Well blue is nice too...
I like green. - Nice one.
I like the sparkly purple ones.
Nice one. She likes sparkly purple eyes!
From anime? - More like from dolls.
Hey guys it's CathyCat on Ask Japanese.
Today we went to the streets of Tokyo and we asked Japanese people
about eye colors.
I heard a lot that Japanese people are envious of envious Western eye colors.
Let's find out if that is true and go and Ask Japanese.
Don't forget to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss any future videos that we do
here in Japan that go out straight to you, wherever in the world you are.
So let's go and Ask Japanese.
I heard Japanese are envious of other eye colors, is that true?
In Japan we have black eyes, or brown mainly.
But we admire the anime eyes...
in Anime we see different eye colors a lot.
Green, blue, red and such.
We admire those Anime characters. So when we see foreigners who have colors like that
we think it looks very nice.
Have you ever been envious of other people's eye colors.
Yes, I really like blue eyes.
But if they would suit my face, that is a completely different story.
But I like them.
If you could pick you would pick blue? - I would.
If you could pick? - If I could pick? .....
Blue is nice but.... I like green - Nice choice too.
Is there an Anime character whose eyes left an impression on you?
Rather than just the color of the eye...
In Naruto, there is the sharingan, a ninja ability that is visible in the eyes.
When I was a kid, I wish that really existed.
We are asking people their favourite eye color because there is a rumor that
Japanese are envious of other people's eye colors.
What do you think is the reason for that?
Well blue eyes are really beautiful. Your blue eyes are beautiful....
Uhm ... thank you (I don't have blue eyes though)...
Do you have a favorite eye color? - Blue.
Do you have a favorite eye color?
I like the sparkly purple eyes!
Nice one. She likes sparkly purple eyes!
In Japan really flashy eye colors seem to be popular. What's the reason for that.
The eyes look bigger. - If you wear lenses you mean?
If you wear color contacts, your eyes look bigger.
So people who can actually see well use them.
Is that rumor true? - It is.
Yeah it is a thing.
Why do Japanese like different eye colors? - They are beautiful.
Japanese have black eyes right.
But when I see blue or green I always think how pretty that looks.
I am envious of that.
If you could pick between huge dark eyes or colorful eyes, what would you pick?
In that case I would pick the large eyes. - Me too.
Just looking at other colors is fine for me.
I would not change my eye color.
Do it girl.
If you woke up and could pick a new eye color, what would you pick?
I'd pick blue.
Why?
I admire blue eyes for a long time. I saw them a lot in manga and such.
I like gray and such.
I like paler eye colors.
I think black hair and blue eyes might look a bit weird on me.
Her eyes are nice.
Mine are green.
It suits you.
I heard Japanese girls often wear colored contact lenses
Why so?
In order to make their eyes look bigger.
I am using some right now.
I don't understand that. I never wore them before.
The dark ring around are my contact lenses.
I seeeeee.
The green inside is my eye color. - So prettyyyyyyyy
How many points would you give my eye-contact lens combo?
That would be 100 points.
What is the reason why Japanese people envy others eye colors?
I think that would be Anime.
I think so too.
Blue, red and green are seen often...
But not yellow.
And then odd eyes.
Can you see what color my eyes are?
They look greenish.
They are. I sometimes here people say "I envy that".
Do Japanese people envy foreigner's eye colors?
Yes we do a lot. - Why so?
Blue and such is beautiful and looks so translucent.
They are translucent and bright.
What's the reason for that envy?
Famous people and people we admire, or foreigners we admire...
and that's why we are envious of them.
Is there a foreigner whose eyes you like?
Beckham!
I love Beckham. A lot.
What is his eye color?
I think brown.
Well... uh... isn't that the same then?
Well looking at other people...
They might have dark brown but foreigners
have a very bright brown in comparison.
Everyone looks so beautiful.
They are so moist.
So the reason are other famous people, what else?
Anime and such? - I think dolls.
French dolls and such have amazing eyes.
They look really cute, and that's another reason for the eye color envy.
I can see you are wearing colored contact lenses. What color is that?
It's an olive green.
Do you envy the eye color of people from abroad? - I do!
They are very beautiful.
My eyes are black, so I envy how bright they are.
I think they look beautiful.
Anime, Manga, Games or famous people, why do you envy other eye colors?
I like just looking at the foreigners eyes around me.
Makes me think how beautiful they are.
How about you? - The main character in Harry Potter.
I thought he has really pretty eyes.
If you could change your eye color tomorrow, what would you change it to?
Tree Green!
Maybe a more natural tree green.
Why tree green? - I love that color.
I would like to have the color that you have. - Green?
Now that makes me happy. Thank you.
Blue would not work for me.
Do you have an eye color complex?
I am fine. I never wore colored contact lenses.
Not that much. I am darker than the average person, so I like that.
Well when I wear colored contact lenses, that doesn't make sense though.
I can see you are wearing colored contact lenses. What color is that?
I think the color was called... ash brown.
It looks more like... a brighter green yellow shade.
That's right.
We are interviewing people about that today...
Japanese seem to like foreigner's eye colors. Why do you think that is?
Because they look more transparent than ours. Like yours for example.
You eyes look like a sunflower.
I envy that.
Why so? - Because it looks cute.
What is the reason for people to admire those eyes? TV?
TV, half Japanese models make me think colorful eyes look nice.
If you could change your eye color, would you change it?
I would have this contact lens color.
Which one would you pick? - Blue!
So full on blue.
But I think blue might not suit my current face.
I admire the half-Japanese face and eyes, if I had that it would suit me.
All good director? Thank you so much!
Eye colors is a thing that got discussed. The years before...
there was a big boom and lots of girls were wearing different colored contact lenses
It has calmed down a little bit, I can generally see the natural look now.
Which is a big thing, which makes you eyes look larger...
or a little bit brighter shade of brown.
I have been seeing that a lot. How is that in your country?
Do people actually wear colored contact lenses,
when it is not cosplay, just for fun, or to make their eyes look larger...
for example right now, I have actually lenses right now they help me see,
they have my strength in, but also there is a dark ring around my eyes,
which means it gives them more intensity.
I have green eyes and I just add a dark circle around it
Just makes my eyes pop more.
I like wearing it.
That's one of the things I actually do, then other days,
when I am on my off days, I am just wearing glasses....
Yes I do wear glasses (^////^)
I put up a post about "Glasses YES or NO" on my Twitter and I had really good
reactions from you guys. Thank you very much.
Come over to my Twitter it's @doitcosplaygirl
And also #askjapanese if there is anything you would like to discuss with us
or ask, please leave us a message, on #askjapanese
So I can find you on twitter and answer your comments.
On that note, let us know, colored contacts in your country, a thing or not?
Looking forward to reading your comments. As always,
please leave a big like and if you are new to our channel please subscribe.
for all the other fun from Japan.
Hope you have a lovely day and I catch you soon on Ask Japanese.