5 Similarities Between Finnish and Japanese
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1. Shyness 01:00
2. No small talk 02:40
3. Punctuality 04:04
4. Appreciation for nature 05:28
5. Sauna and bathing culture 07:27
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You are absolutely right. You are a nice person. I hope you enjoy yourself here.
Thanks for your comment! Yes I like living in all in all :)
Finland and Japanese people : takes shoes off when come inside home.
That's so true, and I like it a lot!
It's done in most non western countries btw
@@rustemagayev8256 really :o i didnt know that. Thank u internet stranger, have a nice day/evening!
Also in Turkiye.
It’s the only way
Tää on tosi hyvä teema, joka meidän täytyy kertoa suomalaisille!😆🙌
Kiitos! Joo totta, on kannattaa kertoa meidän kokemuksia heille japanilaisten kannalta😁
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@@DAIKIFinlandLife Hei. Interesting points. I am a Finn, living in France - so sometimes I watch videos people from other cultures make about my native country as people do sometimes ask about it and this makes one often think about these things more than one will do when living in one's original home. I'd like to comment on the number 1. You speak of shyness as the reason for keeping a certain distance with the others. I personally am a bit rare at that for a Finn because I will indeed take a moment to speak with strangers without any specific reason to - other than simply being curious about a new person and maybe having a moment to spend. But I do not always think, that we Finns will generally allow the others to mind their own business, just due and out of shyness. Yes some people would be shy. I do hear people wondering about their English skills all though most Finns who have studied it can do just fine with the language comparing to for example my experience in France - all though here people will claim they do not speak English just to make you speak French (even when you never studied it - lol). But as for maintaining some bit of distance - I think - is in Finland mainly about the kind of education we have had at home about not disturbing anyone. And while I am not very familiar with Japanese culture - I do have this view that respecting the others is also important in your culture. And I have quite though of it as a similarity. But I wonder if I am wrong in your opinion? For me, anyhow, I do indeed clearly remember how my parents taught me to let people have their personal space and respect the fact that they might be busy or simply engaged with some private matter - rather than push in chattering with everyone. Lol - maybe I have always been a little bit talkative too. That a side though - I'd like to hear what you think about this thought, that it is also about respecting others.
@@DAIKIFinlandLife SÄ PUHUT SUOMEA!? O-O mä kun luulin et puhut vaan englantia ja japania xd
There are also some strange linguistic similarities too, probably owing back to the time when Proto-Uralic peoples (the far off ancestors of the Finns) lived in North-East Asia. For example, when making a question Finns add ko/kö to the end of a word, while the Japanese add ka. There are also some words in common, like hut and skin/hide. Kota and Koya, Kamara (originally kama) and Kawa. You can tell from how primitive these words are to how far back this contact must've taken place.
In addition, the most common Y-chromosome among Finns is haplogroup N. This haplogroup is of Eastern Asian origin, and its earliest location prior to migrations west was in North-East China, such as the Liao civilization. Every Finn also carries anywhere from 5-10% Siberian/North-Asian admixture.
This link between the Finns and the Japanese is quite ancient and diluted, but deeply interesting.
Thanks. That's indeed another similarity! There many samewords with different meanings too :)
That is very interesting!
We hungarians have a sort of similar word with Japan
Kimono-Kimenő
And lot of words end with ka or ke
In Hungarian we say always the last name first and the first name last.
@@nightowl9497 B and K are very similar sounds, so it having come from a common original is quite likely. There are certain letters/sounds that linguists have noticed tend to switch places as languages develop in separate directions.
Kazakh and Finnish both have vowel harmony, that's why the form changes as well. I'm guessing ma/me/ba/be change with the same logic. In Finnish if the preceding word has ä's or ö's, ko becomes kö.
@@DAIKIFinlandLife these similarities are believed not to be a coincidence. They're believed to actually be Common Languages. Which means Japanese belongs to the Finnic Urlic Language Families which includes, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian and a few others. Or of course Finnish Urlic could be coming from a Ancient japonic language
@@nightowl9497 If you change r to l and b to p it's in Finnish "palasinpa" mean I came back.
