Whenever I visit Japan, I find myself always speaking Spanish with other foreigners so that I can get directions, ask questions, or have conversation. One clerk lady (Peruvian) I spoke with at a gift store almost cried, because she had not spoken her native language in many years.. it was tears of joy for her. :)
In Peru, Quechua is spoken like for 4 million people, that is more than Uruguayan population. But I really suggest that Quechua should be more expanded because this is an ancestral language of the Inca Empire with its roots in Peru.
That Ecuadorian girl is crazy good at languages! she is super fluent in english and Japanese. The Mexican guy sounds very good in Japanese too. All these guys have 3 languages in the bag, vamos latinos!
It's easier for Spanish speakers to learn Japanese and vice-versa. My best friend is Japanese and she is fluent in Spanish. She went to Colombia to become fluent in less than a year... She said it was easier because of the pronunciations. She speaks better Spanish than English
@@Dreamsai_ My Japanese friend became a fluent Spanish speaker in 1 year because the pronunciations were easier for her. She speaks better Spanish than she does English. As far as the writing, I'm sure to learn Japanese is harder for a Spanish speaker
I'm a Latino living in Japan for about 15 years and The half peruvian half Japanese guys explanation is VERY spot on. Many relationships are hallow in Japan. You can't really open up or form deep connections with people because of the way Japanese culture and society is.
But do you really want to have relationships with people who don't enjoy your company or you have no similarities with? I would look for people who like the same things like maybe cars, dancing, computers, anime, those kinds of people are able to speak their own common language through their interests.
@@ROMVS That would seem to be the common sense approach. Isn't that how its done everywhere else? But for some reason in Japan (and maybe elsewhere?) , it just doesn't seem to work that way often. Even when finding similar interests, it feels hollow. I'm sure there are people out there that have made it work. Your experience may vary, but based on my time in Japan I really related to what he was saying word for word.
I believe one of the last statements was very true. Many people even outside of Japan only really see South America and Latino countries as very poor. But the gap between the poor and the rich is tremendous. I do hope things get better and the gap shortens.
He says Latin, and not Latino at first though. I was so thrown off for a sec 😂. Latin is so much broader of a term than Latino. English is weird like that. Latino in Spanish/Italian means Latin, but in English, both words have different meanings.
Thanks! That was me at the end. I'm Peruvian but I grew up in the USA (he cut that part out) so I know those stereotypes are everywhere not only in Japan and the USA.
same is the case with India ppl think India is a poor country but like dude we have 4th biggest GDP and 3rd most no. of Billionairs. The gap between rich and poor that u mentioned its the same here.
Japanese here. Mexico and Spanish have always been one of my favorite countries and languages since my early teens, the late '90s. Me and my friends didn't know much about Latin American or foreign countries back then because there were no smartphones. We were living in the Stone Age like the Flintstones. Joking aside, Clifton Collins Jr. and Robert Rodriguez's movies sparked my interest in Mexico and Spanish. Also, I was a fan of Delinquent Habits, Kinto Sol, and Buena Vista Social Club when I was in my twenties. I'm sorry I'm still not familiar with other Latin American countries, but one thing I can say for sure is that whoever you are, wherever you're from, you're beautiful. I see Latin Americans as the morning sun.
@@Lunatic4Bizcas I remember watching their music video Chan Chan for the first time 13 years ago here on YT. I admired the beautiful scenery in Cuba. Somehow it made me feel nostalgic. I've watched the 1999 documentary BVSC and BVSC: Adios. I enjoyed watching the first one, but the second one made me sad because I was shocked after finding out some people I loved passed away years ago. I still miss them.
I'm a foreigner living in Tokyo for 20 years. These interviews were very insightful. In particular, the man from Peru's comment about friendships here being somewhat shallow really struck a chord with me. This is so true. People will be a friend to play tennis, or a friend while your kids are at the same kindergarten, or a friend to have lunch with and practice English. But it is shallow, never goes anywhere, and I crave so much more.
Totally agree! I'm the last guy towards the end of the interview. Only been here 3 years but I totally understand that shallowness and would hope it goes away as my Japanese improves but I'm not so sure about that anymore.
Just sounds like a transactional relationship, friends aren't made on the pretense of be given free English lessons. The going rate in Tokyo for an hour of private conversation practice is $80.
You have hit the problem on the head with your opening line. 'I'm a foreigner'....You should just be someone who lives in Japan, not simply a tolerated outsider.
I'm a Latino in Japan, but who grew up half my life in the States. The one thing Ive noticed that is so extremely apparent for me, is that I dont hit as aggressive or over the top racism here. If anything, people have been so warm and welcoming. Theres one person I met, who is Japanese but speaks both English and Spanish, so when we run into each other in the bars, we overwhelm the people around us by just combining all three languages to communicate. It's really fun to do. I've all but lost reason to go back to the states anymore. Ill go back to my home country some day, but otherwise, Im loving it here. 5 years and going!
Ah yes the country with less than 3%non native population and notoriously difficult citizenship process is definitely not racist. You don't see overt racism because there aren't enough people to be racist to but it's definitely there buddy.
As a latina, I really appreciate these interviews that help to demystify misconceptions and prejudices with our countries and our culture. South America and Latin America in general has so many good things the world could see. Great job, Takashii !
Well, I'm also brazilian and I consider myself latina. I think Brazil tends to have difficulty recognizing itself in this group because we don't speak Spanish… And also more obscure political issues, which don't fit here, but fall into the problems I mentioned previously: misconception and prejudice.
@@edilainedias161 i dont know. Nobody in my background considering yourself as a latino. Thats something created by foreigner, is more easily to identify or put in yourself when you life in another country. I never go outside of Brazil, here the majority refuse the term "latino"
@@yancasado5049 Eu vejo que essa recusa que você menciona tem origem nos mesmo preconceitos que estrangeiros tem em identificar a América Latina unicamente como um lugar pobre e subdesenvolvido. Nós somos historicamente e culturalmente muito próximos dos nossos vizinhos com passados coloniais de exploração e miscigenação. O estado de negação em que o Brasil vive só serve para favorecer grupos políticos privilegiados, que ganham com a não identificação do povo com nossas raízes e nossa história. Enfim, meu comentário era um enaltecimento e não visava atingir latinos que odeiam ser latinos. Tem vídeos em que o Takashii entrevista exclusivamente brasileiros no canal, talvez você os ache melhores.
I'm Mexican-American and I really resonated with the differences in how culture and relationships work in both countries. Latin Americans value closeness, warmth, and openness so much to the point where people can get nosy and offended if you don't share everything with them. And it seems like Japanese people value autonomy, personal boundaries, and harmony to the point where it can feel a little cold and unfriendly towards others. I think of Latin Americans as like dogs while Japanese are more like cats, but I love both! Ultimately though, we both have a strong sense of ourselves as part of a society and a culture and we value things like politeness, hard work, and hospitality. We have a lot in common despite our differences!
I'm Mexican-American and I find this so interesting since my family has resided in the states for a long enough time to where we're fully Americanized. Personally, I'm considered exceptionally cold even among other Americans and while I don't feel close to the Japanese or even find myself terribly interested in the Japanese people, I can't help but feel closer about space and boundaries. Whenever I encounter other Latinos, they find me "creepy" since I speak Spanish but I'm not a kissy-huggy kind of guy and keep to myself. I can easily imagine that when Latinos go to Japan they feel extremely isolated by the lack of emotional openness. Good for the people in the video trying to persevere.
@Yacy USA is the only country with "America" in its name. I've talked to many Mexicans in Mexico and they refer to the culture of USA as American and most of the other world calls us Americans too. There's no other denonym that better fits us anyway. United Statesians is clunky and long winded, USAsians makes us sound like Asians, American is the obvious choice.
@Yacy American is still acceptable for people from the United States of America, simple as that. They refer to Brazilians in a general sense aa south American along with Argentines, Ecuadorians, Chileans, etc. and People from Mexico, USA, and Canada as North Americans. Regarding individual nations, there's no appropriation.
When the Mexican girl said, "I am never going to be Japanese" that really struck a chord within me because it really does feel like that. I feel like if you come from a Latin American country that is especially hard because we tend to welcome foreigners as if they were family. Like, you become one of us. Japanese people do make a distinction between "us" and "them" (foreigners) and it is pretty marked. When I was in Japan the realization that it was happening sometimes felt like a slap in the face. It's one of those cultural differences that you don't really know are bothering you until you really sit down to think about it. Very interesting!
You are calm enough not to be easily critical, but to treat Japanese culture as part of the diversity and think of reasons why it is different from a Latin American country.
@@John-hp2hg China is far from being a global power house (world wide), yet their country is probably the most unfriendly to foreigners. So while your logic does make sense on a grander scales, there are exceptions
@@John-hp2hg No, latin american countries have been rich , they were just as welcoming if not even more, because they are american countries, american countries are made up of inmigrnats, even segregationist and racist US follows the american rules, even if they do that "one drop" and "whites with whites" "blacks with blacks" shit.
@@John-hp2hg hey bro that's not true ,we welcome people because we are friendly people not because we poor and don't have anything to offer.you'l be surprised if you visit my country people instantly will treat you as a friend.
@John If that's the case, no person in the US will be welcoming, no person in Spain, Portugal, Italy, etc. will be welcoming. So, no. Actually, China is not as developed as Japan, and they behave the same way, Hua 华 (us) Wai 外 (them).
@Michelle yess its very interesting, I’m Mexican so I want to learn Japanese and hopefully learn it quick. Also that’s good! I’m sure every day they improve more and its cool that they’re living there
I'm Mexican-American as well. Im in California and I'm grateful that i live in a multicultural state and San Francisco has a few in person Japanese Language Schools available. Native Japanese professors teach as well. So far, I've been enrolled for a year. This is such a motivational video and I can't wait to continue my journey embracing this language and beautiful culture and in hopes to visit Japan in the near future. Keep giving it all your best everyone
As a Latino who has lived in Japan, I can say that Japanese people did not know much about Latin America except for the things they may have seen on TV or similar. Once I tried to explain where I was from and the young Japanese lady had no idea! I was confused because I thought Japanese people were more "cultured" per se, but they were genuinely curious to learn, which is why it didn't bother me as much when they didn't know about Colombia (where I was born). I lived in Okinawa and the people are different from mainland Japan, as they are more warm and inviting! Latin America is not all negative! In Colombia and the rest of Latin America, we have some of the most intelligent people in the world! We are not just "poor" people! We are rich not only in finance, but also in culture, family, unity, friendship and can't fail to mention, beautiful people inside and outside! Japanese people have to learn that Latin America is so much more than just Peru and Brazil. We have an immense amount more to offer the world! I will say that I ❤️Okinawa until the day I die, but my soul and spirit will always be Colombian!
