US and Canada they don’t have swimming pools in school because more schools they don’t have any cabins or any place for you to sleep in for you to hang out with you go to school and then just go home not like Japan and other countries in Asia it’s living in school that means you stay in for a month and don’t go home Japan has something like that same thing with my country to Thailand has it to
I can't wait until I arrive there this August... so excited to be teaching in that environment! I do wish I could have attended as a student, but alas, as a teacher will certainly suffice! Thanks for the tour!
forgot to mention awesome school bell, sliding doors, clubs (only like 3), and its outdoor (no covered hallways or even windows for that matter, just small, little squares of glass).
Wonderful!!! You showed me the real word behind the school stories in manga and anime that I know very well. Now I also want to know about students hanging out on the roof. Thank you for the video!
Wow everyone's so friendly. I also get that same warm feeling from your video that I also get from watching anime. Really nice video! You have a great sense of humour!
What a cool school and it's so huge.The tune of that school bell was beautiful. The bell at my high school was just a boring ding noise. Makes me wish I took Japanese instead of Spanish back in high school. At least I'm trying to teach myself Japanese now. I'm proud that I was able to read the text at the end perfectly :D
Thank you so much for posting these videos. You made a very thoroughly enjoyable tour. I find myself comparing your school to what I typically see in Anime. Your actual school is less tidy and has more personality. Acoustics are lousy, as can be expected for a building made almost entirely using slipform concrete. I really appreciate the tour.
Holy crap! You're in Okinawa during the summer? I visited this past August and went as far south as Hiroshima and was dying! I was there for a little over two weeks. My Japanese is horrible, but I got some really good practice plus learned a few more words. Had to rough it as I forgot my phrase book.
very nice tour... I have a few Japanese friends, right now 2 of them are in Peru, and others are still in Japan. I never visited Japan, but I hope someday go there and maybe live for a couple of years. As for now... is time for me to practice my Japanese (speaking). I am a really rusty speaker right now plus I forgot many words lol. Good luck to you and your friends.
I went to Japan on a airplane transfer and ended up staying there for a couple of days due to typhoons 5 years ago :D Wish I could remember it though :( The only part I remember was the bullet trains, they are so cool
Thanks for the upload! 14 years ago i was a YFU student myself. I have very similar highschool memories from the ones you showed in the vid, magic they are =D
Transferring there is super difficult, the best approach I have found is to study a short English teaching course, if your from the UK, you can visit Cambridge for 2-/1 week and study a fully fledged teaching course at almost the level of university, obviously if you're dedicated and motivated enough to pursue this dream, native and/or very fluent at English, this would be a cake-walk. Then the chance of you cheating in a less populated area in Japan, is very high. Some cases differ.
I would have loved to be an exchange student in Japan, wish I knew about this when I was younger..and had the confidence and balls to go out there and do it. Very good Japanese accent by the way!
OMG i wish i were a student in japan, it looks much more better than in my school. All we have is classroomes and a basketball hall, whichmean no swiming pool or any other good stuff that i've seen there. Makes me sad I didn't have the the opportunity to feel what great school means :/. Also in my country there are no exchange programs or I never heard about them. Now all I can have is Erasmus program at my university which is student exchange in europe and not many students take it because our GDP isn't among the high ranking countries and that limits the chances to properly live in a foreign country as an exchange student. Meh, but im still looking forward to a better future^^ which gives me hope :). By the way thank you for sharing this tour of japan school!
hey, i accidentally found this vid(part 1 and 2) and wow i really enjoy the vid, very nice and no script and bec of this i remember my childhood dream(to learn japanese and go to japan) its almost a decade i forgot this dream. good thing is i just finish my college and dont know yet to continue or work and now just rest at hometown.so i just start to learn japanese and their culture anyway thanks alot to make me remember my childhood dream and good luck with your friend
Wow, that was amazing that you are learning this and being a transfer student I would love to go there one of these days maybe but this is an amazing video, did you move back over here to America? I would like to see this school one of these day's.
