@@chrisfrench9257 nope, never! here in the US 🇺🇸 you have to click/select the button corresponding to the desired floor. At least that’s been my experience. I personally find it interesting how these meaningless things can be absolutely different in other countries. For example, vehicles having the driver side on the right side instead of the left side is super odd but actually quite interesting at the same time.
@marycelalopez Why is that interesting? It's the same concept. In both scenarios, the driverside is still on the interior side of the road while the passengerside is on the outside. I'm from the USA, by the way. You can select whatever floor you wish to go to without issue. However, you can select any floor you wish, even if you aren't going to that floor. That's why being able to unselected a floor is an interesting and potentially good idea. The elevator will go to the floors in order of selection. Double tapping a floor to remove the selection seems thoughtful, but it does create another issue. However, most people aren't that rude to simply change your selection in front of you, and the ones who are will find a foot up there ass eventually.
Regarding the kids, they have alarms hanging from their backpacks just in case, also some shops and houses have stickers on their doors indicating they are safe for kids and they can go ask for help in an emergency. Plus quite a few other things to make everything safer
@@archgirl7797nope, it’s an extensive process to have a sticker approved. Background checks, monitoring, paperwork, but most people who file for one around schools are either grandparents who’s adult children moved away and want to help kids, or parents who send their kids to school
Yes! There were stories on this not long ago, about how kids were going missing from trains and it was a big deal because taking the trains on their own is a huge part of Japanese life. That’s why there are the alarms and safe places. Some tourists really are too ignorant of things.
As a woman living in Japan it’s really odd to hear other people unfamiliar with the country saying it’s the safest place on earth. The woman in the video obviously was able to walk around at night w her bf, but this place can get really gross and scary when alone, especially as a woman. While there aren’t much robbery and similar crimes, SA is rampant, and not to be too depressing, but I don’t know a single woman above 18 here that hasn’t experienced something uniquely horrible connected to SA. It’s incredibly normalised, not talked about enough, and to everyone staying in Japan, please stay safe. Edit: thank you for the kind wishes and for sharing experiences. I wanted to make something clear. I know Japan is very safe in other regards, but what makes Japan feel unsafe for SA victims is the complete disregard for taking victims seriously, and how useless the police is in helping and solving cases. If you get groped on the train, there is a very big chance no one will do anything. You can be a middle schooler, high schooler, Japanese, non-Japanese, woman, man, anything, and no one will help you. The Japanese women I know have a hard time speaking up, both because of the way they’re raised culturally, and the fact that even if they do, sometimes no one helps them anyway. Japan fetishises rape, non-con and schoolgirls, and does near to nothing to actually acknowledge it and actually do something. Of course this is a deeper issue, but as I mentioned, this place just gets gross in my opinion. This is a bigger problem for Japanese people, and foreigners will probably be lucky enough to escape it. As a white, tall and blonde woman (clearly not Japanese nor east-Asian) there are still many gross things happening to me by both Japanese men and foreign men, but it was at its absolute worse when I was a high school student here, a child, clad in uniform, and this disturbs me. And finally, to those telling me to bring a weapon to protect myself, a foreign friend of mine tried to defend herself by punching a Japanese guy who was sexually assaulting her, and she was deported as the police took the side of the Japanese man, as they often do. Again, stay safe, believe victims, help those in need, and thank you for reading my thoughts on this.
It’s probably your neighborhood honestly. Not to invalidate your experiences but I lived in both poor and wealthy neighborhoods and while I’ve had my share of paranoia nothing really happened. And a most people I know too. There are neighborhoods or districts known for having lots of cases, and SA cases are definitely rampant but I lived in Japan for 4 years as a teen and I could walk home for 20 minutes at night without anything happening. But yeah it’s a huge problem in japan.
Also again. Foreigner perspective greatly limits experience. I don’t mean to say every foreigner is safe and that people won’t try things to foreigner but if you are anything but East Asian (but specifically visually non-Asian) you’re chances for being physically harassed I’ve noticed tend to extremely decrease. It paints Japan as being very crime free and better because this idea ‘I didn’t experience it’ when really there is a much less target on your back to ignore so many of the extreme problems of SA.
@@UnhappytimeaperAnd, of course, the "crime free" label is easier to hold if you don't criminalise or refuse to investigate/prosecute predatory behaviours that factor into the crime statistics in other countries. Behaviours that seem to be normalised (unwanted touching, stalking, ...) and Japanese women are told to just "put up with it". I'm glad that there seems to be some movement to crack down on that, recently. Unfortunately only after a lot of media pressure. It's still true that you're much safer from violent crimes and property crimes in Japan as opposed to the USA.
I love you mentioned this. The sexualization of women in japan IS EXTREMELY normalized, especially through anime and manga. I mean, how many manga/anime can you think of that sexualizes all or most of the female characters, even the minors! I think its harder to think of one that doesn't. The sexualization of teens in those is most disturbing.
@@thomasfarrell5396they are getting paid and some late hours bonuses. I dont really understand your fReEdUmB logic. And when I was in college part-timer in conbini, i prefer late hour shift. No stress, all on ur pace as long you get ur task done. Maybe try to find a job so you could understand.
To those women who are aware & opening our eyes to reality about SA, thanks very much! A city is entirely different after dark, and it’s never a good option to be alone.
@LilJunnie There's murderers in every country, but the 2023 murder rate in Japan is 0.2 murders per 100,000 people, compared to 4.96 per 100,000 for the US and 1.20 per 100,000 for the UK. So, people are 25 times more likely to get murdered in the US, and 6 times more likely to get murdered in the UK, when compared to Japan. Source: world population review website, which gets it's statistics from each countries government.
@@ravenapat It was a joke because they *actually* opened up extra registers. They do sometimes in the US, and they're supposed to, but since stores are often so short staffed they either don't bother or can't open up extra during rushes. It's a joke because it was a 'jab' at what the US supposedly does, but showing Japan actually doing it well/consistently. Sarcasm.
In Sweden, most of these are pretty common too! The unclickable button, the cashier thing, the eleva rule and that children take themselves, most children take the bus, bike or walk to school
Vänta VART har du unclickable buttons? Har aldrig sett det förut omg!! Tbf så åker jag väl inte hiss sådär galet mycket (i Stockholm) men ändå en normal mängd…
"The rest of the world got it all wrong" Having lived in both the Netherlands and Sweden, I can say that at least half of these are normal there as well.
a lot is normal when you live in three of the least diverse countries in the world. socialism works when 95% of the country is of like minded indivuduals with the same goals.
Bro Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands are not three of the least diverse countries by a long shot. Germany is the second most immigrated to country in the world, Sweden is famous for its Liberal policies towards asylum seekers, and while the Netherlands isn't quite as good as those two, about 1 in 4 people in the Netherlands aren't Dutch. That doesn't hold a candle to places that are actually monoethnic like China, Poland or South Korea.
Same, although I hate to say it but the traffic etiquette definitely stops when it comes to escalators, I don't think you would enjoy the overall Japanese driver experience LOL.
And also in rush hour it literally isn’t the safest and fastest way because people line up at the entry instead of going on the ‘walking’ side, also there are safety reasons why people are warned against walking on escalator. I’d know as HK is literally the same with this rule.
@@yechengzheng4997technically the rule in Tokyo at least is that you're not supposed to walk on escalators. It's supposed to be stand and wait on both sides. Basically everyone breaks the rules.
A privacy button for the public bathrooms is a genius idea. I absolutely cannot stand when it’s dead quiet, especially if I’m using a bathroom next to random strangers. 😭
I don't understand. So what if someone hears you shit its a public toilet, what did they expect? Hell, if I hear someone really let one go in the public toilet I'll say something like: "that was so big even I feel better"
@@carhoarder602 It’s not that lol I’m just not a fan of complete silence. For example, I’m just talking about the difference between having zero sound versus turning on an exhaust fan or something with SOME type of noise, or just music lightly playing overhead? It’s like whenever I get home and there’s not any air conditioning or fan turned on and there’s no tv or music so it’s just extremely quiet. I hate that. I need at least a fan running for that little amount of noise it produces.
@@aebalc No it has nothing to do with them hearing me using the bathroom, I just hate COMPLETE silence with no noise from a fan or anything so it’s just weirdly quiet. That’s how I feel about anywhere I go, not just for using a public bathroom.
you ever tried asking the other side "does it feel as good for you as it does for me" or something to that degree? gonne make your day, i can promise :D
I still had instances when I was alone at various times of day as a student, and followed onto trains or almost grabbed on the street by drunks. Everyone’s experience is gonna be different and the positive experiences shine harder than the negative but I definitely felt on edge as a woman at night still. They would stare me down so hard I felt disgusting but still safer than being confronted every minute. I hope if you read the comments, don’t feel discouraged to go! I loved Japan I loved being out at night in the city with my friends and meeting people, the night life is where it’s at! I feel safer there at night than in America but just stay safe. Find friends or stay in communication with someone as much as possible. Also validate those with SA experiences they matter.
The problem is all of women who consider a man making a pass at them or even complimenting them to be sexual assault. They marginalize and diminish the women who actually have experienced violent physical assault.
It’s true in the US as well. Generally you stand on the right and walk up on the left (much like the road rule of “slower traffic keep right”). However, there are people that are oblivious, rude, or whatever that do occasionally block off the left side. I’m sure this happens occasionally in Japan as well but not as often because social pressure to behave certain ways is a lot stronger there. In the US there are some people that would take a polite request or reminder to move to the right as a challenge and then refuse to move (this isn’t that common though).
I live here and… 1. Never seen unclickable buttons 2. Don’t more cashiers come out in other countries? I remember they did in UK/Germany and most EU countries 3. There are places at night in big cities where I would certainly NOT feel safe. It’s generally advised to be careful no matter what. 4. People break these rules all the time during rush hour 😭
In America, it is not uncommon for many stores to only have 2 employees on staff in total. One will be the cashier, and the other a manager either doing paperwork or other tasks in the back. Some chains, like Dollar Tree, do not allow more than 6 total employees to be hired at a given time in order to keep payroll costs down. (which is a shame, these chains can often out price other local stores that have 20+ employees out of business, leaving 14 people forced to change careers or remain unemployed)
I worked at Walgreens before. When the line gets 3+ we get on the intercom and say “IC3, IC3”. Get it, I see three people. That means the stickers have to come and man some registers.
Here in the Philippines, we also have the unclickable buttons and the bidet, as well as the convenience store (7-Eleven). I don't know why this video made it seem like only Japan has it and no country in the world does. Some malls in our country also have a guideline for escalators to walk on the left and stand on the right, but nobody follows them, lol 🤷♂️
@@BellalisDopeIC3 IS SO SMART!! we had “code red” to mean “theres more than 3 people in line and i need help up here” but it started scaring the customers i laugh even thinking abt it now 😭😭
@@Lvsl_iftdv Most french trains have heating. They are mostly near the floor bc yhe hot air goes up. It's not always very visible since its on the side of the trains
@@mangotuna9197 What kind of train? TGV? TER? RER? Paris métro? I've seen the heater beside the window on TGVs but never a leg heating system like she mentions in the video.
