The United Kingdom & Japan Are THE EXACT SAME COUNTRY
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2021
- This sounds insane but hear me out, island mentality is totally real and people love cultural superiority which is why I made this video about how island culture is superior
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Additional similarities I didn't fit in:
Constitutional monarchies, with well liked monarchs that hold no power
Tea culture
Drinking Culture
Fish being part of a famous national dish
shape
Big capital city that is so much bigger than any other city in the country
Yes you can swear
fax
Both have a reputation for being polite
(t e a)
@@prosoccer3453 lol
Japan: Land of the rising Sun
UK: Where the Sun never sets
What sun? In the uk we only have rain
@@i_.kanade Exactly, it can't set if we never had it in the first place.
Holy shit you're a genius
@@i_.kanade
The problem with the sun never setting is its constantly evaporating water from the sea to create rain clouds
The land of the rising water table.
Biggest city in Europe is actually Tokyo guys
Largest city in Europe is in fact Moscow. But if you count Turkey as part of Europe, Istanbul is the largest city.
@@danieliustaskevicius7622 wait, isnt england the biggest city, because england is a city right?
@@immigrantgaming420epic nope, London is
@@midothunderstorm7738 England is my city though
@@bathamsteryt England is a town imo
To anybody still in doubt that Japan and the UK are the same country: Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time?
Astronauts have seen japan and britain on earth at the same time
The uk isn’t a country, theory false
@@beggibesti2294 Yes it is.
@@beggibesti2294 Lol what drugs you on Boi it is a country that is a Union of Countries, specifically, England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland.
I don’t know where this asinine preconception that the U.K isn’t a country even comes from.
@@v.k5417 they haven’t because they’re too far apart from each other to be seen at once, even from space
They both drive on the left side of the road in iconically small cars (Mini/keijidosha) with registration plates that contain irrelevant information (registration year/vehicle class). Their schools both have a tendency to require impractically elaborate and formal uniforms. They both have monarchs who reign but haven't ruled for generations.
They both had the ambition to conquer the world, but they overestimate themselves and lost the empire.
I mean, were really only one or two generation removed from the absolute power of the Japanese emperor
@@emib6599 yeah that’s not what happened
@@emib6599 the uk had to give up most of their shit after ww2
Both historically very powerful islands nations that somewhat disconnected themselves from the politics of the main land
This is just foreshadowing for when Madagascar eventually starts conquering sub-saharan africa
And when Newfoundland starts conquering North America
And when New Zealand starts conquering Australia and the rest of Oceania.
@@AndroidMoon9215 as a roblox rise of nations player, i often do that lmfao
Cuban Empire, New Zealand Empire, Madagascar Empire Tripartite Pact
And when Maldives conquers all of south Asia
As a japanese person living in japan who has a union jack hung up in my room, this was a little jarring to see in my subscription feed. But great video.
英国と日本は常に友達になります😁🇬🇧🇯🇵
im a brit living in the uk with a Japanese flag hung up in my room, weird coincidence 🇬🇧🤝🇯🇵
We love you Japan 🇬🇧🇯🇵
@@blubfishuwaaa Its not a coincidence your literally a weeb
@@v.k5417 and? its still a coincidence, doesn't make my point any less true
🇯🇵🤝🇬🇧
Visited Britain twice and I greatly enjoy it
Would love to visit Japan one day. Love from Britain🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
The Anglo-Japanese relationship started in the 19th century and Japan based their navy on the British. Japan and Britain had to stop being allies because the UK was scared that the USA wouldn't like their alliance so they dropped their alliance to create the four powers treaty later an alliance including the UK, USA, Japan and France
I thought the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of the early 20th centaury was stopped due to pressure from other British dominions such as Australia and New Zealand etc. You're probably right about some pressure from the US as well. Another similarity to point out is they both had Russia as their common rival in the late 19th centaury. Hence the alliance.
