Sensei, you are strong to talk about these situations. Definitely, women segregation in Japan shouldn't be normalized as it is. I hope more Japanese women bring awareness to this matter until there is an international pressure for this culture to change. But I'll bring another perspective to the table. Europe can be welcoming to foreigners, but it depends on the color of their skin. As a Brazilian, most of the news I get from Spain is when Vinicius Jr. receives racist attacks while playing for Real Madrid. He's currently one of the best players in the world and is forcing Spain society to discuss the matter. Some attacks he gets which are culturally accepted in Spain can lead to jail in Brazil, which has its problems but where this debate is more advanced than in Europe. I don't even follow football, but these racist attacks get the headlines. I'm not even black, and I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I just wanted to share this perspective from a part of the world that once was an European playground, and now get them mad when we show that we deserve respect.
Thank you for pointing out the VERY important perspective! I'm an Asian and I get discriminative attitude on streets once in a while, but my passport is very strong and also, people are nice to me once I tell them my country's name. I have many non-white friends with weak passports, and I feel so frustrated to see how the Spanish society treat them differently from how they do to me. The racism, the innocence or the incapacity of emphasizing with others that many privileged people have make me very sad and mad everyday.
@@rapphhael This is one reason for my move out of the US as a white person. It hurts to see people who look like me mistreat people who look different so harshly. If people treat me as the other once in a while I'll live, but it is so discouraging when that kind of person expects you to join in with them
@sayasjapaneselessonit’s not even racism. It’s the reputation of a country. Japan and Japanese have extremely good reputation in the world bc Japanese are nice and polite. While countries like China have the opposite reputation. Chinese are rude, dishonest and disrespectful. Of course people will have different images of them.
not every country has to become the same slop culturally. its not as progressive as you think it is. especially considering the west is on a freefall in terms of living quality in every realm
I never thought id see the day where a Japanese person openly speaks about some of the more dire issues in Japan without sugar-coating it. I appreciate your honesty so much. Keep doing you and its great that you have found another country where you feel more comfortable and accepted. 🙏
In any country, I think some of us feel like a foreigner in our own country, and there is something beautiful about moving abroad so people will treat you like it makes sense for you to be different because you're a real foreigner now. Sometimes it's not just about a specific country but giving ourselves the freedom to start over somewhere new
That's an interesting perspective. I never thought about it like that: "People will treat you like it makes sense for you to be different because you're a real foreigner now"
Well, if she comes to Toronto, she won't be treated like a foreigner. There are 1 million Chinese in Toronto. I don't see them as foreign and my wife who is Japanese seems to pass for Chinese if it were actually necessary, but it's not. There are a lot of Chinese-owned Japanese restaurants here.
I had a pretty good time living in Tokyo for 5 years (as a British guy, not a girl) but the weirdest thing I witnessed during my 5 years living there was a group of salary men sitting at the counter of a tonkatsu restaurant during their lunch break, one of them fell off their counter chair backwards onto the floor hitting the ground pretty hard, right in the middle of the restaurant. No one said a thing, no one looked at him, or even acknowledged it had happened, both the salary men and the staff. I just felt that was really strange and cold.
Hi Saya! I’m so happy I came across your podcast 😊 I am from Europe and have a similar experience and explanation as yours when asked why I haven’t remained in Japan to work after finishing my studies there. I majored in Japanese and English at university and did my research years at a university in Tokyo. In the past couple of years I’ve been working in a completely different field and lost my connections with Japanese and I truly miss the language, but the work culture and actual everyday life culture there does not suit me (a realisation I came to after 10 years or embedding myself into the studies, living and working with Japanese). Happy that I’ve found your podcast to get more Japanese input and soothe my longing for the culture & conversation practice 😁 it’s so easy to get rusty as years go by if I haven’t practiced. I respect and appreciate you for openly sharing your experience and thoughts and thank you for the very useful Japanese you are teaching 😊 good luck with all your endeavours!
Living in Japan is likely safer, especially for women, than living in Germany or Spain. The top reason Japanese women cite for liking their country is its high level of safety. Sexual crimes like groping are mostly confined to large cities, primarily in the Kanto region. Such crimes are not cultural but rather stem from factors such as the perpetually crowded trains in urban areas, the prevalence of introverted women who find it difficult to speak up, and Japan's unique environment where children commute alone. In fact, if you look at news reports and videos of offenders being caught for groping, you'll notice that there are quite a few foreign perpetrators as well. I think feeling that Japan’s social norms are oppressive or overly strict often comes from a lack of understanding of their effects. Once you understand their purpose and outcomes, they no longer feel oppressive, and you may even willingly adhere to them. I used to find Japan's culture oppressive and wanted to move abroad, but after coming to understand it better, I now feel glad that I stayed in Japan.
European woman here, whose immigration to Japan is the second in a lifetime. (The first time it was when I turned 11yo, my parents moved to Italy from our home country for work purpose. I lived in Italy for 19 years, got SAd, and other stuff kept happening similar to yours). Finally I found peace and tranquility. Italy tends to promote aggressive behavior of “let me take advantage of you before you will do it of me” in everything. I never learned to cope with it. It’s been 1.5 years now in Japan and I feel blessed every day not having to “keep up with Italians” (or perhaps I never learned the survival skills suitable for Italy). Before working in Japan, I worked in Italy and in Denmark. When people mention work life balance, they know nothing about how similar Japan and Italy are. With the exception being that Italy does not pay overtime if you work in the office, Japan does. And surprisingly in my industry I get to have better chance at career compared to Italy. Maybe I’m a rare lucky person. But I do like it so far. I only wish I had the same command of Japanese as the one I have of Italian and English, both not being my mother tongue. You are very brave. Thanks for speaking up. I’m glad you found the comfort outside the comfort zone. Probably we share some common traits. Good luck at life, sis
I am Spanish and live in Japan. I am learning Japanese here and I love how convenient life is, yet as a male, I feel life is way easier than for women and the gender gap is crazy. As a foreigner I don’t have the same social pressure so it feels like I’m not part of these rules, yet as a gay man, I find it ridiculous how society and especially government rejects lgbt people. I have lived in Mexico, Spain, Germany and Japan and can agree that Spain offers one of the best life qualities I’ve experienced although it’s not free of gender issues, misogyny and homophobia but there is a decent balance. What I appreciate about Japan is the peace on the streets and the safety (again I’m a male). Espero tengas una vida feliz en España :)
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Keep mixing serious topics with Japanese language, listening, teaching etc and your channel will definitely blow up
I think Japan has a lot of problems in common with my home country (Korea). Being frowned upon when wearing revealing clothes (for women) and hierarchical structure. Things are changing fast in Korea as young people are growing up, but I don't see such noticeable change in Japan just yet
Completely agree with the points you make about societal issues in japan. Also it's interesting that you mentioned germans are similar to japanese. I'm half german half japanese and i've always said that germany feels like the japan of europe or vice versa lol. To share my perspective on the matter: I grew up in germany but have also spent extended periods of time in japan multiple times (for work, internships, to see family). Personally I've realized that wherever I am, WHO I surround myself with is more important than WHERE I am. A few years back when I spent eight months in japan working in a restaurant with exclusively typical japanese people I felt quite lonely and out of place. Than a few years later I went back to japan, this time for an internship in an adverstising agency filled with open-minded japanese people (with experience living abroad), foreigners and half-japanese people. This time I felt WAY more comfortable, like i belonged. This completely changed my perspective on the type of experiences I can have living in japan. Similarly I can be in germany and feel completely out of place or at home, depending on the group of people i put myself in. I guess in the end it's just about finding people who share your mindset and values, no matter what country.
