50 Facts About Japan

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  • @RachelandJun
    @RachelandJun  6 років тому +1761

    Corrections:
    16. The pie chart shows 801 and 306 as average ages but they should say “all older than.”
    26. The numbers are backwards in the first shot! Osaka did buy a 60 Hz generator and Tokyo bought a 50 Hz generator, as explained immediately afterward. 60 Hz is south and 50 Hz is north.
    You can go over something a million times and there’s always something you overlooked. 😩 Thanks to everyone who spotted these!! If you see any other errors let us know so we can correct them!

    • @skolatrenkovo8385
      @skolatrenkovo8385 6 років тому +4

      Rachel and Jun ties are a Croatian invention, they were first worn by baron Trenk's pandurs and now they are worn all over the world from Japan to the USA.
      Edit: I'm Croatian.

    • @keriezy
      @keriezy 6 років тому +25

      50 facts and you only had a few editing errors.. call it a win!

    • @pjskywalker2457
      @pjskywalker2457 6 років тому +6

      Fun fact that I didn’t know about ties. The stripes run differently in Japan than America. I went and checked the tie I bought my husband from my last visit to Japan....and b”gosh, Jun was right!! But then Jun is always right😉😉

    • @ScandiNinja
      @ScandiNinja 6 років тому +16

      hey rachel and jun (idk if this sounds stupid but) could you maybe make a video explaning the japanese health sytem etc. I am really curious about this i have read a bit about it on the internet but i would like to hear what someone who lives as a citizen in japan thinks about the health system of japan!

    • @2712animefreak
      @2712animefreak 6 років тому

      The last time this was mentioned, I went around and checked. The ties available in Croatia today have the same pattern as in Japan. The ties of the old times (of the above mentioned baron Trenk's soldiers) were all single-coloured and red.

  • @keah
    @keah 6 років тому +6275

    I want a comic now where a badass sword wielding anime character, in the middle of some epic battle on the streets of Japan, is stopped by the police and given a fine for having an unregistered sword.

    • @stargirl7646
      @stargirl7646 6 років тому +66

      Keah Creations YES

    • @kuroroneko636
      @kuroroneko636 6 років тому +126

      Have you read Rurouni Kenshin?

    • @didjaseemyjams1582
      @didjaseemyjams1582 6 років тому +348

      And then they have to use a kitchen knife which is actually better 😂😂

    • @aneni
      @aneni 6 років тому +134

      kinda sounds like Gintama 😬😬

    • @Silentgrace11
      @Silentgrace11 6 років тому +41

      Kuroro Neko I was about to say xD I'm pretty sure that's in the first book of the manga for Ruroni Kenshin. Didn't read far enough to find out if that would be a recurring theme, though.

  • @tradgothmiku
    @tradgothmiku 6 років тому +2227

    It seems so strange to me that houses have a negative value by the time they're 30 years old!!?! The most expensive houses where I live are almost 200 years old!

    • @tradgothmiku
      @tradgothmiku 6 років тому +12

      @@couleurful we have earthquakes here too though??

    • @soupii
      @soupii 6 років тому +80

      sapphic-julia japan has many earthquakes and also severe tsunamis compared to most countries

    • @joshstone890
      @joshstone890 5 років тому +26

      That's probably because the 200 year old house was built better than the new homes they have as far as structural integrity

    • @lesbolord8290
      @lesbolord8290 5 років тому +32

      Yeah see Japan is in the Ring of Fire. So Volcanic activity, earthquakes, and tsunami's are a big problem over there. Structures are constantly being made more efficient.

    • @BobRossCat
      @BobRossCat 5 років тому

      OMG WHEN READING THAT PART HAPPENAD XDDDD!!!

  • @jiro4485
    @jiro4485 5 років тому +5586

    In Japan
    Police: hey is that a sword?!
    Me: yeah
    Police: you'll have to go to-
    Me: its 14 cm
    Police: carry on

    • @fakhri555
      @fakhri555 5 років тому +40

      What

    • @fakhri555
      @fakhri555 5 років тому +23

      @Toby M oh lol i get it

    • @threadyprawn8944
      @threadyprawn8944 5 років тому +87

      "Ah, a man of culture, carry on."

    • @collin3012
      @collin3012 5 років тому +121

      If that was america, the cop would bust out a ruler, measure it wrong, and send you jail. But then not bat an eye as a guy walks by with a glock.

    • @SeaguIISoup
      @SeaguIISoup 5 років тому +24

      Hejmlando Fantoma
      Police: YOU ARE UNDER ARREST
      Old man with a walking cane:

  • @RachelandJun
    @RachelandJun  6 років тому +2277

    Lists of facts about Japan are almost always half misleading or straight up inaccurate, and half basic facts that everyone already knows. (Did you know JAPANESE VENDING MACHINES?!) So we've been trying to collect interesting, hopefully lesser known facts about Japan that are actually true for years, and we finally reached 50!
    This video took the most time to make out of all our videos so far--more than 250 hours!! We put weeks into researching facts, tossing ones that either weren't true or as interesting as we first thought, and verifying the necessary ones with statistics from official sources (do you know the pain… of trying to translate 100+ page government reports…). Those sources are in the description box. We called agencies to ask them questions directly. We visited museums. We drove all over the place and filmed a lot of B roll (oh so much B roll). So here it is, basically everything we know about Japan (well, maybe not everything). Some of you may recognize a couple facts in here that we've talked about in past videos! We're so excited to finally finish this video and we really hope you guys enjoy it!!
    Thank you so much to all the people who upload images, sounds and EVEN VIDEO OF A RARE CAT HOLY CRAP to Wikipedia!! You’re the real MVP. There were a lot of things there was little possibility of us ever being able to capture on film ourselves. Thank you to you guys for being patient with us as we take our sweet time making these videos. And thank you to Skillshare for sponsoring this and helping us pay for groceries while we spent an entire month working on a single video. orz

    • @subashinis8437
      @subashinis8437 6 років тому +29

      So much effort!!! Thanks for this you guys!

    • @aggelospoulis1981
      @aggelospoulis1981 6 років тому +11

      Ur awesome

    • @Sugarplum7798
      @Sugarplum7798 6 років тому +17

      Thank you for working so hard on a great video ♡♡♡♡♡ ☆\ (• ◇ •)/☆

    • @EseMismo91
      @EseMismo91 6 років тому +11

      お疲れ様でした! I really enjoyed the video. Thanks for presenting facts that are actually fact. It always bothers me when people spread rumors or straight up lies. Again, thank you for your hard work, and welcome back! UA-cam isn't the same without Rachel & Jun.

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 6 років тому +2

      Rachel and Jun I learned quite a bit so thank you for your hard work!

