Name: 日本語がなくても日本で自分を養うことができるのか？ (Can You Feed Yourself in Japan With No Japanese?)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T07:54:46.000Z
Duration: 12 min 41 s
Description: VoiceTubeの動画で発音を聞きながら英語表現を覚えよう！学べる英語：TOEIC

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my kids usually show what life is like in Japan

However, there's a topic which they couldn't help with:

Feeding yourself in Japan, with no Japanese,

came to visit us in Japan for the first time

being the exploitative younger brother that I am,

I documented their experience getting fed,

all the while offering little to no help.

We're going to go out and try to order some food

that they understand words like, "chicken" and "noodles."

But before I start showing their experiences,

let me lay down some basics about getting food while

The first thing to figure out is where to find food.

The obvious answer would be to open your eyes,

But not all food establishments are equally accessible,

so, let me walk you through some of the easier ones.

The easiest by far is the "konbini" or convenience store.

The great thing is that they're grab-and-go

You don't really need to do anything, but place your items on the counter and fork over your money

Which are rice balls that normally have something nice on the inside and seaweed on the outside

My personal favorite is the 7-eleven premium salmon one

I know it's a fancy splurge costing 200 yen

So 200 yen would be approximately 200 cents or two US dollars,

you can pick up anything in the refrigerated section

from sandwiches, to soba noodles, to chicken katsudon.

If the items need to be heated, the staff can do it at the counter

or sometimes there's a microwave accessible to the customer

Oh yeah, there's also plenty of hot treats at the front of the convenience store.

You can get nikuman, which is meat buns or pizza man

Which is a pizza bun, or you can get oden, which is great on a cold day

And there's also a dry section, where you can pick up breads

or perhaps a cup of noodles that you can fill up with the hot water, that's also available in the store

You really could survive off of konbini food,

The next easiest choice is chain restaurants.

these should also be relatively easy to find

They're the most likely to have bright signs and big open windows, where you can see people eating inside

And if you're really unsure, they usually have these pictures of happy people on a poster

These are actually "employees wanted" posters, chains are always looking for new hires

So maybe you can also pick up a job at the same time

The majority of these places have picture menus and many of them have some English as well

and now have tablets that you can use to order from your table like this family restaurant called OOTOYA

And when it's time to pay, there's an automated machine where you can do that as well

But what you're probably more likely to find is a button.

So, once you've looked at your picture menu and are ready to order

Simply push the button, and then use that same finger to point at the menu to show what you want.

You can totally do this without Japanese,

After every set of food is given to you, you'll usually receive your receipt

They're not trying to quickly kick you out, so feel free to push the button to order some more

When you're ready to go, just bring the bill up to the cashier at the front and pay up

With most restaurants, the staff generally leave you on your own unless you request help.

The staff will most likely only visit you three times:

once to give you the drinks and take your food order,

and once to give you your food and receipt.

If you want additional help, don't be afraid to say "Sumimasen,"

Now sometimes you don't receive a receipt,

so in those cases, just go up to the counter to pay.

is observe the locals and follow their lead!

Let's now move on over to the shopping mall.

Shopping malls are a reasonably easy place to eat

They'll have food courts where you can generally order at the counter

this is the first place I sent my brother

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