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@theunknownunknowns5168

3 ай бұрын

This was a good one.

@cybercipherandcollie8911

2 ай бұрын

My 34-year-old son has been teaching English in Japanese schools for the past 10 years (first Kyoto, now Osaka). I was hoping to send one of these Valentines care packages to him, however, both of the web-sites (sakura/TokyoTreat) stated in the FAQ that they cannot deliver to addresses within Japan. Any suggestions on how I might be able to do something like that?

@half-breed

2 ай бұрын

You have a new ghost scammer that replied to my comment on this video

@simaobouhamidi

2 ай бұрын

yes me two @@half-breed

@doommonger7784

2 ай бұрын

London is foreign even to the English who live outside its borders. My advice would of been for them to get away from SE England and experience the real England, populated by true British people.

Her and her brothers mannerisms are very culturally Japanese. She did seem so much more comfortable speaking Japanese ❤ What an interesting video 😊

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for being here for every video friend!

@jamesjdm

2 ай бұрын

Yeah that's all nice and good. But here's the thing she said herself that her family came there as missionaries. Missionaries are colonizers. They seek to change the religious and cultural beliefs of the population they infect. Said that her parents are still missionaries. She's not Japanese. She's an invader and a colonizer. Sorry if you don't like what I'm saying that's too bad but anybody that goes to a different culture and tries to force change on them through altering. Their religious beliefs is not part of that culture

@jamesjdm

2 ай бұрын

​@@OrientalPearlit's amazing that you don't question the fact that her family are missionaries, which means they are colonizers trying to change and influence the culture that they are infecting.

@pithius2191

2 ай бұрын

Definitely has the Japanese humility, hopefully it will rub off on the youtuber

@tetovazamarcelabrozovica3392

2 ай бұрын

@@pithius2191 which youtuber Mr.Beast PewDiePie or some u imagine it would need some culture in behave

Its funny, Alecia has some of the Japanese face expressions and gestures 😄 She seems very nice and polite, just as you would expect from a japanese person 🙂 Very sweet

@andrewmildenberg4210

2 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing. Even the way she listens and responds to someone when they're speaking was pretty Japanese. The "Mm" they do as a way to tell the other person that they're listening is something non-natives don't generally do.

@tetovazamarcelabrozovica3392

2 ай бұрын

@@andrewmildenberg4210 they are born there live there its normal if u move and live in some country for example 5 years you adopt their culture behavior and if u born there its normal

@eigojiyouzu

Ай бұрын

They are literally Japanese haha, thats why

When the cart guy said "Oh--- you're Japanese? Excuse me. Then we're the same" - it was precious!!! He didn't question how it was so, he just accepted it with respect and love!

As an Asian born and raised in Europe, this story resonates with me. Thanks for the great content!

Congratulations on 1 million subs 🎉

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@TL243

3 ай бұрын

Kudos. So glad to see you grow so big!

@LESRAM1981

3 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 ❤ 😊 🥰

@DouweBuruma

3 ай бұрын

Congratulations 🥳

@EliasBac

3 ай бұрын

Yes ! Congrats ! Been following you for a while and it it heartwarming to see you at a Million subs now 🙌

i love the rickshaw guys energy and the way he said "im japanese" was so cute❤ love the video~

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, those guys are always a lot of fun.

@MrLanternland

2 ай бұрын

That job keeps you in top condition!

The part where Alecia said her parents made her speak english at home is so relatable as an immigrant. We are asians that moved to South america. My parents made us speak our native language at home, because we already got enough of spanish at school. But My brother and I can´t speak to each other in our native language... unless we had to say something secretly to each other ... and also, the shock from natives when they saw asians speaking spanish perfectly. Now there are more and more asians in south america, so in large cities is not an issue..., but if we go to the countryside, we still get people trying to speak to us using hand gestures....

@dutchkel

2 ай бұрын

I remember going to a sushi restaurant in Buenos Aires employed by all Japanese Argentines who had lived there for generations and hearing only Spanish. It was a fun experience.

@Ryan-ul7dy

2 ай бұрын

Hay una gran comunidad de gente de origen asiático en Argentina.

