Evan: Hi everyone and welcome to a special edition of UK vs US
Evan: what?
Evan: Japan's here?
Sharla: Japan's here!
Evan: What? Special. What's your name?
Sharla: Sharla.
Evan: Sharla? Sharla: Yeah
Evan: How long have you been living in Japan?
Sharla: Ten years.
Evan: Oh my gosh, you've got quite the tenure
*noises of agreement*
Connie: Yikes! Sharla: What?
Evan: Ten years... tenure
Evan: PUNS!
Evan: Uh... Connie Glynn
Evan: ...not used to puns
Evan: Connie Glynn here is from England
Evan: and I'm from the US
Evan: and to today we're gonna have some fun conversations about
Evan: Who's better: UK, US or Japan
Evan: there's a lot of fun differences, lets go!
Connie: Heather?
Evan: Better
Connie: Better, who's better
Evan: Who's bedder
Sharla and Connie: Who's better
Evan: Speakin' of better
Evan: I got a better microphone right here
Evan: You can see it, it's better cause it's broke
Evan: DID YOU GUYS KNOW I'M IN JAPAN
Sharla: Surpriiiiiise
Evan: Surprise!
Evan: That's why I'm doing this video
Evan: Basically, Connie and I, and Dodie and Tom Egg
Evan: We've all been travelling around Japan
Evan: Uploading loads of fun travel vlogs
Evan: on my travel channel
Evan: and connie's travel channel whenever we get time
Evan: So we hung out with a new friend, Sharla
Evan: I think we're all sleep deprived and jet lagged
Evan: What is the religion like in Japan
Evan: Because I know, like, obviously the UK's very atheist
Evan: The US is very, very, very, Christian
Evan: And lots of different Christians-
Connie: I would say we're atheist leaning towards Christian
Evan: You're like Christian.. used to be Christian
Connie: We're like
Evan: I remember my past
Connie: Exactly
Evan: I remember Jesus
Evan: He was my friend
Sharla: Uh... Japan's interesting
Sharla: there's several religions, they just kind of take
Sharla: parts of each religion, whatever's convenient
Sharla: They're like, "I like christian weddings, we're gonna have a christian wedding"
Evan: So it's kind of like Jewish people with Christmas
Connie: But we saw some weddings happening in Kyoto and they were all in red
Sharla: Those are the Japanese style Evan: Oh Connie: Oh okay
Sharla: Some people do both or they pick one or the other
Sharla: and then funeral-type stuff is usually Buddhist, I think
Sharla: or maybe Shinto Evan: Okay, Buddhist funerals, so
Sharla: so... there's Buddhism, Shinto
Sharla: which is the Japanese religion
Sharla: and then Christianity
Sharla: It's kind of a mix of the three Connie: Is Shinto what all the shrines are?
Sharla: Yeah
Connie: Ah!
Connie: Now we know
Sharla: so.. yeah, it's interesting
Sharla: There's not really one dominant religion
Evan: That's nice
Evan: And you guys don't war over that?
Sharla: No
Evan: Wow, if only we learned that, so, Ireland Connie: Wow, we should take a lesson Sharla: It's a nice harmony
Evan: What is up with the queueing
Evan: I think we've been here for a week now Sarla: Oh jeez
Evan: and I feel like Sharla: You've spent most of it queueing
Connie: We went to Disney Sea and it was basically queue simulator
Evan: Oh my lord it was just...
Evan: literally we were walking around the corner
and there was a queue for like an hour
and we were like, "this must be the best ride ever!"
the ride... was popcorn
POPCORN!
I was gonna say, like, Disneyland makes sense
there's lots of people here
but there was this popcorn shop in Harajuku
and the line up will be like fifty people
That's what I just saw as well
also crepes
yeah, crepes, anything
I don't know how they do it
or why they do it
It's interesting, cuz me as an American,
when I go to Japan, obviously I want Japanese food
And I'm like, "oh my god, sushi!"
There's no queue
however, I'm like, "crepes?"
and everyone's like *ambiguously japanese noise*
caramel corn?
yeah I love caramel corn
Cuz I consider England to be... the capital of queueing
Really?
