As German introvert living in Japan a while was like heaven. I left people doing their stuff and they left me doing mine. ^^ Love your comedy as always.
Yes, I agree! It’s best to understand from the first that you’ll never be taken as anything other than a foreigner, even after decades, you’ll always be outside. But this also allows you more freedom to not conform to all of the stuff Japanese do conform to. So all in all, it’s exactly that you do you and Japanese do them and if you aren’t being flat out rude or doing unlawful things, etc., it’s totally ok.
Yeah, As much as I love anime, I realize the people of Japan are very xenophobic. Their govt wants tourism for money. The people couldn't give 2 💩s. China has their great wall, Japan has their great ice wall.
I have lived in Japan for about 4 years total now. Ken is right, it’s basically impossible to make Japanese guy friends. All my buddies were expats and quirky Japanese dudes. Of course, it’s pretty simple to meet Japanese women if you aren’t gross. Being approached is somewhat common, also feels like language exchange is speed dating at times. Ken is right, Japanese women change after marriage, or more specifically after childbirth.
Sometimes I land in Japan and forget they are shy and scare easily. Then I ask maybe a store clerk girl "excuse me.. hello.." and scare the hell out of her. Then I have to coax them back "ohhh sorry its okay.. nope.. please.. dont' run away.. " and that's when it occurred to me Godzilla is a metaphor for foreigners.
As someone who has been living in Japan for almost 2 years, I can honestly say “don’t try to change Japan!” As a foreigner we have more freedom and it is a unique experience to watch Japanese people interact from afar. They don’t like this “air” culture either. Sometimes you can see Japanese people malfunction when faced with a new situation (bring popcorn 🍿😂) Advice: find people who are generally interested in you and don’t try to be everyone’s friend.
I agree with everything you say and my agreement is based on experiences from 25 years ago, it's weirdly heart-warming that if what you say is still true that the Japanese have changed so little. No one used this term 'air culture' when I lived there, I think it just amounts to knowing how 'tatamae' works, doesn't it?
My first visit to Japan I was looking for my hotel in Niigata and it was starting to get dark. I am female and when i saw a lady I said "sumimasen" intending to ask directions and she literally ran away. On the other side of the coin i was in a local train and as soon as the seat beside me became vacant a young girl rushed to sit beside me.
In German, Ohne Pflicht, Gottes Aufgabe, Unsere Pflicht (English: without duty, Gods task, our duty). Some kind of information of their knowledge that can not be communicated at a lower level of conscience.
@@Ekam-Sat What an odd thing to say. Do you mean discussing Plato or Kant? Or just giving your opinion about what you like and don't like? I think it's been proven universally that alcohol loosens inhibitions so that people from wherever will be more 'honest', but this honesty is experienced as cringeworthy the next morning when you've sobered up.
@@faustoferrari4303 I agree that alcohol loosens inhibitations. To me it helps discussing philosophy for sure. But you are also right that too much alcohol makes you say silly things.
@@Ekam-Sat I agree that if a person is predisposed to philosophical discussion alcohol can make the exercise more enjoyable. However, there's nothing as annoying as not being on the same wavelength as someone banging on about their pet theories whilst under the influence of too much drink.
@@faustoferrari4303 I guess that's why some philosophical schools argue that silence is the language of God. I am not sure if I agree though. I think God loves expression.
Meshida-San, your videos are super hilarious and at the same time honest and truthful. I really enjoy watching your interactions with Ken-San! Arigato!!!
I tried to think of an idea with the Kao Corporation once as a chemical intern on how can the marketing of their bar soap be involved with contracts of Walt Disneyland Japan. The marketing department never admitted to involved use and some ideas without the knowledge of advertising and marketing even as lay witness for the development were left to pure chance of empirical broadcasting of other products when seen with local broadcast from the living environment. What about the work environment? Don't marketing and advertising professionals use professional methods of fact finding and truth in advertising? How does the Federal Trade Commission of the United States as agency function with Japan?
As a long term foreign resident of Japan, I vouch that everything they are saying is true. It's not comedy but it is true. Japanese want you to leave your money and go. At the end of my stay I just avoided interacting with Japanese. That is their dream situation, getting what they want out of you without having to interact. Honestly I think it would be better if no foreigner ever visited Japan but most foreigners don't believe that is the way that Japanese actually feel.
in Tokyo maybe but thats life in the big city all over the world, they already swim in shit to begin with. I live in DC and I have all kinds of fantasies about moving to the countryside.
I live in Japan, in the beginning I wasn't getting that. Sometimes, at a bar, you talk and joke, exchange phone number or Instagram. and the next day, you're ghosted. But after one year, I realized it, since, I also use Tatemae with them. So We all are now using the same Tatemae technique and when it comes to exchange phone numbers and Instagram I don't do. I just say, "I don't have Instagram and Line" because I know it's useless. But what I like living in Japan, is, people do not disturb you. It's a very good and safe place if you like being focus or an introvert. Just know those concepts. About girls, I don't approach them anymore, unless she gives me a sign otherwise I'd follow a lot of them on Insta without talking.
