No that's my face! I was trying to give instructions.
That's a common trope! - It is! Snaps of their brand wallets.
Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese, it's Cathy Cat. We would like to know how
Japanese people make their instagramable pictures. And that's
what we're gonna do. We're gonna hit the streets of Tokyo and Ask Japanese.
Do you have a picturesque pic? - This is the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
Wow, that's so beautiful. - Yeah
Wow. - It's nice right.
How many pictures did you take there?
About 200 - That looks so picturesque.
I think natural lights are best, not spotlights
and such. Natural light makes the best shots.
I was taking pictures of the clothes I designed.
That's a snap from that.
Wow super cute.
I like dolly clothes.
What's special about your picture?
When I designed these clothes...
I collected things girls like
and thus thought about flowers,
frill and lace. I included it all.
This looks like a location shoot? - That was at school.
There is store at the school.
It closes at 6 and the shutter closes. That's where I took it.
In front of a shutter? - It was white there.
I needed a white background. That's why I picked that place.
When you put up pictures, what is picturesque for you?
When you select your clothes with it or so?
Or do you sometimes fail?
Stuff like this often happens. That's me but...
- Is that a thumb? - No that's my face!
I was trying to give instructions, and they pushed the shutter.
Cute right. - I was telling the girl with the phone what to do
the moment I moved, she pushed the button.
That happens a lot? - It does.
There's a word we learned "picturesque"
What type of pictures do you generally take?
Recently, I graduated from university wearing my Japanese hakama clothes
It looks wonderful. - I like taking pictures of buildings
Buildings. What's interesting to you?
That they're so tall.
What else is interesting apart from size.
I like how old and retro Harajuku station is.
This picture here.
I went to Kyoto for our graduation trip. We all wore Yukata clothes,
and took pictures.
It looks like a tea commercial. - Yes, he is holding green tea
and since he looked like a tea commercial
we told him to hold it when taking the pic.
He is handsome. - He fits with the whole atmosphere.
I think handsome guys are picturesque
Handsome men are instagramable? - They are.
This is a pic taken from the sunset from Skytree.
You can look so far. - I thought that at the time
it suddenly got sunny and we could see the sky.
That's a wonderful moment you got there.
Just before the sun disappeared.
This one here. That's a picture of
the chandelier in the cafe near my house.
Iwakura Tomomi, you don't know her?
A famous Japanese person had this one in her second residence.
Their chandelier.
There is a time stamp. Was that not take with a phone?
I changed it with an app, that's recently popular in Japan.
I edited it with that. - This is the back view
So cute! - I wanted to show the orange bow
and that's why it's from behind. - this orange bow accentuates the picture.
I like orange. That's why the clothes are red,
and the orange adds the extra accent.
I think it looks like from an anime and super cute.
What makes a pic instagramable? - The Japanese pattern on the clothes
I like it a lot and wore it to my graduation too.
I wish I could have gone to that ceremony too.
I went to Nagasaki and the sun was just setting
I took this pic from the bus. It was so pretty
I thought it was picturesque.
You won't believe it was taken from the bus. - Exactly.
That's why I picked this. - Did you upload it?
I uploaded it on Twitter.
If you see scenes like that, do you take even more pictures?
On that journey I took about 100 pictures.
This is me. The light was so pretty
It was a light up display. My friend took
this picture for me. - There was light inside that dome?
There was a little decorated dome...
and it had lots of shining lightbulbs inside.
And then just me standing inside. - You posed too.
I did. It looked like I could grab them.
I stretched my hands out. - Nice one. That's a picture that I would take
with a dreamy set. Nice one. What's picturesque to you.
Well we want people to watch it...
Trendy things generally tend to get more likes.
Things like the sunset and such.
They look pretty even if you see them every day.
The light is sparkly, and when you think it looks pretty
it makes a pretty picture.
What pictures are popular on instagram?
In general? - Colorful foods
True, colorful foods get likes.
In Harajuku even the cheese is colorful.
I think ocean pictures are popular with my friends
Jumping at the ocean. I see those a lot.
Walls that have pictures on them!
Girls upload pictures of makeup and beauty items.
Or cute pictures of skin lotions and such.
That's on instagram.
Girls use apps to make a pic stand out
editing is important!
That's a common trope! - It is!
Girls take pics of their brand wallets too.
It looks like they just put it down, in truth it took a lot of time to make.
It always does! - They probably take a lot of pictures to get this snap.
Do boys do selfies. I take a lot, how is it with you?
I don't selfie. I ask people to take pics for me.
I like taking pictures too but not selfies.
This is a hairstyle pic. I get my hair done near here at a famous
hairdressers called ocean tokyo. After my hair gets done,
I feel different,
So I take pics to see the before and after
in selfie mode.
Thank you so much.
So that's how Japanese people take their instagram¥able shots!
Mentioning instagramable shots!
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