Yeah, that's what I thought as well before this trip
Coming here, it's like nothing
It's like a joke
Oh, "British people love queueing"
(True tho)
We love to queue!
They'll queue to the queue
and then I came here, and I'm like, "nah mate"
We gotta take lessons
Japan wins, hands down
I don't know why
It's because Japan's very strict with rules and formalities?
They're very polite when it comes to stuff like that
They're very patient
I feel like people really didn't care if the line was like two hundred minutes
No they don't!
No, in America they'd be like
"oh the line's like thirty minutes so we might as well just ride the teacups"
And that's why there's never a longer line than thirty minutes
Because people are like "I'm not gonna queue after thirty minutes"
Yeah, I'd rather walk round the entire park doing nothing
than wait in the queue basically
It's well know that Americans are very, uh
in your face and polite
especially in the service industry
"HEY can I help you!"
"What's going on, buddy old pal?!"
Whereas in England they're much more like
"Don't touch me."
"Don't talk to me."
Really?
If there are people working in a certain industry, like
You know they don't want to be doing it
So you don't expect much of them
And you don't get mad at them for not having amazing service
Because like
Who really wants to be serving in a restaurant
Whereas you guys- well, in Japan
They're very proud of everything they do
Yeah, they're very particular
The people who work in Macdonald's, for example
They love it!
They love their life!
They love it, and they're so, like, jolly
and they seem to be so proud
of working there, and it made the whole Macdonald's
just seem like a really nice environment
Like people would go there to study
Yeah I saw that!
They had live piano concerts?
In Macdonald's, just imagine
going to Macdonald's at two in the morning after a fun night out
And you just hear some live piano music
from a guy in a suit
Always very clean, and, yeah
People were doing their essays there
If I spent all night at Macdonald's it's because I made a bad life choice
*laughing*
One that I know I'm gonna regret the next morning
But even more with the interesting formalities
is that Uber drivers and taxi drivers
wear suits and ties
And they have little gloves!
They have white gloves!
It's so professional
British taxi stuff is like, very traditional
we have our black cabs and like, you kind of know
what your taxi driver's gonna be like
you have some good conversation
It is NOT the same in Japan
It's a luxury experience
They'll open the door for you
They'll like do all your bags
I mean, taxi drivers will like do you bags for you
in England, but it's not the same
How is the healthcare like in Japan
It's nice here
but I come from Canada, so I have high standards
You get seventy percent coverage
but you pay monthly
depending on your income
So tell me about healthcare in the UK
(Voice in distance) Oh! I'm really good at that!
Yeaahh
So Dodie's brother's here
Ian works as a doctor in the UK
The healthcare... do they care about the health?
*snort*
Erm
... It's kind of more about the money
It's private care with insurance
We love our NHS very much
but... that's the issue with private hospitals
in England is that they're very specialist
if you're in one of them and suddenly something else goes wrong
they might not be equipped to help you
In 'murica... we do everything
Great... also... you're in debt
forever...
I BROKE MY LEG
four months ago
IF you haven't heard, which I don't talk about all the time
And if you'd done it in America it would have cost
an arm and a leg
*exasperated snort*
HAHAHA
HAHA HA HA HA
Doctors can only train for one prefecture
If they want to move to another one, they have to do another exam
Thank you to our special guest Ian
for our healthcare knowledge
(all) SAYONARA
Next up: public transport
Yep. It's amazing.
Is it- I'm just gonna do a comparison here
UK vs US vs Japan, which is the video
Do you think Japan-
Japan wins.
Because I found the London Underground to be... so good
UK London Underground is pretty amazing but
I've never been to the UK, so
Oh ok
But my guess would be that Japan tops
The London Underground is like, really good
Are they on time?
Yeah, they're pretty much always on time
We're not talking about goddamn Southern goddamn rail jesus fucking christ
They're often doing a lot of work on them
So that is something you have to plan for
Japanese rail, I heard, is ALWAYS on time
LIke, religiously on time
If they're not on time they'll be freaking out
and like, oh my god I'm gonna lose my job
I'm like, two minutes late
Your rail system is so good for tourists
(except shinjuku station damnit)
Cuz we just got like a JR pass
And it's so good cuz it means we're out of the way
of all the actual citizens
whereas in England everyone's just messing around with their oyster
And they're like "what do I do with this??"
