I love how everyone bring up "fika". Can't say I blame them though.

@chadnoba

9 жыл бұрын

GunvorPlays It's something we all grew to love :)

@blyjd91

9 жыл бұрын

Chad Noba As a Swede myself I enjoy it, but would have enjoyed it more if it wasn't so expensive. Seriously, cafes make something like 300% profit on every product they sell from what I heard.

@megaelliott

9 жыл бұрын

GunvorPlays Is that an average, or the best of the best cafés though? ;)

@blyjd91

9 жыл бұрын

megaelliott Acually average. EVERY café I've ever been to is this expensive. Also, I've had some inside information from a buddy who used to work at a café xD

@megaelliott

9 жыл бұрын

GunvorPlays You seem to know a lot about it. Out of curiosity, are there many part-time jobs going around for students, working in cafés?

lmao så glad dom nämnde hur SJ suger

@furbees2662

7 жыл бұрын

TheMcgreary jaaa

@FlashySenap

7 жыл бұрын

ja, det gav mig ett så gott skratt! XD

@fortniteisthelife9259

6 жыл бұрын

Haha

@lmaolmao5694

4 жыл бұрын

Hhhhhhaaahahhahahahahahahah lol

"Swedish transportation" Well yeah, who the heck can compete with the grandmaster (japan) of train travel?

@marcuslola

9 жыл бұрын

KamiKaZantA To be fair Sweden really is bottom of the barrel. Having to wait for a train for 2 hours in freezing temperature should be unacceptable.

@KamiKaZantA

9 жыл бұрын

marcuslola You are saying that like it's a common occurance, which it isn't. One certainly remembers the really bad wait times when it happens though, compared to all the other times the trains are on time.

@MJSolit

9 жыл бұрын

marcuslola It's because of the freezing cold and bad weather that the train is late. Not much to do about that than to accept the fact that Swedish weather sucks

@frida507

7 жыл бұрын

Well now days it actually is very common occurrence. At least in the Stockholm area especially in winter time. Maybe local transportation works better where you live? Maybe you commit by car or bicycle? When I grew up trains were usually on time.

@arthena2130

6 жыл бұрын

In the lower part of Sweden the trains are never more than a few minutes late and same with the busses, so it is definitely not a problem for all of Sweden.

I realy love Japanses culture . This is making me so glad that they enjoy our country ☺

Big thanks to all people involved in this movie, nice to see a diffrent point of view of our country. Arrigato!

It is very interesting to see the girl from Osaka speak. One of my Japanese friends said that people from Osaka can be considered obnoxious, because they speak over other people sometimes. To us, that is considered an interruption, but not a serious one. So I think that people from Osaka might have an easier time adapting to European/American culture.

This was a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for the video!

Did they ever visit Visby in Gotland? That town is beautiful! The movie Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便) by Studio Ghibli took inspiration from that town.

@TheFagerlund

3 жыл бұрын

Well i live here and its kinda overrated when you have lived here for your whole life

I hope my fellow Swedes are generally treating visitors well so more can come to enjoy our culture and join us for a bit of fika. I would love it to see someone who grew up in a very different culture genuinely enjoy for example a classic Swedish midsummer celebration and/or just some crispbread. : )

Sweden is truly wonderful.A person is really kind and The town is clean, too. I went to the same place twice, but want to go there once again.I thought Sweden is far from Japan, but is worth going

@MrJapanApan

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. Im Swedish now visiting in Japan. I love it here and think our countries are very similar. :)

@Eruma_27

6 жыл бұрын

ありがとうございます好きなスウェーデン。私はスウェーデンしゅ津市です。しかしスウェデンのそして日本語話します。スウェデンで日本が大好です。・。・

the funny thing about the weather during winter is that it was actually unusually warm and way less snow than usual this year. normally it's a lot colder and a lot more snow but this year was just completely different. for example: 2-3 years ago there was literally snow from the end of october to the end of april, without it melting away a single time

Your friends seem really nice! Fun video, interesting perspective.

Like this video becuse of their Point of view are very observant and straight forward.

I interviewed my Japanese friends to find out their thoughts on Sweden. They discuss the positve and negative things about the country, and give advice for other Japanese people who would like to visit Sweden. Thank you to my friends for taking part. Thank you Shiori and Iori for translating the video for the subtitles.

@sqjam

9 жыл бұрын

Chad Noba Maybe you should think about optional english subtitles for the hearing impaired. Besides, they are not native english speakers so they are not easily understood by all viewers

@Crodhe

9 жыл бұрын

Chad Noba These videos are really interesting. I wish I could meet these people, since I'm not studying I'm not really in contact with all the amazing foreign students in my city. I love experiencing different cultures.