  • @Silentgrace11
    @Silentgrace11 6 років тому +1122

    Okay, story time on number 35.
    I was a young, naive exchange student, with maybe a month left in Japan while I was studying abroad. All was going pretty darn well that day. One of my classes was cancelled, and I had been up late the night before finishing an assignment, so marched my merry self back to my dormitory, was sending my daily photos to my friend in the US, and preparing to take a nap.
    Out of the corner of my eye came one of those mother flipping centipedes crawling around on my curtains, easily a foot long. Again, being the naive American I was, the biggest insect I'd personally witnessed at that point were locusts and wolf spiders. I shrieked and then, crying, proceeded to message my friend about the atrocity as if she could fly over at hyper speed to kill a bug for me. My Japanese was rudimentary at best, but there was no way I could sleep with that bug in my room, so I had two options: wait upward of four hours for my neighbor to return from class to either kill it or help me ask someone to kill it, which could give the demon ample time to hide until it could kill me in my sleep, or utilize the magical powers of Google Translate to attempt to get my dorm parents to help.
    Cue 20 minutes of me trying to explain to my dorm dad that there was a huge bug in my room that needed to die, partially based on us tip tapping words and phrases into cheap little flip phones and showing one another because we weren't sure if we were saying the word right (me with Japanese, him with English). Once he finally realized what I was saying he motioned to give me a little vacuum cleaner that A) couldn't sweep up something that big, and B) I'm such a cautious person in general I couldn't move fast enough to suck it up without it running away. Instead of risking such horrors, I lied and told him I was allergic xD Which he took super seriously and grabbed some heavy duty bug spray and a larger than life fly swatter, to join me on the epic quest of ridding my room of this bug. Needless to say he didn't get what I meant by "big bug" when I was telling him, because he was horrified too when he saw the thing! But within minutes the beast was finally dead. My neighbor later pointed out that my room was probably the perfect temperature for bugs to feel comfortable at, because while the rooms had AC I was perfectly used to my family and college dorms keeping buildings at a solid 80 degrees, so needless to say I spent my last month burrowed under blankets and in sweaters to make my room nonviable for life of any kind.
    And thus, the story of how I nearly died in Japan comes to a close .u.

    • @lm-pw9ul
      @lm-pw9ul 6 років тому +69

      Silentgrace11 Glad to know you didn't get hurt. I hate centipedes.

    • @secretive33
      @secretive33 6 років тому +89

      Bruh... write a book. I would totally read it

    • @localhostechoEro
      @localhostechoEro 6 років тому +19

      Yes. Write a book, please.

    • @FannyMMOs
      @FannyMMOs 6 років тому +15

      Silentgrace11 Omg I think I love you. You need to start a blog about your adventures! Kindly plz let us know when you do. :D

    • @biancaozuna8874
      @biancaozuna8874 6 років тому +9

      I'm glad I read this😂

  • @_phong.huynh_
    @_phong.huynh_ 5 років тому +1762

    Burglar: * sneaks through the kictchen window *
    Japanese Residents: *so you've chosen death*

  • @joakim8980
    @joakim8980 5 років тому +1056

    Hah! You think 4 am is early sunrise?
    IN NORWAY THE SUN NEVER GOES DOWN IN THE HEIGHT OF SUMMER

    • @acurara0113
      @acurara0113 5 років тому +28

      reary?
      when are you sleeping in summer??

    • @joakim8980
      @joakim8980 5 років тому +81

      We sleep like normal at the normal time, but we just close the blinds

    • @acurara0113
      @acurara0113 5 років тому +13

      thx
      Norway is very cold image,but it's summer.
      what is the current temperature?
      BTW,Japan is 36〜38℃ now. It's very hot.

    • @Kairos_Akuma
      @Kairos_Akuma 5 років тому +17

      I live at the Northern End of Germany..and in Summer it starts to become day at around 3am oLo'' At 4 its already bright as day... and its only really Dark between 12Am and 2Am lel xD

    • @Ann-rg5oe
      @Ann-rg5oe 5 років тому +3

      u Lucky ho!- I dont like night ;-;

  • @anishagurung9950
    @anishagurung9950 6 років тому +695

    I love Rachel's voice here, you can really tell that she is enjoying telling you these facts. You can hear that she is smiling and it is making me smile!! :)

    • @aam5318
      @aam5318 5 років тому +6

      I love Rachael's voice too. It sounds like the video in my English comprehension text paper

    • @aam5318
      @aam5318 5 років тому +1

      Each time I saw her video, I feel like I'm in text

    • @hb6789
      @hb6789 5 років тому

      Anisha Gurung imo i like juns more

  • @theR0NIN
    @theR0NIN 6 років тому +354

    The reason kitchen knives are sharper than katanas isn't due to a lack of sharpening methodology in katanas. It's due to the fact that a katana needs to be sharp _and_ flexible, so it doesn't break when cutting. A harder steel can hold a sharper edge, but a harder steel also is less flexible and breaks more easily. So katanas have to compromise between sharpness and flexibility. They're still plenty sharp though. (One way katanas accomplish this is through differential hardening.)
    Kitchen cutlery doesn't need to be as flexible as a katana because it isn't exposed to the same longitudinal stresses as a sword. You can pretty much focus on sharpness without worrying about flexibility.
    Thanks for the awesome video!

    • @stargirl7646
      @stargirl7646 6 років тому +25

      That was actually really fascinating! Thank you!

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 6 років тому +8

      As you know, katanas also have areas of three distinct hardness levels as well as differential hardening for the needs of the sword - core, back, and edge.

    • @OneMoreGuyjininJapan
      @OneMoreGuyjininJapan 6 років тому +12

      Wow! Was totally waiting for the classic “Katanas are the best swords ev3r!!!!” But that was extremely informative and something I didn’t know. Thank you!

    • @isadoravieira4477
      @isadoravieira4477 6 років тому +2

      Rurouni Kenshin feelings XD

    • @theR0NIN
      @theR0NIN 6 років тому +1

      Konglim Khoo, that would affect individual swords, not katanas as a whole vs. knives as a whole. That was the claim Rachel made-- that kniveS can now be made sharper than katanaS, due to improvements in knife technology. 10:23
      Plus you waaaay overstate the differences that would exist in "quality of the metal" among swords made by the same skilled swordsmith.
      My original point was that knives and swords serve different purposes, so they have different needs when it comes to attributes like sharpness and flexibility. That's still a better explanation than just saying "Kitchen knives can be made sharper than swords now!" Plus, any good katana is already razor sharp. Making a distinction between the sharpness of the two based upon the TECHNICAL ABILITY TO SHARPEN them is misleading at best.

  • @ratman6754
    @ratman6754 6 років тому +949

    I can imagine the cicadas in video games saying “ITS SUMMER! ITS SUMMER! ITS SUMMER!”

