frequently I hear some babuska's radio and sometimes some neighbours play some bassy music.
An act of ravage? Sounds like one of those romance novels you see in grocery stores
The ol five cent novelette
Oh my! Well, that didn't speak for all South Koreans. I am a South Korean and your channel is absolutely interesting with all your reviews of Japan that are equally positive and negative. I've seen your videos and you are pretty straight forward in saying your opinions. I learnt so many intersting things about Japan from you. I also find your sarcastic way of speaking downright funny. I am glad to hear you have visited South Korea before. Do come to South Korea again and I hope you have lots of good experiences here as well.
That rice paper candy takes me back to my childhood. Here in Hawaii, what others would call novelty Japanese food/beverages/candies have been the norm due to all the Japanese immigrants who worked in the cane/pineapple fields back in the day, 40’s/50’s. I grew up watching sumo in the 80’s cause Akebono, Musashimaru and Konishiki were absolute beasts on the scene with a crazy rivalry with the Wakanohana brothers. Also, Kikaida and a show called Shogun were bangers too.
Damn Chris that American accent was spot on!
Do you ever get really petty and annoy your noisy neighbors?
It may seem out of character, but no actually. Just yesterday one of the neighbours was singing at the top of his lungs, and I somehow managed to hold myself back from banging the walls in retaliation.
@@AbroadinJapan probably in retaliation to his sarky British neighbour ranting about Japan's terrible English all the time to what probably seems like literally no one #goals
@@AbroadinJapan I give you soooo much credit for not playing *a-hem* "adult entertainment" on full blast in retaliation
@@AbroadinJapan Should've started harmonizing with him! 😉
record for yourself. surely it could be fun later. think about it. so hot and spycy!
05:08 omg can u imagine an entire spoof episode as Dave in Japan? Chris your american accent is great haha. I'm from the usa and your accent sounded flawless.
Yes, please. It’s true.
Please do this, it's too accurate, I'm starting to question his British accents authenticity
I didn't even notice it until I read your comment.
This. God yes this.
he actually did an entire episode of journey across Japan like that once
Go to Misawa. I was stationed there in the late 60’s. Loved it for 3 years. It’s all changed now, but I have my memories.
Huge compliment to you. My boyfriend never watches a RUclips video over 5 minutes without fast forwarding at least half. He watched this entire video, enraptured. It was amazing.
Absolute legend! Give him my regards.
is your boyfriend a goldfish?
@@AbroadinJapan Hello Chris. Is it okay if I visit Tokyo with my cousin's best friend next March? I'm from New Jersey,USA.
@@Oliwolf78 it's the choice of steins gate
@@cuy50 it was a joke tongue in cheek. Who's the weirdo now 😂😂
"Oh wait, ur Dave in Japan"
Makes me think of the book Dave Barry Does Japan, which is hilarious.
Nailed that American accent hahah
Chris next April Fools video..he randomly changes his account to Dave in Japan and does an American accent throughout the whole episode!
You can only change your name like every 5 months
ninjapistol Lol he could change the Icon..or he could keep Dave in Japan for 5 months lol
the whole month*
"Guys, it was all a cover... my actual name is Dave!"
@@peyuko5960, After all, Chris is in the basement. :D
11:00 about the thin walls, I think that if you live in an older apartment/building, it will be cheaper and more soundproof (at least I hope so), but it will be an earthquake hazard, for example if you live in an 80s mansion converted into 1R apartments
Therapist: American Chris doesn’t exist, he can’t hurt you
American Chris: 5:18
Gold
American Chris is the one in the basement, he’s just been conditioned to talk with a British accent.
hearing him speak in an american accent was real trippy
As a non-American and non-Briton, care to explain?
The only real difference I hear is the tone of his voice
@@theramendutchman just pronounces his words differently. A sounds are very different between the two languages, as well as a few other differences I can't think of off the top of my head
chris, as an american living in america in AN APARTMENT i can tell you this is not a japan only issue. i basically live with headphones on while at home because of how easy it is to hear every little thing my neighbors are doing
Just when I am going mad, Chris comes with a New video and saves my mental health. Thank you so much Chris!
Man do I miss the food from South Korea. The kimchi dumplings from the shop right off base. Also the fried chicken and bulgogi from the "chicken and beer" place down the street.
5:09 That moment when Chris briefly drops the fake English accent he's been pretending to have this whole time.
My covers blown; soon the whole world will know I'm actually Chad from Seattle and this has all been filmed on a green screen in the basement for 8 years.
Typical Dave move, that's why I like him.
Abroad in Japan then who tf is Dave and why is he stealing your channel??
