What It's Like to be Half German Half Japanese 🇩🇪/🇯🇵
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- I grew up half-Japanese half-German and moved a lot in my life between these two countries. I think there are a lot of mixed/bilingual people out there and in this video I'm wanna talk about what it's like to have two different cultures inside.
Enjoy!
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2 of my most favourite countries are Germany and Japan😇🥳
that's dope, I'm gonna create more content about that combination!
Same with me
@@maxyoko What a lucky guy you are! There is a great pianist Freddy Kempf born in Croydon to a German father and a Japanese mother. He lives in Berlin. The funny part is that he is considered a British pianist)).
That’s an amazing combo my friend, my favorite two countries
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Being half German half Japanese (m/22) I can really relate to like everything that you said (Grüße gehen raus, DB ist schon ein echter Krampf 😉). It is weird to admit but I feel a bid intimidated sometimes when I hear other half Japanese people speak Japanese. It is probably because I hate my accent and can’t speak properly myself. I lived in setagaya, Tokyo when I was a kid (5-9 yrs) and I always romanticise that time because I always got 可愛いがってくれた. BTW I had a half German half Japanese friend in elementary school (in Germany) we used to hang out often back then.
Maybe we will see each other one day ✌️
よろしくね
PS i also went to DSTY 😂 I hope hope Frau Richter Menkhaus is still around
Thanks for sharing your story man ^^
Freut mich, dass du das Video gefunden hast, es gibt ehrlich nur wenige von uns.
Unfortunately, I don't know Frau Richer Menkhaus haha, teachers change so frequently at that school
I can totally relate to you!
I‘m also half-german, half-japanese and have been living in Germany while going to Japan every year. I‘m still two years away from „the scary“ Abitur but I have no idea what to do in the future. I definitely want to take advantage of my language skills :)
Just found your videos on my recommendation page and enjoyed watching it! Keep going!!
Very cool that you left a comment :)
Wish you the best on your journey!
most unique content i ever watched......such a nice bro.....
really appreciate your nice comment ❤️
I finally came to Germany Max. Its soo foreign here haha. I enjoy your content
Wow, that's really cool! I hope that you get used to it quickly haha
Nice video dude, I really like that there are more half people talking about their experiences when it comes to living in different countries and their cultures and how it affects their character and sense of belonging.
As a German (both parents and their grandparents are German) who has traveled a lot and lived in different countries for 4 years I also start to feel like that I do t really belong anywhere (yet) but I also have the mental freedom to chose where I want to belong in the future.
I think it's a huge benefit for you to be half, it's a blessing. I also think this feeling of being at home or feeling like you belong can be created by the individual. Or maybe one day you'll meet someone who you wanna start a family with or just be in a relationship and you move in together. Then you will start creating your own home and with time you'll develop a sense of belonging.
At least that's how I imagine it for myself in the future ^^
Loved the video max, looking forward to any content you'll put out
Such a nice comment, I really enjoyed reading it! 🫶
@halimech: so ein toller Kommentar!
Keep going my bro love from persia ❤
Love u!
Honestly i like your character and the way you're thinking , it put empathy with me ,keep going bro
Really appreciate your nice comment ❤️
it always feels so good to see other half german, half japanese people out there :) i can relate to you so much. i don’t look german but i also don’t look japanese and in both countries people see me as a foreigner and i was always asking myself "where do i belong to? where is my home?" and i still don’t have an answer to that. i just feel grateful that there are many people out there who are just like me :)
this video just popped up on my recommendations and i’m definitely gonna subscribe, i’d love to see more of your videos!
Very glad that you've found the video
And thank you for sharing your story ^^
I’m a Japanese high school student. I learn English by watching only English videos and I also wanna acquire German someday. I'm glad that I found your channel!
Welcome 🫶
Great content 🔥🔥
Glad you liked it, Lara!