It looked like a fun trip...i wish i could have gone to Japan when i was in high school -_-. oh well, i still plan to go there in a few years or so, but yeah
Wow, your Japanese accent and language is splendid! I'm also gonna study Japanese, I can speak a little already. I've been told my accent is really good too. I'm from Sweden so Japanese is pretty easy for me to speak. What amazes me is that you're from America and pronounces it so well, if I'm right, Americans find it hard to pronounce Japanese, so good job! ^_^ Oh, and for how long have you been studying Japanese and how long were you staying? Did you go with your school? Hope you'll answer! :3
the school was big.. awesome! i want to experience it too! how months did you stay there??.. uhmm.. and how many hours is there break? is it okey for their school to change their uniforms? coz i've seen some of your classmates wearing only shirts..
Foreign exchanges allow students to get some experience and exposure they couldn't otherwise get anywhere else. They get to actually live, not just visit, in another country and are able to act as a citizen. From some research I've done, you apparently don't have to be fluent in the language of your assigned nation, but the first thing you have to do is apply for exchange through an organization that makes it all happen.
The guy with the camera is mad awkward. At least try and communicate a little, even if you have no idea what they are saying. Just smile and wave, or tell them to give a shout out.
i've never been to a no uwabaki(slipper?) school before. they might as well make it one, but i guess it doesn't work when the buildings are apart from each other? Japanese people like to be clean, so I guess it's normal for them.
Ah, this brings back memories! I was in Japan for a month on a scholarship-type thing and I got to visit a high school as well! I wasn't going as an exchange student (although I am in high school). The people are so friendly, although the school I visited was slightly different in structure, and it didn't have that kind of bell XD
@Nora3625 My advice with Rosetta Stone is that you're better off with a text book first. My recommendation is the "Genki" series. Nothing beats rote memorization first then using the Rosetta Stone program for visualization and enunciation practice. I'm speaking from experience.
@lilied1 That would be more northern Japanese. Where there is less sun. Kind of like the contrast between Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington.
Awwsomeeee,Japanese school,Japanese students,your cameraman,you who can speak & study fluent Japanese...I appreciate everything cos Ive always wanted to know bout Japan not just by Mangas or wiki... As i was saying bout manga,do u think u can do a tour on any Otaku favourite places?? >XD
wooaaahhh you're sooo lucky!!! I want to go to school in Japan tooooo :D And btw, I have to agree with the students, you are AMAZING at speaking Japanese!!
@Nora3625 I have a horrible memory so most people would take about 4 months of just practicing every day for at least an hour. It took me about 6 months. As you progress through each chapter, construct sentences, create a dialogue, and memorize it. It helps to practice with someone else. Those sentences that you memorize will be very handy when you visit Japan. That was how I survived when I forgot to bring my phrase book. Good Luck!
what school in Okinawa is this???? I wanna go there for high school!!!!! and dude, your swimming pool there is like Olympic size! I can't pass that up!
My high school is less than a quarter of a quarter of this school and offers 1/100 of the activities/luxuries they do in this school... I'd enjoy school so much if I lived in Japan.
that's what the school bell sounds like? man I wish we had that in high school, our one was a literal metal bell that deafened anyone within a 10m radius
Everyone's so friendly! May I ask you where exactly in Japan you went on exchange? Because the students seem to have a slightly darker skin tone than the average Japanese people in Tokyo or Osaka. Maybe it's on one of the southern islands?
I'm learning Japanese and that will be my 3rd language i speak. I plan on going to Japan and live there. How long did it took you to learn Japanese and where did you learn it?
Lool I wouldnt want to go back either :) Japan must be great, and you are really good in japanese Im amazed really O.o how long were you learning it? P.S : Im so jealous :) wish I could be an exchange stundent
Since seeing your part one video, I just knew you could speak in Japanese (no accent either ++). How long have you been learning their language? I mean before you came to Japan and became a foreign exchange student.
this is so different from my school in Puerto Rico you people have everything in my school there is no where to eat and the school is so clean and students are not so friendly so i envy your school my school is falling in to pieces perhaps i might move there and repeat high school. o i'm not some old dude i'm 16 plus the education here stinks
@lilied1 Um a lot of them do but it depends on where they are from! The north like Hokkaido or the subtropical island south of Japan aka Okinawa. In Okinawa there is more mixture of race and the people their are more laid back and friendly than mainland Japan. Based on the weather it could be anywhere in the summer though but because this is on october and I think that Okinawa is north of the equator it may be Okinawa indeed.