I lived about six years in Japan off and on, and this is the first time I've ever seen a Japanese person with a nose ring. At first I thought maybe it was an American woman who lived in Japan...
I used to live in Australia and I met a female friend from Japan. Once she pointed out her intention not to go back to Japan because of the social issues in Japan but she didnt say it in detail. now I know the reason.
No sé porque pero solo por las vibras estaba convencido de que viniste a España desde el comienzo del video. Me alegro mucho de que estes agusto aqui!!
I lived in Japan for about 15 years in total. I think the prevalence of weird porn encourages sexual harassment (they really should restrict or ban it), and old-fashioned attitudes about women's role in society. I liked the safety, cleanliness and orderliness of Japanese society, which I think comes from the homogeneity of culture, though that could get too rigid for me as well and I sometimes missed the more liberal attitudes and multiculture of Western countries. I also felt limited in my career options as a foreigner, though some foreigners settle in Japan and make successful careers. That's hard work though and you have to be quite an exceptional, determined character to do that successfully.
"I think the prevalence of weird porn encourages sexual harassment (they really should restrict or ban it), and old-fashioned attitudes about women's role in society" ---> This is a classic bias in which causality is confused: porn is like this because society and the way of thinking is that, not the opposite. I don't want to offend anyone, but believing that a specific area like porn (or music, cinema) influences society so profoundly is quite naive. The causality is exactly the opposite, but it certainly serves to find the scapegoat and not deal with society for what it is, it serves to hide the dust under the carpet.
@@valeriodallara5928 Porn is like that because the thinking of the people who ultimately control its production and distribution is like that, treating the opposite sex as sex objects and engaging in perverted sex.
very interesting! I am irish, and have lived in japan, china, thailand, spain and canada (i have been in caanda for 17 years and counting). i was in japan for 6 months, living in a sharehouse. there are so many things i love about japan, and i'm learning japanese, which is why i follow your channel. i didn't know the problems you mentioned were as bad as they are. i have always said to my friends, japan is perfect but i wouldn't want to live there cos of the work-life balance. but i had no idea the other problems were so frequent. i love spain, i lived there for 4 years more or less, and it's definitely a place i would retire to. i am not surprised you miss japanese food, my biggest dislike of spain is the monoculture. while i like spanish food, man it gets so boring after a while. but there are many pros to spain, i hope you like living there!
@sayasjapaneselesson I heard this too but then when talking about the topic people actually did not know Spanish food but rather Spanish bar food :) it's like saying Japanese food is ramen and sushi :)
Aprendí japonés hace 5 años porque en 2020, tuve una novia en españa que era japonesa y, por cosas de la vida (COVID), se tuvo que volver a Japón y lo acabamos dejando. Me gustan tus podcasts porque así practico y no se me olvida el japonés y porque hablas de temas muy interesantes. En concreto, en este podcast hablas del choque entre culturas y me gusta porque me he visto reflejado en mucho de lo que has dicho. Yo nunca he ido a Japón pero me encantaría ir y no quiero olvidar el idioma, aunque ahora tenga otras prioridades 😂 Me alegro mucho de que te guste España!!
I have dearly, and deeply loved Japan ever since I was young. I even went on exchange there in 2010 when I was 18. After graduating in 2016 (Ironically already studying abroad at that time in Norway) I contemplated doing what two friends of me did from exchange program: Go and move to Japan. They did it, but one always had low end idol jobs and the other worked odd jobs as well even with a high education. Both women, I might add. One moved back after a decade now and the other finally got a decent office job again but this time working for an Italian boss (she is Italian herself) since she just had no chance whatsoever in a Japanese company. I might be wrong, but IF I was born a white man instead of a white girl I might have moved. Why? Because I would have maybe stood a better chance in finding a partner and working there. It's not that the chances are null, but it's extremely hard. I didn't study my ass off in business engineering and economics to never be living up to my potential. I also see how my Japanese friends struggle, now that they all work and some have families. They all often question why we would WANT to work in Japan since they know that even though there is so much good in Japan they would all secretly off the book trade it in for the Norwegian work style for example. A male friend of mine, a caucasian himself, mocks and laughs and says 'this isn't true and it's amazing living in Japan'. But he fails to see the point I'm making. If the work culture was even slightly, slightly better for the average girl, I would have moved in a heartbeat. I still have contact and visit my friends regurlary in Japan, and speak basic Japanese, so for now that is.... what it is :D At 33 also now I am so used and happy with the work culture in Norway that I would probably get a heart attack anyways if I would work for a Japanese company. I appreciate your posts and videos a lot because it keeps up my Japanese and your bold honesty is refreshing.
The video makes me feel uneasy. You're on the right path, so keep it up. People who have had bad experiences should talk about them openly, and I believe the world will change. Thank you for sharing, you're a really strong person. If I noticed something like this in Japan, I would forcibly take that man to the police, no matter how it might look to society.
Thanks for the new episode! 私の場合はスペイン生まれだけど、今はもう７年間東京に住んできました。 引っ越したばかりの時に東京に気に入ったのは都会なのに町の空間が特徴と感じました。でも、一番好きだったのは家族から離れたの気持ちでした。「自由感」はとても好きでした。 あいにく私も良くないところを経験したけど、大人の私はあんまり心配したくないから忘れたようにします。 どこでもいいところと悪いところがあると思っています。全部が直せばいいけど...
