Beer....
Ah
- Handsome boys.... - ... who all eat sausage
(in German) Hallo Leute, was wissen Japaner eigentlich über Deutschland?
What do Japanese people know about Germany?
My mother country! Let's go find out, hit the streets of Tokyo and Ask Japanese!
How's your geography looking?
I am bad at it - Me too, and you?
Not really a champ
Where do you think I am from?
- America - America?
What is the first thing you think of when I say "germany"?
Beer....
Sausages....
Ah there it is
The Beer and Sausage image is strong
And ... potatoes
Bread....
Hey that is all just food and drinks...
Alright what is the capital of Germany?
Aaaah no idea - Oh noooo
If Frankfurt wrong?
That was definitely wrong
It starts with a B
Germany's capital start with a B.... Buenos Aires?
We had a wall there.... - That's Berlin!
I am so glad I got that right
How did you find out about the Berlin Wall?
We learned about it in social studies in school
Do you know any German history?
That is all we learned
We learned that the Wall of Berlin is famous.
They only picked that up and that's all we talked about.
Have you heard about Germany, Japan and Italy being the so-called Axis Powers?
We heard about that in the anime Hetalia - Hetalia
In Hetalia Germany is personified as a colder character.
They seem like they are perfectionists and leaders.
That's an image I got of Germany's national traits...
There is a scene in Hetalia where Germany slaps the table and tells everyone to pull it together - Right
They are kinda muscly - And focus on one task
Straight line thinking - Like that!
The anime focusses on a lot of different countries
Germany is one of the ones who tries to propose things
They seem to propose ideas and are influential
And they made cuckoo clocks for Italy...
Thoughts on Germany's men?
Robust and Muscly
I think German men will be happy hearing that
The image I have of German men is that they work out a lot
They seem to be strong drinkers
You're not wrong.
Looking at them, they seem strong
Japanese boys are very thin and slender
But Germans seem to be muscly and bulky
They look strong and cool.
And German girls?
My image is that they are slender and tall beauties.
My image is that they are calm and graceful
My German friend is graceful. Almost like a young lady.
I have a really soft image of her.
With your friend, did you notice a moment when Japanese and Germans differ?
The length of our legs....
her legs are so long and sleeeender
I started hiding my own
Apart from looks, what other interesting differences did you find?
We were once fighting and she spoke German that I did not understand.
When she is angry she returns to German!
She said something in German that was definitely not Japanese.
But I apologised even though I didn't know what she said.
The way Japanese and Germans get angry is different?
Japanese can hold a grudge for a long time, but she does not do that.
If I appologize, she forgives me and doesn't treat me differently the next time.
It was like that with us
When Japanese fight, even long afterwards the atmosphere is bad between girls
people put up a wall and some distance
I know a lot of half Japanese friends
When we fight, the next day we meet the act totally nice and normal.
I was first surprised but that closeness...
avoids awkward moments and we can stay friends that way.
I am from Germany and today I hope to find people who know something about Germany.
What do you think of first when I say Germany?
Beer - and?
No idea at all
There is a sweet that Japanese people eat and love a lot
It is round round round and you cut it
Baumkuchen?
Bingo - I got it!
Did you know it's a german sweet?
I didn't
Do you know the capital of Germany?
Nope
If I say WALL you say.... - BERLIN?
That's it
Why do you say that after I say wall?
I saw something on tv about it
What's your image of German men?
- Handsome men - ... who eat sausages
And the ladies?
- pretty women - ... who drink beer
Alright, it wasn't all that... too much but...
Hetalia, the anime in which every country becomes a person
so every country is personified
has Germany as a character in there
and a lot of people in Japan got their image of Germany and how Germans are like
Thanks to that anime
Thank you anime for spreading a little bit of knowledge about Germany
Last time when we asked this question we had some people with knowledge about Germany
thanks to Madoka Majika
Seems like anime is doing a great job in getting cultures out there that
might not be so known to Japanese people, also...
having a german acquaintance is very important
It makes me feel the pressure because I always need to be my best person now
Because I might be the only German reference for all my Japanese friends around me as well
Gotta be my best self every day
Do you know anything about Germany, can we have something positive in the chat?
Do you know something about art, music or culture, pop it in the comments below PLEASE
Please tell me that you know something about Germany that is not just sausages and beer
I challenge you
Thanks for checking us out, we have done a couple of videos in German
And videos about differences between Germany and Japan so be sure to check out this video...
To find out more about the differences between germany and Japan. See you guys bye
Nice nice Director
Was geht ab? Alles klar?
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