Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese it's your flashy fashion reporter CathyCat
Today we are gonna hit the streets of Tokyo and ask the Japanese people there
What they know about India
We have asked this before a couple of years ago
and let's be honest, the answer was generally just "curry" so I hope hope that now
this year, in the new age, people know a little bit more about India
So let's go hit the streets of Tokyo and Ask Japanese and don't forget to subscribe!
What are your thoughts on India?
What is the first thing you think of? - Curry
Same, curry and also that yoghurt from India...
That's my image, it's tasty.
Now I want to eat curry
Where is the capital of India?
(talks with friend)
Well I heard of it but I didn't know New Delhi is the capital
What is your image of Indian men?
They have clearly defined faces, so they look really cool.
They have a similar height as us Japanese, they are not so tall.
They are about 170m tall and they wear thin clothing
Many just wear a t-shirt and jeans here.
The Indian staff at my curry place is cool.
What is your image of Indian woman? - They have many beautiful girls there.
They have deeper features between eyes and nose, different to Japanese people
They seem bright.
Have you heard of the traditional clothing item called Saari? - I wore one of those at an international event
At our school festival we were allowed to wear traditional dresses from other countries
We had the chance to wear a sari there. I was surprised that this traditional wear is worn daily by people
It seems to me that people from India respect their own traditions a lot.
How did it feel to wear a Sari? - I was in primary school so I didn't know how to wear it right
I was impressed how girls my age in India would manage to wear it by themselves daily.
I needed help from a friend to wear it.
True, in Japan, Yukata and Kimono are rarely worn daily.
We don't yeah. We wear western clothes or clothes from different countries
and some things we made Japanese
Do you know anything about Indian history? - Buddhism
Oh that's where Japan got it from?
Japan is a buddhist country but it is not from here, it comes from India.
This is where Buddhism was born.
When I say India you think of what?
- Curry! - Eating food by hand
Scarves - Scarves?
These things that are worn, what are they called....
Turban? That's the name of my local curry place!
Does Japan learn a lot about India from local curry restaurants - Would be curry yeah
What is the capital of India?
New Zealand
Not that one.
- Heard of New Deli? - New Deli?
I have never heard of it - Me neither
Have you heard anything about religions in India?
They cannot eat pork
Hinduism
What is your image of girls and boys in India?
What?
The girls have a red dot here.
Can only think of Curry
Curry... and a high population
And apart from that?
There are camels
Am I wrong mate? - I don't know either
What religions are there in India? Hinduism and such
What is your image of Indian boys?
They have some really high class celebrities there, is what I think.
I think they are eating curry every day.
What is your image of Indian women? - I do not have one really
My image is that they are having some sort of veil on top
Do you learn anything about India in Japanese textbooks?
We don't really learn much about India in school, just about the clothes and such. - True
Is there anything you would like to do in India? - I wanna eat real curry and naan there
They seem to have so many spices there. I want to mix them and eat them.
The contact point of Indian and Japanese culture is food then?
Yeah I think so.
When I say India, what do you think of first?
India?
Elephants... and curry - Curry too
What is your image of Indian woman?
They hide their bodies.
Do you mean their fashion is less revealing? - Yes
Alright the answers were already better than a few years ago but
We can do better. Think about the different types of religions or
think about Diwali the festival of lights
think about music, Bollywood
there are so many more things to know about India
If there is anything we should know about India, let us know in the comments down below
I am sure there is lots more you guys would like to share and
want people in the world to know about
Post it down below, looking forward to your comments,
If you love Japan and want to find out more about Japanese people
and life here in Japan, then maybe watch the video we did before
Check out this one here.
That's the one video we did earlier and in comparison...
This year is doing a lot better but I think we can still do better
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