Name: Three Misconceptions About Japan - TL;DR
Uploaded: 2020-08-05T19:40:19.000Z
Duration: 16 min 43 s
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S: how many of you are feeling that nostalgia swimming up you plums-

we're gonna talk about culture today, ladies and gentleman

M: if you're new to our channel, we used to do this segment in Korea called TL;DR

S: what we're gonna be talking about today are some common mispreceptions (misconceptions) we've seen about Japan

so we wanna kinda talk about those and dispel them as much as we can

(M and S: dispel them~) (S: David Blaine~)

M: Also, big ups to my Torontonians! Raptors! #1

S: I like how you got Lowry because he's the short one

M: ok well I didn't get him because he is a short one

S: It's because he puts his body on the line for the Raptors and I love watching him play

M: second of all- S: we are talking about Japan and not Toronto

S: Kowai  ( ?) , we don't say that name in this household anymore

first misconception that we need to dispel is this idea that "you need to learn Japanese when you come to Japan"

M: yeah, recently we came back from visiting Spain, and before that, last year we went to Italy

and we did not take a crash course on suddenly learning Italian and Spanish just to go visit a country for vacation

Japan has like 30 million visitors in a year

I think it's the 11th most visited country in the world

M: the world-- S: you're expecing 30 million people to have a working knowledge of the language before coming here?

M: I really wish I was a genius and could learn the language-- S: if I could, I would

M: if I was a vampire, I would spend so much time learning languages

S: if I was a vampire, I'd learn how to DJ

so just to ease your mind a little bit more about this

especially like you know Tokyo and Kyoto, like they know that visitors are coming

we've sen a million different types of menus available

there are ones with Japanese, they have English, they have Chinese

we've seen Russian, we've seen just tons of languages S: Many!

S: Back around the year of 2008 when we lived in Korea

it wasn't really that used to accomondating foreigners yet

it was still pretty new at the time, the tourism boom hasn't really kicked off

a lot of people were like "what were you doing here, why are you here?"

kind of like if someone walked into your house and like "hey, you're... why? wait why are you here?"

M: I remember the first few times that we would start riding the bus

so they didn't tell you like the stop name in English nor did they show the signs

so you had to learn Korean so fast and when you saw another foreigner on the street

you would literally go like this (⊙＿⊙)

and you'd like run at each other and you'd always like greet them

yeah but you know it changes is the point

it's that big cities grow and they change

and so Korea now can definitely handle a lot more tourism coming in

I'm sure if you go to a shop, they're no longer like "I can't speak English"

they're just kind of like "so what, it's a foreigner"

S: yeah in Japan, especially in Tokyo, there is not that discomfort with foreigners, there's none of that fear

none of that shock, you can definitely get by without speaking Japanese here

M: and one rule of thumb is that this rule never applies to any countryside anywhere in the world

M: if you go to the Korean countryside, have fun, if you go to the Japanese countryside, they're gonna be like "what the heck"

S: but if your in the major tourist destination of the city like Tokyo is a really big city

M: that being said, we always think it's great to learn a little bit of the language

especially if you're trying to like unlock something a little bit special

like you guys have heard us talk a lot about us going to ramen shops like on our podcast

and these ramen shops don't have a lick of English to them

and the vending machines were all in kanji

so in that case it can be a bit more of like a fun gamble

and we did that a lot when we visited Japan when we lived in Korea

S: but even you don't know what you're reading, there's a--

even if you picked something from a vending machine around the shop

so you don't hav to worry about messing up

but if you're like "ooh, I really feel like having a little bit of this or feel like having a little bit of that"

then learnin some of the language is gonna help out

we're not trying to discourage you from learning Japanese before coming here

if you want to, by all means go right ahead

don't put that pressure on yourself, don't feel like you can't come here unlesss--

S: now apart from trying to ease these exaggerated expectations you have for yourself

we wanna address people crushing certian expectations before you come to Japan

S: we see some people say "oh Japan isn't all anime and manga and Pikachu and Pokemon"

M:. don't expect to come here and find people dressed weird and now--

of course, Japanese bussinessmen and women aren't walking around wearing anime costumes and throwing chains at each other

S: throwing chains?? M: like if you're in like some kind of anime

S: you should have said ninja stars or swords M: no, well I read mangas , I don't know

S: I want to see, I'm calling you out on this shit M: no you don't!

S: alright, what manga do they beat each other with chains? M: write it down below in the comment section

S: oh you're expecting them to bail you out  M: they are gonna bail me out, they know

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