TOKYO GUIDEBOOK

This will make you realize that no country is perfect. Every country has its own pros and cons. Very good and interesting topic. 💪

Love watching the second guy be like

I've heard a lot of people say they want to go to England for many different reasons. It being on the prime meridian is a new one.

Man, I’ve heard of all sorts of reasons to want to go to England, but I have

Nothing in life is all good or all bad. Videos like this help not romanticize any one location as "better". It is really just "different".

I lived in Tokyo for 2 years. What I didn’t like about Japan is that ppl are so used to following orders that they lose their critical thinking skill. Eg. The teacher said this, or my boss told me to do this etc. also they seem to glorify suffering, like if you can suffer more, you are more noble. It’s quite strange.

The quietness (rule following) sometimes bothers me. For example, my Japanese husband will sometimes get annoyed at little kids being loud or young people getting a bit wild in public space. When I asked my husband why it bothered him he said I don’t know it’s because I’m Japanese 😭 As an american, I love it, it reminds me of home. But I realized the reason it stands out here is because no one else is doing it. In america, the chatter becomes white noise, everyone is loud so no one is loud, but here you stick out like crazy. My husband and I have been scolded twice for speaking (very quietly) on public transport and it’s a bit ridiculous to be scolded like kids as adults. The difference is, I will laugh it off while my husband will feel so much shame and get really upset. All in all I think the positives of our cultures have helped us become more balanced people.

The interviews are very interesting.

It’s really sweet that girl said she appreciated how other countries hug people you just meet. It’s little things that make us happy

It’s nice to see videos that aren’t constantly painting Japan as a utopia. There is negative and positive everywhere. It would have been nice if you could have interviewed older people as well to hear their opinions in contrast

This giy always asks the most interesting unbiased questions, love his stuff

Thanks so much for sharing this! I'm fascinated by what people in Japan are thinking about life

When I first returned to Canada after several years in Japan the reverse culture-shock was weird. For a little while I couldn't tell if people were arguing or just having an energetic conversation.

Japan has always been a country I'd like to visit for holidays, maybe even every year or something, but living there has never sounded appealing to me.

I love the beautiful temple gardens. So well cared for.

Really cool insight, thank you. I appreciate the honesty, it's refreshing and paints a fuller picture. がんばってください❤

I love how people are concerned about social issues in their own country but the only reason that they want to move out is based on aesthetic aspects of foreign lands, which makes me think they don't dislike their homeland as much

its crazy how these people are young yet so humble, well spoken, well dressed, well behaved and also well looking. as for myself, i would like to live in japan. the culture seems appealing to me. but i cant speak japanese

Love this stuff. Here in North America where many of us grew up on japanese products, there is a HUGE appetite for understanding Japan and its quirks.