@@ToastieBRRRN Japan has been an ally of many Europeans nations since the 19th century that's why they were in Peking during the boxer insurrection
@@klausunder8876 That was just response to the Chinese anti-foreigner sentiment. The "Eight-Nation Alliance" was just a response to lifting the siege of the foreign legation of Peking. That's no way similar as to the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
Also, Japan kind of invaded the British Empire. This probably didn't help.
@@maxthexpfarmer3957 the alliance ended before that
Another reason their similar: they’re both really good friends with the U.S. despite everything the U.S. has done to them.
Me, a US citizen- "Hehe"
What exactly has the U.S. done to the U.K. that is so bad?
@@mr.d00m37 1776
@@elta-8972 Oh, boo hoo. We fought for our independence and got it almost 250 years ago. Anyone salty about that in the present day has some weird nationalism complex
@@mr.d00m37 I'd say 1812 when America tried to take all of Canada as part of their manifest destiny and the Suez Crisis where they backed the Egyptians (who supported the Soviets btw) and the Falkland war where you tried to have the UK surrender the islands to a dictatorship who would do who knows what to the civilians living there
More map person explaining on his most unloved channel
Gotta love it
Nah his most hated channel is Andrew Andrews, but hey I mean this one is honestly better than it
i'm japanese, i live in the uk, and yes, despite having huge cultural differences, i see soooo many similarities between the two island nations
Nice, hope you’re enjoying it here 👍 .
@@He_who_rides_many_winds
cheers, i love your beautiful country!
(wouldn't have stayed around otherwise!)
@@deelite19 Haha, glad you’re enjoying it, lots of mythology, culture and history to explore! I don’t understand why my kinsmen think it’s boring lol; they’re all mad I say.
Mystical Isles indeed, if you you go stand alone by the sea, facing the Atlantic in Northernmost England or Scotland, it will evoke a feeling we can scarcely describe.:).
I plan to visit Japan someday, a beautiful country, beautiful people, and beautiful culture, and the only people we of the Isles can truly relate to, the only other country that truly feels like home. I hope it is the same for you.
Forgive me for my incessant rambling, a right chatterbox I am ahahaha...
We are brothers situated at either sides of the world, twins even, I dare say.
Peace to you and your country, may we be strong in bond, blood, and spirit forever, twin islands we are, enemies we are not, and shall never be again💪🇬🇧🇯🇵✨🖤.
But the differences still outweighs the similarities
@@samarlington3947
the differences are obvious. the point was, we have so many subtle similarities.
Dublin is okay, but its only two thirds as good as Tripplin
What about quadripplin
@@Zarafin you have to go thru Halvin to get there, so its kinda pointless
@@megazenn22 It’s worth it though because you can see Quarterin which is only 10 minutes away
What about trippin
What about its opposite: L-in
Kind of ironic that Britain helped build Japan's railway system and now Japan is supplying Britain with it's trains!
知らなかった。日本はイギリスに鉄道を輸出してるのか
@@user-tz3zl8ut4t no train cars and locomotives
Where 🤔 there is nothing on the internet about this they dont supply underground trains or other trains in the UK am i missing something?
@@stanielsoncoochiesmellehsm6114 hitachi trains
@@xianeli8473 other Hitachi items too.
- monarchy
- island country
- imperialist in the past
- driving on the left
- hi-tech country
- tea lovers
- influenced by powerful mainland (Japanese Hiragana is from China, some English words are French origin)
- having closest neighbor as integral territory in the past (Ireland and Korea)
Natural predispositions: both nations have an underlying arrogance, both have reserved and thoughtful initial demeanour and modest and polite.Difference here is that the British are only initially reserved and, will soon greet enthusiastically and warmly, whereas Japanese are almost cripplingly shy and reserved for protracted periods
English itself is germanic in origin! :O
Some guy in my junior year animation class unironically showed his collection of homemade Polandball rule 34 to the whole class as part of a presentation, and it's kinda ruined the whole concept for me ever since :(
The part that sticks out to me is "homemade", like it's a fucking arts abs crafts project and he asked his mom to buy the supplies
@@LancesArmorStriking The guy made a 26 minute long Adobe Flash animation that ended in a sex scene. On a technical level it was actually pretty impressive, especially for a high school project, but God did I ever want to bleach my eyes after that.