@loulou785741, that's my bad. I didn't see what she meant. I thought she just meant heating near the ground on a train. I didn't understand that it was directly on the legs
I mean a lot of stuff like the cashier, elevator and kids getting around on their own is pretty normal in Europe. The last is common like everywhere except North America. I walked myself to preschool. Kids are just little humans and capable of a lot more than North America trusts them with.
In fairness though, most of the US and some other parts of North America aren’t super walkable or don’t offer a ton of options for public transport. They’re specifically designed for movement by cars. Honestly though, even if it was I wouldn’t be surprised if cars or school buses would be used anyways lol
@@Laurel_Lemon I mean the mentality is so different. There is this UA-cam that talks about city planning (I don’t remember the name) that got sued for letting his 8 & 10 year olds uns public transport on trained routs. In Canada. Like that’s normal in the rest of the world and in Canada it’s child neglect🤨
It's wild to me that people do that, because that's how your child ends up going missing. I mean preschool? That is just insane. You don't have the reasoning skills as a five-year-old, to understand what is dangerous and what is not like you do when you are teen and older. 💀
@@Sandfrauthat's insane to let a child that young do that.... I think about myself at that age, and how I just didn't understand danger like I did as I got older. That is so terrifying. All it takes is one person, to do something to your child. You only need to look up the sex offender registries around the world, to understand how serious of an issue it is...
As an indonesian, 1. We can unclick elevator buttons 2. All toilets have bidets 3. We can get solid meals in convenience stores 4. More cashiers come out if the line gets too long 5. We can use our public transportation cards for everything Most countries in asia are similar, but Japan is just really really disciplined!! Theyre amazing people
Some of this is Scandinavian too. Children taking public transport, there's self checkout at stores you don't need to stand in line or wait for a cashier. And people respect the lines in escalators. You stand in the right unless you are in a hurry, so you can easily just run through it in the left lane.
As a teenager living in Poland, I haven't been daily dropped off and picked up from school the moment I started the 2nd semester of 4th grade. Most places in europe actually have safe public transit. Like- they started to teach us public transport etiquette in 1st grade if not earlier.
Same in Québec. I _never once_ was walked to school, not ever. Same for everybody else. Grades 1 to 4 were a short walk away, afterwards it was public transportation until high school when there were school buses. It was a different time.
Japan is beautiful as a tourist but my sister works as an IT consultant there and she has faced SA issues while commuting through train due to ehich she had to shift jobs closer to home and start travelling with bicycle She also loves Japan but for an extrovert like her she admits that Japan is very depressing and that she might move onto the next country her company assigns her to when given the chance
I saw on Takashi that young kids going somewhere alone will wear little yellow hats which signify that they may require a little bit of help getting to their destination. 🥺
I'm in Switzerland and thought the same thing! I love trains having heating in the winter and AC in the summer, people standing on the right side of an escalator so others can pass by easily or more cashiers coming out when the line gets too long.
“It’s literally safe enough for them to do so” says someone who clearly didn’t grow up in Japan. Sexual assault on trains is RAMPANT. Look it up. An uncomfortable amount of children will say they’ve been sexually abused on a train at least once, whether that’s being groped, touched, or more.
Yes, obviously nowhere is perfect;- but its not as bad as NY or LA or London, in regards to violent sexual crime. Thats the only criticism people bring up when it comes to Japan... The truth is its one of the safest countries in the world. They all share the same values and culture. They said no to diversity and mass immigration and as a result they still have their cultural identity and they have the third largest economy and they're the worlds largest creditor. Please... we in the west should be so lucky.
I went twice - I would say it’s pretty safe. I wouldn’t say it’s the safest. I’m a woman and went on vacation with my female friend. And we had a guy stalk us to our Airbnb. It was frightening. The positive thing was that we went to a 711 and they helped hold us there and offered to help.
I agree the main reason why they left her alone was because she seemed to always be with her male companion which makes sense. I traveled there for a work trip and as an afro-latina woman I was stalked and leered at often. At one point it felt like I was back home in Latin America with the aggressive sexual interest and it showed so two of my gay male colleagues took pity on me and started hanging out with me to protect me. With two males that weren't interested in me the trip was much more fun since I got less attention from creeps. It was awkward fun being the third wheel in a gay love affair though, I wanted them to enjoy time on their own even though they insisted they were afraid for me so we worked around it so we had a balance since they wouldn't leave me alone after I came back to the hotel shooked up from being groped in the trains. Other than that it's truly such an unique, fun country that I think people should try to experience even once since it does feel like visiting another planet. No one knows how to enjoy every little thing in life like these people do.
I live in Japan here are some thoughts. 1. Un-clicking elevators are not exclusive to japan. It’s more depends on the manufacturer. I once used a Schindler elevator in Germany that has this feature as well. 2. Western toilet ( those high tech toilet ) is very common in big cities but not rural parts of japan. But most of them have already caught on. 3. Standing at one side of escalator is a MUST. Which side to stand is depending on region, but never block the walking side especially in metro stations if you don’t want to get cold shouldered by Japanese commuters.
Why are you devaluing every positive thing she said about Japan?? What on earth…your comment reeks of animosity and it is very uncomfortable to observe. Either leave this beautiful nation or seek therapy to figure yourself out. Wtf did I just read…Western toilets??? Nowhere in the US did I find these toilets except private homes where the tenants BOUGHT them. Huh?? The buttons in elevators are COMMON in Japan…and UNCOMMON elsewhere..,that is the point 😂😂🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🙄🙄
@@grahamlopez3742you watch too many Japanese porno lol no there is no SA on the streets in Japan. I walked around Tokyo during 1-6am all the time no problem.
i thought the escalator thing was kinda worldwide. everyone stands on the right (or left, depending on the generally agreed side) and the right is free to walk up
The kids taking themselves to school is legit. We were at a train station, gosh I forgot where in Japan, and I saw a four year old girl, nice and sharp in her school uniform, walking alone to her train. I was simultaneously flabbergasted and impressed.
In Germany the kids start going to school alone at age 6 to 7 🤔 a four year old seems a bit too young, because especially when the way is a bit longer (experience from my own 4 year old) they can’t remember the ways completely accurate and that leaves room for getting lost 😅 (and to be clear here: my sons way is 6 stations with one bus, he knows the part where we go by foot very good but on the bus his orientation is not as good and sometimes he mixes up the bus stops. That’s why I think he is still too young.)
Well, 10,000 kids go missing a year in Japan sooo maybe it's not the safest place on the earth and people should reconsider letting their kids travel alone. Guarantee that's when they get snagged by some creep.
I don't think that Japanese children can get to school earlier than 6-7 years. Maybe, you mistook the kindergarten uniform for school? That one with yellow hat.
Believe it or not I once took the Greyhound from Orlando to Pittsburgh and when the bus broke down, we were near a convenience store that had coolers w all sorts of decent real meal foods and it was open very late. I avoid convenience stores except for an occasional morning coffee while traveling or on vacation, but except for Texas where lots of migrant workers live (that's legitimate migrant workers, not invaders) where they have hot food counters & booths or tables & chairs, I've never seen real food or good food at a convenience store in the States.
The escalator thing applies in London too: I just went there and you stand on the right, walk on the left. This in particular applies in the metro system.
In America, the reason another cashier doesn't come out is because they understaff on purpose to reduce budget. If you don't like it, stop shopping there. The only reason they're doing it is because they're still profiting.
As an American cashier who's worked in retail over 6 years...we do actually do this. XD Maybe not everywhere, obviously I can't speak to every store. But at least ours does, it's a major chain and it's also company policy.
If you think japan has it better than the “rest of the world” you haven’t traveled or researched best quality of life. Visiting japan ok. Born in japan deals with shame ,overwork, nearly impossible to date for some, high suicide incidences etc.. every place has similarities and differences but no place is utopia. Weeaboos love the japanese more than the japanese revel in each other, creating (along with anime and manga) a huge hype in western culture that gets excited about every japanese difference- like …wow! Elevator buttons!! Amazing!!! Ooooo!! Ahhhh!!! I’d be more excited about countries with mandatory 8 weeks of vacation, good quality of life. BTW Lots of countries are safe enough for kids to go to school on public transportation. You must be comparing it to the usa to be so astounded.
Why tf is everyone suddenly criticizing Japan all the time. Everyone used to hate Asians, now they love Japan cuz of anime, now everyone’s over that so they go back to criticizing every single thing. Yeah, it’s not a good country but no country is good. Every country sucks and Japan isn’t special
@@bookwormd8627It’s in response to the romanticization of Japan. It’s important to remember that every country has its problems, and those problems should be highlighted so that greater awareness can be brought to them, and hopefully fixed in the future.
@@bookwormd8627its not critisisung. people(especially jaoenese) are tired of the blind glorification of japan when it has igs problems like everywhere else. its like if your dad abuses you but guests who only visit keeps raving about how hes amazing and must be a great advanced modern kind dad!
yeah exactly, they make it sound really amazing when it's cool but not that cool. Also the misconception about how "safe" it is at night whilst walking with her boyfriend at night.
@@bookwormd8627It's about pointing out that Japan isn't paradise and is a normal country with problems and often problems that many European countries for example don't have or have them on a far larger scale, also certain things in Japan are like back in the 60s, like being allowed to refuse service to non-Japanese people.
I was about to talk about the SA that happens there, but someone already covered it. I was also going to talk about how shit the pay tends to be and the working system but someone already covered that too. Its good to see people informing others.
As a customer, it is great to have shops open at 3 am and employees ready whenever it gets busy, but those employees are probably working overtimes and underpaid because that is the work culture of Japan.
Ngl i was half expecting this list to be "the workers are so accommodating", I'd cry lmao. Japan may be beautiful and all that but the work culture is just disgusting.
Most of the things mentioned are not just in Japan. I live in the UK and I started going to school myself when I was 9. The first time I ever went out myself I was around 6. The escalator rule is a massive thing in UK, particularly the London Underground. The only people who break it are tourists or people who are new to the system, and they quickly get politely cussed at and trampled over by people in a rush who are late to work. Also, I've been on many lifts where you can unpress a button, so definitely not just in Japan. In literally every supermarket and lots of corner shops here you can get a meal deal for around £3, which is basically a drink of your choice, a snack/side of your choice, and a main of your choice which can be pastas, salads, sandwiches, wraps, sushi, or something else of your choice. Not just Japan.
Same here in Belgium, this is just an American that left the US and is surprised that stuff is different and people respect eachother in other countries. Literally- Thing anywhere else in the world: "ugh so lame, stupid, unoriginal and boring..." Thing in Japan: "omg so awesome, cool, unique and innovative!!!"
When I moved to America at like 10 I think I was so upset and confused that I couldn’t walk or take public transportation to school anymore (I came from Seoul Korea)
NO PLACE on this earth is SAFE. Please never say this. Young women especially hear it so much they assume it’s okay to not use their normal precautions and bad things happen.
True. All vulnerable ppl need to be very careful wherever they go. All these countries that used to claim to be safe have been invaded by ppl of other cultures wh calls for a change of strategy when out and about.
