Hey! - Oh I see
Yeah yeah
Alright let's make you some friends now
Yay whoot
You need Pocky and Instagram to make friends
Hey guys and girls it's your flashy fashion reporter CathyCat today we're gonna go hit the streets of Tokyo and
ask Japanese people for a spontaneous challenge to speak with random foreigners and make friends with them.
Can they do it? Let's go and Ask Japanese!
Ever thought you want a friend who is a foreigner?
I have and I have one.
You have a foreign friend? Where are they from?
She is from the UK
I used an app called hello talk to learn English, we used to call each other a lot, we are getting along well
Calvin Klein
I am a Japanese ticktocker
My name is Shige - If I type Shige will I find you?
You will
Do you think you could make foreigner friends?
I would like foreigner friends. Foremost I do not just want Japanese Audiences, I want to be seen everywhere in the world
I want a lot of friends
Do you want to make friends with foreigners? - Yes - Yes
Do you have any? - A lot
I have one... who returned
They are not foreigners, but she lived abroad for a long time
You have many? Where from?
A lot, I am going to an international university
There are a lot of people from all over the world
Many places like Indonesia, America, Italy and such
You have many chances to make international friends
So many
Making these friends, what do you like to do?
I wanna go have fun across Japan, to Japanese places like Kamakura... or Asakusa - Asakusa right
I wanna take them to traditional Japanese places
I actually wanna go to where they live during summer holidays
I wanna go abroad
How can you make Japanese friends easily? - Exchange Instagram
Yeah I agree
First get to know each other online
Meet, exchange Instagram, get to know each other more
Then go for a meal
Becoming friends or lovers, the first point is Social Media?
Yeah probably - It is like that
Instagram is important - It totally is
Any tips how to make Japanese friends?
Tips? Hang out together a lot
If there is someone you think is nice, no matter if they are girls or boys...
If you feel like you want to hang out with them more, make it so they will also feel the same way about you too.
Our followers often ask how to make Japanese friends easier so what is your tip?
If you make friends with people who want to learn English you got the fastest way there.
Using apps? - Apps or going to English language classrooms
If you are a teacher there, you will meet a lot of people
Any hints of how to become friends with Japanese people
Recently in town there are so many tourists..
Just go and talk to each other
If a foreigner speaks to you, are you confident that you can speak with them?
I might make some mistakes, but I want to speak English, so I think I can
And you?
I am not good at English but I will do my best with gestures and such.
Let's make friends now then, alright
Come on over.... alright
Let's see if we can all communicate. This is gonna be a bit of a challenge for them
Nice to meet you - nice to meet you too
Where are you from? - Germany
I thought their reaction was very German they were like "hm ok ok"
How long have you been in Japan?
We've been here for 2 months now
And we will be here a month
Uh yeah three
For your work? - No vacation
Vacation? So long!
3 months it's allowed to stay here without a visa
That is why we are here for 3 months
Can I take a picture....?
With me? - yeah sure
Do you feel like you became more friendly, and more friendly?
Of course
I was friendly before, but now I became more friendly
How are you feeling now?
Well... honestly it is a lot of fun to talk with foreigners
I want to meet more people from all around the world
Were you nervous - so nervous
I was worried that I would not be able to understand their English
But I think, I managed to do my best
Your friend helped you a lot too, if you are together you can make more friends for sure
If its us both
If you could make more foreign friends - that would be nice
I think that would be great
Do you want a foreign friend right now? - I do
Well in that case... let's make some friends - Make friends... what now?
No way!
Oh ok yeah cool...
...speak english
I brought some potential friends
English challenge start - No way
Hello - Hey hi nice to meet you
Nice to meet you I am Shige
Shige? - Shige. TickTocker
Ticktock? Yeah nice
What kind of videos do you produce?
Ah well uh .. fashion
Fashion? - Fashion and comedy
Ah comedy - Where are you from?
Germany - Same as you Cathy?
Yeah same (total coincidence) - Oh right?
Feel free to try and communicate - Oh yeah um
What kind of comedy. Do you tell jokes or do you prank people?
Only... only you see
Sometimes two... how do I say that in English
English - by myself
Yes yes - ah ok
Japanese travel? - Japanese travel?
We? We are traveling yeah
We are going to Kyoto tomorrow
Hiroto - Kyoto
Ah Kyoto, so.... Kyoto... Tokyo?
Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, she can tell - Hiroshima...
Osaka then Okinawa.. and back to Tokyo
Osaka is super tasty (all in Japanese) - Yeah eat (in Japanese)
Is it eating? - It is super delicious
Yeah - Osaka love
You come from Osaka or no? - Well Tokyo
Tokyo but Osaka love
There we go good job
You are ink friends - Oh nice
Nice nice
Do you wanna see a big one?
I know that! What are they?
What's his name? - What was it again
But what is his name? - What are they again mate?
The turtles yes!
This one's name is Raphael ...
Raphael... I don't know their names. - Guess my name
...
Guess my name - name?
What is my name, what do you think?
What do you think my name is - The tattoo is of Raphael right?
He is asking you to guess his name
Raphael?
Yay! - Oh that is why
Yeah yeah yeah
Do you feel like you got friendly, you got along? - Yeah sure sure yeah
Yeah for sure
Thank you thank you
Yeah now you are friends, thank you so much!
Thank you so much too (in Japanese) - Thank you (in Japanese)
How was your challenge to make friends? - I was so super nervous
But I thought I really want to learn more English
Maybe in the future you will debut your videos in English - Oh right
I was thinking of putting subtitles in different languages on my videos
From there on I will try have more English in there
Please try it! - Thank you
Shall we find you some friends girls,...
Let's make some friends right now
Oh wow
We were just looking and we were looking for friends - Japanese?
I can speak Japanese if they like - Oh wow
Please introduce yourselves
Where are you from?
Finland - Finland
Wow
How do you know each other?
Where are you friends from?
Same school?
Not from school, we go to anime events together
Is that so
What anime?
Right now we are into the 2.5 dimensional musical association.
Oh the theatre production - Here have some gifts from us
Awesome
Let's open it and share it
Nice, share happy
even we just got it
This is so cute, thank you.
You are doing the slogan: share happiness
Nice
Yay
Let's eat
Do you think you became friends? - Yes
We did - We did
Feel like you made friends?
Yes we did - It was fun
What you need to make friends is Pocky and Instagram
I think so
You will make tons of new friends this summer - Thank you so much
Good job for everyone who took the challenge, do you think they did a good job there?
How would you change and how would you like to be friends with Japanese people
Let us know in the comments down below, also...
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