Name: 日本での生活：後悔かアップグレードか？ (Life in Japan: Regret or Upgrade?)
Uploaded: 2025-06-04T07:58:11.000Z
Duration: 10 min 48 s
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So I think like 90% of foreigners that live in Taiwan Taiwan wasn't my first choice.

だから、台湾に住む外国人の9割がそうであるように、台湾は私の最初の選択ではなかったと思う。

過去形

僕はただ、ここにたどり着いたんだ。

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My first choice was actually Japan I just never ended up moving there.

第一希望は実は日本だったんだ。

Now, of course, I don't ever regret moving to Taiwan But I've always wondered would I regret leaving if I decided to move to another country would I regret it?

今、もちろん台湾に移ったことを後悔することはないけれど、もし他の国に移ると決めたら、出て行ったことを後悔するだろうかといつも考えていた。

But lucky for me, I have a friend Kiwi who lived in Taiwan for a number of years But eight months ago, he moved to Japan.

でもラッキーなことに、台湾に何年も住んでいたキウイの友人がいる。

So today I want to find out what his thoughts are Does he regret it?

そこで今日は、彼の考えを聞いてみたい。 彼は後悔しているのだろうか？

What are some of the differences all that kind of fun stuff?

そういう楽しいことの違いは何ですか？

So we're gonna go to Fengjia find Kiwi asking some questions I have I found a video of this exact area right there 1989 the exact same wall in 1989.

だから、鳳家に行ってキウイに質問するんだ。1989年に、まったく同じ壁で撮影されたビデオを見つけたんだ。

You can see the difference There's all kinds of other places around this area from 1989.

この辺りには1989年からいろいろな場所があるんだ。

I'll try I'll try and match the exact shot So Welcome, where did you go?

じゃあ、ウェルカム、どこに行ったんだい？

Welcome to Fengjia yes Andre told me to meet him So that's what we're gonna do.

鳳家へようこそ。アンドレが彼に会えって言うから、そうすることにしたんだ。

We're gonna try and find him in this busy night market.

この賑やかな夜市で彼を探してみるんだ。

This is actually The biggest night market in all of Taiwan Exciting Taiwan This is like Taichung's knockoff subuya crossing like when your mom says we have subuya crossing at home This is what you get.

ここは台湾で一番大きな夜市なんだ。 エキサイティングな台湾。台中のサブヤ・クロッシングの模倣品みたいなもので、お母さんが家にサブヤ・クロッシングがあるよって言うと、そうなるんだ。

I want to get a Bulbasaur Bulbasaur is always my starter Pokemon You piece of fucking letting that go I'm getting a Bulbasaur I'm getting a Pokemon because he likes the sleepy fuck For the low price of like 70 and I Look at that always my my starter Pokemon nailed it Yeah, I'll come sing gamma Oh Very high-quality product as you can tell What the hell Oh My god The string is made of I've never seen a string break apart so easily before That's crazy And here you have the man of the hour the man himself Kiwi, yeah, eight months ago.

ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスは俺のスターターポケモンなんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ ブルバサウルスが欲しいんだ"ガンマ "歌おうぜ お分かりのように とても

I didn't left Taiwan and you moved to Japan.

私は台湾を離れず、あなたは日本に移った。

I sure did my Simple question is do you regret it?

確かにそうだ。私の素朴な疑問は、後悔しているかということだ。

The big thing was I didn't want to keep teaching and I didn't move to Japan to go teaching I Wanted to work into To be honest more project management kind of things.

正直なところ、もっとプロジェクト・マネジメントのような仕事をしたかったんだ。

That's interesting and I Would regret if I didn't at least try would you say that Japan has more?

それは興味深いし、少なくとも試してみなければ後悔すると思う。

Opportunity for foreigners than Taiwan does as far as job range goes it really depends So if it's anything to do with education Don't in my opinion don't even bother with a Japan Especially teaching don't bother the pay is awful.

台湾よりも外国人にチャンスがある。仕事の範囲に関しては、本当に人それぞれだ。

It's interesting actually since I started Living there loads of LinkedIn Taiwan jobs are popping up like there's actually there is a lot here as well But again, there's two issues with both countries is language barrier So if you really want those jobs, you do need to either speak Chinese or Japanese to a pretty decent level Most foreigners in Taiwan, right?

台湾に住み始めてから、LinkedInに台湾の求人がたくさん出てくるようになった。

They just just live in like a little bubble the foreigners.

