今回のトピックも単純で簡単な事です、それらを円滑に回す為なのです。仕事でも立場によって違うでしょうが。遊びでも友達によって違うでしょう。全ては生きる為、生活するうえで円滑に問題無く回す為に必要だからなのです。 Today's topic is also simple and easy, it's about making things run smoothly. It may be different depending on your position at work. It may be different depending on your friends at play. All of this is necessary to live and to make life run smoothly and without problems.

I love Japan so much. I’m in the slow and long process of finding and buying a 150yo+ akiya someplace near Kyoto. I’m very excited to spend prolonged periods of time in Japan, after I do find my dream. Existing outside of the system is my superpower, and mimicking much appreciated cultures is my minor power. In the most genuine sense of course.

Good morning. From Japan. Fantastic job!

As someone who has lived in Japan for 35 years I would say this is excellent advice.

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

Thank you, senpai!

Great video paul! Thanks for this video Who were the guys, who waved at you?

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

Local high school baseball team. I dont actually know them, lol

Thank you again for replying to my request about the Kyoto area. I sent a reply earlier but my internet was giving problems. So again, thank you for your kind reply. I agree with you. Perhaps it's best to rent in an area first. 😊

I can't wait until I receive my first ¥5000 honeydew melon because someone feels obligated to give it to me. Haha. Great video as usual, dude!

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

19 years and no melons for me.... apples and lemons and peaches, but no melons.... what am I doing wrong?

@Hay8137g

Ай бұрын

Just buy one for yourself

10:18 figh~to~

one friend who studied in japan and stayed with middle to low income host families, told me about the ultimate omiyage life hack: bring something tasty, from where you came from (which might be a gas station 15 miles away), ideally some farm made snacks, you cant get one town over, or at least gas station onigiri, and some ridiculous decorative gift ... like an inflatable godzilla! as i've been told, (and it sonds like SO much fun to me) Japanese folks love irony, and being like "i from europe, so i brought gas station onigiri, a 2m inflable godzilla, and a case of imported beer" is wholesome and hilarious. and when ever you come to visit again, you will be offered gas station onigiri, as well as seeing that ridiculous 2m tall inflatable godzilla poudly presented, as if they kept it there ever since you left. all with a big, dumb smirk, and being handed a cold one.

@Ucceah

Ай бұрын

this makes me wanna learn japanese, just for the puns, jokes and comedy. but i've been told the lame dad jokes are the best/worst in the known universe xD

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

I have a full arsenal of oyaji-gyagu and always want to learn more...I am not well adjusted. :p

In Japan, the crowded City, it's hard not to bump into people during "rush hour" and special occasion festivals. The vast majority are unintentional, Even some hard hits. The person has a million things on their mind, are in a rush. But sometimes, within they have some anger or suppressed issue, and they bump into somebody as a microaggression. Usually a foreigner but not always. You can only tell by looking at their faces and body language, and being skillful in reading the air. Leaving when you know you really can't say anything cuz the person's already gone and it would be impolite to point out their transgression. It's just better to ignore and go along, or tatemae!

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

Yes, I certainly am not chasing anyone down!

@Hay8137g

Ай бұрын

No wonder they are so rude outside of Their home country, they should learn to apologize for hurting others unintentionally

@ernestestrada2461

Ай бұрын

@@Hay8137g I've never met a Japanese person that is rude when they go abroad. I think this is your ignorance or readings in something into their behavior because you're not used to it. Or you're mistaking some other Asian nationality is Japanese. And some Asian cultures being forward is acceptable. But Japanese will always find a way to get along.

Nice video as always. The bumping thing seems annoying. Though I've heard of intentional aggressive bumps sometimes, do you know anything about this?

@ducsue751

Ай бұрын

There was an incident a few years back where a guy was purposely doing that while walking through the station. He did this so frequent that people started filming him and the video was send to the police and the news got hold of it.