You have touched upon many topics and I feel this is only the tip of the iceberg. I've lived in Japan and experienced this kind of norms (I'm not using the word culture, as they are 2 completely different) that are arguably really bothersome and I've tried to discuss this with Japanese people only to get the typical answers like "That's just how it is, it has been like that since we were kids. Now we're used to it and we can't do anything about it." It is very heartwarming seeing a native who is willing to talk about such social issues and pointing out what needs to change, for the benefit of the country and its people.
Southeast Asia is also a nice place.👍 In other words, I feel that Southeast Asia today is like Japan in the early Showa period. It is a messy place, for better or worse. Japan used to be a country where everyone got along well with each other, and everyone was doing things in a spirit of mutual respect, but as time went by, people became more individualistic and closed off. I think Southeast Asia will be the same in another 30-40 years.😏
very interesting video, I have been following your channel for a while now and would have never thought you moved to Germany, the country I live now, but now live in Spain, the country I actually was born and come from, and I'm here because I'm learning Japanese. I sometimes think to move to Japan but what keeps me away from that is that I'm too scared of earthquakes and other strong natural phenomenes that take place there 😅. Anyways thanks for sharing your experiences and I hope you are happy wherever you decide to live now and in the future too
I can really relate to the parts about gender inequality and the strict unspoken social rules as an Asian woman who also wants to leave her country, just like many other women in my country.But I’m still looking forward to my new life in Japan. Apart from the fact that it can offer more resources to me than my country, I think the gender situation in Japan is somehow better than in my country, at least on a legal level. I also wonder how Japan, with its many strict social rules, also manages to give birth to so many subcultures and interesting things. Maybe I’ll figure it out after living there for a while. Anyway, I hope all of us can find a place that gives us the freedom to build a new life.
Wherever you are going, I'm so proud of you for getting out of the comfort zone and looking for the better environment, while it is always harder for women to go abroad alone in term of safety. But the experience in Japan definitely vary, so please let me know how you felt after trying for while:)
I've never been to Japan but i'd like to live in the countryside Japan (高山市 in Gifu would be my go-to place). I'm still questioning myself about this choice but i have plenty of time as i have to learn the language first and as you know it's kinda hard coming from an european language 😅. On top of the things you mentioned one of the big problem that scares me the most is the work culture. 40-50 hours a week with no holidays would be an instant burnout and a big no for me, and it's probably hard to be picky on your job when you are in the countryside so the chances of success finding something good are probably very low lol. And i believe part time jobs is not possible to get a working visa so there is also that barrier.
@@VanillaPeach-y7l work in genera if it's an old school company. If there is still stuff to do is seen as lazy or selfish to go home even if your shift is over. If your superior or senpai (1 year older and so on) is still working is not seen well to just go home. People work until midnight because the last trains are around that time. If the last train was at 3am some people would work until then probably. Although it's not a rule there is def pressure about what would other people think. In the west we are way more individualists in that sense
Me parece muy valioso y valiente el que compartas tu historia. Creo que es totalmente posible amar algunas cosas de la cultura y ser crítica con otras que resultan afectando a varias personas. Soy colombiana y ahora vivo en Japón, y estoy sintiendo que es muy difícil el tema de la brecha de género. Desde el trato que recibí de mis profesores japoneses en la maestría, hasta la forma en que me han hablado en el trabajo. Sigo queriendo mucho Japón pero últimamente siento que es absurdo que todavía no se mire la brecha de género como algo que hay que cambiar y como dices que ni siquiera puedas hablarlo con otras personas. Creo que tu voz es muy valiosa para todas tus compatriotas y este video es muy necesario. Mis mejores deseos para ti en España 🦋
You could be describing Britain regarding sexual assault. Straight-up, the pay is 50% in Japan for professionals compared to North America. Unfortunately, that's enough to keep me from ever living in Japan. In Canada near Toronto in Richmond Hill, you can have all the Japanese food you want. Although tattoos are common these days, I don't talk to anyone who has one as it's a clear sign they don't know that you change as you gain experience, and will fight against that knowledge as they age. My wife is Japanese and she's a professional with a career here in Canada. It wasn't easy to get her certification, but there was no bias. If you can get it, you can get a good job. Congratulations and I wish you good luck abroad. I love visiting Japan.
Funny, we traded places. I was living abroad and was so tired of how useless the police was about crime. In Japan awful small things happen, but the big things like walking home alone at night without worrying about gun violence etc are unusual. In most of Europe, serious crimes are the norm every night but it's more socially liberal. For example, the vending machine next to my house was stolen at home, presumably to be sold for scrap metal. It's unthinkable in Japan. I agree that if you are socially liberal in Japan, you can be excluded by people that suck, but they suck anyway, so it doesn't matter. So in summary, do you think most people in Japan suck? It's a funny way to put it but it's my real question.
Thank you for your insight into Japanese culture. While a lot of what you say about how men treat women in Japan is alarming, not wearing revealing clothing seems quite classy to me and not a real negative from my perspective. However, at the end of the day, people should be able to dress as they please. Thank you.
I always wonder if Germany and Japan have more in common due to WW2 alliances back in time (?) I am not sure but there are so many similarities between them. Honestly, Germany cannot display a whole image of Europe. Germany and France are opposite to each other.
I did visit Japan in summer and also noticed this lack of revealing any skin, even in very hot weather! That this coexists with more prevalence of pornography, soaplands, prostitution etc. than any other country I've ever been to, is really bizarre to me and seemed like huge double standard. In no other country do you find hard core porn magazines in the convenience stores, easily viewed by children--but adult women aren't supposed to show their bare arms? Huh??
love your videos here and on tiktok. Could you also add the japanese subittles as captions? The auto-generated ones get a lot of things wrong! It helps me save japanese words I don't know into my anki deck. Thank you!
SAYAさんお疲れ様です🙇♀ España es bella pero comienzo a estar preocupada por no poder salir a caminar en la noche como solia hacerlo hace algunos años en el metro tengo que estar pendiente de quien esta en el vagon no me robe o peor, en Japon me sentia mas segura caminando sola a cualquier hora en la ciudad o pueblo. La vida en España se esta volviendo muy cara no creo tener nunca oportunidad de tener un hogar, es una situacion complicada. Yo me visto muy sencilla aqui y mas bien despinto en España por mi forma de vestir, pero en Japon me siento normal, el mundo al reves. No se puede tener todo pero solo quiero un sitio donde pueda estar mas tranquila, espero España te este tratando mejor.
