yeah you said nights are empty yeah but
outside of Tokyo you're driving yes we
did
yeah no I'm surprised why because of the
Rugby World Cup hey guys and gals on ask
Japanese it's Cathy cat when you travel
you are in for a surprise generally
especially if you travel to a country as
diverse as Japan so this time we're
gonna go hit the streets of Tokyo and
ask the foreigners here what really
surprised them when they came to Japan
for the first time we're in for a treat
with this question also don't forget to
hit the subscribe button now so you
don't miss our future videos we put out
several videos a week and also don't
forget to take on the notification bell
so you don't miss them let's go and ask
for innocent Japan
surprised us was seeing how many people
were on the train at like 11 o'clock at
night you say not surprised about that
cuz back home there's hardly anyone on
the train during and Tuesday you like at
that time at night during the week yes
you see nights are empty yeah I'm not
going oh yeah wake not so o ever I go to
bed early to go to work
there's no a lot not like during the
wake really anything crazy wacky from
the shots to the toilets to the ha yeah
the totally yeah that's yeah we're not
hard to work out but I was like what do
we do you looking at all this I guess
not to impress any of those rolled
everywhere like everywhere attend it's
just like sorry different to Australia
so you said you didn't know which button
to push did you push one in the end no I
just pushed yes all these like privacy
and music and all this stuff and I
bought it I wouldn't happen yet I'm
scared about what will happen there's
usually an English explanation on the
right right if you've seen it yeah I
would say I haven't decided it very well
I'll give it a go next good luck
anything else that you can like think of
that you've seen like well anywhere in
Japan that like surprised you neutrons
were hard to work out yeah but there's
no rubbish bins anywhere yes
another Sri Lanka we got some some of
that sushi from the 7-eleven like in
that wrapper and we didn't have anywhere
to put it so I was just carrying around
our rubbish now back which is fine but
yeah I'm fine there yeah back at home
there's rubbish bins everywhere so I
thought was weird
yep if you've managed to find at least
one today yet no no one next to the
crepe store yeah yeah so we didn't I was
like it I wasn't like a proper rubbish
bin it was just like a small thing yeah
yeah probably only for the store
yes yeah so this is actually done to
have less rubbish out on the streets in
Japan what do you think about it though
well it's very clean well I guess is
working yeah
so it doesn't seem to be rubbish
anywhere whereas back home there's
rubbish still and there is been so yeah
it definitely seems to working even the
train stations are immaculate our train
stations at home were disgusting also
always just rubbish everywhere on the
trains and yeah but none of that here
so as easy working yes definitely wife
yet yes cars are driving on the left
side of the street because in Germany is
just the upper wayside and we'd love to
Japan with the car so first of first of
all we had to get used to it you're
driving right now
no right not not in Tokyo but outside of
Tokyo you're driving yes we did
yeah no I'm surprised why because of the
Rugby World Cup actually yeah but it's
nearly done you came here for the World
Cup yes yeah you decided to drive here
yes because it stayed like six weeks
here so it was the most convenient way
and the cheapest way we rented a car
yeah been very conceived in from
Yokohama
she took Fukuoka DITA and then back oh
right so usually you slept in the car -
yes right did you like never get in a
situation with me like turn into the
wrong side of the street it happened
sometimes first week when you enter a
roundabout that's complicated all along
the street then you maybe drive on the
left side you drove all the way around
do you never like get into trouble with
the road signs are there any signs that
are weird or anything like that most of
them are actually the same compared to
Europe what is more different are the
blinking lights
and in Japan even before the
construction starts there's always a man
waving with the flag be careful the
construction starts and then there's
another sign the construction starts so
like a kilometer before you know okay
the construction starts yeah it was kind
of interesting yeah
capsule very helpful very nice though so
one stuff there another stuff there but
making sure that everyone's safe yes
that's right that's right you have like
that guy with the popsicle glow stick
right yeah yeah you slept in the car so
what do you have to like to go to
designated places to stop the caravan
yeah you can actually sleep everywhere
if it's signed parking lot but to find a
per sign parking lot it's hard that's a
bit complicated more complicated but we
kind of were in contact with others who
rented a van as well so we always gave
information so alright I'm now in Kyoto
I found a spot so if you go to try it
out saved yourself a lot of money
because you could sleep in the car right
yes but we didn't know that most of the
parking lots in the cities they are I
mean you have to pay for them we didn't
know that beforehand but yeah we could
use it and then we look for a cheapest
parking space for like going here
covering around Japan I've been living
here for five years I didn't know about
these options so how did he find out
about that how did you research that we
just googled it actually and then we
found one company who offers like every
translation and communication in English
so that's what where we needed help to
get a translator driver license for
Japan and we're allowed to drive here
and take a loss Wi-Fi and of course
Google Maps I think that's very
it was very convenient that's so cool so
right now are you still sleeping in a
caravan oh yeah having a hotel yeah the
last five days instead of getting a
proper bed with pillows those were like
we shouldn't think is so much another
thing that surprised me when I came to
Japan for the first time was also the
amount of characters that are here
everything there's a merit mascot or a
character above everything the post
office has a mascot the police has a
mascot
everything has a mascot there's a good
point that was mentioned and generally
there's also utakata
utakata our mascots that represent a
certain prefecture so for example there
is a mascot that represents Saitama but
then within sytem of the different areas
in Saitama each have their own mascot
and sometimes earth certain city parts
have a mascot - so each of these mascots
again represents a certain area and
sometimes the mascot is printed on
certain items when they try to promote
that area so that is an interesting part
of Japanese culture I personally do like
you there's loads of cute characters out
there even though some of the yoru kara
are rather crazy like fanucci that was
one of the characters that moved so much
it's very yellow very very energetic and
it got very very popular nor short time
couple of years ago here in Japan you
might want to look into that
so that is know what surprised you about
Japan or mainly other cultures or
countries that you have travel to let us
know in the comments down below and
don't forget if you're new subscribe hit
the certification bell and if you've
been with us give us a like on the way
out
have a good day and catch you soon on as
Japanese