episode 15 when you move to another
country and watch someone live their
lives on the Internet
some people don't realize what your
everyday looks like when you start your
life over in another country you have to
find ways to keep yourself sane and
comfortable just because I live in Japan
doesn't mean I forgot how I was raised
and where I came from you have to make
this your home and build a lifestyle for
yourself your family is miles away and
so you need to find a balance and a way
of life that suits you if you plan on
living in another country forever but
that doesn't mean I have no Japanese
friends
it morning everyone excuse my red nose
it is allergy season flowers are in
bloom and if you have really bad
allergies in Japan this is the season so
I am sorry for my red nose hey I'm going
out with my friends to the new Starbucks
reserve that opened in naka megiddo and
then we're gonna go shopping because I'm
preparing for LA I'm going to LA in like
a couple weeks and I want to get some
clothes for Instagram and you know
photos because you know my boyfriend is
a photographer so I need something yeah
so I'm going to meet my friend Mariana
Gretchen and katya katya is from russia
Marianas from England but she is also
part Russian and Gretchen is from
America I have gotten this question so
often like why don't you hang out with
Japanese people honestly I invited some
Japanese people out today and they
couldn't come but it's not really
surprising because a lot of Japanese
people either a don't want to be on
camera or be they just are way too busy
today's a Monday a lot of foreigners
have days off that are like during the
week or something like that but most
jobs in Japan for Japanese people their
weekends are Saturday Sunday my days off
our Sunday and Monday and I know a lot
of people that have Monday's off a lot
of people that have Tuesday's off and
because of that because of the work
culture because I feel like a lot of my
Japanese friends work so hard they work
from like 9:00 to like 10:00 almost
every day or they have other things
going on family things it's just really
hard to make plans with someone that's
Japanese and I it's not that I don't
have Japanese friends it's that they
just are way too busy and I understand
that and I try to invite them and hang
out with them as much as possible but I
also want to respect their privacy even
like in Japan in general when I'm
vlogging like this a lot of people just
don't want to be seen on camera you
don't see any Japanese person carrying
around a camera or vlogging or anything
like that if you notice on some dating
apps
or like Instagram a lot of Japanese
people don't show their faces
it's just privacy reasons and the fact
that my friends are so incredibly busy
and you have to like plan way in advance
is the reason why I don't always hang
out with Japanese people this is my
breakfast today so I have some nut
butter cinnamon and banana and then I
have this little yogurt tiny yogurt
parfait it's like a mini one and yeah
and this is my coffee and I need to put
more coffee I love these things so much
time to get going it's raining and it's
cold and I'm still going out yay since a
lot of natives are from and lived in
Japan family obligations and work
culture for them is a big deal
a lot of foreigners tend to gravitate
towards each other because a it's a
release of stress and be at the people
you meet who are English speakers or
from where you live become more like
your family
so Mariana asked somebody where it was
when they said that way but we don't
know how far to go that way should we go
straight let's go straight I don't think
we're gonna be able to get in this looks
so busy is that the ticket this is the
ticket booth or whatever Starbucks
reserve was almost a three-hour wait
this days so we found a new cafe that
I've never been to called moki's cafe
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the place was covered in pastels and
great for a girls day out
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all right so we're at what's this place
called again the rat milk is because
they've decided to come here are five
reserve with three or four-hour wait
Gretchen found this really cute pancake
shop so I was talking about this morning
about how like because everyone's
commenting why are you always hang out
with boring people why do you not just
hang out with Japanese people all day
and I'm like I do have Japanese friends
but the thing is they're not available
as often as like you guys or something
because we have like similar jobs I
think these people they're always like
really exactly they don't want to be on
my camera it's not like I hate Japanese
me like I love Japan I brought everybody
today thank you for inviting me or
having me it's a really good shampoo
conditioner it smells awesome thank you
limiting yourself to only Japanese
people if you live in a foreign country
versus traveling or staying for a short
time is not always a good thing
meet others from both Japan and around
the world and learn about them open your
mind a little bit wider hang out with
