It’s said that you shouldn’t let your Pokémon out of their Pokéballs in crowded areas but a lot of Trainers do it anyway, because Pokémon are an integral part of culture. But I do agree that they should only have battles in the designated areas.

@mrw1160

28 күн бұрын

I broke this rule once

Aki we are so lucky to have you to teach us proper Japanese etiquette! Please share with us more things we should and should not do while visiting Japan! You know the old saying....when in Rome, do as the Romans do? Well, how do the Japanese do? 😊 Thank you Aki! ❤

@tb6303

Ай бұрын

I second this request.

I love learning about Japanese culture like this! I look forward to the next 10 things! 😀

When I was a kid in USA, we always were careful walking on sidewalks. There's a saying, "step on a crack, break your mother's back "

@tb6303

Ай бұрын

That's what I thought of when he was talking about not stepping on that crack.

@mq5276

Ай бұрын

When I was really mad at my mom I would do it deliberately and then be even madder when it didn't work.

@cjalexander7613

Ай бұрын

@@mq5276 😂

@davecossaro632

25 күн бұрын

lol We said that as kids in Canada too.

Thank you Aki 💚 The best one was the quietness on public transport, if only England had the same rule.

@casscline66

Ай бұрын

And U.S.!

@lisah5836

Ай бұрын

It's definitely a rule in Australia, there are signs on the buses and trains.....but people seem to have lost the art of being quiet nowadays. Remember the song wheels on the bus? The only noise was the babies crying, but they're babies and can't control it.

@toughbutsweet1

Ай бұрын

If only we had public transportation that wasn't terrible in the US.

@kathrynmannyng3885

22 күн бұрын

The bus and train used to be MUCH more quiet and NOBODY put their feet on the seats!

“Let’s do our best,” with a nod. I love the tips, thanks! Where I live, hot springs are where people show off their tattoos! Also, if you don’t jaywalk, the person behind you might walk into you. It’s a part of being aware of traffic to know when to walk and when to stay. I love your story about how driving in the left came to be!

My grandson visited Japan last year. He told of us of some of these things, especially no talking on trains. He said all the food tasted so much better than in the states. He also remarked on how clean it was everywhere he went. No litter.

@LittleBigTruths

19 күн бұрын

Food in America and Central and Western Europe tastes like cardboard because how it’s produced. It’s full of GMO! If you go to Russia, for example, food will taste better too, even as simple as fruit and veggies. Because it’s truly organic and grown on a farm by people, not science, chemicals and machinery.

@michaelthompson4949

17 күн бұрын

Possibly to make the world a better place to go to hell from.

@joeblo9510

4 күн бұрын

Why no talking on trains? Are the Monks sensitive to noise as well as being OCD?

I didn’t know about the KIMONO WRAP DIRECTION & the TATAMI MAT EDGE rules, so interesting! 😃

@kathrynmannyng3885

22 күн бұрын

I didn't either.

Thank you so much! :) Going to Japan soon so this is helpful.

The whole idea of the katana and roads is perfect and makes a lot of sense! I feel people in Japan have a lot more respect for etiquette than in other countries based off of this and that is wonderful.

@jangtheconqueror

Ай бұрын

I think culture and etiquette needs to make a return. Everyone is so focused on deconstructing social norms, but a lot of them are good, or at least started as good things, and we can always make new ones to replace the old bad ones.

What a beautiful made video with a lot of informations. Thank you so matcha!

🤗Thanks for the etiquette update! Good to see you, I haven’t seen you for a long time even though I am subscribed.🧡🙏🌴

Being quiet on public transportation 👍 I can never understand, here in America, why people jabber loudly on their phones drawing attention to themselves and sounding like crazy people. 🤣🤣

@shawn6796

Ай бұрын

NYC is a nightmare 🤬

@monicarose2135

6 күн бұрын

Exactly, I take Metro in LA, where I carry pepper spray😮; whereas in Japan & Paris, it’s quiet, smells of perfume & people politely make room for each other

We may be going to Japan at the end of 2024, so this video is very helpful! Thank you, Aki! Oh, I do want to request one thing, though: More, please!😄

I’ve begun picking up trash when I walk. Great exercise...good for the spirit! 🐎🌞🧗🏽‍♂️🌻

Greetings, I am a Russian student who wants to come to Japan to study. I’m also learning English now and I have slight problems with listening comprehension. Your videos help me in every way. And English lessons and useful information about Japan first-hand, so to speak. Thank you very much for your work.