@sanhopper9508

2 ай бұрын

I totally relate to this but I am the opposite to you… My brother and I are British born Chinese and growing up my parents insisted we spoke only Cantonese at home as we got all the English outside… so we would blend the Chinese and English together (known as Chinglish to us folk!) if we didn’t want our parents to understand what we were saying 😂

@goyam2981

2 ай бұрын

My parents can speak Chinese (a southern dialect) but they save it for talking secrets in front of the kids. Lol.

@goyam2981

2 ай бұрын

American-born Asians don't like when people in the US ask about their roots and want to be treated as just "Asians". On the other hand foreign students from Asia want to be recognized as people from their countries e.g. Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc. and not lumped as just Asians. These cultural things can be quite complicated. Wisdom of age has told me to let it go and go with the flow and just explain to people without taking offense or getting upset. Like in this video instead of saying they're from Japan or they are Japanese, maybe just say we're of English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish descent but born and raised in Japan. This way people do understand.

I will never get tired of these videos! Please keep them coming! Hearing people speak different languages is absolutely beautiful!!

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

More to come!

I really enjoyed hearing Alicia's story. You always learn something new from her viewpoint. Her unique experience is something anyone could learn from. It's great she got to have a rickshaw ride for the first time. A new memory formed! 💜

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I have another similar video for you that will be coming out next week.

As an American Born Chinese (ABC) from NYC, I always loved it when other nationalities speak any Asian language , makes me feel proud of my heritage especially I was raised in a mixed culture household, some British and American along with Chinese traditions

@generalnguyenngocloan1700

3 ай бұрын

🐉👍🏻

@sky-pv7ff

2 ай бұрын

Then you're still chinese and only American in citizenship.

@ramdas363

2 ай бұрын

There's some irony in that though. I'm sure the woman was proud of her British heritage until she went there and found she doesn't have much in common with them. It's a similar experience for many second generation kids. At one point they have to make a choice because when it comes to very different cultures, one can't follow both at the same time. For non-Asians in Japan it's even much harder than in the US, which is multiracial and doesn't associate their national identity with a certain look. In Japan it's the norm that even native-born people will be seen as foreigners when they don't look Asian. They could be 5th generation, doesn't matter. Most Japanese will never see them as real Japanese.

@cooliipie

2 ай бұрын

​@@ramdas363 And a lot of westerners will never see "ABCs" as real American etc. Your point? Life is too short

@CrazyMurica

2 ай бұрын

@@ramdas363do u think coloured people are accepted in the US by the whites.. yes there are a bunch of liberals and open minded crowd but majority of the whites lives under the belief that America=White, sounds harsh but true, an European immigrant will be treated better that a 3rd/4th or 5th generation coloured person

I’m American, born in Japan. Alicia’s expressiveness is perfectly Japanese 😊. My Japanese mother has been gone now 3 yrs. I miss her very much. She was almost 94. She never taught us Japanese, she said, because she didn’t want to confuse us. I knew better. None of my other half Japanese friends spoke Japanese either. Our mothers wanted to do their best to assimilate into the American culture after immigrating to the U.S. I remember a few phrases, but that’s it. I had a friend here in the U.S. that went on a mission to Japan who is full Japanese, but spoke broken Japanese. It was awkward for him to speak to them, he said, as they were confused at why he was full Japanese, but couldn’t communicate it well with them. I felt for him. Thank you for your channel. I’m really enjoying it!

@Woodman-Spare-that-tree

Ай бұрын

What a waste! If your mother had taught you Japanese you could have always picked up extra cash working as a translator. Or you could be watching Japanese films. What a wasted opportunity.

@bogeyman10us11

Ай бұрын

Sorry that you did not learn Japanese while growing up. Perhaps, you can start. Better late than never.

@yo2trader539

13 күн бұрын

It's because your mother was a War Bride and knew Japanese society will never view children of foreign fathers and war brides/trophies as Japanese. They were not even given Japanese citizenship.