others that you want to hang out with
don't feel ashamed about who you spend
your time with when you live here
ultimately it's your life and your
decision I love my Japanese friends but
they aren't always available and when I
do hang out with them I just prefer not
to vlog it what you see on camera isn't
what I do every day I'm going to be
completely honest if you choose to live
anywhere where you would love to hang
out with more Japanese people all the
time and enjoy Japan to the fullest I'll
tell you my truth and my opinion do not
move to Tokyo as soon as I left I felt
it to be a busier place a lot of people
are short on time when I lived in Nagoya
however I had so many Japanese friends
and I loved it i felt like i was really
in japan a lot of the locals had more
time on their hands compared to the
people of tokyo and truly i'm kind of
sad that i left it behind
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how many steps okay honestly I love my
creative friends we see the world a
little differently I also love meeting
new people and just because I'm in Japan
doesn't mean I need to stop seeing them
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Japanese toilet okay I guess I guess
I'll go I usually don't go for these
ones but you know it's my only choice
too many people not enough time they
need like a fake Shibuya crossing for
pictures okay this is where all the
umbrellas come in where everybody is
hitting each other in the eyes and we're
off to forever 21 I want him the other
day and I didn't find too many things
but who knows maybe it changed it a
couple digby that's really cute no no I
just want to get you how many times you
say this is cute
this is cute
see anything you like mm-hmm oh yeah
then I don't get it Oh your whole entire
life is becoming swampy this is too
trendy this is not gonna last for long I
feel like this shirt would
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okay so I didn't have much luck in here
so we're gonna head to hmm this is so
pretty
$30 3,000 yen
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maybe I missed something I don't know
I'm having a hard time today
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18th I'm going on the 18th my boyfriend
for the first time ever she's from LA so
she was mentoring me today
Oliver umbrellas are just like hitting
each other in the face and like it's
insane camera ception
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so what else did you do today I'll show
you what I got for forever 21
I'm completely different lipstick on
because couldn't find my other ones but
I was going to try on some clothes for
LA and I just didn't have the energy
because I have to finish a video for
Nagahama so I'm gonna just do some
editing and I just only all I had for
dinner I forgot to film it but I had for
dinner was leftover grilled chicken and
some broccoli and some potatoes I didn't
really cook anything so yeah I just
today was just really high stress and I
only have one more day where I'm gonna
go out with some friends and maybe take
some photos and just enjoy the day no no
like Tokyo is is very congested every it
was just a lot but it's not a big deal
like I like I said before I love hanging
out with my friends who understand what
I'm doing and like my creative side and
they understand that I have you know
videos to make and like I said before
hanging out with foreigners is not a bad
thing well not every person in that
group today was from America I love
meeting new people and hang out the
people that's just who I am
Japanese people are very busy and work
life is very tough and harsh and I feel
like compared to their jobs our jobs are
a little bit more relaxed I think and
more foreign based
and it's very different anyway yes I do
agree I do need to hang out with more
Japanese people but I also feel like you
shouldn't limit yourself to just
Japanese people if you're living in
another country you should find your
community to feel you know a part of
something and a part of you should feel
like you're a part of a community as
well but also try to immerse yourself in
another culture and language so those
both of them those things are very
important when people say like you
should only hang out with Japanese
people or I should only immerse yourself
in culture and only speak Japanese and
only do this I don't think that's right
that's just my opinion leave a comment
down below what you guys think and yeah
I'm gonna go ahead and edit and sue God
ooh Apple sue God who is in Almore
prefecture and I used to live there to
go to Ben is like a different dialect in
Japanese anyway I thought I mentioned
that Japanese apples have like no skin
when they're like cut up and the reason
being is like Japanese people don't like
to eat the skin on fruit but I feel like
that's so bad because all the nutrition
is in the skin I have some peach yogurt
I was but I don't know why I was
expecting it to be like a pink color but
it's not and then I was gonna put these
apples on top as I lesson plan now I
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