It seems to me, having watched many of these vids, is that Japan knows little of the wider world or Japan's context with other countries and cultures, or theres with Japan. Even the title 'what's it like being Latin in Japan?' It shouldn't mean anything. You are just a South American person living in another country, not some 'none Japanese', which always seems to be the Japanese point if view/perspective.
Mentira, Latinoamérica es un páramo de desolación. Sus partes "agradables" están reservadas para gente adinerada, blanca y extranjeros. Los privilegiados son la prole de políticos y narcos.
@@NoxSuperNova We are relevant! Only we can dictate how others perceive us and we do this by being ambassadors of our Latin American countries and cultures when we live abroad. That's how we change the masses, be showing them an example of a true Latin American person and their story.
Hace 4 años, conocí a un par de japoneses que trabajaron en mi país Costa Rica por 2 años, pero ellos no querían regresar a Japón porque les encantó Costa Rica y sobretodo nuestra cultura latina. Ellos me pidieron que les enseñara español para prepararse para el examen DELE. Yo me comunico con ellos muy a menudo y espero algún día volverlos a ver. Los extraño mucho!!
Asi es a muchos de ellos les gusta la calidez de los latinos, en Mexico muchos japoneses prefieren quedarse a regresar a japon, ya que a pesar de ser japoneses y tener su familia alla, aun asi alla sienten mas soledad
I am Japanese from Hamamatsu city. Which there is a lot of south Americans like Brazilians and Peruvians. I had a lot of good time with them during primary school and middle school. They spoke Spanish Portuguese and Japanese, which is very impressive. I learned some Spanish and Portuguese from them which made me love latin people. Someday I would love to visit latin countries. (Brazilian can double jump)
I think big factor that doesn't get discussed is that Latinos vary in skin color a lot, if you're clear enough people can perceive you as being European, and that changes your experience a lot.
What she says about the pronunciation is really true. I speak Greek which has the same pronunciation as Spanish and when I get to speak Japanese words are natural to pronounce (the majority)
As a Frenchman, I also have a lot of facilities for Japanese pronunciation. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same for all the Latin languages, to tell the truth.
Movies and the media have influenced the stereotypes we have of people outside of our own country. That's why I love "Takashi from Japan" videos. He gets to the facts!
I'm Japanese.Gunma,Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures have a lot of South Americans, especially Brazilians and Peruvians, living in japan difficult for south Americans.too cross cultural.if you can't get used to life in Tokyo, Okinawa is recommended. This is because people in Okinawa are frendly than mainland Japan,and there are many people who are not strict about time and are at their own pace, I think people in South America will like it because have a bit of South America personality and the climate.
Hii! Thank you so much for watching I’m planning to make a video about the budget for moving to Japan! So you can calculate how much you need for it. Recently people recognize me on the street in Tokyo, and many of them just came to Japan, So I was thinking maybe finally it’s time to come to Japan for you guys Stay stunned!
The part where the girl said: "I had to accept I was never gonna be Japanese" hit home for me. Realizing that myself when I went made my whole trip there better.
@@WLF0X I was a child at the time fascinated with Japanese culture. I didn’t know better at the time. I learned that A: becoming a Japanese citizen is tough, B: even if I did some people would still see me as foreign because I do not look like them, and C: I’m not as much of a weeb as people like to think I am. I’m like, the Diet Coke of weeb, other weebs dont count me as one lol “I dont watch enough anime”
ikr, i love japan, and i wish i was born japanese, but i know people will cringe at this. not that i have ever tried to become japanese ofc lol, but its a bit of a hard truth to accept fr
I'm a chicana when I visited Japan I had a lot of people coming up to me asking what part of the United States i am from and called me American. In California I'm very use to people telling me to go back to Mexico even though my family has been in California for hundreds of years. It felt nice to be noticed as an American and as a chicana in Japan. I got to hangout with a lot of people in the Chicano scene and share my experiences being raised in the culture.
@@hhjhj393 but white is not a country; there are white people in many countries. . what I'm trying to point out is that you are excluding by skin color and not by culture. german, french, and Irish, spanish are all white with completely different cultures. there are white people in Mexico , brazil, Argentina, etc. I don't know what your actual ethnicity because white is not that. I think part of the problem with white "America" is that many of the erupoean settlers have lost their culture from their actual motherland. And possibly because of that try to claim their way of living is what being American is or think America is a white country. But its not , its a melting pot of every race and culture. for example the southwest states are Mexican culture. They always have been. there are Mexican-American families living in California since before it was part of the USA. They are more California than any white celeb in Beverly hills
@@hhjhj393 your last 12 words say a lot, you'd guys rather live in a swamp with alligators than live with a neighborhood full of minorities. no other race brags about how good and superior they are than white ppl (no "but blm" excuses here bud). this is why foreigners look at this country as a white country when literally 41% of people are a diff race.
@@hhjhj393 Most chicanos don't know traditional Mexican culture. It's not their culture most aren't raised with it. Doesn't mean they aren't hard working and respectful.
@hhjhj No one elected you the official spokesperson for white people. If you want to advertise your ignorance you're free to do so, but don't presume to speak for others.
The one that mentioned the vowels between Spanish and Japanese - as I learn both languages, I've had that same exact thought. The vowel sounds are nearly identical and I thought that at least that part of it would be easy to transfer. As opposed to English, where it's said we have close to 20 vowel sounds. Also, I like how most of the interviewees are at least trilingual.
This was so interesting! This is something I’ve been curious about for a long time. As a Latina who loves the Japanese culture, this was so informative and satisfying to watch. Looking forward to more interviews with other cultures.
Iam Mexican American with two kids and we always travel to Mexico or Europe but Japan is on my bucket list for sure... going to Asia for the 1st time, Id love Japan to be my first country I visit in this marvelous continent then Thailand...
I am an American married to an Ecuadorian who has lived in Ecuador for many years. The things the girl mentioned at the start are very similar to what we have always heard whenever we go back to the States; I have always wondered if many of the same misconceptions exist in other cultures as well. It's interesting, to say the least.
I'm costa rican and she is right. Most foreigners are bound to believe that latin america is all poor and also the stereotypes towrards women. I do believe that the media is very much responsible for this since it's the way it depicts latin countries.
@star35mm YES! Oh dear lord yes. Also, I've been asked by a Mexican man before in full Spanish if we celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Ecuador. He was also incredibly angry that my wife and I had never heard of Tigres del Norte. Like, turned red and shaking his fist angry. So guy, they may have been super famous in Mexico, but in South America? Nope. My father in law never had heard of them either. Some Mexican-Americans themselves push the idea that mexican culture speaks for every other latino country. Don't get me started on when Twitch introduced a bunch of "latine appreciation" emotes and quite literally every single one was Mexican culture, not relating to any other country at all.
Most likely the Japanese perception of Latin Americans come from the portrayal of Latin Americans in the USA. They don't do their own research and reach out to them independently.
@@Alan-gu1hp Yes, this is why it is all the more sad when folks act like all of South America is just like Mexico, it's not even the same continent. It happens all the time.
As a 27 year old in South FL; born of both Colombian parents and deeply raised in my culture/traditions, seeing these Latinos thriving in Japan gives me hope. Have always wanted to go since I was about 17. Now I believe that this year I can seriously start making my moves. Thank you so much for this video 🙏
I've been living in Colombia my entire life and I remember when I started studying Japanese back in 2016, our Japanese teacher told us about the time she send to her friends in Japan a picture of how Bogotá looked from her window in her flat. Her friends replied with “Oh, so there are buildings in Colombia!”. I remembered this with the Chilean girl’s comment.
Si, los Japoneses no tienen idea que Bogotá es una ciudad metropolitana como cualquier otra ciudad, menos lo que es Colombia. Pero por eso ayudó que le habías mostrado para que aprenden lo que es Bogotá y Colombia.
I studied in Japan for 1 month back in 2018. Even though I was only there for a short amount of time, I could relate to most things being said. I was really proud to display my roots and culture. Everyone was super nice and welcoming 😊 It was really refreshing to see their surprised and amazed reactions when I would tell them that I was from Mexico 🇲🇽 I did get one reaction like that first girl where the man said "oh mekishiko-jin sexy". But other than that, I loved my experience there. I've never felt so safe in my life. I've lived in Mexico and I've also lived in the US for most of my life. I never had the intuition to look over my shoulder or walk faster or avoid a certain person or just have my guard up. I LOVED Japan so much. I will go back to live there someday
@@missplainjane3905 I have never visited but I can answer your first question. From what I heard from some of my acquaintances that have visited Japan, it’s super developed, they say even more then here in the US. Cleaner and safer too
Being Spanish myself pronunciations do sound so familiar in ways and it’s so cool seeing Latino/as speak Japanese and pronunciate so well. Keep up the good work on the videos! I’d love to see you interview other cultures as well! Or, even show us stores or restaurants that are themed in a different culture such as Spanish restaurants.
I feel like culturally, Japan and South America are polar opposites. Yokoi Kenji Diaz, a Colombo japanese speaker, emphasizes on that and ussually says that both cultures could learn a lot from one another
i agree 100%. as a latino (nikkei-peruvian to be exact which is why i clicked on this video lol) we are very touchy in a friendly, "want to be close to you" family way and that reminds me of how distance is highly emphasized in japanese culture (like what one of the interviewees said). personally, i am not too touchy and i'd rather get hugs or kisses from family only if i agree to it. when i was younger i would try to back away from them and they would call me rude but in reality some people just don't always want to be intimate and its important to respect their space. so i think latinos should be taught on how to be intimate with others as long as they consent to it. but when one of the interviewees said that japanese relationships are superficial, that reminds me of our intimacy, and that they should learn to treat others more like family because it's difficult to get anything out of a superficial relationship. TLDR: the way latinos and japanese view distance/relationships juxtaposes each other perfectly.
Pacific North American tribes are actually relatives to the AINU of Japan, so there are cultural similarities that extend deep into North America. Though this may be different than the rest of Japan.
