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@mrpenguino15

2 жыл бұрын

Could you do what Japanese think of studio ghibli

@meik7436

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpenguino15 as a Japanese person, I think that it is pretty awesome

@necro2338

2 жыл бұрын

Are the two younger men saying "yes desu"?

@mememaster147

2 жыл бұрын

As a fat knack Brit who's often clearing up the leftovers it's very easy to understand the convention about not eating the last bit of food. The Brit way of dealing with this is to ask if anybody else wants it, effectively offering it to everybody else at the table. If somebody else wants it as well you're then in the situation of working out who wants it more (or is less embarrassed by taking it) or how you're going to divide it up. As a bonus, sometimes you can accidentally guilt trip the other diners into letting you have the last bit cos by offering it to everybody else you're telling them that you want it and they don't want to look mean by turning you down.

Love the guys who were saying objection, perhaps lawyers in training or ace attorney fans 🤣

@davidfairchild8566

2 жыл бұрын

Igiari!

@commentarytalk1446

2 жыл бұрын

That was absolutely awesome! Their timing was impeccable.

@Zeecarver

2 жыл бұрын

they actually seemed a bit like a comedy duo

@eduardoxmenezes

2 жыл бұрын

awokwkwkwkwk

@robertomaldonado613

2 жыл бұрын

Live manzai performance, lol

Lol loved the elderly woman, she's so baffled by the questions.

@Enforcedcraft

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I absolutely love elderly women. She kinds reminds me of my grandma(God rest her soul) from Mom's side. Very baffled with questions.

@A-Wa

2 жыл бұрын

I love the way she laughs at those assumptions

@FQuainton

2 жыл бұрын

She was my favorite! She seemed very pleasant and easy to be around.

@formula1340

2 жыл бұрын

When I see her reaction, it seems some the rules are exaggerated by the media.

@ccengineer5902

2 жыл бұрын

She was expressing that they aren't necessarily strict rules, as that's how they were presented to her.

Gotta love the old lady, she laughs at every question 😂

@benlarkin857

Жыл бұрын

I feel like she has just mellowed out a lot in her old age and does not take these things so seriously anymore. So it should be, in my opinion.

Objection! Haha those two guys at the beginning were very polite with their different opinions :D That was very funny

@hid6833

2 жыл бұрын

The left had a good argument, the right one just did it by ego, but nice friendship there haha 😆

@commentarytalk1446

2 жыл бұрын

@@hid6833 Good cop, bad cop = Even better skit !

@TerryFT86

2 жыл бұрын

they rock

May the system of tipping *never* take root in Japan. It's a horrible system that guilt-trips customers and can lead workers getting lower wages without the restaurant prices going down, like what happened in the US

@jko8888

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@finneasmoore

2 жыл бұрын

It’s weird because it simultaneously makes things super cheap for the restaurant while also usually making the servers more than they would have made hourly. The person it really screws over is the customers, especially broke college students like me who can hardly eat out as a result 😭

@siriusql

2 жыл бұрын

It's a very bad thing for the USA. But anywhere else is fine. Seriously. In France if you give a tip it's considered good. If you don't. Almost nobody care. Except in fancy restaurant The thing is that, waiter' s wage shouldn't consider tipping. That's all.

@captainsmoka9864

2 жыл бұрын

What I would do is give a tip only if service was good. If bad I just don’t give it.

@nothere3982

2 жыл бұрын

It depends. You can tip in my country but nothing like 20%. What the hell

Objection guys were hilarious. Just saying.

@aldankero5624

2 жыл бұрын

Remind me of gintama where gintoki became a lawyer for hanasegawa/madao in court and say "objection" to defend him

@clausbacher

2 жыл бұрын

One of them not so bright…..

@xxqino

2 жыл бұрын

@@clausbacher makes it funnier

1:26 I love these guys's chemistry!

@user-cq4nq8dd3e

2 жыл бұрын

異議あり！

@jcampton1

2 жыл бұрын

Objection. I too also love these guys's chemistry!