    • @Vixen_Rose6404
      @Vixen_Rose6404 5 років тому +3

      Oof now I do too

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 5 років тому +1

      Yeah I hear them in animal crossing

    • @aidan840
      @aidan840 5 років тому

      I mainly hear them in hentai...

    • @KimFebriany
      @KimFebriany 5 років тому

      I always hear the minminzemi type

  • @zigmas81
    @zigmas81 5 років тому +951

    Those 11 minutes passed really quickly.. Interesting facts!

  • @forgivemeforexisting4410
    @forgivemeforexisting4410 6 років тому +244

    *32* * Husband wakes up, proceeds to kitchen.* *Honey there's bamboo in the kitchen!* *No there isn't!!* *Wife proceeds to go into the kitchen and walks straight into some bamboo.*

    • @dusterdude238
      @dusterdude238 6 років тому +5

      and wife claims she had been Bamboozled

  • @cait_o_saurus
    @cait_o_saurus 6 років тому +171

    This was such a great video! I'm a massive fact nerd, and I don't think I knew anything in this video before. You can really see how much time and effort you guys put into this thank you so much!

    • @higashiwhy
      @higashiwhy 6 років тому

      Caitlin Shelbourne at least I knew about the bamboo growth :p

  • @dreammfyre
    @dreammfyre 6 років тому +570

    That 50/60hz thing is seriously mind boggling.

    • @foxcheetah6035
      @foxcheetah6035 6 років тому +1

      You should see how electrical grids are in other countries that had to purchase the generators from foreign companies. It gets really weird.

    • @dusterdude238
      @dusterdude238 6 років тому +5

      I found it fascinating that they have Micros that run on 50/60 Hz.
      I think their wall current is 100V (+/-)

    • @blueram3063
      @blueram3063 5 років тому

      The electricity thing is very unconvinient. Im sure they knew it was gonna be a problem but gave in to the presure of usas government. XD

  • @astroxl1609
    @astroxl1609 4 роки тому +781

    Average Japanese person: Knows 6 different cicada species
    Average American person: Doesnt even know what continent we live on or How many states there are.

    • @muffintray994
      @muffintray994 4 роки тому +41

      There's obviously 2 states. Like I'm not even American and _i_ know that
      (this is a joke lol)

    • @butterflyflower9590
      @butterflyflower9590 4 роки тому +8

      @@muffintray994 XD

    • @Chickitten
      @Chickitten 4 роки тому +60

      @@muffintray994 umm no. There's 3. New York, Los Angeles and Antarctica 😒

    • @shurjoaunibar
      @shurjoaunibar 4 роки тому +14

      Theres the 13 colonies, and 50 states, so 50 -13, 47?

    • @UltimateFarter--007
      @UltimateFarter--007 4 роки тому +16

      @@shurjoaunibar and in UK we speak British

  • @arcticsnow7505
    @arcticsnow7505 6 років тому +1267

    I'd like to see a video of you guys sharing Japanese folklore or mythology or just stories told to kids to teach them or scare them.

  • @sladics
    @sladics 6 років тому +280

    I’m learning Japanese because of you two, and have been studying for over 10 months now! I really want to visit Japan!

    • @s.c.9251
      @s.c.9251 6 років тому +18

      I'm going to start studying Japanese too in august ☺ wish me luck! ♡

    • @sladics
      @sladics 6 років тому +5

      Yay! Good luck, and never give up (woah that rhymed).

    • @s.c.9251
      @s.c.9251 6 років тому +3

      Hahaha Thanks!!

    • @brookebabcock5463
      @brookebabcock5463 6 років тому +6

      I'm starting to learn Japanese as well~♡

    • @sladics
      @sladics 6 років тому +2

      OMG thank you for all the likes 😆❤️

  • @spriggsyspriggs2237
    @spriggsyspriggs2237 6 років тому +328

    I had noticed that 50/60 Hz mistake but I didn't care. It happens! You guys are great and I love learning a little more about Japan!

  • @Fist_3rd
    @Fist_3rd 4 роки тому +134

    1:36ちょっと待て日本人でも初耳

  • @thedancingsquirrel6725
    @thedancingsquirrel6725 6 років тому +4476

    WHY IS JAPAN SO MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD.

    • @dma93-ch
      @dma93-ch 6 років тому +232

      except that half of the technology/habits are still in the 80s era lol

    • @NewG_JL
      @NewG_JL 6 років тому +71

      have you ever heard of China??

    • @sruiz6299
      @sruiz6299 6 років тому +6

      IKR

    • @fvn55yearsago57
      @fvn55yearsago57 6 років тому +24

      The Dancing Squirrel
      *cough cough* China *cough*

    • @kb_analytics
      @kb_analytics 6 років тому +189

      In some ways... I think every country is advanced in a few areas and woefully inept in others.

  • @tomokotomoko
    @tomokotomoko 6 років тому +602

    Wow!! 50!! よく集めたねー!すごい!👏👏 My daughter's kindergarten bus was 'Pikachu'! 😊

  • @jojomarie6596
    @jojomarie6596 6 років тому +171

    My mom chases me and my sisters around the house with cicada shells and I've learned to run so fast because of her

    • @tterby1
      @tterby1 6 років тому +1

      Just picked up an audiobook in order to start to recognize words and phrases.

    • @jojomarie6596
      @jojomarie6596 6 років тому

      tterby1 cool

    • @tterby1
      @tterby1 6 років тому

      JoJo Marie I'm sorry that somehow went to the wrong thread. I apologize.

    • @jojomarie6596
      @jojomarie6596 6 років тому

      tterby1 that's okay, haha, I was wondering why your comment was a little random

    • @pryzmik3657
      @pryzmik3657 6 років тому

      eek shedinja

  • @aogiri2787
    @aogiri2787 3 роки тому +142

    日本の文化を客観的に見てみると、普段している何気ない事も、珍しいと感じることが出来るよね。
    あと、蝉の鳴き声は、時間帯とか、季節によって変わってくるからおもしろいよ。

  • @raeb8017
    @raeb8017 6 років тому +3491

    now i know what this means!!!🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰

  • @khfan4life365
    @khfan4life365 6 років тому +727

    I want that Pikachu bus. I don’t know what I’d use it for. I just want it.

  • @Dr3Mc3Ninja
    @Dr3Mc3Ninja 6 років тому +280

    I will find those native cats!
    I want a full video of Jun slicing things with that knife he sharpened.

    • @thebrightstartt9294
      @thebrightstartt9294 6 років тому +34

      Him slicing random stuff was more satisfying to watch than those actual videos called "THE MOST SATISFYING THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN!!!"

