what do you have too much off now then?
I am too much.... you know you know
The staff will come at you and ask you why at best and - interrogation - yeah
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what is a thing you can do here in Japan and you enjoy doing here in Japan but you could not do back home
the thing that I always look forward to when I come here is like I immediately seek out an Onsen
because there's no way that would fly back in the United States like oh my gosh you know like
we were kind of talking about like conservative societies and things and
people think that America really is like "let it all hang out" but like I'm from the Midwest you know
and we're like we're very conservative very like you know a lot of Christianity and um
going into a public bath when my family hear that I do that...
they are every time ...just like "noooo I could never" like they're so over dramatic about it and it's like it's difficult to
understand for them like and it's it's hard for me to express to them like why it's so amazing
it's like a spa experience you just like feel at one with everyone around you like we are one people you know
like it's so great and it's so relaxing and I love it and it's obviously not really something I can get back in the US
so yeah Onsen yeah
That's a good one I love it so much too yes! Anything you can do here that he couldn't do back in Australia
well I really love arcades or game centers a lot I love the UFO catches and in Australia our arcade scene very small
very dying it's not too good so I really, one of my favorite things to do when I first arrived in Japan
not as nice as an Onsen but I do love to hit up the game center and win too many things to take back home
She is good too! she knows all the tricks she's done her research like she knows do like she takes me through these arcades
and I'll be looking at the machines like "what does that one do how does that work?" and she's like
"funny thing" and then she's got like this whole like backstory I'm like dang girl good one
game centers yes gotta love them
what do you have too much of now then?
well I'm too much of .... yeah you know you know
LOL I have SEEN her apartment
well from the game center I do love Pom-Pom pudding a Sanrio character
Sooo- on her backpack....
tattoo
You have a tattoo of Ponpon Purin??? - I got it back in Australia
how many Pom-Pom pudding are you currently accumulating in your apartment?
In my Japanese apartment? - Oh god
there's about including the small and the large is about 50 or soooo
yeah I don't even want to think of them back home there's still more back home
How many are back home?
Oh god
more than 50. - you're up to over 100 Pom-Pom puddings?
I would say all that yeah
varying sizes
most of them are off the UFO catcher? yeah
PonPin Purin power ! - love the Pom-Pom pudding!
my students at my English School call me "purin sensei"
They all remember your hobby - I usually have little purin clips in
That is so cute - Thanks
All right what is something that you can do in Japan but you couldn't do back home like walking around here
I think that everyone tends to stick to the left side that's what I've noticed like on like a normal like Street
there's no order you'd be bumping into people left right and Center
especially in London as well but I found everyone to stick to the left so I found that handy but yeah
I've only been here a day so I don't have much to much to say just yet
anything that surprised you when you were here so like the moment you touched down at the airport
the way the people were at the airport the way people are here
at the airport they had loads of people guiding you through to like immigration and stuff like literally every corner
and they're all just so friendly and nice and everyone's just been so friendly so yeah
no one's been Moody with me or anything all smiles
You expected the moodiness didn't you?
just not moodiness I just never been to a country before where everyone's just so happy and like happy to help
you expected The Londoner moodiness
and I've been to Paris before and that was next level like France they're... they hate you for no reason
I don't know why - What happened???
there was definitely nice people but I'd try to speak French and they just laugh in your face
or they'd shove you out of the way that's that doesn't happen here
what??? - from what I've experienced
You made some bad bad experiences there
I still enjoyed it I still enjoyed myself there was just a lot more rude people than I've experienced anywhere else
wow does that not hurt a little bit if you're like trying to speak French and they laugh in your face?
I just it's what people say about parisians you prepare yourself about it you kind of expect that
but here I didn't expect everyone to just be so nice
anything that surprised you on the streets here or the shops or anything?