When I was working in a Japanese company, it had a very demanding job, it was tough. However, the toilet was really great and clean that it was my source of comfort. They polished it every day. The toilet paper was always folded neatly. It smelled really good, too. I haven't seen any better toilets than what I had in there. 😂
Over-compensating “nice conveniences” by Japanese government are some of the tradeoffs for working salaried careers an wageslave jobs for the corporations at 60,80, even 100 hours PER week. The structural worker-bee enslavement system instituted in Japan and other countries literally makes many business men’s lives just working 12 hour workdays 5-6 days/week. It is no way to live long term as free human beings as a westerner imo. Japan is a buddhist, shinto, atheistic/agnostic nation and is very different from the West. There are great things about the Japanese culture, it’s food, and of course it’s great people, however I think the fringes of Japanese society are already approaching a big-tech “distopian cyberpunk” like nature, which is mass surveillance, cameras, and monitoring of it’s citizens. I believe it is one of the nations that has provided the real life blueprint example for the globalists/nwo of using big tech, policing control, business corporations/monopolies and government laws to regulate polite behaviour, non-violence, and utmost respect for authority figures, bosses, etc. All the strict guidelines (some necessary) place 100+ million peoples into a very small space area wise on the map. It’s no wonder that there has to be Sooo many entertaining distractions like outrageous tv shows, neon lights, eating, shopping, drinking, pron industry an prostitution areas that can resemble the main strip in Las Vegas. To placate the masses brave new world style, you need all sorts of fun an outrageous gameshows, neon entertainment, hyper-aesthetic food plating an display, vices, novelties and escapes to distract from the structural underbelly of the corporate system in place. Many americans or westerners couldn’t handle it.
@@gerax16 I think they're referring to the fact she confidently stated that as a woman you can safely walk around at 3am, despite sexual assault being one of if not the most common crimes in japan
I think the fact that you were with your boyfriend played a huge factor in how safe you were. I went with a group, but almost every time I went out by myself in the evening, I got grabbed or had my ass smacked 😢
@agarsrish It was, but I also had pictures taken of myself and my legs while I was going through the countryside 🤷 and I was with guys as well. I'm snow white with red hair, so I suppose you could say it was due to fascination, but still 🤦♀️
@@desertrose3511 as a japanese person who lives here, SA does not happen all the time on trains lol. you just hear about it online a lot because thats the only common crime that happens in japan.
The staying on the one side of escalators so others can walk past you rule is actually in my college campus. I wish it was everywhere, it helps when you are on a rush
Late but shes from the us i think forgieners dont realizes just how fucked up the US is can be some of our citys like baltimore has 60-70% of the city as a huge ghetto full of gang violence i have storys my freinds have storys of us walking through really bad parts of european citys and not even knowing that the area was dangerous. Look up baltimore ghetto or kensigton avenue and compare that to japense ghettos there a dinffrance.
We do the escalator rule in England too, you have to stand on the right side so people on the left can run up if they have somewhere to go. We can easily tell if someone is a tourist because they stand on the left😂
Wish it was like this in the US Instead, you have a bunch of people running right up the middle or standing in the middle of exit and entryways staring at their phones.
Oh, you're so innocent. Japan is most certainly NOT a safe place, especially for women. Sexual assault is common in Japan, but is severely underreported. If you're a woman walking with your boyfriend/husband, or even just a close male friend, you'll be okay. But if you're traveling as a solo woman, you definitely need to keep an eye on the people around you. Pay attention, keep yourself safe.
To be fair half this stuff also happens in Australia. I’ve been to 16+ countries and I’m currently in Indonesia and the fact I can’t unselect lift buttons has really really annoyed me at the hotel especially when people press the down one and get annoyed as it takes ages and walk the stairs and I’m going up and can’t unselect down.
There was a a girl from the UK in my class and while we were walking to carpool, she was explaining to me how she found the transportation system odd because in the UK, they take public transportation home instead of individual busses, and she said that It'd take like an hour or so to get home. I thought that was odd, but seeing this video make me realize that the United States is literally so unsafe that kids like me are just used to it and would rather question why that's safe rather than why the united states is unsafe. It honestly kind of sad that kids in the US are just desensitized to this and dont even realize how bad it is. Edit: i just asked my mom and she thought the exact same thing that i did. We really need to fix a lot of things in the US, society really is fucked up, i don't even know if theres any saving society anymore.
they did however say you could just walk around at night because it is that safe in Japan. Which it is not unless you're either male or in a group. @@alphavegas1
Americans don’t let their children walk around like that because of numbers of children that disappeared and were ‘found’ during the golden age of serial killers. And on top of that, fears of predators and rumors of child traffickers kidnapping children have added to that 6 decades old fear. My parents used to trick or treat in the late 60’s as children by themselves, until a couple of children a few years in a row throughout their state (FL) went missing on Halloween and were found…well you can easily find those stories if you’re interested, but they’re f*cked up and graphic. After that in the 70’s, my grandparents refused to let them trick or treat alone and made them go with friends. And they couldn’t go without a TRUSTED adult or group of adults who could keep an eye on them. My mom’s mother was especially insistent on that. My mom continued that with my older sister and I, and we’d either go to her mothers house and trick or treat with my cousins, or they’d come over to our neighborhood. That’s a standard practice now for Americans on Halloween, or you have parties where you can safely give them candy. But you never let go by themselves anywhere like in Japan, you’re asking for them to become a morbid statistic.
Nice you managed to squeeze in the Nakano Sunmall at the end of this reel. Also, do no overlook the little Refu-Tei (れふ亭) o-yaki shop there at the right of the Sunmall entrance. From sweet anzu, imo or custard to sausage and mayo, its 'hot off the griddle' treats are a knockout (especially for kids!); and the line in front should give you an indication of just how locally popular they are. 👍😉✨
There’s a tradition in Japan that when a child is around 5 years old, they’re supposed to go run an errand by themselves and come back home. To teach them independence and responsibility.
Interesting bc when I was in the UK last summer if I was walking in a crowded area, like a busy sidewalk, I couldn't figure out which side of the crowd to be on.
@@leahyvonne1572that’s only a big problem in London, and it happens because British people culturally keep to the left while most foreigners stick to the right. In a global city like London, that creates a bit of a mess, but it’s not British peoples fault, it’s just that people don’t follow the local rules. British school kids are raised to stick to the left in corridors.
@@user-ed7et3pb4o I've never been to London. I was in Manchester for 1 night, York, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Belfast, Fishguard, Bath, and then really small places like the Orkney islands. I never said it was anyone's fault. I just said I couldn't figure out where to be. So I found it interesting that OP said there is a correct side to walk on escalators or anywhere else, bc it confirmed there was a "correct" way, I just didn't see it.
Most elevators in North America have an unclick feature, it’s just sorta counterintuitive. If you press any number 5 times quickly, it will reset the all buttons that have been pressed.
Same in the UK. I know teenagers in London who take the underground regularly and I've been on train journeys to cities with my friends before as a 15 year old.
I live in Canada and starting in the 6th grade 95% of kids walk, bike, or bus to and from school. I also went to primary school in Germany and would take myself to school. Was not the safest thing but public transport works if you know what your doing.
@@melonmelon309 from my experience in Germany I went to school alone starting from the first grade of elementary school and most kids started around that time. But it was safe. I don’t know where in Germany that was but I live in a big city where it’s pretty safe most of the time
Yeah when she mentioned that it sounded like torture lol. Pretty much every train I’ve ever been on in the winter in Europe has too much heat , and they don’t have leg warmers
In Australia, there is the escalator rule. Also, students always travel to and from school by train and it is legit so normal, no one twitches an eye. After school, trains in my area are 99% filled with students in uniform...
and not just trains either..not uncommon for kids to ride their pushies (pushbikes) great distances to school. I was abt 11 i think when I rode to my primary school and recently retraced the way I took in my car and it was up and down hills and a long way 😂 but we just did it, kept us fit and we liked it! ❤
When she says kids I think she means very little kids. When I was in Japan I saw kids as young as 6-7 years old taking trains on their own. They’re taught from a young age to be independent
This is outsiders perspective which may seem amazing but to live it is a different matter. I grew up there but I removed myself from Japan because of these things. In order to be part of that society, you are stripped of individuality. Japan has the highest conviction rate in the world. This means anyone accused of a crime, you will end up in jail. There are no innocent until proven guilty. More like guilty even innocent. The accusations alone, you will be excommunicated from the community. All the services you were privileged to have will be gone.
Is it safe to say Japan is amazing compared to most other countries? I assume the person that created the video isn’t considering Japan as “heaven” where everything is “perfect.”
The conviction rate isn’t that high because they just convict everyone who’s arrested. It’s that high because they only arrest people who they have enough evidence to guarantee a conviction. So, yeah, you’re going to be an outcast because everyone knows they must have some serious shit on you if you got arrested.
So I studied abroad in Japan in Spring 2016 (our local station was about a 40 minute ride to Osaka). I will say, as a foreigner who didn’t wear skirts, I felt safer going out at night than I do back home in the states. I even felt safe enough to do a solo trip to Tokyo for a couple days when my finals ended early prior to our closing ceremony/“graduation” However, I do know that there’s a problem on trains specifically, to the point where on some there are women only cars (actually ended up in one on a trip into Osaka and it was very nice). There were a couple times when I was on the train when the little kids were let out of school, and it was sweet to see the small groups of them. You’d see every now and then people glancing over to check on them. It was sweet Ugh and the conbini food 😩 I miss the conbini so much. They were glorious. The food was always good, and if you got a meal that could be heated, I’d be asked if I wanted them to heat it up 🥲 I miss the heated toilet seats though 😂 my friends and I were debating if we could buy toilet seats and fit them in our suitcases to bring home 😅
@@elliot1784 I don’t understand your question, I’m sorry. I knew enough Japanese to get around. Not fluent by any means and I probably sounded like a toddler, but I could help tourists get around, especially after a month or 2.
I had that thought when I saw woman mentioning SA I’d see a lot of Japanese pron videos where it’s basically a man molesting a woman (sometimes wearing a schoolgirl outfit) on a train, a lot of the pron too the actors act like they don’t like it and want it to stop but the man pushes on, it must breed an unhealthy mindset to say the least and I’d just watch in awe like this doesn’t feel legal. Again I know it’s acting but it says something about the culture.
@@nofearofwater Or I know in visual novels I’ve played sometimes there’s a scenario where the main character has some guy trying to take an upskirt shot or sees someone try to do that to someone else. I never witnessed it myself over there (and I tend to be a bit paranoid and maybe a little over vigilant side especially when alone 😥) but it has to at least be enough of a thing where there are female only cars either during work/school commute times and/or permanently ya know? I’m just nervous wearing skirts, if I can’t feel it hitting my knees or lower it’s like I’m always running the back of my hand over it to make sure nothing’s showing so I just tend to avoid it all together, but you shouldn’t have to wear shorts/cheer shorts/not wear skirts to avoid a creep ya know?
you actually can unclick buttons in other elevators- you just have to hold down the button for it then click which one you wanna unclick (from usa btw)
Hello i am from Germany and some of the stuff you mentioned is also very common here. Like the Trains are heated and kids and teens also use public transportation from and to school and to their hobbies this is sometimes not the case for some country areas…Many also take their bike. And the escalator rule is also implanted in Germany. Like literally NO ONE goes against the escalator „rule“ 😂 But i love the video ❤
After 7 years total in Japan, I've never encountered an elevator that had such buttons. I guess newer elevators allow you to unclick buttons, but not all of them for sure.