@user-cq2lp7lq3i

2 жыл бұрын

Original: Ace Attorney

@litchfirmian7562

2 жыл бұрын

異議あり

@masterp443

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-cq4nq8dd3e wrong いぎ

Your content has helped me learn about Japan so much, that my visit to Japan was quite a fun experience.

@rajsaha7885

2 жыл бұрын

Ok

@heheboi2775

2 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@marxiewasalittlegirl

2 жыл бұрын

I have seen your comments before 😂

@the_justified

2 жыл бұрын

why are you here?

@marcelocastro6992

2 жыл бұрын

He is everywhere

most of those "rules" are simply politeness and apply not only in japan

@natineedleart3225

2 жыл бұрын

except for the slurping bit 🤣

I love listening to people in Japan on their opinions. Way more calmer than most reposnses you'd hear in the U.S. Very casual and chill.

@commentarytalk1446

2 жыл бұрын

Well stated. :-) 2 beautiful thoughts to go with this: 1. Take a "step-back before answering" & 2. Think "more than 1 step ahead when answering" ! When Japanese people talk, there appears to be a little more of both of these than in some other responses from other people in tendency. I appreciate this consideration to then employ language in service to thoughts.

@TopLob

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic how Japan is rumored to be very extreme and strict. I've especially heard a lot of Americans say that, but in reality, Japanese people are generally more understanding.

@commentarytalk1446

2 жыл бұрын

@@TopLob They are very stoic as well. To think, to consider then to speak, Japanese seem to do this more as a people/culture/language than many other cultures/peoples.

@TheLegoMaster261

2 жыл бұрын

You weeaboos really have a tradition of belittling the US by making assumptions about America that don’t even make sense. That’s just sad.

@AssassinKillua15

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLegoMaster261 Considering everything that's going on in the US now with protests and division being as high as ever regarding politics, yes i 100% stand by my statement that Japan tends to do some things better than us. Not that they don't have their own problems, every country does. But you're not going to find a single interview video in Japan with its people acting the way so many in the U.S. do. I live in Louisiana. I'm not a "weaboo" for admiring how people in Japan are way calmer and more insightful than where I live. Louisiana had pretty much the worst covid rate because of no one listening. We have one of the worst crime rates. We rank #48 in education and only 30% of my state is college educated. Plus, almost 40% of my state is obese. So yea. I may be a little envious of Japan doing things better than we do.

Yuta san, this is a great video! People can learn so much about Japanese people's manner and culture just by watching video👏😊✨ I love how Japanese men having fun / joking each other while being interviewed😆

@massvt3821

2 жыл бұрын

As long as you're polite and respectable, you can do many things a little differently (saying "Thank you" without bowing, etc). Your tone of voice can be a good indication..

I love the pair of girls who are dressed with green and Black shirt They looks so adorable ❤️ And the guys, they look so closely 😂

@darrenc2370

2 жыл бұрын

13:12 my personal favourite when the girl in green react to what her friend said and also 6:56 the uuwaah 😁

3:40 it's not as strict as it seems in Japan but in Germany i would say it's polite to pour your guests first. The age doesn't matter. I think it's a general rule that the guest comes first. In contrary when everyone is a guest for example in a restaurant and obviously no worker is refilling your glasses from the bottles it's normal that everyone handles their glass themselves.

The Objection guys were hilarious. Also, my Japanese is greatly improving! I can understand about 80% of what is said in this video

Yuta-san, I am a fan of your videos. As an older person myself, I appreciate it when you interview people of all ages, not just younger people! ;-)

@TopLob

2 жыл бұрын

I also feel this is very important, because culture changes over generations. I'm very happy to hear all generations because it gives me perspective. Some attitudes or opinions may be more common among older generations than the younger ones, or vice versa.