@moh459

8 жыл бұрын

+Chad Noba Thank you very much, really interesting video :-)

@Drini666

8 жыл бұрын

+Chad Noba they seem so funny:( why cant i meet them lol.

@thebigh4752

8 жыл бұрын

Very nice video! Thumbs up!

Cool mashup. Japanese talking about Sweden in English.

I am actually born in Sweden you guys are so friendly for respecting my country 😊

I love the automatic subtitles.

@stisse79

3 жыл бұрын

"Eggman" killed me 😂

This is really interesting, extra interesting since I am Swedish, live in north of sweden and I am moving to Tokyo in January for 4 years of studies. :)

@LinneAzalea

8 жыл бұрын

+DSKeymie What are you going to study? Just curious. :)

@DSKeymie0117

8 жыл бұрын

+LinneAzalea First go to a language school and after that I am going to try getting in to a animation program at a University :)

@LinneAzalea

8 жыл бұрын

それはいいですね. がんばって！:)

@stxstx4036

5 жыл бұрын

Har du varit redan i japan?)

Really interesting video! このビデオめちゃおもしろくて、よさそうな人だね。It's very nice to hear your thoughts on Sweden from you guys since I was studying Japanese at uni 2 years ago. Best time of my life! How you described Swedish trains being late made me laugh a lot because I feel the same way about our trains, haha. I've been thinking to myself that they should visit Japan to learn how they do it over there. スウェーデンで楽しんでください　x)

Nice and funny to listen to Japanese impressions about Sweden. Gambare, June will soon be here! :)

@anhaofdecember

6 жыл бұрын

hej are you from Sweden? I am doing a school's project about the tourism in Japan/Fukushima from the perspective of Swedish people, can I ask you some questions? We will be forever thankful for your answers. Tack sa mycket!

great video I was rised their back in the day .

Hej! This video was soo fun and interesting! Please check if you could do another one and see if their opinions have changed, what they think of our culture and traditions, clubbing and our FOOD! I love to hear them say what they think about it, for example salty liquorice, filmjölk, fika, kaviar, spices and whatmore :D also the girl in the pink t-shirt holding the pillow is super cute! :) Hope you all are having a great time in Sweden!

This is so fun and good to see! I really want to go to japan but its fun to see japanese having such a good time in my country. :)

I would have loved Swedish subtitles for this.

I think most people here in Sweden think highly of japanese people, there are very few things that we tend to dislike, if even anything. Also japanese people doesn't take up a lot of space so to say, if you compare it to some other cultures where 10 people takes just as much "social space" as a 100 swedes or japans. Despite the great cultural difference, I think most people from Japan will get along here very easily compared to people from other countries.

Really cool video, I'm currently studying the Japanese language by myself (not through school), and I would really love to meet Japanese people, they seem really awesome ^^

This was great fun. ^^

Yay for Osaka! I am living there now and love it. Working pace must be niiiiiceee because us Osakans have no time to rest.

i really liked this video you rock japan! (ni är bäst) :)

@hakkergal8196

4 жыл бұрын

Gillar

The girl in pink is so cute, just saying. Okay Bye

@MuppMeng

9 жыл бұрын

Embla Tarras agree cute girl

Oh! I'm living in the building where this video was shot. This is really cute, I bet my floormates would get a kick out of this. I'll have to show them. :D

I am actually surprised by how good their English is, I am curious did they spend time in Britain or the U.S. as students before?

As a Swedish person living abroad (Prague, in my case) I find this extremely interesting (might also be because I am infatuated with the Japanese culture). So thanks for sharing these videos, it is always good to have the input from someone else. Although I disagree on us being kind and friendly, but that might just be my own bias assumption :P

@anhaofdecember

6 жыл бұрын

hej, I am doing a school's project about the tourism in Japan/Fukushima from the perspective of Swedish people, can I ask you some questions? We will be forever thankful for your answers. Tack sa mycket!

Everyone gets so depressed during the winter! So true. Almost like you need to check into rehab or something..

@TheFagerlund

3 жыл бұрын

Well that turned dark really quick, and not everyone gets depressed during the winter its very easily debunk-able i think the reason you feel that way is because you haven't stored enough Vitamin D from the sun so you get tired more easily and don't feel like you need to do anything going by your profile picture you either have 10 layers of makeup or you haven't seen the sun in 10 years either way go get some sun before the winter arrives or you need Vitamin D pills its important to get the sun shining on you sometimes

Come to UK and you will see what rain is :) Rain in Sweden is pretty much okish. It's lagom rain in Sweden :P

where did you find these people who are in the video? they are at a university or?

