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  1. After coming to Japan and living in Tokyo for 3 months, I have to say that most of the people who I observed speaking very loudly on trains are actually Japanese people and usually young adults. Only occasionally I could see people with heavy American accents speaking loudly. But maybe it's more noticeable when someone speaks a foreign language so even if when someone speaks at a very low volume, it might appear to be noisy to some Japanese people.
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  2. “What I would not miss? …being a foreigner 😅 “ I felt that.
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  3. 01:53 I think she's talking about 'scum's wish'. Also, my favorite anime is Naruto. It was the reason that I started watching anime and I don't think any anime can take it's place❤️
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  4. As an American I'm flattered that these girls think so highly of us, of course reality is pretty far from this but it's still nice to hear lol.
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  5. Not just safety of person, but of property as well. I lost my wallet, and a stranger turned it into the police, who tracked me down to my hotel because I had a hotel key in my wallet. I got my wallet back from the front desk, and EVERYTHING, including a lot of Japanese money, was still inside. Unbelievable.
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  6. I like your style of interviewing. You are not pushy and it seems the interviewees are very comfortable with you. Looking forward to more videos! I'm going to move to Japan as a prospective graduate student this year (hopefully!), so watching these videos help me make more sense of life in Japan. I do have Japanese friends, but watching these videos is really insightful as well. 次の動画も楽しみにしています！
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  7. I have seen this trend, including some women wearing box braids, bantu knots and twists. Not sure how I feel since most black people, myself included, seem to have had bad experiences at salons and walking on the street here with their natural hair, whether in dreads or not, having Japanese people laugh at them, talk sh!t, compare it to clown or dog hair and all sorts of other egregiousness. I think the black female hair experience in Japan is different than the male one to at least some extent since they tend to want to keep longer hair than men on average.
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  8. Thank you sooo much for having me Takashi san! It was truly an honor to talk with you and be on the video!! 😳 I hope my learning experience will be useful to everyone🙏
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  9. Congratulations on getting a sponsor! I also noticed that you are getting more comfortable with being on camera, it's great to see.
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  10. Good job, as an black American living in Japan for six years I 100% agree. Just treat others the way you want to be treated! ありがとうございます
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  11. Never knew wiping your mouth with your hand was considered "wild" lol I do it all the time 😂
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  12. I am 182cm and very intimidating in appearance. I was approached by a Japanese tour group, and they all wanted pictures with me. The experience made me curious about Japan. Thank you for your videos, I hope to visit one day, and I am learning Japanese to make the most of my experience there.
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  13. The first two girls were lovely. They reminded me of my two teenage daughters; the giggles, the BFF's, the simple honesty, the childish optimism. This shows how people are people, wherever you go. Yes, there are cultural differences, but there are a lot more things that unite us than divide us.
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  14. the first two people described my experience and opinions so well ! the people are so quiet and there . 90% of my experience was pleasant , the culture surrounds respect and kindness . however , there is still a race issue .. they aren't out there with their racism , but it's moreso passive racism . depending on the kind of place you want to live as a black person , japan might be a good place for you or may not . the only bad experiences i've had are people being scared of me or distancing themselves from me when we are closed spaces such as the train or on an elevator .. sometimes in a store . there were also alot of teenagers who i met that were rlly openly kind and respectfully curious . i actually met a long time friend there . i know that my experiences around the world will be the same in some aspect . there will be ignorance everywhere , i try not to let it ruin my mindset :)
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  15. Thank you so much for interviewing us!! We had so much fun🥰 Looking forward to watch more interviews, Takashii!
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  16. This was very interesting! I liked the last interview, I think she had a lot of wisdom when it comes to dating!