The objection duo were interesting. The older one seemed more open while the younger more conservative. When the younger answered in a way that disagreed with the older the older would often stretch, subtly or not so subtly almost as some sort of stress release.

like a lot of other Yuta "man-on-the-street" interviews about Japanese culture, my take away is "be polite and considerate and you'll be just fine"

It feels that most of the things mentioned are the same in Europe, or at least they are common curtesy in Europe. How much people follow them depends from place to place. Also the degree of when something is considered rude may change from country to country or even from person to person. For example I think it's fine to talk on the phone in the train if you try to keep it down but not if you are loud. I can't speak about the points for common baths because we do not have them in my country (although some European countries do). One thing that is definitely different is handing over and receiving things using both hands. It would not be considered even remotely rude to do either with one hand, at least in my country.

@Mercure250

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, some of them definitely apply to at least some Western cultures. I live in the province of Quebec, Canada (which is culturally pretty different from the rest of the country), and I definitely heard about not pointing people, and when I go in the Montreal subway, I always put my bag in front of me or between my feet. I found the yawning one pretty funny, because I felt that would be rude in a lot of cultures, and not just with your boss (at least, if I did it, I would apologize, personally)

@happypanther17vid

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree I’m from France and was also taught stuff like pointing fingers at people is rude, pour it for others first, dont stare, don’t use the vacuum or washing machine too late it’s kind of common sense when you think about it

I love how the old lady was baffled by half of these HAHA what a sweet heart!

This is enjoyable and informative. I like Yuta style. Speaking with a variety of Japanese people gives great insight to social etiquette.

The only thing i kind of made me go «!» is about that they thought card instead of cash is completely fine. For those traveling to Japan it’s not a case of «don’t do it» but more like.. a lot of businesses like shops and hotels don’t accept foreign cards because they don’t have them registered in their systems yet. So please keep that in mind and bring extra cash just in case! I think most Japanese people don’t need to worry about such because local people don’t own foreign cards and therefore didn’t think about it right away when being asked that question! Otherwise good video!👍

While Japan does have strict rules and regulations, I like how most of the people interviewed are still down to Earth.

I love all the interviewees! They are hilarious~ It's good to know that Japan isn't that strict and some rules have good rationale behind. So I can enjoy travel without worrying too much.

I like that the older people are considerate but also more laid back. I just like the more laid back attitude in Kansai in general. Tokyo is too uptight at times.

Yuta, it is nice to see the range of responses from your interviewees. Thanks for presenting this topic!

This is actually very useful! I’d heard a lot of these before so it’s very helpful to hear them separate fact from fiction

I loved the two "objection" guys. Such a wholesome interaction!

No tipping is good. This way, employees are properly compensated. I get the wanting to show appreciation part but if it becomes the norm, it's a problem. Businesses will start taking tips into account for income and that can result in employees actually needing the tips to survive. As long as there is a clear distinction that the money is only for the worker and not for the business, then maybe it's fine. I think it's fine leaving it as it is currently for simplicity's sake.

Man, I love these interviews! ありがとうごさいます。

Excellent participants! Very insightful

Thanks for these info, it really helps people who wish to visit

was smiling through a lot of the video, great video!

Thank you for another informative video.

It is really interesting seeing what is the same and what is different culturally compared to how I was raised in the southern US. I feel like the general idea to be considerate of the people around you and not make scenes or be rude is the same lol.

@tisvana18

2 жыл бұрын

I know right, some of the questions I was like “But... that’s also just rude here in the US...?????” （Also from the south)

man, the not talking on the train thing is really a relevant one not that you can't talk, but when i'm on the train back from wherever, super tired and this group of teenagers enter and keep yelling their social life and laughing for the whole car to hear, oh boy, it's so annoying i never regret so much not having my headphones

The business card thing was very interesting, I never would have thought of that. To me, my pockets are a safe place where I keep things so putting anything in there is like ok I will keep this. I’d understand like folding it to go in ur pocket is rude. But just putting it there instead of a wallet or something. Good to know if I go there on business!