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

I have been deliberately bumped once. Skinny young guy who looked like he had a bone to pick with the world. I am not a light person, so he took more of the bounce than I think he was ready for. But he continued on and hit a few more. This was in the middle of Yokohama station.

About the bumping into people thing and not addressing it... that may be more of a Tokyo thing. Also, being polite in the household is a thing that does happen in Japan, but is typically seein in high-status or strict households. Also, that punctual bike gang story was hillarious. Japan man, it's different.

Great video once again. Any thoughts/musings on the work culture in Japan, or at least the perception of it? I would be curious to hear your experiences with the ‘mandatory’ overtime and if you know anyone having to deal with ‘Karoshi’.

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

It is an interesting topic and is certainly on my radar from living here, but working at a university is rather different than working in a company, so I don't really have any personal experience in this area. I have thoughts on the matter, but in a rather outsider's view.

@zmanthemercenary5378

Ай бұрын

@@ExJapTerinteresting. So in the education system it’s pretty normal 9 to 5ish?

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

​@@zmanthemercenary5378 its more like you set your own schedules. Of course there are meetings and set class times, but when it comes to prep and research you are mostly on your own. How much you work ebbs and flows as the research cycle goes on. We have faculty welcome parties and bonenkai at the end of the year, but there isnt some manager insisting we all go out drinking, nor are there clients to entertain, so those extra hour things arent an issue either.

Train station Kanazawa-bunko Keikyu Line in Yokohama Very familiar to me again

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

Will I run into you sometime?

@gwenhie1

Ай бұрын

@@ExJapTer run into？　that means happen to meet? It’s okay If collide or pierce, No!

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

​@gwenhie1 haha, yes. I only mean that you might see me some day if you still frequent those areas. I wont have any idea who you are though.

where would you recommend living and working as a teacher in the Hokkaido area? I like small towns and cold haha

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

I haven't lived in Hokkaido, but pretty much all of my students who have come from there "love" their hometown. This tells me you probably can't go wrong.

@zenwisdom4259

Ай бұрын

@@ExJapTer cool, thank you.

oh, I hate those bike sounds. I hear them in the middle of the night roaring down the street. I think they do that on purpose. That should be a crime worth noting in their law books.

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

They do get pursued by the police sometimes, but yeah, they seem overly tolerated. Of course in a country of election loudspeaker trucks, there seems to be a higher tolerance for noise pollution.

Funny thing about details, I could totally be as anal in details as they point out mine--so they wouldn't like me and I wouldn't like them. lol

@ExJapTer

Ай бұрын

I have a friend who visited me and he is super particular about what he considers right and reasonable and he drove my wife nuts, and he also didnt have the greatest time here. 😂

@lauriey6089

Ай бұрын

@@ExJapTer I think there's too many people who sing Japan's praises, almost to the point of worship and cul-ture-ish. It''s soft marketing is incredibly strong. A lot of behaviors are great on surface level, but if you are an individualist person (perhaps in arts or religious thinking) it is really disruptive to your own personal relationship with religion, and critical thinking. Hence, many have realized this could be soul crushing. Also Japan has able to be impress on the world--1000 year old traditions and legacies, because noone has destroyed unlike cultural revolutions and internal/external wars like in China, and other countries. Consider Japan lucky and they should stop boasting or at least humble bragging! Every culture is unique and wonderful at the same time. Japan sounds like fascism/racist nation when they want everyone to act /think like them for the sake of harmony. They do it kindly. (What a doubling down from the gruesome ways of WW2. Don't say get over it or it's in the past). All are brainwashed to a certain extent, but the manner to establish Japan as the greatest nation on earth is 180 degrees. Americans are only trying to be less racist and open about DEI for the sake of DEI. It's trendy words now. I can see why some prefer or say they respect Japanese culture because it does appeal a lot to the senses. My bored life is suppressed if subscribe to a harmonic and beautiful way of life. I 'liked' your videos, and subscribed because your posts/reasonings are well thought out despite whether we agree or not--it's interesting.

@missplainjane3905

Ай бұрын

@@lauriey6089 You visited each places