Visited Tokyo twice in the mid 1970s. Absolutely amazed by the general cleanliness of the public spaces. Still don’t understand why the US doesn’t have bullet trains
Sadly, the true reason is lobbying from the oil and gas companies: they make more if everyone uses a car and don't use public transport. That's why all tram lines were destroyed in the '40s.
Japan has the 3rd largest economy in the world and yet is only 144,000 square miles. Compared to the US 3.5 million square miles. So it makes some degree of sense. It costs a lot less to connect Japan with public transport and there's a lot less "empty space" between points of interest. Also Japan has the advantage of having very little military spending and less corporate corruption compared to the US.
@@paulj6805 Those reasons you gave are nonsensical. It’s not about the money or military. Oil lobbies and capitalism are to thank for a total lack of a robust public transportation system.
My fondest memories as a child were walking places with my cousins in Mexico. After we moved back to America, I was so sad I couldn’t freely walk around outside 😅 things are different here for sure!
Pues en México tampoco más bien tus papas no te cuidaron bien porque en México te roban no mames yo nací y creci en México en los 90s qué fue cuando México estuvo tranquilo sin tanta violencia fue en los 2000 qué los carteles empezaron a robarse niños
a lot of this stuff isn’t just a japan rule. i’m in australia and most kids get to school with public transport themselves and the elevator rule applies here too just some people break it. there are more cashiers here too when the line is long
It’s really nice of you to bring the homeless guy on your trip with you. He looks pretty tired in most clips (probably recovering addict) but you’re energy I’m sure is brightening his day! Hope in humanity restored! ❤
"You can walk around at 3 at night feel completely safe" In my same scroll i literally saw how there are posters on how to not sexually harass a woman, separate train cars for women and well just how sad the situation is
@@RavenMoonChild00 I'm glad nothing happened to you as a small child. Even small-built middle or high school children can get easily snatched. The bigger ones can fight back.
I really do not get it why you accept kidnappings just like that. Some countries just would raise hell if even One child was taken! We would have an army on the street if there was as many kidnappings as you if ANY!
@Helena-ox7cr Good point. It seems that America doesn't care much about children. This lack of concern for children shows, too, in America's response to school shootings.
@@claireandpeterThe most common and favorite saying of parents in Japan is the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. The thing is Japan is like this because they heavily bully and shame children from the time they are born for any type of individuality or standing out. And that's why it's so safe. So I personally believe this is why we should advocate for more shaming of children. The US is an individualistic society and the downsides of that is a lot of crime and people who literally only care about themselves. But if we become a collectivist society like Japan we wouldn't have these problems of people being selfish and entitled. So frankly everyone who is against shaming and bullying children for their differences is really pro crime and selfishness. Because the only way to truly solve the crime rate and violence rate is to completely change the way children are taught. They should be taught to be collectivists not individualists. It's for the greater good
Japan is great to visit. Not so much for living long term as a non-Japanese, most Gaijin(non-Japanese) go back home after a couple of years. But better test it yourself.
I lived in Japan for 5 years and went to main land a couple of times for travel, and it was just beautiful. I got super hungry at 3 in the morning and just walked to a 7-Eleven and a family mart and grabbed a banger snack from the hot snack area at the front.
Are you team bidet 💦 or team toilet paper 🧻?
Bidet hands down. Ew toilet paper doesn’t do shit. Unhealthy 🤢
Team bidet after cleaning up with toilet paper
I rather not choose, I'm Italian and I'm fine with both.
Both obviously.. First paper and then wash that area clean and fresh!
Team baby wipes
Imagine being in an elevator with a stranger and they just unclick your floor… 💀
That elevator button one got me so confused. To me it makes sense to click the floor you want/need to go to. 😅
@marycelalopez never been on an elevator with all the buttons selected before, eh?
I would be that stranger 🤭
@@chrisfrench9257 nope, never! here in the US 🇺🇸 you have to click/select the button corresponding to the desired floor. At least that’s been my experience. I personally find it interesting how these meaningless things can be absolutely different in other countries. For example, vehicles having the driver side on the right side instead of the left side is super odd but actually quite interesting at the same time.
@marycelalopez Why is that interesting? It's the same concept. In both scenarios, the driverside is still on the interior side of the road while the passengerside is on the outside.
I'm from the USA, by the way. You can select whatever floor you wish to go to without issue. However, you can select any floor you wish, even if you aren't going to that floor. That's why being able to unselected a floor is an interesting and potentially good idea. The elevator will go to the floors in order of selection. Double tapping a floor to remove the selection seems thoughtful, but it does create another issue. However, most people aren't that rude to simply change your selection in front of you, and the ones who are will find a foot up there ass eventually.
Regarding the kids, they have alarms hanging from their backpacks just in case, also some shops and houses have stickers on their doors indicating they are safe for kids and they can go ask for help in an emergency. Plus quite a few other things to make everything safer
i feel like the 'safe' stickers thing could easily be abused by people with bad intentions, no?
@@archgirl7797 I think they have to file a ton on paperwork to be given one, and really policed
@@archgirl7797nope, it’s an extensive process to have a sticker approved. Background checks, monitoring, paperwork, but most people who file for one around schools are either grandparents who’s adult children moved away and want to help kids, or parents who send their kids to school
OH
THAT'S WHAT THOSE STICKERS WERE?
DAMN THANK U I WAS WONDERING THAT EVER SINCE I LEFT JAPAN A MONTH AGO😭😭😭
Yes! There were stories on this not long ago, about how kids were going missing from trains and it was a big deal because taking the trains on their own is a huge part of Japanese life. That’s why there are the alarms and safe places. Some tourists really are too ignorant of things.
As a woman living in Japan it’s really odd to hear other people unfamiliar with the country saying it’s the safest place on earth. The woman in the video obviously was able to walk around at night w her bf, but this place can get really gross and scary when alone, especially as a woman. While there aren’t much robbery and similar crimes, SA is rampant, and not to be too depressing, but I don’t know a single woman above 18 here that hasn’t experienced something uniquely horrible connected to SA. It’s incredibly normalised, not talked about enough, and to everyone staying in Japan, please stay safe.
Edit: thank you for the kind wishes and for sharing experiences. I wanted to make something clear. I know Japan is very safe in other regards, but what makes Japan feel unsafe for SA victims is the complete disregard for taking victims seriously, and how useless the police is in helping and solving cases. If you get groped on the train, there is a very big chance no one will do anything. You can be a middle schooler, high schooler, Japanese, non-Japanese, woman, man, anything, and no one will help you. The Japanese women I know have a hard time speaking up, both because of the way they’re raised culturally, and the fact that even if they do, sometimes no one helps them anyway. Japan fetishises rape, non-con and schoolgirls, and does near to nothing to actually acknowledge it and actually do something. Of course this is a deeper issue, but as I mentioned, this place just gets gross in my opinion. This is a bigger problem for Japanese people, and foreigners will probably be lucky enough to escape it. As a white, tall and blonde woman (clearly not Japanese nor east-Asian) there are still many gross things happening to me by both Japanese men and foreign men, but it was at its absolute worse when I was a high school student here, a child, clad in uniform, and this disturbs me. And finally, to those telling me to bring a weapon to protect myself, a foreign friend of mine tried to defend herself by punching a Japanese guy who was sexually assaulting her, and she was deported as the police took the side of the Japanese man, as they often do.
Again, stay safe, believe victims, help those in need, and thank you for reading my thoughts on this.
It’s probably your neighborhood honestly. Not to invalidate your experiences but I lived in both poor and wealthy neighborhoods and while I’ve had my share of paranoia nothing really happened. And a most people I know too. There are neighborhoods or districts known for having lots of cases, and SA cases are definitely rampant but I lived in Japan for 4 years as a teen and I could walk home for 20 minutes at night without anything happening. But yeah it’s a huge problem in japan.
Also again. Foreigner perspective greatly limits experience. I don’t mean to say every foreigner is safe and that people won’t try things to foreigner but if you are anything but East Asian (but specifically visually non-Asian) you’re chances for being physically harassed I’ve noticed tend to extremely decrease. It paints Japan as being very crime free and better because this idea ‘I didn’t experience it’ when really there is a much less target on your back to ignore so many of the extreme problems of SA.
@@UnhappytimeaperAnd, of course, the "crime free" label is easier to hold if you don't criminalise or refuse to investigate/prosecute predatory behaviours that factor into the crime statistics in other countries. Behaviours that seem to be normalised (unwanted touching, stalking, ...) and Japanese women are told to just "put up with it". I'm glad that there seems to be some movement to crack down on that, recently. Unfortunately only after a lot of media pressure.
It's still true that you're much safer from violent crimes and property crimes in Japan as opposed to the USA.
I love you mentioned this. The sexualization of women in japan IS EXTREMELY normalized, especially through anime and manga. I mean, how many manga/anime can you think of that sexualizes all or most of the female characters, even the minors! I think its harder to think of one that doesn't. The sexualization of teens in those is most disturbing.
Need to keep this comment at the top. Japan is great, but no place is great without its downsides. Standards are different everywhere! Stay safe!
i’m studying in japan and it’s crazy how the convenience stores are actually convenient
So some poor sod has to be there 24/7 to serve you. Ah, privilege.
@@thomasfarrell5396they are getting paid and some late hours bonuses. I dont really understand your fReEdUmB logic. And when I was in college part-timer in conbini, i prefer late hour shift. No stress, all on ur pace as long you get ur task done. Maybe try to find a job so you could understand.
@@thomasfarrell5396shut up loser!!!!
@@thomasfarrell5396its almost like they get paid to be there
@@thomasfarrell5396shifts exist, the store can be open and have multiple people working there at different hours
To those women who are aware & opening our eyes to reality about SA, thanks very much! A city is entirely different after dark, and it’s never a good option to be alone.
Umm..could u pls tell me what does SA mean...I'm not sure. Is it something like sex abuse or sex offender?
@@MxgicalStxrsSexual Assault
@@MxgicalStxrs $exual a$$ault basically
@@MxgicalStxrsSA = Sexual assault. Like being groped, touched in a sexual way without your consent
Samuel colt did more to equalize the genders than every feminist movement could ever hope to.
Ya'll please remember that in ALL countries you must exercise caution when travelling even if it is japan.
There's literally a convicted cannibal murderer on the loose in Japan
They also have the yakuza
@@LilJunnie WHAT
@LilJunnie There's murderers in every country, but the 2023 murder rate in Japan is 0.2 murders per 100,000 people, compared to 4.96 per 100,000 for the US and 1.20 per 100,000 for the UK. So, people are 25 times more likely to get murdered in the US, and 6 times more likely to get murdered in the UK, when compared to Japan.
Source: world population review website, which gets it's statistics from each countries government.
Japan doesn't have diversity. But, they do have many creepy men .
