ALOHA Joshua.. I watched you first on Oriental Pearl and subscribed to both of you right away.. thank you for sharing your life experiences with us… sending much blessings with ALOHA
From the YT clip, Joshua, that bug looked like a drone and you were going to confront the pilot of it. I hope you have more material with Sasha about her experiences in Japan. She seems so smart and aware, especially for someone as young as she is.
I came here because of the orientalpearl video. I’m American but as a Latino, I’m still seen as a foreigner in my country. Also, I loved this interview. You’re so easy to talk to. I would love to see you interview people in Japanese. I have been studying Japanese for 3 years. I just want to follow along and see if I can understand what you’re interviewing. 😅
Her Japanese was so natural I wouldn't have guessed she grew up outside of Japan. It's one those cases where you don't compliment language ability--or would even think it's rude to do so--because one just assumes she's a native speaker.
Found you through Oriental Pearl's interview! Watched now your interviews as well, I am enjoying them! My 2 cents: Miki's interview sound was clearer than others (do the same magic in your next ones?) and walking around different places, interacting with locals like you did with Oriental Pearl, may get more viewers attention. Keep up the good work
Just started watching your videos, and dude you can hear your accent. You are definitely japanese. Also helps that I took a linguistics class, but can definitely tell English is a second language for you and that Japanese is your native.
@@joshuasjapanchannel at first it was a little tough to place, but some of your annunciations on certain English words are typical of native Japanese speakers. I need to show your channel to my old professor as she is native Korean who teaches linguistics. I'm sure your content would be amazingly insightful for students
I found your channel today and I’m just so fascinated. I’m ethnically Taiwanese that grew up in the US. It’s not the same experience but similar in that you (we) grew up in countries where the the majority demographic don’t reflect what we look like on the outside. It’s changing more and more but I’ve definitely gotten the “where are you really from” growing up. I always wondered what people experience going the other direction. In my childhood I didn’t feel like I belonged anywhere. Now I feel like I’m both. It’s probably easier to embrace being American though, as we have a much more established immigrant culture here vs Japan. People in Taiwan fully embrace me as a Taiwanese when I visit, despite my grade school Mandarin 😁 Just subscribed and looking forward to more of your content!
Can you please do a series of videos with asian looking people speaking no Japanese translating and interpreting for them in the streets and public venues? That'd be super entertaining
It's interesting, my friend Curt was from Tokyo same as you, raised in Japan. It was always funny because I have the British accent (look Japanese) and he has the Japanese accent but is 6'5" "gaijin". We both Japanese so it's okay though. :)
Northern and Southern California have huge Asian populations, as well as Hispanic. Among school aged children those two groups now make up a large majority. The Caucasian portion of the population is becoming extinct in her generation. My twins (they are half) are her age, and there were only a few white kids in their classes growing up. The population shift from mostly white in my generation to mostly Hispanic and Asian happened in one generation.
Agreed- my two girls are in their 30s, raised in San Jose, and their dad is 3rd gen Japanese American. Spole 3 words Japanese and couldn't understand a word. The kids in the 80s and 90s 00s were just kids yo each othet, only curiousity about more unusual feature combos prompted questions. But recent immigrant kids tended to gather together... Btw, 2 of 6 of my grandbabies are also 1/4 Southern Chinese on their daddy's side... And their ethnic Chinese grandmother who was raised here by her immigrant parents is actually the one who made sure both my daughters as adults and my grandkids got exposed to the dynamic active cultural events and languages of BOTH Japan and Chinese via friends she grew up with and her family.
I Love the locations you choose for interviews. The Bugs stole the show. 😂I know where I live, if you asked someone if they were mixed race, the "woke" generation might call you racist for asking such a question. I feel like most Americans are afraid to ask such questions because they don't want to be labeled a racist. Great interview. I love the fact that a Chinese American speaks more Japanese because she learned it from her white American father. Definitely a unique upbringing. 😁
Is rare because most of the time USA citizens are the first askin you "where are you from/what you race is from " and things like ancestry and more, in my country for example we dont talk about race because for us talking about race is like talking about dogs/farm animals
You have a natural talent for interviewing people! Love your videos Joshua!
Thank you so much! 🤩🙈
ALOHA Joshua.. I watched you first on Oriental Pearl and subscribed to both of you right away.. thank you for sharing your life experiences with us… sending much blessings with ALOHA
From the YT clip, Joshua, that bug looked like a drone and you were going to confront the pilot of it. I hope you have more material with Sasha about her experiences in Japan. She seems so smart and aware, especially for someone as young as she is.
I came here because of the orientalpearl video. I’m American but as a Latino, I’m still seen as a foreigner in my country.
