I care a lot about my appearance now so
okay this is another weird habit that I
developed but pointing at yourself hey
guys welcome back to my channel I hope
the lighting is okay I am trying very
hard to find a spot for me to film any
of anything honestly because I haven't
completed the office room I have my tea
right here and I have my Christmas tree
in the back I hope you guys can see it
it's very beautiful maybe maybe you
can't I don't know so there are a lot of
habits I'm gonna try to be as brief as
possible if some of you guys are living
in Japan or living somewhere else around
the world and you guys can share your
habits with me that would be wonderful
I'd love to hear about other countries
and people who I've also lived abroad
and developed some habits and all that
stuff so please comment down below so
the first habit that I developed was
taking off my shoes so taking off your
shoes in Japan it's a very common thing
before you walk into the house
automatically just without thinking take
off your shoes because if you're in
someone's home or you're in a very nice
like Japanese restaurant or space or
hotel or something you just naturally
take off your shoes it's like common
etiquette in Japan also I feel like this
habit is very good for me because first
of all a lot of bacteria is carried on
shoes so if you're wearing your shoes
outside and you're wearing your shoes
inside as well it's not gonna it drags a
lot of germs into the house and it makes
the carpets dirty and the flooring dirty
and it doesn't help your posture you can
have room shoes which is totally fine
but honestly like I just don't feel
comfortable in it anymore I don't know
if anyone else has experienced this when
they're in Japan but I definitely had
developed this habit of just not wearing
shoes I used to actually just walk into
my house with shoes especially when I
was a kid in America you know we would
go out inside and play and we'd just
come in and walk in and it's just like
my host sister when I had her in high
school like we would walk in with our
shoes and she'd be like oh my gosh why
are you walking inside with your
she was just so confused another habit I
developed is eating more fish and some
of you guys may think well yeah Japan is
surrounded by water it's an island so
naturally you're gonna eat more fish and
it's true fish is very healthy for you
if you're not a vegetarian if you're not
vegan
I feel like fish is a very good thing to
incorporate it to your diet has Omega
threes packed into it it has vitamins
such as vitamin D and B 2 fishes rich in
calcium and phosphorus so it's just all
around a good meal to have if you are
tired or just need something to pick you
up give you more energy I've been eating
so many different types of fish my
favorite fish is Saba which is mackerel
I eat it all the time it doesn't have as
much mercury in it but salmon is also
one of my favorites so eat salmon I
flounder I eat mackerel I eat all types
of other fish that I've never heard of
hook gay I'm not sure what that is in
English but it's just very good for you
like I just love fish and I love the way
they cook it here even though it has the
bones in it it's just a hearty meal like
it's very good this is just amazing if
you guys come to Japan you should try
some of the many fish that they have
especially sushi I'm trying to lean
toward not eating so much raw fish I
like to eat I prefer to eat more cooked
or broiled or grilled fish
the pan is a very patient country Japan
just loves to stand in long lines and
they're very okay with it there's not a
lot of complaining people will stand in
lines that are hours long
probably at Tokyo Disneyland if you ever
come here lots of people will stand in
line for popcorn and it'll be miles long
and you'll be like why they're the most
most patient people on the planet even
the customer service is very patient
they are always there to help you and
kind and loving I feel like as a teacher
in Japan you learn to be more patient
with things so especially when you're
teaching small children you learn
patience so I've become a lot more
patient I used to be a very very
impatient person and I still kind of am
but I'm a lot better with it now and I
feel like patience is key to living in
this country and to working here that's
just one of the positive habits that I
developed
I care a lot about my appearance now so
when you come in Japan you'll see lots
people that are dressed up and looking
nice it looks like they're going to a
nice dinner
they look like they're going to work or
they look like they're going just out
for a casual date everybody is dressed
nicely you will never see anybody
wearing sweatpants but jam a pan their
hair tied in a knot
everybody it looks like they're going
somewhere even if they're not you'll see
moms at the grocery store wearing the
most beautiful clothing long skirts and
cozy sweaters with their hair and braids
I just like just seeing that makes me
feel very embarrassed when I go out and