What a madlad
@@TagetesAlkesta You are blessed to have a gigachad as a classmate..
@@moriadine2517
I would not call a person like that a giga chad lol
Something you might find interesting is that Europe's only wasabi farm is in the UK near where I live in Winchester. The climate in the south of England and the groundwater is similar enough to that of the region in Japan where wasabi originates that it can grow successfully there
They have real wasabi in Europe?
editor has done a great job, you should free him and actually pay him now
沢山共通点がありますし、これからも良好な関係を築いていきたいと思っています！
🇬🇧🤝🇯🇵
島国最高！
🤮🤮🤮🤮
This video is basically this;
Europe = East Asia
EU = One China
Northern Ireland = DPR Korea
Rep. of Ireland = Rep. of Korea
G. Britain = Japan
Hokkaido =scotland.
@@EpicBoss-
If Hokkaido is Scotland then;
Honshu = England
Kyushu = Wales
Shikoku = Isle of Man
Okinawa = Channel Islands
Ryukyu Islands = Scottish Islands
@@modmaker7617Kuril islands = Faroe islands
Europe really is East Asia 😲
the ireland part makes no sense
They also have both a historically very good relationship with Portugal, love their trains, bizarre fish-based concoctions and weirdly antiquated monarchies, and, while on that subject, share this really unexpected connection in the form of a book by the late Sue Townsend.
There would have been a ton of source material for new Adrian Mole books had she lived
Like "The Brexit Years", "The Covid Years", etc
I could only wish the UK had a rail system as good as Japans
@@TheSpearkan Actually the regular Japanese rail network isn't as good as people think it is. It is facing the same situation Britain did in the 1960s with too many lines making very little money and facing many closures. It is only the shinkansen that is better.
FINALMENTE ALGUÉM FALOU
Oi! There is nothing "bizarre" about a good old chippy tea
He’s entered the world of Countryballs. Hopefully he does not enter he world of Countryhumans.
Countryballs are superior to countryhumans
Countryhumans…?
@@rachelcookie321 It’s so cringe that you won’t handle it
"freedom units" = Oreo milkshakes
Oreo milkshakes should be the international measurement
it used to be ar-15s
Type 2 diabetes would be more accurate.
Oreo milkshake
But its cadbury
As an Englishman, with Scottish heritage, living in New Zealand, dating a Japanese women.. I couldn't agree more!
Haha you got so much diversity.
7:27 you got those kiwis walking around?
Has she got a sister?
@@Chapps1941 lol
I've heard New Zealand is one of the best countries in the world, is it nice?
Boris Johnson be like "Konnichiwa desu desu"
Fun Fact: Boris Johnson born in the US
Well, there's a clip of Boris Johnson speaking Japanese
@@TravelerIkki WHERE??
@@EnteiIsDoge Theres also that clip of him squishing a Japanese kid XD
as someone living on the isle of wight, i can say we definitely have the 'we're not like them' mentality towards mainlanders haha. great video!
What’s the Isle of Wight like? It seems cool.
I've been to Isle of wight and it's coast and towns are so pretty
Haven't been to the Isle of Wight in years. Has Blackgang Chine completely collapsed into the channel yet?
I have thought of exactly this before and mentioned it to my wife. Japan is the UK of Asia.
It really isn’t though
English:
has a bunch of Latin and Greek loan words & roots (which come from its neighboring continent mainland), but retains Germanic vocabulary in the low level
Japanese:
has a bunch of Middle Chinese loan words & roots (which come from its neighboring continent mainland), but retains Japonic vocabulary in the low level
You will also find English words in the Japanese language.
I came to the UK from Japan a few months ago. So basically I paid vast amount of money to move all the way to the same country.
Haha, hope you are enjoying it here :)
@@He_who_rides_many_winds I am! Thanks:)
@@user-zi7bh8uk8c Nice 👍.