I feel like New York's is great, talking about America
but it's a bit dirty
I went on the subway once in NY
It was useful, it was fast
and you make friends because everyone in America chats with each other
and you can meet people
But I don't want that!
I like that, cuz I'm American, I want to chat!
I don't want people talking to me
If somebody talks to me on a train in England
then I know that they're drunk
and I don't want that
People will often just talk on the phone in England
Oh no you can't do that, that's against in Japan, no phones
No talking, no eating, no being loud
We were on the train from Kyoto, and
I was very lightly playing a video on my iPhone
and the guy came up to me and said
"nonononono"
Oh someone told you to stop!
It was really light as well
I felt really bad, and I was like "sumimasen"
Is western culture a big thing in terms of TV shows and movies?
TV shows not so much
music, yeah
you'll hear a lot of western music playing
in the shops, they love Dustbin Beaver
They love Carly Ray Jepsen
and LIttle Mix
So do you feel like manga and anime are now not so underground
I feel like a lot of people are accepting them in the western cultures
as a huge movement
yeah, I know people who would never consider themselves as like,
"anime fans"
who have watched things like One Punch Man
I LOVE One Punch Man
Yeah, it's really good
I haven't seen it!
I think we've had a good crossover
like, culture from Japan is hugely coming over to the US and UK
and also we're sending it right back
in the form of music
yeah, like, you can get matcha frappucinos now in Starbucks
in England, FINALLY
The US is known as a melting pot
we've loads of different cultures involved
the UK, especially London, there's loads of different cultures
I've only seen Japanese people here
Yeah, it's very...
It's like 99% Japanese
or 95% Japanese
95% Japanese!
wow! I actually haven't experienced that in like, ages
I'm used to seeing lots of different people
It's interesting
It's very strange
I kind of like it, in a way
that I'm going to a place that's full of people
that aren't like me
Yeah, it's exciting
..experience their culture
It's nice, in a way
but, for someone like me
who's been here for ten years
you kind of never fit in
you're always standing out
it doesn't matter how long you've been here
NO GUNS in the UK and Japan- no one gets shot!
What's up with that?!
SO... I've heard that in Japan, you
live with your family until you're married
Is that true?
I mean, it's just different to what I'm used to
There's not like any stigma to still living with your family
when you're in your, like, late twenties
Cuz, like, imagine dating a guy-
No, there really isn't
Really?
I think that's really good!
My stepdad was always like, you have to
be a self-sufficient man by eighteen
you gotta have your own car
and your own job
and get out of the house
and I was like "I don't know, I have school, dad!"
And then you moved to England and did it anyway
YEEEAHH
After you're married, some people still live
with the family
to take care of them
Oh wow, ok
Yeah...
Very family-orientated here
Food in England
We have like our standard ones, KFC
Burger King, Macdonald's
Subway (US US US US)
And they're all just US companies
You guys got Pret
...fish and chips
Yeah, but we don't have any fish and chips
fast food
WE do in the US, it's called
Long John Silver's
Really??
Yeah, most of our fast food comes from America
America just brings all the fast food
Is fast food popular, here?
Oh yeah, definitely
'Cuz I heard you can't eat while walking
You can't eat while walking.
But that's the only time I-
If I'm going out somewhere, I just wanna eat
a corndog, have a sandwich
no, you're not allowed to eat while walking
I feel like those foods are designed to be eaten on the go
What's the point in fast food if you have to be slow eating it?
Yeah, do people always just
find time?
They come into the restaurant
like, scarf it down
and leave
But what about the stuff you buy
from like, Family Mart?
*arguing*
Yeah, cuz I opened
it in Family Mart and everyone went
*outraged noise*
SORE WA NAN DESU KA?!??!?!!?!?!