Interesting post ❤ . I'm aware of the feelings of some Japanese towards foreigners especially Americans. As an American i say this: If I came to Japan it's to visit the Shinto Shrines and Buddhist temples. Other words I'm on a pilgrimage. I practice Shinto and Zen Buddhism. Any Japanese asked me question why are you here? that would be my answer. And I would bow slightly to those who stared at me. Not expecting anything in return. ❤ I'm here to visit the kami-sama ⛩️🙏
このビデオは見たことがあったけど今もとても面白いです。日本の文化がよくわかりません、ですが勉強したいです (Meshida-san, please forgive my bad Japanese.I'm still learning.Your videos are a big reason why I keep being motivated to learn about Japan and other cultures around the world.)
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I wonder how many foriengers went to japan thinking everything would be subbed or dubbed for them. Many dont realize that almost everything is writen exclusively in japanese without translation.
Depends on the people and location. For example, if they work in the hotel or hospitality industry they generally have worked really hard to learn English (even though it is at times terrible and like listening to nails on a chalk board), so for them it takes a bit of courage to speak in English. I find that it usually fall into two camps when I respond in Japanese, first is a look of relief basically saying, "Thank you for freeing me from this torture!" and the second is a scowl which translates to, "Do you realize how hard I worked and the torture I endured to try and speak English to you, and now you're taking away my opportunity?!" At airports it is usually the first and at hotels it is usually the second. Sometimes randoms will try and speak to you in English, but finding one of them is like finding a unicorn. If you are a western dude and come across such a female Japanese unicorn, get their phone number immeadiately and arrange a date! The most interesting reaction I had was a guy at Haneda Airport I walked up to him and in Japanese (note entire conversation into English translated): "Um excuse me?" "NO! NO can't English! Go away!" (In English) "Please calm down! I can speak Japanese, it would be much appreciated if you could please help me?" "Wow! You really can speak Japanese! Why?!" "I'm half..." "That explains everything and it makes sense! I'm very sorry! You gave me a fright! How may I help you?!" "Can you please tell me which way to go to get to the train station?"
So from what I understand from your videos, Meshida, that if I ever visit or live in Japan, I should definitely: 1) Speak decent Japanese 2) Realize that Japanese employees have a life outside their job 3) Don't scare Ken Suzuki
This point of concern and visa overstay is a good question from confidential witness view. Education visa, work visa, and other requirements for the guarantee of the visa. Permanant visas have a monetary threshold that can be required and satisfied.
As French who lived 2 years in Japan after university graduation, my challenge was to adjust myself to the Japanese culture at personal and professional level. After 2 years I came back to France because my interest and love for Japan disappeared because of misunderstandings and negative feedbacks on Japanese culture shared by foreigners living there. I joined a Japanese group subsidiary in France which I’ve been working for 7 years now. The Japanese expats fixed my misunderstandings by teaching in a positive way. Thanks to them I’m in love with Japan again.❤Those expats lived abroad like UK and China so they already have awareness on differences of culture. I think Japan needs to develop more awareness on other countries cultures and be more flexible when dealing with foreigners.
When Beckham was popular in Japan I had people screaming Beckham! Beckham! on the street. They would follow me as a group and chant, San, Ni, Ichi, BECKHAM!!!! People would shout Kakkoi!! At family restaurants or ramen restaurants when I thought I’d just be left alone in peace… Some Japanese guys would come up to me in restaurants asking if I wanted to have a “4p” with their girlfriends…😮 Everyone has a different experience depending on what “image” the Japanese like or dislike. You may be “in vogue” for a season ..😂
I’m so extroverted it’s hard for me because I like to talk and that really bothers me small talk isn’t normal here it took me while to understand that not talking makes everything easier
Lol I guess I must just be different living here in Japan. I just be myself, but also at the same time while being myself I am always doing my best to be polite and respectful in normal public situations, at work, etc but that is because that is the way the way my parents raised me and I'm American...lol This is just my personal opinion, but I think the real struggle most foreigners have being in or living in Japan is they are trying to look at Japan through the eyes of their home countries. The quicker you realize you are not Japanese, you will never be Japanese, that you are like second class (and I don't mean this in a bad way either, trust me I had to get in a heated exchange with a gaijin where I live where he took offense to me saying that) you instantly find life in Japan so much easier. I totally understand there are Japanese who just don't care about or like foreigners, hey that's every country. I also realize too that there is probably a greater than good chance most of those Japanese also don't care about or like their fellow Japanese as well...lol It's human nature to typically put on a good face, polite attitude etc in public, at work and so on, that's not just a Japanese thing. If you are a genuinely good person you will act accordingly and you shouldn't care what other think about you, which is also another good habit to get into being a foreigner living in Japan if you are a good person. I mean who cares what some random people you are highly unlikely to ever see again think about you if you aren't doing anything wrong. If you work in Japan who cares if your Japanese coworkers don't like you, as long as you come do work, work hard and do your best. Why try to be