At first I was a bit skeptical due to the title, but the video and the common points were extremely well thought out and presented. Great job!
Thank you! Nice to hear that :)
As a Finn living in Australia I also identify as Japanese…
Finns and japanese seem to have a sort of a lowkey brotherhood.
I hope to sometime visit Japan for a longer time to get more insights into these and get better at the language.
I agree! Yes you should stay there for longer period :)
I highly recommend it. Finns and Japanese have a humble, respectful exterior with a warm and welcoming interior once you prove that you are capable of a respectful and cordial relationship.
@@finnicpatriot6399 the Eternal Sky bless Finland and Japan. From Altaic dude)
Finland and Japan aren't neighbours but they both neighbour the same big country...😂
True, when you fly between the two countries, you fly over only one country...😅
Finland and Japan are my favorites! Love from Korea
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Thank you for sharing this information! I found it very informative and interesting...
Thank you. Nice to hear. that!
I would also mention beer. When I studied in exchange in Nagoya, I was very surprised to notice that japanese people like their beer. Just like we finns. Actually very first thing I learned to say in japanese was to ask for a beer in restaurant 🍺 Books are also one thing we have in common. Finnish people love to read 📚
Good point :) I'm sure you have seen people drinking beer and other stuff at Nomihoudai in Izakayas.
I appreciated your perspectives on both cultures and commentary on what they say about wider values.
Good video! Very nice observations. 👍🏻
Thank you, glad to hear that!
Hyvä video, kiitti Daiki😎👍
Good to know!
awesome! I was in Finland for the summer and I can relate to this Video. Great points Daiki ! I agree :)
Thanks for watching, and nice to hear you can relate your experience to this video :)
A good video. There are more similarities for sure. For example, I would also add Karaoke to that list :D
Thanks Daiki for you nice video 🙂. You had made some interesting observations about our similarities, it felt nice 🙂. May I mention couple of other point of views as well. Many Finns are not shy. There are many Finns who are naturally bold in starting conversations with strangers - here's one of them. And something about small talk. It is very very common to discuss the weather. It happens very often and everywhere all the time and almost all of the Finns are able to do it. It think we Finns are masters in small talk. Sometimes stereotyped thinking contributes to stereotyped behaviour and also generalisation closes our eyes to many facts and phenomena. But your video was nice 👌, thanks!
i didnt know about most of these things, thanks for the nice video
Thanks for watching! :)
I'm from Finland and I love Japan and Japanese people. I really hope you like it here. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching, that's nice to hear! Yes I like living in Finland!
I generally deal with other europeans and americans, and online, so I always felt I'm just bad at socialising. But you bringing up the small talk was rather enlightening and heartening to learn.
I only recently discovered this channel and everything about it is so charming. Thank you!
Thank you for watching :D
You are right about important topics and decision making done in sauna. If you want to get a Finnish person to talk, take them to sauna. Finns usually open up about many things in sauna. My friend told me that she was going to get married when we were in sauna.
In some cases, women's careers can be negatively affected by sauna culture when men go together to sauna with clients, coworkers, bosses etc. to make decisions together and to create deeper professional ponds. This excludes women and halts their progress in career when they can't participate in this activity meant only from men to another men.
Thanks for your informative comment! :) That can be a barrier for women when all other members in a team or the clients are men, and I didn't think about sauna from that point of view.
Just want to say this depends on people you are with, I think. I have been many times in sauna with women I don't know at all and I have never heard anyone excluding women from coming to sauna with them. I don't know, that just sounds like a wrong way to use sauna so I really hope that isn't a common thing.
The Finnish sauna culture is common to all folk, male and female alike. We are used to going to sauna together. No one is excluded for any discriminatory reasons.
