what's it like being a foreigner in japan
will there be a lot of i caught you staring moments
or most of the time is it us being self-conscious and uncomfortable when we don't have to be
well we'll be discussing that today and helping you hopefully to have a
more comfortable less conspicuous trip in japan with a lot less head turning
it's your american friend anming here i've been living in asia since 2012.
I speak chinese japanese and now i'm learning korean
and i can tell you the biggest thing that's going to make you stand out is language
yes not speaking japanese basically speaking anything but japanese english spanish i don't
care and especially if you're someone who looks like me and you're speaking chinese
here in tokyo you're really gonna get some looks it it kind of goes a little like this
but what i've come to realize is you can say nothing at all
do nothing at all and still have these kinds of experiences
that's so funny i love just talking to people on the street
as long as they're nice i'll talk to anybody
one word that's all you need one word
i won't pretend that's the first time i've seen that because it's not it's not
i've seen that a lot
generally foreigners can get around the big cities in japan without a lot of staring but
if you venture off the beaten trail or go into the countryside you might run into more curious people
but honestly the best thing you can do to fully enjoy your time here in japan is to learn japanese
so start where i did with pimsleur's audio lessons i swear by this method so much
so that i'm now using it again to learn korean and i study it daily so i highly recommend you go
into the video description and download their free trial i love their method and you'd be surprised
you don't need a lot of language to really really impress people they might just do a double take
if you're a foreigner in japan you might get a few stairs a few shocked people but
generally it's not going to be anything over the top or crazy you'd have to do something
really big in order to get the classic japanese ehhhhhhh well let me just show you
living in japan as a foreigner for so long i've really grown to
find a lot of humor in these kinds of situations and making a connection with
people that you probably wouldn't ever have the chance to talk to
so when my japanese actor friend started teaching me sword fighting
in an attempt to promote his new video he's selling on amazon
we decided to take it to the streets and really embrace not fitting in and having a little fun
let's go buddy
Look it's a weeb.
jasmine fights random guy go
Jasmine vs random guy round two
get up
me versus random guy bye bye
A real guy that actually knows kendo.
we're just we're just faking it but don't tell anybody let's go to the next place
act normal everyone yeah act totally normal like this is not strange at all
Join in Kill Bill.
we're slicing up a random guy on the street i don't know thank you thank you
you're ruining everything
this is suddenly not as child friendly and family friendly as i
i intended it to be that shibuya for you man
Kill Bill girl don't even think you're stronger than me because you never win me
This is our director here's our director click the link in the description and check out the movie with Daichi
nice good good job everyone