Compared to this school my one is like shoes box! We study on two shifts and we are like 400 students in a shift! And if I study in a Japanese school with their sistem i'd be really happy. From what I heard compared to here in Bulgaria it very easy!
Yes, Japanese and asian schools push their students a lot harder than American schools do. I have friends in Japan and China who stay up after midnight just to finish homework. The schools release late also, like at 6/7pm. My dad says the homework here is just a tiny fraction of what they get each day.
I am wondering what the mix percentage between standard Japanese and the local dialect was in your school and community, and did it make communication more difficult for you?
oh I see he said that at 2:56 lol, Like the guy who puched him to say stop :). It seems like you had fun there! :) Oh I wanted to know, were the people there generally friendly to you or were they a bit reluctant to talk to you??
so awesome!!! and your even fluent in Japanese -u- you are so lucky!!! my tiny ass school offers foreign exchange programs in Germany but I have nowhere near enough money to pay for it one can dream tho ;)
Where is this school at? I'm really hoping to transfer there some time hopefully soon, and I want a good town / city that has nice stuff but not too tourist-filled. No matter where I am, I've always hated tourists..
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Japan is so interesting!!! ^.^ I totally want to move there. And one more thing, the pool was amazing. we don't have pool in high schools haha
are you a filipino perhaps?
US and Canada they don’t have swimming pools in school because more schools they don’t have any cabins or any place for you to sleep in for you to hang out with you go to school and then just go home not like Japan and other countries in Asia it’s living in school that means you stay in for a month and don’t go home Japan has something like that same thing with my country to Thailand has it to
Are used to go to school like that but mine doesn’t have a swimming pool though
But the most living in schools are really big
I can't wait until I arrive there this August... so excited to be teaching in that environment! I do wish I could have attended as a student, but alas, as a teacher will certainly suffice! Thanks for the tour!
That looks AMAZING, I am so incredibly jealous right now 0.0
So am i o.o
forgot to mention awesome school bell, sliding doors, clubs (only like 3), and its outdoor (no covered hallways or even windows for that matter, just small, little squares of glass).
Jesus that school is massive!
Why did you want to inform Jesus about that? He should know better than anyone.
Wonderful!!! You showed me the real word behind the school stories in manga and anime that I know very well. Now I also want to know about students hanging out on the roof. Thank you for the video!
Wow everyone's so friendly. I also get that same warm feeling from your video that I also get from watching anime. Really nice video! You have a great sense of humour!
What a cool school and it's so huge.The tune of that school bell was beautiful. The bell at my high school was just a boring ding noise. Makes me wish I took Japanese instead of Spanish back in high school. At least I'm trying to teach myself Japanese now. I'm proud that I was able to read the text at the end perfectly :D
Thank you so much for posting these videos. You made a very thoroughly enjoyable tour. I find myself comparing your school to what I typically see in Anime. Your actual school is less tidy and has more personality. Acoustics are lousy, as can be expected for a building made almost entirely using slipform concrete. I really appreciate the tour.
I really wish I was born and lived in Japan
me too but oh well i am from greece
same
That Wrong Japan Not really A Good COuntry To you live! America Always A Best Place!
Not To Me ^^! i already Live In BOth Country :) but To me ...... yeah Japan Is a beautiful place and girl But Life Is Not Really Good like America ^^!
I wish I was born there but I can't change the fact I was born in America
Okinawa is a great land, like when I was there it started raining, but it remained warm even in the rain, which was super epic.
Holy crap! You're in Okinawa during the summer? I visited this past August and went as far south as Hiroshima and was dying! I was there for a little over two weeks. My Japanese is horrible, but I got some really good practice plus learned a few more words. Had to rough it as I forgot my phrase book.