Btw your videos are good quality of production ✌🏻
Appreciate it :)
I like your content so keep going bro 😁
Thanks a lot, I will!
I love the language swith, very smooth 💯
bipolar thing haha
Hiii, I have a very similar story, and i also went to DSTY. OMG i cant believe ist so similar, im in shock! im also 20 year old! lived in japan from 0-8 years old. Great video!🙌
That's dope! Thanks for the comment
Wild to see other DSTY people here ^^
Summer days in Japan is very beautiful for Seri flowers.
Japanese? That’s sooo hard! Kudos to you, young man! 🎉
We have quite a few half-Japanese politicians, celebrities, and athletes in Japan. But they're all raised and educated in Japan and have a Japanese mindset, mannerism, and most importantly identity...which is why they're treated like any other Japanese. Nobody in Japan will consider SAKAI Gohtoku or TAKAHASHI Ran to be a foreigner or approach them in English. If I recall, they have both partial German ancestry. And the most popular and infamous actress in Japan was SAWAJIRI Erika, who is half-French Algerian. MURUFOSHI Koji is the head of Japan's Sports Agency and former Gold Medalist is half-Romanian. The most famous and popular YOKOZUNA in post-war Japan was TAIHO, and he was half-Ukrainian. The current Governor of Okinawa and MP from Okayama is half-American, but nobody approaches them in English.
Miksa, the best example 😊
Good stuff ×20
crazy how quick you always are 🫶
I can kind of relate. I am born in Germany and my parents are both Germans. Very early in my life my parents thankfully put me in an english speaking kindergarden. I was also able to establish this bilingual brain (I would not call it multilingual yet). This sometimes gives me struggles in my life when I only can express myself in english better than in my native language, which is German. Due to the lack of good english lessons in the generations before mine, my parents can't understand my struggles at all.
I would like to go to Germany and my sister would like to go to Japan 😊 I can Imagine my relationship between me and my sister would be a mixture of your personality 😂😅
Dein Video war sehr hilfreich, vielen Dank.
Eine Frage , die ich mir sehre oft stelle ist , in welcher Sprache hast du dein Handy ? 😅😅😊😊
Man as someone also with multiple nationalities, I definitely can relate with story! Love the video and hope to see more!
Let's goo, my multicultural mate!
We’re the same age but why you look more mature and responsible😅
It's just the lighting :)
Dude this is so weird.
I'm half german and half japanese and went to the DSTY too. I can totally relate to the personality aspect haha and also the aspect of not being able to choose between countries. And yes I also have more german friends. Your video made me consider making friends with half japanese people again like I had back in Japan. Thanks for the content 🙏 Yes, my name is Max too, no joke 😂 AND I used to be a designer for approximately 10 years, but now into computer science (don't ask my age though 😂)
What a coincidence haha
That's wild
Thanks for sharing your story
Ohhh man I also have faced this situation. I am born in Quetta Pakistan and grew up here but my parents amd grand parents are from Afghanistan and people think me Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, thialand, gilgit, chitral some cities of Pakistan. And I also have felt that I don't know where I belong to when people ask me where are you from where is home. I really get confused what to answer. Sometimes I get annoyed and I was thinking that only I am like this in this world oh my god I find you too same as my situation. I can speak my mother language Persian (Dari) or we can say Hazaragi, even our Persian language is of three types in speaking, I can speak amazing English and Urud which is Pakistani language. And I think I have to learn German language, and French too.
I am interested in learning Arabic and Turkish.
So I don't know when it will happen but sometimes it looks like a mess. But it's quite interesting.
Mu field is also Computer Science.
I would love to know about Computer science field there in Germany is it flexible to learn coding or not?
kindly let me know.
I have asked for your Contact number or anywhere where I can contact you. I would be glad if you count my this humble request. Thanks in advance.
Ah, you are a combination of both the languages that I'm trying to master 😂 interesting!
Damn, that's really dope! Wish you the best
I feel the same!