I was stationed in Tokyo Japan as a latino, and the biggest thing i noticed is that everyone is so intrigued with my culture and the differences in both appearances and style. Still have a lot of close Japanese friends that are stationed there and I am looking forward to going back again real soon
I think one of the biggest misconceptions regarding Latinamericans is that we're all the same. Like similar to the meme/joke about Americans just dubbing anything south of the US as "Mexican" and thats it. There are a lot of cultural differences between Latinamerican countries, like for example there are huge cultural differences between Argentina and Colombia even though both are in South America. Even between neighbour countries like Chile and Peru there are huge cultural differences so it's really appreciated when foreigners don't put Latinos or South Americans "in the same bag" just because we happen to live on the same continent or share the same language. It's similar to how different Japanese locals see themselves compared to neighbouring countries like s-Korea and China. It's nice to see Japanese interested in learning about different Latinamerican cultures similar to how some of us gained an interest in learning about Japanese culture.
To be fair we do the same exact thing with Americans, when we think of Americans we only think of white people when in reality the U.S. is a melting pot of cultures, African-American, Asian-American, Irish-American, Latin-American, etc...
what u are saying is true...But we Latinos are all super friendly All Latin America has that in comon. we all like salsa, bachata, merengue cumbia ect when we make a party to dance we have more in comon than that we don't...if a latino end up in Japan and is mistreated just bill out what at heck are you doing so far from the Americas anyways as for me Europe and America is more than enough don't need or wish to go to any Asian country.
This interview series is amazing. Really provides the world insight on some of the hard truths of making your new home somewhere you're a non-native. Thank you and Japan for your openness.
Having Peruvian Japanese representation in this video did it for me, love that there’s people like me, I unfortunately haven’t been able to experience my Japanese side of my family at all but I will experience hopefully soon!🇵🇪🇯🇵
Half peruvian half japanese is pretty common in our country. And that's the beauty of peru, a mix of different cultures. In my case, I have mix blood from France and China. Pretty weird XD.
The one girl trying to change herself and being ashamed of her culture, low self esteem, felt sorry for her. Love seeing you interviewing different Latin cultures and getting their perspective.
You should claim your main identity. Latino is a colonial term imposed by colonial powers. Latino is not a race, culture, or ethnicity. Further, it erases the vast richness and diversity of ethnic groups, races, and cultures that there are in Latin America. We merely share a language. We are not the same. That is a colonial badge.
@@Dbbrainer lol. Keep telling people what they should identify themselves as 🤣. Idk where you are from, but here in the States we call ourselves Latino(a) if we live in the states, but have a background from a south/central american country. Why should someone with 1 or both parents from Mexico, but born or naturalized as an American called themselves a Mexican because you say so? 🤣. That's how we called ourselves in the "US". Hardly anyone living in a Latin country calls themselves latin. They always refer themselves as from whatever country they were born. Hope you learned something. 🫠
@@SirCharlesLikesChurros That’s exactly what white Americans want you to call yourself dumb ass 🤣🤣🤣 That’s because even though you’re a citizen you’ll never be one of them. You realize how the only people in the US that doesn’t have to identify with their ancestors ethnicity are European-Americans?
@@DbbrainerLatino is a colonial term but you call the place Latin America? By your logic, Latin is a colonial term, even the word America is a colonial term
I’m honestly REALLY surprised Japan isn’t as informed about Latin America as they are with other parts of the world. I think Japanese people would be REALLY surprised that the family ethics among Hispanics are VERY similar. The food is AMAZING, the people are very loving, and they speak the language of romance for pete sakes lol. I honestly encourage every Asian person to educate themselves about these cultures because they’re missing out big time!
@Michelle Completely empathetic to that. Sadly, I know that Latin America gets overshadowed by the corruption, but people really need to start looking beyond that because there’s a lot of rich history there, and the majority of people living there are family-oriented, driven, hard-working, and just overall inviting. There’s a reason why a lot of A-Listers in Hollywood are dating Hispanic/Latin people. You really won’t know the difference until you’ve spent time with people from Latin America. The level of care is just on a whole other level.
Takashi you’re such a good interviewer man, you asked really interesting questions and got interesting answers as well ! As a Mexican I’ve always wondered how would it be to be in your country, seeing this just makes me wanna visit so bad someday !! great video, man :)
With Mexico so close to the US, knowing about Mexican culture is fairly common for many Americans, but the further south you go into South America the less people will know about the countries. I still don't really know that much about countries like Chile or Argentina. In my mind it's just lumped into a big "South American" group of stuff I kind of know about that part of the world. For people in Japan, I honestly would not expect them to have much experience with many people from those countries or to know much about them unless they happen to have researched stuff on their own.
Takashi you've grown better, i really love watching you grow. As always you look great in black ❤️. Hope you have a great day. Stay happy healthy. God bless 🙏
I'm surprised that no Brazilians were interviewed, considering what a large population they have in Japan, due to the nikkei immigration allowance. Anyway, this was a great video! As a gringo I naturally spent many hours searching for Mexican restaurants during my months in Tokyo. Saludos y abrazos desde los Estados Unidos
To be fair Brazil is really ethnically diverse and it might be hard to spot a Brazilian on the street. We can be white, or black, or Asian, or Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern looking. It's probably the most ethnic diversity in the world. Brazil even has more Japanese people than any country besides Japan. (And more Lebanese than Lebanon lol.)
I'm Salvadorian, and I'm actually planning a trip to Japan in a few years. I like that other Latinos suggested learning Japanese to connect more with the people and culture. I do appreciate the respect Japanese people have towards personal space and boundaries, that's something I wish we had more of here in the US.
I'm also from El Salvador, and I also want to go on a trip to Japan been specific to Tokyo I think it's more about the food and the culture I have some friends from Japan, china and Korea and I love the way that they treat you and also I would to learn the lenguage if you can record your self when you there I would like to see your experience in the Asian country whenever you go take care my friend
the one cool thing about latinos and spanish is that the language has very similar phonetics to Japanese so it makes learning the language a little easier than coming from most other languages
@@warsawcat2041 yeah i think americans sound funny when they speak spanish when they dont do the pronunciations well. but how do they sound when they speak good spanish with good pronunciation, does it still sound funny or something else? on the other hand i think most people in america can tell who grew up speaking both spanish and english, when they speak english it sounds like the general american accent with the smallest, slight twist. but the thing is that the slight twist in accent doesnt really sound like a spanish accent, i cant really describe, but its nice to hear it.
I'm from Chile and I've been thinking of visiting Japan because I'm interested in living there. I really want to "test the waters" for it so I'm really excited about the budget for moving to Japan video! You have some amazing content Takashii, thank you so much for this useful information!
Check the guy "Abroad in Japan'' he's a foreigner living in Japan and I think he has in some of his videos saying how much cash you need to start off there.
@@nenadpopov3601 oh yeah! I know about Abroad In Japan, love his videos! I’m personally seeing the budget thing and slowly getting there, vídeos help a lot!
Japanese people are really precious when it comes to foreigners living in their land these UA-camrs in Japan only interviewing the good side of Japan but no one wants to interview the bad side of Japan which is the discriminating and Prejudice that goes on
Thank you very much. Your interviews are very well balanced and one can guess actual attitude and situation in Japan. I was born in Italy but I live in Paraguay. I study Japanese online at Shinjuku Nihongo Gakko and it is very helpfull although I am so old and I came to Japan first time in 1974, and so many more times after that. I wish you much success and once again thank you very much.
I really want to travel to Japan although some people say Japan is not a country to live so freely, but even their comments don't make me regret my decision to want to go there Grettings from 🇲🇽👌🏽
I'm really happy to see this kind of content talking about latino people in Japan, well I'm also latino and is my biggest dream is to live in Japan someday and watching this makes me believe somehow is possible to accomplish that dream. Thanks a lot for doing this, is really helpful.
That Mexican guy is a UA-camr 😆 as well, what a coincidence!! I'm a Mexican living in Japan too 😊 , hope to meet those fellow mexican guys someday 😃 . There are plenty of mexican restaurants in Tokyo but not all of them are good enough, so I hope you can visit a good one. 😀
@@NyuAkiyama haha no , vivi toda mi vida en Estados Unidos, apenas llevo 1 año en mexico, y tengo planes de irme a Japón, estudié japonés por 3 años. Pero ahorita estoy disfrutando mexico. Creo que me voy en unos 2 años.
I'm from Argentina, I live in Hawaii, and It was always a dream of mine to live in Japan or just go visit for a long time. I hope our Latin people live a happy life there and show how diverse and beautiful our many cultures are! Thank you for the video, I was always curious about this!
Great video! And yeah, many foreigners think there is only poverty and violence in Latin America, not only the Japanese. Anyway, I look forward to your video about latin restaurants!
Honestly, a video on food culture from the perspective of a foreign restaurant sounds really interesting. I want to know how a single restaurant goes about changing the flavors of their food to suit the Japanese taste, if they even do that at all.
Dicen que se les hace más fácil a los hispanos hablar japonés por su parecido fonético... de alguna forma eso me da más ganas de algún día intentar aprender japonés (aunque sea de forma autodidacta), y digo "Algún día" porque actualmente intento aprender inglés y apenas puedo ver series con subtítulos en ese idioma.
Sip yo estuve aprendiendo japonés pero lo dejé hace tiempo pero se me hizo fácil al menos la pronunciación pq no tenían sonidos muy difíciles de pronunciar
Yo aprendí durante un año hasta que lo dejé y sí efectivamente no es difícil aprender la pronunciación, no hay sonidos raros para nosotros y al igual que en el español algunas palabras solo se diferencian entre sí por donde está el acento (tipo encanto vs encantó) y todo eso es una gran ventaja para nosotros.
A y los verbos también, los verbos en japonés no tienen tantas conjugaciones como en español, pero hay muchos tiempos/conjugaciones en japonés que no tienen análogos en la mayoría de idiomas, pero en el español sí.
I love this video, as a Ecuadorian I feel happy cause I know different people from south america. I have a japanese friend, to be honest sometimes it's difficult to talk with her, but I'm learning Japanese and their culture. I hope to travel to Japan someday and show our latin culture and learn more your culture.
I'm Ecuadorian too! i wanna learn Japanese aswell and since is also widely used i started with English first, omg I'm glad to meet more people from here in this channel!
Amigos pero si son ecuatorianos hablen nomas en español jajaja. Bromas aparte, ya somos 3. Es mas, varios somos lo que tenemos ese lindo sueño de ir a Japón, espero lo logremos un día :)
@@MsMRkv I think the verb conjugation is also similar in that there's a lot, there's no future in japanese 'cause it's the same as present tense but other that, I do think it is somewhat similar.