I didn't know about a tatami mats😗 Thank you for this😘

YEAH! Another Samurai Matcha video! I do so love them. This was so interesting. I'm not ever likely to be fortunate enough to wear a kimono, but from now on I'm going to close my housecoat (dressing gown) the kimono way! Thanks for another great video, Aki.

Con la 5 ALUCINÉ profundamente!!!!!! Las otras ya las conocía con algunas variaciones también. Y estoy TOTALMENTE de acuerdo en NO desperdiciar los alimentos. GRACIAS por tu trabajo.

Always enjoyed your videos, Aki San. Kudos! #7 I think apply to other countries as well. Can be so annoying hearing others talk loudly esp to their handphone on the commuter train.

I'm leaving for Japan tomorrow! It will be my first visit. Two weeks of studying kobudo, iai, and some sight seeing! I've been watching lots of Samurai Matcha videos in preparation! 🙇🙏🍻

In New Zealand we drive on the left hand side of the road too. Nothing to do with Samari swords either 😅 Really enjoy your videos. Thank you.

Thank you for the video, it’s good to know these things.

Hello Aki! Another video, another lesson (or lessons)! Thank you so much! I'll try to remember when I go to Japan (I wish to go...). Have a nice sunday and see you in the next video!

I really like those kind of videos. Keep it up! ✌😊

The rule regarding the yukata was the most surprising for me 😃

For people driving, my rule of thumb in japan. If the middle line is not on your right side you are on the wrong side.

This was interesting! Didn’t know about the kimono closing detail either. This might be a feat, but I’m curious to know about ALL 80 rules of chopsticks? Thank you!

Good to know. Thank you. 😊

About not wasting food. When I was growing up my parents did not serve us food, we were told to take what we would eat from serving dishes. There was always plenty. We were allowed more if we wanted to eat it. I was frowned on if we took food and left it on our plate, but it would show up the next day, guaranteed. Left overs were reheated, but if there were literally scraps even then, we had dogs, so someone would no doubt eat it. There was always soup too. I learned very early how to make soup from leftovers. When going to restaurants I try to order reasonably, but will generally ask to take left overs. I'm not going to say I have never discarded food, but it's not done without trying to find a use.

Thank you so much! My husband and I are planning a trip in the spring of 2025 so I’ve been trying to research videos like this just because I want to make sure that I’m traveling respectfully and not offending anyone. Of course not intentionally but it’s always great to, know the culture no matter where you go before you are traveling

@MadonnaGrogan

Ай бұрын

Lucky you, a good book about Japan is Abroad I Japan by Chris broad

What a great video!! Thank you!! I didn’t know how important it is to put a Yukata on the right way, and I didn’t know about stepping on the edges of tatami mats!

I don't think I've ever been this early to a video, wow! I'm always so excited to see a new Samurai Matcha video! I love how you both educate us and share experiences you've been through in your life. Thank you for making such lovely videos for us! I hope you always prosper and have a good life ^~^

We had a good laugh together with another lady when I told her that the way she tried to close her gi before the training is for the dead people. :) Most of the time people do not look up basic etiquette or how to tie a belt before coming the first time, but the other people are eager to help.

Thank you for this info! I’m a person who take rules seriously!

Something about traffic or walking on the left hand side. In Japan it is also customary to keep to the left hand side of the stairs, except in Osaka where everybody keeps to the right...

sushi, thanks for telling me how to enjoy sushi properly. cant wait to enjoy it.

There’s a restaurant here in my region called Hokkaido, where if leave food on plate you’re going to pay extra. However being buffet style I only take a little bit to try and go for more if I like it. Another place is called Asian House, big portions and I always have to get takeout container halfway through the meal. They don’t charge extra though. So I understand the rule of not leaving food behind on plate.