彼らはただ、外国人たちの小さなバブルの中で暮らしているだけなのだ。

Yeah I kind of wanted to get out of that a bit now.

ああ、今はちょっとそこから抜け出したかったんだ。

私は日本に行ったことがある。

台湾で恋しいものは何ですか？

If you miss anything a couple things like it feels more relaxed straight up That's an easy one.

もし何か見逃しがあれば......ストレートアップの方がリラックスできるとか、そういうことだ。

I noticed much more actually though is like if you're a foreigner in Taiwan No one looks at you twice.

台湾で外国人だと、誰も二度見してくれない。

It's like they don't even register you right now in Japan One thing I know this really a lot actually like when I sit in the train, for example It doesn't bother me at all But when I sit on the train and there'll be a seat next to me like an empty seat That would be the last seat that gets filled up, which is quite interesting.

日本では今、登録すらされていないようなものです。ひとつだけ、これは本当によくわかるのですが、例えば電車で座るとき、私はまったく気にならないのですが、電車で座っていて、隣の席が空席のような場合、その席は最後に埋まってしまうのです。

Like they will but that's just cuz you're ugly In Taiwan, they just don't really care like this.

でも、それはあなたがブスだからであって、台湾ではそんなことは気にしない。

They just sit wherever I miss the System a lot.

ただ、どこにでも座っているんだ。

There's a great word in Chinese, which is routine Japanese people I think you mentioned this back in August to me when you were there Japanese people are polite, but they're not at least at the beginning not Outwardly friendly.

日本人は礼儀正しいが、少なくとも最初のうちは外見的にはフレンドリーではない。

I've taken a few ubers this trip I'm like that you can have some chats with the uber drivers just like generally it feels just more Welcome kind of yeah, definitely more welcoming.

今回の旅行で何度かユーバーを利用したんだけど、ユーバーのドライバーとおしゃべりできるのがいいね。

少しリラックスした気分になる。

You don't have to stress so much in a way I go to complacent that was for me because I want to do more things and different things That's kind of why I left I felt I got really complacent.

ある意味、そんなにストレスを感じなくていいんだ。もっといろいろなことをやりたいし、いろいろなことをやりたいから、満足しちゃうんだ。

I think a lot of foreigners sometimes Really enjoy the relaxed lifestyle the easy lifestyle that we have here in Taiwan and then suddenly you wake up You're 45 and even working in the same pussy.

多くの外国人は、ここ台湾でのリラックスしたライフスタイルを楽しんでいると思う。

But yeah, since you were 25 my worst nightmare Yeah, and I think that does does that play I guess like you said plays a huge role into why you move there, right?

でも、君が25歳のとき、僕の最悪の悪夢を見たんだ。

Yeah You can kind of it's weird because you can kind of level up your life a little bit in Japan I think you can like there's a lot of opportunities there.

そうだね。変な話だけど、日本では自分の人生を少しレベルアップさせることができる。

It's not easy at all Absolutely, not easy the double-edged sword of Japan is if you are not willing to be extrovert Maybe you're an introvert if you're an introvert in Japan you you will struggle because it's so easy to just sit in your box Not talk to anyone because they won't really talk to you.

日本の諸刃の剣は、もしあなたが外向的であることを望まなければ、もしかしたら内向的なのかもしれない。

You kind of have to make the first step in Japan But if you can get over that then it can be really something quite good language barriers Also a big thing Taiwanese are much more willing to and their English to be straight up is way better on average than Japanese people Oh for sure That's not even a competition like Taiwan wins that easy and just generally like Taiwanese are more curious I feel like they're more interested in like hearing about stories from overseas Japanese I think they want to a lot of the time they want to the only time they really approach you is it Really drunk like absolutely hammered and they finally got enough courage to like talk to the foreign person They're more curious than anything, but they're just too reserved and polite to actually approach you.

日本での最初の一歩を踏み出さなければならないけど、それを乗り越えることができれば、本当にいいものになるはずだよ 言葉の壁も大きいし、台湾人は日本人よりもずっと積極的で、英語も平均して上手なんだ。台湾人は好奇心が旺盛で、海外の人の話を聞いたりすることに興味があるような気がするんだ。日本人は、多くの場合、自分から話しかけたいと思うんだけど、台湾人が本当に近づいてくるのは、酔っ払っていて、やっと勇気を出して外国人に話しかけようとするときだけなんだ、でも、遠慮がちで礼儀正しいだけで、実際に近づくことはできないんだ

I do there are a lot of things I do miss the things I miss is honestly like Even just this like strolling around That's like what's the Thursday?