When I lived in Japan I used to teach English to Japanese and I loved how they were fascinated to learn about my Mexican culture. Eventually I was teaching them English and Mexican culture through our conversations. It was lovely experience. ❤
Hello! Thank you for this video. I'm from Venezuela and I'm going to study a month in Saitama. This and all your videos encourage me to speak more in Japanese. I think the way you said Latino and Latina is cute and I appreciate it ♥️✨
As a Latin American hoping to live in Japan one day, this was really good insight-you’ve earned a subscriber, thanks Takashi and keep up the good work🙏🏽
Un saludo a los latinoamericanos en japon, en especial a los que aparecen en este video, coincido con lo expresado por la mayoria de ustedes (dicho o sugerido), sobre apreciar nuestra cultura y no olvidarla, asi como apreciar y valorar la cultura de otros paises. un abrazo!
My family (Ecuadorian) went to Japan in 2009 or 2010, had a great time. We spent a day in Rappongi Hills and got a little bit lost, and coincidentally a Mexican gentleman who was working in the area overheard us and offered to help, saying it was so nice to hear Spanish spoken so openly, if I remember correctly he had been living in the area for work for a few years at that point and hadn't gone back to Mexico to visit family in that time. Nice little experience we had.
I’m going on an exchange to Japan in a few months and I’m really excited to talk about Puerto Rico!! Hopefully my Japanese will be enough to make friends 😭✨
Great video, a part 2 would be interesting to see. From the Japanese people I have met in LA, they seem to become interested in Mexican culture as well as our cuisine and its always beautiful to see their enthusiasm. I would love to bring more of my families culture to Japan for cultural exchange!
That's why we are here to change that. There are many things we can learn from Japanese people, and we can also share our points of view with them. How to connect in a more profound way and what's like to be a Latino. Some might be interested some might not. Just in the same way some Latinos are not interested in Asian cultures. If you like it, you do it, connect, and reshape. Of course, things are not going to change in one night but that's life.
Takashi-san, Thank you 🙏🏼very much for this video. It was very interesting to hear how Latin American residents feel about life in Japan and the cultural differences. The idea of a video interviewing restaurant owners is excellent- food culture may be a good way to show a more insightful depiction of cultural exchange beyond language. Well done 👏🏻
I need a part 2! as a latina who loves japones culture it was really nice to know the experience of latinos in Japan, I hope to be able to travel there at some point in my life:)
@@kawagonzo6951 People from Asia are called Asian, People from Europe are called European so it makes sense People from Latin America are call Latino/a
@@PeppySteps Latin America doesn't exist! just a buzzword to separate English speaking people from spanish and Portuguese !! ! .so you telling me Italians are not latin? lol
Hi Takashi!!!! I love your videos and I am actually planning to move to Japan (5 years from now). I have been learning Japanese on the Duolingo app and I am loving it so far! Just like the girl said, Spanish and Japanese sound very similar. So for me, it has been easy to learn the pronunciation of words, etc. It would be great if you could do a video of how foreigners can work in Japan, the legal process of living there, and other tips for people looking to move there. Thank you so much for the videos!!!
I recognize the peruvian guy by just seeing him, there's a lot of "nikkei" people like him around here since the connection with Japan and Peru is strong, and as a latino good video by the way.
I have an uncle who worked in Osaka, he was born in the USA. His experience was that life is more lonely in Japan, since it's harder to expand your friend circle and people are just "polite" without being interested in more social interaction than the "necessary", but really had no issues. He dressed well and speaks fluent Japanese, so that also helped.
Another thing!! :D I actually feel exited about this comment. I'm Chilean, like the last girl who said she was an engineer. I would like create a co-relation between my country and Japan which can help Japanese people to feel more related to South America. Both of our countries are located in the Ring of Fire. We are highly seismic countries and have a seismic culture. The architecture of our houses and buildings are managed in order to resist as much as possible to the telluric movement of earthquakes. so, of courseeee we have engineers :)
I lived in Japan and people treated me well. They confused me for American (but I get that outside of every country I go, TBH 😅) but I would say that I’m Peruvian living in Canada because I like to be honest about my origins, also because I am proud of them and have nothing to hide. 🇵🇪 🇨🇦
I love this video. I am not latin either japanese, but I speak spanish very well. Me gusta mucho ver latinos triumfar en otros paises. Yo crecí escuchando música de Mexico, aprendí el español en la escuela, a travez de la música y las novelas.
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YOOOOO you are probably like one of the first UA-camrs to ask a Latino person about their experience in Japan.
There are many actually...
In english, sure.
In spanish/portuguese there's at least 1 video per every latin american country.
There's A LOT of them. Actually, if you see normal videos about foreigners, a lot of people are latino
@@PfizerBioNTech5G not really
@@PfizerBioNTech5G yea but it’s people like Yuta who is a very narrowminded prejudice individual. So there really isn’t a choice
Whenever I visit Japan, I find myself always speaking Spanish with other foreigners so that I can get directions, ask questions, or have conversation. One clerk lady (Peruvian) I spoke with at a gift store almost cried, because she had not spoken her native language in many years.. it was tears of joy for her. :)
That’s so wholesome!
Pobrecita 😢
I wonder if she knew Quechua
@@devina8812 That's what I was wondering. Quechua is "native" to Peru, Spanish is not
In Peru, Quechua is spoken like for 4 million people, that is more than Uruguayan population. But I really suggest that Quechua should be more expanded because this is an ancestral language of the Inca Empire with its roots in Peru.
That Ecuadorian girl is crazy good at languages! she is super fluent in english and Japanese. The Mexican guy sounds very good in Japanese too. All these guys have 3 languages in the bag, vamos latinos!
She’s very cute too ;(
@@SynesterSeX Yup!
It's easier for Spanish speakers to learn Japanese and vice-versa. My best friend is Japanese and she is fluent in Spanish. She went to Colombia to become fluent in less than a year... She said it was easier because of the pronunciations. She speaks better Spanish than English
@@TheSweetvycdoesn’t make it easier to learn just easier to pronounce. The writing, speech (not how to pronounce), and spelling is not easier.
@@Dreamsai_ My Japanese friend became a fluent Spanish speaker in 1 year because the pronunciations were easier for her. She speaks better Spanish than she does English. As far as the writing, I'm sure to learn Japanese is harder for a Spanish speaker
I'm a Latino living in Japan for about 15 years and The half peruvian half Japanese guys explanation is VERY spot on. Many relationships are hallow in Japan. You can't really open up or form deep connections with people because of the way Japanese culture and society is.
Sounds sad tbh
But do you really want to have relationships with people who don't enjoy your company or you have no similarities with? I would look for people who like the same things like maybe cars, dancing, computers, anime, those kinds of people are able to speak their own common language through their interests.
@@ROMVS That would seem to be the common sense approach. Isn't that how its done everywhere else? But for some reason in Japan (and maybe elsewhere?) , it just doesn't seem to work that way often. Even when finding similar interests, it feels hollow. I'm sure there are people out there that have made it work. Your experience may vary, but based on my time in Japan I really related to what he was saying word for word.
@@Dreamsai_ Japan has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Think about that
Maybe that's how they want it to be?
I believe one of the last statements was very true. Many people even outside of Japan only really see South America and Latino countries as very poor. But the gap between the poor and the rich is tremendous. I do hope things get better and the gap shortens.
Exactly. Many countries are rich, but very unequal
He says Latin, and not Latino at first though. I was so thrown off for a sec 😂. Latin is so much broader of a term than Latino. English is weird like that. Latino in Spanish/Italian means Latin, but in English, both words have different meanings.
Thanks! That was me at the end. I'm Peruvian but I grew up in the USA (he cut that part out) so I know those stereotypes are everywhere not only in Japan and the USA.
They are all poor
rich is a minority in Latin America
same is the case with India ppl think India is a poor country but like dude we have 4th biggest GDP and 3rd most no. of Billionairs. The gap between rich and poor that u mentioned its the same here.
Japanese here. Mexico and Spanish have always been one of my favorite countries and languages since my early teens, the late '90s. Me and my friends didn't know much about Latin American or foreign countries back then because there were no smartphones. We were living in the Stone Age like the Flintstones.
Joking aside, Clifton Collins Jr. and Robert Rodriguez's movies sparked my interest in Mexico and Spanish. Also, I was a fan of Delinquent Habits, Kinto Sol, and Buena Vista Social Club when I was in my twenties.
I'm sorry I'm still not familiar with other Latin American countries, but one thing I can say for sure is that whoever you are, wherever you're from, you're beautiful. I see Latin Americans as the morning sun.
Beautiful comments. Thank you! 🙏🏼
Buena Vista Social Club is a great music collaborative from Cuba, and Cuban music is excellent. Cheers.
this makes me so happy to hear considering Im Hispanic !! ♡
Hello from Brazil.
Buena Vista Social Club is good!
I saw that you posted a video of Shing02 rapping on Luv(sic). RIP Seba Jun!
@@Lunatic4Bizcas I remember watching their music video Chan Chan for the first time 13 years ago here on YT. I admired the beautiful scenery in Cuba. Somehow it made me feel nostalgic.
I've watched the 1999 documentary BVSC and BVSC: Adios. I enjoyed watching the first one, but the second one made me sad because I was shocked after finding out some people I loved passed away years ago. I still miss them.
I'm a foreigner living in Tokyo for 20 years. These interviews were very insightful. In particular, the man from Peru's comment about friendships here being somewhat shallow really struck a chord with me. This is so true. People will be a friend to play tennis, or a friend while your kids are at the same kindergarten, or a friend to have lunch with and practice English. But it is shallow, never goes anywhere, and I crave so much more.
Totally agree! I'm the last guy towards the end of the interview. Only been here 3 years but I totally understand that shallowness and would hope it goes away as my Japanese improves but I'm not so sure about that anymore.
Just sounds like a transactional relationship, friends aren't made on the pretense of be given free English lessons. The going rate in Tokyo for an hour of private conversation practice is $80.
@@VenomFT2000 Wow, really? I don't mean to doubt you btw, I'm just showing my surprise at the rate. Dang.
that is exactly what I meant....Thank you!!!
You have hit the problem on the head with your opening line. 'I'm a foreigner'....You should just be someone who lives in Japan, not simply a tolerated outsider.
I'm a Latino in Japan, but who grew up half my life in the States.
The one thing Ive noticed that is so extremely apparent for me, is that I dont hit as aggressive or over the top racism here.
If anything, people have been so warm and welcoming. Theres one person I met, who is Japanese but speaks both English and Spanish, so when we run into each other in the bars, we overwhelm the people around us by just combining all three languages to communicate. It's really fun to do.
I've all but lost reason to go back to the states anymore. Ill go back to my home country some day, but otherwise, Im loving it here.
5 years and going!
Ah yes the country with less than 3%non native population and notoriously difficult citizenship process is definitely not racist. You don't see overt racism because there aren't enough people to be racist to but it's definitely there buddy.