Very intresting rules.Thanks

Enjoyed it a lot😍🫶🏻Thank you Aki🙏🏻🌸

I came back from Japan recently after a wonderful holiday. I loved Japan and the people. I learned so much about Japanese culture. We could learn a lot about Japanese culture, I felt as though I could live there happily. Thank you for your videos.

❤😊 Gracias por tus consejos, Aki-san Y gracias por tus entusiastas y expresivas interpretaciones 👏👏

I am really enjoying your videos. Relevant and helpful to people like me who strives to be a 'good' tourist. 😇 The Tatami mat edges - I didn't know but pretty sure I have breached this one. Leaving food on a plate is a no no for many homes around the world but in poorer countries can look wasteful and lacking basic social awareness I do feel. Please keep up your positive and enlightening work. I do enjoy your humour too.

Great video. Thanks, Aki.

It was very useful and funny too. Thx.😊

Samurai Matcha-san, here in Texas on university campuses, pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk. You have to stop for them when students are crossing the street on Texan campuses. 🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵

@hedaheda1609

Ай бұрын

If there are no traffic lights at the intersection and there is a pedestrian crossing(crosswalk?), then if I'm not mistaken, this rule exists everywhere - the driver must stop and let pedestrians pass. If there is a traffic light, the lights are regulated by who has to go/drive.

So interesting! Thank you

Mahalo nui loa from Hawai’i, Aki. I knew most of these, but not some! Helpful, as we might be moving to Japan for a few years soon. 🙏🏼

The similarity with Bon from Sympathizer is striking in case of Aki-san.

Dear Mr Matcha - maybe do a video on words, phrases - for example "sorry I do not speak Japanese" ? And the various versions of "thank you" and when to use what sounds like dotashimashtei (I was told to remember it as "don't touch my mustache"), especially "ideitakemasu"(?)

Thank you for all the advice. Looking forward to visit Japan one day.

55 seconds, new record to click on your video! Guys, comment as much as possible to help him to grow more since the algorithm loves interaction in the first couple of hours after a video uploaded. Edit: it's here in Germany an unspoken rule too not to eat something like "Döner" or fries in the train or bus.

@SamuraiMatcha

Ай бұрын

You're the best!

Thanks Aki!

If you can't eat the sushi in one bite, you can politely ask for smaller portions to be made for you.

Yes, a few new ones for me. I love your “Aki-isms shared with grace and diplomacy. Let’s see more about different areas of Japan to visit!

I will use this as a bucket list, thanks!

This was fun to know. Thank you!

Thank you 🙏 Aki San. I’ll be there in 16 days! I’m very excited.

"The raised nail gets hammered down."

There are 80 chopstick rules!! Ochikeron posted a cartoon picture of some children having school lunch in Japan and asked her community to find the errors - one was the miso soup was on the wrong side. It's so interesting to see some people making etiquette mistakes.

What interesting and useful information. Thank you for sharing it. I particularly appreciate the part about not leaving food behind in a restaurant. Question: if you're full, is it acceptable to take it to go?

Great! Thank you for the etiquette update!

Interesting information!

Great video!

Fun to Know, thank you Aki

Wow! The video appeared in the feed in three minutes. I'm gled to see it so early!

Thank you! ☀️🙏

☀ thank you. interesting

to the silence on trains piece, I just the other day returned from a trip, and in Kyoto subway especially, when the train drops power to coast into the station, even on a completely packed train, you could hear a pin drop

I knew some of those rules already but f.e. no.3 and 4 are new to me. So I learned a lot! Thank you 😊

@SamuraiMatcha

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful:)

Can you one day please make a complet guide to chopsticks? how to hold correctly and all the rules both what to do and what to avoid, with the history behind why 😊🌸

Thank you 🦊

Thank you!❤️

Thank you

I would love to visit Japan once. Many interesting stuff such as Wabi Sabi, Fukuoka- one straw revolution, Ghibi studio. Right now just start reading "Kintsugi for beginner". 🙏🏼

I found this very interesting, and look forward to seeing more. The way to wrap a kimono: for clothes in UK, left over right is supposed to be for men, and right over left for women. This dates from days when rich women would have a servant to dress them, and buttons are easier to fasten one way than the other. But modern women have to do it the awkward way!

