3 Things ONLY Foreigners do in Japan!
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- 3 Things only foreigners seem to do in Japan.
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I said "have a good day" in Japanese to a convenience store worker and his face lit up with a huge semi shocked smile.
That’s so sweet
I think it’s like being a westerner and having a Japanese visitor bow. It’s like “cool! They actually do that like in the movies!”
whats the phrase for this? I'd like to use it when I go to Japan this year ❤
I said it in English, because I didn't know the Japanese phrase for that and the workers face still lit up so much and said in English back "Thank you, you too" 🥺🥺
I did this in Japan like I do in America and am only just now learning that they don't do that there. That was 18 years ago.
My granny saw those go karts in a busy Tokyo street and she said “people these days came up with different ways to die” 💀
Grannies are always right!
I mean, she ain't wrong
Your granny is so real 😂😂😂
Why would they allow it then? If people hate these things so much then why are they still a thing?
@@korhol2065 because of 💵
99% of the things that you "Should Not Do in Japan" are due to Yakuzas.
Yakuzas need love too. 😂❤
Do they really have all those tattoos or is that just in the movies? Also the finger chopping thing for screwing up.
@@andrewgordon235idk about that but tattoo rules in onsens are definitely because of yakuza so im sure in the past it was a thing
@@andrewgordon235I don’t think tattoos are required to be Yakuza but I’m pretty sure 90% of Japanese people don’t have or don’t like tattoos because is mostly considered a Yakuza thing.
@@sorcererCermet
Some restaurants decline them service too.
Not the Yakuza getting all the drip banned. 💀
That damn yakuza
bum ass yakuza
Can't have a mustache or a killer tat either
Meanwhile it’s the opposite in the US, teens and young adults think (at least used to) it’s cool to wear baggy pants, oversized t shirts, etc etc. only difference is everything in the US is a trend. Guess the Japanese are scared that it would stick around.
@@theinvisiblewoman5709 Well, in the US gangsters=cool. In Japan gangsters=scary. It's just a cultural thing.
Foreigners “Thank you” in Japanese always hits different because try to speak other language even they aren’t fluent is kinda cute and I think that is one of the way to show their respect to local people.
Wherever I am going I try to learn some basic phrases like hello, sorry, thank you, please etc. Because it is polite to at least be able to apologise and give thanks and know it will be understood.
Well, wouldn't you try to say thanks if you ate a wonderful meal for less than half the price it'd cost you back home? It's just common decency at that point.
This🔥
@Rose_Castle this as well!🔥🔥🔥
@@Rose_Castle I did this when I visited the Netherlands a few years ago. In the lead up to the trip I spent a couple of weeks learning basic Dutch. I got to the point of being able to have a short conversation to introduce myself, ask for directions, order food, find transport and toilets. I needn’t have bothered as it turns out almost everyone in the Netherlands spoke better English than me, a native speaker. 😅
Obviously a different story somewhere like Japan, where English is less-commonly spoken.
Foreigner: use sunglasses
Them: use the whole umbrella
There eyes are built for the sun
Edit: because they are only slits
Hiding your eyes is seen as hiding your intentions. Ppl can tell if your lying by your eye movement
Literally the reason poker players wear them. But the deceptive aspect associated with them and yakuza by extension is what makes them frowned upon
@@Menuki
Poker players wear them because they don't want to be soon looking in specific directions, and also paranoia.
You can't actually tell if someone's lying by eye movement. Or... Well, anything, actually; There's no real way to determine if someone's lying or not.
@@Szrikothere’s a lot of ways to tell someone is lying. If someone lies and doesn’t do those things, then they’re a good liar, but most people aren’t except for psychopaths.
So, if I ever go to Japan, raise my glasses if I'm talking to someone given I got transition lenses and I'd rather not be rude. Understood
*Some blonde, small white girl wearing sunglasses
Japanese People: *"Yakuza"*
10yo child puts his dad's sunglasses on
Yakuza
Dude has an eye infection and needs to cover them with sunglasses
Yakuza
Blind Man
Japanese People: "Yakuza"
People trying to protect their eyes from UV light by wearing sunglasses
Yakuza
Stevie Wonder
Very Superstitious Yakuza
If I saw someone wearing those super villain sunglasses I’d think the same thing 😂
Hopefully the Yakuza don't drink water.
Wouldn't want to look like Yakuza when not dying of thirst or trying to no be blinded by the sun.
Sorry to see stupidity is a worldwide plague.
Go-karts on public roads in Japan are heartily disliked. We Japanese call them " stupid cars.”
Baka-karuto?
But then why would the Japanese supply them?
Sounds like what Americans think of bikers on public roads (they go on 1 lane roads where you are meant to be driving 50+ mph)
You guys have pug vans
Watch yo tone
@@emmaclarke4399that's very common for touristy places. but business people dont care if it's hated by the locals as long as it's love by tourists that make them money, they'll do it. Most locals in any place hate foreigners/tourists.
Saying "thank you" isn't casual conversation, it's just an automatic courtesy
To you. It might be viewed as casual and informal in that situation, and thus inappropriate for that setting. There is likely some sort of equivalent in Japanese culture to what you and I mean by saying thank you - something that would show gratitude in a way where they would hear what we mean.
It's a waste of my damn time is what it is
Seriously. Japan fetishism paints plain rudeness in the best of lights and lets them get away with stuff that would have any other nationality/race dragged over the coals.