I love how you discourage everyone from giving you money.
Reverse psycology, still better than people who wants you to buy their merch every 3 seconds
Never been early to a whole mini geo-documentary before. I love these videos.
I was like:
'no that can’t be true'
*two Minutes of thinking later*
'Actually, Yeah!'
Biggest and most dense city in Europe: London
Biggest and most dense city in Asia: Tokyo
Amazing isn’t it? For two nations who couldn’t be further apart and with historically least interaction seem to be so alike. Really incredible. I’m British and I love Japan, it’s culture, language and people. ありがとう！ 👍🇯🇵🇬🇧
I also love our brothers in Asia: Australia 🇦🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿 my brother and I made many friends with the indigenous Māori people and Kiwis. Very awesome and fun people Aussies, Māoris and Kiwis 👍 🇳🇿🇦🇺🇬🇧
I find the concept of island mentality really fascinating. My grandma is from an island called Gotland (the biggest island in Sweden) and, at least according to her, some people there are a bit sceptical of mainlanders (especially back in the day, maybe not as much nowadays), and have a strong regional identity. I thought you might find this interesting. Also, it’s a beautiful place, and I can highly recommend anyone to visit Gotland.
I think the imperialism mainly comes down to a few factors: 1) Resource scarcity on islands, especially those farther from the equator. 2) Industrialization, which can also be accelerated by resource scarcity (necessity is the mother of invention basically). 3) Lots of ocean access.
Also, Britain was never gonna successfully invade and occupy France or the HRE/Germany/Spain due to the latter having a massive size and population advantage, meanwhile all those larger countries have the potential to invade/ally with one another to invade Britain should Britain sit back and not intervene - which means for the sake of it's own continued existence, it needed to look elsewhere for the ability to grow in power to keep up with the larger, more powerful nations; thus leading to colonialism. Same goes with Japan, only China was already semi-united, just rarely ever got it's shit together enough to start worrying about other countries.
To put it another way, Islands have a natural moat to protect them from outsiders - but that's a moat without a drawbridge - which means the moment you settle anywhere outside of that moat, your own defence now works for your enemy since you'll have to transport every single soldier, weapon and bit of food via boat which massively increases the logistics issue and leaves them open for naval interception which multiplies the cost of war. Because of that, you need an overwhelming advantage over the people on the other side of the moat for taking that territory to not fuck you over in the long run.
Finally a comment that hits the nail on the Head!
Toycat: The sea represents where people can not be.
The entire microcountry of Sealand: 😑👎
Sealand isn't even true to their own name, a battery platform may not be land. But it still counts as "not-water".
Entire second half of the word Sealand making it an oxymoron 😁
Surprised you never talked about the Balkans when you talked about the feeling of cultural superiority
Loving this mix between the unedited videos and the countryball videos
Love the country balls and the editing in general 😂
I found these animations to be of a high quality. By virtue of their existence, I paid closer attention and felt more engaged with the content you created. This has resulted in me leaving this comment and liking the video, thus allegedly improving your community interaction metrics for UA-cam's algorithm (at least in my layman's understanding of said topics).
We in the north of England also have the whole "Big city vs us" mentality that you mentioned (like Dublin vs rest of Ireland). We always blame London (and the South East more generally) for any and all problems lol.
We do this in the Southwest sometimes aswell lol. It's always London's fault
I really loved the editor! The balance of the animations/editing and you just talking and panning around google maps was done perfectly. The editor managed to make the videos and ideas pop while still maintaining the charm of a guy rambling and looking at google maps
The North of Japan(Hokkaido) has a culturally distinct minority that live in highlands
So Scotland?
@@midamulti-tool the scotts were lucky the english weren't capable of force assimilation of the scotts (kinda, most scotts spoke scottish instead gaelic :p)
The ainu people nowadays (who still spoke native ainu) are almost extinct
Well, hokkaido is not highlands tho…
@Anthony Gaiman I am Japanese. Your information is incorrect. Currently, no ethnic minority has lived in Hokkaido. Ethnic minorities existed in Hokkaido until the 19th century. In the 20th century, it was cultivated like the western part of the United States, and many people from all over Japan moved to Hokkaido.