Also, I loved this interview. You’re so easy to talk to. I would love to see you interview people in Japanese. I have been studying Japanese for 3 years. I just want to follow along and see if I can understand what you’re interviewing. 😅
Hello 👋 thank you for coming over!!
Some of my interviews are actually in Japanese so maybe go check them out if you like 🥰
Her Japanese was so natural I wouldn't have guessed she grew up outside of Japan. It's one those cases where you don't compliment language ability--or would even think it's rude to do so--because one just assumes she's a native speaker.
Found you through Oriental Pearl's interview! Watched now your interviews as well, I am enjoying them!
My 2 cents: Miki's interview sound was clearer than others (do the same magic in your next ones?) and walking around different places, interacting with locals like you did with Oriental Pearl, may get more viewers attention. Keep up the good work
Thank you for the advice!
I probably won’t do what others already do but I’ll definitely get a pin mic in the future haha
Just started watching your videos, and dude you can hear your accent. You are definitely japanese. Also helps that I took a linguistics class, but can definitely tell English is a second language for you and that Japanese is your native.
Yes I know that myself too.
@@joshuasjapanchannel at first it was a little tough to place, but some of your annunciations on certain English words are typical of native Japanese speakers. I need to show your channel to my old professor as she is native Korean who teaches linguistics. I'm sure your content would be amazingly insightful for students
1:14 Hilarious catch! Watched that slowmo on the bug🪲 a few times 🤣
I get asked that all the time in Japan as well but I m カナダ生まれ台湾家カナダ人. I always start by introducing myself that way so people don't get confused
I found your channel today and I’m just so fascinated. I’m ethnically Taiwanese that grew up in the US. It’s not the same experience but similar in that you (we) grew up in countries where the the majority demographic don’t reflect what we look like on the outside. It’s changing more and more but I’ve definitely gotten the “where are you really from” growing up. I always wondered what people experience going the other direction. In my childhood I didn’t feel like I belonged anywhere. Now I feel like I’m both. It’s probably easier to embrace being American though, as we have a much more established immigrant culture here vs Japan. People in Taiwan fully embrace me as a Taiwanese when I visit, despite my grade school Mandarin 😁
Just subscribed and looking forward to more of your content!
Sasha is indeed beautiful! I'm studying Japanese now but as intimately as I should be.
Can you please do a series of videos with asian looking people speaking no Japanese translating and interpreting for them in the streets and public venues? That'd be super entertaining
It's interesting, my friend Curt
was from Tokyo same as you, raised in Japan. It was always funny because I have the British accent (look Japanese) and he has the Japanese accent but is 6'5" "gaijin".
We both Japanese so it's okay though. :)
Northern and Southern California have huge Asian populations, as well as Hispanic. Among school aged children those two groups now make up a large majority. The Caucasian portion of the population is becoming extinct in her generation. My twins (they are half) are her age, and there were only a few white kids in their classes growing up. The population shift from mostly white in my generation to mostly Hispanic and Asian happened in one generation.
Agreed- my two girls are in their 30s, raised in San Jose, and their dad is 3rd gen Japanese American. Spole 3 words Japanese and couldn't understand a word.
The kids in the 80s and 90s 00s were just kids yo each othet, only curiousity about more unusual feature combos prompted questions. But recent immigrant kids tended to gather together...
Btw, 2 of 6 of my grandbabies are also 1/4 Southern Chinese on their daddy's side... And their ethnic Chinese grandmother who was raised here by her immigrant parents is actually the one who made sure both my daughters as adults and my grandkids got exposed to the dynamic active cultural events and languages of BOTH Japan and Chinese via friends she grew up with and her family.
Facts . There are hella people in the Bay Area who are Asian, Pacific Islander and Latino. Plus Oakland has hella Eritrean and Ethiopian people.
Hispanic is not a race there are millions of white Hispanic I california 😊
I Love the locations you choose for interviews. The Bugs stole the show. 😂I know where I live, if you asked someone if they were mixed race, the "woke" generation might call you racist for asking such a question. I feel like most Americans are afraid to ask such questions because they don't want to be labeled a racist. Great interview. I love the fact that a Chinese American speaks more Japanese because she learned it from her white American father. Definitely a unique upbringing. 😁
Thank you for your comment.
Yes I really love that she speaks better Japanese than her Chinese! It’s truly an interesting upbringing! 😍
Is rare because most of the time USA citizens are the first askin you "where are you from/what you race is from " and things like ancestry and more, in my country for example we dont talk about race because for us talking about race is like talking about dogs/farm animals
that wasp in the beginning actually scared tf out of me oml 💀
Pearl sent me to subscribe
Welcome 🤗 you won’t be disappointed
@@joshuasjapanchannel I'm looking forward to checking out your content