Pretty good balanced assessment of Japanese society, Japan certainly a beautiful country and culture if you're prepared to surrender a lot of humanistic liberal values to in Japan's view, protect the established group psychology and Japanese group mentality. As much as I love Japan I see its limitation of individual liberties and somewhat overall pragmatic view a real limit on my childrens growth in Japan, I have belatedly appreciated our new lives back in Australia. I certainly agree that Japan's approach to mental health being decades behind. Those coincidentally stoic personas, maintained or not, should be at the expense of the mental self and health. The squeaky wheel should general get the oil, not be hammered down like a nail. With Japans falling birth rate and population decline it seems ridiculous to sacrifice both human happiness and potential in the population and see so many fall into the gone missing or suicide statistic all for maintaining an image of domestic ignorant bliss and national stoic pride. To have the collective intelligence look on and do nothing to help is a more horrible stance than to genuinely not know so many suffer. Conservatism can kill.
wearing decent clothing is a good thing but harassing women should be forbidden and punished no matter what type of clothing a women wears if a country can be considered as truly free when a women can walk around half naked is questionable
despite all that, Japan is still the most civil country in the world. theres a low level of violent crime, the streets are clean, significant majority of people are kind and good.
What I never understood is the reason why these 痴漢 and 盗撮 guys are so prevalent in Japan. If you watch/read GTO anime/manga, there is a whole character dedicated to that (name is 内山田). I think you won't see such character types in foreign media (at least I've never heard of such). In comparison with my country, Russia, I've never heard of such indicents occuring in the public transportation... or anywhere else in the world. And I don't understand completely what you mean by dressing limitations and how much you can expose yourself as a woman. From some videos I saw you dress quite strictly and reveal nothing (unlike crazy female twitch streamers). I can only conclude you are modest and I can't really grasp the issue here. Also, I saw some halloween footage from Shibuya where women had very revealing (dominatrix?) clothes. Well, anime convensions also tend to have such kind of revealing things. Or gravure idols? So, are you actually limited? Is that issue actually that dire? Perhaps 10 minutes is not enough to explain as you say. Either way it seems that me being a male is quite an advantage if I base my understanding of Japanese issues solely on this video.
Sensei, you are strong to talk about these situations. Definitely, women segregation in Japan shouldn't be normalized as it is. I hope more Japanese women bring awareness to this matter until there is an international pressure for this culture to change.
But I'll bring another perspective to the table. Europe can be welcoming to foreigners, but it depends on the color of their skin. As a Brazilian, most of the news I get from Spain is when Vinicius Jr. receives racist attacks while playing for Real Madrid. He's currently one of the best players in the world and is forcing Spain society to discuss the matter. Some attacks he gets which are culturally accepted in Spain can lead to jail in Brazil, which has its problems but where this debate is more advanced than in Europe. I don't even follow football, but these racist attacks get the headlines.
I'm not even black, and I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I just wanted to share this perspective from a part of the world that once was an European playground, and now get them mad when we show that we deserve respect.
Thank you for pointing out the VERY important perspective! I'm an Asian and I get discriminative attitude on streets once in a while, but my passport is very strong and also, people are nice to me once I tell them my country's name. I have many non-white friends with weak passports, and I feel so frustrated to see how the Spanish society treat them differently from how they do to me. The racism, the innocence or the incapacity of emphasizing with others that many privileged people have make me very sad and mad everyday.
@@rapphhael This is one reason for my move out of the US as a white person. It hurts to see people who look like me mistreat people who look different so harshly. If people treat me as the other once in a while I'll live, but it is so discouraging when that kind of person expects you to join in with them
@sayasjapaneselessonit’s not even racism. It’s the reputation of a country.
Japan and Japanese have extremely good reputation in the world bc Japanese are nice and polite. While countries like China have the opposite reputation. Chinese are rude, dishonest and disrespectful. Of course people will have different images of them.
not every country has to become the same slop culturally. its not as progressive as you think it is. especially considering the west is on a freefall in terms of living quality in every realm
@sayasjapaneselesson emphasizingじゃなくてempathizingだよ笑
I never thought id see the day where a Japanese person openly speaks about some of the more dire issues in Japan without sugar-coating it. I appreciate your honesty so much. Keep doing you and its great that you have found another country where you feel more comfortable and accepted. 🙏
Those words means A LOT to me, thank you!
In any country, I think some of us feel like a foreigner in our own country, and there is something beautiful about moving abroad so people will treat you like it makes sense for you to be different because you're a real foreigner now. Sometimes it's not just about a specific country but giving ourselves the freedom to start over somewhere new
That's an interesting perspective. I never thought about it like that: "People will treat you like it makes sense for you to be different because you're a real foreigner now"
True! Tbh I like the feeling of 'being a foreigner' as I don't feel the pressure from society to follow their mental culture or other norms
I moved from the Philippines because I felt like I wasn't a part of their homogenous culture, so now I live in Tokyo with other foreigners like me ❤
I love your comment so much. Thank you.
Well, if she comes to Toronto, she won't be treated like a foreigner. There are 1 million Chinese in Toronto. I don't see them as foreign and my wife who is Japanese seems to pass for Chinese if it were actually necessary, but it's not. There are a lot of Chinese-owned Japanese restaurants here.
I had a pretty good time living in Tokyo for 5 years (as a British guy, not a girl) but the weirdest thing I witnessed during my 5 years living there was a group of salary men sitting at the counter of a tonkatsu restaurant during their lunch break, one of them fell off their counter chair backwards onto the floor hitting the ground pretty hard, right in the middle of the restaurant. No one said a thing, no one looked at him, or even acknowledged it had happened, both the salary men and the staff. I just felt that was really strange and cold.
Hi Saya! I’m so happy I came across your podcast 😊 I am from Europe and have a similar experience and explanation as yours when asked why I haven’t remained in Japan to work after finishing my studies there. I majored in Japanese and English at university and did my research years at a university in Tokyo. In the past couple of years I’ve been working in a completely different field and lost my connections with Japanese and I truly miss the language, but the work culture and actual everyday life culture there does not suit me (a realisation I came to after 10 years or embedding myself into the studies, living and working with Japanese).
Happy that I’ve found your podcast to get more Japanese input and soothe my longing for the culture & conversation practice 😁 it’s so easy to get rusty as years go by if I haven’t practiced.
I respect and appreciate you for openly sharing your experience and thoughts and thank you for the very useful Japanese you are teaching 😊 good luck with all your endeavours!
Living in Japan is likely safer, especially for women, than living in Germany or Spain. The top reason Japanese women cite for liking their country is its high level of safety. Sexual crimes like groping are mostly confined to large cities, primarily in the Kanto region. Such crimes are not cultural but rather stem from factors such as the perpetually crowded trains in urban areas, the prevalence of introverted women who find it difficult to speak up, and Japan's unique environment where children commute alone. In fact, if you look at news reports and videos of offenders being caught for groping, you'll notice that there are quite a few foreign perpetrators as well.