Japan has a formal culture even including words that indicate respect, they know courtesy, it's just that they choose not to display it which is gross and unacceptable.
I'm more concerned about the "staff don't have casual conversation", which sounds incredibly off putting and isolating.
It extends beyond that too. The idea of talking to a stranger is super strange to them unless you're asking for help with something.
If you want to be a good customer in Japan, stand calmly, pay attention, and don't make any noise. Do not interrupt and speak only when it is your turn to speak.
at least the Yakuzas are smart enough to protect their eyes from the BRIGHT AFTERNOON *SUN*
Right!😭 my sensitive eyes could never, they always water up so easily when it’s too sunny..😔
yepp, retina is burn under sun on the long run. UV isnt nice to you :DD
I got them transition glasses that change into sunglasses over time
That's why they're always squinting
Same@@thegamingleopard4592
日本人も店員さんに「ありがとう」は、普通に言います。言わない人は、育ちが悪いんだな、と思われますよ。
i live in russia and we also say "thank you" to cashier for example, it's not only in Japan
In my country you don't casually talk with service workers either but it would feel weird to not thank them.
Saying thank you is just polite
You still thank service workers in Japan, just not casually. For example, saying thanks, or ありがとう arigato is strange. Saying thank you, or ありがとうございます arigatogozaimasu is more respectful and ok.
Because #classism, right?
@@melanieh.3091 that makes sense
@melanieh.3091 oh, so it's just tone(?) thing. In my country u don't say less formal thank u to not friends either, so it makes sense
Saying thank you isn't a casual conversation but an act of politeness and basic proper manners in many countries.
yeah that one confused me. “thank you” is not a conversation, it’s like polite punctuation
Just in general it is too.
@@jadeeliss1370I think she meant in general, not only saying thank you but small talk such as “how are you” etc that we normally would say in these interactions with service workers
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@@XxdextriousxX We who? People don't like small talks in many countries and don't do small talks but they do say thank you.
The fault for the go karts isn't of the tourists, they're just trying a service, the fault is of who provides that service
True.
@@aikonakashi5621 or people can "share the road" plenty of dick head drivers in japan or bikers on the streets where there's heavy foot traffic
And who allowed them
That’s true, but at the same time, the service wouldn’t be provided if there wasn’t a demand for it
@@Kismosis there is a bit of a feedback loop sure, but probably the majority of the tourists trying those things are doing it because it was advertised to them, rather than like going to Japan with the go karts specially on their todo list - if they aren't allowed and available, the tourist won't be demanding them
The first two I can live without but I will ALWAYS say thank you to anyone who provides a service to me
So you should!
"Hello, I want one illegal drugs, please! Thank you!"
"Hello, I want one good sex, miss prostitute. Thank you!"
me driving a go-kart wearing sunglasses as I thank people for letting me cut into traffic 😎
Now FINISH that sentence. It is NOT COMPLETE. Are you beeeeep?!
That is NOT a sentence! What do you?
@@voornaam3191 Yes
Jesust christ 🤣😂
You are from North Korea.. aren't you..?🙊
Fun fact. In Japan, there's a saying that "eyes speak as loud mouths." People in Japan often feel more comfortable having conversations with others when they can see their eyes and not necessarily their mouths. It's the reason why western culture often has an allergic reaction for facemasks but not in Japan. It's also the reason why Japanese emoticons uses eyes for expressions while American ones use mouths like :( or :D
Well sadly we don't got a 99% convection rate and to have many places gone due to crime. and if we see a ski mask that's the most red flag if you can tell!
Eh i mostly think American's feel the face mask is "brain washing" mostly from the pandemic to i've owned some years before it and i'm from NYC which smell horrid in many spots mostly the trains (which are basically non stop garbage and human waste!)
Allergic reaction to face mask 😂 🤣
Sadly, I heard someone say that when covid was bad.
Interesting never noticed that before tbh. Eyes in anime being pronounced now makes more sense. We have a saying that goes back to Cicero’s times in the west “the eyes are the window to the soul” so the idea is somewhat alive here too.
@@Nakira2000 Funnily enough, I did actually have an allergic reaction to a face mask during Covid. We had just gotten home and my face felt oddly warm, so I got up and looked in the mirror. Sure enough, there was a tinge of red in the shape of the mask on my face. Had to wear different ones from a different company after that.
@@Nakira2000This is very sad! I’m 17 and now wear masks because I’m immunocompromised and I wish more people would do that to protect people like me. But sadly personal comfort and ableism takes precedent.😒
“But my glasses are transitions, I can’t just not see. I’m practically blind”
yakuza
Me too
nice try yakuza
Terraria!??!?!?!
My wife is so stoked about her transitions lenses lol she is also almost blind (ocular histoplasmosis) so she’s losing her central vision but she just figured out that just some mild magnification would help her see clearer and she has barely taken them off in weeks. I gotta admit they are pretty dope.
The only comment on the go-karts: it's really up to the Japanese government to regulate this. It's a little crazy to blame foreigners when it's legal and marketed to tourists. This seems insane that it is legal and a bad show is Japanese politics rather than foreigner behavior.
It's not illegal doesn't mean you should do it.
It’s a safety hazard, ofc people are gonna be annoyed. And blaming the tourists is justified because you’ll expect that those people have the common sense and responsible thinking of not being a nuisance in a foreign country
@@jazeturner65 Did these foreigners bring those go-karts with them? Because if so you are absolutely right. But if not then I think there is some japanese business person who should be blamed for them.
