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Foreigner Exposes the BIGGEST Culture Shock of Living in Japan πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

Youtuber Alina Macleod shares her biggest culture shock about her experience living in Japan. What is a uniquely Japanese trait? What should you know before you move to Japan?

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  • @IrfanArio95 says:

    Japan is a great country to visit, but no so to stay.

    • @tsdfghjkl says:

      I’ve lived in Japan for over 10 years and have no complaints.
      Perhaps those who complain about life in Japan would complain in any country they go to

    • @Limpi43 says:

      @@tsdfghjkl
      Were those “complaining people” creating words like karoshi and karojisatsu or the native inhabitants?

    • @llssff1 says:

      ​@@Limpi43so peak society is one without negative words?

    • @Limpi43 says:

      @@llssff1
      No, it is without the negative phenomenon that so common you must give a name for it. Like sati, gishiri, mingi, crucifixtion, TodesmΓ€rsche, blasphemy, etc.

      As long as activities those names refer are common and not “just a word from the past” you hardly describe that society as “non-complainable”, because all those words I’m talking about are not something you have zero chance to avoid (like tsunami or aurora or meteorite, etc.), but a chosen (or forced) one with negative consequences.

    • @marvin2678 says:

      How

  • @zeldamachina6305 says:

    I love Japan and Japanese women so much, but that is one thing I hate so much about Japanese women, if my honesty comes out, it has to come out. Haha

  • @andreapellegrino4046 says:

    The ukraine girl!

  • @erzascarlet5078 says:

    As a Canadian myself, I was boutta comment β€œreally? Canadians are direct? Cuz we be β€œbeating around the bush too”” LOL, until you gave the context. But yeah, I guess (yet again) it depends on the type of context, cuz when it comes to work you’re right, we’re not as workaholic, but when it comes to other things I say we have a lot of similarities with the Japanese in the sense that we’re not very forthcoming either.

  • @hirsch4155 says:

    Ah nice two of my favourite Canadian travelling YTers from the former USSR together , hope you had a good chill 😊

  • @johngonzalez4298 says:

    Happy Saturday Marina and Alina! Today I went to a Japanese πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ buffet for lunch and the food was delicious and the workers were nice. Japan πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ is a place that I would like to visit one day. Blue πŸ’™ looks great on you Marina and Alina as it is my favorite color

  • @LittleLulubee says:

    That’s such an unhealthy way of life

  • @therealgigster says:

    That’s so funny! As a middle eastern I find that we’re a lot more direct and Canadians are the polite ones that beat around the bush lol

  • @chrisskywalker6079 says:

    Yeah, Japan is definitely not for lazy people and or people who thinking that they can say or do anything they want.

  • @carlosneumann614 says:

    Japan built a vast economy on a very tricky piece of land, they developed a strong mentality of fighting for the greater good (society wise, not so much morally or religiously), so the country would develop economically (and it has done that really well), especially so their children could have a better life than those first lived there (and themselves for that matter). very beautiful culture and amazing society. unfortunately, extremely difficult for people like us (western cultures) to adapt there and be happy 😒. unfortunately our joy always comes from individual things, not giving up
    pleasure to fight for our unborn children. that’s why our governments praise ethics, not so much empathy.

    PS: that’s also why japonese people are very strict when it comes to following rules!

  • @ImmortalRimas says:

    Japan is a great country to visit, maybe to stay for a short time if you have your own money already to live on there long enough for a few years but not to work or live there long-term. If I have kids someday I would not want them growing up in such a harsh working environment where work/life balance is pretty much non-existent

    • @AIIIAKS-vn4co says:

      Depends on the company. If you are competent, you can get a job in a big Japanese company with short working hours and work-life balance.

    • @ImmortalRimas says:

      @@AIIIAKS-vn4co I hear more companies are gong that way but not all of them right now

    • @numbersix8919 says:

      All children should go to Japanese elementary school, Dutch high school, and a good American liberal arts college.

  • @nextlifetimebrendan3940 says:

    Where is the full video

  • @numbersix8919 says:

    So there are three Japans: Planet Tokyo, Planet Osaka, and traditional Japan, which is extremely varied by region and history. All that is said here, is about Planet Tokyo.
    In Osaka and its surrounding territories, the people tell you exactly how they feel, are warm and funny and not too demanding. Just as in Tokyo, they work hard and play hard, but in a more “laid back” way!

  • @chezdesy says:

    No thanks

  • @dickrichard5579 says:

    Japan sounds horrible

  • @user-yo1iy6de2k says:

    Is this the girl from the episode β€œdating with a Russian girl”?

  • @user-bv3lr3en2q says:

    Alina has ballooned

  • @dickrichard5579 says:

    It sounds like you owe them your soul if they give you a job

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