First the dog ran down the street and next a naked lady was chasing him?
Trying to catch the dog yes.
We have many timid people in Japan. We are not crazy like that.
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Today we're gonna go and ask Japanese people if they think Japan is a "crazy" country.
You might have seen it from TV shows and similar things in your country
but do Japanese people think that their own country is actually as crazy
as maybe portrayed in the Western media.
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Do you think Japan is a crazy country?
That looks good.
I vote NO.
Abroad they run repeats of an old TV show that Takeshi kitano did.
It was called "Takeshi's Castle".
Do you know it? - I do!
Shows like that are often used to portray Japan as a "crazy country" in the media.
Is that so? I didn't know that.
But you voted NO.
Why do you think it's not?
We have been taught about these things from when we were young.
So things like that don't feel weird to us.
Foreign media portrays wild gameshows and flashy sweets...
that's how they create the crazy image. But what does the real heart of Japan look like?
It's normal. This is normal.
I have been living here. So I think this is normal. I think that abroad is more bewildering.
What's crazy about abroad?
What "crazy foreign" things can you see in the Japanese media?
I think abroad does more whacky things.
Whacky? Such as?
I saw a foreign TV "surprise camera" show. It had a naked lady in it.
When did she appear?
A dog is holding a bra in his mouth and is running away.
A naked lady will be chasing him, and the camera picks up people's reactions.
A young man is the one who gets pranked.
They will then all react to the naked lady running down the street.
You could never do that in Japan!
First a dog runs down the street and then a naked lady chases him.
He has stolen her bra, yes.
What country was that from? - The USA or the UK.
Showing that to Japanese people... - I was surprised. So strange.
You wouldn't see that on Japanese Tv - Not at all.
I have seen a TV show here where one dresses up as dinosaur and attacks the staff in the studio.
You see dinosaurs or Sadako "the ring" ghost pranks a lot here. Those are alright.
Wait. Dinosaurs and Ghosts are normal? - Doesn't make us feel uncomfortable.
But a naked lady... - Makes us feel uncomfortable.
The shows shown on TV abroad are old, from when there were less regulations.
People seeing that might think that we are crazy and have many unique people here...
But we are getting more and more regulations.
Recently people are scared of getting made fun of if they show their unique personalities.
In towns, around Harajuku and Shibuya, there are still some unique people but...
But if you look at Japan in total, it is not crazy at all.
Many are very timid. That's why this country is not crazy at all.
I have been to abroad before. But the image that foreigners have about Japan...
is really different from how it really is.
When I speak here with foreigners who live in Japan...
They often say "YOU are crazy but Japanese who are not shy are actually quite rare."
Foreigners who live here know that many Japanese are shy.
They know that Japanese don't dare to be unique. We are a shy country. - Well said.
I have been raised in this country and am used to it. It doesn't feel weird to me.
Is abroad crazier than Japan?
People who smoke marijuana and take the train under the influence.
Trying to start something. In Japan you would never find someone like that in public.
That's the dangerous "crazy" side of abroad. Also furthermore...
When you walk though town. In a local place. Not a tourist spot...
the percentage of people being unique is totally different.
In Japan we all wear what's trendy. Abroad people wear the trend but combine it with their unique
different hairstyle and such.
They can express the crazy unique parts of themselves freely.
This is the good side of crazy. The bad one is drugs.
They smoke it normally. - Where did you go?
I went to Los Angeles.
Abroad is crazier than Japan. - It's crazier! Japan is peaceful.
Japan has many perverts.
Being more specific? There are more perverts here?
Yes we have a lot of perverts.
What type?
The otaku type.
We have a lot of anime otakus, and otakus in general.
Many of them are perverts.
I heard that Japan has more fetishes compared to other countries.
Do you think countries abroad are more crazy because of what you saw on TV?
Pretend murder scare pranks would be too scary for Japan.
I have seen one from abroad.
I heard in Japan are underwear thieves and such. Is that true?
Yes they exist. That's a thing.
It happens to women who live in apartments. The first floor is an easy target.
Women who want to avoid that, decide to live on the second floor.
The TV shows we see abroad, are they true or is it different from reality?
I think those shows are true.
But crazy variety shows, don't happen in daily life... I think... right?
Stuff like that happens to TV personalities but not to normal Japanese.
Comparing Japan and abroad, which is crazier?
Abroad is a lot crazier.
The level of prank scares is different between Japan and abroad.
Things like the murder clown scare are too cruel.
Some pranks there are tasteless. - They use weird tools.
Even horror scares are different. We have ghost scares at the corner of the screen.
Abroad there is a mummy popping out chasing people. A different type of horror.
Those were our questions. Thank you.
Is Japan a crazy country or not? Most Japanese people said no.
That's because they are used to the crazy TV shows that exist here in Japan.
Also, they said there are many crazier shows abroad...
you always need to think, what does the media feature.
At the same time you have crazy shows from Japan on your TV
Takeshi's castle or similar. Japan does the same thing vice versa and they pick crazy TV shows from around the world
and screen that in their programmes, so the crazier it is, the more it will sell, right?
So they pick on purpose crazy things that make abroad look absolutely insane.
Those are the kind of things. However, I still think there are more crazy TV shows in Japan.
Than I have seen anywhere else in the world.
A couple of those that I have seen for example...
The contestants have to wear a velcro suit and then jump on a trampoline and the higher you
jump up on another wall that sticks to the velcro, the higher your point score will be.
That was a random one I have seen.
Another one with comedians they had the S&M dinner...
One was eating dinner and he had his brain measured, the reactions of it.
The other person had to try and create a reaction in the brain of the other person.
While they had a first class meal that usually they can'T afford, the other one had to try and
distract them. What one comedian did, they put a lot of pegs all over their face.
And pulled it off in one go. That was random.
That did cause the other person to stop eating because they had a reaction.
Another really weird one I have seen... I hope that show doesn't exist anymore.
They had a show where all women had to tell a story.
And in the end they would decide who of all those women was the worst woman.
Then the show host would dress up as a bee and have a massive squeaky hammer.
and hit her on the head several times, chanting that she is a bad woman...
until she started crying and that was the end of the show...
That is ... the most random thing I have ever seen.
There are a couple of very weird TV shows. Some of them are actually made that way.
Some of them are not really on TV but some of those I told you I saw on TV a couple of years ago.
How about you, have you seen any crazy things about Japan?
Let us know in the comments down below. Any TV shows or anything.
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