Interesting video.. i definitely got all the information i need before i move in finland soon. By the way, i lived in osaka, japan for 4 years and everything you said in this video is true.. Finland is just one of my dream country aside from japan.. both wonderful countries.
Thank you! Cool that you lived in Japan, and soon you are moving here! Hope you arrive safely :)
Thank you too.. Yeah, 4 best years of my life, everything in japan is amazing for me.. and im looking forward to be there soon, maybe before the year ends.. by the way, hows the language there? Im having difficulty studying their language, but im glad that i can read it compare to kanji.. if you could give me some tips and what books you use would be great.. again thank you for the reply.. stay safe.
Good observations. We have no shared origin but still two different cultures have similarities. Wery intriguing.
One more similarity is the work ethics. Especially in blue-collar professions. I'm a white-collar entrepreneur (a programmer) but I work closely with blue-collar pros and most of them are absolutely crazy workers. They'll work throught weekends and holidays if needed to - if something needs to be manufactured within certain time limit, they will do it, no matter what. Especially if they own the business. I have the utmost respect to them and their devotion to their work. It is said "difficult workpieces are machined somewhere, but the impossible works are sent to Finland".
That's an interesting saying!
After living in Finland over 15 years, I totally agree with you how important naked association for Finns. Most of my small talks happened in public sauna. There was a time that I was sitting in the middle, Swedish speaking Finns on my left and Finnish speaking Finns on my right. Since I can speak Swedish, the Swedish speaking woman interpreted her Finnish friends talks to me. Quite unusual but very lovely memory for me. We were naked but not drunk☺
That’s why I love both, Japan and Finland. I’m Brazilian living in Finland about 13 years 💙
I'm half brazilian and I've lived in Finland my whole life. Cool to see other brazilians :)
I have seen every Studio Ghibli movie and I think it's fairly popular in Finland
Yes that's true :)
interesting video 🇯🇵🇫🇮👍
Thank you! Nice to hear 😁
Princess Mononoke is an awesome movie! Also Ginga Nagareboshi Gin (Hopeanuoli) atleast was popular in Finland among kids!
I fully agree with you!!
Your english is amazing, there is signals to both finnish (melody and cadence) and japanese (pronounciation of certain sounds) in it!
Thank you! Yes that's true :)
onksulla mitään ymmärrystä japanin fonetiikasta?
I often spoke to someone on the street in Japan (outside of Tokyo):DD. People just got interested and started asking questions from me (even if they did not really speak English). Also, sometimes they paid for my food or helped with something 😄
This is one of the best parts of traveling in Japan and one of the reasons why it is comfortable to travel alone ☺️
So, I think small talks are more common in Japan but I agree that in general it is more similar to Finland than America:)
I'm sure local people in Japan got curious about you and wanted to talk to you :) It's cool that you managed to have communications with them😁
It's usual also in Finland, if you stop someone on the street, that doesn't seem to be in hurry, they like to train their English skills and help you eagerly if you need directions or something.
Interesting points! I was surprised about the point sauna. Maybe because I'm not a typical Finn because I don't like saunas!
Thank you! Sauna has been popular in Japan especially in a last couple years/
Public restrooms are usually stocked with toilet paper and are often cleaned. You can drinking clean water from the faucet anywhere. Couples are not flirting each other in public places.
Haha, I'm a Canadian of Finnish and Scottish descent, and I'm feeling called out for being so friendly with strangers right now. It's definitely the Scottish cultural influence, people in Scotland are super approachable.
I respect so much Japanese people and Finnish people as well.
moi! I totally agree with you! Finns and Japanese are shy, but there is a difference. In Finland people believe in individualism.however in Japan, people think it's important to be a member of some group like friends or region.