The cashier thing is not 'only' in Japan. It's normal in a lot countries that if the waiting line is too long they open new cash register.
exactly was a little confused when that was said. like, that’s in america too, the place everyone hates😂
im pretty sure it was a joke guys
@@ravenapatit ... was a joke 😅😅😅
@@runa_7022 no it wasn't how is that a joke?? this video is talking about good things in japan
@@ravenapat It was a joke because they *actually* opened up extra registers. They do sometimes in the US, and they're supposed to, but since stores are often so short staffed they either don't bother or can't open up extra during rushes. It's a joke because it was a 'jab' at what the US supposedly does, but showing Japan actually doing it well/consistently. Sarcasm.
In Sweden, most of these are pretty common too! The unclickable button, the cashier thing, the eleva rule and that children take themselves, most children take the bus, bike or walk to school
It's only because she's from the US. The us might've been the greatest but when it comes to the small stuff like this it's far behind
Vänta VART har du unclickable buttons? Har aldrig sett det förut omg!! Tbf så åker jag väl inte hiss sådär galet mycket (i Stockholm) men ändå en normal mängd…
@@mydogismybff nyinstallerade hissar, ca ~5-7 år. Ibland behöver du hålla in knappen.
"The rest of the world got it all wrong"
Having lived in both the Netherlands and Sweden, I can say that at least half of these are normal there as well.
She is american..she thinks america is the centre of the world.😒🙄
She’s an american, they think all the world revolves around them.
Same in Germany :D
a lot is normal when you live in three of the least diverse countries in the world.
socialism works when 95% of the country is of like minded indivuduals with the same goals.
Bro Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands are not three of the least diverse countries by a long shot. Germany is the second most immigrated to country in the world, Sweden is famous for its Liberal policies towards asylum seekers, and while the Netherlands isn't quite as good as those two, about 1 in 4 people in the Netherlands aren't Dutch. That doesn't hold a candle to places that are actually monoethnic like China, Poland or South Korea.
So you're telling me I could give that toilet absolutely hell on the private setting and it would drown out the 9 car accident sound following? 🤔
😂😂😂☠️
You good homie?? 😂
There’s only one way to find out 😂😂
Have tested and can confirm that it absolutely does not drown out the noise. The looks I got when I exited were those of the emotionally damaged.
@@gonzarellious6102 🤣🤣
Wow the escalator thing made me think of how mad I get when driving and people don’t get out of the left lane.. 😅
Same, although I hate to say it but the traffic etiquette definitely stops when it comes to escalators, I don't think you would enjoy the overall Japanese driver experience LOL.
Thankfully there aren't a ton of drivers
@@Mr.Sr.Jr.also, the people on bikes can be kinda crazy haha. Like, they aint stopping or changing their path for anything! 😂
We do this in London too
“And no one breaks this rule”
Until an American tourist shows up seemingly using an escalator for the first time in their life…🙄
Japan is still for me the most awsone place to live. I love the people more than Americans! So sweet and polite more than any country I've visited.
They’re talking mad shit about u behind ur back.
The escalator rule isn’t just in Japan
It's not, except for the "no one breaks this rule" part.
@@yechengzheng4997 they do break it tho 💀
And also in rush hour it literally isn’t the safest and fastest way because people line up at the entry instead of going on the ‘walking’ side, also there are safety reasons why people are warned against walking on escalator. I’d know as HK is literally the same with this rule.
@@yechengzheng4997technically the rule in Tokyo at least is that you're not supposed to walk on escalators. It's supposed to be stand and wait on both sides. Basically everyone breaks the rules.
I have always just assumed that this is the rule everywhere
A privacy button for the public bathrooms is a genius idea. I absolutely cannot stand when it’s dead quiet, especially if I’m using a bathroom next to random strangers. 😭
I don't understand. So what if someone hears you shit its a public toilet, what did they expect? Hell, if I hear someone really let one go in the public toilet I'll say something like: "that was so big even I feel better"
Do you prefer that random stranger to make small talk while pooping instead of having silence?
@@carhoarder602 It’s not that lol I’m just not a fan of complete silence. For example, I’m just talking about the difference between having zero sound versus turning on an exhaust fan or something with SOME type of noise, or just music lightly playing overhead? It’s like whenever I get home and there’s not any air conditioning or fan turned on and there’s no tv or music so it’s just extremely quiet. I hate that. I need at least a fan running for that little amount of noise it produces.
@@aebalc No it has nothing to do with them hearing me using the bathroom, I just hate COMPLETE silence with no noise from a fan or anything so it’s just weirdly quiet. That’s how I feel about anywhere I go, not just for using a public bathroom.
you ever tried asking the other side "does it feel as good for you as it does for me" or something to that degree?
gonne make your day, i can promise :D
I still had instances when I was alone at various times of day as a student, and followed onto trains or almost grabbed on the street by drunks. Everyone’s experience is gonna be different and the positive experiences shine harder than the negative but I definitely felt on edge as a woman at night still. They would stare me down so hard I felt disgusting but still safer than being confronted every minute. I hope if you read the comments, don’t feel discouraged to go! I loved Japan I loved being out at night in the city with my friends and meeting people, the night life is where it’s at! I feel safer there at night than in America but just stay safe. Find friends or stay in communication with someone as much as possible. Also validate those with SA experiences they matter.
We don't validate anyone without proof;
Not encouraging any more Ambur Turds out her;
I’m sorry this happened to you
The problem is all of women who consider a man making a pass at them or even complimenting them to be sexual assault. They marginalize and diminish the women who actually have experienced violent physical assault.
I lived in Japan for 2 years…I loved it! They are the most polite, helpful and courteous group of people. Wish I could go back for a visit!
In Europe more cashiers also turn up when there is a longer queue too.
We just wait. But ppl are much more patient since the pandemic. There's a lot less swearing snd grumbling in line.😂
The escalator rule is also in England. There's always a side for people to walk up or down or a side to stand
Same in Germany
Also Germany
@@michellehennings8439was about to say that
Canada as well, at least on the west coast!
It’s true in the US as well. Generally you stand on the right and walk up on the left (much like the road rule of “slower traffic keep right”). However, there are people that are oblivious, rude, or whatever that do occasionally block off the left side. I’m sure this happens occasionally in Japan as well but not as often because social pressure to behave certain ways is a lot stronger there. In the US there are some people that would take a polite request or reminder to move to the right as a challenge and then refuse to move (this isn’t that common though).
I live here and…
1. Never seen unclickable buttons
2. Don’t more cashiers come out in other countries? I remember they did in UK/Germany and most EU countries
3. There are places at night in big cities where I would certainly NOT feel safe. It’s generally advised to be careful no matter what.
4. People break these rules all the time during rush hour 😭
Oh, even in Korea, unclickable buttons are a thing and is very common so maybe it’s just your region
In America, it is not uncommon for many stores to only have 2 employees on staff in total. One will be the cashier, and the other a manager either doing paperwork or other tasks in the back.
Some chains, like Dollar Tree, do not allow more than 6 total employees to be hired at a given time in order to keep payroll costs down.
(which is a shame, these chains can often out price other local stores that have 20+ employees out of business, leaving 14 people forced to change careers or remain unemployed)
I worked at Walgreens before. When the line gets 3+ we get on the intercom and say “IC3, IC3”. Get it, I see three people. That means the stickers have to come and man some registers.
Here in the Philippines, we also have the unclickable buttons and the bidet, as well as the convenience store (7-Eleven).
I don't know why this video made it seem like only Japan has it and no country in the world does.
Some malls in our country also have a guideline for escalators to walk on the left and stand on the right, but nobody follows them, lol 🤷♂️
@@BellalisDopeIC3 IS SO SMART!! we had “code red” to mean “theres more than 3 people in line and i need help up here” but it started scaring the customers i laugh even thinking abt it now 😭😭
Best country I've visited, we loved the people as much as these nice little touches.
I live in Europe, and we have the cashier thing, the leg heating thing, the kids going to school alone thing and the "elevator etiquette" thing too!
Where in Europe? I've never seen the leg heating thing in France or anywhere else in Western Europe
In London but not on the underground only leg warm things on some of the overground lines
@@Lvsl_iftdv
Most french trains have heating.
They are mostly near the floor bc yhe hot air goes up. It's not always very visible since its on the side of the trains
@@mangotuna9197 What kind of train? TGV? TER? RER? Paris métro? I've seen the heater beside the window on TGVs but never a leg heating system like she mentions in the video.
@loulou785741, that's my bad. I didn't see what she meant. I thought she just meant heating near the ground on a train. I didn't understand that it was directly on the legs
I mean a lot of stuff like the cashier, elevator and kids getting around on their own is pretty normal in Europe. The last is common like everywhere except North America. I walked myself to preschool. Kids are just little humans and capable of a lot more than North America trusts them with.
Many kids use public transportation to get to school in Toronto, it’s not even safe it’s just the only way
In fairness though, most of the US and some other parts of North America aren’t super walkable or don’t offer a ton of options for public transport. They’re specifically designed for movement by cars. Honestly though, even if it was I wouldn’t be surprised if cars or school buses would be used anyways lol
@@Laurel_Lemon I mean the mentality is so different. There is this UA-cam that talks about city planning (I don’t remember the name) that got sued for letting his 8 & 10 year olds uns public transport on trained routs. In Canada. Like that’s normal in the rest of the world and in Canada it’s child neglect🤨
It's wild to me that people do that, because that's how your child ends up going missing.
I mean preschool? That is just insane. You don't have the reasoning skills as a five-year-old, to understand what is dangerous and what is not like you do when you are teen and older. 💀
@@Sandfrauthat's insane to let a child that young do that.... I think about myself at that age, and how I just didn't understand danger like I did as I got older. That is so terrifying.
All it takes is one person, to do something to your child. You only need to look up the sex offender registries around the world, to understand how serious of an issue it is...
As an indonesian,
1. We can unclick elevator buttons
2. All toilets have bidets
3. We can get solid meals in convenience stores
4. More cashiers come out if the line gets too long
5. We can use our public transportation cards for everything
Most countries in asia are similar, but Japan is just really really disciplined!! Theyre amazing people
depending on where you live also
i live in singapore and we also have all of these
Exactly
Malaysia has all of this too! My apartment elevator buttons does the same. 😆 I never thought it was unique to the west.
True
I wanted to say this too lol
Some of this is Scandinavian too. Children taking public transport, there's self checkout at stores you don't need to stand in line or wait for a cashier. And people respect the lines in escalators. You stand in the right unless you are in a hurry, so you can easily just run through it in the left lane.
"Ah the toilet's singing, Kiko's taking a dump"
😂😂😂
As a teenager living in Poland, I haven't been daily dropped off and picked up from school the moment I started the 2nd semester of 4th grade. Most places in europe actually have safe public transit. Like- they started to teach us public transport etiquette in 1st grade if not earlier.
Same with Canada, I bussed or biked to school almost every day
Same in Italy I started taking the train for almost an hour every day and before I biked or walked to school
Same in Québec. I _never once_ was walked to school, not ever. Same for everybody else. Grades 1 to 4 were a short walk away, afterwards it was public transportation until high school when there were school buses. It was a different time.
