The escalators are different.
The Crepé here is so tasty.
- Nobody will be there. You will be lost. - Oh no!
If people were surprised about that, it would make me happy.
Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese this is Cathy Cat and today
I'll go and ask the Japanese people here what surprised them
when they came the first time to Tokyo.
Also what they think foreigners will be surprised about when they come
to Tokyo for the first time as well. Let's go and Ask Japanese.
The train station escalators are different.
Which side you are supposed to stand, and which side to walk is
the right opposite!
On the left side you are supposed to stand and let the escalator take you.
The right side is where you are allowed to walk up the escalators.
However, in Kyoto and Nara it's the right opposite.
You stand on the right and you walk on the left.
First time I came, I stood on the wrong side, and people wanted to get past.
That's when I realized I was wrong.
So even in the same country, where you stand and walk is different.
Things like that are a bit different.
There are so many people in Tokyo. I keep bumping into people.
Everyone walks so fast!
It's a bit scary.
What is the place that was the most crowded?
Takeshita street.
In Ibaraki it doesn't get that crowded.
I bumped into a strange person. That was bad.
There are so many weird people in Tokyo.
- Rather than scary people we have... - Old men wearing sailor school uniforms.
And people here get crazy on Halloween.
For example?
Going to Shibuya and getting wild.
And when soccer matches are on.
On Sunday I went to a concert by the group ARASHI.
They said people are more hyped up in Tokyo.
How many people there are and how often trains go...
That's really different compared to Gunma.
We only have one train every hour. So that's really different.
We don't need to wait for trains in Tokyo.
What do you mean?
Where I live, if I miss a train I need to wait 15-30 minutes for the next one.
But if you miss one in Tokyo, you get another one 2 minutes later.
It's nice not having to wait.
The buildings are so much taller here compared to where I am from.
For example, we went to the big Shibuya Hikarie.
I went to the imperial palace and it was so beautiful.
In Osaka we have many flashy commercial billboards.
It's a bit messy but Tokyo is really pretty in comparison.
There is not much green and all buildings are so tall.
There are so many cute things here.
And also so many tasty things.
Like the large colorful cotton candy they sell over there.
The Crepé here is tasty!
What do you recommend? - Chocolate banana.
Would have to be that one.
- Are Crepes not tasty where you're from? - Those taste so bad!
I am from Kyoto. At our primary schools, if you open the tab, tea will come out.
Wow that's amazing.
?
There is a cup and one tab reads "tea" and the other reads "water".
And real tea flows out.
And you can drink it as usual.
This is only in the south of Kyoto, apparently.
In my prefecture, we have those tea tabs.
And in summer, when you run out of drinks in your flask, you refill it there.
Take it to your classroom and drink it there.
There are also cups there, so you can just drink it there too.
- So even you from Fukuoka are suprised? - Yeah I am...
I heard that in Ehime, which is famous for mandarin oranges
the tabs dispense mandarin orange juice.
That's what I heard.
We have so many cute things in Japan.
We are going to a beauty college.
One of our subjects was to tell people about what's cute in Japan.
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Those clothes on the picture are all handmade fashion items.
They were those clothes and in 30 minutes people design the makeup.
It was a contest in order to find the Tokyo Kawaii Ambassador.
And the winner will go to China or Vietnam to spread the culture.
It's a contest that we did.
Where we are from there is nothing. It's super countryside.
You will be surprised in contrast by how much nature we have
in Ibaraki.
We have many fields that you can walk down.
But I think that that will surprise people.
You would be surprised how few people there are.
So the other way around.
So few people... If you get lost and want to ask for the way...
- Nobody will be there. You will be lost. - Oh no!
- I will be totally lost. - You will be.
At night, it won't be bright like it is here.
Pitch black!
There aren't many buildings so walking at night will be scary.
You say you have nature, are there any rare animals?
We have some raccoons who cross the road sometimes.
We have signs that warn us of the raccoons.
We sometimes have monkeys. Sometimes.
I saw them a long time ago around my house.
And got told to be careful.
How about our 100yen One Coin Shop?
Abroad you won't get the same quality items for 100Yen.
I once had an exchange student over and took her to a 100yen shop.
She was so happy and really enjoyed shopping there.
That made me think foreigners will enjoy the 100 Yen shops.
True. They are amazing.
What did she buy? Do you remember?
She bought lots of character goods like Hello Kitty and such to take home.
People are friendly here.
Things are cheap. Like clothes and such.
Stationaries.
In the ocean in Hiroshima there is a large shine gate in the water.
Be sure to visit it.
- That gate is quite moving? - It is.
I am from Hogoken in the Himeji area.
There is the Himeji castle.
Then we have buildings with roof tiles and such.
That's a really Japanese experience, I hope foreigners will like it.
There are not really hot springs abroad so...
Relaxing like that might be new.
People in Kansai are very strong minded. The way they talk too.
People here walk so fast too.
Udon noodles. I am from the Kagawa prefecture.
You will be surprised how tasty our UDON is!
With that we had all questions. Thank you.
PEOPLE! TRAINS! Those were the things people were surprised
when they came to Tokyo. Don't forget not everywhere in Japan
looks like Tokyo even though we get the most features abroad about Tokyo.
Quite a lot of things happening in this town, so many people and...
the best example is probably Shibuya crossing you might have seen it
in the movies, where so many people cross at the same time.
The first couple of times I went to Shibuya and saw that crossing I felt...
nauseous. I felt dizzy because there was just so many people and
so many things to take in at the same time.
How about you? What surprised you when you came to Tokyo?
What do you think other people will be surprised about when they come
to YOUR country?
I am curious about reading your answers for that one.
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