The police would be called on you - The police would tell them!
If they don't look forwards they are a nuisance and can bump into people!
And they do this on the train - True! They spin like crazy
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The foreigners, the tourists are back in Tokyo after almost three years
And so are some of the annoying and upsetting things that some foreigners do here in Japan
You don't wanna be one of them, so let's find out what you must definitely not do when you come to Japan
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The foreigners are back in Tokyo. Can you see a change?
That's right - There are so many. I see a lot of them.
There are a lot of tourists and now we see that some do not know the manners here
or that they annoy people knowingly or un-knowingly. So that is why
today tell me manners in Japana and what foreigners should not do when they come
Do not eat or drink on public transport!
Trains?
On trains and busses, spillages might cause a lot of nuisance to everyone. Don't do it.
Why is that a rule?
The sounds are a nuisance - We have to be quiet on public transport too
Right. There are people trying to sleep on the train, so you got to be quiet on the trains
What else must we not do?
Left and right on the escalators is decided - Who goes down first and such
That's a rule here right. - On the left of the escalator
On the left people can stop
And the people on the escalator who walk will be on the right
In Tokyo you stop on the left and walk on the right
At a supermarket you cannot open the food before buying it
I see that a lot abroad
Because they intend to buy it later
You can buy it and eat it outside
You are not allowed to open it inside the store
What happens if you open supermarket food before buying it?
Someone would tell the police - The police would tell you off
The foreigners are back, and our viewers are mainly from abroad here.
What must you not do in Japan... you nail .... just flew off...
You should never pass food from chopstick to chopstick
You should never give food directly from chopstick to chopstick
Do you know why?
Why? - I think it is just manners?
After cremation, people's bones get passed like that to the family. It looks similar to that.
That is why you don't do it with food - What?
Any other chopstick manners you know?
When lifting a bowl to eat, you should do it with your non-dominant hand
Make sure you hold the bold near your mouth when you eat
You gotta hold it - That is better
Or hold up a small dish when picking items
When picking up food, pick up your plate and put it on there.
And being bad at chopsticks looks dirty too
Crossed chopsticks are not good
I thought I did everything right but I still learned something thanks
You should not smoke on the streets. In Shibuya there are foreigners smoking outside of the designated smoking areas
I think foreigners smoking in public is a problem
You are not allowed to walk and smoke in Tokyo? - But I see foreigners do that
You wanna tell them it's a no?
It smells so bad too. There are also Japanese who don't know their smoking manners.
But we have dedicated smoking areas for smoking.
I know it's fun but please don't block the road when live streaming
With the camera here - Yeah. Like walking like this with your camera
I don't like to be in their video without permission, and they should look forward when they walk
If they bump into people it's dangerous
When filming people, please ask if it is ok
Yeah that's so important
I don't know who is watching that stream. It's scary
There are so many foreigners who stream like that recently
- And I am here - They try to get us into their stream on purpose.
If you do it like that, people behind you will be in the shot
There are some who do it on purpose
"Look at those people!"
Some are like "look Japanese people" but we are not rare, since we are in Japan
I hate it when people film me like "look at these Japanese people here"
That's a nuisance
And you? - I want foreigners to stop recording their voice messages loudly in the street
Or loud phone conversations on the train
All Japanese people try to be quiet on the train
If someone has a loud conversation on the phone, we can all hear their conversation
It's a nuisance.
Japanese trains are so quiet too - Yes
This is a story my friend told me
She was wearing her school uniform and a foreigner asked her if he could take a picture of her in her cute uniform
She didn't want that and said "no"
But he still took her picture against her will
He didn't even take a picture together, just a picture of her alone.
She really hated it that he took a picture of her against her will
When we say no, then foreigners should stop doing it!
You can't just go and take pictures of school girls that's a NO. If they say no...
You need to stick with their no!
Uh! Foreigners walking in one line - Yeah
They have to keep to one of the sides, otherwise we cannot go round them.
Tell us why
They come in big groups and block the streets. It pisses us off.
So annoying
That just happened now! A big group of tourists blocked the entire busy shopping street
They didn't even notice they did it - True
Places like Shibuya have small streets and many people
When they all line up and block the way, it's a nuisance
That happens!
I get what you mean Director: How many people are ok?
How many people can walk side by side?
2-3 people can walk next to each other
3 is already the limit
Walking next to each other should be a max of 2 - Yeah next to each other
And 4 people?
Split 2 and 2 behind each other
And 5 people?
- 2 then 2 then 1 - Or just about 3
Squeeze together - Yeah. Japanese people...
If you look, Japanese people split the road into right and left traffic, following the person before them
If you all walk in one long line, you disturb the foot traffic
The whole traffic gets messed up
So look what people around you are doing? - True. That one.
Anything else - When arriving at the station...
Please get off the train if you are in front of the door to make space
Stop blocking the train doors - Yes
Some people are doing this silly dance when they are blocking the door - They do. They spin around.
Let me add some things on top that you definitely should not do
You will probably be traveling by train right?
First of all please line up before you go into that train and do not cut in line
People get very angry if you do that
Secondly don't snatch someone's seat
Don't block the seat with your luggage
Don't spread eagle it and block two seats at the same time
And also if you have heavy luggage don't have it on the seat next to you
Put it on the rails on top and...
If you have a backpack try and take it off so you don't bump into other people
That is so hated. Because the trains in Japan are so crowded you will really annoy people if you act up
And also don't talk too loud on the train either
I know it is a very crowded environment, everyone is a bit stressed
So you wanna make sure that you don't annoy everyone around you
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