I live in NYC and I have been on a school bus twice, I started taking public transit by myself when I was 11
Same in Norway
Japan is beautiful as a tourist but my sister works as an IT consultant there and she has faced SA issues while commuting through train due to ehich she had to shift jobs closer to home and start travelling with bicycle
She also loves Japan but for an extrovert like her she admits that Japan is very depressing and that she might move onto the next country her company assigns her to when given the chance
Japan is such a great place, wish I could live there❤
I saw on Takashi that young kids going somewhere alone will wear little yellow hats which signify that they may require a little bit of help getting to their destination. 🥺
It's a cute lil flag for kidnappers
@@beanie_szyslak425💀
@@beanie_szyslak425to clarify: this guy is being sarcastic
@@patricksteinsen1147 just put on the tiny yellow hat and shhhh
@@beanie_szyslak425kidnapping is super rare in Japan because they don't have a cartel problem because they enforce their borders
Half of those had me going "I'm glad I'm in Germany where that's the case, too." 😊
Glad you're enjoying your trip!
Yesss trueee
I'm in Switzerland and thought the same thing! I love trains having heating in the winter and AC in the summer, people standing on the right side of an escalator so others can pass by easily or more cashiers coming out when the line gets too long.
Except for unclicking the buttons in an elevator! That'd be so cool! 😂
Public toilets in Germany are awful and disgusting.
@@regig.9493 That's why I said half of! ;)
And it depends: The ones you have to pay a bit tend to be decent.
“It’s literally safe enough for them to do so” says someone who clearly didn’t grow up in Japan. Sexual assault on trains is RAMPANT. Look it up. An uncomfortable amount of children will say they’ve been sexually abused on a train at least once, whether that’s being groped, touched, or more.
Nice. I’m moving to japan
now lets talk about the new york subway...
@@ToniToniChopaaaayy 😎
Yes, obviously nowhere is perfect;- but its not as bad as NY or LA or London, in regards to violent sexual crime. Thats the only criticism people bring up when it comes to Japan...
The truth is its one of the safest countries in the world. They all share the same values and culture. They said no to diversity and mass immigration and as a result they still have their cultural identity and they have the third largest economy and they're the worlds largest creditor.
Please... we in the west should be so lucky.
@@jimmythe-gent 13.
It would be hilarious if the privacy mode in the bathrooms just made loud poop sounds 😂
😂😂😂
I went twice - I would say it’s pretty safe. I wouldn’t say it’s the safest. I’m a woman and went on vacation with my female friend. And we had a guy stalk us to our Airbnb. It was frightening. The positive thing was that we went to a 711 and they helped hold us there and offered to help.
OK,we believe you
I agree the main reason why they left her alone was because she seemed to always be with her male companion which makes sense. I traveled there for a work trip and as an afro-latina woman I was stalked and leered at often. At one point it felt like I was back home in Latin America with the aggressive sexual interest and it showed so two of my gay male colleagues took pity on me and started hanging out with me to protect me. With two males that weren't interested in me the trip was much more fun since I got less attention from creeps. It was awkward fun being the third wheel in a gay love affair though, I wanted them to enjoy time on their own even though they insisted they were afraid for me so we worked around it so we had a balance since they wouldn't leave me alone after I came back to the hotel shooked up from being groped in the trains. Other than that it's truly such an unique, fun country that I think people should try to experience even once since it does feel like visiting another planet. No one knows how to enjoy every little thing in life like these people do.
@@proudmen1220so you believe everything is all nice and fine but not when something bad happens?
I live in Japan here are some thoughts.
1. Un-clicking elevators are not exclusive to japan. It’s more depends on the manufacturer. I once used a Schindler elevator in Germany that has this feature as well.
2. Western toilet ( those high tech toilet ) is very common in big cities but not rural parts of japan. But most of them have already caught on.
3. Standing at one side of escalator is a MUST. Which side to stand is depending on region, but never block the walking side especially in metro stations if you don’t want to get cold shouldered by Japanese commuters.
“Western” toilet..? It’s asian toilet. I RARELY find it in weestern countries.
Why are you devaluing every positive thing she said about Japan?? What on earth…your comment reeks of animosity and it is very uncomfortable to observe. Either leave this beautiful nation or seek therapy to figure yourself out. Wtf did I just read…Western toilets??? Nowhere in the US did I find these toilets except private homes where the tenants BOUGHT them. Huh?? The buttons in elevators are COMMON in Japan…and UNCOMMON elsewhere..,that is the point 😂😂🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🙄🙄
My father works for Schindler! That's cool to hear. Had a feeling it wasn't specific to the region, Schindler is a major name on elevators as well
@@dteenagewitch360 search on google images for "asian toilet". That's a western toilet.
@@dteenagewitch360 That's how japanese call it.
Walk around at 3am by yourself without your bf….
You can walk alone there! No problem!
@@lunae12 there's a really bad sexual assault problem in Japan, and there has been for years.
@@grahamlopez3742you watch too many Japanese porno lol no there is no SA on the streets in Japan. I walked around Tokyo during 1-6am all the time no problem.
@@lunae12I mean you’re not wrong, she can walk alone but she’ll probably get sexually assaulted on the way
@@lunae12okay then you try. Lets see if you can even walk the next day
i thought the escalator thing was kinda worldwide. everyone stands on the right (or left, depending on the generally agreed side) and the right is free to walk up
The kids taking themselves to school is legit. We were at a train station, gosh I forgot where in Japan, and I saw a four year old girl, nice and sharp in her school uniform, walking alone to her train. I was simultaneously flabbergasted and impressed.
Even 4 year olds? 😮😮 omg, I ive in the Netherlands and I take my son (who's 4 year old!!) to school every day!
In Germany the kids start going to school alone at age 6 to 7 🤔 a four year old seems a bit too young, because especially when the way is a bit longer (experience from my own 4 year old) they can’t remember the ways completely accurate and that leaves room for getting lost 😅 (and to be clear here: my sons way is 6 stations with one bus, he knows the part where we go by foot very good but on the bus his orientation is not as good and sometimes he mixes up the bus stops. That’s why I think he is still too young.)
We used to do that in the USA just 30-40 years ago
Well, 10,000 kids go missing a year in Japan sooo maybe it's not the safest place on the earth and people should reconsider letting their kids travel alone. Guarantee that's when they get snagged by some creep.
I don't think that Japanese children can get to school earlier than 6-7 years. Maybe, you mistook the kindergarten uniform for school? That one with yellow hat.
Those convenience stores look so great!! Actual real food! Not just junk
Believe it or not I once took the Greyhound from Orlando to Pittsburgh and when the bus broke down, we were near a convenience store that had coolers w all sorts of decent real meal foods and it was open very late.
I avoid convenience stores except for an occasional morning coffee while traveling or on vacation, but except for Texas where lots of migrant workers live (that's legitimate migrant workers, not invaders) where they have hot food counters & booths or tables & chairs, I've never seen real food or good food at a convenience store in the States.
Unchecking elevator buttons would cause way too many elevator brawls in the west
😂😂😂
That is a fact 😂
You’re right…bad on the US. Just a bunch of grunts with no manners or patience
Only use it when on with an obnoxious child who punches all of them. It happens more than you’d think.
I get the purpose but as a woman, I would be concerned some random would un click my button and ...it would be esky unsafe.
The escalator thing applies in London too: I just went there and you stand on the right, walk on the left. This in particular applies in the metro system.
In America, the reason another cashier doesn't come out is because they understaff on purpose to reduce budget. If you don't like it, stop shopping there. The only reason they're doing it is because they're still profiting.
You’re right…good customer service is rare in the US. Pathetic that it has become the norm
@@deevnnthey don't pay enough for the people to try that hard from what I know
As an American cashier who's worked in retail over 6 years...we do actually do this. XD Maybe not everywhere, obviously I can't speak to every store. But at least ours does, it's a major chain and it's also company policy.
If you think japan has it better than the “rest of the world” you haven’t traveled or researched best quality of life. Visiting japan ok. Born in japan deals with shame ,overwork, nearly impossible to date for some, high suicide incidences etc.. every place has similarities and differences but no place is utopia. Weeaboos love the japanese more than the japanese revel in each other, creating (along with anime and manga) a huge hype in western culture that gets excited about every japanese difference- like …wow! Elevator buttons!! Amazing!!! Ooooo!! Ahhhh!!! I’d be more excited about countries with mandatory 8 weeks of vacation, good quality of life. BTW Lots of countries are safe enough for kids to go to school on public transportation. You must be comparing it to the usa to be so astounded.
Why tf is everyone suddenly criticizing Japan all the time. Everyone used to hate Asians, now they love Japan cuz of anime, now everyone’s over that so they go back to criticizing every single thing. Yeah, it’s not a good country but no country is good. Every country sucks and Japan isn’t special
@@bookwormd8627It’s in response to the romanticization of Japan. It’s important to remember that every country has its problems, and those problems should be highlighted so that greater awareness can be brought to them, and hopefully fixed in the future.
@@bookwormd8627its not critisisung. people(especially jaoenese) are tired of the blind glorification of japan when it has igs problems like everywhere else. its like if your dad abuses you but guests who only visit keeps raving about how hes amazing and must be a great advanced modern kind dad!
yeah exactly, they make it sound really amazing when it's cool but not that cool. Also the misconception about how "safe" it is at night whilst walking with her boyfriend at night.
@@bookwormd8627It's about pointing out that Japan isn't paradise and is a normal country with problems and often problems that many European countries for example don't have or have them on a far larger scale, also certain things in Japan are like back in the 60s, like being allowed to refuse service to non-Japanese people.
I was about to talk about the SA that happens there, but someone already covered it. I was also going to talk about how shit the pay tends to be and the working system but someone already covered that too. Its good to see people informing others.
Americans when Japan does something: 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️🥺🥺🥺🥺
Americans when another country does it:😐 “propaganda”
As a customer, it is great to have shops open at 3 am and employees ready whenever it gets busy, but those employees are probably working overtimes and underpaid because that is the work culture of Japan.
Or they’re just the night shift 😅
@@Jefftato Yes, they are.
nobody is forcing them to work there
@@transatlanticize, sure. Nothing except the whole societal structure.
Ngl i was half expecting this list to be "the workers are so accommodating", I'd cry lmao. Japan may be beautiful and all that but the work culture is just disgusting.
In NYC middle schoolers and high schoolers take public transit to school by themselves we even get a free student metro card
Yes but they're are homeless people doing crack and bipoc folks shoving elderly women onto a moving train
Most of the things mentioned are not just in Japan.
I live in the UK and I started going to school myself when I was 9. The first time I ever went out myself I was around 6.
The escalator rule is a massive thing in UK, particularly the London Underground. The only people who break it are tourists or people who are new to the system, and they quickly get politely cussed at and trampled over by people in a rush who are late to work.
Also, I've been on many lifts where you can unpress a button, so definitely not just in Japan.