    • @Июль-р8и
      @Июль-р8и 6 років тому +4

      Go to juns kitchen

    • @dragonaise2417
      @dragonaise2417 6 років тому +5

      DrGrukar McNinjaSixthGun at first I thought you meant he should cut the cats with his knife and I had to read the sentence again 😅

  • @fork4497
    @fork4497 5 років тому +490

    Rachel: "Construction barriers are often shaped like cute animals."
    Chopper: "Calling me cute doesn't make me happy! You jerk!"

    • @nausheenali821
      @nausheenali821 5 років тому +4

      fork I just imagined him saying that lol

    • @takashi.mizuiro
      @takashi.mizuiro 4 роки тому +1

      Awwwww 可愛いすぎる

    • @User-ki1ws
      @User-ki1ws 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @みつき-l5k7c
      @みつき-l5k7c 4 роки тому +2

      チョッパー「そ!!そんな事言われても嬉しくねーぞコノヤロー♡‬」

    • @bruhmoment9744
      @bruhmoment9744 4 роки тому

      onepiece is life

  • @Marlboro-kp7kz
    @Marlboro-kp7kz 6 років тому +213

    0:25 You throw that orange ball at robber/shoplifter in America,you are most likely to get hit with a lawsuit.

  • @paincreatesfame
    @paincreatesfame 6 років тому +422

    The only reason I can identify some cicadas is from catching so many in Animal Crossing: New Leaf... which is an originally Japanese game...

    • @LisaMariaGravity
      @LisaMariaGravity 6 років тому +3

      Sadie Blackwell Same here! High five!

    • @lilyraimey3499
      @lilyraimey3499 6 років тому +1

      |-/

    • @itsashadow
      @itsashadow 6 років тому

      Same

    • @Ellie_MUA
      @Ellie_MUA 6 років тому

      Ikr as soon as u step outside in new leaf cicadas are all u here!

    • @Churos
      @Churos 6 років тому +1

      It IS a Japanese game, technically. Nintendo is Japanese.

  • @Helvetica09
    @Helvetica09 6 років тому +392

    FINALLY I KNOW WHAT THE FLOWER IN JUNS VIDEO WAS!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @kzr_koco
      @kzr_koco 6 років тому +1

      SAME I WANTED TO KNOW TOO LOL

  • @bag2858
    @bag2858 5 років тому +373

    “Ok, so were sword-smiths, but we cant make swords”
    “Wdym?”
    “The demand is decreasing”
    “Hm..”
    “Hm..”
    “Mini swords for cooking! :D”

  • @Giorgiossaem
    @Giorgiossaem 6 років тому +101

    They’re back!!💜

    • @dunyaox1553
      @dunyaox1553 6 років тому

      ド라면Doramyun ikr 👌

  • @cyn9218
    @cyn9218 6 років тому +645

    Other youtuber’s clickbait : BOOBS
    Racheal and Jun’s clickbait : CATS

    • @yionane
      @yionane 6 років тому +41

      Mai uwu way better than boobs

    • @thebrightstartt9294
      @thebrightstartt9294 6 років тому +30

      The best kind of clickbait.

    • @nyhuynh2368
      @nyhuynh2368 6 років тому +3

      Well I mean it’s working

    • @dma93-ch
      @dma93-ch 6 років тому +3

      OCD Stig ew don't mix those things

    • @notnick4705
      @notnick4705 5 років тому

      Marc-André Demers dont call a cat ”thing”

  • @jaspr1999
    @jaspr1999 6 років тому +123

    This is such an awesome bunch of facts!
    The cicadas here (just north of Dallas Texas) are so loud that you have to go inside to have a conversation this time a year.

    • @InTeCredo
      @InTeCredo 6 років тому +3

      Yeah, my family and I used to live in Dallas for many years. Our German friends and relatives couldn't get the sound out of their heads after hearing cicadas for the first time. My neighbour friends and I used to tie little firecrackers to the cicadas and set them off into the sky. Bang! Well, that was 1970s when things were different for the kids.

    • @niaenergy4605
      @niaenergy4605 6 років тому

      It's the same in Chicago!

    • @RikkuTakanashi
      @RikkuTakanashi 6 років тому +2

      They're quite loud in Florida as well. You can easily hear them inside on a hot day. It's why when I first heard them in a anime during a summer scene, it felt so natural!

  • @SparksFromFireworks
    @SparksFromFireworks 5 років тому +139

    i just appreciate that persona 4 was used as an example of japanese media/games with summer cicada background noises. also, it was weird recognising the specific sounds of the different cicadas from different movies i've watched and games ive played.

  • @owo1044
    @owo1044 6 років тому +785

    :0 *Who needs a Real Sword when you have a Japanese Cooking Knife?!*

    • @audreyr9153
      @audreyr9153 6 років тому +17

      I’m gonna move to japan some day and I’m gonna own like six of them just for self defense and to be cool
      I’m kidding about that last bit but my life goal is to move to japan and get two cats and learn Japanese and Korean! XD

    • @akusemkhal
      @akusemkhal 6 років тому

      lemme add in katana

    • @pumpum000
      @pumpum000 6 років тому

      i have a 300$ damascus japan chef knife, it literally cut through everything in my kitchen

  • @Tyyyyuh
    @Tyyyyuh 6 років тому +266

    日本人でも知らない情報多いんじゃないか?
    面白かった〜!

    • @НубКто
      @НубКто 5 років тому

      Чта?

    • @bM-pn6cl
      @bM-pn6cl 5 років тому +1

      あなたのにほんご!🇯🇵

    • @tokioamethyst725
      @tokioamethyst725 5 років тому +1

      申し訳ありませんが、異なる言語の翻訳者を使用していますので、わかりません

    • @parranz0849
      @parranz0849 4 роки тому +6

      I dont understand anything but okay

  • @lordvader89a
    @lordvader89a 6 років тому +161

    what always bothered me in japan: the sun goes down wayyy to early…it gets dark at 6pm, even though its not even close to winter :(

    • @RachelandJun
      @RachelandJun  6 років тому +40

      This is probably my biggest complaint. I need more sunlight!

    • @cinnalosasha
      @cinnalosasha 6 років тому +11

      Those of us in the Midwest would be right at home. Sunrise is at 4:55am in the summer, and sunset is at 4pmish in the winter.

    • @mochimoomoo8369
      @mochimoomoo8369 6 років тому +2

      very similar to my country, 6pm IS SO DARK.

    • @Em-fz6eb
      @Em-fz6eb 6 років тому +2

      right?? recently i visited and the sun rose at 4am and set at 7pm... it should just be pushed back an hour or two!

    •  6 років тому +6

      Sunrise and sunset is determined by date and which latitude, which is how far you are from the equator. So the sunset time in northern Hokkaido will be very different than it is in Okinawa.