Oh I'm so jealous :D I have been to the cold north in Akita-ken, where there is nothing other than trees, snow and cliffy coasts^^
very nice tour... I have a few Japanese friends, right now 2 of them are in Peru, and others are still in Japan. I never visited Japan, but I hope someday go there and maybe live for a couple of years. As for now... is time for me to practice my Japanese (speaking). I am a really rusty speaker right now plus I forgot many words lol. Good luck to you and your friends.
I went to Japan on a airplane transfer and ended up staying there for a couple of days due to typhoons 5 years ago :D Wish I could remember it though :( The only part I remember was the bullet trains, they are so cool
Wow, that school is really good. Thanks for the nice tour!
Thanks for the upload! 14 years ago i was a YFU student myself. I have very similar highschool memories from the ones you showed in the vid, magic they are =D
I think it's amazing to see the differences between schools. My school is small, about 120 kids for each of the four grade levels in it.
You tell them! You guys look like you had an epic time and have inspired me to go and do the same!
I went to Okinawa and I loved it. Everywhere I went in japan i was treat with respect and friendship. The Japanese are lovely people!
A great video, loved having a look at what a school in Japan may look like. Also very random some of the subs you put in lol
Transferring there is super difficult, the best approach I have found is to study a short English teaching course, if your from the UK, you can visit Cambridge for 2-/1 week and study a fully fledged teaching course at almost the level of university, obviously if you're dedicated and motivated enough to pursue this dream, native and/or very fluent at English, this would be a cake-walk. Then the chance of you cheating in a less populated area in Japan, is very high. Some cases differ.
I would have loved to be an exchange student in Japan, wish I knew about this when I was younger..and had the confidence and balls to go out there and do it. Very good Japanese accent by the way!
that's a pretty big school.
Yeah I find it was a college in the first place because high school in Canada and United States doesn’t look that big to me
My high schools only have 1500 students yours is almost like small size college
OMG i wish i were a student in japan, it looks much more better than in my school. All we have is classroomes and a basketball hall, whichmean no swiming pool or any other good stuff that i've seen there. Makes me sad I didn't have the the opportunity to feel what great school means :/. Also in my country there are no exchange programs or I never heard about them. Now all I can have is Erasmus program at my university which is student exchange in europe and not many students take it because our GDP isn't among the high ranking countries and that limits the chances to properly live in a foreign country as an exchange student. Meh, but im still looking forward to a better future^^ which gives me hope :). By the way thank you for sharing this tour of japan school!
Mindaugas Inc dude we barely have toilets
hey, i accidentally found this vid(part 1 and 2) and wow
i really enjoy the vid, very nice and no script and bec of this i remember my childhood dream(to learn japanese and go to japan) its almost a decade i forgot this dream.
good thing is i just finish my college and dont know yet to continue or work and now just rest at hometown.so i just start to learn japanese and their culture
anyway thanks alot to make me remember my childhood dream
and good luck with your friend
Man watching this was almost hard, because of all the nostalgic feelings and memories. Have to go back, just have to.
The song played is "L'amour Est Bleu" by Vicky Leandro.
Look it up.
What a fun looking School/Country...I would love to do High-School over again in Japan...
I would like to experience school in Japan! I love the uniform and the people there seem very friendly.
Wow, that was amazing that you are learning this and being a transfer student I would love to go there one of these days maybe but this is an amazing video, did you move back over here to America? I would like to see this school one of these day's.
4:32 Free ! Iwatobi Swim Club ! xD
yasssssssssssss
I went to Japan in June and I was always so confused when they did the hand motion for "come here" because I'm used to it meaning go away
That school is very cool! Good to know you enjoyed your time.
Yeah, that's lovely.the Nato and the Nori take some getting used to.
It looked like a fun trip...i wish i could have gone to Japan when i was in high school -_-. oh well, i still plan to go there in a few years or so, but yeah
omg japanese schools are amazing, i can go anywhere if i get bored or if i want somewhere peaceful.
lovely school and lovely people. thank u!
That bell was adorable~! Thanks soo much for sharing!