I’ve lived in Japan for 7 years but currently I’m taking German courses 😂
Gutes deutsches Essen bekommst du meistens in mittelgroßen Dörfern, das ist meine Erfahrung. Kleine Restaurants, die in Familienhand sind, sind meiner Meinung nach die Besten.
Wenn du deutsche Fischspezialitäten willst, am besten mal den Norden besuchen. War letztens in Hamburg und da gibt es Sachen, bei denen ich nie gedacht habe, dass sie typisch Deutsch sind. Deutschland ist im Gegensatz zu Japan halt nur zu 10% eine Küstennation, aber es gibt auf jeden Fall Deutsche die Fisch gerne essen. Halt eher weniger in Mittel- oder Süddeutschland.
Btw. I'm half German half Greek and speak both languages. I definitely love both cuisines I grew up with. And I definitely love fish, since my mother's family is from a smaller Island and they have tons of great fish dishes.
Im not half japanese but my dad is full german and my mom is indonesian chinese who speaks japanese fluently
So grow up, by default im able to speak 5 languages fluently because of my parents
ほんまによかったわぁ❗色んな言語が話せるなんてすごくよかった🎵
UA-cam recommended this video to me. Seems like it knows that I am also Half German and Half Japanese😂 I can relate to your thoughts, I also love Japanese food more than German food😊
Really cool to hear that! I would say we are quite "rare" haha
Looove jt 😂
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I also heard that Germany thinks very highly of Japan and vice versa and that they both have a history of craftsmen and engendering experts.
I heard from my Japanese friends that germans and Japanese get along well, broadly speaking. Do you feel like that's something you agree with?
they sure do have common history...
There might be some truth to it, there are definitely a lot of similarities!
It is hard to generalize things but I feel like they get along very well.
As a fully German person my biggest wish is to become a exchange-worker in japan and work with them. 😊😊😊
Hope your wish comes true, sounds like a beautiful thing!
I learn German right now but l don't found any good teacher so if you know someone please tell me and thanks for the great content and keep going ❤
I'm gonna make videos about the German language soon!
@@maxyoko This means a lot to me, thanks for your interest
I am no teacher, but I am a native german. Maybe I can help you with some things?
NAAANIII ?? Great video as always, haha.
Hai, arigato 🫶
Love from Algeria 🫶🏼
Much love from Germany!
@@maxyoko my dream is going to Germany for study or something @maxyoko So I'm coming 😂😂
As a Syrian who's gonna move to germany ... i really want a Japanese friend 🤧😂 (and to visit Japan of course)❤
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Bruder hoffentlich bist du kein Messermann...Spaß
I always Wanderer what it would be like to have a "second home" even though you call it having no home :)
Weird feeling tbh. It's just that I haven't found my home yet but I know that there is one out there
... somehow Nitro and Glycerin ?😊 Japaner und Deutsche sind vielleicht nicht besonders kreativ, aber sie können die wirren Ideen von anderen in brauchbare Produkte umsetzen. Wir sind nicht bekannt für High Tech aber Deep Tech. 😊
Mir ist ein Beispiel eingefallen. Die eigentlich geniale Hydrodynamische-Federung von Citroen hat nach Jahrzehnten harter Arbeit bei Mercedes funktioniert. 😂
Wouhouuuu
Im 🇩🇪🇧🇬
Sounds like your somewhat stuck between two cultures.
currently yess!
I guess being biracial is a double edged sword. I wish I was biracial too though
Yess it really is. If you could pick two countries, which ones would you choose?
Sorry, I am not, but nice insides!
glad you liked it 🫶
くもんいっくもん
はい😂
Germans only eat bread? You don't know much about German cuisine haha
I also heard that they eat a lot of Sauerkraut 👀
You're 20💀💀i though arpund 24-25💀💀
do I look that old? 👀
@@maxyoko naah bro, but i m 19 and soon to be 20 and your productivity scares the sh** out of me💀💀