英語で適切に表現できているかわかりませんが、同じ内気でもこう言ったところが違って、だからこそyoshikawaさんが仰ったような仲良くなるまでの壁に違いがあるのかなぁなんて思いました！
コメントありがとうございます。確かに、同じ内気でも違う側面もありそうですね。
フィンランドの高校へ留学されているのをTwitterで見つけたので、日本語アカウントでフォローさせてもらいました。高校生での視点だと、また違う発見があって面白そうです！
@@DAIKIFinlandLife 返信、フォローありがとうございます。高校生視点でのフィンランドを発信している方をあまり見かけなかったのでこのように発信を始めました！
I think Finns feel the same way too 🤔
Excellent points, I have worked in a Japanese company for 20 years now and agree with your 5 points.
It is funny to see that we Finns and our Japanese colleagues can easily remain silent in meetings, but for example our US colleagues think that something os wrong if nobody speaks in 10sec time..
Thank you! hahaha yes, I can imagine that...We can be naturally silent without feeling awkward :)
Yes, that’s true! Haha. I’m American and we call it, “uncomfortable silence”. It’s awkward to me to have silence like that.
Very intresting, i wana go japan some day,amazing culture there🇯🇵🇫🇮💯👍
Yes you should visit. someday :)
Japanese also sounds similar to languages like Hawaiian and Maori, they have very similar rules regarding syllables and pronunciation, such as a syllable should only consist of 2 letters, a consonant and a vowel, never two consonants or vowels and never one letter, some examples include ''okina'', ''kiwaha'' and ''Kua kite tērā ngeru i tōku māmā'', those 2 words are hawaiian and that sentence is maori, languages spoken on entirely different parts of the pacific, yet they have very striking similarities to japanese
now im starting to wonder why people still call japanese a language isolate (language that doesnt belong in any language family, so basically the only language in that ''family'')
Kyllä, itsekin koen, että Japanilaisten kanssa asiat ovat juuri niinkuin mainitsit. Jotenkin luontevampaa kanssakäymistä kuin muista kulttuuri taustoista olevien kanssa. / Yes, as a Finn myself, I feel that things are exactly as you mentioned with the Japanese. Somehow more natural interaction than with people from other cultural backgrounds.
I bet the first Finns were just some Japanese people who just casually rowed over to Europe and settled there. Like it makes total sense when you think about how European influences have changed the grammar a bit here and there and formed a whole new language of it's own in a few thousand years, but kept certain pronunciations the same.
This was spot on. At one point I thought "that is a good description of Finns" and you said " "...just like the Finns"
Ohh. Well done.
Haha thank you :)
I've often found similarities between Shinto and Finnish paganism (although the latter is rather poorly preserved due to the destructive nature of Christianity).
One that came to mind during the nature bit of this video was how Finnish haltija are pretty comparable with the Japanese kami.
That's an interesting abservation!
Oho osaat suomea hienoa,ei varmasti helppoa ollut oppia💯🤩
Haha kittti!
My parents are Japanese, but my grandmother's Haplotype is N9b and suggested from Nivkh tribe from Sakhalinsk, Russia.
So, I'm not pure Japanese thought, I'm Japanese citizen.
👍
Moi! Löysin videosi Gen Takagin suosituksen kautta. Olet suurelta osin oikeassa vertaillessa Japanilaisten ja Suomalaisten eroista.
Kiitos, kun katsoit mun videon! :)
Sauna for business or politics happens but is usually with the same sex, which is a problem. I could not imagine Sanna Marin going to sauna with Vladimir Putin. Kekkonen I understand used to go to sauna with Brezhnev.
saunat on myös sitä tärkeitä suomalaisille, että muinoin Suomessa saunassa synnyttiin... ja jopa kuollut viettiin saunaan ennen hautamista... ainakin olen lukennut taikka kuulut..... kielettyä oli jäädä saunaan yön ajaksi, koska se suututti saunatontun ja se saatoi sytyttää saunan tuleen
Saunoissa synnytettiin rauhoittavan lämpötilan takia. En ole ennen kuullut että kuolleita vietäisiin saunaan.