Wow, your Japanese accent and language is splendid! I'm also gonna study Japanese, I can speak a little already. I've been told my accent is really good too. I'm from Sweden so Japanese is pretty easy for me to speak. What amazes me is that you're from America and pronounces it so well, if I'm right, Americans find it hard to pronounce Japanese, so good job! ^_^ Oh, and for how long have you been studying Japanese and how long were you staying? Did you go with your school? Hope you'll answer! :3
great video...are you going back or have any plans visit japan again?
The school bell is amazing! I wish we had school bells like that in America! I'd be all happy and skipping around in the hallways. ^_^
Reminds me of the first Digimon for some reason haha. Looks awesome there.
the school was big.. awesome! i want to experience it too! how months did you stay there??.. uhmm.. and how many hours is there break? is it okey for their school to change their uniforms? coz i've seen some of your classmates wearing only shirts..
Foreign exchanges allow students to get some experience and exposure they couldn't otherwise get anywhere else. They get to actually live, not just visit, in another country and are able to act as a citizen. From some research I've done, you apparently don't have to be fluent in the language of your assigned nation, but the first thing you have to do is apply for exchange through an organization that makes it all happen.
The guy with the camera is mad awkward. At least try and communicate a little, even if you have no idea what they are saying. Just smile and wave, or tell them to give a shout out.
chill3n456 lol the last two words in the video
It’s no big deal He can do whatever he wants
Japanese is one of those hardest language to be understanding if you translate it to English is backwards
i've never been to a no uwabaki(slipper?) school before. they might as well make it one, but i guess it doesn't work when the buildings are apart from each other?
Japanese people like to be clean, so I guess it's normal for them.
Ah, this brings back memories! I was in Japan for a month on a scholarship-type thing and I got to visit a high school as well! I wasn't going as an exchange student (although I am in high school). The people are so friendly, although the school I visited was slightly different in structure, and it didn't have that kind of bell XD
@Nora3625 My advice with Rosetta Stone is that you're better off with a text book first. My recommendation is the "Genki" series. Nothing beats rote memorization first then using the Rosetta Stone program for visualization and enunciation practice. I'm speaking from experience.
That really does look like an awesome school. Wish we could have places like that in America.
That school bell was so cute! xD
@lilied1 That would be more northern Japanese. Where there is less sun. Kind of like the contrast between Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington.
Actually, there are some in America that are very similar to the Japanese.
I went to a school in NYC that had a very similar bell.
i so want to go back to school but in japan especially if the school has such a big swimming pool as this one :)
Awwsomeeee,Japanese school,Japanese students,your cameraman,you who can speak & study fluent Japanese...I appreciate everything cos Ive always wanted to know bout Japan not just by Mangas or wiki...
As i was saying bout manga,do u think u can do a tour on any Otaku favourite places?? >XD
wooaaahhh you're sooo lucky!!! I want to go to school in Japan tooooo :D
And btw, I have to agree with the students, you are AMAZING at speaking Japanese!!
Every part I see here reminds me of anime.....
- What is wrong with my EYYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!?!?!?!?!?
@Nora3625 I have a horrible memory so most people would take about 4 months of just practicing every day for at least an hour. It took me about 6 months. As you progress through each chapter, construct sentences, create a dialogue, and memorize it. It helps to practice with someone else. Those sentences that you memorize will be very handy when you visit Japan. That was how I survived when I forgot to bring my phrase book. Good Luck!
what school in Okinawa is this???? I wanna go there for high school!!!!! and dude, your swimming pool there is like Olympic size! I can't pass that up!
Where did you learn Japanese? I'm learning in college right now. Can't wait until I'm as good as you are.
My high school is less than a quarter of a quarter of this school and offers 1/100 of the activities/luxuries they do in this school... I'd enjoy school so much if I lived in Japan.
that's what the school bell sounds like? man I wish we had that in high school, our one was a literal metal bell that deafened anyone within a 10m radius
I don't know if I'll move there when I get out of high school
Everyone's so friendly! May I ask you where exactly in Japan you went on exchange? Because the students seem to have a slightly darker skin tone than the average Japanese people in Tokyo or Osaka. Maybe it's on one of the southern islands?
thats sweet, that school looks so chill
I'm learning Japanese and that will be my 3rd language i speak. I plan on going to Japan and live there. How long did it took you to learn Japanese and where did you learn it?