I'm dressed really crappy I have not
gone out in sweatpants or anything like
that since I moved here I used to when I
was in the state you'd never see anybody
really wear hoodies here which is crazy
and they do sell them but it's just like
you don't really see people wearing them
there is a lot of fashion trends that
are going on that people are trying out
and I just think it's so interesting to
see how people dress and how the trends
are changing and a lot of people are
starting to not care what other people
think they express themselves some
people dress up in like crazy stuff and
it just it's very expressive and very
creative and I think that's one thing
that I really loved about Japan
walking instead of taking public
transportation okay so I do take trains
I do have to take trains to go to work
but if I had the option to walk and it
was only about thirty minutes of a walk
I will take that walk because first and
foremost trains are usually very packed
it's very hard to move in them
especially at certain hours of the day
taking a bus can also be very packed and
slow walking is just sometimes generally
faster there's a lot of things that are
close together a lot of places are close
together and you just should walk and
there's so much to see I love exploring
I love being outside I love walking from
station to station just to see what they
have and what's going on there's lots of
cafes and cool stuff especially in Tokyo
I really really love it yeah I just
prefer to walk more I even walk to the
station from my apartment which is
literally like 12 minutes of a walk it
seems long American Standard if you were
in America or something if I were in
America I used to be like parking maybe
five minutes walk away and I would
complain but now I'm just like when I go
home and be Park 15 minutes away I'm
like cool let's walk and I do not care
anymore so I definitely walk more to
places than I did before and that's a
habit that I've I've developed that's
also very healthy
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okay this is a very like common one I'm
sure a lot of people that live here know
this but like bowing and saying
sumimasen sumimasen sumimasen means
excuse me so basically or sorry but when
you bump into somebody you'll say
sumimasen or if you are in the way
you'll say Oh sumimasen or if you're
late you'll say sumimasen or if you want
to ask a question you'll say sumimasen
and bow and those things have just grown
on me to the point where when I go back
to the states I have that habit of like
bowing or saying
sumimasen on accident or oh sorry sorry
I apologize a lot so it's just kind of
developed into this kind of bad habit I
feel I'm not sure like sumimasen is a
very good habit it's a very polite habit
maybe so I think people say a little bit
too much and it's kind of grown on me as
well and my fiancee notices that I
apologize a lot more and I think it's
because I live here
I take a lot more baths now at night I
am so so so relaxed and I love taking
baths all the toxins come out of my body
I use epson salt or Himalayan salt
magnesium salt to draw up the toxins of
my body a couple of times a week or once
a week and then I also use this on
zen-like they have a lot of like bath
salts or bombs that are like from Hot
Springs are used in Hot Springs and I
love that I'll have to make another
video about the collections that they
have here in Japan and what the benefits
are of those days because taking taking
about everyone should take it back
it's very meditative it's very relaxing
it draws out toxins it's just it helps
you sleep better it's so good for you I
tend to listen to podcasts or audiobooks
while I'm taking a bath sometimes so
yeah it's just I've been a very relaxing
time in my day and it's only about 20
minutes out of your day so take a bath
okay this is another weird habit that I
developed but pointing at yourself
whenever you say like can you like for
example can you give this to me or it's
me or something you usually point to you
like your body you don't point to your
face I think I develop this a lot as a
teacher a lot of kids would do this
they'll be like me or it's me or
something and they'll point to their
nose whenever I refer to myself I point
to my nose now I don't know it's just a
habit I developed now is it is it like
that in anyone else's country I don't
know all right thank you guys for
watching those are all the habits that
I've developed in Japan I'm sure there's
more that I haven't mentioned or I
haven't thought about but let me know if
you guys live in Japan or live in
another country and develop some habits
there or maybe even another city some
slang or something that you just say
more often I feel like my accent has
kind of gone away a little bit it comes
out from time to time I'm from Michigan
so I have a bit of a Michigan accent so
that kind of got lost since I've been
living here so that's another habit a
habit of speech here yeah so I hope you
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