@@alfred703 ehkä muistin asian väärin
@@kushisama Et muistanut väärin. Ennen vanhaan sauna oli puhtain paikka maatalossa ja lämpö ilmeisesti helpotti synnytys kipuja, joten se oli luontevin paikka syntyä. Vainajat pestiin saunassa ja heidät laitettiin hautajais kuntoon (puettiin hyviin vaatteisiin ja ehkä laitettiin vielä käärinliinat ruumiin ympärille). Sauna on Suomalaiselle lähes pyhä paikka ja epäsopivaa käytöstä ei suvaita esimerkiksi yhteissaunoissa. Silloin kun menet Suomessa saunaan, niin tittelit ja arvoasemat jätetään aina pukuhuoneeseen. Lauteilla voit tavata aivan ketä vain ja siellä kaikki ovat ihmisiä iloineen ja suruineen. Kiitos @Daiki Yoshikawa hyvistä videoista. ありがとう
Hi
Hello, Daiki 👋
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I come from Britain and punctuality is definitely something that was taught to me as a value, too. I get irritated when somebody doesn't show up at the time they say they will as to me, it says to me the person either doesn't care, doesn't value my time, or is irresponsible. When I'm expected at a place at a certain time, I'll put other things aside to make sure I'm not late.
I really know what you mean!
@@DAIKIFinlandLife If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese are world-class businessmen, too. So if people are thinking of doing business with them, they would be wise to pay attention to and respect their cultural drives. From what I've seen also, presentation is something that the Japanese are especially fond of, if it's done well.
Also both finnish and japanese people love Moomins!
True, good point!
Other people make life enjoyable. But you have to engage with them to get to the interesting parts. So-called "small talk" is a means of doing that. So, I try to make my small talk interesting. That's not easy but it can be done.
Then it’s not small talk anymore
@@hoo_jii: You're right. Small talk is not done for its own sake; it's a means to an end.
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日本しか知らない今年46歳になるおじさんですが、ダイキくんのところ狭しと破壊と構築を繰り返す行動力に感服します。貯めてきた経験値は足かせになり脱ぎ捨ててこそ意味がある。スポンジのように絞っては新しいものを吸収する能力を羨ましく思います。いつも刺激をありがとう！次に会ってカットするときはサービスで短くカットしておきます。ハサミ研いで待ってます！
中さん、いつも嬉しいコメントありがとうございます！中さんの、まさに"Think outside the box"的な考え方を見習い、なんでもやりたいことトライしていければと思ってます。ちょうどVITHEOさんお邪魔する頃、髪の毛めっちゃ伸びてる時期なので、、、文字通り他の人よりお手数おかけしますが、よろしくお願いしますw
I hate "small talk". If you ask me how I'm doing, I expect you to be actually interested in the highs and lows of my life.
Life short, small talk long.
It's kinda difficult to try and explain, but sauna is a place for honesty, philosophy and the difficult talks.
It is sacred, but not in church way.
I know what you mean :)
6. They both take off shoes when they visit your home
In finnish culture Sauna is also seen as a sacred place something simular to japanise temple. In Sauna finns purify themselves outside and inside besides all that socialising and bathing... That's why finns in general feel like a affront as Sauna in some cultures is shown as a whore house.
That's a good point :)
Funny thing is that if you move a new house or apartment people always ask "do you have sauna?" :D And if there's not people think it's lower quality.