  • @こすたりかY
    @こすたりかY 5 років тому +342

    Yo! I am a Japanese but even as a Japanese, I didn’t know so many things about my country lol. Thank you for showing us a wonderful video! Xoxo

    • @marymurphy3669
      @marymurphy3669 5 років тому +11

      Have a lovely day. Blessings and light to you.

    • @msou8400
      @msou8400 4 роки тому +4

      what’s xoxo?

    • @Bojana-
      @Bojana- 4 роки тому +7

      @@msou8400 idk what it especially means but its like sending a kiss or something like that

    • @Annamoon14
      @Annamoon14 4 роки тому +7

      @@msou8400 it's a kiss text emoticon

    • @emi_milk
      @emi_milk 4 роки тому +8

      Same! I'm half Japanese, but I didn't even know about the Cicada thing

  • @gonfreecs7347
    @gonfreecs7347 6 років тому +406

    4:56 it’s not a cute animal. ITS CHOPPER FROM ONE PIECE OMG

    • @blasttrash
      @blasttrash 5 років тому +9

      bakayarou, watashiwa racoon janai.
      Hope someone with Japanese knowledge corrects me. :P

    • @gonfreecs7347
      @gonfreecs7347 5 років тому +12

      blasttrash hmmmm, if I am correct, that means “idiot/moron, I’m not a raccoon”

    • @blasttrash
      @blasttrash 5 років тому +1

      @@gonfreecs7347 I know, but I am not sure if I constructed that sentence in a correct from a grammatical standpoint. I only remembered few words and made that sentence lol

    • @gonfreecs7347
      @gonfreecs7347 5 років тому +1

      Lol ok

    • @giuliamanconi5022
      @giuliamanconi5022 5 років тому

      YEAH AHHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @Mykasan
    @Mykasan 6 років тому +125

    1:18 How do you navigate in the streets? I don't understand.

    • @RachelandJun
      @RachelandJun  6 років тому +81

      THAT’S WHAT I SAID
      What did they do before gps?! haha
      To be fair, a lot of places have maps with the numbered regions posted somewhere so maybe people just used to use maps, same as we did back in the day. :p

    • @DQABlack
      @DQABlack 6 років тому +10

      Simon and Martina (Some other youtubers) mentioned this once in a podcast. They called somebody to pick them up, but Simon and Martina were waiting on one side of the block and the driver was on the other side of the block, and it took them a while to realize. I'm not sure if this was the cause, but it may have been. I'm sure it isn't a problem most of the time for locals, but I'm sure it has to come up

    • @Mykasan
      @Mykasan 6 років тому

      In which podcast?

    • @DQABlack
      @DQABlack 6 років тому +2

      They started doing their podcast on youtube recently, but I think this was before that, when they only had it on SBS PopAsia. I think it was just within the past couple of months, but I don't remember exactly when. Definitely not too long ago. The overarching conversation had something to do with how Martina was saying she couldn't really stay mad at most people in Japan and how polite they are or something like that. This particular story she brought up to illustrate how the taxi driver was so apologetic afterwards even though it wasn't really his fault, and even though she was upset when she thought he was late as soon as he apologized she wasn't upset anymore.

    • @Mykasan
      @Mykasan 6 років тому +2

      I didn't know they did podcasts on SBS PopAsia :O Iwonder if it's still available. i'll look into it.
      Edit : it still is ! I now know what to do in my spare time.

  • @Sakja
    @Sakja 6 років тому +131

    I love Japan.

    • @japanchan5834
      @japanchan5834 6 років тому +2

      Me tooooo

    • @easytoslipE2S
      @easytoslipE2S 6 років тому

      I have never been but it seems great! loved this video

  • @annushkanoor4328
    @annushkanoor4328 5 років тому +125

    the terminal village thing made me sad. Their culture and history ends with their population and the whole village eventually becomes abandoned

    • @RyanTheCreator
      @RyanTheCreator 4 роки тому +9

      I have a feeling foreigners will repopulate them as time goes on

    • @MJ-uk6lu
      @MJ-uk6lu 4 роки тому +4

      To be honest, not only Japan has such problem

  • @astrafallen
    @astrafallen 6 років тому +31

    Best facts of Japan I've ever heard. I cannot wait to visit Japan someday! I am so ready to go!

  • @Narnendil
    @Narnendil 6 років тому +18

    Some of the facts Rachel seemed to be completely amazed by are totally normal for me as a Swede, like driving camps. And the sun rising at 4 in summer? Here is never even sets! xD

  • @whatTFisThis
    @whatTFisThis 5 років тому +300

    "Why keep a good idea just and idea? Let's put it into action!" - Japanese people

    • @AuroraPolkka
      @AuroraPolkka 4 роки тому +12

      I love being Japanese

    • @Imbreadtt
      @Imbreadtt 4 роки тому +1

      @@AuroraPolkka same

    • @KYCNews
      @KYCNews 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/IoAs46t5uVE/v-deo.html
      Intesrting facts about Japan

  • @toxicmikan5275
    @toxicmikan5275 5 років тому +153

    女性と男性の交互のナレーションが英検みたい

    • @奥田和弘-g4o
      @奥田和弘-g4o 4 роки тому +7

      Stap.1とか試験で言ってもらいたいわ

  • @TomTomTom9146
    @TomTomTom9146 6 років тому +716

    Basically, Japan does everything better

    • @nelsond3359
      @nelsond3359 5 років тому +67

      except that 50hz and 60hz thing.

    • @kizunechao279
      @kizunechao279 5 років тому +5

      Pretty much.

    • @despairinq
      @despairinq 5 років тому +47

      the high suicide rate is the best part imo. 10/10

    • @somdutt6303
      @somdutt6303 5 років тому +2

      Except for food, the food is bland af

    • @acurara0113
      @acurara0113 5 років тому +34

      despairinq that's true.
      A train in Tokyo stops once a week. And the cause is suicide.
      Jump in front of the train. Like Mayuri.
      There are many office workers who commit suicide.
      The cause is too long working hours. The law stipulates that up to 40 hours per week, but most companies do not.
      This is just one of many problems in Japan.

  • @ashlim654
    @ashlim654 6 років тому +64

    8:32 mercy from overwatch , is that you?

    • @warriorxheart
      @warriorxheart 6 років тому +1

      Ash Lim Same lol

    • @Tankerrex3
      @Tankerrex3 6 років тому

      OMG it is

    • @祐人林-k3g
      @祐人林-k3g 6 років тому

    • @ashlim654
      @ashlim654 6 років тому

      114514 1919810
      What??

    • @milo4054
      @milo4054 6 років тому

      Ash Lim I knowww I noticed that too!! It looks just like her and I’m pretty sure it it her lol

  • @lyracole8819
    @lyracole8819 6 років тому +106

    I am livid from those cicada noises. I am in Japan for the first time and they are so loud

    • @bunnyluvnae5427
      @bunnyluvnae5427 6 років тому +1

      Lyra Cole I’m in japan too! I haven’t really heard cicadas though..