This is basically the story of every second, third and fourth generation immigrant kids who's parents teach them the language of their ancestors. I was born and raised in American. But English was my second language. And I had trouble learning English in school. Kids would tell me to go back to where I came from. But I was born here. Parents wouldn't let us speak English at home because we had alot of that outside of the house. It's interesting to see that with other cultures in other parts of the world

@bigchungus4336

17 күн бұрын

???

Congrats on one million subs. Great video again. I like the story of the two British-Japanese siblings.

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! They have another brother too. Maybe I can interview him one day too.

Japan IS a very lovely country, it is my favourite on Earth. I am blessed to live in Australia, but Alecia put it perfectly, there's a calmess and this sense of joy in Japan that i've never felt anywhere else in the world..

this was adorable... i love japan can wait to visit. hope i have a good experience.

I can't help but notice her mannerisms are definitely Japanese, especially with the "uh, uh" grunting in agreement when listening to someone else speak. That seems to be very culturally East Asian. It's very interesting.

@Woodman-Spare-that-tree

Ай бұрын

White Brits don’t do that.

@cubnbooty

Ай бұрын

Hispanics do it a lot too.

@SmartK8

Ай бұрын

Of course they're Japanese, she's Japanese. No wonder then.

That was so interesting. Thanks for making and sharing and well done on achieving your first million subs. Here's to the next million.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

She and her brother look so much alike, it's awesome! I hope that they never forget what an amazing situation they're in, despite all the challenges with people that assume things because of how they look.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

And it’s funny because they have complete opposite personalities lol

@cozzazee4043

2 ай бұрын

Who effin cares.

As a British person that lived in Japan, then came back to the UK…I miss Japan too, can’t stand being back in the UK.

@richardwills-woodward5340

2 ай бұрын

In 20 years the country I love (the UK) has been destroyed by migrants. I loved visiting Japan for its safety and culture, but the architecture made me so depressed.

@lil-g4879

2 ай бұрын

@@richardwills-woodward5340 if by migrants, you mean the Conservative Party, then yes. I would hardly blame migrants for the lack of funding to the NHS, 15 years of unnecessary austerity, fewer police, the smallest army since the Napoleonic wars, underfunded social services, the rich getting richer or massive Gov fraud. But aye, blame migrants because you don’t like black or brown people…

@andybliss5965

2 ай бұрын

​@@richardwills-woodward5340 took me years to put my finger on what it was I didn't like there. Yeah something about the interior design there. There's generally a lot less creativity than here or Europe.

@Natasha-oz6ik

2 ай бұрын

@@richardwills-woodward5340don’t worry, you’ll get use to it like how a lot of other countries had to get use to being destroyed by the English

@richardwills-woodward5340

2 ай бұрын

You only have a developed world and can say the nonsense you say precisely [because of] the English. Ignorant Muslims and Africans fail to grasp this. They like to move to english land though. A strange decision given their views by majority. @@Natasha-oz6ik

I watch your videos often and I really enjoy them. I've been waiting to see you reach one million subscribers and I want to say congratulations and keep up the good work!

That 何が起こるを知らない "survival mode" feeling is one of my favorite parts about traveling to countries where I don't know the language or culture well, but I don't think I'd want to live in a place where I felt like that full time.

@Forlfir

3 ай бұрын

Almost nowhere is as safe as Japan though :( however some places are way better than others

@Doing_Time

3 ай бұрын

right. I don't like europe for the opposite reason of her...I'm more into "frontiers" travel...southeast asia, south asia, africa, south america...

@lanamortenson8694

3 ай бұрын

@@Doing_Time I guess you don't like Japan then either because it's a very non "frontiers" type of travel country. Not sure why you're even watching this.

@autohmae

2 ай бұрын

I think she might actually have been talking about work culture, etc...?

@the_real_glabnurb

2 ай бұрын

@@autohmae Definitely not. It's not called Londonistan for nothing. I have never heard anyone utter the sentence "You know what, in Japan the work culture is much better than in Europe"

Very happy to see you hit the million subscribers mark. Lots of hardwork on your part. Always having great content. You've come a long way. Congratulations!