恋しいと思うことはたくさんあるけど、正直なところ、ただ散歩しているだけでも、木曜日は何なんだ？

I quite like that I like the cost of food is it's better than Japan for sure I'm an alcoholic as you all know so for me bars don't really don't really do much for me in Taiwan I mean because they're quite expensive the nightlife in Japan is miles I have absolutely they win that easy if I had to choose long-term between Taiwan and Japan I Would probably choose Taiwan to be honest Why would you choose Taiwan long-term over Japan one bit one big thing to the tax is an awful thing in Japan So one thing that really bothers me Japan is when you want to try to change something or do something a bit different It's just a no-go like I mean anything to do with whether it's regulations or rules could we talk about it could be negotiated?

日本より食費が安いのもいいし、僕はみんなも知っているようにアルコール依存症だから、台湾のバーはあまり好きじゃない。日本よりも台湾を長期的に選ぶ理由は何ですか？ 一つ大きなことを挙げるとすれば、日本では税金がとても高いことです。日本では、何かを変えようとしたり、少し違うことをしようとしたりするときに、本当に困ることがあります。

It just doesn't really work there Taiwan is a lot more flexible And I really like that kind of flexibility that more chill mindset.

台湾はもっとフレキシブルだし、僕はそういうフレキシブルで冷静な考え方が好きなんだ。

Yeah, I thought Taiwan was pretty Intense in a way when I first got here right and after being in Japan like Japan's very quiet But also very loud at the same time like in certain places Someone's gonna loud and noisy him scooters and all that people just crack on that Japan's more like Following almost like a guidebook of life like I do a university I do this job And I do it for a set amount of years and then I finish that and then I go to the next one like Do you ever see yourself moving back to Taiwan?

そうだね、台湾に来た当初は、台湾はある意味とても強烈な国だと思ったんだ。日本に来た後は、日本はとても静かだけど、同時にとても騒がしい。

Yeah, I do absolutely I mean look if it was an ideal world It's been a few months in Japan a year and a probably maybe eight months Taiwan Four months Japan, that would be an epic.

もし理想的な世界だったら、日本には1年に数カ月、台湾にはおそらく8カ月、日本には4カ月、それは壮大なものになるだろうね。

That would be amazing I mean, I've never lived in Japan But I think the general consensus is that life in Taiwan is a lot more relaxed a lot more easier Mmm, things happen a lot more easier.

日本に住んだことはないけど、台湾の生活はもっとのんびりしていると思う。

It's like the the gears are a little bit more greased here So yeah things happen a lot easier here Yeah throughout all kinds of different levels of life.

ここでは歯車に少し油が差してあるようなものだから、物事がとても簡単に起こるんだ。

It doesn't matter what you're trying to do It just happens easier here than it does in Japan I think that foreigners like Japan because there's a little bit more structure.

外国人が日本を好きなのは、少し構造がしっかりしているからだと思う。

There's a little bit more Clarity as to what Japan is and what Japan isn't it is.

日本が何であり、日本が何でないのかがもう少し明確になった。

Yeah, Taiwan's a bit of a flip-floppy Yeah, you can kind of do you can kind of like it's a bit more like a play You know, you can kind of really, you know do something with it, which is quite fun It's good to have you back if it is.

そうだね、台湾はちょっとフリップフロップ的な感じだね。

Yeah, hopefully you'll be back again soon.

ああ、またすぐに戻ってきてくれるといいね。

I'll probably Japan Last year go in September October Much nicer.

So yeah, this video would have been a lot better He said he loved Taiwan and he regrets leaving and all that kind of stuff But he doesn't sometimes people have to move on to other things move on to other places and level up their life I don't know if I would ever regret leaving.

彼は台湾を愛し、去ったことを後悔していると言っていた。でも、彼はそうではないんだ。時には人は他のことに進まなければならないし、他の場所に移って人生をレベルアップさせなければならない。

台湾を離れるつもりはないんだ。

I like my life here too much the lifestyle here is Very much my style and I enjoy it and I hope you enjoyed this video If you did hit the subscribe button and help me out a lot Follow me on Instagram at Prozzie underscore SR and I'll catch you guys next week for another video

ここでのライフスタイルはとても僕のスタイルに合っているし、楽しんでいる。このビデオを楽しんでもらえたら嬉しい。