I wanna hear more language shenanigans xD
@@STartist. They're probably more xenophobic than racist. Though East Asians in general seem to be racist towards black people the most.
@@dystopianspacesaga7093 such a weird question💀💀
@@STartist. Not really I was curious about it too
As a latina, I really appreciate these interviews that help to demystify misconceptions and prejudices with our countries and our culture. South America and Latin America in general has so many good things the world could see.
Great job, Takashii !
I am a Brazilian person. I dont identify myself as a latino, just Brazilian
Good for you
Well, I'm also brazilian and I consider myself latina.
I think Brazil tends to have difficulty recognizing itself in this group because we don't speak Spanish… And also more obscure political issues, which don't fit here, but fall into the problems I mentioned previously: misconception and prejudice.
@@edilainedias161 i dont know. Nobody in my background considering yourself as a latino. Thats something created by foreigner, is more easily to identify or put in yourself when you life in another country. I never go outside of Brazil, here the majority refuse the term "latino"
@@yancasado5049 Eu vejo que essa recusa que você menciona tem origem nos mesmo preconceitos que estrangeiros tem em identificar a América Latina unicamente como um lugar pobre e subdesenvolvido.
Nós somos historicamente e culturalmente muito próximos dos nossos vizinhos com passados coloniais de exploração e miscigenação. O estado de negação em que o Brasil vive só serve para favorecer grupos políticos privilegiados, que ganham com a não identificação do povo com nossas raízes e nossa história.
Enfim, meu comentário era um enaltecimento e não visava atingir latinos que odeiam ser latinos. Tem vídeos em que o Takashii entrevista exclusivamente brasileiros no canal, talvez você os ache melhores.
I'm Mexican-American and I really resonated with the differences in how culture and relationships work in both countries. Latin Americans value closeness, warmth, and openness so much to the point where people can get nosy and offended if you don't share everything with them. And it seems like Japanese people value autonomy, personal boundaries, and harmony to the point where it can feel a little cold and unfriendly towards others. I think of Latin Americans as like dogs while Japanese are more like cats, but I love both! Ultimately though, we both have a strong sense of ourselves as part of a society and a culture and we value things like politeness, hard work, and hospitality. We have a lot in common despite our differences!
I'm Mexican-American and I find this so interesting since my family has resided in the states for a long enough time to where we're fully Americanized. Personally, I'm considered exceptionally cold even among other Americans and while I don't feel close to the Japanese or even find myself terribly interested in the Japanese people, I can't help but feel closer about space and boundaries. Whenever I encounter other Latinos, they find me "creepy" since I speak Spanish but I'm not a kissy-huggy kind of guy and keep to myself. I can easily imagine that when Latinos go to Japan they feel extremely isolated by the lack of emotional openness. Good for the people in the video trying to persevere.
@ what is that other side to the friendliness and apparent empathy?
@@britneyt9253 entitlement, manipulation, and the fact that with a handful of exceptions, everything is fair game to use against you.
@Yacy USA is the only country with "America" in its name. I've talked to many Mexicans in Mexico and they refer to the culture of USA as American and most of the other world calls us Americans too. There's no other denonym that better fits us anyway. United Statesians is clunky and long winded, USAsians makes us sound like Asians, American is the obvious choice.
@Yacy American is still acceptable for people from the United States of America, simple as that. They refer to Brazilians in a general sense aa south American along with Argentines, Ecuadorians, Chileans, etc. and People from Mexico, USA, and Canada as North Americans. Regarding individual nations, there's no appropriation.
When the Mexican girl said, "I am never going to be Japanese" that really struck a chord within me because it really does feel like that. I feel like if you come from a Latin American country that is especially hard because we tend to welcome foreigners as if they were family. Like, you become one of us. Japanese people do make a distinction between "us" and "them" (foreigners) and it is pretty marked. When I was in Japan the realization that it was happening sometimes felt like a slap in the face. It's one of those cultural differences that you don't really know are bothering you until you really sit down to think about it. Very interesting!
You are calm enough not to be easily critical, but to treat Japanese culture as part of the diversity and think of reasons why it is different from a Latin American country.
@@John-hp2hg China is far from being a global power house (world wide), yet their country is probably the most unfriendly to foreigners. So while your logic does make sense on a grander scales, there are exceptions
@@John-hp2hg No, latin american countries have been rich , they were just as welcoming if not even more, because they are american countries, american countries are made up of inmigrnats, even segregationist and racist US follows the american rules, even if they do that "one drop" and "whites with whites" "blacks with blacks" shit.
@@John-hp2hg hey bro that's not true ,we welcome people because we are friendly people not because we poor and don't have anything to offer.you'l be surprised if you visit my country people instantly will treat you as a friend.
@John If that's the case, no person in the US will be welcoming, no person in Spain, Portugal, Italy, etc. will be welcoming. So, no. Actually, China is not as developed as Japan, and they behave the same way, Hua 华 (us) Wai 外 (them).
Being a Mexican-American person and hearing them speak Japanese gives me hope to be as fluent as they are. I will work on learning Japanese
I’ve heard someone say that Spanish speakers would learn way easier than english speakers
My Japanese friend because fluent in Spanish in 1 year after living in Colombia. She said it's a lot easier because of the pronunciations.
@Андер Шафер thats so cool!
@Michelle yess its very interesting, I’m Mexican so I want to learn Japanese and hopefully learn it quick. Also that’s good! I’m sure every day they improve more and its cool that they’re living there
I'm Mexican-American as well. Im in California and I'm grateful that i live in a multicultural state and San Francisco has a few in person Japanese Language Schools available. Native Japanese professors teach as well. So far, I've been enrolled for a year. This is such a motivational video and I can't wait to continue my journey embracing this language and beautiful culture and in hopes to visit Japan in the near future. Keep giving it all your best everyone
As a Latino who has lived in Japan, I can say that Japanese people did not know much about Latin America except for the things they may have seen on TV or similar. Once I tried to explain where I was from and the young Japanese lady had no idea! I was confused because I thought Japanese people were more "cultured" per se, but they were genuinely curious to learn, which is why it didn't bother me as much when they didn't know about Colombia (where I was born). I lived in Okinawa and the people are different from mainland Japan, as they are more warm and inviting! Latin America is not all negative! In Colombia and the rest of Latin America, we have some of the most intelligent people in the world! We are not just "poor" people! We are rich not only in finance, but also in culture, family, unity, friendship and can't fail to mention, beautiful people inside and outside! Japanese people have to learn that Latin America is so much more than just Peru and Brazil. We have an immense amount more to offer the world! I will say that I ❤️Okinawa until the day I die, but my soul and spirit will always be Colombian!
It seems to me, having watched many of these vids, is that Japan knows little of the wider world or Japan's context with other countries and cultures, or theres with Japan. Even the title 'what's it like being Latin in Japan?' It shouldn't mean anything. You are just a South American person living in another country, not some 'none Japanese', which always seems to be the Japanese point if view/perspective.
Mentira, Latinoamérica es un páramo de desolación. Sus partes "agradables" están reservadas para gente adinerada, blanca y extranjeros. Los privilegiados son la prole de políticos y narcos.
Not only Japan, most countries on the world don't know shit about latinoámerica, you know why? Because we are irrelevant.
@@NoxSuperNova We are relevant! Only we can dictate how others perceive us and we do this by being ambassadors of our Latin American countries and cultures when we live abroad. That's how we change the masses, be showing them an example of a true Latin American person and their story.
not often that i see other colombians on here so hi
Hace 4 años, conocí a un par de japoneses que trabajaron en mi país Costa Rica por 2 años, pero ellos no querían regresar a Japón porque les encantó Costa Rica y sobretodo nuestra cultura latina. Ellos me pidieron que les enseñara español para prepararse para el examen DELE. Yo me comunico con ellos muy a menudo y espero algún día volverlos a ver. Los extraño mucho!!
Asi es a muchos de ellos les gusta la calidez de los latinos, en Mexico muchos japoneses prefieren quedarse a regresar a japon, ya que a pesar de ser japoneses y tener su familia alla, aun asi alla sienten mas soledad
Les gusto la Pura Vida! ;p
Los japoneses son personas muy encantadoras. Qué bonito que les gustó nuestro país 😊😊
espero que ustedes volveran a ver tambien!
Que lindo! 💕
I am Japanese from Hamamatsu city. Which there is a lot of south Americans like Brazilians and Peruvians. I had a lot of good time with them during primary school and middle school.
They spoke Spanish Portuguese and Japanese, which is very impressive.
I learned some Spanish and Portuguese from them which made me love latin people.
Someday I would love to visit latin countries.
(Brazilian can double jump)
I am glad to hear that :) hope you can visit us soon
Glad to hear it , it will be worth it :DDD
Most of them are second and third generation mixed japanese. Not full Peruvian or Brazilian.
@@elmalanmalan2175 nah mate couple of are blacks and Peruvian girl was completely Blonde and blue eye which was very interesting.
brazilians can double jump lol
I think big factor that doesn't get discussed is that Latinos vary in skin color a lot, if you're clear enough people can perceive you as being European, and that changes your experience a lot.
What she says about the pronunciation is really true. I speak Greek which has the same pronunciation as Spanish and when I get to speak Japanese words are natural to pronounce (the majority)
As a Spanish speaker I love that I am able to pronounce Japanese really well 👌
i thought i was the only one. the pronounciation is similar
As a Frenchman, I also have a lot of facilities for Japanese pronunciation.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same for all the Latin languages, to tell the truth.
@@ArredondoJairo exactly
as a mexican idgaf
All of them speak at least 3 languages, this is amazing!
I speak 5 languages & I am Mexican-American ~ Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin, & English1😙😊
@@colinchampollion4420 Sorry I can't believe you.
@@colinchampollion4420 I'm sorry, I can't believe you.
You can't believe what?
@@imanoldurham5395 you can't believe me I am Mexican and can speak five languages 😤🥱?
Movies and the media have influenced the stereotypes we have of people outside of our own country. That's why I love "Takashi from Japan" videos. He gets to the facts!
Yes, AMERiCAN media....
Western media destroyed a lot of culture's perspective.
I'm Japanese.Gunma,Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures have a lot of South Americans, especially Brazilians and Peruvians, living in japan difficult for south Americans.too cross cultural.if you can't get used to life in Tokyo, Okinawa is recommended. This is because people in Okinawa are frendly than mainland Japan,and there are many people who are not strict about time and are at their own pace, I think people in South America will like it because have a bit of South America personality and the climate.
Hii!
Thank you so much for watching
I’m planning to make a video about the budget for moving to Japan!