I think feeling that Japan’s social norms are oppressive or overly strict often comes from a lack of understanding of their effects. Once you understand their purpose and outcomes, they no longer feel oppressive, and you may even willingly adhere to them. I used to find Japan's culture oppressive and wanted to move abroad, but after coming to understand it better, I now feel glad that I stayed in Japan.
European woman here, whose immigration to Japan is the second in a lifetime. (The first time it was when I turned 11yo, my parents moved to Italy from our home country for work purpose. I lived in Italy for 19 years, got SAd, and other stuff kept happening similar to yours). Finally I found peace and tranquility. Italy tends to promote aggressive behavior of “let me take advantage of you before you will do it of me” in everything. I never learned to cope with it. It’s been 1.5 years now in Japan and I feel blessed every day not having to “keep up with Italians” (or perhaps I never learned the survival skills suitable for Italy). Before working in Japan, I worked in Italy and in Denmark. When people mention work life balance, they know nothing about how similar Japan and Italy are. With the exception being that Italy does not pay overtime if you work in the office, Japan does. And surprisingly in my industry I get to have better chance at career compared to Italy. Maybe I’m a rare lucky person. But I do like it so far. I only wish I had the same command of Japanese as the one I have of Italian and English, both not being my mother tongue. You are very brave. Thanks for speaking up. I’m glad you found the comfort outside the comfort zone. Probably we share some common traits. Good luck at life, sis
I am Spanish and live in Japan. I am learning Japanese here and I love how convenient life is, yet as a male, I feel life is way easier than for women and the gender gap is crazy. As a foreigner I don’t have the same social pressure so it feels like I’m not part of these rules, yet as a gay man, I find it ridiculous how society and especially government rejects lgbt people. I have lived in Mexico, Spain, Germany and Japan and can agree that Spain offers one of the best life qualities I’ve experienced although it’s not free of gender issues, misogyny and homophobia but there is a decent balance. What I appreciate about Japan is the peace on the streets and the safety (again I’m a male). Espero tengas una vida feliz en España :)
I agree with every word you said🙌
Yo también soy español y he currado en Japón y algo me dice que no tienes un trabajo común de currante, tiene pinta que estés medio de vacaciones
Japan is on the right track. The Japanese governments attitude to the alphabet people is exactly right.
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Keep mixing serious topics with Japanese language, listening, teaching etc and your channel will definitely blow up
I think Japan has a lot of problems in common with my home country (Korea). Being frowned upon when wearing revealing clothes (for women) and hierarchical structure. Things are changing fast in Korea as young people are growing up, but I don't see such noticeable change in Japan just yet
Completely agree with the points you make about societal issues in japan. Also it's interesting that you mentioned germans are similar to japanese. I'm half german half japanese and i've always said that germany feels like the japan of europe or vice versa lol.
To share my perspective on the matter: I grew up in germany but have also spent extended periods of time in japan multiple times (for work, internships, to see family). Personally I've realized that wherever I am, WHO I surround myself with is more important than WHERE I am. A few years back when I spent eight months in japan working in a restaurant with exclusively typical japanese people I felt quite lonely and out of place. Than a few years later I went back to japan, this time for an internship in an adverstising agency filled with open-minded japanese people (with experience living abroad), foreigners and half-japanese people. This time I felt WAY more comfortable, like i belonged. This completely changed my perspective on the type of experiences I can have living in japan.
Similarly I can be in germany and feel completely out of place or at home, depending on the group of people i put myself in. I guess in the end it's just about finding people who share your mindset and values, no matter what country.
私はミャンマー出身で、母国よりは日本はかなり自由かと感じます。露出に関して、ミャンマーは日本より厳しいです。ミャンマーは団結意識もなさすぎて、派閥争いで上手くいかないのがほとんどです。後、日本は民主主義の国なので、人権等はきちんと守られています。日本人から見るとヨーロッパの方が自由度高く見えるように、日本より自由度低い国から見ると日本が母語より自由度高く見えます。
僕は逆のパターンの日本暮らしのドイツ人です！文化の違いでいろいろ困っちゃいますね！好きなところもあれば、我慢しづらいところもあると思います！今されている仕事はすごい大変です！月給固定で週６勤務なんです！朝１０時から夜１１時まで働く日もあります！上司に理不尽怒られたりもよくします😢
辛いなとは思います。ドイツ人からみると、日本の上司は距離近くて絶対あかんです。日本にも職場いろいろがあって文化も変化しているので、早く判断することは良くないと思いますが、今は結構辛くてドイツに帰ろうかなと迷っています
日本の職場文化もまた大変なことのひとつですね！職場のせいでストレスを抱えすぎないことを願っています
@sayasjapaneselesson ご返事ありがとうございます！！❤️ コメント読んでくれて嬉しいです！ちょっと我慢してあの会社を辞めて上京するかもしれません！これから先どうなるか分かりませんが、それも人生の楽しみの一つですね！ありがとうございます
I lived about six years in Japan off and on, and this is the first time I've ever seen a Japanese person with a nose ring.
At first I thought maybe it was an American woman who lived in Japan...
経験をシェアしてくれてありがとう！私も4年間ぐらい日本に住んでいました。全体的にはいい経験だったけど、アメリカに帰りたかった一番の理由は、日本では外国人として昇進するのが難しいことです。どっちも社会問題もあるけど、やっぱりアメリカのほうがらく。ちなみに、春に結婚記念日でドイツに行く予定！初めてのヨーロッパ旅行で、めっちゃ楽しみ！
ドイツ旅行楽しんでください！
I used to live in Australia and I met a female friend from Japan. Once she pointed out her intention not to go back to Japan because of the social issues in Japan but she didnt say it in detail. now I know the reason.
@@malesmandi It took me a while too to figure out why I feel so negative about going back to Japan and explain it with right words to other people!
I certainly have seen these issues in Japan, and it's rare to find native Japanese talk about these issues publicly. Keep up the honesty!
No sé porque pero solo por las vibras estaba convencido de que viniste a España desde el comienzo del video. Me alegro mucho de que estes agusto aqui!!
Me encanta tener las vibras de vivir en España jijiji
I lived in Japan for about 15 years in total. I think the prevalence of weird porn encourages sexual harassment (they really should restrict or ban it), and old-fashioned attitudes about women's role in society. I liked the safety, cleanliness and orderliness of Japanese society, which I think comes from the homogeneity of culture, though that could get too rigid for me as well and I sometimes missed the more liberal attitudes and multiculture of Western countries. I also felt limited in my career options as a foreigner, though some foreigners settle in Japan and make successful careers. That's hard work though and you have to be quite an exceptional, determined character to do that successfully.