In literally every supermarket and lots of corner shops here you can get a meal deal for around £3, which is basically a drink of your choice, a snack/side of your choice, and a main of your choice which can be pastas, salads, sandwiches, wraps, sushi, or something else of your choice. Not just Japan.
a meal deal for 3£? in Germany you get a small bottle of water for this (little bit exagerated, but almost true in certain places).
it's £3.40 with a tesco clubcard
@@mattlage2640 that's because all shops have been making them more and more expensive for about a year now. It's a shame really.
@@sigourneyburton3387Wow! And many Brits still love to complain about their living standards.
Same here in Belgium, this is just an American that left the US and is surprised that stuff is different and people respect eachother in other countries.
Literally-
Thing anywhere else in the world: "ugh so lame, stupid, unoriginal and boring..."
Thing in Japan: "omg so awesome, cool, unique and innovative!!!"
When I moved to America at like 10 I think I was so upset and confused that I couldn’t walk or take public transportation to school anymore (I came from Seoul Korea)
Fr most city don’t have public transportation and the ones that do r dirty and sketchy
NO PLACE on this earth is SAFE. Please never say this. Young women especially hear it so much they assume it’s okay to not use their normal precautions and bad things happen.
What are normal precautions? Just asking as a Finnish person.
There are countries that are extremely safe for women at night though and Japan is not one of them.
@@Pisquit Doesn't Finland have the highest SA rate in the world? Considering not all are reported its disturbing.
True. All vulnerable ppl need to be very careful wherever they go. All these countries that used to claim to be safe have been invaded by ppl of other cultures wh calls for a change of strategy when out and about.
@@Pisquitdon't be lazy. You can Google that. It's international.
When I was working in a Japanese company, it had a very demanding job, it was tough. However, the toilet was really great and clean that it was my source of comfort. They polished it every day. The toilet paper was always folded neatly. It smelled really good, too. I haven't seen any better toilets than what I had in there. 😂
Jesus Christ what a sad story... It gets better yo
Over-compensating “nice conveniences” by Japanese government are some of the tradeoffs for working salaried careers an wageslave jobs for the corporations at 60,80, even 100 hours PER week. The structural worker-bee enslavement system instituted in Japan and other countries literally makes many business men’s lives just working 12 hour workdays 5-6 days/week.
It is no way to live long term as free human beings as a westerner imo.
Japan is a buddhist, shinto, atheistic/agnostic nation and is very different from the West.
There are great things about the Japanese culture, it’s food, and of course it’s great people, however I think the fringes of Japanese society are already approaching a big-tech “distopian cyberpunk” like nature, which is mass surveillance, cameras, and monitoring of it’s citizens.
I believe it is one of the nations that has provided the real life blueprint example for the globalists/nwo of using big tech, policing control, business corporations/monopolies and government laws to regulate polite behaviour, non-violence, and utmost respect for authority figures, bosses, etc. All the strict guidelines (some necessary) place 100+ million peoples into a very small space area wise on the map.
It’s no wonder that there has to be Sooo many entertaining distractions like outrageous tv shows, neon lights, eating, shopping, drinking, pron industry an prostitution areas that can resemble the main strip in Las Vegas. To placate the masses brave new world style, you need all sorts of fun an outrageous gameshows, neon entertainment, hyper-aesthetic food plating an display, vices, novelties and escapes to distract from the structural underbelly of the corporate system in place.
Many americans or westerners couldn’t handle it.
Weird flex but okay. The safety at 3 am was my favorite
A top notch public toilet is a true miracle
Imagine travelling the world and then making the most oblivious video ever.
for real tho
Oblivious?
Oblivious to what? Or is there no substance to your criticism?
@@gerax16 oblivious to how stuff is outside cal
@@gerax16 I think they're referring to the fact she confidently stated that as a woman you can safely walk around at 3am, despite sexual assault being one of if not the most common crimes in japan
Some of the things are the same in Germany too. Heated trains, kids use public transportation, more cashier's come when the line is long.
I think the fact that you were with your boyfriend played a huge factor in how safe you were. I went with a group, but almost every time I went out by myself in the evening, I got grabbed or had my ass smacked 😢
Straight up touching people? Now that’s weird… was this in Tokyo?
@@agarsrishhappens all the time on trains in Japan. Molestation and SA is huge.
Yeah I think this creator is just ignorant and not thinking about people that travel alone. Sorry to hear you experienced that, sounds awful.
@agarsrish It was, but I also had pictures taken of myself and my legs while I was going through the countryside 🤷 and I was with guys as well. I'm snow white with red hair, so I suppose you could say it was due to fascination, but still 🤦♀️
@@desertrose3511 as a japanese person who lives here, SA does not happen all the time on trains lol. you just hear about it online a lot because thats the only common crime that happens in japan.
The staying on the one side of escalators so others can walk past you rule is actually in my college campus. I wish it was everywhere, it helps when you are on a rush
This is the norm, in the UK.
@@sinceslicedbread7422the London Underground is the only place I’ve seen it happen
@@sinceslicedbread7422and Australia
@@LouisHollll I see it on all escalators in London, apart from airports because there are lots of foreigners. It is definitely the norm.
it's normal here in Belgium too
Um, I don't think Tokyo is safe to walk around at 3 am...
Not alone is maybe what they meant
Late but shes from the us i think forgieners dont realizes just how fucked up the US is can be some of our citys like baltimore has 60-70% of the city as a huge ghetto full of gang violence i have storys my freinds have storys of us walking through really bad parts of european citys and not even knowing that the area was dangerous. Look up baltimore ghetto or kensigton avenue and compare that to japense ghettos there a dinffrance.
The escalator one and the last one are the same in DC. It's pretty nice honestly.
We do the escalator rule in England too, you have to stand on the right side so people on the left can run up if they have somewhere to go. We can easily tell if someone is a tourist because they stand on the left😂
Wish it was like this in the US
Instead, you have a bunch of people running right up the middle or standing in the middle of exit and entryways staring at their phones.
Same in France. You have to stand on the right and walk up on the left.
@@retiredbore378 And half of them don't care so you have to ask anyway or wait painfully
Same in Canada. People will tell you to move if you are on the wrong side. I thought this was normal behaviour 😂
its called having manners
Oh, you're so innocent. Japan is most certainly NOT a safe place, especially for women. Sexual assault is common in Japan, but is severely underreported. If you're a woman walking with your boyfriend/husband, or even just a close male friend, you'll be okay. But if you're traveling as a solo woman, you definitely need to keep an eye on the people around you. Pay attention, keep yourself safe.
Yes it is.
What you just said is true of literally everywhere in the world
@@ToniToniChopaaa I get you like anime but it’s OK to admit that Japan has its faults it’s not some perfect fantasy land
@@jarnold1789 yes and?
@@bishibibi well, im a man, so I don’t really care
To be fair half this stuff also happens in Australia. I’ve been to 16+ countries and I’m currently in Indonesia and the fact I can’t unselect lift buttons has really really annoyed me at the hotel especially when people press the down one and get annoyed as it takes ages and walk the stairs and I’m going up and can’t unselect down.
There was a a girl from the UK in my class and while we were walking to carpool, she was explaining to me how she found the transportation system odd because in the UK, they take public transportation home instead of individual busses, and she said that It'd take like an hour or so to get home. I thought that was odd, but seeing this video make me realize that the United States is literally so unsafe that kids like me are just used to it and would rather question why that's safe rather than why the united states is unsafe. It honestly kind of sad that kids in the US are just desensitized to this and dont even realize how bad it is.
Edit: i just asked my mom and she thought the exact same thing that i did. We really need to fix a lot of things in the US, society really is fucked up, i don't even know if theres any saving society anymore.
I’m not even Japanese but I can speak with my full chest when I say it’s NOT the safest country in the world.
I dont remember them saying that
they did however say you could just walk around at night because it is that safe in Japan. Which it is not unless you're either male or in a group. @@alphavegas1
nobody said it was
I'm Japanese but can confirm, some places are not. Compared to all other Western nation however, very chilling.
Americans don’t let their children walk around like that because of numbers of children that disappeared and were ‘found’ during the golden age of serial killers. And on top of that, fears of predators and rumors of child traffickers kidnapping children have added to that 6 decades old fear.
My parents used to trick or treat in the late 60’s as children by themselves, until a couple of children a few years in a row throughout their state (FL) went missing on Halloween and were found…well you can easily find those stories if you’re interested, but they’re f*cked up and graphic. After that in the 70’s, my grandparents refused to let them trick or treat alone and made them go with friends. And they couldn’t go without a TRUSTED adult or group of adults who could keep an eye on them. My mom’s mother was especially insistent on that.
My mom continued that with my older sister and I, and we’d either go to her mothers house and trick or treat with my cousins, or they’d come over to our neighborhood. That’s a standard practice now for Americans on Halloween, or you have parties where you can safely give them candy. But you never let go by themselves anywhere like in Japan, you’re asking for them to become a morbid statistic.
I remember my time in elementary school where I had to walk there with a group and the oldest always led the group was kinda fun tbh
Nice you managed to squeeze in the Nakano Sunmall at the end of this reel. Also, do no overlook the little Refu-Tei (れふ亭) o-yaki shop there at the right of the Sunmall entrance. From sweet anzu, imo or custard to sausage and mayo, its 'hot off the griddle' treats are a knockout (especially for kids!); and the line in front should give you an indication of just how locally popular they are. 👍😉✨
There’s a tradition in Japan that when a child is around 5 years old, they’re supposed to go run an errand by themselves and come back home. To teach them independence and responsibility.
😂 hey kid- here’s some cash , go grab me a pack of smokes and a 6 pack…and there better be change!
Lol right? Could you imagine that happening in LA or NY, or Chicago?!? It’s like well, that baby belongs to the streets now.
How incredibly safe a country must be to little children to have THAT as a tradition.
“My kid left the house saying he had to pick up some milk and I haven’t seen him since. That little bastard abandoned the family!”
That's just brainless. Idc how safe the country supposedly is. That's bad parenting
Uk here, the school, cashier and train escalator things are things here too
Interesting bc when I was in the UK last summer if I was walking in a crowded area, like a busy sidewalk, I couldn't figure out which side of the crowd to be on.
@@leahyvonne1572 Walking on the pavement wasn't mentioned though?
Agreed - Londoner here - it’s just an unwritten rule that you stand on the right side of the escalators. Always took myself to school from age 10
@@leahyvonne1572that’s only a big problem in London, and it happens because British people culturally keep to the left while most foreigners stick to the right. In a global city like London, that creates a bit of a mess, but it’s not British peoples fault, it’s just that people don’t follow the local rules. British school kids are raised to stick to the left in corridors.
@@user-ed7et3pb4o I've never been to London. I was in Manchester for 1 night, York, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Belfast, Fishguard, Bath, and then really small places like the Orkney islands. I never said it was anyone's fault. I just said I couldn't figure out where to be. So I found it interesting that OP said there is a correct side to walk on escalators or anywhere else, bc it confirmed there was a "correct" way, I just didn't see it.
Most elevators in North America have an unclick feature, it’s just sorta counterintuitive. If you press any number 5 times quickly, it will reset the all buttons that have been pressed.
Part of the Japanese inventions that are so pleasant is their culture of responsibility and kindness.