Finnish is not related to Indo-European languages, but it isn't related to Japanese, or Korean either. However it should be noted, that Finns are genetically distantly related to the ancestors of Modern East Asians on their male side via their Haplogroup N1c, it doesn't mean they are East Asian, they are not, it means they share a common ancestor on their male side, of course Europeans and East Asians also share a common ancestor, however in this case the common ancestor was from the group that later would go onto become East Asians after the split of Europeans and East Asians, so more recent, thus they are more like distant cousins Haplogroup wise. The language that would become Finnish originated near the Ural Mountains on the border of European Russia (Europe) and Siberian Russia (Asia), hence being both a Finno-Urgic and Uralic language. It's distantly related to other Siberian languages. As mentioned the largest Y-DNA Haplogroup in Finland is N1c, Haplogroup N split off from Haplogroup O and both originated in East Asia. The male Y DNA lineage of Finns can be traced to humans that migrated out of the same origin area as O, it started as NO somewhere in Southern China or near Tibet, and the people with O stayed in East Asia, some of the people with N spread into Asia and were absorbed, the majority of people with Haplogroup N though moved into Siberia and then from Siberia they moved westward into European Russia near the Urals settling and becoming the forebears of the Uralic peoples, and then ultimately into Northern Europe, this group of East Asian Haplogroup males then mixed with Local Northern European females whom had U and H MtDNA Haplogroups that were native to Europe, and this population became the ancestors of the Finns, Estonians, Livonians, etc. The main thing to realize is that although their Y DNA Haplogroup is East Asian in origin, the modern Finns are 100% Northern European in appearance and pool towards other Northern Europeans, but form their own distinct group on European charts, in genetic testing, its not until one goes deeper in autosomal DNA that the 10% East Asian can be found among all Northern Europeans on average. Thats from this group of East Asian origin Haplogroup N peoples coming into Northern Europe and intermixing in the very ancient past. Some Uralic peoples and people with Haplogroup N1C have a Northern European appearance (Finns, Estonians, Sami/Lapps), some have a more Siberian/East Asian appearance. (Samoyedics, Nenets, Yukaghirs etc.)
@farus killer Nah
@farus killer Haplogroup N originated from Haplogroup NO in East Asia. Outside of Finland, the Baltics, Northwest Russia, and Scandinavia the only other place Haplogroup N is found is in Siberia and East Asia. Newsflash, race and genetic history are to different things. The Uralic language family originated in present day Russia near the Ural Mountains, hence URALIC, Finno-Urgic is a branch of the Uralic language family, and another relative is Samoyedic. Haplogroup N was brought to Europe by Uralic speakers, and they intermarried with local European women, it's literally codified in the DNA of the majority of Finnish males, the male side or Y Haplogroup has a Siberian origin and the Female or MtDNA side has a European origin on average. Believe what you want to believe. It's not as if other Northern Europeans don't have that mix either. The Germanics and Slavs mixed with Finno-Urgics, literally the Baltic nations regardless if they speak a Uralic language like Estonia or an Indo-European on like Latvia or Lithuania have a majority of Haplogroup N men, with the heavily Slavic Haplogroup R1a following. Oh and R1a and R1b ALSO originated in Asia but much earlier than N, they came from K and R moved westward towards Central Asia, and then onto Europe from there, whereas NO moved towards East Asia. N split from O and moved northwest into Siberia and then into Northern Europe. Chill out.
@farus killer For another mind blower, Europeans and all Caucasians actually split off of the ancestors of Asians, not the other way around. Theres less genetic diversity outside of Africa than in Africa. Two men in different parts of Africa are more genetically distinct than a Swedish guy is from a Korean guy. Just a fact. You can take that to the bank, humans are quite similar outside of Africa, and descend from a very small population that left Africa, and split into only two groups one that went into the mainland of Eurasia and another that followed the coast of Eurasia, and they all intermixed with Neanderthals and Denisovans after leaving Africa. Sorry dude. Don't get all mad. If anything Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Australasia descend from just ONE group of humans, that are all related, whereas everyone in Africa has had multiple deep ancestors that are all related to are first ancestors in Africa, humans are branches of branches of branches of families basically, and thus they have more gene diversity. Just a fact. In short, there is a lack of uniqueness in autosomal DNA outside of Africa, and thus the Classical European idea of what constitutes a race is quite outdated, as essentially everyone outside Africa follows pretty much the same recent gene pattern, and ultimately that still is related to everyone in Africa, thus proving all humans originate in Africa.
Finland and Japan is also only separated by one country, although entire continents apart
Nice video!
