That was very insightful and beautiful. I wish you a happy new year! I pray for these beautiful Japanese traditions not to fade away. Greetings from Switzerland

“They don’t think they can make foreign friends” wrong. Reality is, they think a black or racially diverse friend will “disrupt the pure harmony” of their friend group.

Hey Kensho, if your seeing this can you make a video on what makes Japanese people like foreigners or what makes them a lot more comfortable? I’ve been thinking of moving there but I don’t want to be outcasted or make them uncomfortable?

Where's the best place (Hotel) to stay in Tokyo during the New Year's Celebration?

Domo Ari gato!! I been home sick of this concept! Watashi no nippon wa ochi deal. 9 ni n. My children are Japanese in southern prefecture! I thank you for a good English and neutral correctly pronounced nihongo dialect! I seen Osaka and Kyoto and saki for news yrs! Temples are crazy!! But why hapa symbol on most temples! Thank You 🎉🎉

How much does an adult give in a otoshidama packet?

Do you miss your long hair your English is beautiful

When I was studying Japanese 20 years ago, the biggest difficulties I had was remembering all of the keigo, and also the different words and phrasing that women use as opposed to what men use. Since nearly all of my Japanese instructors were women, they would always talk in the female form, but then mark me down when, as a man, I did not use the male form, because I never heard it from them. It was very frustrating.

I want to write haiku... Do you speak Japanese? No

Hoping for more videos!

Wow, again so many new things! Thanks for the amazing video!

This list seems slightly romanticized/superficial. Here's a real one: I like you, but not really. You'll never know when a Japanese person doesn't like you--unless they really hate you or hate foreigners in general. A lot of foreigners make Japanese people feel uncomfortable...for good and bad reasons. And most Japanese people don't like to feel uncomfortable. They'd rather run away. There is a type of foreigner that clicks in Japan, but many don't.

Konnichiwa Ken San I'm Nanda San From Indonesia and also Japan Culture Entertainment it's honor to meet you

It's for watching Japanese and international Watching, Ken San

Watch the text on your screen: " Kenshow (FORM) Tokyo. Should be "FROM" not "Form" .

Dude how tall are you

As someone who teaches English to foreigners, I can say your English is not bad at all. Since you asked for input, however, I thought I'd mention that during your introduction, your shift from friendly and professional to "I don't give a shit" was a bit jarring to an English speaker. I'm sure others will disagree with me, but while I think you were going for a casual vibe, it came off as combative. Some thing like: "I'm OK with my mistakes..." is less severe.

Have a happy 2023!

明けましておめでとうございます ⛩🌅 Thank you for another great video! I am half Japanese and have spent a few new years celebrations in Japan, but I didn’t know about half of these traditions! Thank you so much for sharing. I actually have two hagoita from my mom’s childhood that we keep in the case at home. It was really cool seeing some of the older photos that you used for those paddles. Thank you for putting in all of the time and effort for this very informative video! I learned a lot!.教えてくれてありがとうございました。

Ken, arigatō gozimazu for showing us the New Years games. I never knew they even existed. 🎍🏹⛩️🌅🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵

Thanks for another amazing video on Your traditions! Looking forward to more videos in 2023

Domo Arigato ! ....C'mon Ken... check out Shibuya crossing new year so... you can say "been there, done that."... ....thought I had climbed Takao-san around New Year's.... but no.... end of January... ( on the trail from Takaosanguchi, several centimeters of snow... lost camera on trail, so that may have been auspicious about something...) ### ...about this time i located a Bohemian coffeeshop in Takadanobaba... so good people to hang out with around New Year's.... ###

Very interresting vidéo thank you 👌🏻🙇🏻🙇🏻🙇🏻 Bonne année de France 😄🇫🇷

thank you. Being my first New Year in Japan now I know what to do. Any recommendations you have to go watch the first sunrise in Tokyo?

Awesome video, my friend, thank you for showing us what to do when visiting the shrine, we can’t wait to visit ours tonight wishing you and your family a happy and healthy and great new year.

はじめまして and wish you and everyone あけましておめでとございます

Hi Kensho! Thank you for another great video. Your English is very good, you don’t have to worry.けんしょう君の英語はとても上手ですよ。😄母と私は、2023 年に日本の親戚と過ごす予定です。その時にけんしょう君にメッセージをお送りします。i’m sorry if my Japanese is not perfect, Japanese is my second language.