Because if it is a legal business that is advertised to foreigners then I wouldn't assume there is anything wrong with doing it.
That is like if city tours were a nuisance. How the f*ck should they know?
No way I'm walking around in bright ass daylight without sunglasses. My eyes are sensitive. 😅
Just be aware enough to take them off when talking to people, your eyes account for a ton of your body language and it's uncanny to talk to someone hiding most of their expressiveness.
I mean if I take them off I'm just going to be squinting anyway so idk what kind of read you'll get on me
@@Bizarrrrrrroman It's a no-win situation, because Japanese people are also intimidated by eye contact. ;_;
@@Bizarrrrrrroman me with necessary prescription glasses that have transition lenses...
@@Shlorper254I have blue eyes and I rarely ever wear sunglasses. Not wearing sunglasses strengthens your eyes to be able to adjust correctly to the harsh light.
The sunglasses I don't get, the go-karts I do.
the eyes and surrounding tissues convey a huge amount of information when you're talking to somebody.
Asian people already have the sun squint.
That's so racist 😂@@Kynreevez
@@Kynreevez they also all have brown eyes. I have brown eyes and I never wear sunglasses, but people with blue eyes (foreigners) wear them.
@@danstrayer111 ok and? so dose the face but they are ok with covering it with a mask so I still don't really get it.
Also, people with blue eyes are MORE prone to sun damage, which is why a lot of foreigners wear sunglasses. We're used to it from necessity
Came here to say this. I have DARK brown eyes, but have learned that the sun bothers lighter colored eyes from my husband (light brown) and my dad (Hazel)
I rarely see westerner use Sunglasses every day in the west...
yep 😔 i need sunglasses most days just to be outside
People with lighter eyes are NOT prone to eye damage from the sun.
I have a light brown/hazel eye colour and if I don't wear sunglasses outside when the UV is high, my eyes start watering like someone is walking beside me chopping onions. Did I miss an update?
“In Japan staff and customers usually don’t have casual conversation”
Introverts ASSEMBLE
I worked with an Uzbek immigrant who made it known to me that American thank people way more. He was telling me how he was advising his wife they had to say thank you to the cashiers, because Americans are very polite. That’s probably the first nice thing I’ve ever heard about us.
He’s in for a different level if he ever comes to England then, a lot of people even still hold doors open for the ladies over here
@@colonelturmeric558buddy. Americans do that too. It's just common courtesy here. Except we don't try to act like we're chivalrous and we'll just hold the door for anybody not just women
@@colonelturmeric558when I went to England I was indeed shocked, but it was because of how rude everyone was (by my American standards). I think my point is proven by you thinking that simply holding the door open for someone is evidence of next-level politeness when it’s the bare minimum for politeness here…
American (except Karen and Kevin) were quite polite compared to Germans
@@colonelturmeric558 holding up the door for everyone not only ladies is literly the minimum in sweden, and swedish people are very cold
but my prescription glasses turn into sunglasses when it gets sunny..
Nerd by day, crime lord by...day...
Same here!
Same
Yeah mine auto tint too, made me look like a douche at a wedding lol
Transition are the best. You get to scam so many people when you walk into a building
Saying thank you is not having a casual conversation wtf, it's literally basic politeness
You would think
Politeness by our standards and in our culture. Other cultures may feel differently and that doesn't make them wrong. You're forcing an interaction on someone that they may or may not want, regardless of your intention with that interaction.
when it's a casual transaction like at the grocery store or something it's normal for people to just nod or bow slightly at the staff at the end of the interaction instead of saying a whole arigatō gozaimasu every time. they only would if the staff went above and beyond to personally help you or something
but in other scenarios like paying at restaurants/checking out of a hotel etc. most people would say thank you i think 😭
@@DeeMetria I thought their main point was that saying thank you isn’t a conversation
I don’t think culturally they would get mad at a thanks they just probably don’t need it lol
@pumpkinwarrior7138 Nowhere was it stated that someone might get mad. But it might still be viewed as impolite.
My problem with the comment is that it implies that "basic politeness" is a universal concept. It is not.
I saw people driving go karts in in Tokyo and thought they were weird and I'm not Japanese.
Glad to know that my Midwest nice of "ope, sorry" and "thanks, have a good one" are seen as positive in Japan
Ope, sorry! Accidentally disliked this comment. Let me just fix that for ya'!
And there we go! Thanks, have a good one!
I can’t like it its at 69 likes
@@FNWendigo Not anymore. Like it all you want. 😁
@@gowsif_dnb shit you’re right
I love living in Okinawa because the Okinawans are quite different from the rest of Japan. They’ll have a full conversation with you if you go to their shops and they’re very sweet but also insanely fun to go party with lol. Some of the best people I’ve ever had the pleasure of living around :) not to say those from mainland aren’t as great but it’s definitely more strict socially in mainland.
I believa ALOT of that is thanks to the 32 facilities the US built on the island after WWII.
that’s bc the okinawans are not part of the yamato japanese lands and were actually colonized and taken from China. totally different culture!
@ninnywaggon3470
That's not true, they were independent but later paid tribute to China. They then paid tribute to Japan afterwards as well.
It wasn't chinese
@@wrwarw5457 “independent” in name only. how much freedom do you think tributary states are given? if you have to pay tribute to a more powerful state and must defer to said state for all your foreign policy, is that independence?
@ninnywaggon3470
You just said they were colonised by japan from china, that's clearly not true.