I think there are also some dissimilarities between Finnish and Japanese people regarding at least these topics:
3. Punctuality. If buses or trains are late in Finland, they rarely apologize it to the customers. In Japan, I usually hear apologies even if the train is only 1 or 2 minutes late.
4. Appreciation for nature. This is mostly true, but I often see people throwing rubbish on the ground in public places in Finland. There are many garbage cans in Finland but sometimes people are too lazy to use them. In Japan, nobody usually throws anything on the ground because they appreciate their shared spaces (a bit more than Finnish people in general).
5. Sauna and bathing culture. This is definitely true, but I think there is no equivalent for onsen (or sentou) in Finland. In Finland, if people want to relax in a sauna, they have to go to a swimming hall, which is meant for _sports_ (sauna is just a small part of it). In Japan, if people want to relax in a bath, they can go to an onsen, which is meant only for _relaxing_ . These places usually have a sauna, too. So I would say the Japanese bathing culture is a more "complete" version of the Finnish sauna culture. Even Finnish spas usually only have one or two warm pools for relaxation.
Thanks for watching and also the comment. I agree with the point you mentioned about punctuality. At least VR and HSL don't really apologise :) One funny thing is that I can't usually relax at Japanese sauna as many of them have TV :p
4. There is maybe a bit more trash in Finland than in Japan indeed, but people from some other countries also experience culture shocks about how clean Finnish forests are. I have a feeling that in Japan there are more extremes in the types of people. Some people seem to be very urban and not think so much about nature, because it's far away. In Finland, with less population and smaller cities, there are the urbanites too of course, but maybe in a more balanced way and nature is close for the most.
5. Public saunas and saunas for winter swimmers are kind of more relaxed places, but I agree that Finland could learn a lot about Japanese onsen culture and also Korean jimjilbangs.
@@DAIKIFinlandLife Sauna with tv is disgrace 😱
I know I'm answering this very late (2 years) but I think you have misunderstood sauna in Finland. It can be a public place, but the point of sauna was always tied to home. Finns often have saunas at their homes and this is the normal/ideal version of sauna. Public saunas are available everywhere, such as corporate buildings, apartment blocks, and yes sports centers, but those are not the main point of sauna culture, just sauna culture expanded to every other part of the society.
I have seen that in both languages exist the word "Inari".
haha yes exactly :)
Nada sousou🎶🎵🎶 ...✨🧸✨🙂👍
Funny how most Finns and Japanese don't see they're kinda similar but many outsiders notice they really are.
🥂💙🇯🇵🇫🇮❤️
Aren't it like easier to learn japanese as a finnish person? because pronouncing is very similar.
Grammar is different but yes, pronunciation is quite similar so it's not very hard for us to pronounce Finnish, and vice versa :)
True. We also use same words. Though their meaning is different of course. For example hana is tab in finnish, sora - grit, kani - rabbit, kita - jaw, kutsu - invitation or risu - twig. There are dozens of other examples.
I think Japanese and Finnish as languages have many similarities. In both languages the "body" of the words is created from regular syllables (tavut), most of the pronounciation is similar, and both use a lot of postpositions.
面白い！確かに by yuu
おー、二人で見てくれてありがとう！
Im an Karelian, whom we're totally different. We like to small talk, but we're masters to keep talking and talking.
I noticed finns open up bit more if you talk in their language. Specially finns loves anime also! I love to anime. I'm bit old school anime fan, but I love the battleship Yamamoto series.
But small talk I noticed in finns they shy away you, almost suspected you something. They're not ignorant, its just within their culture.
Did you know Suomi came the word swamp, because their is a lot of swamps. Like Suo, Suomaa and etc.
Plus if you wanna know some finnish culture, read some Kalevala. My people the Karelians, we've also haves an shaman called as patvaska. There is an video of rituals they do within an wedding. There is in youtube called "Karelian wedding".
Sadly finns can be ignorant against foreigners. Like when my friends try to learn to speak finnish in a broken way, they see you as an tourist and start speaking english with you.