Tell them if they're ever in Göteborg, i'll show them around!

This was very nice and informative, but this is just my opinion :) I found the girl in the pink shirt a little too hyper haha just my view you guys. But I honestly do value their points, because afterall It really is true:)

Hi! In what part of Sweden did you live in?

your english is actully pretty good

my girlfriend is gonna live with me in gothenburg for a while next year.... I'm wondering if there are any Japanese communities or groups when she's like homesick? thanks

I totally agree about the train

Try watch it with the subtitle button activated, rather fun.

I love Japanese green tea. I have some at home. I save it for special feeling cozy moments

Watched this on a laptop in a room full of people... When they all giggled and yelled "Fika!" everyone turned and looked at me thinking they were saying "Fitta" which means "Cunt" in Swedish.

@maxcopparstad3819

5 жыл бұрын

HarleyAMV fitta and cunt aren’t really the same thing fitta is more pussy wile cunt is more used as bitch

@enablingbuzz1662

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxcopparstad3819 Doesn't it depend on where someone is from?.

my brother has gone to japan for vacation, i soppose it is awesome there

What a great group of people. (Especially red ^^)

Rain so much.... maybe in Stockholm around 16.00 - 18.00 in summer time - has been a trend for 20 years.

Love to hear that other people hate our public transport system as much as we swedes do ourselves. Goddamnit why won't our government spend even the tiniest morsel of their budget on improving public transport..

@Sebbe1

9 жыл бұрын

Arthion There is no more money. We need to save the world by bringing everyone here and paying for them :)

@Arthion

9 жыл бұрын

True dat ;) hooray for our government... .....

@MJSolit

9 жыл бұрын

Arthion I don't think the goverment can do much about that since Swedish weather plays a big part in it. Unless God is part of the government i doubt anything will change

@Arthion

9 жыл бұрын

The weather isn't a problem if one prepares for it, however our transport system seems to be in chock every time a few centimetres or more of snow show up during the winter as if they've never ever seen snow before.

@MJSolit

9 жыл бұрын

Arthion You can't really prepare for frozen train tracks since it's not much you can do about it, and trust me you do not wanna sit on a train that drives on frozen train tracks

0:43 Turn on subtitles

There are many shops selling japanese ingridients but you have to look especially for them, they sell dashi, nori, noodles etc etc..

In my city we have some japanese things like japanese statues sakura tree’s and other stuffs. Japan är bäst Det är roligt ni gillar några saker här i Sverige 🇸🇪 och föresten jag bor i staden uddevalla. = Japan is best its fun you guys like things here in suu-Eden and by the way i live in the city uddevalla 🇯🇵👍

In witch town did they stay?

It is interesting that Hiori (?), the guy on the far right, seems to have had his English accent heavily influenced by people in Sweden. The others, particularly the girl from Osaka, have a much stronger American accent.

@MonsterhunterFTWWTF

9 жыл бұрын

Susky97 I couldn't help, but think he was born in Sweden. Just based on his accent.

@Susky97

9 жыл бұрын

It is possible, I suppose, but he also has a bit of the "L" and "R" inversion that is common with Japanese speakers. It is not criticism. He has a really interesting accent no matter where he hails from.

@alicenordqvist6402

5 жыл бұрын

How does it sounds like a swedish accent? Just sounds pretty mumbly to me while swedish accents are generally more distinct than usual english.

This girl in the pink shirt is super cute. Not just her looks but her personality. Absolutely adorable.

everyone in sweden hates that its dark all the time and that transportation always is late. so we feel you :(

You can see those curtain patterns every here and there in Sweden X D

Love this movie....

Just a question, why does the guy in blue sweater have such a strange accent compared to the others? Is it because he is from a different region than the others? (it sounds like when someone make a stereotypical Asian accent xd)

@MewDenise

9 жыл бұрын

immasurvivor some people learn faster than others. In north sweden they speak great english, but in stockholm... not so much

@immasurvivor

9 жыл бұрын

***** 90% of the swedish population is fluent in English. Stockholm is the capital and thus is the center of travel and business, that is probably the place where people speak the best english in the entire country. The north is still very swedish...meaning they dont have as much influence from other nations as the Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg. Not saying you are wrong, It just not that likely that the north would be more apt at speaking English. (unless we are talking about Umeå) Also, I dont think it was that he was a slow learner, his vocabulary etc was very good, maybe even the best of the group. They all had accents but he has a completely different accent.

