And we're gonna talk about some tips for travelling in Japan

今日は日本で旅行する時のアドバイスを教えてあげたいと思います！

Because Spring and Summer are coming up

もうそろそろ夏なので

And I know lots of you guys are gonna come visit here

日本に行こうと思ってる人は結構いると思います

So we thought we would think of some helpful things to tell you

旅行をもっと楽しめるように

to hopefully improve your trip

アドバイスをあげたいと思います！

So the first one that we both thought was really important was

最初に思いついたのは

Get a train card

電車のICカードを買うことです

Let me show you mine so you know what I'm talking about

自分が使ってるカードを見せます

I have a sticker over top of mine

シール貼ってあるんで

So you can't really see it

あんまり見えないんですけど

But it's a little card like this

こんな感じです

It's an IC card

ICカードです

And you can fill this up with money

これにお金を入れて

And just tap it on the gates at the train station

改札口でタッチすれば

and you can go through

入れます

and it'll automatically take off how much money you need to pay for that trip

お金は自動的に引かれます

off of your balance

カードに残ってるお金から

So instead of looking up... Oh I'm in Tokyo and I need to go to Shibuya

普通はいくらかかるかを

Ok that's like 170 yen... so I have to buy a 170 yen ticket

調べなきゃいけないんですけど

You don't have to do that

カードがあればそうしなくても大丈夫です

You can just keep a balance on your card

お金が入ってれば

and just use it without thinking

オッケーです！

And when it runs out you can fill it up again at the machines

お金がなくなったらまた入れられます

It saves so much time and stress

とても便利です！

It just makes travelling so much easier

電車を乗るのがとても楽になります

There are a lot of different brands for them

いろんなカードがあるんですけど

Some of them don't work on every train line

一つのカードで国内のすべての電車に乗れるわけではないです

Right

そうだね

So if you get yours in Tokyo, it might not work on every train line in every other city

例えば東京で買ったら、他の場所で使えない可能性があります

And same for train cards from other cities as well

ポイントがたまるカードも

And then there are also benefits for some of them

いろいろあります！

Some of them will let you accumulate points

いいなー 東京のカードはポイントないよ〜

So you can save money

とても便利なので

That's so cool! The ones in Tokyo don't

オススメです！

All around it's just very useful and awesome

チケット売り場で新しいカードが作れます

You should get one

英語のボタンあるんで

You can get these at the train machines where you buy tickets

わかりやすいと思います

There'll be an English button so just push that

日本にいる時に役に立つアプリいっぱいあります！

It's pretty straightforward

一つは電車アプリです

There are a lot of helpful apps you can get if you're gonna be in Japan

すごく便利です

One of them would be a train app

大変おすすめです

It's kind of like a life saver

どっか行きたい時に

Very recommended!

このアプリが一番安くて、速い行き方を教えてくれます

When you're travelling from one place to another

地図を見る必要はないです

The app will automatically calculate the quickest route, the cheapest route

電車の地図は複雑で

So you don't have to go look at maps yourself

大変ですよー

Maps suck, the train maps suck here

アプリに行きたい場所を入れて

They're really confusing

安いルートか

If you get this app you can be like "I'm in Tokyo right now, and I wanna go here!"

速いルートかを選べば、すぐ教えてくれます

And then you can choose what you want

英語と日本語のアプリどっちもあります

If you want the cheapest route or the fastest route

私は日本語のやつを使っています

There's English ones, and there's Japanese ones

上は東京入れて、下は渋谷で

I use the Japanese version

真ん中に出てきた駅は乗り換えする駅です

So I say Tokyo at the top, Shibuya at the bottom

乗り換え時間は４分あります

So the station in the middle here is the station you need to transfer at

とても便利ですよ

So it tells you you have 4 minutes to get to your transfer spot

これはちょっとびっくりするかもしれないけど

Just very helpful!