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  17. I stumbled on this video and I love that your questions are open-ended. As a Nigerian who migrated to UK, I appreciate what my Kenyan ladies said about differentiating Black Americans from Black Africans - because whilst we might look similar, culturally we are very different so it's important to note. In your next interviews, can you ask about their experiences in finding jobs, dating, acquiring properties in Japan. Shout-out to everyone out there regardless of colour or origin, who's respectful of others and accepting of our unique peculiarities
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  18. I agree with the guy who said Steins;Gate. I stopped watching Anime because adult life got me busy but every time I have enough time I always rewatch it. It's so good.
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  19. for me, Naruto forever and ever this anime is not perfect at all, It's not the first one I've watched, but it's so nostalgic and it managed to move me, I'm getting emotional from so many moments there <3
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  20. We appreciate these interviews. Gives us more insight in regards to Japanese society and its economy.
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  21. What an incredible woman! I have liminal identity too, I’m American, and Mexican, and was brought up in France. So this was very interesting. Three languages is always cool though. Having another language is like having another soul. 😊
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  22. I love how Takashi hasn't really watched much anime despite being Japanese. The same applies to me too. I'm Korean but I barely watched any Kdramas or movies. I just know their names because they're so popular. In fact, I prefer watching anime a lot more :) Anyway, thanks for the nice video 👍
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  23. I have a lot of tattoos (even on my fingers). I visited Tokyo in 2018 and I didn’t have any problems. I even had an old man approach me and my husband (who is also tattooed) and he just chatted with us asking if we liked Japan and we’re having a good time and he told us a bit about his life. I had a very nice experience.
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  24. Am i the only one that thinks the Brazilian Portuguese sounds fantastic?
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  25. As someone from the UK living in Japan who is very into weight training, I want to mention that perhaps one of the reasons Japanese men don't seem to "gain muscle as easily as foreign guys" is because of diet. I noticed meat here is packaged into much smaller quantities here, and much more expensive than in the UK. Also bad exercise form is shockingly prevalent in gyms here (I go to Gold's Gym). Perhaps it is not as easy to consume enough protein here in Japan as it is abroad, and gyms aren't doing enough to spread correct exercise info.
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  26. The first person is so beautifully spoken and elegant, it was super interesting to listen to her. Thank you so much for your interviews and for sharing all kinds of perspectives!! :D
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  27. The anime that has really resonated with me is Haikyuu! At first I thought I wouldn't like a volleyball anime but man was I wrong 😂 I loved every bit of it 🙌🏼🙌🏼
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  28. I really like your videos. 1. You ask very good questions. 2. You truly listen to the people you interview. You don't interrupt or put your own ideas or opinions to other people. You ask questions to get more information. 3. You try to find varied people. 4. You're quite methodical and ask them all the same questions. So one can compare. 5. You have no trouble asking difficult questions. 6. You share your opinion but wait for the end to do so. 7. You said in one of your videos that only 10% of Japanese do accept an interview, so for 3 Japaneses it means you asked 30 people! Hard work! Omedetou! Arigatou gozaimasu! I wish one day you can interview 'Yokoi Kenji Díaz' he does really cool work with Japanese and Latinoamericans.
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  29. Bro, you're just different. To go there, sit on the floor w them and interview them w humbleness, you gotta be different to do that. Keep doing these amazing videos 👏
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  30. TAKASHI, MUITO OBRIGADO! 🇯🇵🇧🇷
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  31. It was great to meet you Takashi! You’re channel is blowing up. Great job taking on the street interviews!
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  32. When my father was in the Air Force we were stationed in Japan. One of the first things that I learned as a military dependent was to be polite and kind to the people in the country you are visiting. My father taught me that, whenever a person goes to another country, that person becomes a representative of their own country. So don’t go to another country and act like a loud, rude, entitled American. Don’t visit a different country and speak or act like a racist. Be on your best behavior. Don’t talk too much. Learn a few basic words in that country’s language. Even learning to say Hello, Nice to meet you, and Thank you go a long way with people because it shows that you respect them. And especially, don’t be rude about the food! Don’t make jokes or insult the native foods. Don’t eat it if you don’t want, but don’t be insulting.