@MewDenise

9 жыл бұрын

immasurvivor I'm swedish so yeah. And yes, I'm talking about Umeå. No accent here, but when Stockholm people talk... yeeah... a little rusty

@immasurvivor

9 жыл бұрын

***** Umeå är ju den mest internationella staden i hela landet xd Klart folk pratar bäst engelska där :P Men det är Umeå, inte hela norrland^^

@AoiKyuuketsuki

9 жыл бұрын

*****Having an accent doesn't equal having bad english skills.

Is the girl in the pink shirt part American or something? Just something about her mannerisms and some of the words she uses.

Don't know if this is already done, but you should do what Japanese people think of the Netherlands! :D

@patwhw

9 жыл бұрын

+Tamara Kwon But they don't live in the Netherlands....

Osaka sun is too strong! I love how they say the train being late is not normal! In Tokyo, the trains are late so much. That is why I still love Osaka most.

Where in Sweden do all of you live?

みんなの英語が喋るのとてもいいですよ!

Oh how envious I am of you, I've never ever met a Japanese person in real life even though I am in love with the language, the culture and the image I have in my head of how the country is. I'm even trying to learn Japanese, but it's so difficult without someone to talk to. By the way, I saw your fika video and I have to ask, are you Scottish? The accent really reminded me of the singer from Belle and Sebastian. :)

@Hwyadylaw

9 жыл бұрын

Tim Larsson Well, half his videos are about Scotland :) まあ、彼のビデオの半数がスコットランドに関しますよね。 (probably did something wrong here)

@timlarsson

9 жыл бұрын

McDucky ああ、そうですか？私は彼のビデオを見なかった。( ･ั﹏･ั)

@Hwyadylaw

9 жыл бұрын

Tim Larsson ああ、そうですか、見てない。 見てない - Har inte sett 見なかった - Såg inte 私は彼のビデオを är helt enkelt överflödigt. Man förstår vad du menar utan det :) Du skulle kunna använda すべてのビデオを見てない Jag kan ha fel, i så fall får någon rätta mig..

@timlarsson

9 жыл бұрын

Jo tack, jag vet att man kan strunta i den överflödiga informationen, ville bara vara extra tydlig (precis som med frågetecknet, brukar inte använda det, visste inte om du hade "google-translated" meningen ovan), men tack för rättningen :) Jag trodde att "minakatta" var en mindre formell variant av "mitenai" :) (Och nu pajade den japanska inmatningen i mobilen)

@timlarsson

9 жыл бұрын

McDucky glömde att tagga dig

Did they say Växjö as one of the places they visit? :D

@chadnoba

9 жыл бұрын

Cetrus We stayed in Växjö :)

Their English is very good ^o^

@crls5793

8 жыл бұрын

Engruiss

What is fika? And what are they doing in Sweden? I presume studying? Why did they choose Sweden

@KmpMusicProd

2 ай бұрын

Fika is basically a break that involves drinking coffee, tea, or chocolate, and a light dessert treat usually cinnamon buns. It's also a big social thing where you sit down and talk

wait what we only work for 3-4days?

I find it interesting that they pronounce some Swedish words better then the Americans... Perhaps it is more "easy on the tongue" for Japanese speakers then it is for (American) English speakers...

@MJSolit

9 жыл бұрын

***** Probably has to do with the amount of time they've spent in Sweden. Most of them had been there half a year, so they've had alot of time to hear and pronounce the swedish words

-Fikaa! That's so weird... they do it in every country i know... having a coffee with a friend or such. I'd say that the extremely special "Fika" is a marketing trick from the tourist board...

it's very rainy in stockholm... Gothenburg: hold my beer

The guys seem prepared to go to sleep... Give'm a break.

Forget the japanese subtitles, you need to put english subtitles on this. They keep interupting the one who's talking or just laughing, can't hear half of what they're saying. I knew they would complain about our public transport, our trains are infamous with being late or never showing up >.

3:52 I heard someone loves me ;)

I'm Swedish, been to Japan, in the city and the country site. And I have to admit that Japan has waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more green nature and more beautiful landscape than what we have here in Sweden. Oh and I don't think they went hard enought about the transportation, like compared to Japan, specifficaly Tokyo, sweden cannot be compared with the pulic transportation. Like it literally is sooooo much better in Japan. And here in Sweden the fucking bus is always late, I hate it but in Japan, like it was LITERALLY EVERY TIME on time, on the fucking second. Every time. Like, I don't know if Japanese pulic transporters get fired as fast as they get 1 minute late with their train or bus? I dunno but whatever they are doing and I suspect that they are not lazy in Japan, they work much harder and here in Sweden we are a lazy bunch who only complains. Like no joke on that part.