So you can calculate how much you need for it.
Recently people recognize me on the street in Tokyo, and many of them just came to Japan,
So I was thinking maybe finally it’s time to come to Japan for you guys
Stay stunned!
Takashiii that is a great idea because my friend told me that you need over all 5k usd...I was like what the hell.
TAKASHii-san, which one do Japanese people prefer, Sony or iPhone? LINE or WhatsApp?
@@juanpAAA2059 5k usd for how long? :3
It's not latin takahashi-san. It's "Latino"
@@wizardOfRobots agreed latin is ancient
The part where the girl said: "I had to accept I was never gonna be Japanese" hit home for me. Realizing that myself when I went made my whole trip there better.
Lmaoo
LMFAOOOLL
Why would you want to be one anyways? 🤔
Are you that much of a weeb? 🙅♀
@@WLF0X I was a child at the time fascinated with Japanese culture. I didn’t know better at the time. I learned that A: becoming a Japanese citizen is tough, B: even if I did some people would still see me as foreign because I do not look like them, and C: I’m not as much of a weeb as people like to think I am. I’m like, the Diet Coke of weeb, other weebs dont count me as one lol “I dont watch enough anime”
ikr, i love japan, and i wish i was born japanese, but i know people will cringe at this. not that i have ever tried to become japanese ofc lol, but its a bit of a hard truth to accept fr
I'm a chicana when I visited Japan I had a lot of people coming up to me asking what part of the United States i am from and called me American. In California I'm very use to people telling me to go back to Mexico even though my family has been in California for hundreds of years. It felt nice to be noticed as an American and as a chicana in Japan. I got to hangout with a lot of people in the Chicano scene and share my experiences being raised in the culture.
@@hhjhj393 but white is not a country; there are white people in many countries. . what I'm trying to point out is that you are excluding by skin color and not by culture. german, french, and Irish, spanish are all white with completely different cultures. there are white people in Mexico , brazil, Argentina, etc.
I don't know what your actual ethnicity because white is not that. I think part of the problem with white "America" is that many of the erupoean settlers have lost their culture from their actual motherland. And possibly because of that try to claim their way of living is what being American is or think America is a white country. But its not , its a melting pot of every race and culture. for example the southwest states are Mexican culture. They always have been. there are Mexican-American families living in California since before it was part of the USA. They are more California than any white celeb in Beverly hills
@@hhjhj393 your last 12 words say a lot, you'd guys rather live in a swamp with alligators than live with a neighborhood full of minorities. no other race brags about how good and superior they are than white ppl (no "but blm" excuses here bud). this is why foreigners look at this country as a white country when literally 41% of people are a diff race.
@@hhjhj393 Most chicanos don't know traditional Mexican culture. It's not their culture most aren't raised with it. Doesn't mean they aren't hard working and respectful.
@hhjhj No one elected you the official spokesperson for white people. If you want to advertise your ignorance you're free to do so, but don't presume to speak for others.
@@hhjhj393 brugh
The one that mentioned the vowels between Spanish and Japanese - as I learn both languages, I've had that same exact thought. The vowel sounds are nearly identical and I thought that at least that part of it would be easy to transfer. As opposed to English, where it's said we have close to 20 vowel sounds. Also, I like how most of the interviewees are at least trilingual.
I wonder if that’s due to Spanish explorers coming to Japan centuries ago. Lots of language similarities. They even use the same word for bread (pan)
The one common theme in most of the interviews is the sense of feeling alienated by native Japanese even when lots of these people are half Japanese.
Yes but u wont ever need to worry about getting attack for ur race like in western countries...
People forget that Japan overall is a very conservative country.
@@santibanez91 we don't forget it, we talk about it because we don't feel is normal to us.
@@santibanez91 thats what makes Japan a pleasant place to live. The much more liberal western countries are toxic hellholes.
People use conservative when what they mean is discriminating.
This was so interesting! This is something I’ve been curious about for a long time. As a Latina who loves the Japanese culture, this was so informative and satisfying to watch. Looking forward to more interviews with other cultures.
For sure, it’s fascinating to see that there’s a community of Latinos who share the same interests and passions I do with Japanese culture.
Iam Mexican American with two kids and we always travel to Mexico or Europe but Japan is on my bucket list for sure... going to Asia for the 1st time, Id love Japan to be my first country I visit in this marvelous continent then Thailand...
Si ya soy mucho por mi espanglish🤣
Let's go to Japan and meet Naruto Elle Marquez. You pay for the room i pay for the food. Loll. Then let's go catch all the Pokemon
I am an American married to an Ecuadorian who has lived in Ecuador for many years. The things the girl mentioned at the start are very similar to what we have always heard whenever we go back to the States; I have always wondered if many of the same misconceptions exist in other cultures as well. It's interesting, to say the least.
I'm costa rican and she is right. Most foreigners are bound to believe that latin america is all poor and also the stereotypes towrards women. I do believe that the media is very much responsible for this since it's the way it depicts latin countries.
@star35mm YES! Oh dear lord yes.
Also, I've been asked by a Mexican man before in full Spanish if we celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Ecuador. He was also incredibly angry that my wife and I had never heard of Tigres del Norte. Like, turned red and shaking his fist angry. So guy, they may have been super famous in Mexico, but in South America? Nope. My father in law never had heard of them either. Some Mexican-Americans themselves push the idea that mexican culture speaks for every other latino country.
Don't get me started on when Twitch introduced a bunch of "latine appreciation" emotes and quite literally every single one was Mexican culture, not relating to any other country at all.
@star35mm bro, isnt Mexico part of North America tho?
Most likely the Japanese perception of Latin Americans come from the portrayal of Latin Americans in the USA. They don't do their own research and reach out to them independently.
@@Alan-gu1hp Yes, this is why it is all the more sad when folks act like all of South America is just like Mexico, it's not even the same continent. It happens all the time.
As a 27 year old in South FL; born of both Colombian parents and deeply raised in my culture/traditions, seeing these Latinos thriving in Japan gives me hope. Have always wanted to go since I was about 17. Now I believe that this year I can seriously start making my moves. Thank you so much for this video 🙏
I've been living in Colombia my entire life and I remember when I started studying Japanese back in 2016, our Japanese teacher told us about the time she send to her friends in Japan a picture of how Bogotá looked from her window in her flat. Her friends replied with “Oh, so there are buildings in Colombia!”. I remembered this with the Chilean girl’s comment.
Jajaja donde aprendiste japonés, puede que conozca a la maestra
@@esclavodeluna8000 la profesora se llamaba Kaori.
Ya ven, hasta en Japón son tremendamente ignorantes.
Si, los Japoneses no tienen idea que Bogotá es una ciudad metropolitana como cualquier otra ciudad, menos lo que es Colombia. Pero por eso ayudó que le habías mostrado para que aprenden lo que es Bogotá y Colombia.
Es amargamente divertido que para los extranjeros, toda Sudamérica es como una especie de selva donde sólo viven pobres
I studied in Japan for 1 month back in 2018. Even though I was only there for a short amount of time, I could relate to most things being said. I was really proud to display my roots and culture. Everyone was super nice and welcoming 😊 It was really refreshing to see their surprised and amazed reactions when I would tell them that I was from Mexico 🇲🇽 I did get one reaction like that first girl where the man said "oh mekishiko-jin sexy". But other than that, I loved my experience there. I've never felt so safe in my life. I've lived in Mexico and I've also lived in the US for most of my life. I never had the intuition to look over my shoulder or walk faster or avoid a certain person or just have my guard up. I LOVED Japan so much. I will go back to live there someday
@@missplainjane3905 I have never visited but I can answer your first question. From what I heard from some of my acquaintances that have visited Japan, it’s super developed, they say even more then here in the US. Cleaner and safer too
Peru and Brazil since 1899 has the 2nd largest population of of Japanese Immigrants in the world a lot of cross culture
Huh 😹
Being Spanish myself pronunciations do sound so familiar in ways and it’s so cool seeing Latino/as speak Japanese and pronunciate so well. Keep up the good work on the videos! I’d love to see you interview other cultures as well! Or, even show us stores or restaurants that are themed in a different culture such as Spanish restaurants.
This video is so inspiring in so many ways. The people you interviewed are very smart.
I feel like culturally, Japan and South America are polar opposites. Yokoi Kenji Diaz, a Colombo japanese speaker, emphasizes on that and ussually says that both cultures could learn a lot from one another
Bingo. I think the same.
i agree 100%. as a latino (nikkei-peruvian to be exact which is why i clicked on this video lol) we are very touchy in a friendly, "want to be close to you" family way and that reminds me of how distance is highly emphasized in japanese culture (like what one of the interviewees said). personally, i am not too touchy and i'd rather get hugs or kisses from family only if i agree to it. when i was younger i would try to back away from them and they would call me rude but in reality some people just don't always want to be intimate and its important to respect their space. so i think latinos should be taught on how to be intimate with others as long as they consent to it. but when one of the interviewees said that japanese relationships are superficial, that reminds me of our intimacy, and that they should learn to treat others more like family because it's difficult to get anything out of a superficial relationship. TLDR: the way latinos and japanese view distance/relationships juxtaposes each other perfectly.
There is some irony in the fact that Latinos are descended from Asian people.
its like the perfect ying&yang .. latino culture and asian
Pacific North American tribes are actually relatives to the AINU of Japan, so there are cultural similarities that extend deep into North America. Though this may be different than the rest of Japan.
You’re doing great Takashi. I’d love to see an episode on Indians in Japan!
Same here!! 😊😊
i love to see latin people speaking japanese
bruno rataque
I think the phonetics beetween japnese and spanish are quite similar
I was stationed in Tokyo Japan as a latino, and the biggest thing i noticed is that everyone is so intrigued with my culture and the differences in both appearances and style. Still have a lot of close Japanese friends that are stationed there and I am looking forward to going back again real soon
I think one of the biggest misconceptions regarding Latinamericans is that we're all the same. Like similar to the meme/joke about Americans just dubbing anything south of the US as "Mexican" and thats it. There are a lot of cultural differences between Latinamerican countries, like for example there are huge cultural differences between Argentina and Colombia even though both are in South America. Even between neighbour countries like Chile and Peru there are huge cultural differences so it's really appreciated when foreigners don't put Latinos or South Americans "in the same bag" just because we happen to live on the same continent or share the same language. It's similar to how different Japanese locals see themselves compared to neighbouring countries like s-Korea and China. It's nice to see Japanese interested in learning about different Latinamerican cultures similar to how some of us gained an interest in learning about Japanese culture.