"I think the prevalence of weird porn encourages sexual harassment (they really should restrict or ban it), and old-fashioned attitudes about women's role in society" ---> This is a classic bias in which causality is confused: porn is like this because society and the way of thinking is that, not the opposite. I don't want to offend anyone, but believing that a specific area like porn (or music, cinema) influences society so profoundly is quite naive. The causality is exactly the opposite, but it certainly serves to find the scapegoat and not deal with society for what it is, it serves to hide the dust under the carpet.
You speak the language
@@valeriodallara5928 Porn is like that because the thinking of the people who ultimately control its production and distribution is like that, treating the opposite sex as sex objects and engaging in perverted sex.
Great podcast as usual and thank you for sharing your experience. So many vocabulary words for learning. 勉強になりました。
Thank you!!
very interesting! I am irish, and have lived in japan, china, thailand, spain and canada (i have been in caanda for 17 years and counting). i was in japan for 6 months, living in a sharehouse. there are so many things i love about japan, and i'm learning japanese, which is why i follow your channel. i didn't know the problems you mentioned were as bad as they are. i have always said to my friends, japan is perfect but i wouldn't want to live there cos of the work-life balance. but i had no idea the other problems were so frequent. i love spain, i lived there for 4 years more or less, and it's definitely a place i would retire to. i am not surprised you miss japanese food, my biggest dislike of spain is the monoculture. while i like spanish food, man it gets so boring after a while. but there are many pros to spain, i hope you like living there!
I completely agree about Spanish food…😅
@sayasjapaneselesson I'm Portuguese and I hate 3/4 of the menu. The rest is alright, but it gets boring.
Many tourists love it though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@yuugen999
Is china and japan on par
@sayasjapaneselesson I heard this too but then when talking about the topic people actually did not know Spanish food but rather Spanish bar food :) it's like saying Japanese food is ramen and sushi :)
Aprendí japonés hace 5 años porque en 2020, tuve una novia en españa que era japonesa y, por cosas de la vida (COVID), se tuvo que volver a Japón y lo acabamos dejando. Me gustan tus podcasts porque así practico y no se me olvida el japonés y porque hablas de temas muy interesantes. En concreto, en este podcast hablas del choque entre culturas y me gusta porque me he visto reflejado en mucho de lo que has dicho. Yo nunca he ido a Japón pero me encantaría ir y no quiero olvidar el idioma, aunque ahora tenga otras prioridades 😂
Me alegro mucho de que te guste España!!
I have dearly, and deeply loved Japan ever since I was young. I even went on exchange there in 2010 when I was 18. After graduating in 2016 (Ironically already studying abroad at that time in Norway) I contemplated doing what two friends of me did from exchange program: Go and move to Japan. They did it, but one always had low end idol jobs and the other worked odd jobs as well even with a high education. Both women, I might add. One moved back after a decade now and the other finally got a decent office job again but this time working for an Italian boss (she is Italian herself) since she just had no chance whatsoever in a Japanese company. I might be wrong, but IF I was born a white man instead of a white girl I might have moved. Why? Because I would have maybe stood a better chance in finding a partner and working there. It's not that the chances are null, but it's extremely hard. I didn't study my ass off in business engineering and economics to never be living up to my potential. I also see how my Japanese friends struggle, now that they all work and some have families. They all often question why we would WANT to work in Japan since they know that even though there is so much good in Japan they would all secretly off the book trade it in for the Norwegian work style for example. A male friend of mine, a caucasian himself, mocks and laughs and says 'this isn't true and it's amazing living in Japan'. But he fails to see the point I'm making. If the work culture was even slightly, slightly better for the average girl, I would have moved in a heartbeat. I still have contact and visit my friends regurlary in Japan, and speak basic Japanese, so for now that is.... what it is :D At 33 also now I am so used and happy with the work culture in Norway that I would probably get a heart attack anyways if I would work for a Japanese company. I appreciate your posts and videos a lot because it keeps up my Japanese and your bold honesty is refreshing.
The sun rises with/without Japan no matter what.
The video makes me feel uneasy. You're on the right path, so keep it up. People who have had bad experiences should talk about them openly, and I believe the world will change. Thank you for sharing, you're a really strong person. If I noticed something like this in Japan, I would forcibly take that man to the police, no matter how it might look to society.
つまり、海外に住みたくなる理由は自由になりたかったってこと？🤔
Thanks for the new episode!
私の場合はスペイン生まれだけど、今はもう７年間東京に住んできました。
引っ越したばかりの時に東京に気に入ったのは都会なのに町の空間が特徴と感じました。でも、一番好きだったのは家族から離れたの気持ちでした。「自由感」はとても好きでした。
あいにく私も良くないところを経験したけど、大人の私はあんまり心配したくないから忘れたようにします。
どこでもいいところと悪いところがあると思っています。全部が直せばいいけど...
海外に住むのは、いつも新鮮で少し自由は感じがしますよね！
先生、私も悲しい思い出があります。患者様からセクハラ行為を受けたことがありますが、周りの人々はあまり気にしていないように感じました。それは問題ではない、普通のことが起こったように感じられました。もちろん、患者様には病気がありますが、周囲の反応には驚きました。周りの人々がどのように対応しているのか、まるで全く共感がないように感じ、それが日本で普通のことなのか。非常に驚いたのですが、周りの人々は何も起こらなかったかのように振る舞っていました。
@@PetiHaryani 辛い体験を話してくれてありがとうございます、そんなことが起こって本当に申し訳ないです。そういうことが起こった時に、「なるべく大事にしない」という多くの日本人の態度に本当に怒りを感じます。少しでも多くの人がもっとオープンに話せて、それを社会が真剣に受け止めるようになることを願っています！
I'm sorry for your bad experiences, hope things are better for you
You have touched upon many topics and I feel this is only the tip of the iceberg. I've lived in Japan and experienced this kind of norms (I'm not using the word culture, as they are 2 completely different) that are arguably really bothersome and I've tried to discuss this with Japanese people only to get the typical answers like "That's just how it is, it has been like that since we were kids. Now we're used to it and we can't do anything about it."
It is very heartwarming seeing a native who is willing to talk about such social issues and pointing out what needs to change, for the benefit of the country and its people.
I love your voice and hair style
先生､このpodcast はSpotify がありますか？
@@odaizawahreh4224 Yess open.spotify.com/show/0a1GlUUTuVndsuDUzczkgl?si=msfc4fh5TQueEPF2NZcUSw
@ ありがとうございます先生､フォローしました🙇🏻♂️
Have you considered South East Asia? It is incredibly diversed and accepting of all people. An exciting, peaceful and welcoming place to live in.