I didn't realize how high-end it would be like all these designer shops I don't think I've ever been in an area that had
this many like designer like outlets and things like that and how big the streets are as well they're massive
one personal question here... is it really cheap right now for you to be in Japan because the yen is so weak?
um yeah to be fair I didn't - was thinking that
um I think I spent something like six (hundred) Yen the other day and it only came to like two three pounds so yeah I'm loving it
oh the pain the pain the yen is so weak right now ....oh God
that's okay in Japan but he could not do abroad in your country
Ah that's a great question first of all I guess reserve a seat with with high value personal belongings like with the wallet or your cell phone
or something more important than that that's unimaginable where I come from
and also even in my... of course in my first visit also in this visit, you need to get kind of used to the fact that you don't tip
hey .... going somewhere without tipping is a big No-No in my country people will get mad at you if you don't tip
and here it's kind of the opposite right so you can say it's kind of a culture shock
but it's basically you gotta get used to
okay what if I put my phone down on the table to reserve my seat how many minutes until ... it would be gone
I think it's a matter of seconds maybe not minutes so yeah no more than two minutes
How much is .... what is what is the Tipping level how much would I have to tip?
about ten percent that is probably like normal like less than that people will start to kind of give you like weird looks like
"did I do something wrong did you do something wrong?"
but 10 to 15% is the norm
if you don't tip at all what happens?
the staff will come at you and ask you why at best and - interrogation
yeah and tell you "you didn't tip" at worst like "please leave more that's what I live from"
they were gonna give you some sort of emotional manipulation - pressure pressure
Pressure
oh walking alone at night like while feeling secure because you're I feel like it's really
safe especially when you're walking alone at night like even if you're just alone or with a group of people
but when you're back home it's kind of scary like you're always conscious you're looking around
making sure that you're somewhere safe with lights so that's about it it's more of the safety
it feels really safe in Japan and I'm really happy about it
I'm happy that I get to stay here
uh you start to become untidy.... - yeah yeah
when you ride the public transport in our country
in the commute when you get to your destination you're already like sweaty and you're like full of pollution
but here when you commute it's easier and it's it's also clean even when it rains
our shoes are still white so we're like "Wow it's so clean!!!"
what you mean your shoes are still white what you mean???
because when you commute in our country or at least where I'm from
when you commute and your shoes are white you get back home and your shoes are gray yeah
they're brown it really depends yeah
why ???? why?????
there's a lot of pollution in the the sidewalks like they don't really clean - it is just very urban that's what I'd say it's very Urban
That's a whole lot of pollution, I learned something too!
thanks for sharing that okay
what is something you can do here in Japan that
you couldn't do for example in America
this might me just me because I love taking baths of other people something you just can't think of in America
but first time I moved into the dorm me and three guys on the floor all sitting there in the baths at night
and it's a nice experience
sharing a bath together that's right you don't really do that abroad yeah no
did you go on an Onsen trip or something?
no our dorm actually has a small bath in it so yeah
like real Pally like everyone's just like "yay" - nice and homie yeah
yeah it is actually true because like on the fourth day so yesterday we went to a Sento
actually and like I've met them like three days ago
so it's surrealistic that you can go to Sento with them after three days like knowing them
must feel a little bit funny like you only know people for three days and you're already like in your birthday suit yeah
Yeah it is - it actually is
It's gays, guys, right, I mean guys sorry - I guess both both
I embrace it it's fun - yay let's embrace it
so um anything else you could not do in other countries but you can do in Japan
if you drop things it'll come back to you 90% of the time which is very good the people are very like
ethics wise people are very good in that sense yeah not a lot to worry about in general
so I thought it was weird at first like you can see a lot of like kids alone taking the train
like they're five or six - like that tv show - I watched that a while ago
and like just walking alone to school and like in other countries you shouldn't like you couldn't do that
they will think it's too dangerous when Japan can do it and it's normal actually to do it here
so it was actually quite shocking at first - yeah yeah
you're like "are you okay where is your mom?" that kind of thing - yeah
oh things you could do or would see abroad but you can never ever or won't see in Japan
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