日本ではクレジットカードではなく現金払いが1番人気です

Something that may not be common sense in a lot of countries these days

なので、現金を持って歩かないと困ります

Japan is a cash society

カードを使えない店が多いんです

So you kinda need to have cash here when you go around

特に田舎とかですね

A lot of stores don't take credit cards

入場料とかも

Especially if they're smaller or not in a big city

例えば神社とかね

Or if you're paying for admission to something

私が買い物してるところの７割ぐらいがカード使えないと思います

Like a shrine, it probably won't take a credit card

使えそうなところもダメな場合がある

I would say about 70% of the places I go don't accept credit cards

大きいデパートとかも時々

Even ones that you would really think would

なので、絶対現金を持って歩いてください

Like a big department store or something

東京には二つの空港があります

You'll be surprised, so always have cash on you for sure

成田と羽田

So Tokyo has 2 main airports

実は成田は東京ではなく

Narita and Haneda airport

隣の千葉県にあります

Narita airport is actually located in Chiba prefecture

成田から東京までは結構時間かかります

Which is the prefecture beside Tokyo

ので

And it takes quite a while to get into Tokyo from Narita airport

できれば

So if possible...

羽田にした方が

It's kinda rare because most planes do go to Narita

便利だと思います

if you're coming from outside of Japan

成田より早く東京に行けますので

But if you can get a flight that comes into Haneda, I'd say go with that one

できれば羽田空港にした方がいいと思います

It's a lot easier

日本にはチップ文化がないです！

You'll be able to get into downtown Tokyo a lot quicker

レストランで食べる時はチップあげなくても大丈夫です！

Always go for Haneda if you can

タクシーもそうだし

A cool thing about Japan is that there's basically no tipping here

まあ、すべてですね

So you don't have to worry when you go to a restaurant, you don't leave a tip

日本ではチップをあげたことないです

You don't leave a tip for taxi drivers or... anything

美容室も、タクシーも、ピザ配達も

I can't think of any instance where you would be expected to leave a tip

全部ノーチップなので

I've never been in a situation where I've had to leave a tip here

日本ではあげなくていいです！

So don't worry about it! Hair dressers, taxis, pizza man

あげたくてもあげない方がいいと思います

Nothing, literally. Just remember no tipping in Japan!

サービスが良くても

And you'll be fine

ちょっと変な気持ちになって

Even if you feel like you wanna leave a tip, I don't think you should

お金を返そうとする人が多いと思います

Even if you feel like "This person was really awesome, I wanna give them a bonus!"

ので、あげない方がいいと思います

They'll just feel awkward

チップの文化が日本にないので

And they'll come running outside to give it back to you

落とし物だと思ったりします

So it's probably better not to do it even if you really want to

取ろうとする人は少ないと思います

Because they just don't really understand the tipping culture here

説明しようとしてもね

They assume you lost it or something

「ありがとう」を言えば、それでいいと思います

And I think they feel really weird about trying to keep it

そうだね！

Exactly, even if you try to explain to them

「ありがとう」を言う客さんは少ないと思います

If you just say thank you, you are above most customers

ね！いつも変だと思う

That's so true!

例えばスーパーとかで

No one says thank you so they'll really appreciate that

お釣りをもらう時

I find that really awkward

だいたいの人は何も言わずに取りますね

When you're in the grocery store and they ring in your groceries and hand them to you

私はいつも「ありがとうございます」と言う

or give you your change or something

「ありがとう」を言ってあげれば

Most people just take it

喜ぶと思います

And I'm always like ah, thank you!

次はとても役に立つと思います

So seriously, if you just say arigatou gozaimasu everytime something happens

自分はよく使ってます

They're happy

グーグル翻訳です！

They'll know that you appreciate their service

えー？グーグル翻訳良くないんじゃない？と思ってる人

This'll probably be a really helpful one for lots of you guys

は多いかもしれないけど

I know that it's come in very handy for me

まあ、本当はそんな良くないけど

Google Translate!

一つの機能はとても役に立ちます！

I know it has a horrible reputation, and you guys are all thinking but it sucks!

カメラ機能です！

and it translates things horribly!

グーグル翻訳を開けば

It really does.