friends with people who don't like you, they probably wouldn't be the kind of friends you want to have anyways...lol Honestly if you can't make friends in Japan it is either you are the problem, meaning you are just not a likeable person and you probably had a hard time making friends back in your home country too. Another reason and I think this is a big one, you are simply not going places where there are more Japanese hanging out with similar interests as you, and not filled with too many foreigners. I drink so I like to go out, I have 3 favorite bars that I go to the most near where I live. Out of those three my top 2 there are almost always more Japanese than foreigners, the least favorite of the 3 almost always has more foreigners. I am well liked at the 2 Japanese bars, they play music I like so it's always more likely that the Japanese who show up there already has a similar interest as I do. Oh mind you, I don't speak much Japanese too and yet I still don't have a problem making Japanese friends. In fact in all my years coming to Japan before moving here I've never had a single issue with any Japanese in any bar in any of the cities I've been, the only problems I've actually ever encountered is with other foreign guys...lol That's because almost always other foreign guys are trying to pick up girls or they think because they lived in Japan for X amount of years that their sh*t don't stink, and they see you as a threat to their territory...lol I have 100's of Japanese friends and only a handful or so of foreign friends here. If you are a good person, trust me people will sense that. Don't be scared, shy or arrogant but have some confidence to be able to be the one who can break the ice and make a new friend. Trust me the worst that is going to happen is the Japanese won't want to communicate with you, oh well the same could happen back in your home country. Japanese often don't want to start the conversation because they are shy, they don't have confidence in their English or think language might be a barrier or because it's not what they typically do...but believe me you will find many who will end up being so thankful that you took the courage to try to talk with them. I also mean do this in a setting where you are in a situation where there is a better chance it will succeed haha it might not exactly work at your local grocery store or waiting on the platform to catch your train...lol Just be yourself and find others with similar things you like, and if you drink finding bars that play the same kind of music you like that is the best and easiest place. I'm sure it would work at other places where you are doing activities, sports, the arts, and so on too. Yes be able to read the room, you should be able to pick up the vibe. I'm not trying to brag about myself, I am just trying to tell anyone how I have always been able to do it ever since my first time to Japan. It's even easier now I live here, because I see people more often. Japanese people want to make friends too, if they like you and trust in you. If you are a guy, don't just be the foreign guy who gets a reputation for only trying to find girls too. It's plenty ok to make friends with Japanese girls that you aren't trying to get her in bed with you. It's ok to hang out with some expats from time to time, but if you spend too much time with them I feel it just sets you back and prevents you from really enjoying this country. If anything find foreign friends who are genuinely happy living in Japan, who don't complain too much, the ones who get it. Don't try to be Japanese or even act like Japanese, you aren't, just be respectful of the way Japanese do things because respect goes both ways and it goes a long ways too. sorry for such a long rant, but you know I just look at this world and our lives as we make them as we want to make them. There are always going to be ups and downs, things will not go as planned and sometimes they go better than expected. It is your life and you only have the life you live now, so make now what you will of it. Also side note, if you don't speak Japanese learn to use a translation app. Yeah I know they aren't perfect, but if you learn how to use them better you can clearly get your point across. This goes both ways for Japanese using translation apps too, your lack of pronouns alone makes it so we have to think...lol It is all about context, and if you remember that, and keep it to one or two sentences at a time, the translation apps can handle the tasks much better. If you are trying to write paragraphs it is just too hard. You just have to break it down into multiple one or two sentence sends. Sure there will be obvious mistakes and not proper Japanese, but if the context and flow of the conversation is understood it will be OK anyways thanks to those who managed to get through all of that, and good luck to any foreigners staying or living here in Japan.
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@@missplainjane3905not at all...lol if I was it would be even more easier...lol so I feel I'm even a more prime example of see it's not hard to make Japanese friends. Not every Nihonjin will want to be your friend, but not every person in your home country or any country in the world will want to be your friend too. You just have to put yourself out there and take a chance and try. It's ok if you get rejected, who cares haha people who are willing to take risks in life are the ones who get rewarded.
@@missplainjane3905 how does living have to do with language? I know enough to get by, and of course I'm continuing to learn more. The living part though, it's the same as it would be anywhere.
Very interesting. When travel in Japan, I tend to stay away from something that are "too real Japanese" and stay in the tourist's border. The reason is that I don't want to see a "honne" side of the Japanese because I think it would be very dreadful to me. As a weeb myself I think knowing Japan as beautiful as in an anime may be enough for me as long as I don't have "a Japanese final boss" hahahaha. Anyway this video is very funny. Very good job!