@@L00NEYTUNE_ Well, glad brazilians and colombians do not speak the same language
That's what people do to asians their all korean or Japanese. But what about Indonesians or Cambodians
To be fair we do the same exact thing with Americans, when we think of Americans we only think of white people when in reality the U.S. is a melting pot of cultures, African-American, Asian-American, Irish-American, Latin-American, etc...
what u are saying is true...But we Latinos are all super friendly All Latin America has that in comon. we all like salsa, bachata, merengue cumbia ect when we make a party to dance
we have more in comon than that we don't...if a latino end up in Japan and is mistreated just bill out
what at heck are you doing so far from the Americas anyways as for me Europe and America is more than enough don't need or wish to go to any Asian country.
The Japanese should know more because they are the original Native-Americans 😬😁!
This interview series is amazing. Really provides the world insight on some of the hard truths of making your new home somewhere you're a non-native. Thank you and Japan for your openness.
You can say that again. Various topic without prejudice and frank interviews and so on.
As a latino moving to Japan in a couple days this helped alot thanks Takashi!
偶然見つけたTAKASHIさんのチャンネルでした。たいへん興味深く、飽きずに何本か拝見しました。
Having Peruvian Japanese representation in this video did it for me, love that there’s people like me, I unfortunately haven’t been able to experience my Japanese side of my family at all but I will experience hopefully soon!🇵🇪🇯🇵
Half peruvian half japanese is pretty common in our country. And that's the beauty of peru, a mix of different cultures. In my case, I have mix blood from France and China. Pretty weird XD.
If you’re Japanese Peruvian. Add me on IG. I’ve been waiting to meet one for a long time, supposed to be a girl just kidding.
There's a lot of history between Japan and Peru, much of it not so good but there is some good aspects of it
The one girl trying to change herself and being ashamed of her culture, low self esteem, felt sorry for her. Love seeing you interviewing different Latin cultures and getting their perspective.
Your mom
Omg as a Latina (Mexican American) that studied abroad in Japan, I appreciate this interview soooo much! Thank you 🥺🙏🏽
You should claim your main identity. Latino is a colonial term imposed by colonial powers. Latino is not a race, culture, or ethnicity. Further, it erases the vast richness and diversity of ethnic groups, races, and cultures that there are in Latin America. We merely share a language. We are not the same. That is a colonial badge.
@@Dbbrainer lol. Keep telling people what they should identify themselves as 🤣.
Idk where you are from, but here in the States we call ourselves Latino(a) if we live in the states, but have a background from a south/central american country. Why should someone with 1 or both parents from Mexico, but born or naturalized as an American called themselves a Mexican because you say so? 🤣. That's how we called ourselves in the "US". Hardly anyone living in a Latin country calls themselves latin. They always refer themselves as from whatever country they were born. Hope you learned something. 🫠
@@Dbbrainer keep being wrong ig, mixing mestizo with latino lmaoo
@@SirCharlesLikesChurros
That’s exactly what white Americans want you to call yourself dumb ass 🤣🤣🤣
That’s because even though you’re a citizen you’ll never be one of them.
You realize how the only people in the US that doesn’t have to identify with their ancestors ethnicity are European-Americans?
@@DbbrainerLatino is a colonial term but you call the place Latin America? By your logic, Latin is a colonial term, even the word America is a colonial term
It takes a smart person to ask questions nobody would even think to ask. Good video.
Some people were requesting these interviews, thanks for creating this for them
I’m honestly REALLY surprised Japan isn’t as informed about Latin America as they are with other parts of the world. I think Japanese people would be REALLY surprised that the family ethics among Hispanics are VERY similar. The food is AMAZING, the people are very loving, and they speak the language of romance for pete sakes lol. I honestly encourage every Asian person to educate themselves about these cultures because they’re missing out big time!
@Michelle Completely empathetic to that. Sadly, I know that Latin America gets overshadowed by the corruption, but people really need to start looking beyond that because there’s a lot of rich history there, and the majority of people living there are family-oriented, driven, hard-working, and just overall inviting. There’s a reason why a lot of A-Listers in Hollywood are dating Hispanic/Latin people. You really won’t know the difference until you’ve spent time with people from Latin America. The level of care is just on a whole other level.
Mhm idk have you been down to South America ?
@Michelle Cheers! Greetings from Australia! 🙂
@@jamesmcloving1935 I have. Have you?
@@brodiehayes8745 Yeah, I had an Aunt that lived down there and I would visit her very often.
Takashi you’re such a good interviewer man, you asked really interesting questions and got interesting answers as well ! As a Mexican I’ve always wondered how would it be to be in your country, seeing this just makes me wanna visit so bad someday !! great video, man :)
You’re interviews are so interesting!! Thank you for doing them and showing what it’s like for people who aren’t Japanese living in Japan
By far my favorite video since I’m Hispanic and I want to move to Japan this helped a lot. ありがとうございます😊
With Mexico so close to the US, knowing about Mexican culture is fairly common for many Americans, but the further south you go into South America the less people will know about the countries. I still don't really know that much about countries like Chile or Argentina. In my mind it's just lumped into a big "South American" group of stuff I kind of know about that part of the world. For people in Japan, I honestly would not expect them to have much experience with many people from those countries or to know much about them unless they happen to have researched stuff on their own.
Unfortunately, only a few Japanese are interested in Latin and South America, including Mexico. I am interested in the Americas because I like soccer.
I was pleasantly surprised when I went to Japan and they knew about the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
@@amadapittaluga1487 That makes me happy, but it makes sense given there's are some Japanese Dominicans.
Most of Americans know more about the middle east than their own neighbors, which is really sad.
What you guys know about Brazil?
Takashi you've grown better, i really love watching you grow. As always you look great in black ❤️. Hope you have a great day. Stay happy healthy. God bless 🙏
I'm surprised that no Brazilians were interviewed, considering what a large population they have in Japan, due to the nikkei immigration allowance. Anyway, this was a great video! As a gringo I naturally spent many hours searching for Mexican restaurants during my months in Tokyo. Saludos y abrazos desde los Estados Unidos
Yes, I'm surprised too, I am brazilian and was waiting to see some of us in this video.
Sad for not seeing Brazilians represented!
To be fair Brazil is really ethnically diverse and it might be hard to spot a Brazilian on the street. We can be white, or black, or Asian, or Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern looking. It's probably the most ethnic diversity in the world.
Brazil even has more Japanese people than any country besides Japan. (And more Lebanese than Lebanon lol.)
@@melissas.takayama3689 pois é miga, brasileiro sofre 😔✊
To muricans latinos are the caribbean. I prefer to not add south of colombia.
I'm Salvadorian, and I'm actually planning a trip to Japan in a few years. I like that other Latinos suggested learning Japanese to connect more with the people and culture. I do appreciate the respect Japanese people have towards personal space and boundaries, that's something I wish we had more of here in the US.
I'm also from El Salvador, and I also want to go on a trip to Japan been specific to Tokyo I think it's more about the food and the culture I have some friends from Japan, china and Korea and I love the way that they treat you and also I would to learn the lenguage if you can record your self when you there I would like to see your experience in the Asian country whenever you go take care my friend
Im salvadoran!! Im planning a trip in February to to tokyo 😊im happy us as a people have a love for japan and traveling ❤
I'm Salvadorian currently in the U.S. But I also want to go to japan.
Viva El Salvador
They don’t like cipotes there. Jk jk haha
It’s great to see a fellow a Ecuadorian in the video genuinely made me smile keep up the good work man
how is ecuador as a country
Thank you for this video Takashii! Being a Mexican American who loves Japan this is definitely a video I need to see
I like that you actually seem interested in knowing rather than just asking half assed questions. I subbed 👍
OMG THANK YOU! Finally some latino representation in 'foreigners' videos. This was fun and very insightful for me since I'm planning to move to Japan.
IKR! Everything is always about being white or black
the one cool thing about latinos and spanish is that the language has very similar phonetics to Japanese so it makes learning the language a little easier than coming from most other languages
Vice versa, Japanese pick up Spanish a lot better than Europeans and Americans. The American Spanish accent always gets me 😂
I feel this with swedish too, I think learning Japanese as a English speaker is one of the hardest things because their phonetics suck ass
wtf are you talking about?
how can two completely different languages, have the sane phonetics???
stop with the bull shit.
@@warsawcat2041 huh? aren't spanish europeans too? lol
@@warsawcat2041 yeah i think americans sound funny when they speak spanish when they dont do the pronunciations well. but how do they sound when they speak good spanish with good pronunciation, does it still sound funny or something else? on the other hand i think most people in america can tell who grew up speaking both spanish and english, when they speak english it sounds like the general american accent with the smallest, slight twist. but the thing is that the slight twist in accent doesnt really sound like a spanish accent, i cant really describe, but its nice to hear it.
I'm from Chile and I've been thinking of visiting Japan because I'm interested in living there. I really want to "test the waters" for it so I'm really excited about the budget for moving to Japan video! You have some amazing content Takashii, thank you so much for this useful information!
Check the guy "Abroad in Japan'' he's a foreigner living in Japan and I think he has in some of his videos saying how much cash you need to start off there.
@@nenadpopov3601 oh yeah! I know about Abroad In Japan, love his videos! I’m personally seeing the budget thing and slowly getting there, vídeos help a lot!
@@VaporJ3mdele su corte nomas compañero, im moving to usa in 5 years good luck in japan hmno
Japanese people are really precious when it comes to foreigners living in their land these UA-camrs in Japan only interviewing the good side of Japan but no one wants to interview the bad side of Japan which is the discriminating and Prejudice that goes on
Thank you very much. Your interviews are very well balanced and one can guess actual attitude and situation in Japan. I was born in Italy but I live in Paraguay. I study Japanese online at Shinjuku Nihongo Gakko and it is very helpfull although I am so old and I came to Japan first time in 1974, and so many more times after that. I wish you much success and once again thank you very much.
Latinoamérica loves japan, specially the Otaku/weeb side of it, animanga is a culture over here, plus we have a soft spot for your culture in general
This is very true! We truly respect Japanese people and admire their culture.
Yup 7AM dragon ball z on the tv, remember seeing that at my tias house
I dont and im mexican
@@broskiwhyyy6373 if you pay attention you'll see most people do, even the edgy ones
@@officialflikz true but not me
I really want to travel to Japan although some people say Japan is not a country to live so freely, but even their comments don't make me regret my decision to want to go there
Grettings from 🇲🇽👌🏽
I'm really happy to see this kind of content talking about latino people in Japan, well I'm also latino and is my biggest dream is to live in Japan someday and watching this makes me believe somehow is possible to accomplish that dream. Thanks a lot for doing this, is really helpful.