@finncena5972

7 жыл бұрын

But I reckon it's unfair to compare any country (except maybe Germany) to Japan when it comes to transport and certain other things. Some things in Japan aren't the best or at least function differently to the rest of the world. IDK, just my opinion.

@anhaofdecember

6 жыл бұрын

Haha spot on! the train schedule in Skane drives me craziiiieeeeeeee By the way, I am doing a school's project about the tourism in Japan/Fukushima from the perspective of Swedish people, can I ask you some questions? We will be forever thankful for your answers. Tack sa mycket!

@siegpasta

3 жыл бұрын

@@goran2268 Snackade om sossarna när jag nämnde att vara lat och att klaga. hahahaha. Ja nu var det några år sedan man skrev den här kommentaren, men mitt yngre jag hade ändå lite vett i skallen :-)

interesting thing is blue shirt guy speaks english as swedish do. but others.. they have japanese accent :D

english captions would've been nice

I want to know those people they seem to fun ! ;_;

Vart kan man träffa Japaner? Det verkar inte som det finns några Japaner alls i Sverige. Ska på språkresa och skulle vilja öva att prata Japanska med en Japansk person!! Skriv gärna! _________________________ Where can you meet Japanese people? It doesn't seem like there are any Japanese at all in Sweden. Going on a language trip and would like to practice Japanese speaking with a Japanese person !! Please write!

Super Love Ya. ;-)

i always crack up when i hear "fikka" in swedish since in german "ficker" means "fucker" xD

Where's the eng sub !!!

love Japan from Sweden

1:50 the dudes like "i fkn hate shopping"

Its funny how they all mention that October and November are the worst. Depression, boredom and more depression. They couldnt be more correct in this matter =D Also: SKÅNE!!! :D

FIKA POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

よろしくスウェーデン(°∀°)

@Eruma_27

6 жыл бұрын

ありがとう！！😊

Cool beans

the subs went "update army here big-money" at one point

What do Swedes think of Scandinavians?

@KmpMusicProd

2 ай бұрын

If I had to guess then they would probably like Scandinavia seeing as Sweden is part of Scandinavia. However, I imagine most of them highly dislike Denmark.

Lol Skåne is Nice! I live in skåne

5 weeks? in norway we have 8

Am I the only one who thinks that the guy on the far right sounds like kermit the frog XD

女の子たちの言ってることが時々おかしくないですか。。 ちゃんと日本のこと知った上で話して欲しいな(＞人＜;)

@Kim_E

4 жыл бұрын

@@casperk5164 varför ska folk anpassa sig efter dig och vilket språk du kan

haha the youtube subtitles r fu*ked up XD

Is Fika really a thing. I haven't noticed that it is that much of a thing, Or am I the weird one?

@SkurtavusGrodolfus

7 жыл бұрын

FlashySenap it's not rampant like some people say. But it is definately a thing. Usually when you ask a Girl/boy out, you suggest to go for a fika. It's a good way to hold a relaxed concersation and get to spend time with people without any great effort.

@ivarwesterlund874

7 жыл бұрын

FlashySenap yes i em from Sweden and we Love fika, going ro school/work take a fika during work or after. Go home, fix a car with a friend take a fika and truck driver leaves somthing you ordered offer fika. This is a bit over the top but we always take a fika at work.

@wendywright4659

7 жыл бұрын

most workplaces have a "fikarum" which literally means fika room. where you fika and eat your lunch. its a big thing

@FlashySenap

7 жыл бұрын

Since I am born and raised in sweden I should have noticed this, however it seems that I've missed it completely... Then again I'm more like "lets drink coffee at home, it's cheaper" so it might just been me and my friends. Occasional fika I've had but it has not really been a thing, more of an exception.

@wendywright4659

7 жыл бұрын

thats quite funny. when i was in high school, all we did was fika. how old are you? i am also born and raised in sweden.

Like the "Americans about Sweden", they speak of the short store hours and how there's no 24/7 stores. There are, really. I'm beggining to think it's just here in Northern Sweden we have 24/7 stores...

@MJSolit

9 жыл бұрын

goldug There are 24/7 stores all over Sweden. You just have to find them ;)

@EmAViking

9 жыл бұрын

goldug Seriously? O.O I've lived in Sweden like 20-21 years of my life and I've never heard of it. 24/7 gas stations and McDonlands yeah, but nothing else.

I do not know how/if I could live without Fika if I lived in another country :

Thats have to be a school or an office cus of those fucking curtains! Allways in schools you can find these curtains.. either hung up or in the school dungeons.