Fascinating, Meshida-Sensei. Would it be fair to say that, with regard to foreigners, Japanese are like introverts who find dealing with more outgoing people emotionally exhausting? As an introvert myself, I can sympathize.
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Meshida-san being hand interpreter 😂 Funny enough ive seen western Japanese in youtube say they their own people have too much pride. Ken-san makes me laugh he acts sneaky
This video got in my recommendations randomly, but it was very funny experience 😁🥃. I have one question to ask - do Japanese people start doing well with sarcasm, when you learn English? You guys have good sense of humour!
Well with this being another clip show like I have done before I've commented on these before so you can see my honest opinion on these videos because my thoughts never change.
When Japanese visit another country . They are so kind❤. They like to gave gifts to people they meet. Also the beggars Japanese gave money. Meaning just a Show? Just acting to be kind?
For all the foreigners who have a hard time figuring the japanese tatemae ( fake feelings ) versus real feelings ( honne ) don t worry! it s frustrating even for their neighbours chinese and koreans , especially for koreans 😂 why you think they demand an appology every year . They never know if they mean it or not 🤣
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@@Funkensturme Guten Tag, Funkenstürme! Du scheinst ein richtiges Feuerwerk zu sein! lol, with a name like that I bet you and I would indeed get along! XD
One day I want to walk the streets of Japan. I am 1,88 meters height. I imagine it will be a personal pleasure to walk among small girls. 😂😂😂😂😂 I also want to go at one of those places where girls use maid uniforms to serve sweat food and sweet drinks. I hope that it won't cost too much. 🎉🎉🎉
As German introvert living in Japan a while was like heaven. I left people doing their stuff and they left me doing mine. ^^
Love your comedy as always.
Yes, I agree! It’s best to understand from the first that you’ll never be taken as anything other than a foreigner, even after decades, you’ll always be outside. But this also allows you more freedom to not conform to all of the stuff Japanese do conform to. So all in all, it’s exactly that you do you and Japanese do them and if you aren’t being flat out rude or doing unlawful things, etc., it’s totally ok.
I wish people here had their train manners. Noisy drunk fecks here 😂
@@ML-cc7gjthis doesn't work for Asian foreigners to Japan. The never-ending pressures. lol
makes me want to live in japan.
When I lived in Japan it took me awhile to realize girls there weren’t calling me “cute” or “kawaii”. They were actually calling me “kowai” 😂
Are you big? 🤔
Yeah, As much as I love anime, I realize the people of Japan are very xenophobic.
Their govt wants tourism for money.
The people couldn't give 2 💩s.
China has their great wall,
Japan has their great ice wall.
@@mayshusakuhanamurasufferli5438 Only in the pants sadly.
Is that an after hours compliment? Like, they look down at you when you drop'em and be like, "Kowai"
lmao RIP
I have lived in Japan for about 4 years total now.
Ken is right, it’s basically impossible to make Japanese guy friends. All my buddies were expats and quirky Japanese dudes. Of course, it’s pretty simple to meet Japanese women if you aren’t gross. Being approached is somewhat common, also feels like language exchange is speed dating at times.
Ken is right, Japanese women change after marriage, or more specifically after childbirth.
Most women do in fairness 🤔 and don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be funny or rude here.
The men change as well after becoming a salary man for a few years. I suppose not so different from everywhere else.
Sometimes I land in Japan and forget they are shy and scare easily. Then I ask maybe a store clerk girl "excuse me.. hello.." and scare the hell out of her. Then I have to coax them back "ohhh sorry its okay.. nope.. please.. dont' run away.. " and that's when it occurred to me Godzilla is a metaphor for foreigners.
Godzilla is a metaphor for natural disasters and nuclear weapons
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Gorzilla
I love the candor on this channel. By the way, you guys speak English very well.
As someone who has been living in Japan for almost 2 years, I can honestly say “don’t try to change Japan!” As a foreigner we have more freedom and it is a unique experience to watch Japanese people interact from afar. They don’t like this “air” culture either. Sometimes you can see Japanese people malfunction when faced with a new situation (bring popcorn 🍿😂)
Advice: find people who are generally interested in you and don’t try to be everyone’s friend.
I agree with everything you say and my agreement is based on experiences from 25 years ago, it's weirdly heart-warming that if what you say is still true that the Japanese have changed so little. No one used this term 'air culture' when I lived there, I think it just amounts to knowing how 'tatamae' works, doesn't it?
Thanks brother I will keep that in mind
I love how this was a mix of over the top facts and just actual facts
Faxts
A whole nation of passive-aggressive people, I don‘t know if I could live for a long time in Japan… and I‘m a hafu 🫣
Ken-san never disappoints 😂😂😂, deaf foreigners can understand it perfectly. Super go ken-san
My first visit to Japan I was looking for my hotel in Niigata and it was starting to get dark. I am female and when i saw a lady I said "sumimasen" intending to ask directions and she literally ran away. On the other side of the coin i was in a local train and as soon as the seat beside me became vacant a young girl rushed to sit beside me.