I like the dead in the kimono rule. In italy you differentiate male clothes from female clothes by the direction of the closing. The way you close the kimono is for men, while the dead verse is the one we use for the women. 🤔🤗 Interesting

❤❤it was great video

These are so interesting. I have always been fascinated by Japanese culture and life. I wills love to visit some day. Two things about crossing streets against the lights, in the US we don’t cross in the middle too much but we aren’t very good at it. I’ve lived in Greece and Italy where it is common to cross in the middle. But the drivers are not expected to stop for pedestrians outside of crosswalks. The pedestrians time their crossing to not stop traffic and not get hit by cars. Did you know the law about Jay Walking was created in the South during Jim Crow as an excuse to arrest African Americans, any excuse to harass them. 😡 Thank you 🙏🏼

❤love it!

Everyone is quiet in the train here in Malaysia. ❤

As an Asian, totally respect that.

I had no idea why I kept getting stabbed when walking on tatami. Thanks.

Very good video.

Regarding speaking loudly… Too much loud conversations in public places. Either people talking on their cell phones or to other people. I remember growing up (before cell phone invention) that you could ride a bus or eat in a restaurant or go to a doctor’s office, etc. and people were quiet and respectful. They kept their voices at a minimum. Today, people just don’t care and want to be seen and heard! They also talk over and interrupt other people while they are talking. So much inconsideration these days. Where are people’s manners these days?

中国の友人宅を訪問した時に、 友人の家族がテーブルに沢山の料理を用意してくれました。 私は全部食べきれず、申し訳ない気持ち😢で、謝罪しましたが、 中国人の友人から、「大丈夫ですよ！中国ではお客さんが食べきれない量の大量の料理を出すのが礼儀だから、逆に残しても問題ない」と教えてもらい、日本と真逆の考えで面白いなと思いました。

@katrineuche9183

16 күн бұрын

Και στην Ελλάδα αν καλέσεις κάποιους για φαγητό και δε φάνε καλά στεναχωριέται η νοικοκυρά οτι δε μαγείρεψε καλά.άσε που το το χώνουμε και στο στώμα θέλει δε θέλει...σημάδι φιλοξενίας....και οταν φεύγουν τους βάζουμε φαγειτό να πάρουν και στο σπίτι τους...😂

I did stay in a Ryokan and did wear the Yukata the wrong side first 😱😱 the lady there, who was so sweet, told me to change it as soon as she saw it but I couldn’t understand why. I thought it was men/ women way of wearing it. Now it makes sense! Can’t wait to go back one day ❤

Do not blow your nose in public, period. Nor in front of anyone anywhere in public. Do it in the bathroom. Do not use it more than once.

Love your post Aki! Would you have recommendations for japanese novels that reflect Japanese culture? Translated to English (or Dutch/ German) please. Keep making your lovely videos please!

Take small portions of food and finish them. If still hungry just take another plate from the buffet. Never left any food unless it didn’t taste good.

Good tips. The last one does not apply to parties where it is common to leave food and full glasses/bottles of beer. This one threw me off.

Actually, the way to eat sushi is a polarizing issue among Japanese. Some of them say you have to peel the fish, dip it, and put it back on the rice.

Thanks Bro

I love your videos because i am learning english and i can understand 90% when you speak english :) And because i love culture of Japan ^^

Excellent done the video! I am "prof" and I do not have even any advice how to make it better. - I love Japan and I am really enjoying the spirit you put into.

あきさんお久しぶりです。ありがとうございます。お気をつけて❤

As far as I've learned, it is considered ok to use chopsticks in a stabbing way when prying a grilled fish apart.

Interestingly the West all used to drive too, all the way back to horse riding/driving. And of the same reason: Safety when/when not fighting. Because most people are right-handed.

I bet the edges of the mats stay intact longer if you don't step on them wearing out the fabric. I would love to visit Japan, but probably won't for health reasons unless I can take a boat there. No flying for me. I think I would get along and like it there. Very sensible rules.

I am your fan and I am studying japanese.

@meghabarwe9235

Ай бұрын

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