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton!

Congrats on one million!! ✨ Thank you for the lovely and interesting interview. 💜

Congrats on hitting 1 million!!!! That's amazing! You really deserve it because of your hard work!

Congrats on 1 million subs! Well deserved. Being a tourist in your own hometown is weird but also so much fun. I've discovered so many cool places and things to do as a tourist in my on hometown. I highly reccomend people to do that, even if it feels silly.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃 here’s to the next million!

AWESOME!!! A million subs! You've worked hard and certainly earned it. What a great episode. I really enjoyed the talk with Alecia, and have enjoyed the past ones with Joshua.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

I enjoyed meeting them both.

Alecia's reaction to the UK is interesting. I've only lived in one other state, briefly, but it does make you appreciate things you were never aware of. Same with my home town. As a kid, it was small and dull, but now I realize that being on Lake Michigan was way more interesting than being landlocked. Like _The Wizard of Oz_ sometimes - there's no place like home.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Paul.

@nevillemason6791

20 күн бұрын

Alecia was probably referring about the UK to her experience in London or outside London in the southeast of England. It's like judging the USA by only experiencing New York city. People are far friendlier and approachable elsewhere in the UK. The woman who cuts my hair worked previously in London. She went there from Poland. When she first came to my northern city she thought several people mistook her for someone they already knew. No, we're just that friendly to total strangers!

Fantastic interview, I really hope you do more of this kind of content in the future. I subscribed just a little while ago and I'm enjoying all of your new videos (and some of the older ones as well!) Arigatō 😃

I really liked this kind of content, I would love to see more! Keep up the good work, you've inspired me to start taking japanese seriously.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

The next video will also be an interview.

I watch almost all your new videos from start to finish because your content makes me happy and gives me a smile.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching to the end. 😊

Wow - your channel is growing! Thank you for sharing so much!

1M!!!! Congrats!!! Love this video, so much fun!

I liked it when you and Alecia spoke Japanese. All the Japanese words sound the same to me but I can see from the English subtitles they really do form complete, complex sentences. It's fascinating how kids pick up the local language perfectly, not matter what their ancestry. Alecia does have a good American accent when speaking English.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Yes the sentences in Japanese are super long lol.

@jmbickham

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@OrientalPearlReally? For example…“I/You/He/She/They eat” vs 食べる or “I/You/He/She/They rode the train yesterday” vs 昨日は電車を乗った. I might say something else about the difficulty of Japanese - English/English - Japanese interpreting though… given the vast differences in the grammatical structure of the two languages.

@MrLanternland

2 ай бұрын

"It's fascinating how kids pick up the local language perfectly, not matter what their ancestry." It is!

London and the rest of Britain are different. I wouldn't recommend anyone live in London unless they had to for work. Also British people are reserved and don't really interact with strangers (unless drunk), we are friendly once you get to know us, we have weird sense of humour, we like to form a queue, we like to talk about the weather, we like roast dinner and fish & chips, we are accepting of other cultures, we like to be polite and say sorry a lot

@dannyKurt

3 ай бұрын

They do up north, It was quite a shock for me and i'm from the midlands. It's literally night and day vs London. London is more like NYC with the rep of everyone being quite rude and tbh there is almost a 50% chance you're not interacting with a English person at all.

@LuNa_1_3_1

2 ай бұрын

British tourists that come to the city I live are not at all liked by other tourists from Asian countries because they are so loud, disrespectful of others and totally all about themselves. Not adhering to good manners or social boundaries. Many Asians did not like being around them when arriving on cruise ships. I even had to apologise to some tourists for the bad behaviour. They said ty and said they liked Canadians lols! As to Uncle, he was a rude jerk. He was from England. Loud, arrogant and full of his own supposed glowing self importance. Clifford Stone was a heavy drinker known to most as Lush. Crude man. His attitude was Not a nice combination. I really found him to be a boring, self involved, narcissistic creep.🙅🇨🇦😖

@FinalHourMetal

2 ай бұрын

OOoopp North we are very friendly and open (I from Lancashire), it's only in London that people are afraid to interact with each other, in my experience.

