Japanese people you might meet Part I
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0:00 Intro
0:13 Helpful person
0:25 Lived overseas
0:36 English bandit
0:49 Gaijin allergy
1:12 You don't exist
1:43 Gaijin hunter
1:56 Passive aggressive critic
2:31 Gaijin reminder
3:09 Wannabe Westerner
4:06 Truly international
As someone who is learning Japanese and wants to study abroad there, I really appreciate these videos.
Thank you! Best of luck to you. Learning Japanese changed my life and my career.
I don't know what you'd call them, but there's also a lot of Japanese that will just treat you exactly like any other Japanese. I think it depends on who you are though. Some people really give off a gaijin vibe, whereas others, like me, obviously look gaijin, but also have a very "he definitely lives here amongst us" vibe. They just talk to you normally in Japanese, don't act any particular way.
I've met a few people who blend right in. My height and weight are about the same as a Japanese guy my age so I blend in with crowds. However, I've also been told I have a "fresh off the airplane" vibe and look like someone who doesn't speak a word of Japanese.
Your video is very concise with the presentation of information. Great work!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I'm a college student and studied abroad in Tokyo last summer and I encountered a lot of the western-interested types. Usually these guys are really into American culture, typically stereotypically and try a lot to emulate the styles with American men. They also tried learning English slang but at times struggled to know the context/asked me for help on when to use it. Nice people though.
Overall, lovely people. One reason I continue to stay in Japan.
Definitely have come across these passive aggressive ones pointing out the differences between other countries and Japan and their intention is clearly to show how much better Japan is. But it’s very subtle 😂
Great info in this video.
Thank you!
hey Weekly Fascination, congrats on 1k, that's like a super duper big number frl
Thank you. It's very exciting! Couldn't have done it without people watching. I plan to keep making more videos. I've got 2 written out but got rained out yesterday. Hopefully I can film today and get something posted in the next few days.
I learned the hard way that if someone stops you on the street in Japan, beware, because people in Japan don't do that! I thought he wanted to practice English, and ultimately ended up at the religious ceremony of what could arguably be described as a cult. Whoops! haha
There was a group that hung out in Shibuya in the 90’s. They would offer to pray for people. I always said no thanks.
@@weeklyfascination I ultimately figured out that the guy I met was from something called the Kenshokai, I went to a meeting in Chiba, and overall it was actually kinda interesting. But looking it up later, some people seem to have way worse experiences, so I got a bit lucky that I met the relatively cool cult guy.
I’ve never heard of them.
I've lived off and on in Japan.. a month or three at the time, and right now I've been here a month or so. In this particular place, a kind of stretched-out semi-rural, semi-urban area, there aren't many foreigners, particularly not many Western ones. Over the years I've never once experienced anyone (child, adult, old) doing the "oh, foreigner" thing. Everybody simply treats me like they would everybody else.. they'll speak Japanese to me, and they expect me to either speak Japanese, or understand a bit and communicate a little (and "little" is where I'm at..), nobody tries to speak English (and not many can, anyway, except for some friends who have an interest in English).
After watching the whole video.. it feels like I've been fortunate, I haven't met any of those types here (though I did in Beijing, years ago. Not nice.) Except for the "international" ones.. of whom I know some. Mostly, but not only, musicians (amateurs and professionals). I'm lucky. And so I'm moving here permanently around my retirement time. Just have to get my 日本語 into a much (much!) better state. But I wouldn't want to move to Tokyo I think.
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Great insights. I have visited a few places that were just chill. I particularly like Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka. People are just cool.
So many videos and books on how to interact with this culture and creed of people, it’s alien but people are still fascinated. I guess most people are convinced that their culture is superior. 😅
He forgot to mention the vegeta guy in Shibuya.
Who is the vegeta guy? That's a new one for me.
@@weeklyfascination It's a guy that dress as vegeta at night in shibuya. He stays at the crossing corner and keeps doing figthing moves alone.
You didn't mention the military guys station in Japan or the foreigners that work in japanese factories or other nationalities.
Not by name, but the guy who has lived in Yokosuka for 30 years but calls it YakUUska - Navy.
@@weeklyfascination also people like me that married to a Japanese woman and have children in Japan that didn't come here because of Anime or didn't have any interest in Japan from the get go
Lots of those guys, too.
I never had any interest in anime or manga either way. I just started watching the One Piece live action series, and it's not bad.
Thank you for these videos!
Glad you're enjoying them. I'm having a lot of fun making them.
I didn't know Etahn Hawke lived in Japan.
I would say "Ojisan" is also an own category. 40+ men who stare or follow young foreign women like a stalker. Its really creepy. Its good to pretend not to notice them and try to get a bus/train or go into different shops. After a while they stop following.
Thanks for the suggestion. I included this one in Part II: ua-cam.com/video/YpGdP5vT4A8/v-deo.html
Oh hell yeah...
Have you met one or more of them?
Gaijin reminder. Sounds like my wife 😂
Wait until she starts to become the "old man reminder".
I have lived in Japan for 3 years now and the type I meet the most is the "Allergic to Gaijin".
It's always weird when I meet these people. I Speak fluent Japanese but for some reason they always need to tell me that they don't speak English and CAN'T talk to me, even tho we both are having a conversation in Japanese. It is very frustrating.
Then ofc the "passive aggressive critic" person. From experience just ignore these people, and stay away if they are trying to be friends.
In there eyes you need to follow the Japanese rules and laws even if you go back and live in ur home country, just because Japan is always right.
But don't be alarmed, these people will never survive one day outside of Japan.
Thankfully, the majority of people in Japan are very nice. Thank you
Sage advice.
I should add that the majority of Japanese people are just nice people living their lives and going about their business.
The ones I highlight here are just the ones who stand out.