    • @ElectricPyroclast
      @ElectricPyroclast 6 років тому +5

      bunnyluvnae Then you're not really in Japan lol. Go to the nearest playground with trees and poles, your ears will be destroyed

    • @bunnyluvnae5427
      @bunnyluvnae5427 6 років тому

      ElectricPyroclast or maybe I’m in a busy area... pretty sure I’m in japan bud

    • @pickled_sausage
      @pickled_sausage 6 років тому +3

      Southern United States has these hoes too. They are the worst.

    • @lyracole8819
      @lyracole8819 6 років тому +1

      bunnyluvnae I'm in the Kansai area and they are SO LOUD when i bike to school

  • @yenyon5520
    @yenyon5520 5 років тому +892

    This 🔰 is for drivers
    I only knew that today
    Wat da fuq

    • @steerles3084
      @steerles3084 5 років тому +4

      yes its 🔰 jdm logo not ?

    • @illuminate3838
      @illuminate3838 5 років тому +1

      🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰

    • @lithiumionized
      @lithiumionized 5 років тому +1

      🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰

    • @devesh4337
      @devesh4337 5 років тому +1

      ,,🔰🔰🔰

    • @yuxun5565
      @yuxun5565 5 років тому +1

      🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰🔰

  • @FancyHatching
    @FancyHatching 6 років тому +14

    I love that you used a P4 clip as pop culture example! ♡

  • @thebahooplamaster
    @thebahooplamaster 6 років тому +160

    1:11
    Just imagine getting hit by one of these things.

    • @RachelandJun
      @RachelandJun  6 років тому +48

      We were actually initially planning on one of us throwing it at the other, but we ended up not having the time.
      I imagine it's not super fun, though. ( ゚д゚ )

    • @acarps
      @acarps 6 років тому +32

      ...you were going to throw a bus at each other? o.o

    • @naser3000x
      @naser3000x 6 років тому +6

      I might die from laughing

    • @RachelandJun
      @RachelandJun  6 років тому +68

      Oh whoops I totally assumed this was about the paintballs. Didn’t check the timing. I’m guessing it’s about the buses now... oh my god
      Hahahahahahahaha

    • @ujjvalw2684
      @ujjvalw2684 6 років тому +8

      Rachel and Jun lol XD

  • @NimrodClover
    @NimrodClover 6 років тому +55

    Wish you would have added a tiny bit more to no.8, i.e. the lack of street names. The block and number system also includes the age of the structure, with no. 1 of block X being the oldest or first address in that block. That is why the numbers within a block are sometimes very random in placement. So, the system is only spatially accurate to a point.
    There are several historic forces at play as to why this is so. Some of these include, most land previously under the control of a monarch or emperor, limited usable land, rapid and continuous rebuilding, frequent disasters or destruction, and even the level of literacy.
    The type of numbering system stems from and helps reinforce the mental map that a community uses.

  • @垢イマジ
    @垢イマジ 3 роки тому +51

    私は日本人ですが知らない情報が多くありました。
    勉強になります

  • @KazukiP
    @KazukiP 6 років тому +187

    That bread thing is rly clever omf

    • @nerdyninja3691
      @nerdyninja3691 6 років тому +4

      Emily Barclay I was about to say that. Like I didn't even consider anywhere else would do it differently...

    • @FancyHatching
      @FancyHatching 6 років тому +9

      和輝Kazuki In Germany some super markets let you use a machine to slice whatever bread you like however thick you like :)

    • @nerdyninja3691
      @nerdyninja3691 6 років тому +1

      Fancy Hatching We have that in England as well.

    • @raidwipe
      @raidwipe 6 років тому

      What do they do in countries without this system? sell the bread unsliced?

    • @jacquelineunderwood7115
      @jacquelineunderwood7115 6 років тому +5

      dip.C you either know how thick the bread is sliced by that brand or judge by eye or buy unsliced bread. Usually in america all the prepacked loaves are the sameish slice size unless marked otherwise but artisanal breads tend to be the size that that specific bread was traditionally cut at. And sometimes its just whatever they want it cut at. My family buys mostly unsliced bread honestly, or we make our own. XD

  • @m.a.t7590
    @m.a.t7590 6 років тому +6

    It’s so cool to see what Japan is like and how it’s different from America! You guys did a great job on this video! I hope for more to come!

  • @Xorrak
    @Xorrak 5 років тому +18

    6:25 hah! In scandinavia, the sun never really goes down in the middle of summer, especially if you're very north. On the flipside though, on the winters it's the opposite. The sun goes down at 3 p.m and goes up at 8-9 a.m. November, december is pretty depressing... Go to school/work it's dark, come home, it's dark.

  • @narihira_ariwara
    @narihira_ariwara 5 років тому +40

    7:43 マジ?ww

  • @joaquinespinosa6613
    @joaquinespinosa6613 6 років тому +388

    So no one gonna mention Chopper as a construction barrier?

    • @bozio8605
      @bozio8605 6 років тому +16

      One piece fan council yeeeee

    • @じゅげむ-s6b
      @じゅげむ-s6b 6 років тому +9

      HOW DARE YOU HIT CHOOPER!! KONOYARO!!!

    • @soil80
      @soil80 6 років тому +17

      When she said cute animals, I screamed: choppeeeer!

    • @kawaiiLov3
      @kawaiiLov3 6 років тому +4

      There's much more than cute animals and pop culture icons. Each prefecture in Japan has its own mascot, so you'll see them materialised as construction barriers too (a good fact they missed). For example, Iwate's Sobacchi and Miyagi's Musubimaru!

    • @Paul-mw1wp
      @Paul-mw1wp 6 років тому

      I know but its so cool

  • @ItsTerru
    @ItsTerru 6 років тому +21

    You make Japan sound like an even more interesting country! Once I finish my bachelor's degree in English I'll be looking for a job there!

  • @ericamcqueen5607
    @ericamcqueen5607 5 років тому +31

    7:36 I wasn't expecting to see Persona 4 here, but I'm happy nonetheless

  • @ImAFrigginBird
    @ImAFrigginBird 5 років тому +139

    "This is, in part, due to many reasons"
    *Speech 100*

    • @synckar6380
      @synckar6380 5 років тому +29

      Reaching the word count for an essay

  • @benceguraly1901
    @benceguraly1901 6 років тому +22

    I love this channel
    I love Japan

  • @Night_Rose_94
    @Night_Rose_94 6 років тому +97

    #41 where can i buy the gene variation? I'm the opposite of that and it's making me feel uncomfortable around people

    • @dma93-ch
      @dma93-ch 6 років тому +7

      just don't become like my brother, who got so paranoid about it that he started taking 2-3 showers a day and developed massive eczema as a result.