This is actually quite similar with the unwritten social rules that I follow. I was born in, and have lived in England all my life. A lot of things in this piece are about consideration and respect, which is what I was taught as a child. A lot of our public pools have showers in the changing room so you can clean before entering the pool area. Many folks here don't take too kindly to folks being loud and playing music on buses and trains, especially with explicit lyrics. My grandmother has always had the rule about taking off shoes before entering the areas of the house beyonf the door, and still maintains that rule. Theres differences in etiquette of course but It all comes down to respect and consideration. Something that is being lost in the UK unfortunately.

Great vid Utah, keep it up

its so beautiful that these acts of kindnesses are engraved to the culture and therefore the society.

The one guy is right, whether you hand money or put it on the tray you're still spreading germs. When you touch the money with your dirty hands you're getting germs on it, you then put it on the tray getting germs on it, the cashier picks it up and gets germs from it. The next person in line places their money on the tray picking up the 1st person's germs and leaving more of their own. That tray is a petri dish full of germs, as where handing it to the cashier only you and the cashier get your germs.

@MoriguTheDead

2 жыл бұрын

Mostly doesn't matter, unless the cashier cleans their hands between customers, every customer after gets those germs until the last customer of the day gets the germs of every previous customer. The only ones avoiding it are those giving exact change, or using cards/mobile payments. Giving exact change to the tray is the one case where the customer is safest, but the cashier and following customers aren't. Otherwise the tray doesn't help or hurt, except maybe a tiny bit because germs last much longer on living surfaces than inanimate ones, but unless the money is sitting there for hours/days it won't help much.

@TheMisfit

2 жыл бұрын

How would the person placing the money pick up germs if all they touch is their own money

@MoriguTheDead

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMisfit Unless they give the exact amount they will get back change, that change also goes through the tray.

@ThaFuzzwood

Жыл бұрын

That's why everyone and their grandmother (literally) carries hand sanitizer around.

The 2 girls giggling that you shouldn't cross at a red light totally do it, but know they're on camera so trying to give off the best impression 😂 But yeah when I lived in Japan for a couple of years I picked up on a lot of these things that are unspoken rules, or you are told once to do or not do something and you follow it without question such as eating every grain of rice, not crossing your legs, not crossing at red lights, put your bag between your legs on the train, so many cultural rules.

This a bit more on "good manners" than on what "not to do". Happy to got all 30 more or less right. I enjoyed the guy's take on giving tips but I think he is a bit ahead of its time. :-)

I like hearing the calm pace of refective speech.

13:11 fall in love with her laugh, girl in green i mean

I like so much those street interviews cause this is the best way to learn japanese and hear regular speech from people. Oh, and hello from Russia, Yuta! Thanks for your amazing content.

most of this are even common in india, but because of westernisation it's not seen very often, like we still follow a lot rules and try not to be rude infront of others, like letting the elders to start eating first, not pinting fingers, placing ur backpacks infront while traveling in train

Thank you! I’d like to go there someday, so I watch a lot of videos like this. It seems that people are a bit more chill there than I thought. I’d like to learn Japanese, and more about the culture. Most of my free time I spend reading manga so I guess it makes me think of Japan often.

Arigato gozaimasu for the video. I'm starting to learn Japanese. I love your culture too. Very polite.

The objection guys close friendship reminds me of the trio of “Konto ga hajimaru “ ma favorite drama 😻 . Yuta san what about adding j-drama recommendation or lists ?

Nice video 👌

1:26 Hire these guys to play characters in a live action adaptation of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 😂😂😂

Yuta your hair looks so good in the beginning

Cool video!

These guys are as considerate of others as I am while I'm out and about everyday. I think it's a nice trait for a country to have.

thanks!!! that was good one

in beppu, oita prefecture i went to an natural hot spring in the forest with some friends. we were all college students at an international university so we wore swimsuits. some middle age guy pulled up and started yelling at us that we were disrespecting the hot spring gods by covering ourselves up. the one japanese guy among us started yelling back at him that he just wanted to see our foreign girlfriends naked. i got strong vibes that my friend was correct.

