Comments by "alukuhito" (@alukuhito) on "TAKASHii" channel.

  1. Lots of Aussies, and also their time zones work better. They don't need to worry about jet lag. Plus, a lot of Aussies actually learn Japanese in school.
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  2. I guess you don't live in Japan, because just about everyone in Japan knows Guam, including Americans who live in Japan. It's a very popular vacation spot. It's like a smaller, closer, cheaper version of Hawai'i. It was also controlled by Japan for a while, and some battles happened in WW2 between Japan and the USA.
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  3. I think that's just your imagination. There has been no significant changes in English abilities in Japan between 2014 and 2023. It's just who you ended up around.
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  4. Korea sounds weird. As a non-Japanese who has lived in Japan over 15 years, I wouldn't say foreigners are very integrated in Japanese society, even if they want to be. There are loads of employers that would never consider a foreigner if a Japanese was available with the same qualifications. You can be integrated to an extent, but not like in Western countries where you can just become part of the society.
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  5. Japanese have a lot they can learn from India though. I love India, and it unfortunately has been mistreated by western culture. So many of the world's great mathematicians, scientists, and rishis came from what is now India, but they're ignored. So much was invented in India before the West. It's unfortunate that Japan took on Buddhism instead of Hinduism.
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  6. That's true. I'm white and spent a couple of months in a part of India where there were VERY few whites and VERY few people of any other colour than brown, yet I felt accepted. After living in Japan, I was surprised at the lack of racism.
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  7.  @arzz9087  I bet he'd be too chicken to do that. Most Japanese don't like to acknowledge the Ainu, especially to foreigners.
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  8. That's just your imagination. English isn't any more spoken in Japan now than it was 5 years ago. You were probably just used to it the second trip. The first trip is always going to be a shock.
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  9. The first lady said she felt like a spectacle, not skeptical. She felt like an object that people watched. It's funny that she thought Japanese shouldn't have dreads. Why should Black Americans have them? Dreads have been around for a long time, way before the USA was even a country.
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  10. As a Westerner who has lived in Japan for years, I hate tipping culture. I hate going back to the old country and doing that. It's not the amount of money which is the problem, but the whole idea of giving someone extra money for actually doing their job. It's almost insulting, like saying you didn't expect them to do their best, but they did anyway. The customer pays the restaurant and the owner should pay the employees properly. I'd rather actually pay MORE money for a meal without a tip, than paying a smaller amount, including a healthy tip to someone.
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  11. As you know, no intellectual has ever been racist and vice-versa.
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  12. Yeah... That's not going to happen.
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  13. They're often weird. Usually their parents are divorced too.
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  14. Yes, but you were/are on the JET Programme. If you work for a private middleman you can be worked to death. It all depends on the contract and how the schools decide to use you.
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  15.  @2o2k78  Yeah, it's a lack of respect for the culture that bugs me, but those types always seem to be loved by Japanese though because they retain their exoticness.
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  16. You can have your own opinion in the USA, and you can also get shot to death for having it.
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  17.  @Nivimary  What about White Japanese?
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  18.  @charmainej4820  So... Someone who's probably never even been to Africa, who speaks English fluently, should have dreadlocks, but someone else shouldn't? And, yes, people have had them in India for a long time. Are you saying that Japanese shouldn't be allowed to have them? If so, why? Does that American lady have any more right to have a certain hairstyle than anyone in Japan?
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  19. She's American, and dreads are hardly from the USA. I was surprised she thought Japanese shouldn't have them.
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  20. Sad. I can imagine being born into Islam, but there's no reason for a Japanese to become Muslim, even if marrying a Muslim. I've heard that Japanese women are the most likely to take on their husband's culture than any other nationality, which is kind of sad. Being a good wife isn't all there is to life.
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  21. It depends where you go. Sometimes they're all over, but if you're in urban areas, it's rare to see those. That being said, I live in an "inaka" part of Japan, and there are all sorts of spiders around. No weavers these days, but they may come back later. As long as they stay out of my way, I like them because they eat other bugs. They live in pretty predictable places too, so it's not like you're going to run into them.