“Fucking reality” that sounded honest lol
The best "Things to know before going to Japan" video. This is a must watch for every foreinger who wants to visit Japan!
Meshida-San hand signs realy help me understand, super thanks !
I think i remember most of these, but it was so fun watching them again compiled into 1 video!
It added a refreshing new depth to them! 🥰
Excellent video, Meshida!!!!
The "Meshidan sign language" is another level😂😂😂
In German, Ohne Pflicht, Gottes Aufgabe, Unsere Pflicht (English: without duty, Gods task, our duty). Some kind of information of their knowledge that can not be communicated at a lower level of conscience.
“They aren’t honest while drinking.” “They are struggling to act like a funny and friendly person”…so we are not that different.
Actually, when most people drink in the west, they do become more honest. Especially when discussing philosophy
@@Ekam-Sat What an odd thing to say. Do you mean discussing Plato or Kant? Or just giving your opinion about what you like and don't like? I think it's been proven universally that alcohol loosens inhibitions so that people from wherever will be more 'honest', but this honesty is experienced as cringeworthy the next morning when you've sobered up.
@@faustoferrari4303 I agree that alcohol loosens inhibitations. To me it helps discussing philosophy for sure. But you are also right that too much alcohol makes you say silly things.
@@Ekam-Sat I agree that if a person is predisposed to philosophical discussion alcohol can make the exercise more enjoyable. However, there's nothing as annoying as not being on the same wavelength as someone banging on about their pet theories whilst under the influence of too much drink.
@@faustoferrari4303 I guess that's why some philosophical schools argue that silence is the language of God. I am not sure if I agree though. I think God loves expression.
Meshida-San, your videos are super hilarious and at the same time honest and truthful. I really enjoy watching your interactions with Ken-San! Arigato!!!
You guys do speak English very well. Seriously. We are happy you are here.
This video is really very funny, at the same time informative. I learned a lot new stuff
Loved that this can be a guide on what to expect in Japan as a foreigner. 😅
Japan is unique.
The Disneyland analogy is telling, those Disney workers are absolutely miserable
I tried to think of an idea with the Kao Corporation once as a chemical intern on how can the marketing of their bar soap be involved with contracts of Walt Disneyland Japan. The marketing department never admitted to involved use and some ideas without the knowledge of advertising and marketing even as lay witness for the development were left to pure chance of empirical broadcasting of other products when seen with local broadcast from the living environment. What about the work environment? Don't marketing and advertising professionals use professional methods of fact finding and truth in advertising? How does the Federal Trade Commission of the United States as agency function with Japan?
The truth is always most clearly conveyed by comedians. Wonderful video as usual, and dang but I love angry Ken-san and his poop baton.
As a long term foreign resident of Japan, I vouch that everything they are saying is true. It's not comedy but it is true. Japanese want you to leave your money and go. At the end of my stay I just avoided interacting with Japanese. That is their dream situation, getting what they want out of you without having to interact. Honestly I think it would be better if no foreigner ever visited Japan but most foreigners don't believe that is the way that Japanese actually feel.
in Tokyo maybe but thats life in the big city all over the world, they already swim in shit to begin with. I live in DC and I have all kinds of fantasies about moving to the countryside.
Reading the air is most useful not just in Japanese culture but in general as well
Your Engrish is soooo good !
Super thanks!
I live in Japan, in the beginning I wasn't getting that. Sometimes, at a bar, you talk and joke, exchange phone number or Instagram. and the next day, you're ghosted. But after one year, I realized it, since, I also use Tatemae with them. So We all are now using the same Tatemae technique and when it comes to exchange phone numbers and Instagram I don't do. I just say, "I don't have Instagram and Line" because I know it's useless. But what I like living in Japan, is, people do not disturb you. It's a very good and safe place if you like being focus or an introvert. Just know those concepts. About girls, I don't approach them anymore, unless she gives me a sign otherwise I'd follow a lot of them on Insta without talking.
Exchanging line in Japan is definitely one of the most meaningless thing 😂
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I've only discovered your channel just now and definitely subscribing 😁 i love the humour! You're both very funny😊 and 'your english is very good' 😉
Interesting post ❤ . I'm aware of the feelings of some Japanese towards foreigners especially Americans. As an American i say this: If I came to Japan it's to visit the Shinto Shrines and Buddhist temples. Other words I'm on a pilgrimage. I practice Shinto and Zen Buddhism. Any Japanese asked me question why are you here? that would be my answer. And I would bow slightly to those who stared at me. Not expecting anything in return. ❤ I'm here to visit the kami-sama ⛩️🙏
Wow a reality check of what foreigners expect to get when going to Japan.
Very funny as always👍
Going to Tokyo in early April...I'll see you there Mashida!!!
you guys are hilarious and very funny! loved some of the facts that you guys are saying. thank you!