@lk-music

2 ай бұрын

@@FinalHourMetal Yep, when she said "British people won't really talk to you" I immediately thought "You went to London, then". I commuted between Staffordshire and Shropshire for over 10 years, and on the two occasions when I had car trouble, within minutes somebody stopped to help me sort it out, once a guy stopped to slow the traffic so I could change my wheel safely, and the other time the gear linkage came away and a guy fixed it with some latex gloves! 🤣

@billyblunt63

2 ай бұрын

Yep, London doesn’t reflect the rest of Britain especially the North. Like most capital cities in the world, it’s very egocentric and people don’t engage with their neighbours never mind anyone else. Come to the North and receive a warm welcome.

Wow - 1 million. Congratulations! This was an excellent video - I really enjoyed the interview.

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Thanks a million!

I found this very fascinating... Many people live a life this way, with a different background and born in another country. I myself have a duel citizenship. Thank you for sharing, as I would enjoy more like this seeing the surprised reactions like those in the video. (Congrats on the 1M)💕

@thadtuiol1717

2 ай бұрын

Dual citizenship is BS.

I love this channel. It’s always so positive, and interesting. I love it when people open their minds and explore. I have to admit you’re one of the best spokespersons for travel, Japan and language learning. Pimsleur would be well advised to hire you as a full time spokesperson. You are the best example of successful language learning! Keep up the good work and all the best! Brian in Toronto Canada! 🇨🇦

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Sending love from Japan to Canada.

Thank you for making this video. I started off uncertain of whether I was interested, but I'm glad I watched it all because it opened my mind to a different perspective. There was something relatable about seeing a family who looks like me being treated as foreigners in their country.....and to an extent, as foreigners in the country they are expected to be native.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching to the end!

Love the interviews!! I hope this continues. I like hearing unique cultural perspectives like this :)

Very cool. BTW, you remind me so much of my daughter when you talked about your Japanese Snack sponsor. You seem so genuinely kind and sweet. Congratulations and great job on your videos. 🎉

Your videos are always fun. I've been subscribed to you for a long time. Like maybe a couple of years. I always look forward to your videos.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

I subscribed when you 'only' had 40k, now you allready have 1 million! Amazing and congratulations!

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

This is so cool and I watched some of the other videos and there amazing love your content ♥️ and congrats for 1m subs

Japan is an amazing country. Be proud of it and work hard to keep it so.

I like the occasional change from your usual format. I know it’s not easy to find the people to be interviewed. Well done Pearl on achieving 1M subscribers. Hope you would not mind showing us your gold plague in a special episode of your journey of learning Asian Languages from China to Japan and to Korea and finally settling down in Japan. Congratulations!

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I’m editing another interview right now.

Great video, very informative. Congrats on 1mil subs, lets go 🎉

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Thanks. You're one of the top fans!

They must have such an interesting perspective of cultural interactions. Thank you for sharing this video!

Thank you for being unique and kind to speak and learn / see new things!

Absolutely wonderful video. Fascinating culturally. So very interesting. And two great beauties in the rickshaw! ! !

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for a charming interview and tourist tour. Can't wait to visit Japan.

Thank you for this video. I thought that you yourself on your journey with your husband is VERY interesting but Alecia and Joshua are something different. It really made me think about the people I grew up with and that have been considered as foreigners.

I just love watching the reactions when you and your friend spoke Japanese and said she was from japan. That made me chuckle his reaction. It was worth the reply. Stay safe and blessed 🙌 ❤

This was fascinating! I’d love to see more interviews like this.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

The next video will be an interview too.

Congrats on a million subs! So happy for you.

Love this channel SO much ❤ Absolutely amazing.

Im literally in school rn waiting for this vid 👀(btw congrats for all the subs!!!!!)

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed it!

A few years ago I visited Quebec. My Canadian cousins had informed me that everyone would initially address me in French. Unfortunately being British, growing up pre-internet, I was never given an opportunity to learn other languages. If you're abroad and speak British you only need to shout at the foreigners for them to understand. Anyway, I entered a shop and a member of staff spoke to me. I called my cousin over to translate. The young lady who had addressed me looked mystified and said "but I just spoke to you in English?" I was so convinced that I was going to hear French that I heard French. Thank you for your content which I always look forward to and thoroughly enjoy.