@@AbroadinJapan of coure! It's actually Chad in Japan 🤯
@@StripofPaper I'll start a channel called chad in japan and dethrone Chris the imposter
That American accent is really good, yet bizarrely unnerving
It sounds much more like the central canadian accent tbh (I live in central canada).
The American accent was REALLY good!! It surprised me
Dude it shook me, I just commented on it I'm glad someone is just as intrigued.
it´s easily one of the most disturbing things when you can hear people fa...doing random things
When you can hear people accidentally falling on each other
😏😏😏
Depends. Once i had a 10/10 neighbor with the hottest and loudest moan ever. I didn't really mind it :)
@@neretilderem7029because your a creep
Yeah I really hate it when my neighbours start jumping on their beds. You would think they would have grown out of it by 12 years old.
Still better than hearing your neighbours faRT
At first I started watching you because I wanted to Japan. But know I just binge watch your videos because you make me happy and laugh.
"And at that point, the entire bank broke." This (and the rest of the story) made me laugh so hard. As someone who lived in Japan for 3 years I can picture this so perfectly. =D
No residency in Japan would be complete without a neverending fiasco at a local bank.
The all important inkan-shomei is such a pain.
Same here, I went to a bank one week after my arrival in Japan and since I couldn't speak much of Japanese the bank workers just started panicking madly. Unforgettable scene 🥰
@@AbroadinJapan that sounds terrifying.
@@AbroadinJapan did you ever get rejected to open an bank account they rejected me twice
Why you are not on *RUclips* !!
Your content deserves to be on that platform!
Since Chris used to teach english, and hes British, does that mean his students have a British/Japanese accent when they speak english?
Yes
You dont seriously think they speak proper english now, right xD?! This is the japanese school system we are talking about. English is cool, but learning englisch? Nah! Having a few classes with a british bloke doesn't make good for the years of not teaching spoken english at all or teaching mispronunciation.
Yes! A lot of Japanese and Korean students who go to school and learn English in Europe or have European teachers will also have a European accent! Very lovely ❤️
It depends on the teachers they've had before. Now, I've not been to Japan (on the bucket list), but I have studied linguistics, so without doing any case studies, my thought would be that their English would have too thick of a Japanese accent to tell whether the English was more American or British. What would give it away is the words they use for certain things. If they have only been taught by a Japanese person, then they will likely sound like I described. If they have had someone from either America or England teach the English for a prolonged period of time, then the accent would lean toward whichever dialect it is. So, Chris's students, if they haven't had a British instructor before, wouldn't suddenly have an English accent, but if he had the same students for all the years he taught, they might.
@@MuellerX It honestly depends on the person. My bf, e.g., has an American accent when he speaks English. Sometimes you can still hear his Japanese accent (for example the "R" sound). He also once said to me that for Japanese people it might be easier to adapt an British accent, but I honestly don't know.
I've already subsribed to some channels about Japan and yours is THE BEST, honestly. The British, self- ironic sense of humour is brilliant. I laugh my head off when I watch your entries. Thank you, keep on making short films, please: they're both very informative and funny to watch. Cheers !
Chris: I got rid of the old stamp
Bank: *Omae wa mou shindeiru*
*NANI*
Natsuki the Movie II: An Act of Ravage
There. Now that you have the title, there's no excuse not to make it.
Heheheh...
NUICE
Sid Viscious’s grave must be prepared
Dew it
Natsuki the Movie III: Attack of the defect
i'm a quiet person, i always wear headphones when listening to something, but hearing others through those thin walls all the time would drive me nuts.
East Hokkaido is beautiful, lake Akan really nice onsen.
I went to Japan two years ago for a month and I was so nervous. I watch so many of your videos and they really helped me to survive! Thank you so much!!!
Isn’t baked sand *TecHnicALLy GLASS* ...I- I’ll leave.
No.
I didn't think about it that deeply but you're right. Japanese eats glass confirmed :O
You are correct
Lol
It’s heartBREAK for you to say that 😔
You have the most “bro” sounding American impression
bruh
Bruh! xD
Bruh
Bruh
Wait.... so he's not American?
I assumed pizza sand was a sort of powdered pizza to be used as a food topping.
I’m actually crying tears of laughter I am in love with your sense of humour I just- it’s so british
I’m Japanese and I used to eat literally thousands of Bontan Ame when I could not wait for lunch in high school. As a big fan of that candy I’m glad you talked about it😆
That stamp story... Forty minutes of freaking out, then "Eh, can't be helped..." I think you just encapsulated a core societal trait there 😂
Chris, I love these videos where you share stuff with us, you have an amazing sense of humour. I laugh a lot at your vid and I am a person who finds it difficult to laugh at comedians. Keep it up.