Ken san, your repost video is excellent!
👍👍👍😊😊😊thanks for explaining
I like this Vidyo! very educational and entertaining 👌👌
You guys speak English very well!
Between Ken-san actions and Meshida doing sign language I can't stop laughing 😂😂😂
Meshia-san shut the f*ck up. 😂😂😂 I haven't heard that in a long time. By the way, awesome channel. ✌😎👍
18 years in Japan as a foreigner. I survive by maintaining my natural american KY culture. And being drunk all the time!
I got bad news for you Meshida-san, I am coming to stay forever! HAKA GAIJIN
このビデオは見たことがあったけど今もとても面白いです。日本の文化がよくわかりません、ですが勉強したいです
(Meshida-san, please forgive my bad Japanese.I'm still learning.Your videos are a big reason why I keep being motivated to learn about Japan and other cultures around the world.)
Thanka for the tips
Now i am coming to verify them.😂
Meshida san is an international treasure.
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@@oldnikix I think this profile is a bot.
I wonder how many foriengers went to japan thinking everything would be subbed or dubbed for them. Many dont realize that almost everything is writen exclusively in japanese without translation.
Clicking like for one very specific reason
"you guys speak English every well"
Cheers from Sydney, Australia
eshay brah !
Rofl that sign language aid 😂😂😂
Depends on the people and location. For example, if they work in the hotel or hospitality industry they generally have worked really hard to learn English (even though it is at times terrible and like listening to nails on a chalk board), so for them it takes a bit of courage to speak in English. I find that it usually fall into two camps when I respond in Japanese, first is a look of relief basically saying, "Thank you for freeing me from this torture!" and the second is a scowl which translates to, "Do you realize how hard I worked and the torture I endured to try and speak English to you, and now you're taking away my opportunity?!" At airports it is usually the first and at hotels it is usually the second. Sometimes randoms will try and speak to you in English, but finding one of them is like finding a unicorn. If you are a western dude and come across such a female Japanese unicorn, get their phone number immeadiately and arrange a date! The most interesting reaction I had was a guy at Haneda Airport I walked up to him and in Japanese (note entire conversation into English translated):
"Um excuse me?"
"NO! NO can't English! Go away!" (In English)
"Please calm down! I can speak Japanese, it would be much appreciated if you could please help me?"
"Wow! You really can speak Japanese! Why?!"
"I'm half..."
"That explains everything and it makes sense! I'm very sorry! You gave me a fright! How may I help you?!"
"Can you please tell me which way to go to get to the train station?"
So funny! great job!
So from what I understand from your videos, Meshida, that if I ever visit or live in Japan, I should definitely:
1) Speak decent Japanese
2) Realize that Japanese employees have a life outside their job
3) Don't scare Ken Suzuki
I spent some years in Japan. Was the best time of my life. Never difficult 'cept when I attempted to extend my visa more than once.......
This point of concern and visa overstay is a good question from confidential witness view. Education visa, work visa, and other requirements for the guarantee of the visa. Permanant visas have a monetary threshold that can be required and satisfied.
My man, I might go to Japan just so I can see your show.
As French who lived 2 years in Japan after university graduation, my challenge was to adjust myself to the Japanese culture at personal and professional level. After 2 years I came back to France because my interest and love for Japan disappeared because of misunderstandings and negative feedbacks on Japanese culture shared by foreigners living there. I joined a Japanese group subsidiary in France which I’ve been working for 7 years now. The Japanese expats fixed my misunderstandings by teaching in a positive way. Thanks to them I’m in love with Japan again.❤Those expats lived abroad like UK and China so they already have awareness on differences of culture. I think Japan needs to develop more awareness on other countries cultures and be more flexible when dealing with foreigners.
Was studying there a positive experience for you
Tu es une bonne PNJ cest bien.
５年前に日本語能力試験N2に合格したけど、どうやって、日本人といい関係を作るのは分かりたい
Ken Suzuki is love ❤
This is so funny! 😂
When Beckham was popular in Japan I had people screaming Beckham! Beckham! on the street. They would follow me as a group and chant, San, Ni, Ichi, BECKHAM!!!! People would shout Kakkoi!! At family restaurants or ramen restaurants when I thought I’d just be left alone in peace…
Some Japanese guys would come up to me in restaurants asking if I wanted to have a “4p” with their girlfriends…😮 Everyone has a different experience depending on what “image” the Japanese like or dislike. You may be “in vogue” for a season ..😂
I’m so extroverted it’s hard for me because I like to talk and that really bothers me small talk isn’t normal here it took me while to understand that not talking makes everything easier
Lol I guess I must just be different living here in Japan. I just be myself, but also at the same time while being myself I am always doing my best to be polite and respectful in normal public situations, at work, etc but that is because that is the way the way my parents raised me and I'm American...lol
This is just my personal opinion, but I think the real struggle most foreigners have being in or living in Japan is they are trying to look at Japan through the eyes of their home countries. The quicker you realize you are not Japanese, you will never be Japanese, that you are like second class (and I don't mean this in a bad way either, trust me I had to get in a heated exchange with a gaijin where I live where he took offense to me saying that) you instantly find life in Japan so much easier.