It's the only expression I know
I'll teach you more
In England, they like
want to have people to like
do free overtime and stuff
but apparently us entitled millenials
who won't do that are really
bad, for wanting to only work the hours we're getting paid for
but I feel like it's a progressive
change, like
cuz our generation is like
"people should work the hours they're getting paid for"
In the US we just don't have any
benefits at all
well, there's just...
we're run by capitalists that don't
think workers should be entitled to
more than two weeks of vacation
or, y'know, sick days
I dunno, most jobs I worked when I
was like, growing up
even minimum wage jobs, I didn't get a single day
paid holiday
Really?!?
I worked five years at a
pizza restaurant
and not one day did I get paid holiday
when I worked at an Urban Outfitters in the UK
for two months
they were like "you get two days of paid holiday"
"every month"
WHHAAATT??!!?
wait, what?
I'm working minimum wage!
and they're like "yeah...?"
This feels so nice!
Cuz I've loved all my jobs I've had in England
i had three jobs before I like
became a full-time Youtuber
and they were always really good
I earned a good amount of money, and I didn't
have to make it my whole life
it was just my job
I would say Japan for part time stuff is
a bit similar to that, you're not really
entitled to do hours of overtime
but once you join a company and you're a full time worker
it's hell, like that is your life
You know what, tea
is a thing in the UK (no shit really)
and also in Japan but not in the US
in the US it makes me actually angry
like, i will go into a restaurant and I will
order a cup of tea, and they will
bring me some *bleaurg*
we have "delicious" sun tea and ice tea
NB. THAT'S NOT TEA
and it's super sweet, right?
TEA IS MEANT TO BE HOT
and it's mean to be...
seved in a lil' teacup
OK I'm gonna be honest, we've had
tea three times in Japan so far
and every time I have gagged
with how bad it was
NOOOO you've been having the like, free-
THE FREE STUFF
Oh my lord
just imagine, like
cold water that someone just drips this green
mucus- powder in-
IT'S NOT THE SAME
THIIIIING
I was going to let you continue
but it's time to talk about toilets
TOILETS in Japan are
either really cool, or really bad
TERRIFYING
whereas in England and America
I think, mostly they're the same
I think, having used the great Japanese toilets
British toilets just seem rubbish
So, first of all the seats are heated in Japan
HEEEAATEED SEEEAATS
I have one in my appartement
It's freaky but it's nice
It's really nice
Imagine getting up in the night
and you need to pee
and you sit down on the loo and it's like
*mildly sexual noise*
So, in Japan
after you're done
you can like, squirt your butt
I was really scared it was just gonna splash
but it doesn't!
it's really accurate!
it's like, here's where your hole is
Boom!
it's like a laser beam
I haven't used it yet
it makes me nervous
I use it a lot and always increase the pressure
and it's really nice
it does a good job
however, i do have this weird phobia
that i'm going to forget to flush
and when I squirt
it's gonna squirt my poop right up my butt
*awkward laughter*
Can't that happen??
Cuz it's my nightmare
*more awkward laughing*
I have to stand up and go, "you gone?"
Ok ok ok okokok
the thing i was getting really excited about
is that sometimes
when you sit on the loo it will start playing music
or like, water sounds?
YEEAAH so that people
can't hear you peeing
That's really nice
that's such an ideal toilet experience
however, there also is
like, I was in Kyoto the other day
and there on the ground was just a hole
How was that?
I didn't know how to use it
I peed in it, but I was like
I can't squat, what am I supposed to do?
WHOOM
And I can't squat, I've got a broken leg
i just don't know.. if I'm ready for that
India was only holes
Everywhere?
Pretty much everywhere...
they're supposed to be better for you, those toilets
That's what people say
Better than a heated seat that sings to you??
*Laughing*
I beg to differ
That's basically an interesting discussion
You can tell us below if you'd rather live
in Japan, the UK or the US
Yup
Cuz I think these were pretty interesting
I learned a lot
just from you talking about this
Right? I've never been to the UK
You should visit, it's really lovely
We both live in London
I would love to visit
ANYWAY
Thanks for watching this video
if you want to check out
her channel here, Boop boop boop boop
Connie's channel below, and also if you want
I mean, I'm doing travel vlogs
Every Single Day of this trip
really cool japanese vlogs
thanks for watching, I'll see you guys next week
goodbye.
*clapping*
Well done everyone
especially the subtitler, who gave up revision time to do this why did I decide this was a good idea fml