@@user-eu6lh7ny1m If I remember correctly until the 20th century Russia owned a lot of hokkaido?
I love the editing, and the freedom unites joke. Keep it up man!
I agree with this, and this type of mentality is not only for islands for example I live in Canada and everyone here thinks they are so much superior to the USA because our percentage of the population is slightly less obese
The USA has more important things to do instead of destroying Canada for calling them obese
@@acryllic2247yeah got to destroy your own citizens lives first right?
I live on Kyushu, which is the 2nd largest Island of Japan and is significantly poorer than Honshu. While there is definitely a sort of Kyushu identity I never hear any animosity towards people from Tokyo. There's no independence movement and people very much see themselves as Japanese before they see themselves as Kyushuan. Although I think if you went down to Okinawa you might find a more distinct cultural identity since they were originally their own kingdom which got taken over by the Japanese.
Kyushuu (and by extent, hokkaido) has a history of the government doing heavy crackdowns on non japanese cultures (force assimilation, hence why it would leave japanese nationalism more there more than other already japanese places.
Kyushu is the third largest island. Hokkaido is the second largest.
One reason might be that many landlords of Japan were beaten down by the Americans after WWII, so the independency became weaker. I think this is also a reason for the over-populated Tokyo and the low birth rate. However, I see politicians are doing their jobs to improve self-governance in Japan. Things may change years later.
@JUSTICE PEACE なんかデマばかりだよな。独立を考える人なんていないし、東京人が支配者って意味不明だよな。考えすぎかもしれないけど、中国って軍事的に九州と沖縄を自分の勢力圏にしようとしてるけど、その口実作りのために世界にデマを流しているのではと思ってしまう。
I've noticed this all my life. Something about being an island at the extreme edge of a continent causes you to make weird mystical ceremonies about drinking tea. It also tends to make for a kind of Monty Pythonesque culture of total weirdness.
I love the editing on this one. Keeps aspects of the map scrolling whilst providing visual entertainment. Keep up the good work
Fun fact: In Ireland we call the people from Dublin "dubs".
Up tha dubs
gamers?!
meh, sub is better
Check em
What are these replies 😂
japan and the uk are my two favourite nations so im glad you made this video
i agree that the island mentality is very real. its something ive thought about for why islands and island nations are so well known despite their relatively smaller populations
also the animations were a bit too much for me. i liked the extra data the editor threw in because it really helped aid what you were saying but besides that i feel like all the pics and zoom ins were unnecessary. they didnt really add anything of substance to your points. they were pretty distracting for me. also i prefer the usual way you do your videos where you just talk, no editing or very few editing. makes the video feel more laid back and enjoyable. ive been watching you for probably two years now. i really enjoy your laid back approach to these videos where you just open google maps and talk. i dont need these extra animations every 4 seconds to help me enjoy your videos
these are just my own personal preferences. i hope this comes off constructively. thank you for another good video and on a topic i really personally like
I love this new format mixing the new animation with you still just messin around on google maps
The editing is great, makes it s lot more fun to watch
Really great video, it kept the general feel of a rambly 2nd channel video (though more focused than usual) and the editing enhanced it, I could see this becoming a thing on the channel
The animations are great and add a really nice touch to your vids. Also love whenever you talk about New Zealand.
Love the editing in this one
Cool video, as always. I didn't now I needed those effects, and also they fit well the channel's mood. Kudos to the editor
I noticed that years ago how strangely similiar the UK and Japan were/are.
Damn the editing is really good keep it up my guy.
I like the animation because it makes it much easier to understand the information being said
The jokey sarcastic comment ibx2cat makes about how Ireland is "better" than the UK is because they didn't do the bad things what we did (empire building). Rings hollow, when you look at the number of Irish regiments or generals which took part in conquest or subjection of other parts of the world. For example like Garnet Wolsey taking part in the Sepoy mutiny or 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards in Anglo-Egyptian war.
but garnet wolsey was anglo-irish, and so were a lot of those generals that did bad things, aka not real irish.