ここにカメラのアイコンがあります

But there is one function on it that is very awesome and very accurate

それをクリックすれば

That is the camera function

カメラになるので

If you open up Google translate

読めない漢字を探しましょう

You will see a little camera picture here

まあ、これでいいや

And if you click the camera

トイストアで「えーこれなんだろう？」と思ったら

It will turn into a camera, and you can find some kanji

カメラ機能で漢字の写真を撮って

Let's find some kanji that we can't read

指で翻訳してほしいところをハイライトします

Oh yeah there we go!

そうすると、英語にしてくれます！

So you're in the toy store, and you're wondering what the heck this is

すごいでしょう？

So what you do is take a picture of the Japanese writing on the box

昔の漢字アプリは指で書いたりして

And it will pick up any kanji that it sees in the picture

あとリストから漢字を選んだりしてたけど

and you can just highlight with your finger the ones that you want it to read

これだと写真を撮るだけでオッケーです

And it will give you the English for it! Refridgerator!

すごい！

Isn't that so cool?

いつも使ってます

With old school kanji apps you had to write them out with your finger while looking at it

漢字だけではなく、ひらがなもカタカナも

or you had to look through a list of kanji to find the correct one

翻訳してくれます

But with this all you have to do is take a picture

グーグル翻訳のアプリをダウンロードしてカメラ機能を使ってみてください！

So cool!

日本のトイレで起こる３つの問題があります

Yeah it's very very awesome I use this all the time

よくあるのはソープがないです

Really reccomend that not only for kanji, but if you can't read hiragana or katakana

なのでいつも手の消毒剤を持ってます

It will translate that for you as well

いつも風邪を引いちゃうんで

So download Google translate and use the camera function

手をよく洗いたいです

So there are 3 potential problems you could run into with bathrooms here

特に食べる前とかね

The most common is that they don't have soap when you're washing your hands

次は、時々手のドライヤーがないです

So I always carry a bottle of hand sanitizer around with me

それもよく見ます

because I get sick really easily

ハンカチを持って歩く人が多いんです

So I always wanna wash my hands

小さい手ぬぐいとか

Especially before I eat

手を洗った後に使うために

#2 is they might not have a way to dry your hands

手ぬぐいは本当にどこでも売ってます

That's also very common

「なんでこんなに手ぬぐいあるの！？」と思いますねw

So some people carry handkerchiefs around with them

手を乾かすためです

Like old times, handkerchiefs

私はこうしてます

Or like a little face cloth

これでもいいよね

So you can dry your hands after you use the bathroom

三つ目は珍しいけど

You'll see that facecloths are sold EVERYWHERE

トイレットペーパーがない場合もあります

And you're probably wondering WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FACE CLOTHS

へー 私はそれ見たことないです

It's because people keep them in their bags so they can dry their hands

私は二回ありました！

I don't I'm not that crazy, I just...

やばいね

That works too

一つは名古屋の駅で

And the third problem, which is quite rare but does happen occasionally

多分トイレットペーパーがよく

There are some toilets that don't have toilet paper

盗まれるからだと思います

Oh I've never come across one of those

今は違うかもしれないけど

I've come across 2 so far

もう一つは秋田県で

Yikes

田舎の方でドライブしてたら、バス停にあったトイレもペーパーなかったです

I think one was in the Nagoya subway station

使い切れたんじゃなくて、置く場所もなかったです

I think they had a problem with people stealing the toilet paper

でもそれは本当に珍しいです

So they got rid of it

でも一応ティッシュを持って歩いた方がいいかもしれないですね

They might have it now, it was a long time ago

でもドライヤーの問題はよくあります

Another one was in Akita prefecture

ペーパータオルはほとんどないです

We were driving around the backroads and found an outhouse at the bus stop, and there was no toilet paper