I would not hesitate to say that Japanese culture is the number one (yes my opinion) reason, as mental conditioning is very important. And number two would be dietary. Keep eating that seafood based diet! A Mediterranean diet is also very beneficial. That 127 year old didn't have the same level of health care back when he was born until up to somewhere in the middle 20th century. You my friend are a pup (I say that with fondness)! Then number three would be medical care. Remember just my opinion based on what I've seen and experienced throughout my lifetime. If you like, you could do this easier than I KenSHoW as you live in Japan, the people from the 19th century in Japan probably lived much longer than us slobs in the West during that time with our red meat based diet. Japanese mental conditioning, which is a whole cultural endeavor in Japan, and also the traditional seafood diet which was a necessity because everyone was living on an island and many fished, would be why. I might as well tell you KenShoW, I'm a white, 67 year man who was born on the East coast of the US and spent my formative years in the South. I truly despise racism and escaped the East coast and have lived on the West coast for over 40 years. Oh KenShoW, please let me know if I'm using too many verbose words as I tend to do that.<blush>🖖

This is what happens when you have one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Lots of time to develop subtle differences from different areas, is a guess? Japanese linguists have my utmost respect! I'm wondering if there are people in one distant prefecture who can't understand some in another? Is there a common form that most Japanese learn so they can speak to each other? Super interesting.

Great video!.And a great way to meet new friends!.🤗

...giggle... the expression on the staff's faces when i came into work at the language school an hour late (train problems).... uh... yeah...

Also, if you’re a couple, don’t let your significant other stand next to you on an escalator. Also leave at least one space between you and the person in front of you on the escalator.

Nice video! All important things foreigners should know to feel more comfortable and make Japanese feel comfortable around them👍🏼

As some one who lives in the US and heard nearly ever accent of English being spoken, I can tell you that your English is very understandable so you have nothing to worry about 大丈夫. What about stairs is there a right side to go up vs. down. 頑張って

Good presentation! I was aware of each of these, but it's good to have a synopsis.

I was expecting more harsh things :) I am surprised in a very positive way.

this is unbelievable for me because I've never been seen this is before and I am very happy to see your videos and make more videos and Japanese culture and Japanese language👌👌👍👍

Awesome video man, my wife and I just moved here to Oizumigakuen in October so if you’re ever in our neighborhood, we’d love to be your friend

Maybe it's more of a mindset issue than the language being difficult. I'll use an analogy: The anime One Piece is rather long. Some people say "I can't watch 1000+ episodes." and don't give it a try. Others who have started watching and liking it will have hours upon hours of a great show to watch instead of it ending forever after 12 episodes. If you like doing it, isn't a larger amount of things to learn motivating rather than off-putting?

Kensho!! What a great video. I grew up in Hermosa Beach, LA. Weston is my hometown friend. This was AWESOME seeing your adventure in Japan!😊

Aww y'all so nice

I'm jealous in a good way. 🙇🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🇺🇸🤝🇯🇵

Looks like a lot of fun! Me and my husband are currently in Japan (Osaka) and we're going to travel across Japan in one week or so. We will be in Tokyo within 5-9 January, so it would be awesome to meet you! BTW, you've roughly mentioned how Japanese celebrate the New Year. Could you please give more details on that? I've read some info in web, but have ho idea how close to reality it is. As we anyway will be here, I want to celebrate it Japanese way 💪🎄 101 about us not to be complete strangers: 1. originally from the last dictatorship in Europe 2. live in a European country with strongest economy 3. ex-physicists. Like real ones, not teachers 4. open to discuss any kind of thorny subjects 🙂 5. this is the longest comment I've ever left

Now I understand why in several anime series the characters ask each other how to pronounce it or write it. Tokyo ghoul comes to mind.

Hearing that it isn't very common to apologize when you bump into someone is surprising to me. Is that a real thing? From what I understand it seems that Japanese culture prioritizes politeness in public. Could the lack of apology be more of a city living problem? People living close together so bumping into people is more common and seen as not rude?

“I don’t give a shit” 🤣🤣🤣 I’m subscribing!

Great video! I'm taking the plane to Japan on Friday, it would be a pleasure to hang out with you during december or january :)

お疲れ様！確かにけんしょうさんの出かける衣装はすっきりですね。（意味当てる？）僕の方は逆に初めて会う時には派手な格好で行く（笑）

Music very annoying

So glad I had the opportunity to meet you Kensho!! We’ll meet again. Can’t wait for more videos!