@MrAlan1828

3 ай бұрын

French speaking citizen in Quebec can be quite extreme, I am Canadian and 100% respect French but the laws there are aweful

@sahamal_savu

3 ай бұрын

She might have actually been speaking English, just with an almost indecipherable accent 😂I have lived my entire life in Ontario, Canada and still struggle with some Quebecois accents.

@HKim0072

3 ай бұрын

Man, the British are worse than us Americans. But, at least our schools forced us to "learn" a different language. Differs by area, but I think I had to take 5 years of a foreign language. 2 in middle school and 3 in high school.

@alexfarman4580

3 ай бұрын

@@HKim0072 I also grew up pre Internet and I'm british languages were taught in the school I went to it was German, Spanish or French.

@robscovell5951

3 ай бұрын

I grew up in Sussex in the 70s and 80s. French was compulsory from 7 and we had to do 2 languages from 12 to 16. I did French and German which gave me the basics for travelling.

I think I first saw one of her videos when she had just shy of 30000 subscribers. Her channel has grown quite a lot. Keep up the good work!

Really love this type of video. This was extremely interesting. I’d like to see more like this one.

Congratulations on reaching 1 million subscribers, Miss Alyssa. I am sure Mr. Joshua and Miss Alecia could be part of the same community in Japan, along with snack box too.

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m planning on filming again in Hong Kong soon.

I get the impression that the people in larger busier cities tend to be less 'friendly' compared to smaller communities, more or less universally.

@dishmanw

2 ай бұрын

That was my experience. I was at Misawa, Japan, and it was a small city, surrounded by a farming community. The people were very helpful and friendly there. But I heard that the people in Tokyo were not as friendly.

@crptpyr

2 ай бұрын

There's actually a British comedy news sketch about "a northerner going around London saying hello to people"

@crptpyr

2 ай бұрын

The actual title is "Northerner terrifying Londoners by saying hello" if you want to find it

@andrewwatson5324

2 ай бұрын

@@crptpyr I think that I have heard of it.

Really enjoyed this interview. Thank you!

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I’m making another one this week.

Luved the vid as always. Keep'em coming, Pearl. Thanks for your awesome work. 🚀

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Ive been a subscriber for a while now and decided I will make a comment on how much I enjoy your videos. This one especially is wholesome and it gives you an insight to what its like for a foreign family to grow up in a foreign country and live like a native. Keep up the great work. Much love from South Australia

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Sending love from Japan to Australia!

1 million !! congrats from France

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Sending love from Japan to France.

Great vlog. congrats on you 1m subscribers So happy for you! 1

I was pleasantly surprised to see Alecia and Joshua. Their story was always fascinating to me. I know Joshua has a Japan channel, but I have to rely on auto-translate (since he doesn’t do subs), so I never know if they’re truly accurate. Is Joshua back in Japan for good? I thought he was still in England. Congrats on your 1M subs! 🎉 🥳

1M! Let's gooooo!!!!

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Finally made it!

Watching from Australia :) chilling before I have to wash my dishes and go to bed.

@SingaporeProxy

3 ай бұрын

🎶🇭🇲🕯️✨🍀

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Sending love from Japan to Australia.

Congrats on 1 million subscribers!! 🎉

My favorite channel for watching anything Nippon. Thank you for the videos and keep it up.

❤ 🇯🇵 _When I’m on Hellotalk I do notice that everyone from Japan is super polite._

If we treated a British person of Japanese background like that here in the UK it would just be called racism.

@user-ks3ol3lw3b

3 ай бұрын

Yes you would. But Japan is a highly race-conscious culture, without necessarily being 'racist.' They think of themselves as being one big family, and obviously racial Europeans are not part of their family. That doesn't mean they don't like them. You may be best friends with your neighbors, but you don't think of them as the same as your parents or siblings.