Finns haves an hard mindset. What ever we set on mind, we just doit.
I think Japanese in Finland is more acceptable, due we think a lot of a like. Sure we have disagreement, just don't talk politics. It often can destroy an relationships.
Welcome to Finland! I hope you enjoy the stay! 😁
Thanks for your kind, insightful comment! :)
@@DAIKIFinlandLife totta kai, sinä teidän mitän on suomen paras sana? No-Niin.
@@DAIKIFinlandLife This stand is about one of Finlands most used word: ua-cam.com/video/9EWMlCusxjQ/v-deo.html
Olet väärässä
Did you know Suomi came the word swamp, because their is a lot of swamps. Like Suo, Suomaa
Suomi ja saame tulee sanasta HÄME ( Jäme Zäme sabme Same ) Hämeitten valta ulottui suolamereltä suolamerelle ja
Suomi on yhtä kuin HÄME.
It is said, that sauna is the great equalizer, because you can´t tell a persons social status when everyone is naked :)
Good point :)
uh how do you write japanese characters with a keyboard?
We usually use English alphabet to write in Japanese but hmm...hard to explain! haha
Ural Altaic languages.
Wow. I must have been a Finn or Japanese person in a past life. My countrymen are nothing like Finns or Japanese, and I feel so...strange.
Moi
I know one right away.. Sauna
フィンランドは日本が似て住み易いから4年も住んでるんですね。
コメントが滅茶苦茶多い。みんなフィンランドに興味有るんでしょうね。
そうですね、なんだかんだ、住みやすいですね。あと、日本に興味のあるフィンランドの人も多いなと感じました😁
I am not shy even
I am finnish.
You've already picked up some Finnish accent.
Haha maybe :p
Tää kaikki on niin totta.
> One big, thick wall between you and Finn, and you gotta break down the wall to be good friends with them.
Ah yes. The wall called "soberness".
haha good point :p
フィンランドと日本の間一国だけいる。多分だからちょっと同様ですねw
確かにそうですねw
I thought you were talking about the languages. Lol.
Maybe I should!
Do you think Japanese and Finnish are similar too?Both of them are agglutinative language.🤔
Pronunciations are similar but not grammars :)
@@DAIKIFinlandLife thank you for your reply🥰
Forest bath? Google it. I have understood that your culture is older than Finland's. It is more accurately described a year hundreds earlier ?.
Sorry, as far as I know Japanese people like small talk because they like indirect talk rather than direct talk, So how can you judge that Japanese people are typical of direct talk? thank you
Some even call it "Tatamae", correct me if I'm wrong
Thanks for your comment. Yes we have "tatemae" and tend to avoid direct talk when trying to tell something. However, As far as I feel, we don't really do much small talk unlike people in North America or some European...for example, when we meet someone, we don't usually ask "how are you", which does't really mean "how you are doing".
@@DAIKIFinlandLife It's quite strange that Japanese people, especially in Tokyo, rarely express themselves, and rarely straight-forward, that's something westerners might like to complain about. Some even say that Japanese people rarely say "no" to other people. So with your opinion I'm really confused with the typical Japanese.
To me finnish sounds like a elvish tongue
education between finland and japan are 2 different planets
フィンランドの森にいかねば！there is no nature where I live in...
野田ちゃんがフィンランド来るの待って、早４年半(笑)
I'm a Finn and i'm interested in Japan cuz i like the citys in Japan they are cool!
Nice to hear that :)
@@DAIKIFinlandLife Thanks
Japan and finland separated by one massive country 😂
You are right and very nice person, but those similarities appear with other nordic ppl as well.
ONKO JAPANI VAIKEETA
kummallakin maalla on hyvät sotilaat
japanilaiset sotilaat on niin pelottavia että en ikinä haluaisi taistella heitä vastaan
KOI-RA - dog fin., KOI-OT - koyot, dog - amer.indians
joki - river fin, eki - lake japan., oki - lake amer.ind