Many nations paid tribute to China, the tribute system allowed nations to trade with China. Vietnam, Thailand, several South East Asian Sultanatea all paid tribute to China ib order to trade with them. When they were later invaded, were the Europeans taking that land from China? Obviously not.
In fact those islands paid tribute to China and Japan at the same time for quite a while, so who owns that land now?
Those go-carts are the equivalence of having eScooters in every tourist spot in the US 🤷♂️😂
Fuck those e scooter motherfuckers If that's how Japan feels about the go-karts I get it. I truly honestly get it 😂
Nah Fr and they ditch them in the stupidest spots every time I hate them
I hate those damn things.
Yea the dumb little 18 mph escooters are an eye sore, now people riding their personal 30mph escooters are great, and they are mostly chill
As someone who had to rely on those scooters to get around town for work. I apologize but I did always try to put them in the least inconvenient location.
Its not because of Yakuza. It’s the same in China. No sunglasses
Im just imagining some one being like why would you treat our roads like mario kart!?
"Sir, you supplied the Karts. You supplied the mario."
*italian tourist cosplaying as a Japanese character cosplaying as an Italian on a go-kart.
Lol, but the random Japanese citizens asking that question are most certainly not the ones who supplied the Karts or the Mario.
Told someone I know who lives in Kobe that I did these, and he definitely tried to make me feel bad for doing it. It didn't work. I regret nothing.
@p.a.681 but they could vote to get it removed.
They are not even wearing Mario costumes, I saw goofy and tiger from Winnie the pooh
"Why do you foreigners treat our roads like an amusement park?"
"Why do you alow go-carts on your roads?"
Bruh, they didn’t have a vote on this I don’t think so. Company or a few made it a thing leaving everybody else to cringe
@potmki6601 You could still petition the local government or file a complaint. Japan isn't a dictatorship. They can still voice their opinions if it bothers them.
@@potmki6601bruh you seriously don't think the local government can make a law about it?
Mario
@@Abluemoon9112 Tbh. I would think it would just be against basic road laws.
And yet, gojo still had impeccable rizz
That's why he wore a blindfold mostly 😮
Also Gojo isn’t a real person so…
@@chrisrocha2150wait fr?
What do you mean bro? Did you take your meds?@@chrisrocha2150
I hope this shit rots quickly, this fucking anime and its fans have become so insufferable
I'm Japanese, but I never thought of yakuza from sunglasses. I don't know who told her that but I believe that is not true. It's just because we often feel uncomfortable if someone's eyes are coverd. Wearing a mask doesn't make us feel so, a lot less than sunglasses. I think it's because we're feeling or telling people's emotions from eyes.
The problem is that Asian people have dark eyes but, in the west, a lot of people have green or blue eyes which are a lot more sensitive to sunlight.
@@pandamilkshake Yeah I’m Japanese and I’ve believed that opinion for a long time
No wonder whenever I say thank you and start complementing them they all smile and blush ☺️🫰
I'm a stubborn American and I *will* compliment your makeup ✨🇺🇲😅
I would feel uncomfortable if I didnt thank the employees for the work they did
Fun fact! While a lot of countries in the west mostly read face expressions through each others mouths, japanese people mostly read each others expressions through their eyes. This is why many people in the west felt a little freaked out when having to wear masks as they couldn't read anyone else's expressions, while japanese people can feel uneasy for the same reason but with sunglasses.
Update: Some people couldn't believe what I was saying is true haha. Of course this is quite obvious due to social and cultural aspects, but if anyone would like to see it through official research, you can check this study on the National library of medicine, "Attention to eye contact in the West and East: Automatic Responses and Evaluative Ratings". Here below is a section that talks about it:
"A recent study demonstrated that cultural differences in recognition of facial expressions of fear and disgust might be due to differences in eye fixation patterns [20]; Western Europeans fixate more on the mouth region, and East Asians fixate more on the eye region when recognising facial expressions."
I hope this helps.
Well said.
This is also why smileys of western origin tend to look like :) :o :( and such, while smileys of Japanese origin tend to look like ^_^ =_= o_o
Source? This seems completely made up
Bullshit lmao
citation needed
From my perspective as a chinese its that we r able to tell emotions from eyes rather than face cuz ig its harder to control and is more genuine and covering it kinda like blocks that
Exactly
I was going to comment this. It's the same thing in Japan.
Not really. You perceive a lot more emotions with facial movement too.
Either way, its mostly because (as she said) associated with the Yakuza. They don't like tattoos either for the same reason.
@@user-tv4ih2kq6r in CHINA / JAPAN, expressions are read via the eyes. In Western countries, it's via the mouth. Just because it's different to you, doesn't make you right by default. Perhaps try to learn about other cultures and accept that not everyone is going to be exactly like you.
@@pseudopuppy160says the one generalising two countries that are made up of literally hundreds of cultures with all sort of differences.
Not even mentioning the fact that you generalised a bunch of western countries.
Simply saying most people from and most western countries you would have made a great argument
japanese people's eyes are expressive. when japanese people smile, their eyes 'smile' too. if they can't see the other person's eyes, they can't read or understand how the person's feeling or trying to express.
Everyones eyes show expression when smiling. When everyone covers 90% of their face with a mask for no reason, it just makes everyone seem so robotic and non human
@@Japanimal1992 the trick is to wear a mask, sunglasses, baseball cap and hoodie. if you cant see the face it cant look robotic
Uh... unless something is wrong, everybody's eyes smile when you smile.
Its just how a human face works.