ドライヤーは見るけど

Not like they ran outta toilet paper, there was no place to put toilet paper

次は買い物する時のアドバイスです

But that's not very common

試着する時はほとんど靴を脱がなきゃいけないんです

But just in case, bring tissues or something

着替え室に入る前

But the hand thing is very common

見ればわかると思うんですけど

You'll very rarely see paper towels

段差があれば

and sometimes you'll see the hand driers

だいたい脱がなきゃいけないんです

Okay one thing that is shopping related

カーペットもよくあります

If you're going to try on clothes, most likely you will have to take your shoes off

そう、カーペットあれば

before entering the change room

まあ、綺麗に見えたらだいたい靴を脱がなきゃ

You'll be able to tell if you need to

まあ、ただカーテンがあって

because they'll have a little step up to go into the change room

同じフローリングだったら

If there's a step, that always means you need to take your shoes off

そのままで大丈夫かもしれないけど

It's usually carpeted too

だいたいは脱がなきゃいけないので

Yeah there'll be a carpet

一応誰かに聞いた方がいいと思います

If it looks nice and clean, you probably need to take your shoes off

靴に指をさしたら通じると思います

If they just have a curtain around an area

外国人によく聞かれてると思うので

And it's just the same type of flooring going all the way through

わからない時は一応脱いだ方がいいと思います

then you might be okay leaving your shoes on

あとは

But I'd say most often you need to take them off

よく着替え室にフェイスカバーがあります

So if you're unsure, maybe just look at someone and point at your shoes

シャツを着る前にそれを被ります

They'll probably know what you're asking

化粧がシャツに付かないためです！

I'm sure that lots of people ask that

頭に白い袋をかぶる感じで

If you're unsure I would say to take them off to be safe

ちょっと恥ずかしいけど

One other thing about changing rooms

ね！w

is you'll find this little white face mask thingy inside of your changing room

シャツを着る前に被れば

That is to put over your face if you're going to try a shirt on

化粧がつかないので

so that your makeup doesn't rub off on the shirt

とてもいいと思います。面倒くさいけど

So it's just like a white bag thing that you put over your face

自分はクラブ行かないタイプですけど

It feels so dumb

友達から聞いた話です

I know!! (sometimes I don't do it...)

クラブがある道を歩けば

You put it on your head and then you put your shirt on

六本木とか、歌舞伎町とかね

So that you don't get the makeup on it

強制的にクラブに連れ込もうとする人が時々います

That's pretty cool, it's annoying as hell, but it's cool

そういうクラブはよくないです

So that's what that is!

「クラブどうですか？」と言ってる人じゃなくて

So I don't actually go to clubs or anything so I haven't experienced this myself

本当に無理やり連れ込もうとする人がいるので

But word on the street! The cool people say!

そういうクラブは気をつけてください

If you are walking along a street full of host clubs, kyabakura etc

カバーチャージがめっちゃ高いクラブとかだと

So like Roppongi, or Shinjuku... Kabukicho

出られる前にそれを払わせる

If they have people on the street who are trying to pull you into the club

なので、気をつけてください

then that is supposed to be like not a good place to go into

その町が詳しい人と行った方がいいかもしれないです

It's not the same if a host is out on the street trying to attract customers

いいクラブを探すために

But if someone is actually trying to pull you in

ネットでのレビューを見てもいいし

Then a lot of those are kinda scammy

適当に入ったら危ないと思います

Like they will give you a really high cover charge, like $100

これは一番にすればよかったかも

And then they'll force you to pay it before you can leave

日本のコンビニは最高です！

So be kinda careful if you're gonna go to a place like that

コンビニはコンビニエンスストアの略です

Maybe try to go with friends who have been there before

日本のコンビニはめちゃくちゃ便利ですよ！

Try to find a place that has a good reputation

本当になんでも売ってます

Yeah, good reviews online or something

お菓子、服、

Don't go randomly into clubs because some of them are pretty pricey

シャツが汚れちゃったら

Okay this should probably be #1

そこでタンクトップとか買えます！

Conbinis in Japan are the best thing ever!!!

ヘアカラーでも！

Conbini is short for convenience store

急に面接とかに行くことになったら

Because it's convenient!

日本人は髪の毛を黒に染めなきゃので

But like SUPER convenient! Not like convenience stores back in Canada that suck