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  22. That's a good point. Lots of homosexuals and bis working in the fashion industry, both for men AND women. It also seems to be the case that women who are really into fashion tend to have more gay male friends than others.
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  23. You're wrong. More Japanese men are married to foreign wives than Japanese women married to foreign husbands.
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  24. Are you talking about the Ukranian? The thing that I wouldn't find attractive is that she works as a model. She's probably not too bright. That's pretty mindless work. She's just banking on her looks. Also, she probably couldn't make it as a model in Ukraine or anywhere else in Europe. Not that she's bad looking. She looks fine.
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  25. Yes, but also there are certain people that many people consider to be beautiful. Sometimes it's not such an individual thing, but more of a cultural thing.
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  26. That brought back memories. Back in elementary school in Canada, everyone would do that with a certain girl who looked weird. She was white, like the majority of kids, but she had a strange face and she was kind of loud and obnoxious at times. If anyone touched her, they'd say, "G~ germs". (I won't say her name.)
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  27. Indians SHOULD hate Muslims. The Muslims came to India and subjugated the people, while destroying their temples. Why would you want to be friendly to anyone who did that to you?
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  28. Don't you think there's toxic work in your native country?
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  29. I suspect with their religiousness there's stuff going on behind the scenes at home and maybe at church that isn't so smiles and positive.
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  30. It wasn't a reference though. It was the scene for a story.
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  31. Yokosuka? Okinawa?
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  32. He's a model though. People pay him to be an airhead. On the other hand, he's probably living a comfortable life and making good money. He's also pretty young.
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  33. *accept the compliments
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  34. Oh, wow. You're so tough. Look at you! Geesh. Nobody's going to treat YOU bad. Nope!
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  35. And you go back to Canada and it gets really confusing when you don't have to reword whatever you say because the people around you automatically just get it.
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  36.  @chik2602  It's not necessarily stupid. Schooling isn't always the best measure of intelligence. Everyone has a different path in life. It also doesn't seem to have been a hindrance in his case. He's doing something many people don't have the guts and/or ability to do. Plus, he can always get his high school equivalent later if it actually becomes necessary.
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  37.  @MrShem123ist  Of course no country is perfect.
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  38.  @elisaderosia  Good luck. Yokosuka's an interesting place. It's easy to get into Tokyo. Lots of Americans from the base in town.
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  39. That's the typical Japanese complaint, but I don't think it's valid. English and Japanese are totally different, and you can't expect to come out of a few classes during your public school days to make you anywhere near fluent in ANY language, let alone one that's completely different than your own. She should be more grateful that she got some of the basics at school.
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  40. You're a foreigner, so you'll get a pass, although you may not be able to enter most onsen.
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  41. Easy. Go to work teaching English and nobody wants you to speak Japanese. Socialize, and people want to speak English with you, not Japanese. Go home and watch YouTube in English, read a book in English, talk to your partner in English. I've met plenty of people who have lived in Japan years and don't speak the language. They're annoying.
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  42. Do you know Kanadajin-3? She's a weird Canadian that falls hard for men, then takes on their culture. She came to Japan because she was married to a Japanese man. She was pretty popular as a YouTuber about Japanese things. She then got divorced, and a couple years later married a Muslim man, so became Muslim herself.
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  43. Do you have any contact information for the first woman? She's beautiful.
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  44.  @adamsanchez222  Anyway, there are other religions in this world. It's not good to disrespect others' religions by trying to spread your own. Christianity isn't for me, although I do appreciate some aspects of it. I understand who I am. Christianity generally can't provide that understanding.
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  45. She knows that she's considered more attractive than average in Japan due to her pale complexion, and she's acknowledging that. Deal with it.
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  46.  @arneilmarquez  What's your point?
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  47.  @adamsanchez222  I'm fine. Thankfully I'm not a Christian though.
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  48. Saying "half white, half Japanese" assumes that you can't be both white and Japanese. Japanese is a nationality, not a skin colour.
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  49. You mean she's half-Japanese, half-Canadian. Japanese is a nationality. White is a race. They're not mutually exclusive.
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  50. Break up. It's too risky. Grow up.
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