@@christopherlane5238this reminds me of the "thing" vs. "thing but Japan" meme lol, you're 100% right. It's one of the reasons why you can tell if someone is fake smiling it's just a normal human thing to do
How does this kind of misinformation get spread... like do you guys not talk to people or something, everyone smiles with their eyes
Foreigners arent treating the roads like an amusement park, whoever runs the company is
And who's keeping the company in business? Oh yeah the foreigners who are treating it like an amusement park 😂
@@darthgamer6239because they’re being told that they’re allowed to.
lmao, like every 1st world country.
@bunnytailss yeah but it still takes common sense on the part of people to not drive a Mario kart ass car in public
@@darthgamer6239 They could just stop it. Easy as that. Can't blame tourists for using a provided service.
The sunglasses thing is REAL, I always wear sunglasses and my Japanese friends always say it makes me look super foreign
Sunglasses helps prevent cataracts
@@gabdominates I actually have cataracts so my eyes are VERY sensitive to light,so I take sunglasses everywhere I go, even on overcast days. I personally find wearing a mask extremely suspicious.
Too many criminals do that
Yeah I get a lot of migraines and light sensitivity so sunglasses help
People definitely do notice and comment on sunglasses, though
"well, in other countries, we protect our eyes from the sun" would be my response.
Usually Asians don’t need to wear sunglasses. These people don’t even know that Caucasians eyes are more sensitive to the sun than Asians’
Tourist: /breathes
Japanese local: OMG YAKUZA!!!!
Actually it's true
They have weird preferences lol
@@samiaoishy7862not true at all.
@@samiaoishy7862it’s not true at all lol
i promise you no one there believes your foreign asses have any connections to the yakuza
Have tattoos and wear sunglasses = criminal
Imagine not thanking someone for their services.. that's so rude..
Me, a heavily tattooed guy who always wears pit vipers: "thanks for renting me this go-kart, go kart rental guy"
I bet you look scary as heck but are super nice
"Yakuza or grandmothers" is what I was told lol
As a Japanese, I always say thank you to a shop staff and as a person who worked as a shop staff, its always a pleasure to receive a small kindness
Its also ok to not say anything.
This is good to know. I hope I wasn't being weird by saying "thank you" and "have a great day" while in Japan😂
If you're from Japan,so...what's in your opinion the possibly best way for someone to start learning Japanese?
Just asking bc. I wanted to go to Fuji just to Hike and totally not accidently tumble over😅
Me too 🙋🏻♀️ and so are my family members in Japan too. I never knew Japanese don’t say those things 😅
@@kamajuchikekenate Very difficult question since I am not an expert on this subject...
But if your main objectives are to communicate with other people or watch movies without subs then you may not need to learn letters or proper grammar.
Putting words together can make the sentence and most natives would try to understand what they are trying to say so maybe start learning words from your interest instead of learning a complete phrase maybe?
Saying thank you to the go-cart lady while riding away with my sunglasses on in my go cart😂
Please just say thank you! I lived in Japan, many Japanese people thank their service staff and make casual conversations! even if not all Japanese people say thank you, it's important to show your appreciation. The service staffs are also nicer when you are nice!
I think what they’re meaning to say is that we don’t say stuff casually. “Thanks” or arigatou is strange, but “thank you” or arigatogozaimasu is ok.
Agreed! One of the convenience store workers (who pretty much looked done with life) had a slight attitude with me UNTIL I thanked him. Then when I saw him again he was MUCH friendlier
@@melanieh.3091 I see! I agree with what you're saying, but in the video she basically said don't thank the staff, which I thought might be misleading haha
@@ronaldoalberto3510 Right! my family mart guy used to give me free Famichiki and almost-expired desserts because I say Ohayogozaimasu, arigatougozaimasu and ask about his day. I think the last thing Japan needs is more indifferent people :')
Universal truth! Don’t be a jerk, make your lack of language your problem (come prepared), and have a genuine smile. Even Parisians will warm. Seriously.
The sunglasses thing is interesting. Over here in the states I was told sunglasses would help reduce the chance of cataracts when I'm older, so I started wearing them.
the "sun" is a American concept
@@JankJank-om1opMy blue eyes disagree with you. 😭
"Wondering why foreigners are treating their roads like an amusement park."
Maybe they should be angry with the companies who are doing this instead of the foreigners who dont know any better.
I mean...that only works if the foreigner is an actual child with no understanding of road safety.
It's both
As an adult riding a go cart on any publicly used road should be red flagging the risks.. and the Japanese selling that are seriously just making a buck and don't care how stupid the foreigners come across. Doing cultural research before visiting any place is wise.
@@lbow5479have you heard of kei cars and motorbikes? Plus it’s an alien culture. For all the tourist knows, this is a Japanese way of amusement.
What is the problem?
Sounds like a introvert heaven
you should go to a Mediterranean country introvert hell
It definitely is 🫣
Only Tokyo. The rest of Japan is very talkative, especially if you're a foreigner.
i said “thank you” the whole trip to japan. i sound like a country girl saying “arigato” 😂
Japanese people say thank you at the end of every interaction with service workers.
This lady in the video is misinformed and dumb
Someone tag that Matcha Samurai guy to fact check this. 😂
yes!!! XD
I wish RUclips would still allow this, I want Matcha Samurai and AskShogo to reply to this!
YES PLEASE
Exactly, we must bring in the experts.
