it was an acknowledge... they acknowledged that you know you are showing a bit more skin.
Now I gotta ask what were you wearing???
(laughter)
my expectations was more like polite reserved people everyone here's like (beep)
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I think a lot more accommodating with the English language I thought it would be a bit more alienating than it is
but everybody tries to be as welcoming and
um I suppose make it easier for you especially if you're lost or things like that or if you
just need to ask any retail questions they'll do their best with Google translate all that
I thought it would be a lot harder than it actually is but...
what what do you think would have been harder what did you expect?
I expected that I would just be on my own pretty much I would have to Google Translate everything but it's
everybody wants to meet you halfway um which I thought was quite nice
You think you guys had like some sort of not a negative stigma but like an image of what a Japanese person is like
and has it changed over time?
I only think was probably the modesty thing I think as well just back home
I usually like this is a bit more of a modest outfit I usually dress a bit more extreme
This is modest!??!?!?! - yeah - HOLD ON
this shirt's.... this is modest?????
I usually a bit more unzipped at the top but I
I feel like that's kind of um still not as acceptable here um but I don't really mind it's
also Colder Weather so I don't feel like I need to but I think in the summer I would struggle a lot
So your image was that they're quite modest and coming here you were right?
I think a little bit yeah I think I got... I wore um a bit of my stomach showing on Halloween and I wasn't sure if I
got stares just because of what I was wearing or because of that um but I did notice it was um it
was an acknowledge.... they acknowledged that you know you are showing a bit more skin
Now i got to ask what were you wearing??? (laughter)
A very tight corset, tights and I had a very pretty pleated skirt that I thought was very nice and modest
because it was quite long but it did have a slit up the side
Halloween damn
What did you expect of Japanese people before you came and what has changed now that he here?
What have you learned about Japanese people?
My expectations was more like polite reserved people on trains and everything and then all of a sudden I'm here and
I'm making a ton of Japanese friends and we're going out like drinking and everything and parties and everything
everyone here is like more open than you'd think people would be
it might be the communities we live in because we're in language schools like so I live in a Share House currently
you get a lot of exposure, so it's half Japanese and half foreigners and so you get taken out a lot by them and you get
introduced to other Japanese people who are maybe more alike than you would think but in the same way
it's like not they're still very polite and still very normal and like the things that you would expect but when you go out drinking
first off Japanese people can drink you under the table all night long and then wake up at seven and go to work
I know it is the craziest thing I've ever seen in my life - HOW do they even do that!!!
I don't know - Waking up in the morning oh my God
and then I'll see like my share house mate they'll just be like getting ready and it's like 5 a.m like "okay I'm going to work" like wow
and like - so no names ....
but there is a girl in my house she comes home from work in her work outfit immediately grabs a bottle off the table
starts drinking passes out two hours later just changes her outfit and goes back to work
it is the most aggressive thing I've ever seen in my life
the like work fun life balance here is so good people can just like instantly get up and get going
oh one other thing is as a foreigner it's different now... so we came before the borders were open for tourists
but I did notice that I always thought like if you're going into a restaurant or you're going into a convenient or a cafe or whatever it is
or an Izakaya especially, the people there I thought it would be more nervous ordering because my Japanese isn't very good
it's like good enough to ask for directions and stuff but they're always super kind super interested in what you're doing
and we like whether we go out to a random bar at like 5 a.m...
that's the American Bar we went, there was a it was like the American theme bar and we're like that's the funniest thing you've ever seen so
we go in there and they don't like Americans...
What there's an American theme bar - In Yokohama
That doesn't like Americans?
well I don't know if it was just the language barrier but the guy was not happy that he had Americans in the American Diner
we can be a lot .... - we weren't even loud we just walked in we sat down he's just like ... and ignored us
yeah if you go in and you... like especially a small like side izakayas that you might be nervous to go into or like small ramen shops
that have limited seating if you go in and you're open and you're kind a lot of the times you'll leave with like pictures with the person who owns it
or the chef or the Cook or whoever it is and it's super nice be like if I had one tip for people coming here
like be more don't be loud or Rowdy but like be able to be comfortable talking to people even if you have limited amount of Japanese
maybe especially if you have limited amount of Japanese it seems that they're like " hey hey tourists!"
no it's so good.... we the other night we walked into this one bar right and there were only like six seats right
they're all full except two so it worked, we sat down and by 6 a.m we're singing karaoke with all like four of these people
we're just singing karaoke while in it all - like the worst pictures of us ever taken and like 6 a.m as we're crawling out of the place
sounds like a good night
yeah don't let my parents see this
what was your impression of Japanese people before you came and now that you're here has it changed?
okay so what I've thought about Japanese people was that they're usually very reserved and introverted
and when coming here it didn't really change much because I still feel like they're very more sophisticated
and they don't really talk a lot but I think that's because they're not really confident in speaking English
so when you try to get to know them a little more and also with the people that speak more English
they're really friendly and they always try to help
so still very reserved, what kind of circles are you in right now studying and working?
it's more students definitely but I also like on the streets whenever I go out like on a weekend so also meet a lot of people
and they're more open I guess
Are the Japanese people wilder in Kyoto? Or is it just the Student Life surrounding that give you different experiences?
something I would love to know and love to find out it's interesting to see that recently a lot of people saying, still to some people say Japanese people are quite shy
and it's hard to break the wall and other people say no it's actually totally fine but I guess it's it's probably nature nurture so it depends on the environment you're in
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