@Jambobist

3 ай бұрын

@@user-ks3ol3lw3b That's a very long-winded way of saying that they are racist.

@stackorlee6053

3 ай бұрын

@@user-ks3ol3lw3b Chinese and Koreans immigrants look like the Japanese , but alas, they are not a part of that cozy family either. They are those neighbors you find in a gentrified area that are dirty, noisy, diseased and you have to call the police on them whenever there is a crime. Euphemisms are fun! (tf is wrong wit u?)

@T.Watts89

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-ks3ol3lw3bBullshit!! One of the absolutely most racist nations on earth!

@d4ever649

3 ай бұрын

@@user-ks3ol3lw3boh ok so telling her to go back to her own country was just being race conscious ok. 🤡

wow awesome video really enjoyed hearing about how much more settled and freindly it is over there, and the diffrences between that culture and uk .It is very true nobody talks to each other over here in uk, its very odd how much it has changed within the last few years, with everyone fearing what the other is saying or doing, nice to have your video as a fresh perspective .many thanks appreciated x

This was a wonderful interview, thank you for that.

@OrientalPearl

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I'm interested to know where in the UK Alisha visited, if it was just London or the south then yes people keep to themselves more, but people are generally friendly, perhaps the more north you go lol

@dannyKurt

3 ай бұрын

exactly what i thought. London is so different from up north.

They aren't ethnic Japanese, just Japanese citizens. Big difference!

Hey Anming Congratulations on One Million Subscribers! I send all your videos to my brother who lives in Tokyo! Xoxo from Chicago 😊😊😊😊😁😄😄😃😀

Love your videos! I've lived in Japan for a total of 10 years, 5 years were spent in the Tokyo region, and a Japanese friend lives near Ueno, so the places you filmed were familiar. I imagine it must be very interesting for folks who have lived in Japan for 20-30+ years, especially those who grew up there, to have a very international identity, in which in many ways Japan IS home. I've only lived there 10 years, and I miss so many things about Japan all the time.

I'm Spaniard and American. I'm still a foreigner in both countries. 😐

@luisrosias6203

13 күн бұрын

Honestly if you have good English and have been living in America for a while, you’re American. That’s the best part about being American is that anyone can become American no matter where they are from. As we see in this video, you can be literally born and raised in Japan and not be considered Japanese. Not the case at all in America.

It does sound like she went to London when she went to the UK, its not really a good example of what the UK is like as the vast majority of the country is not in London. It's like its own thing really.

@84rinne_moo

2 ай бұрын

Yea it’s like going to NYC in the states to live. Totally different to most other cities in the US

Very amazing video, and congratulations on 1 million subscribers.

You're awesome as always. Keep up the great work.

..in 'survival mode'-she absolutely defined what living in Britain feels like (well, for myself anyway). Many people are deluding/deceiving themselves if they think they aren't.

@gaygranola

2 ай бұрын

I don’t really think so… Not when it comes to the people at least. Financially, yes, but culturally no.

@iwantyouinmybelly

2 ай бұрын

My experience of Britain is quiet roads, strong communities, generosity, stunning views, amazing wildlife and it’s so peaceful. Obviously that’s not true for anyone that lives in the bits both you and she talk about. I guess it’s a big island and it’s not right to generalise.

@hanonhold

Ай бұрын

It's quite nice where I am (rural south west). Very, very different to London. Definitely noticed peopled are less friendly and more easily frustrated lately though probably due to the cost of living crisis and NHS waiting lists etc. The frustrations towards an inept government have really taken its toll 😔

@bengreenbank

Ай бұрын

Maybe in London. But London is nothing like the rest of the country.

1:29 "mmh, mhh, mhh!!" Tell me you're japanese without telling me you're japanese :P. this mhh mhh mhh was the japanesiest thing ever XD

@Avigailish

2 ай бұрын

You will be surprised how many cultures mmh mmmh like this😅

@katibryson9300

Ай бұрын

sounded very korean

Thanks for this very informative podcast!