I just found this page 1 hour ago and I am addicted. You do a very good job!
I’ve never actually seen a Japanese UA-cam cover this topic before and I’ve always been curious so glad you decided to! Thanks it was great to see!
agree! Nicely done Takashii, thank you for noticing us!
That Mexican guy is a UA-camr 😆 as well, what a coincidence!!
I'm a Mexican living in Japan too 😊 , hope to meet those fellow mexican guys someday 😃 .
There are plenty of mexican restaurants in Tokyo but not all of them are good enough, so I hope you can visit a good one. 😀
Can you tell me the name of the youtube channel?
hello from another Mexican ;)
@@davidgarcia-rv3fs Holaaaa 😆 vives en japon?
@@NyuAkiyama haha no , vivi toda mi vida en Estados Unidos, apenas llevo 1 año en mexico, y tengo planes de irme a Japón, estudié japonés por 3 años. Pero ahorita estoy disfrutando mexico. Creo que me voy en unos 2 años.
Vives en Tokyo? Yo también soy mexa
I'm from Argentina, I live in Hawaii, and It was always a dream of mine to live in Japan or just go visit for a long time. I hope our Latin people live a happy life there and show how diverse and beautiful our many cultures are! Thank you for the video, I was always curious about this!
Não entendi hermano, agora você diz ser "latino", mas vocês não se consideram os "europeus" da américa do sul ?
As a Mexican who want's to visit maybe even move to Japan it was lovely to watch this video. Thank you.
Great video! And yeah, many foreigners think there is only poverty and violence in Latin America, not only the Japanese. Anyway, I look forward to your video about latin restaurants!
Honestly, a video on food culture from the perspective of a foreign restaurant sounds really interesting. I want to know how a single restaurant goes about changing the flavors of their food to suit the Japanese taste, if they even do that at all.
As a Peruvian wanting to move to Japan someday this video has been amazing! ビデオ素晴らし！ありがとうございますたかしいさん！
Dicen que se les hace más fácil a los hispanos hablar japonés por su parecido fonético... de alguna forma eso me da más ganas de algún día intentar aprender japonés (aunque sea de forma autodidacta), y digo "Algún día" porque actualmente intento aprender inglés y apenas puedo ver series con subtítulos en ese idioma.
Sip yo estuve aprendiendo japonés pero lo dejé hace tiempo pero se me hizo fácil al menos la pronunciación pq no tenían sonidos muy difíciles de pronunciar
Yo aprendí durante un año hasta que lo dejé y sí efectivamente no es difícil aprender la pronunciación, no hay sonidos raros para nosotros y al igual que en el español algunas palabras solo se diferencian entre sí por donde está el acento (tipo encanto vs encantó) y todo eso es una gran ventaja para nosotros.
A y los verbos también, los verbos en japonés no tienen tantas conjugaciones como en español, pero hay muchos tiempos/conjugaciones en japonés que no tienen análogos en la mayoría de idiomas, pero en el español sí.
sameee
I love this video, as a Ecuadorian I feel happy cause I know different people from south america. I have a japanese friend, to be honest sometimes it's difficult to talk with her, but I'm learning Japanese and their culture. I hope to travel to Japan someday and show our latin culture and learn more your culture.
I'm Ecuadorian too! i wanna learn Japanese aswell and since is also widely used i started with English first, omg I'm glad to meet more people from here in this channel!
@@soyakat that's cool friend, nice to meet you!!
Amigos pero si son ecuatorianos hablen nomas en español jajaja. Bromas aparte, ya somos 3. Es mas, varios somos lo que tenemos ese lindo sueño de ir a Japón, espero lo logremos un día :)
@@MrChrisboyle. jajaja la plena lo mismo iba a decir
Yo the first girl was spitting facts when she said Japanese and Spanish are similar to learn
Only the pronunciation.
@@MsMRkv I think the verb conjugation is also similar in that there's a lot, there's no future in japanese 'cause it's the same as present tense but other that, I do think it is somewhat similar.
Yay, loved it!!
When I lived in Japan I used to teach English to Japanese and I loved how they were fascinated to learn about my Mexican culture. Eventually I was teaching them English and Mexican culture through our conversations. It was lovely experience. ❤
The way you talk about other cultures is very impressive! You never make a mistake
Hello! Thank you for this video. I'm from Venezuela and I'm going to study a month in Saitama. This and all your videos encourage me to speak more in Japanese. I think the way you said Latino and Latina is cute and I appreciate it ♥️✨
What did you need to do if you wanted to study in Japan? GPA, paperwork, classes?
pasala fino! Cheers!
Saitama.. That's the One Punch Man guy!
@@localmilfchaser6938 inquire at your local japanese embassy, sometimes they have useful information and scholarships or programs
OMG QUE COOL, pasala bien
As a Latin American hoping to live in Japan one day, this was really good insight-you’ve earned a subscriber, thanks Takashi and keep up the good work🙏🏽
Un saludo a los latinoamericanos en japon, en especial a los que aparecen en este video, coincido con lo expresado por la mayoria de ustedes (dicho o sugerido), sobre apreciar nuestra cultura y no olvidarla, asi como apreciar y valorar la cultura de otros paises. un abrazo!
My family (Ecuadorian) went to Japan in 2009 or 2010, had a great time.
We spent a day in Rappongi Hills and got a little bit lost, and coincidentally a Mexican gentleman who was working in the area overheard us and offered to help, saying it was so nice to hear Spanish spoken so openly, if I remember correctly he had been living in the area for work for a few years at that point and hadn't gone back to Mexico to visit family in that time. Nice little experience we had.
Amazing content. I'm from Brazil, we really know a lot about your culture, through movies, series and anime. Also from youtube creators like you.
I’m going on an exchange to Japan in a few months and I’m really excited to talk about Puerto Rico!! Hopefully my Japanese will be enough to make friends 😭✨
yayyy puerto rican representation
Any updates on this? how's it man
@@diversa23 they said in a few months, it’s only been a month
@@karlaruiz8685 oh, my bad
I enjoyed this so much!!! It was such an interesting take on living abroad. loved listening to their different experiences!
Great video, a part 2 would be interesting to see. From the Japanese people I have met in LA, they seem to become interested in Mexican culture as well as our cuisine and its always beautiful to see their enthusiasm. I would love to bring more of my families culture to Japan for cultural exchange!
Awesome video. I am also from Latin America but I don't live in Japan however I find your videos very informative. Greetings from Peru 🇵🇪
That was interesting, as a latino myself it hurts me that other countries mostly have a bad imagine of us
THATS DUE TO USA MEDIA
That's why we are here to change that. There are many things we can learn from Japanese people, and we can also share our points of view with them. How to connect in a more profound way and what's like to be a Latino. Some might be interested some might not. Just in the same way some Latinos are not interested in Asian cultures. If you like it, you do it, connect, and reshape. Of course, things are not going to change in one night but that's life.
@Man Jones USA MEDIA
@@kem1233 For real, USA does love painting Latin America as some kind of middle east guerrilla plagued country
@@nararanaraiii2022 naww. LATIN AMERICA IS PARTY N SEX PLAYGROUND OF THE WORLD. LOOK AT SO MANY PPL WORLDWIDE FLOCK TO LATIN AMERICA. SO MANY
Great idea about interviewing Spanish restaurant owners. Can’t wait to see it! 😊
Takashi-san, Thank you 🙏🏼very much for this video. It was very interesting to hear how Latin American residents feel about life in Japan and the cultural differences. The idea of a video interviewing restaurant owners is excellent- food culture may be a good way to show a more insightful depiction of cultural exchange beyond language. Well done 👏🏻
I need a part 2! as a latina who loves japones culture it was really nice to know the experience of latinos in Japan,
I hope to be able to travel there at some point in my life:)
I'm glad that he refers to them as Latino and Latina! I'm tired of westerners trying to use Latinx on order to be politically correct!
My Latin American family wouldn’t even know what “latinx” means. Just nonsense that comes from US colleges and think tanks and spreads out.
latin is not a race just a cultural heritage!...we need to stop the latino/a bullshit
@@kawagonzo6951 People from Asia are called Asian, People from Europe are called European so it makes sense People from Latin America are call Latino/a
@@PeppySteps Latin America doesn't exist! just a buzzword to separate English speaking people from spanish and Portuguese !! ! .so you telling me Italians are not latin? lol
@@kawagonzo6951 What are you talking about lol
Hi Takashi!!!!
I love your videos and I am actually planning to move to Japan (5 years from now). I have been learning Japanese on the Duolingo app and I am loving it so far! Just like the girl said, Spanish and Japanese sound very similar. So for me, it has been easy to learn the pronunciation of words, etc. It would be great if you could do a video of how foreigners can work in Japan, the legal process of living there, and other tips for people looking to move there.
Thank you so much for the videos!!!
I recognize the peruvian guy by just seeing him, there's a lot of "nikkei" people like him around here since the connection with Japan and Peru is strong, and as a latino good video by the way.
I have an uncle who worked in Osaka, he was born in the USA. His experience was that life is more lonely in Japan, since it's harder to expand your friend circle and people are just "polite" without being interested in more social interaction than the "necessary", but really had no issues. He dressed well and speaks fluent Japanese, so that also helped.
I'm so glad you share this videos with us
Your great takashi. Thank you for your videos ❤
Another thing!! :D I actually feel exited about this comment. I'm Chilean, like the last girl who said she was an engineer. I would like create a co-relation between my country and Japan which can help Japanese people to feel more related to South America. Both of our countries are located in the Ring of Fire. We are highly seismic countries and have a seismic culture. The architecture of our houses and buildings are managed in order to resist as much as possible to the telluric movement of earthquakes. so, of courseeee we have engineers :)
I lived in Japan and people treated me well. They confused me for American (but I get that outside of every country I go, TBH 😅) but I would say that I’m Peruvian living in Canada because I like to be honest about my origins, also because I am proud of them and have nothing to hide. 🇵🇪 🇨🇦
sos peruana ,vas a ser marron toda tu vida no importa donde vivas
@@lucas9684 Eres muy infeliz
@@lucas9684 XD
@@BeautyBySilence!Viva nuestras hermanas y hermanos de Perú! Saludos de un brasileño.
@@lucas9684 Respuesta estúpida, latinos vienen en distintos colores..
I love this video. I am not latin either japanese, but I speak spanish very well. Me gusta mucho ver latinos triumfar en otros paises. Yo crecí escuchando música de Mexico, aprendí el español en la escuela, a travez de la música y las novelas.
Que lindo!