@@Yuuuurrrrrt who founded Dublin ;)
@@Yuuuurrrrrt What’s Anglo-Irish (genuine question) Do they still exist.
@@natenae8635 Person's of mixed English and Irish ancestry. Get plenty in Merseyside or London. That's why you get a rugby team called London Irish for example.
@@natenae8635 It's people living in Ireland with english ancestry, mainly protestant compared to the catholic Irish
Wow, the editing is really cool, good job, editor
I like the new countryball implementation
IVE THOUGHT ABT THIS SO MUCH! I AM SO HAPPY THIS IS ACTUALIZED
these past few videos have made me think that toycat is going very insane
Anyone else thinking that the Scottish and the Bavarians are the same?
Both live in the mountain region of the country.
Both drink allot.
Have thick accents and dialecs.
Hate the rulers of the country (Prussia and England).
And both want to leave .
Toy cat: ‘Japan had basically the largest empire outside of Europe’.
Notification: ‘genghis Khan wants to know your location’
The Mongol Empire extended quite considerably into Eastern Europe, though.
The Mongols attempted and failed to land boats on Japan. Thus why Japan was able to preserve its culture.
I live for these 2nd channel vids
Some great points there , it's a interesting topic.
It's almost like East Asia and Europe are mirrors of each other
Its almost as if people have predictable behaviors when in similar situations.
U.K: Together?
Japan: Together.
*Fuck the continents
We are so much better *
I love these.
And props to the editor, love the country balls.
Dude, you should TOTALLY start a discord for this channel specifically.
Drew durnil: FINNALY A WORTHY OPPONENT
OUT BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY
Although there are similarities those two nations are very different.
The british isles failed to fully integrate, the Japanese archipelago did (Celts vs Ainu.)
The British have been much more involved in European politics. Partly because they are three times as close to the mainland than the Japanese are to theirs, the geography of the isles makes them easier to invade as well (flatland vs valleys and mountains.)
The Japanese empire attack on China was very similar to the English war against France actually (hundred years war) the relative population are relatively similar even, Japan didn't really have a European style colonial empire spreading to far continents.
Finally, the British isles have been shaped by large farmlands and grazing lands (in England really) while Japan has been shaped by valley rice farming.
Britain is more similar to France than it is to Japan, similarly, Japan is more similar to Korea than it is to the UK.
Well about the population, Japan was always way more populated than Great Britain (main island), on the other side the British islands have more natural resources than Japan, in fact this was one of the main factors that started industrial revolution in England
(edit) "Rice" countries have an advantage when it comes to population. Historically, It is why their population has been so large. (edit) It is the best domesticated crop of the old world, and the second best overall.
@@90skidcultist It depends on the age distribution of that population. You aren't building anything when 40% of your population is at or near retirement age.
What about Okinawans? They're not really fully integrated.
Not as fun to say UK is the same as France, seems stranger that Japan is similar despite it being so far away
Your research is underrated.
Interesting! Being German, I always thought Japan and Germany were very similar. 1. We fought together in WW2 (Guys, I know that‘s very bad and we are all very ashamed of it, but still it‘s fact…)
2. We are both very wealthy and prosporous nations despite our dark past (Germany is wealthier and economically stronger than the UK)
3. We both have the oldest population on earth.
So with our similar older history (WW2) and more recent history (growing very fast economically despite being heavily damaged by the war) I find Germany and Japan to be very similar countries.
Definitely true in some ways yes. Both Germans and Japanese are hard-working and punctual. Plus, both your countries are major manufacturers.
Just a shame you murdered 6 million Jews, apart from that germanys quite nice aha
Probs but island nations always have the most relations and things in common
As a person from an island country (Dominican Republic), I've always thought about this phenomenon yet you're the only one who's put it into words. The Hispanic Caribbean (DR, Cuba, Puerto Rico) has always had a distinct culture from the rest of Latin America, and nowadays, it's these cultures that see the most cultural projection (just look at how big the bachata and reggaeton genres have gotten).