I totally understand there are Japanese who just don't care about or like foreigners, hey that's every country. I also realize too that there is probably a greater than good chance most of those Japanese also don't care about or like their fellow Japanese as well...lol It's human nature to typically put on a good face, polite attitude etc in public, at work and so on, that's not just a Japanese thing. If you are a genuinely good person you will act accordingly and you shouldn't care what other think about you, which is also another good habit to get into being a foreigner living in Japan if you are a good person. I mean who cares what some random people you are highly unlikely to ever see again think about you if you aren't doing anything wrong. If you work in Japan who cares if your Japanese coworkers don't like you, as long as you come do work, work hard and do your best. Why try to be friends with people who don't like you, they probably wouldn't be the kind of friends you want to have anyways...lol
Honestly if you can't make friends in Japan it is either you are the problem, meaning you are just not a likeable person and you probably had a hard time making friends back in your home country too. Another reason and I think this is a big one, you are simply not going places where there are more Japanese hanging out with similar interests as you, and not filled with too many foreigners. I drink so I like to go out, I have 3 favorite bars that I go to the most near where I live. Out of those three my top 2 there are almost always more Japanese than foreigners, the least favorite of the 3 almost always has more foreigners. I am well liked at the 2 Japanese bars, they play music I like so it's always more likely that the Japanese who show up there already has a similar interest as I do. Oh mind you, I don't speak much Japanese too and yet I still don't have a problem making Japanese friends. In fact in all my years coming to Japan before moving here I've never had a single issue with any Japanese in any bar in any of the cities I've been, the only problems I've actually ever encountered is with other foreign guys...lol That's because almost always other foreign guys are trying to pick up girls or they think because they lived in Japan for X amount of years that their sh*t don't stink, and they see you as a threat to their territory...lol I have 100's of Japanese friends and only a handful or so of foreign friends here.
If you are a good person, trust me people will sense that. Don't be scared, shy or arrogant but have some confidence to be able to be the one who can break the ice and make a new friend. Trust me the worst that is going to happen is the Japanese won't want to communicate with you, oh well the same could happen back in your home country. Japanese often don't want to start the conversation because they are shy, they don't have confidence in their English or think language might be a barrier or because it's not what they typically do...but believe me you will find many who will end up being so thankful that you took the courage to try to talk with them. I also mean do this in a setting where you are in a situation where there is a better chance it will succeed haha it might not exactly work at your local grocery store or waiting on the platform to catch your train...lol
Just be yourself and find others with similar things you like, and if you drink finding bars that play the same kind of music you like that is the best and easiest place. I'm sure it would work at other places where you are doing activities, sports, the arts, and so on too. Yes be able to read the room, you should be able to pick up the vibe.
I'm not trying to brag about myself, I am just trying to tell anyone how I have always been able to do it ever since my first time to Japan. It's even easier now I live here, because I see people more often. Japanese people want to make friends too, if they like you and trust in you. If you are a guy, don't just be the foreign guy who gets a reputation for only trying to find girls too. It's plenty ok to make friends with Japanese girls that you aren't trying to get her in bed with you. It's ok to hang out with some expats from time to time, but if you spend too much time with them I feel it just sets you back and prevents you from really enjoying this country. If anything find foreign friends who are genuinely happy living in Japan, who don't complain too much, the ones who get it.
Don't try to be Japanese or even act like Japanese, you aren't, just be respectful of the way Japanese do things because respect goes both ways and it goes a long ways too.
sorry for such a long rant, but you know I just look at this world and our lives as we make them as we want to make them. There are always going to be ups and downs, things will not go as planned and sometimes they go better than expected. It is your life and you only have the life you live now, so make now what you will of it.
Also side note, if you don't speak Japanese learn to use a translation app. Yeah I know they aren't perfect, but if you learn how to use them better you can clearly get your point across. This goes both ways for Japanese using translation apps too, your lack of pronouns alone makes it so we have to think...lol It is all about context, and if you remember that, and keep it to one or two sentences at a time, the translation apps can handle the tasks much better. If you are trying to write paragraphs it is just too hard. You just have to break it down into multiple one or two sentence sends. Sure there will be obvious mistakes and not proper Japanese, but if the context and flow of the conversation is understood it will be OK
anyways thanks to those who managed to get through all of that, and good luck to any foreigners staying or living here in Japan.
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Are you fluent in the language sir
@@missplainjane3905not at all...lol if I was it would be even more easier...lol
so I feel I'm even a more prime example of see it's not hard to make Japanese friends. Not every Nihonjin will want to be your friend, but not every person in your home country or any country in the world will want to be your friend too. You just have to put yourself out there and take a chance and try. It's ok if you get rejected, who cares haha people who are willing to take risks in life are the ones who get rewarded.