@Katherine H Exactly and I love it
Damn Dave, the production quality of your video's is getting better and better! Nice work :)
Anakin's verdict: "4/10, I'd rather eat sand."
🤭
I had to pause the video :D
Angela Kozlova *S H U T*
4:29 that “plastic” is an edible candy film called “Oblaat” in Japanese.
Yeah I know , what I don't know is why don't they make it taste like something other than plastic.
is it made from gelatine?
sounds borderline like a Russian saying 'fuck' :)
If I was to get a Japanese inner-city apartment, my biggest concern would definitely be noises from all of my neighbours. I can totally understand brick not being a common construction material at all for small residential housing, the better insulation should be an obvious thing by now. I’d imagine it would have to be a lot of the newer properties for you to be able to get one like that.
Thanks for this video mate. Definitely answered a few more questions I had. It is a shame they don’t really have much sitting out front options at restaurants and drinking establishments. I’m betting it’s only really common in the most spaced out areas of the city where congestion is less of a problem or you are in the countryside.
I know this was 9 months ago, but I'll add this here (if nothing else to help anyone else that reads later)
Choose a concrete apartment. Wooden apartments will have this issue. Most cheap apartments are wooden, even in Tokyo, but concrete aren't that much more expensive relative to their area.
This has been common knowledge for many many years among Japanese people. The foreigners that are active on the internet constantly complaining of this for some reason refuse to look into this and/or refuse to let this myth of all apartment's being poorly constructed/insulted die.
5:17 hearing you with an american accent is the most shocking and unsettling thing I've seen all day.
I've had a pretty mundane day to be fair.
your first time hearing him speak in an American accent? He did it in journey across japan
That was legit the best American impression I’ve ever seen a British person do.
Like REALLY fuggin good, I was shook 😲
@@shae4043 Have you ever seen 'House'?
Tom Holland is now typing...
@@handlesarefeckinstupid You're right, that's a great example actually
Yeah it was actually a good "generic" American voice. Most non-americans go for either a southern, a California, or a NYC-ish accent.
I’ve watched your videos so often that my mum was worried I was thinking of moving to japan myself.. I told her I just appreciated your ability to be self deprecating and sarcastic 👍🏻
"What!? A foreigner!?"
- every kid in China despite living in major cities and having foreign English teachers.
If they didn't sound shocked it wouldn't be so bad, but it's such a stupid thing to say. Plus it translates as "outside person." So I copy them, looked shocked and say "Eh!? Zhongguo Ren!"
That's fucking genius and I'm definitely partaking in that course of action.
哇！？ 中國人！
“I can hear my neighbors cooking, cleaning, fuuu...doing random things..” lmao!!!
@@Kronos0999 i know right no one except him has done that
Kronos yeah how did you know :0?!!! Sorry for commenting on something I found funny. Smh ppl like you man..
🧂
they must be new to youtube comments
Its completely true though.
If the real Chris abroad is locked away does this mean we’ve been watching his doppelgänger Dave abroad?
your comment is underrated xD
Shhhh, we do not speak of this
Chris abroad has the Vaccine , thats why Evil dave Abroad locked him up in the basement .
"I can hear my neighbours on all sides. Whether it’s arguing, cooking, cleaning, fu… doing random things" 😂
so nice
We’ve all been there
yeah my japnese neighbour look like he is deaf since ever weekend he like to turn on high base music for 8 to 10.... at least i know what time it is... and normally i just go to supermarket for discount food....
Uuuuuhhhh 14:34 the stamps yes. I think if they were to switch those out for yubikeys would be awesome. Instant transition to carrying something in your pocket again
Someone in japan: What's your age?
Me trying to assert dominance: I was born in 1500AD sire.
But they dont really do christianity
@@attackfleed1301 jokes on you, but Jesus is actually burried in Japan. If you could find Chris' episode on that you'd be amazed at how authentic and real it is * sarcasm *
@@shinryu8876 I know he is buried there
I read it in the bible and it is a holy place
(For weebs)
5:18 the sudden switch to amercian english shocked me. Don’t ever do that again pls i’m terrified of American Chris now
Who is Chris? That was clearly Dave.
The real chris is still in the basement
Have you seen the episode of Journey Across Japan when he's in an American accent the whole time??
~:~
Now if I ever meet Chris in Japan I'm going to call him Dave.
Dave's not here, man... (obscure?)
@@BobsTank ah, a man of culture, I see.
One of the main actesses in The Human Centipede grew up in the same town in Wyoming that I did, and I actually did some business with her dad about a year ago. I never met her, and I don't know how I'd take meeting her now.
Feeeeeed hiiiiim!!!!!!!!