What was it called again? - Berlin? - Yes Berlin is right.
Oliver Kahn!
Hey guys and girls! Guten Tag it's Cathy Cat.
You know I am from Germany and I was wondering what do Japanese people think
when they think about Germany and Germans so let's go and
find out and see if they know something from Germany. Let's go Ask Japanese.
I said I am from Germany when we met.
What do you know about Germany?
If I say "Germany" what do you think of?
Beer and .... Sausages. That's it.
I have the image that's all they do. - Even now you met me?
I think Germans drink beer instead of coffee in the morning.
In Germany...
you have a line at the top of your beer glasses.
They do? - And if the foam
and not the bear touches it they complain.
I know there is a line, if there is only foam at the line, there is not enough drink in it yet.
Yeah I saw that somewhere.
That's my German image. - "There isn't enough beer in here." We would think that maybe.
What's the capital of Germany? - Berlin?
That's right it's Berlin. -Wow you knew it.
Do you know any famous people from Germany? - I don't know any.
What shall I do. - Who is from Germany?
We have no clue. - ok
You're famous and you're from Germany. - Nice way to save yourselves.
When do you hear about Germany in history books?
In school and such. - The Berlin Wall is famous.
The picture where they do that. - What do you mean? - Stretching the hand
out to someone on the other side of the wall.
We saw pictures of that in our books.
What do you think of when you hear "Germany"?
Sausages. - I think Goethe.
Wow! - I read about the man who wrote Faust
and the background. - Why Goethe?
I have a favorite anime.
The theme uses elements from FAUST and that's how I got interested.
and read Faust.
What anime? - Magical Girl Madoka Magica.
It is such a good anime right?
And you looked Goethe's Faust up for that reason? - I like literature.
And wanted to read foreign literature, found out about the connection to the anime
and that's how I started reading. - Anything apart from food girls? - Bismarck
What?!
Why do you know Bismarck?? - I remember we covered him in history
What did you learn about him? - That he was somewhat important.
He did something with France....
Something with France? - In Versailles...
he supported Napoleon?
Well he was an important person somewhat.
I did not expect to hear about Bismarck today. - Germans abide the rules - We do?
Yeah I heard Germans are stricter with rules than other countires.
That's similar with Japanese people.
Do you know any famous things from Germany? A city or such?
Well the Wall in Berlin got broken down. - Dortmund.
One of our Japanese sportsmen was there. - Not anymore?
A Japanese soccer player? - Yes he was playing for a team there
He went over to Dortmund first. - Vienna is different right? - That's
Austria! - Hamburg! -Weimar!
Volkswagen!
That's not a city name but that's from Germany too. - The Danube river
Danube is a city? - Nope. - The Rhein?
The Rhein is a river too.
But you both know more than anyone we asked today. You're the best ones.
Yay, glad to hear that. - Hamburg... I said that already. Frankfurt!
I know Frankfurt!
In Japan that means sausages again. - Frankfurter sausages.
Anything from Germany you can con-conjure?
Do you anything else from Germany?
Well, I want to be a doctor.
In Japan, the doctor has a patient sheet called "KARTE"
and the language on that is German.
It says the patients symptoms and medicine
and what conditions they have.
This paper will always be used when a patient visits
in Japan we used to write in German on it.
So disease names are written in German? - Many are.
Japanese medicine comes from Germany.
The language of medicine in Japan is often German.
Japanese and Germans get along, is what I hear
We get along with Germans.
What is similar?
I hear a lot that the personalities
of working hard and such are similar.
Beer and ... - Sausages.
I think of castles in the mountain in Germany.
Do you know a name of any of our castles? - Not at all.
But I want to see Germany the most.
Thank you. You wanna see a castle? - Yeah. - I am going next month.
I go. - You will? - For the first time.
Wow. - It's a travel course that also includes a day in Germany.
What do you want to drink or eat when you come?
That would be beer after all. - Germany....
has many bands that I like.
Eskimo Call Boy and We Butter
the Bread With Butter" I love them.
When I think of Germany I think of cool bands
Do they sing in English or German? - One sings in English.
The other sings German.
When I think of Germans...
I think they are a little similar to Japanese. We're diligent
and we take notes when we travel abroad.
Personally, many things I like are from
Germany. I love Germany.
What do you like? - Bands like the ones mentioned,
but also beer and such. I like the culture.
in Germany.
I like Guinness and the famous dark beer....
That's not from Germany. - I was wrong? Oh my.
But German food...
having beer and sausages makes me happy. That's the life.
Any person, building, city you know in Germany?
Oliver Kahn. - The Soccer player!
Yeah he was so famous. - I did baseball but still
did know about him
Oliver Kahn. And you? - Similar but
I like Alec Empire. The band.
He does digital hard and I like that genre
Germany is Alec Empire to me.
I think so. - You said since you were young?
For the last 20 years.
He first did LX Empire ...
I have liked him since primary school.
For me he is the biggest German influence. - Sausages.
Beer. - That's all we can say.
Nothing else but sausages and beer? - It's a cold country.
That's more in the North! - They wear a lot of layers.
Layers, well that's not wrong in winter. We layer
up in winter. - Germany seem to be famous for classical music
but maybe it's just Europe. Germany specifically
Somewhere there.
Do you know famous composers from Germany?
Someone who might be from Germany?
Where was Beethoven from? - And? - Mozart?
Australia is very close to Germany, I give you that.
How about Bach?
Do you know some history? - The Berlin wall?
We had that in our history text book
What did the wall separate? - North and South.
West and East. - Not North and South!
Do you know some German food? - Mashed potatoes.
Potatoes
There is also a sweet that Japanese people love...
You sell it here more than in Germany.
You can buy it anywhere. Looks like a tree. - You mean Baumkuchen?
It's from Germany? I didn't know that. - Yes.
Baumkuchen is from Germany. First time you heard that? - Yes.
Those were our questions. thank you.
So what do Japanese think of Germany (in German)
To my surprise quite a lot did not have basic knowledge
Which is guess if it's not taught, they won't know. Generally
the Berlin Wall was a predominant image that has been taught in history books.
Apart from that we get... beer and sausages...
I guess Germany is never gonna live down
that cliche. But there were interesting things like...
Goethe and stuff like that. I was like hey
I am glad you guys knew something from my country.
So I am sure that you guys are now very excited
to have your country in the "What do people..."
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