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Not about friends, but how do you live in a place without being fluent in the local language ?
@@missplainjane3905 how does living have to do with language? I know enough to get by, and of course I'm continuing to learn more. The living part though, it's the same as it would be anywhere.
Ken-San nailed that shit. You were good too Meshida-San.
Is that the intro of niji from denki groove in the electrical parade section?
i like ur content new subscriber here
Dudes Engrish is on point.
Very interesting. When travel in Japan, I tend to stay away from something that are "too real Japanese" and stay in the tourist's border. The reason is that I don't want to see a "honne" side of the Japanese because I think it would be very dreadful to me. As a weeb myself I think knowing Japan as beautiful as in an anime may be enough for me as long as I don't have "a Japanese final boss" hahahaha. Anyway this video is very funny. Very good job!
#suggestions : cover about the one week stand aka Japanese one night stand
Fascinating, Meshida-Sensei. Would it be fair to say that, with regard to foreigners, Japanese are like introverts who find dealing with more outgoing people emotionally exhausting? As an introvert myself, I can sympathize.
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Black folks usually love living in Japan from what I seen. We usually like how we don’t have to deal with people acting like foreigners lol
4:00 westerners also have tatemae, just about different things. For example, we would never greet a friend by saying あっ、太った？
I did not experience these problems but I suppose it's because I speak Japanese well enough to put people at ease.
Meshida-san being hand interpreter 😂
Funny enough ive seen western Japanese in youtube say they their own people have too much pride. Ken-san makes me laugh he acts sneaky
No matter where we live every day whole life is a struggle
Nice content! Mr. Meshida who teach you or where you learn your English?, Your accent
Is very clear and understandable.
Just to remind everyone - Japanese struggle to live in Japan as well 😂
Mesidha-Sensei, what if I'm out for a jog in Japan and I wave and say Hello at other pedestrians?
Depends on who they are with knowing you and not your avatar. Makes sense with social roles in society.
Everything they are saying sounds funny but there's a lot of truth on this video. 💯👍
This video got in my recommendations randomly, but it was very funny experience 😁🥃. I have one question to ask - do Japanese people start doing well with sarcasm, when you learn English? You guys have good sense of humour!
not gonna lie knowing whether or not something i did was shit is pretty nice instead of embarrassing myself constantly
Great work, very informative and hilarious 😂, "I need green tea like a white woman needs vegan food to become a feminist" made me laugh 😂
You guys make me laugh so hard lol. I wish more Japanese people were like you
✌️🤣
Bro your shits always so funny
a japanese-american raised in america and about to live in japan: i’m in danger 😀
Well with this being another clip show like I have done before I've commented on these before so you can see my honest opinion on these videos because my thoughts never change.
When Japanese visit another country . They are so kind❤. They like to gave gifts to people they meet. Also the beggars Japanese gave money. Meaning just a Show? Just acting to be kind?
And they always make the news for taking out their trash after sport events.
Meshida, Ken. You speak english very well. 👍
Meshida-San: You're knowledgeable and adept in sign language??
Its insane how high effort these videos are but youtube chooses to promote lazy clickbate interviewer videos instead of stuff like this
Japan is a huge amusement park....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🙄
For all the foreigners who have a hard time figuring the japanese tatemae ( fake feelings ) versus real feelings ( honne ) don t worry! it s frustrating even for their neighbours chinese and koreans , especially for koreans 😂 why you think they demand an appology every year . They never know if they mean it or not 🤣
It's that some Koreans are telling other cultures to get over their past even after not getting an apology.
It will be very difficult for me not to smile 😂
hello there Meshida
Communication skills of a toddler...while expecting to advance in the workplace is a common issue
If any indian person is here, an analogy would be Bengali office workers ,especially over 50 years of age.
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Thank you so much
Since the Japanese are very friendly when drunk, alcohol should be totally free in Japan, just like tap water
soon enough, I will come to see your stand up
I live in Nakano and can't wait to
(I'm broke and struggling to get a good baito so it's not very soon)
I am glad i have a lot japanese friends ☺
I read the room solely to stir the pot. I hope to make many KY friends.
My kind of friend!
@@Funkensturme Guten Tag, Funkenstürme! Du scheinst ein richtiges Feuerwerk zu sein! lol, with a name like that I bet you and I would indeed get along! XD
Meshida san, I want to learn more about FINAL BOSS and what happens next to main protagonist
英語上手です！
One day I want to walk the streets of Japan. I am 1,88 meters height. I imagine it will be a personal pleasure to walk among small girls. 😂😂😂😂😂
I also want to go at one of those places where girls use maid uniforms to serve sweat food and sweet drinks. I hope that it won't cost too much. 🎉🎉🎉