I’m Japanese and I’m sorry to say this but this video is bullish*t, especially the “the japanese don’t say think you“ part
my opthalmologist always recommends wearing sunglasses bc retina damage from UV is real 💀 it's really ridiculous to just avoid them when they literally protect your eyes
Yes, they are so hung-up about social conventions that they throw common sense out the window.
These people don’t even know that Caucasians eyes are more sensitive to the sun than Asians’
I just wear a hat, because I have light eyes and pale skin.
@@ABC-ed8cgjust like Americans when the mask mandates were up...
With how my anxiety is set up, i don't even say hi to my coworkers everyday.
I'll be good in Japan.
I didn't spend money on Lasik just to fuck it up again. I need my sunglasses.
yeah, do whatever you need for you. i wouldn't worry about any of these social norms too much unless you're the one causing a public disturbance. eat while you walk if you are in a hurry, wear your shades if it's bright out, have that phone call if it's important, who cares.
She’s not saying you can’t wear sunglasses, just that it’s not common in her experience
She didn't say you can't wear sunglasses. She said just don't expect a warm welcome with them on by the locals because of cultural differences.
As someone with high light sensitivity, i'm wearing super dark sunglasses everywhere, that's so much better than snacking painkillers like m&ms...
You can wear sunglasses in Japan. I do. You just take them off when indoors or talking to somebody. Japanese people have higher concentration of melanin in their eyes so their eyes are not as sensitive to the sunlight and therefore the same culture didn't develop around sunglasses. Also, for what it is worth Japanese aren't big on eye contact
So I either wear sunglasses while I'm there or they think I am mocking them when I'm squinting my eyes...
I’m sorry, I think it’s weird not to be polite to shop workers and thank them. I understand some countries thinking it’s “fake” to chat with people working a cash register or serving you food, and that’s fine I guess, but you think it’s weird to be grateful that they served you? That’s basic manners, they did something for you, you thank them.
I worked as a waiter for a long time, and literally the only thing I asked for was basic common curtesy, so I really appreciate you 🙏
They think it's fake because they themselves would never wish a random person to have a good day. They're projecting their own bitterness onto others.
@@JohnSmith-j7n Even if someone I just got in a fist fight with holds the door open for me I will thank them for the small kindness.
This is a generalization but I'd say most people show their thanks rather than saying it all the time. Words can be empty platitudes. Sincere actions are not.
@@ejburgess Can you not do both? You are presenting a false dichotomy...
Sunglasses vs Mouth covers is simple. The eyes are the window to the soul.
My sunglasses are staying on… I’m not risking premature crows feet for anyone 😎
Ok the go karts make sense and fair enough but you gotta admit they look fun af
no they dont lol, why would anyone want to drive a go kart in anywhere that isnt a go kart track????
driving in the street is just disrespectful to everyone
@@Thatnormaltedyou seem like a polite guy
@@Thatnormalted There are few actual go-kart tracks..... I used to drive a go-kart on a stock car track....
Japan: has laws allowing go karts on the roads. Also Japan: "why are foreigners treating our roads like an amusement park? 😮"
We aren't. We are treating them as intended since its your roads, carts and business making it possible.
Almost like goverments arent in sync with the population😮😮
That's business and the gov thts allowing it, not the habitants, we'd all get annoyed af if we had to go to/from work everyday having to deal with tht bs, ofc they'd get annoyed... We all even hv in our countries places we love but which sometimes gets ruined by tourists, its a fact.
US: Has laws allowing guns for civilians
Also US: "There's too much violent gun crime!!"
I hope you realize how stupid that sounds from this. There's different people who allow or want to restrict various aspects in every country.
@@StormierNikThe US doesn’t think there’s too much gun violence. And gun violence has nothing to do with laws allowing people to bear arms. There are no laws in the US allowing gun violence.
Laws allowing people to ride go-carts on the road have everything to do with people riding go-carts on the road.
If saying Thank you is a casual conversation, I'm a regular socialite.
We have those go karts in San Francisco. It's definitely a tourist thing.
I dunno why people think its so bad. Seems like fun to me.
Riding the go-karts in San Francisco sounds like attempted suicide.
@@The_Gallowglasstry to not have main character syndrome for like ten seconds - it’s not about the people riding the go karts, it’s the people trying to use the road because they have to travel somewhere. I’d be pretty ticked off if tourists were adding to traffic because they wanted to joy ride.
@@DaveDDD If I was trying to use the road and saw people having fun I wouldn't be a pansy about it.
so?
A lot of people don't understand the last point.
In fact, in Japan, it's the staff of the shop who thanks you.
Because in Japan, it's the opposite of the courtesy of other countries.
It's THE STAFF that need to thanks you for going to their store (you could have gone elsewhere). The client don't need to thanks someone for just doing his job.
I think it make sense, even if I don't come from Japan.
It doesnt, just be nice to others
“Why should I be nice to you, you’re getting paid” I’ll keep thanking people for doing their job because either way, I appreciate it
@@PepeLaRana1 they're not saying you can't thank them. They're explaining how a different perspective can make sense in different cultures. Try to be more open minded.
@marcccx
Glad you mentioned it.
Japanese people are basically unsociable and categorise a man by their status like how much money they get or what job they are at.
I hate Japanese being Japanese as Japanese.