I wonder if people in the outer Hebrides are offended that you kept calling them skye.
Loved the editing!
I love it when the editor *gets* you.
We in the U.S. love Japan and U.K. 🇺🇸❤🇯🇵🇬🇧 If course I can't leave out Ireland 🇺🇸❤🇮🇳. Wait, that's India. Hehe 🇺🇸❤🇮🇪. But in the U.S. California acts like an island, cultural export, outsized presence, knows they are better, colonizes all the states nearby with more Californians, eats a lot of fish, was even its own country (for 2 months) and has royalty who marry into royal families (Hollywood). Haha But seriously, that's kind of real. What makes California like a giant island? The massive Alps-like mountains along its east making it hard to traverse in and out? Almost no one lives in the Sierra Nevada of California and those mountains are mostly National or State Parks anyway. Its big cliffy coastline? The treacherous deserts in the south east? The big mountains and volcanoes blocking the north entry into California? Just curious, but it seems like the culture and systems of California resemble England and Japan in some ways. If you asked almost anyone in the U.S. if California should just go ahead and be an island they would seriously agree. Haha
When I learned about Japan, I was wondering the exact same thing. The more I learned about it, the more I was like "this really is just the UK but in a different ocean".
Everything is so similar, with the notable exception being food of course.
Even the food has lots of similarities, deep fried fish is the most famous dish from both countries,
Both countries love curry, and it was actually Brits who introduced it to Japan.
Steak is a big deal in both countries with Wagyu/ chophouses.
Both the Japanese and Welsh eat Nori/laver.
List is much longer.
Just stumbled on this channel because I found the north Korean embassy in UK video where you were saying how UK and Japan are basically the country glad to see you made a video on it I was curious LOL
i love the editing on this lol, its one of the few videos on the channel with any real editing and its really interesting
I'm half Japanese Half British.
Can confirm this is true.
perfect mix
They both had civi wars in the early 17th century as well. There are a huge number of similarities between them, tea-drinking culture, model-making hobbies, predilection with the weather, fixation with gardening, social class system, strong naval and fishing traditions ...
Editing was amazing!!!
They had an alliance also, until WW2
Japan had a clan Battle Royale.
The UK was and kind of still is a clan Battle Royale.
Lol I've been thinking this for years. Weird how many similarities there are despite them being on opposite sides of the globe
This is my favourite channel on UA-cam
Ive never even heard of your main channel but this channel is very cool
I remember the good old days when us Americans fought the Japanese in the independence war and when the British bombed Pearl Harbor. Actually the second one isn’t that good, how about that time where the British created anime?
UK'S attack on Taranto a year earlier gave the Japanese the inspiration for Pearl Harbor but on a much larger scale.
Jesus I have been making similiar points about japan and the uk for literal years.Glad to know i wasn't the only one.
this was an interesting video on teh geographical source of cultural isolates. it is something to think over, thanks
I like the editing on this video
Ah yes. Johnny English, my favourite anime.
Are you kidding me? The inbetweeners is the best anime!
@@KAIZEN19.X agreed
Screw all of you trainspotting is the best
Switzerland and Japan are also the same country.
- mountains
- mostly isolationist
- traditionally warrior culture
- best public transport and being married to trains
- cleanest
- defense at all costs mentality, rigging the country with bombs in case of an invasion or giving everyone a knife and telling them to attack soldier if need arises
- pathological politeness
- always trying to distance yourself from the bigger brother (Germany in Swiss case, China in Japanese)
The biggest difference aside from the sea is that Switzerland is extremely individualistic (rates among the highest in the world), whereas Japan is the most individualist Asian country but still pretty collectivist.
The Swiss have no guts. That is not something you can accuse the Japanese of.
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Warrior culture? Switzerland??
Switzerland = Népal of Europe (lots of mountains, multi ethnic and languagues nations, surounded by influancals country (france,italy,germany))
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