I used to watch you back when you only had 500,000 subs, I don't know why but the algorithm changed up and life changed up but it's really great that it showed back up and now that you're at 1 million that's so awesome! I hope you continue doing well!

@OrientalPearl

2 ай бұрын

Why have you been gone so long? Missed you. Please put the notification bell on and subscribe.

It seems so ironic that she couldn't identify her ancestor's home country. But then again, the UK has changed tremendously to the wrong way. Japan is on my bucket list, can't wait!

Its unfortunate that her experience in the UK wasn't as good as she expected but in general the UK is an amazing place to live.

@Soogelle

2 ай бұрын

It still feels like a downgrade from Japan in many respects

@A_friendwithoutbenefits

2 ай бұрын

I lived in UK for 27 years and left for good last year. I disagree with you, I’ve seen UK get worse and worse. Full of towns and cities where young chavs will insult you on the street for no reason (especially if you’re not white), quality of life declining due to inflation which is higher than the inflation in most developed countries, crazy house prices, wages struggling to keep up with those increases, -awfully unreliable and terribly expensive rail system, the NHS massively underfunded and nowhere near as good as it used to be. Right now the UK is one of the least developed countries in the developed world.

Congratulations on 1 million subs! 🎉🎉🎉

Love it when you have another video up! ❤ Great interview with Alecia. The rickshaw ride was awesome-so glad you both got to enjoy it!🥰 Oh--and congrats on 1 million subscribers now! 🙌

When I hear Saitama, I only think of One Punch Man

To be fair, most Britains wouldn't like London either! It's not representative of the whole of the UK at all.

Congrats on 1 million! I just subscribed!

Wow 1 million. I remember commenting on here when you had like 130k. Amazing work! Congratulations!

The problem with the lady is she's comparing London to the rest of England. London is super expensive, polluted and rife with crime. Not anywhere I'd want to live or even visit anymore. To be fair I prefer Asia to the UK but using London I feel isn't a great comparison

@sidp5381

9 күн бұрын

To be honest, who wants to be in Ripper town, specially near white Chapel I ain’t gonna have Mary Jane Kelly’s ghost haunt me

You’re finally at 1mill 👏 Also there’s a German polish dude name Andy who grew up in Taiwan with a similar story so this very is relatable

Congrats on the new milestone. Great interview. I have seen other similar videos of foreigners who were born in Japan and found it hard to fit in. You showed a brief video clip of a video you made with her brother in the past, I hope in the future you could hang out with them (together or individually as separate videos) in a new video, maybe field some questions from your subscribers and you could pick the best ones to ask them. Maybe some from Japanese subscribers too. Idea 1# Other ideas for new content/videos; Why not do a learn 1 Japanese word a week short video (short looping vids seem to be popular on YT now) you could just have a piece of paper or cardboard with a single Japanese word, and English underneath (which maybe some Japanese viewers who do not know English very well could also benefit from learning the English word). And perhaps a phonetically pronunciation in English how the word is suppose to be said or sound. You could film a group of these words in one afternoon and release 1 min clips once a week over the month. To mix things up, you could later do the same for Chinese and Korean. Ideas for future interviews 2# >'Day in the life of a profession" what unique professions exist in Japan that do not in other countries? >Why are trains in Japan on time? What about interviewing some other Japanese You tube channel content creators? I recall one YT channel interviewed you. >Is there a place people go to play chess in a public park? China has their own version of Chess, what about Japan? >What traditional board or card games does Japan have that is unique to Japan? > It would be enlightening to speak to elderly Japanese about fond memories of the past, what was it like growing up in Japan in the 60s and 70s etc, how they compare the generation of today with back then, they might have interesting stories of the past, but no doubt might take time to find those with interesting stories and willingness to talk on camera. This could be split up with interviewing people in the rural areas too with the same questions. > How is the Korean culture very different but similarities to Japanese culture? Is there a place your subscribers could drop other content ideas they would like to see on your channel, it might help give more variety. Sorry if this is a bit too long.

She's right, society in the UK HAS CHANGED.. for the worse, I no longer recognise the country I grew up in. The manners, people, culture, religion.. everything has changed for the worse.