@@bananatree1234567If that was the point it was worded weirdly. What I got from it was:
"I think it makes sense that the staff should be the ones valuing you"
Note to self: Wear sunglasses, don't get fucked with XDD
Ngl, the go karts do look tempting
At this point can we just say that according to western youtubers about the only thing you can do in Japan is be Japanese and stand so perfectly still that you become invisible
For real, every video like this that I've seen, it's like they're trying to convince everyone to NOT go to Japan. 🤔
My Japanese grandma always wore sunglasses, and she never left the country. So whatever you feel
Everyone must've been super respectful of her because they were secretly thinking "a! obachan yakuza! Abunaiiiiii!!"
@@scoobydoobydoooo Dudes whole family is 5th generation Yakuza and no one told him 😐
Sounds like grandma was "connected".
It's ironic that the Japanese hate the go karts when they're the ones who offer it lol 😅
America offers plastic bags and straws yet a lot of people hate them too
@@alexmunch9275This response makes no sense 😂
@@xenomorph733 How so?
@@alexmunch9275I like straws and plastic bags. They're useful creations that are foundations of our society and American culture. They are crucial to restaurants and shopping. Go Karts are something some business guy added for profit.
well i dont see you driving around in plastic bags and straws@@alexmunch9275
I once told a Japanese person, “I’m sorry about Hiroshima and Nagasaki” they hugged me and said “I’m sorry about Pearl Harbor”, then I woke up.
why blame foreigners about the gokarts, they didnt bring them there. It is most likely a japanese owner the one who is renting them out to foreigners, if they want to stop the gokarts, just ask your law representatives.
Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do it. Take some responsibility.
@Materia-Hunter you're right, the person renting out the Go-Karts needs to take some responsibility.
@@Materia-HunterI hate this attitude. We can't know about the ins and outs of your social system. Unwritten rules should never be followed. Write it in plain sight or I'm NOT going to do anything. Seriously, neuro typical people suck
I’m Japanese and the fact is we don’t even care. Don’t trust why she says in this video
@@Materia-Hunter why should a foreigner give a shit about a Japanese problem? The foreigner is probably there for a week at most and probably is exploring other parts of Japan as well.
Considering they are a tourist and they may never even go back to Japan, it’s a Japanese problem, not a foreigner problem.
It’s their country if they want to fix it and they have an issue with it they should go bother their local politician.
Not me in Japan wearing sunglasses and a mask. Thankfully I didn't feel too left out when the bus driver was decked out the same way 😂
😂 good on the driver tbh. I think that’s the only time I’d pull out a pair of sunglasses tbh😅 it also protects his/her eyes from the sun beating in on their face all day while they are driving
Bro, I don't know how anyone else functions without using sunglasses. They're my saving grace when I have to go outside.
@@UnderoathHasMyBrain Sounds like light sensitivity. Thank god I don't have that.
I just see a lot better without all the extra glare, and don't end up squinting so much.
As someone who has light sensitivity but wears glasses yet can't afford the transition shade ones, I simply just go to... Staying inside 💀
@@sukasuru See, I'm farsighted and sometimes have to wear my glasses. You had better believe I slap some sunglasses over my prescription glasses. I may look weird, but at least I can see.
@@UnderoathHasMyBrainused to do that too. Got tired of it so I invested in prescription sunglasses and can now never go back
its called a hat with a wide brim, no sunlight in eyes
"Japanese residents hate go karts on public roads."
Hold on. This whole operation was your idea.
I was thinking what’s wrong with go karts until I saw that they’re driving them on the road.
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Seeing those go-karts on the roads just had the song “🎶 dumb ways to die 🎶 “ playing in my head
Hey I gotta say thank you to these workers for helping me out. Its how I show my gratitude.
I’m Japanese and I wear sunglasses all the time to protect my eyes from strong sunlight. And it’s totally OK for foreigners to wear sunglasses too.
And we say ‘arigato’ or ‘domo’(thank you)to people of shops too.
I have severe sensitivity to light and have to wear sunglasses outside. I would probably stick out like a sore thumb 😂
I still would say thank you anyway. Nothing wrong with being thankful for being helped out.
if you don't wear sunglasses you're going to be walking around squinting all day...
makes sense because how their eyes are. so they don't need sunglasses
Wait a second...Oh no. Oh nooo.
How to be asian as a white person :D
Blending in for the win...
Parasols fam. Sunglasses aren't the only thing that deter blinding sunlight lol
I would put the carts concern on the people renting them out instead of the people actually renting them. If it is such a problem, don't allow them to exist. We don't allow them on American streets.
The irony that a culture has an entire set of rules on politeness called Keigo (敬語) would sniff at basic politeness and manners.
Amazing.
If my parents ever caught me not being polite I would get a thick ear and I would have to apologise!
Contrary to what this video states, expressing gratitude is common place in Japan. Whether by bowing, by saying thank you, or both.
I think what this person was trying to say is that they don't look in each in the eye, smile, and say "thank you so much, have a great day!"
Instead, they'll do a quick bow to acknowledge the completed service, or they'll say "arigato gozaimasu" very quickly (basically, they only say "mas").
It's how they express gratitude and acknowledge the service. There are people that don't express their gratitude, of course, but both people are likely socially awkward/outcasts or people who are rude.
"The eyes are the Window to your soul"
my soul is tired of being blinded by overly shiny, and bright objects.
Yeah, my soul is very sensitive to light. I can’t drive without sunglasses
If 70% japanese ladies had a bad impression of guys wearing glasses then what about gojoooo... He wears sunglasses too 🥲
No hate ❤
The thing you said about experience is SOO TRUEE, English is not my native language and I have learned 50% of vocab just by experience!