    • @avafilms4218
      @avafilms4218 6 років тому

      Night_Rose_94 yeah, me too...

  • @pu-chin1032
    @pu-chin1032 6 років тому +25

    すごく久しぶりです!
    待ってました!日本人も知らないことも書いてました笑

  • @natsukaruna5074
    @natsukaruna5074 5 років тому +76

    I've experienced how tough it was for muslim to do Shubuh prayer (early morning prayer before the sun rise) in Japan during summer .-.

    • @jevasamy
      @jevasamy 5 років тому +4

      ALLAH !!! IT MUST BE SO COLD

    • @rachelrecycles369
      @rachelrecycles369 4 роки тому +1

      How would you do it in a place such as Alaska when then sun never sets or rises? It's just always there.

    • @TheGarryq
      @TheGarryq 4 роки тому +4

      @@rachelrecycles369 In such places people can adopt the times of an area further south in the country or many go by Saudi Arabian time. Otherwise northern Finland would only allow you half an hour to eat every day for the month of Ramadan

  • @cheesymice
    @cheesymice 6 років тому +5

    I love the sound of cicadas! We have tons of them here in Mississippi in the summer and it's the one redeeming part of the horrible heat and humidity. I love hearing cicadas in the background on Japanese shows.

  • @himanshuagncs
    @himanshuagncs 6 років тому +66

    omg i found this channel only recently amazing content

  • @joysaha3946
    @joysaha3946 4 роки тому +57

    I m Bangladeshi,i like japan 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵♥♥♥🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

  • @agatakowalska5478
    @agatakowalska5478 5 років тому +1

    This video is not only fascinating but also incredibly useful for me! I can use a lot of this information in my geography exams this year, particularly the info on the incompatible grids issue after the earthquake/tsunami and the ageing population. It'll be great to have rather "unique" details (in the sense that not many British 18 year olds know them) in my essays, thanks so much for this and I hope you make more of these! I learned a lot

  • @FakeBritishGirl
    @FakeBritishGirl 6 років тому +68

    I love cicadas for the first week and then I just wish they would let me be lazy and sleep on the weekends >

    • @RachelandJun
      @RachelandJun  6 років тому +13

      They’re SO LOUD haha

    • @Tahliarts
      @Tahliarts 6 років тому +1

      They become background static :)

    • @FakeBritishGirl
      @FakeBritishGirl 6 років тому +1

      TahliaEspen I wish they did that for me. I swear my brain is like “6am! It’s 6am! Wake up and listen to the cicadas! Wake up!!!!”

    • @joemuis23
      @joemuis23 6 років тому

      have you tried some earplugs?

    • @FakeBritishGirl
      @FakeBritishGirl 6 років тому

      BlackJoe23 yep. Can’t sleep with them in... it sounds like my head is inside a seashell.

  • @emmapham2902
    @emmapham2902 6 років тому +9

    I'm in Japan right now and I'm loving it so far!!!

    • @Psychol-Snooper
      @Psychol-Snooper 6 років тому

      Congratulations on becoming a fabled island nation!

    • @emmapham2902
      @emmapham2902 6 років тому +1

      Angry Applesauce oh fuck

  • @KasumiKrissTV1
    @KasumiKrissTV1 6 років тому +31

    wowie Jun's English improved so much. Fun video, I loved it ^_^

  • @krishnan_2052
    @krishnan_2052 4 роки тому +65

    Japan: Most People are old dependents.
    Also Japan: Really fricking Advanced.

    • @enc3r317
      @enc3r317 3 роки тому +3

      Well to be honest a lot of foreigners think that, but in reality Japan is really late in many aspects. Sure, technology is more advanced than other countries, but for example the majority of Japanese people still use cash for payment instead of credit cards. I've lived in Japan for basically my whole life, but there are a lot of kids who cant even use a computer properly because the school system doesn't teach them.

  • @user-kn1de4xc6j
    @user-kn1de4xc6j 6 років тому +40

    Do you mean to tell me that Japanese are so physically clean that their have genes evolved to reflect this?!!! I would PAY to have dry earwax and a little less body odor.

    • @OneMoreGuyjininJapan
      @OneMoreGuyjininJapan 6 років тому +5

      n Unfortunately, the people that don’t have this gene TYPICALLY don’t use deodorant. Rush hour on a Japanese train in the summer can’t get pretty smelly. Then again I’m sure that’s everywhere you go haha

    • @pinkqueenscookie
      @pinkqueenscookie 6 років тому +1

      I don't like having dry earwax tbh. But I like not having much body odor or in my case body hair as well lol

    • @pryzmik3657
      @pryzmik3657 6 років тому +1

      Zoe Kouf It may have been selected for via sexual selection. Some Europeans have the gene but maybe we didn't care enough for it to become widespread. There are things about Europeans Japanese wish they had and maybe it comes down to what we prioritised in mate selection. However it could also be related to other pressures or just random.

    • @kiwimusume
      @kiwimusume Рік тому

      @@OneMoreGuyjininJapanTheir deodorants are designed for people with the nonsmelly genes IIRC. I moved there with an agency and they told us to bring our own deodorant from home.

  • @tabibhasan5523
    @tabibhasan5523 6 років тому +17

    Nice video you're the best channel ever

    • @SG-of4fv
      @SG-of4fv 6 років тому

      Tabib Hasan Thanks

  • @lucas23453
    @lucas23453 5 років тому +184

    Me: "Japan looks really cool, I would love to go over there."
    *Video shows a big fuckoff centipede*
    "Welp looks like I can't go there anymore."

    • @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586
      @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586 3 роки тому

      I don’t understand

    • @IceUrsa216
      @IceUrsa216 3 роки тому +1

      Tbh my concerns are less about the centipedes and more about the hand-sized hornets 😨

    • @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586
      @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586 3 роки тому

      @@IceUrsa216 show me hand size hornet

    • @IceUrsa216
      @IceUrsa216 3 роки тому +1

      Googled them, and they were a little smaller than I remembered, sorry. Still big enough to take up plenty of space in your palm, and my nightmares 😅
      Search "asian giant hornet" if you're interested!

    • @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586
      @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586 3 роки тому

      @@IceUrsa216 okay

  • @marcomarc151
    @marcomarc151 4 роки тому +2

    This is why I love your channel, too many knowledge in every video 😍

  • @wolbern5605
    @wolbern5605 5 років тому +28

    That explains the obsession I have noticed with super sharp kitchen knives in some Japanese videos

  • @train-i1x
    @train-i1x 6 років тому +34

    毎回動画を見て思いますが、ジュンさんと、レイチェルさんの動画は編集は字幕が絶妙でとても見やすく見ていて面白いです!
    僕は英語があまり分からないのでこのような動画は字幕を頼りに見ますが、とても面白いです!
    これからも動画投稿頑張って下さい!