@replicantMK2

Жыл бұрын

both? both *nods*

@marmoo5356

Жыл бұрын

Please don't do this, it is more about sanitation associated with the clothing + indicates you may have not washed properly before entering the baths (onsen often have showers close to the baths etc.) Also the rules of entry always prohibit wearing of clothes anyway.

Your hair looks very nice Yuta 👍🏼

I'd like to point out how many of them said it was a good idea to put money in the tray because of the virus and stopping the spread. Only the one guy actually noticed the problem. I guess from the tray the money instantly teleports into the cash register.

I'm wondered if Yuta might have watched Abroad in Japan's Video "12 Things Not to do in Japan"? I did seen some of the Reactions that he watched that they point it out the stuff he got incorrect and did get surprised to hear about it. By the way @That Japanese Man Yuta, can do an interview video of "What Japanese Animes that they watched had Bad Voice Acting in Original Language" or "What is their Least Favorite Japanese VA"?

@bzomeful

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t speak Japanese so Im relying on the subtitles provided but I also wonder if the answers would have been different if the wording was changed. “Not allowed” vs “it’s considered polite” or “it’s recommended”. It’s why I think the old lady seemed so confused about lots of the questions. It’s almost as if lots of social etiquette rules are nuanced or based on context…for example punctuality with close friends vs acquaintances vs for work probably has different levels of strictness

14:37 that actually reminds me of the Philippines. it's just quite funny because there will always be *that* last piece left every time (at least in my experiences) 😂

@s2oop436

2 жыл бұрын

Because we are asians so some how we share the same manners/taboo 😂

関東編も見たいです！

I love those too dudes . They are just so fun . I like their energy

3:22 Holy shit, they've even started to incorporate 'yes' into their language

0:22 Ooh, they talked about that one on Trash Taste. They said it was not allowed to eat while walking in general. Hey Thanks Yuta-san, for providing us with actual Japanese insight into these mysteries.

i love the conversation at 1:26

Honestly, for the majority of these rules, I have either at least struggled with the described consideration myself or could people see to be concerned about it very easily.

I feel like a same way if I come the Japan so this is very great advice from Japanese male and woman .

The guys who were acting like a comedy duo absolutely made this video for me

i think in terms of avoiding germs during payments would only work if you’re paying digitally like here in china everywhere i go people only use wechat pay or alipay. Using card or cash would touch something or somebody no matter how much you try to avoid it and one way or the other you or someone else might get infected by it.

My god do I wish I was spending the pandemic in Japan. This is the right attitude. I'm in a country that is completely inconsiderate and people don't care if they infect others. I'm extremely vulnerable to covid and because of those attitudes I haven't been able to leave home other than medical appointments for 2.5 years so far. I'm one of the only people left who wears a mask at all, let alone a high-quality one. The first thing I'm going to do when it's safe for me to travel again is return to Japan.

They all look so polite and respectful.

I call it a Nod Bow..just the neck movement will do enough for a bow . Really depends on time and place...and relationship with your aquintances.

Those two lads are so funny haha

Thanks, I was questioning myself, are all of those things true? and I finally got the answer, thanks

I found the yawning question quite interesting, because they saw it as a generalised rule of thumb for all communication not just to the boss. it's quite difficult to prevent a yawn, let alone with zero motion used.

I find it funny that people (Americans) seem to be so complexed by the idea that you can’t tip in Japan. The only country I know with such a tipping culture is America. I live in New Zealand and tipping isn’t really a thing here. Sometimes you’ll see cafe’s with a tip jar but that’s really the only tipping and people usually just put spare change in there just to get rid of it. One time I was buying a drink and they didn’t really have change so I said to just keep the change but that flustered the cashier and she was trying to give me the change so we just worked it out. I think if someone tips here they’re seen as arrogant. Like they’re rich and can just give out there money because they have so much of it and are only helping to make themselves look good. I don’t know if tipping is a think at like fancy hotels or restaurants because I’ve never been to anywhere fancy.