Southeast Asia is also a nice place.👍
In other words, I feel that Southeast Asia today is like Japan in the early Showa period.
It is a messy place, for better or worse.
Japan used to be a country where everyone got along well with each other, and everyone was doing things in a spirit of mutual respect, but as time went by, people became more individualistic and closed off.
I think Southeast Asia will be the same in another 30-40 years.😏
very interesting video, I have been following your channel for a while now and would have never thought you moved to Germany, the country I live now, but now live in Spain, the country I actually was born and come from, and I'm here because I'm learning Japanese.
I sometimes think to move to Japan but what keeps me away from that is that I'm too scared of earthquakes and other strong natural phenomenes that take place there 😅. Anyways thanks for sharing your experiences and I hope you are happy wherever you decide to live now and in the future too
@@AutumnRed Oh I forgot to mention earthquakes! I was so sure that I’d live outside of Japan for this reason too since I was a kid😅
I can really relate to the parts about gender inequality and the strict unspoken social rules as an Asian woman who also wants to leave her country, just like many other women in my country.But I’m still looking forward to my new life in Japan. Apart from the fact that it can offer more resources to me than my country, I think the gender situation in Japan is somehow better than in my country, at least on a legal level. I also wonder how Japan, with its many strict social rules, also manages to give birth to so many subcultures and interesting things. Maybe I’ll figure it out after living there for a while. Anyway, I hope all of us can find a place that gives us the freedom to build a new life.
Wherever you are going, I'm so proud of you for getting out of the comfort zone and looking for the better environment, while it is always harder for women to go abroad alone in term of safety. But the experience in Japan definitely vary, so please let me know how you felt after trying for while:)
I've never been to Japan but i'd like to live in the countryside Japan (高山市 in Gifu would be my go-to place). I'm still questioning myself about this choice but i have plenty of time as i have to learn the language first and as you know it's kinda hard coming from an european language 😅.
On top of the things you mentioned one of the big problem that scares me the most is the work culture. 40-50 hours a week with no holidays would be an instant burnout and a big no for me, and it's probably hard to be picky on your job when you are in the countryside so the chances of success finding something good are probably very low lol. And i believe part time jobs is not possible to get a working visa so there is also that barrier.
@@eodis1644 Very true! The work culture is getting better, but I still hear so many people stay at the office after midnight🥲
@sayasjapaneselesson Only office jobs ?
@@VanillaPeach-y7l work in genera if it's an old school company. If there is still stuff to do is seen as lazy or selfish to go home even if your shift is over. If your superior or senpai (1 year older and so on) is still working is not seen well to just go home. People work until midnight because the last trains are around that time. If the last train was at 3am some people would work until then probably. Although it's not a rule there is def pressure about what would other people think. In the west we are way more individualists in that sense
@@silviaf.3045
What job did you do ?
Me parece muy valioso y valiente el que compartas tu historia. Creo que es totalmente posible amar algunas cosas de la cultura y ser crítica con otras que resultan afectando a varias personas. Soy colombiana y ahora vivo en Japón, y estoy sintiendo que es muy difícil el tema de la brecha de género. Desde el trato que recibí de mis profesores japoneses en la maestría, hasta la forma en que me han hablado en el trabajo. Sigo queriendo mucho Japón pero últimamente siento que es absurdo que todavía no se mire la brecha de género como algo que hay que cambiar y como dices que ni siquiera puedas hablarlo con otras personas. Creo que tu voz es muy valiosa para todas tus compatriotas y este video es muy necesario. Mis mejores deseos para ti en España 🦋
You could be describing Britain regarding sexual assault. Straight-up, the pay is 50% in Japan for professionals compared to North America. Unfortunately, that's enough to keep me from ever living in Japan. In Canada near Toronto in Richmond Hill, you can have all the Japanese food you want. Although tattoos are common these days, I don't talk to anyone who has one as it's a clear sign they don't know that you change as you gain experience, and will fight against that knowledge as they age. My wife is Japanese and she's a professional with a career here in Canada. It wasn't easy to get her certification, but there was no bias. If you can get it, you can get a good job. Congratulations and I wish you good luck abroad. I love visiting Japan.
Funny, we traded places. I was living abroad and was so tired of how useless the police was about crime. In Japan awful small things happen, but the big things like walking home alone at night without worrying about gun violence etc are unusual. In most of Europe, serious crimes are the norm every night but it's more socially liberal. For example, the vending machine next to my house was stolen at home, presumably to be sold for scrap metal. It's unthinkable in Japan. I agree that if you are socially liberal in Japan, you can be excluded by people that suck, but they suck anyway, so it doesn't matter. So in summary, do you think most people in Japan suck? It's a funny way to put it but it's my real question.
僕は昔日本に憧れてて、大学時代に日本語を勉強しました。あの時お金の問題で留学することをしましませんでした。よやく２年前にリモートの仕事を手に入れて、観光ビザで８２日間日本に滞在しました。旅行じゃなくて、日本の日常的な生活を少し体験しました。会社はアメリカの会社だし、ドルで稼いでいたので、結構楽な生活でした。もし、日本の会社に入ったらどうでしょうね？
電車でちかんに合わなかったし、盗撮されませんでした
Thank you for your insight into Japanese culture. While a lot of what you say about how men treat women in Japan is alarming, not wearing revealing clothing seems quite classy to me and not a real negative from my perspective. However, at the end of the day, people should be able to dress as they please. Thank you.
初めましてジャカルタから参りました、このビデオを見てから僕が知ってる限りではポイントは厳しいルールと安全性ですね、日本語を勉強途中にもうそのことを考えてきた、そんな日本文化と僕の性格と合うかな? 僕の精神は自由なタイプ反面日本で暮らしてみたいと思います
I always wonder if Germany and Japan have more in common due to WW2 alliances back in time (?)
I am not sure but there are so many similarities between them.
Honestly, Germany cannot display a whole image of Europe.
Germany and France are opposite to each other.
I did visit Japan in summer and also noticed this lack of revealing any skin, even in very hot weather! That this coexists with more prevalence of pornography, soaplands, prostitution etc. than any other country I've ever been to, is really bizarre to me and seemed like huge double standard. In no other country do you find hard core porn magazines in the convenience stores, easily viewed by children--but adult women aren't supposed to show their bare arms? Huh??