A lot of these things are also like this in Germany. For example most kids take themselves to school.
Right? I live in the US but many of my classmates walk/bike to school
Same in the UK. I know teenagers in London who take the underground regularly and I've been on train journeys to cities with my friends before as a 15 year old.
Several decades ago there was a fella from Germany that considered the Japanese to be Asian Aryans.
I live in Canada and starting in the 6th grade 95% of kids walk, bike, or bus to and from school. I also went to primary school in Germany and would take myself to school. Was not the safest thing but public transport works if you know what your doing.
@@melonmelon309 from my experience in Germany I went to school alone starting from the first grade of elementary school and most kids started around that time. But it was safe. I don’t know where in Germany that was but I live in a big city where it’s pretty safe most of the time
Kids not being able to just go out on their own and be safe anymore is sad, it's great there are still places where it's normal
Just went to Japan and the heating train seats killed me! I was sooo hot and I literally had to hold my feet up cause I was burning up
Yeah when she mentioned that it sounded like torture lol. Pretty much every train I’ve ever been on in the winter in Europe has too much heat , and they don’t have leg warmers
In Australia, there is the escalator rule. Also, students always travel to and from school by train and it is legit so normal, no one twitches an eye. After school, trains in my area are 99% filled with students in uniform...
it confused me so much to hear them be so surprised that people take the train to school 😭
and not just trains either..not uncommon for kids to ride their pushies (pushbikes) great distances to school. I was abt 11 i think when I rode to my primary school and recently retraced the way I took in my car and it was up and down hills and a long way 😂 but we just did it, kept us fit and we liked it! ❤
i live in the us and was confused when she said that lol everyone takes public transit but maybe thats just my area
Same in UK 😊
When she says kids I think she means very little kids. When I was in Japan I saw kids as young as 6-7 years old taking trains on their own. They’re taught from a young age to be independent
“If true lines get too long, more cashiers come out!”
America could never.
They do these at a bunch of places wdym
@@frieddoorhandles A magical thing called a joke.
This is outsiders perspective which may seem amazing but to live it is a different matter. I grew up there but I removed myself from Japan because of these things. In order to be part of that society, you are stripped of individuality. Japan has the highest conviction rate in the world. This means anyone accused of a crime, you will end up in jail. There are no innocent until proven guilty. More like guilty even innocent. The accusations alone, you will be excommunicated from the community. All the services you were privileged to have will be gone.
Is it safe to say Japan is amazing compared to most other countries? I assume the person that created the video isn’t considering Japan as “heaven” where everything is “perfect.”
The conviction rate isn’t that high because they just convict everyone who’s arrested. It’s that high because they only arrest people who they have enough evidence to guarantee a conviction. So, yeah, you’re going to be an outcast because everyone knows they must have some serious shit on you if you got arrested.
Sounds like it works
@@adamg574 time to accuse you of rape 💅
The privacy buttons in the bathroom, that is peak.
So I studied abroad in Japan in Spring 2016 (our local station was about a 40 minute ride to Osaka). I will say, as a foreigner who didn’t wear skirts, I felt safer going out at night than I do back home in the states. I even felt safe enough to do a solo trip to Tokyo for a couple days when my finals ended early prior to our closing ceremony/“graduation”
However, I do know that there’s a problem on trains specifically, to the point where on some there are women only cars (actually ended up in one on a trip into Osaka and it was very nice).
There were a couple times when I was on the train when the little kids were let out of school, and it was sweet to see the small groups of them. You’d see every now and then people glancing over to check on them. It was sweet
Ugh and the conbini food 😩 I miss the conbini so much. They were glorious. The food was always good, and if you got a meal that could be heated, I’d be asked if I wanted them to heat it up 🥲
I miss the heated toilet seats though 😂 my friends and I were debating if we could buy toilet seats and fit them in our suitcases to bring home 😅
And if you only know
English?
@@elliot1784 I don’t understand your question, I’m sorry. I knew enough Japanese to get around. Not fluent by any means and I probably sounded like a toddler, but I could help tourists get around, especially after a month or 2.
I had that thought when I saw woman mentioning SA I’d see a lot of Japanese pron videos where it’s basically a man molesting a woman (sometimes wearing a schoolgirl outfit) on a train, a lot of the pron too the actors act like they don’t like it and want it to stop but the man pushes on, it must breed an unhealthy mindset to say the least and I’d just watch in awe like this doesn’t feel legal. Again I know it’s acting but it says something about the culture.
@@nofearofwater Or I know in visual novels I’ve played sometimes there’s a scenario where the main character has some guy trying to take an upskirt shot or sees someone try to do that to someone else. I never witnessed it myself over there (and I tend to be a bit paranoid and maybe a little over vigilant side especially when alone 😥) but it has to at least be enough of a thing where there are female only cars either during work/school commute times and/or permanently ya know? I’m just nervous wearing skirts, if I can’t feel it hitting my knees or lower it’s like I’m always running the back of my hand over it to make sure nothing’s showing so I just tend to avoid it all together, but you shouldn’t have to wear shorts/cheer shorts/not wear skirts to avoid a creep ya know?
you actually can unclick buttons in other elevators- you just have to hold down the button for it then click which one you wanna unclick (from usa btw)
No way!
@claireandpeter or double clicking
maybe some but its not very common
@jacksmith-vs4ct yea? i thought it was that's why i shared it-
In India also it is very common
Hello i am from Germany and some of the stuff you mentioned is also very common here. Like the Trains are heated and kids and teens also use public transportation from and to school and to their hobbies this is sometimes not the case for some country areas…Many also take their bike. And the escalator rule is also implanted in Germany. Like literally NO ONE goes against the escalator „rule“ 😂
But i love the video ❤
Right? In Latvia we also do that stuff, don't know about the elevator though, haven't heard one person complain that that's a problem even
i’m so proud of my country 🇯🇵
Pride in a country is just a form of ignorant thinking.
When you go to a new place you don't go wanting to have a bad time, so you're predisposed to notice the good stuff first.
Dumb comment. Where exactly do you go "wanting to have a bad time?"
@@forwardmoving8252 To a funeral I suppose.
After 7 years total in Japan, I've never encountered an elevator that had such buttons. I guess newer elevators allow you to unclick buttons, but not all of them for sure.
Someone said it depends on the elevator manufacturer
They do the escalator thing in NYC too, at least if you're a local. The problem is tourist have no clue they're supposed to do that.
yeah and kids taking public transportation to school by themselves in nyc too.
@@bignonoIamAgirl true
We need the escalator etiquette over here in Australia. Definitely. Maybe not so much the heated items.
Japanese going to exotic locations with minimal technology: "wow this is a legit different world"
Visited Tokyo twice in the mid 1970s. Absolutely amazed by the general cleanliness of the public spaces. Still don’t understand why the US doesn’t have bullet trains
The US doesn't invest in infrastructure because it funds the M.I.C. War is $$$
Sadly, the true reason is lobbying from the oil and gas companies: they make more if everyone uses a car and don't use public transport. That's why all tram lines were destroyed in the '40s.
Japan has the 3rd largest economy in the world and yet is only 144,000 square miles. Compared to the US 3.5 million square miles. So it makes some degree of sense. It costs a lot less to connect Japan with public transport and there's a lot less "empty space" between points of interest.
Also Japan has the advantage of having very little military spending and less corporate corruption compared to the US.
@@annekekramer3835THIS!! NOBODY talks about this enough! Our country is a victim of lobbies and barons for over a century or two!
@@paulj6805
Those reasons you gave are nonsensical. It’s not about the money or military. Oil lobbies and capitalism are to thank for a total lack of a robust public transportation system.
My fondest memories as a child were walking places with my cousins in Mexico. After we moved back to America, I was so sad I couldn’t freely walk around outside 😅 things are different here for sure!
Pues en México tampoco más bien tus papas no te cuidaron bien porque en México te roban no mames yo nací y creci en México en los 90s qué fue cuando México estuvo tranquilo sin tanta violencia fue en los 2000 qué los carteles empezaron a robarse niños
Japan makes perfect sense. The world needs to learn from this country on 90% of things
Americans would unclick other people's buttons, we can't have nice things
Wow that's so rude!
This is true sadly
@@ultimatebishoujo29 but why would they be such an asshole to a complete stranger!? That's crazy
a lot of this stuff isn’t just a japan rule. i’m in australia and most kids get to school with public transport themselves and the elevator rule applies here too just some people break it. there are more cashiers here too when the line is long
It’s really nice of you to bring the homeless guy on your trip with you. He looks pretty tired in most clips (probably recovering addict) but you’re energy I’m sure is brightening his day! Hope in humanity restored! ❤
Dude what?😅😂
🥹❤️🤝🫶
😂😂😂
It sounds like soneone is jealous! 😂
😂😂😂
"You can walk around at 3 at night feel completely safe"
In my same scroll i literally saw how there are posters on how to not sexually harass a woman, separate train cars for women and well just how sad the situation is
Been travelling to and from school without an adult since kindergarten...
Where? I wouldn't attempt that anywhere at all in the US.
@JoyHarrison I'm American so this was mid 90s until I graduated h.s.
@@RavenMoonChild00 I'm glad nothing happened to you as a small child. Even small-built middle or high school children can get easily snatched.
The bigger ones can fight back.
I really do not get it why you accept kidnappings just like that. Some countries just would raise hell if even One child was taken! We would have an army on the street if there was as many kidnappings as you if ANY!
@Helena-ox7cr Good point. It seems that America doesn't care much about children. This lack of concern for children shows, too, in America's response to school shootings.
I like the people raising issue with the safety thing.
This should be titled things that happen outside of the USA
Most things here can be found in the us…
Japan looks and feel like home definitely have to give it a visit
One of our favorite places we’ve traveled to so far and can’t wait to hopefully go back and visit again!!
@@claireandpeter hopefully y’all do wonderful vid btw
@@claireandpeterThe most common and favorite saying of parents in Japan is the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. The thing is Japan is like this because they heavily bully and shame children from the time they are born for any type of individuality or standing out. And that's why it's so safe. So I personally believe this is why we should advocate for more shaming of children. The US is an individualistic society and the downsides of that is a lot of crime and people who literally only care about themselves. But if we become a collectivist society like Japan we wouldn't have these problems of people being selfish and entitled. So frankly everyone who is against shaming and bullying children for their differences is really pro crime and selfishness. Because the only way to truly solve the crime rate and violence rate is to completely change the way children are taught. They should be taught to be collectivists not individualists. It's for the greater good
@@WhitneyDahlinmmmm I wonder why their suicide rate is so high…..
Japan is great to visit. Not so much for living long term as a non-Japanese, most Gaijin(non-Japanese) go back home after a couple of years. But better test it yourself.
I lived in Japan for 5 years and went to main land a couple of times for travel, and it was just beautiful. I got super hungry at 3 in the morning and just walked to a 7-Eleven and a family mart and grabbed a banger snack from the hot snack area at the front.
as someone who is pee shy, i need the privacy button to be everywhere
Japan so totally rocks! You nailed everything! 😂
The escalator one i think is in a lot of countries
There's a special place in hell for people who block the escalator by not standing on only one side of it.