Listening to native speakers helps a lot

some of these were kind of strict, like the not talking on the train. not on the phone i can kind of understand, but not even to each other? lol and i like how the tray and mask thing is talked about in this, because they're just starting to use the tray at some places here in america because of the pandemic. and even though i started wearing facemasks in the winter like back in 2019 during flu season to not get sick, you never saw anybody wearing them. it's like somethings in your culture might become permanent fixtures in ours. i hate that covid was the cause to why that happened, but i like how those are more things that our countries can relate to more with now.

@ThaFuzzwood

Жыл бұрын

I think talking is fine but not with a loud enough voice so that everyone can hear your conversation.

"1-10 minutes late is acceptable, but doing it everytime or in a formal event is rude." Ha! Here in Philippines, if someone set the time for 1:00 pm, they'll come in 2 or 2:30, and no one really bothers as it become common. But it really is unacceptable, especially for me who always arrive 10-30 minutes before the set time.

@marrykozakura9352

2 жыл бұрын

I've read it in an article over Sudamerican countries that it's normal to be late, it's not even considered being late. So interesting but honestly, even in my country, it's pretty okay to be late, even by 30 minutes or more

@koya__kim

Жыл бұрын

"Filipino time" 🤣

@Axelblaze1022

Жыл бұрын

Good thing they aren't in my country. We have a term called African time where a person can be hours late personally I can't stand it😂😂

I would love to see a romaji transcript of this. It'd be a great to study real time interaction.

Lookin' good with the facial hair!

they are teached about manners first rather than normal school subject since elementary. i think this need to be applied to every elementary school in the world

That impromptu manzai session is priceless!

I like the two guys who politely raised their hand to contradict their friends

The yawning one got me, I can’t control when a yawn comes up, or if I catch a yawn from another person lmao

@archinotee52

2 жыл бұрын

maybe you should say sorry after yawning, hope they will tolerate that

@charginginprogresss

2 жыл бұрын

Idk about you all, but in my country is considered rude to yawn if you don't put your hand in front of your mouth when you do it. If you cover your mouth then it's perfectly fine. Yawns are originated by the parasympathetic system and are pretty much not controllable, they just come out. So blaming someone for yawning is just wrong. Well, you could blame them for not sleeping enough and slacking on the job, but if they don't do either thing, you can't really blame them for yawning...

12:07 lol I was thought the light blue guy is showing middle finger! this absolutely a comedy duo XD

The two guys where sooo wholesome(blue n brown shirt)

Handing money seems weird just because it's not being handed doesn't mean your hand didn't already touch the money. I get more if you wanted to just do digital transactions because that way you avoid contact altogether.

1:38 Can't live in society without money, thats a whole other subject...I nearly spit out my drink I laughed so hard.

In Taiwan we do changes entirely differently. About 10-20 years ago you can still see signs saying "Please count your changes on site. Once you leave the counter, we cannot be responsible for any issues that may be only noticed afterwards". (找零請當面點清，離櫃恕不負責)

異議あり, the manzai duo did not mention learning Japanese with Yuta

Broh, are those two dudes a manzai conbi? Damn, they were so funny!

Japanese people: put your backpack in front of you so that you don't bump into others people from my country: put your backpack in front of you so you don't get pickpocketed seriously, if I see someone with their backpack on their backs on public transportation, I know it's their first time taking it

Loved the older lady and the two objection guys 😅 Some of the questions were rather ridiculous👀

Please. A second part would be necessary.

I was amazed how dicipline and law abiding Japanese people are. Kudos!

The old lady's reaction got me everytime

Many of the rules here are the same in Latin America, or at least in Mexico and Mexican-American communities I was raised in. We're much more open with physical contact including hugs and (gasp) cheek kisses. But the biggest difference is definitely lateness. For important appointments, you should definitely strive to be on time or at least less than 5 minutes late, but for most things, being very "late" is somewhat expected of you. If you're just hanging out with friends, for example, it's not weird at all for someone to show up an hour "late." We're casual with time and we often go way over whatever curfews we set for ourselves. Parties usually go until 2am or more!

I really liked the attitude of the short-haired lady in front of the greenery. She always seemed to have a laugh at the expense of the rules.