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  33. I was homeless for 6 months when I was 23 but I was with family and we still had our car to live in and we got free showers at the local YMCAs, not to mention I was an adult at that time so I just had the kind of fortitude that comes with maturity. I cannot imagine being a teenager sleeping on the streets. Any society that allows this to happen has failed its youth.
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  34. Thank you so much for letting me a part of your amazing channel! I had a great time!
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  35. Nice video! Just a small point of grammar. We use the word “against” with “discriminate”, so you should say “Have you ever been discriminated against?” You can also say “Have you ever experienced discrimination in Japan?”
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  36. Big surprise and salutes to a dude who like "Golden Boy". This anime (and manga) is really a classic masterpiece. He is such a man of culture😁
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  37. These young people are Japan's treasure. I wasn't aware high school girls cannot wear makeup or dye their hair. Safety trumps any other concern and these students live in safety. I appreciate this video.
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  38. Wow, I'm brazilian and I've been following your channel for a while so this video was a good surprise!
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  39. I came to live in Tokyo with ZERO knowledge of the language! That being said, I was lucky that the company provided me with a language tutor. Also my roommates were all very supportive in teaching me the language too. I was also joining the local community activities to further my language ability and to make a network. Oh, daily reading of Japanese newspapers and magazines and watching local news also highly suggested !
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  40. Very informative! I do not like people who say any country is a utopia. Every country has flaws. Maybe the reason why westerners love Japan so much is that many societal issues in the west do not exist there, but they are replaced by a litany of societal issues westerners have never even considered.
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  41. I never thought I'd see India ever get mentioned in any videos like these! Not being that cringy Indian who just comments under any video with India in it, but this is actually so rare for Japanese people to feel like visiting India in my experience! The guy's mindset was so fresh! Thank you so much Takashi san for having such a varied set of responses!!
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  42. My mom is half Japanese but never went or lived in Japan a day in her life. She is completely disconnected from her heritage and language where as my sister and I are only a quarter and we were able to live there with our japanese grandma and learn the language and culture. It makes a huge impact and I believe is very important if you have Japanese heritage. Also there is a lot more Half black half Japanese people then you think, they are usually just hidden.
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  43. Being in the countryside or small towns is a really good way of immersing yourself in another country. Big cities are usually tailored to be recognizable and filled with tourist attractions for foreigners. So they don’t always represent the country as a whole and what living there is like.
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  44. Just want to correct the construction worker guy here: He said that the wages doubled, I agree, but at the same time the Yen has declined wrt USD at a much faster rate. So the value that was for the commodities that can be bought in his childhood has inflated but the purchasing power has declined due to weakening of yen. Even if the salary is doubled, how much value is he getting is the real question here
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  45. I agree with the Australian! It racism in Asian countries is always about other Asians. Try interviewing other Asians next time.
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  46. what is really touching about muslims is feeling of brotherhood among them no matter colour of the skin, social status and previous lifetrack. at least it looks like from the outside.
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  47. Another interesting video! What I like most about your channel is that you interview people with an open mind and listening ear, no matter their views and comments. You never try to argue against them or get defensive, even if it's not only positive opinions they're sharing. That's really refreshing. Keep up the good work!
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  48. Dating is hard, period, but it was very interesting hearing the perspectives of the various people you interviewed. I'm glad you got guys from a wide variety of countries. Do you set up the interviews in advance or do you just approach people on the street?
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  49. Japan's collectivst society is both a good and bad thing, because yes, it's rare for women to be attacked in Japan, during such events it is also rare for anyone to do anything to intervene and stop it. There's a 2005 Japanese film called Densha Otoko (電車男) translated as Train Man that deals with this very subject. The film is about a very, very introverted man witnessing a drunk man assulting a young woman on a train, and standing up to him, only to get attacked himself, but nevertheless saving the woman and being praised as a hero while the rest of the people on the train did nothing.
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  50. I love how you always have a little talk with everyone before the actual question and the second dude is just awesome great mood!
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