Same here . I learned more about English from movies, music and video games than I've learned in School
I wear sunglasses because my eyes are sensitive to bright sunlight. Not to mention the fact my optometrist told me to wear them.
Japanese proverb says “目は口ほどにものを言う”, which means the eyes say more than the mouths.
Westerners tend to read the emotions of others by looking at their mouths rather than their eyes, while Japanese people tend to read emotions by looking at their eyes rather than their mouths.
Thus, in Japan, people tend to be wary of people wearing sunglasses as they do not know what they are thinking, while there is no resistance to masks.
Perhaps the opposite phenomenon can be observed in the West.
An interesting comparison is that of emojis.
The emoticons representing smiles are as follows, respectively.
Japan ^_^
Western countries : )
I think thats true, covering your face with a mask while not sick could be seen as a bit sketchy in the West, while sunglasses are 100% normal
Also there's more light eyed people in the west, who are very vulnerable to sun related eye problems, so we understand and support people being safe.
Most humans watch the whole face btw.
The Japanese emoticon developed after they used :) if my Japanese family is to be believed- the ones who left before the message boards use :) and the ones after used ^.^ it was a netizen development later in the web unrelated to focus on eyes- it's just a more "anime" style of smiling that doesn't exist in the sideways characters for emoji. They still used :3 and similar mouth ones, including variations like ^.^ and ^_^ and ^*^ where the eyes were static and the mouth conveyed emotion.
Yeah I’m not sure how accurate this is. I’m pretty sure humans use the entire face including the eyes to determine how other human beings are feelings. It’s not a western vs an eastern thing at fall. I can’t remember where I learned this but it was probably an intro to psychology class or something. I’m not sure where you came up with westerners look to people mouth to determine how we’re feeling lol
Okay but I've been here for like 3 years and all I can see from a person's eyes is a deep deep 'DEAD' lmao. As soon as someone takes off their mask, which usually pretty much everyone now thankfully, my reaction is WOW there's a human being under there!
I reckon Japanese people wouldn't have half the amount of issues they do with social anxiety if they didn't cover their face so much. You just can't read anywhere near as many emotions from just eyes. Growing up seeing animated full faces is scientifically proven to be an important part of child development. Not to mention a mask kinda subtracts empathy and makes people feel like NPC's.
_"Westerners tend to read the emotions of others by looking at their mouths rather than their eyes,"_
No. No, we don't. We read the eyes. And we have all the same sorts of sayings about it that Japanese have.
*The mouth lies, but the eyes speak the truth.*
*"Eyes don't lie and words don't tell the truth."*
*"The eyes are windows to the soul."*
*"There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes."*
I see Japanese people wearing sunglasses in Tokyo all the time
“What are they treating our roads like an amusement park?”
“Why do you have them?! We don’t even have those back home!”
The sunglasses thing actually makes sense when you take into accoint the way different cultures focus on facial expressions. In Japan specifically, I know that they tend to put more emphasis on the eyes for expressing/reading emotion while a lot of western cultures put emphasis on the mouth.
Just look at the difference in emoticons.
If you want go make a smiley face emoticon in the US you would do it like this :)
Meanwhile in Japan it would look more like this ^_^
One shows the smile with the mouth while the other shows it with the eyes. So covering your eyes could be seen as hiding your intentions but wearing a mask still leaves the important part of facial expressions visible.
part of the understanding that has been related to me is after SARS COVI 1 in 2003 there was a public health concern so if you cough that is seen as spreading contagion, and a mask prevents that so in the east where they are not as obsessed with individual freedom "covering up more of your face" is not a big deal when seen as a public health signal. I speak in general of course.
I was hoping someone would point this out! I agree, knowing this, a preference to block the mouth vs. the eyes makes total sense.
I also suspected in 2020 that this was a reason many resisted masks so strongly in the US. I think people panicked not being able to easily read others' emotions or emote normally themselves (but of course it's just a guess)
@@animal_cookie yep! Back before we knew that the longer face coverings (I can't remember what they're called. They went around your neck and you pulled them up and over your nose) were ineffective I wore them all the time because it was easier for my anxiety (it felt like I had more room to breathe. It served as a good transition tool to get me used to masks) I had several conservative shop owners make jokes about how I was robbing them. Because to a western person it looks like you're trying to hide your face/identity.
Are you actually schizophrenic or are you trolling?
They will have to pry my shades out of my cold dead hands. THANK YOU 😂
Japanese Jedi: Don’t wear sunglasses, wearing sunglasses leads to the dark side……
Japanese Sith: Come join the dark side, we have sunglasses!
Honestly no one really minds the go-carts that much. UNLESS they are in way of traffic, they aren't loud and people don't hate them that much. You probably have your own bias in this video but honestly... let people have their fun.
Is the yakuza seem like some pretty fun people They get to do all the cool stuff
They even have tattoos!
Thats why Gojo was wearing glasses when he was 18
I thought I was Japanese, but it turned out I'm a foreigner because i say "thank you" for every opportunity😂
The comments are confusing me. It is okay to say "thank you" and "have a great day" as a customer, right?😮
@@ErzaScarlet-xm1qq "Thank you" is totally okay and it's good thing here as well.
But most of us do little bowing instead.
"Have a great day" might be bit weird cuz we only hear that phrase in movies.
@@AnonymousCats ohh, I may have made the mistake of saying that🥲
"theyre wondering why foreigners are using their roads as an amusement park" they should probably be wondering why their own public officials allowed this to happen. The foreigners didn't create these go kart lanes.