  • @kirstyhill1493
    @kirstyhill1493 6 років тому +25

    Wow the paintball idea for the thieves should be used in other countries!

    • @CarinaCoffee
      @CarinaCoffee 6 років тому +8

      Well in some banks when they get robbed they put paint explosives in, so when the robbers open them they get doused in paint that doesn't wash off.
      But yeah, imagine how easy I'd be for the police to find a suspect running from the scene of a robbery when they have vibrant colour all over them!

    • @DanCatface
      @DanCatface 6 років тому

      cant they bring a bag with clothes and change

    • @kirstyhill1493
      @kirstyhill1493 6 років тому

      Dan Catface // Prince Daniel they needs to run, not change clothes.

    • @kirstyhill1493
      @kirstyhill1493 6 років тому

      Measles European Chickenpox ...? Learn decent grammar

    • @Kaflurgle
      @Kaflurgle 6 років тому

      The closest thing I can think of that we have in the US is, in some clothing stores, the clothes have a magnetic tag/clip thing on them that can only be removed at the register once you pay for them. Otherwise, if you try to remove it forcefully, it'll let out a bunch of ink, or dye that is hard to wash off
      As for convenience/grocery stores, there's just a bunch of cameras everywhere. Or, if the store can't afford enough cameras, they're placed in locations like at the entrance/exit, or right at the register

  • @aaaa-yc5un
    @aaaa-yc5un 5 років тому +34

    日本人でもへーと思う事が多かった

  • @o0Avalon0o
    @o0Avalon0o 6 років тому +6

    Thank you for your hard work! :-D This video is beautiful and informative! Excuse me while I replay this 100 times...

  • @leem6244
    @leem6244 6 років тому +5

    I visited Japan this August and I heard the Cicadas everywhere!
    I'd never heard anything like it before, originally I thought it was some sort of bird - really interesting sounds :D

  • @Saturn57
    @Saturn57 6 років тому +13

    Now we need a video explaining the too many dentists issue in Japan 😀

  • @IvyFox1
    @IvyFox1 4 роки тому +1

    I loved this!! Would love more videos like this!! You guys are the best!

  • @appleofcider
    @appleofcider 6 років тому +7

    8:20 Baby Nagi!!!

  • @unrulycrow6299
    @unrulycrow6299 6 років тому +14

    Hahaha in France, the sound of cicadas is both associated with summer (and summer vacations) and with Southern France. Generally, even before you see the shot that will make you go all "oh yeah, Mediterranean coast", you know where the action is because of the cicadas! It's even a common ceramic decoration you can find outside houses in the South (next to a door or a window) - lizard/gecko ceramic decorations are also common.
    We also have the same thing with driver license, it's super expensive and you can count a month of lessons. One of the driving schools in my town is considered cheap because the base price is 945€ (and of course people generally need more driving lessons, so they end up paying a total of 1200€). However, it's possible to start learning to drive at 16, though you always have to be accompanied by an adult with a driver license, and register a minimum of kilometers per year to validate the certificate. It makes it easier to get a driver license in the long run (two of my cousins did that). We also have a sticker for apprentice drivers! It's a red 'A' in a white circle, and it's mandatory for two years after getting a driver license (if I remember well).
    Concerning the price for highways, it's way more expensive in Japan than in France! (well, unless you take some highways, which are more expensive than others) Last time I paid the tolls, I spent ~50€ for a Paris-Perpignan (roughly 900km). And we still have national roads that are toll-free (even though it'll take 14 hours for a Paris-Perpignan, while one can count ~10h for the same trip with the highway).
    Anyway, thanks for that video! It was very informative. :)

    • @nalani5333
      @nalani5333 6 років тому

      Thank you for your information on France! I’m from Canada and I love learning more about new countries. France sounds really fun and I’m even more excited to visit next summer!

  • @madelines.
    @madelines. 6 років тому +8

    Nice to hear france isn't the only country where learning to drive is so expensive. You can't drive with no adult in your car until you're 18, theory and practice are two different types of courses for which you have to pay separately, and it can take way more than a month to obtain your license... it usually costs at least 188616.62¥ (if you get it the first time you take the test, otherwise, the price just goes up up up ^^). Anyways, i love your videos, I've been a fan for a very long time now, and i love Japan! Thank you for posting great videos like this, love from France

    • @meow-uz6vu
      @meow-uz6vu 5 років тому

      Same for the Netherlands. it can literally take a year and a few thousand euros

    • @TrullaDerBergzwerg
      @TrullaDerBergzwerg 5 років тому

      Same in switzerland...

  • @mrduid5952
    @mrduid5952 5 років тому +2

    7:27 i remember when i used to catch them with my friends. near my apartment there was a park, and during summer there would be a lot of them. so nostalgic, this was 5 years ago 😭😭😭

  • @DefinitelynotLeed
    @DefinitelynotLeed 6 років тому +30

    Why does this lock from the outside?! *shakes* *confused*

    • @RachelandJun
      @RachelandJun  6 років тому +7

      Yeaaaahh our landlord cut a lot of corners.

  • @Uターン-d5e
    @Uターン-d5e 6 років тому +8

    動画投稿されるのめちゃくちゃ待ちわびてましたよ!!!!

  • @strixx_-4483
    @strixx_-4483 6 років тому +35

    Is th- is that Jun?!?! His English has improved greatly. Keep up the good work!

  • @faeryb0mb
    @faeryb0mb 5 років тому +1

    I live in the southeastern USA....we get loud cicadas too in the summer. you can hear them from inside your house even with all the doors and windows closed.

  • @ef2526
    @ef2526 5 років тому +16

    3:47
    *JAPANESE SYMBOL FOR BEGINNERS*
    if u remember that you deserve a veterans discount

    • @Alex-dz7pe
      @Alex-dz7pe 4 роки тому

      Rasim Efe Everybody knows. That is basic knowlegde lmao

  • @dippy_dot_mann6922
    @dippy_dot_mann6922 6 років тому +8

    I still love Japan! Ive always wanted to live there!! Its so modern, and beautiful, and CATS!!

  • @s.h-s7o
    @s.h-s7o 6 років тому +5

    “When they cry” (higurashi no nakukoroni ) is come from the cicada name “higurashi”, and it means summer

  • @artistaloca4
    @artistaloca4 5 років тому

    6:32 -Couldn't help but smile at your enthusiasm about the sun rising... 👍😂😄
    Jun, tell her about Norway... And ANTARCTICA!!! Woooo hoooo! Heh heh.
    BIG smiles ! Thanks guys! 👍😄