Lool I wouldnt want to go back either :) Japan must be great, and you are really good in japanese Im amazed really O.o how long were you learning it?
P.S : Im so jealous :) wish I could be an exchange stundent
awee being a foreign exchange student looks like fun! i want to go to japan and korea! but anime really does look like real schools! omg so cool!!!
Aww I wish I had a chance to go to school in Japan, my life sucks :( I'm a lot older now but I want to learn Japanese, any tips?
omg this is litterally the biggest school i've seen!!!! I LOVE IT!
1 months and ur japanese are awesome!!
Since seeing your part one video, I just knew you could speak in Japanese (no accent either ++). How long have you been learning their language? I mean before you came to Japan and became a foreign exchange student.
this is so different from my school in Puerto Rico you people have everything in my school there is no where to eat and the school is so clean and students are not so friendly so i envy your school my school is falling in to pieces perhaps i might move there and repeat high school. o i'm not some old dude i'm 16 plus the education here stinks
that school looks huge compared to mine! how many students go to that school?
How long did it take you to learn the Japanese sunnchu. You seem to be fluent!! I can barely speak my native language or English jejeje.
Seeing all this makes want to go back to Japan...
This is so awesome! How long did it take you to learn Japanese?
@lilied1 Um a lot of them do but it depends on where they are from! The north like Hokkaido or the subtropical island south of Japan aka Okinawa. In Okinawa there is more mixture of race and the people their are more laid back and friendly than mainland Japan.
Based on the weather it could be anywhere in the summer though but because this is on october and I think that Okinawa is north of the equator it may be Okinawa indeed.
Compared to this school my one is like shoes box! We study on two shifts and we are like 400 students in a shift! And if I study in a Japanese school with their sistem i'd be really happy. From what I heard compared to here in Bulgaria it very easy!
I was wondering why it was kinda rural looking. She's in Okinawa. Explained a few things.
Yes, Japanese and asian schools push their students a lot harder than American schools do. I have friends in Japan and China who stay up after midnight just to finish homework. The schools release late also, like at 6/7pm. My dad says the homework here is just a tiny fraction of what they get each day.
This school-no, Japanese schools have a large place where students can practice his talents!!!!!! i want to go there!
oh gawsh.. I never thought it would be this amusing to be showed around a school digitally XD
Wow, that was really cool to see! Your Japanese is great too!
reminds me of summer in mexico, it looks hella hot out there
it means "thank you very much" the gozaimasu added to it is the more polite way to say it
Aww that's so school! If you don't mind me asking, what grade are you in? & How did you learn Japanese?
How come there's people in class rooms and everywhere but the school seems to be over for the day?
I am wondering what the mix percentage between standard Japanese and the local dialect was in your school and community, and did it make communication more difficult for you?
man the weather is fine!
I got to wait till college though XD 3 more years I got to get the learning Japanese
ok, where did you learn your japanese?? it's really good
oh I see he said that at 2:56 lol, Like the guy who puched him to say stop :). It seems like you had fun there! :) Oh I wanted to know, were the people there generally friendly to you or were they a bit reluctant to talk to you??
at the very end? it says 'arigatou gozaimashita' which is like saying 'thank you very much' but past tense.
Did you get to keep the uniform? :D
so awesome!!! and your even fluent in Japanese -u-
you are so lucky!!! my tiny ass school offers foreign exchange programs in Germany but I have nowhere near enough money to pay for it
one can dream tho ;)
Where is this school at? I'm really hoping to transfer there some time hopefully soon, and I want a good town / city that has nice stuff but not too tourist-filled. No matter where I am, I've always hated tourists..
You are good at speaking Japanese! How long were you learning it?
I used to live in Okinawa my wife and I are moving there in a year or two to study more for our medical careers.
I really want to visit japan! IT looks awesome!!!