I simply adore Japanese women especially my wife 😊
love your videos here and on tiktok. Could you also add the japanese subittles as captions? The auto-generated ones get a lot of things wrong! It helps me save japanese words I don't know into my anki deck. Thank you!
i left spain for japan, spain is so bad right now you should reconsider it
Amazing content and the sound quality is amazing.. new subscriber
SAYAさんお疲れ様です🙇♀
España es bella pero comienzo a estar preocupada por no poder salir a caminar en la noche como solia hacerlo hace algunos años en el metro tengo que estar pendiente de quien esta en el vagon no me robe o peor, en Japon me sentia mas segura caminando sola a cualquier hora en la ciudad o pueblo.
La vida en España se esta volviendo muy cara no creo tener nunca oportunidad de tener un hogar, es una situacion complicada.
Yo me visto muy sencilla aqui y mas bien despinto en España por mi forma de vestir, pero en Japon me siento normal, el mundo al reves.
No se puede tener todo pero solo quiero un sitio donde pueda estar mas tranquila, espero España te este tratando mejor.
May be others asked already why Spain and not Germany since you had studied there already?
Pretty good balanced assessment of Japanese society, Japan certainly a beautiful country and culture if you're prepared to surrender a lot of humanistic liberal values to in Japan's view, protect the established group psychology and Japanese group mentality. As much as I love Japan I see its limitation of individual liberties and somewhat overall pragmatic view a real limit on my childrens growth in Japan, I have belatedly appreciated our new lives back in Australia. I certainly agree that Japan's approach to mental health being decades behind. Those coincidentally stoic personas, maintained or not, should be at the expense of the mental self and health. The squeaky wheel should general get the oil, not be hammered down like a nail. With Japans falling birth rate and population decline it seems ridiculous to sacrifice both human happiness and potential in the population and see so many fall into the gone missing or suicide statistic all for maintaining an image of domestic ignorant bliss and national stoic pride. To have the collective intelligence look on and do nothing to help is a more horrible stance than to genuinely not know so many suffer. Conservatism can kill.
wearing decent clothing is a good thing but harassing women should be forbidden and punished no matter what type of clothing a women wears if a country can be considered as truly free when a women can walk around half naked is questionable
私も貴方のようにチカン、盗撮にあい嫌な思いを沢山しました。それと男尊女卑の考えが根深くあることもキライだし、風俗やコンビニに卑猥な雑誌があるのもキライで、そう思う日本女性が海外移住することもあります
自分らしく生きられる国を選ぶのは良い判断だと思いますでも世界中完璧な国は存在しません。国も人間も長所と短所があります。愛する人の短所も含めて愛するように
その国に住むなら欠点も受け入れて住む覚悟が必要だと思います。日本で甘い蜜だけ吸う、スペインで甘い蜜だけ吸うのは失礼だと思う
スペインが気に入ったらスペインの全てを愛してあげて下さい。年取ってからスペインの医療制度が悪いから…などと不満を言って日本に帰って来ないように切に、お願い申し上げます🙏
despite all that, Japan is still the most civil country in the world. theres a low level of violent crime, the streets are clean, significant majority of people are kind and good.
動画で言われたことのように、特に女性にもっと厳しい文化、それも他の国なら別に問題とはならないことについてちょっと不思議だなと思ってきたところがありました。
そういうことに関して、色々正直な話を聞かせてくれてありがとうございます。
沢山役に立ちました。
こちらこそありがとうございます！
こういう話題はとても深いですよね笑
私は2年半日本に住んでいるアメリカ人なんですけれども人はそれぞれなので結構人によって海外に住むの経験が異なるんですね。でも私は18歳の時に海外に住むことをトライしたいと思っていたので、大学卒業後すぐに日本に住むことを決めました。アメリカはある点で大好きですが、アメリカの文化や国家的なデメリットを分かった時、なんかもっと日本のメリットになると感じました。例えば、アメリカでは頻繫に自分のことを主張する人いっぱいいるし、ルールを守らない人も多いし、交通機関でふざける人も多いし、犯罪を犯す人も結構いるです。日本だと全然違いますよね。もちろん日本はみんなの理想的な国じゃないと思うけど一応日本に住むなら、ストレスや不安があんまり感じません。でも性格や人の持っている目的によって、優先したいことや理想的な環境が違います。
ご意見をシェアしていただいてありがとうございます！
you're a lucky guy. you made the right decision in life
俺本当に日本に住んでみたいんだけど、群衆心理を心の底から嫌いなやつとして、困るのは時間の問題です。
いつかポルトガルに来たら会いましょうね！
ポルトガル人のヤバいやつなんですけど、痴漢ではござらぬ😁
なぜ日本を離れて理由は日本人の場合はわかります。日本の社会はルールが多すぎて、飽きてしまって可能性が高いですね。
字幕を動かすには相当な覚悟が必要なようですね。
The piercings on your nose said it all
like your reply said in way that feels so dumb :)
the Japanese people is so closed-minded, I cannot generalize but in my personal experience that is real.
What I never understood is the reason why these 痴漢 and 盗撮 guys are so prevalent in Japan. If you watch/read GTO anime/manga, there is a whole character dedicated to that (name is 内山田). I think you won't see such character types in foreign media (at least I've never heard of such). In comparison with my country, Russia, I've never heard of such indicents occuring in the public transportation... or anywhere else in the world.
And I don't understand completely what you mean by dressing limitations and how much you can expose yourself as a woman. From some videos I saw you dress quite strictly and reveal nothing (unlike crazy female twitch streamers). I can only conclude you are modest and I can't really grasp the issue here. Also, I saw some halloween footage from Shibuya where women had very revealing (dominatrix?) clothes. Well, anime convensions also tend to have such kind of revealing things. Or gravure idols? So, are you actually limited? Is that issue actually that dire? Perhaps 10 minutes is not enough to explain as you say.
Either way it seems that me being a male is quite an advantage if I base my understanding of Japanese issues solely on this video.
そうなんだよね。日本を出ないとどれだけ狂ってることが日常なのかわからない。だから日本をちょっとでも批判するとみんな怒るけど、その99.9％の人たちは海外はまだしも、自分の県からすら出た事がない。それが日本の実況ですよね。視点によって価値観はそれぞれだけど、日本ではセクハラや痴漢などの性被害がまるで当たり前なように扱われているのは、どの視点から見てもとんでもない事である。
女性も痴漢を恐れずに自由に着たい服を着るべき。男尊女卑も程がある。まるで江戸時代。
Bravo! これからもこう言うふうに声をあげていく人が増えるといいと思います。
It's "Drag" not "Drug"
Oops yes, thanks for mentioning!
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時間でぇす。