10 Things About Japan I'll Never Understand

[@shaibear]

"The tiny little naruto tattoo you got when you were 15"- actually sir, I was 16.

[@choniku187]

Senpai Notice you!

[@Omt0414]

*looks at friend Jonathan who got a half-Naruto-half-Sasuke tattoo on his shoulder when turning 18* ...well then.

[@ihasgamer7877]

I have the hidden leaf village logo tattoo on my shoulder and i got it when i was 18

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

@Da Rure reeeeee

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

I have the kanji Nintai on me left shoulder, the Unversed emblem from kingdom hearts bbs on my right shoulder and a tattoo combining the heartless and nobody emblems from kingdom hearts on my right forearm. Guess I'm investing in cover ups lol

[@MilanNikolic96]

Lol Joey everybody knows foreigners with goku tattoos are honorary yakuza members

[@Hei_Bk201]

xDDDD

[@xavierpittman1533]

Goku gang

[@armandpotgieter9911]

Though that would be a cool tattoo him just squashing someones head under his boot or standing on a bunch of alien corpses but the aliens are just civilians.

[@houseofaction]

the funny thing is that of the yakuza the vast majority are Koreans and they don't limit membership to asians

[@thelordoftheweebs9501]

Joey is a pleb

[@Kyzhr_]

Me: *gets a tattoo that says "I hate Yakuza" Japan: that's a yakuza

[@jocelyngs3215]

Me: *gets a Hello Kitty tattoo surrounded by hearts* Japanese people: *YAKUZA!*

[@skysrandomness5408]

Like of course you are

[@justsomegarage]

I lost ny shit laughing at this, thanks 😂

[@qxrrrr5993]

@@jocelyngs3215 But Hello Kitty means "Hello Devil" in Japan (If I can remember)

[@Shmicah1235]

Just the kind of deception a Yakuza would have

[@jovanchakraborty7384]

Me: gets a Hello Kitty tattoo on the back. Every Yakuza member in a 10 mile radius: alas, our new leader.

[@mariposa2221]

😹

[@phantom0868]

Me: gets a tattoo of my name in japenese so ill never forget it. Every yakuza memeber in the area: yes boys. Finally. A smart on

[@fenim5617]

Bro if out of all the tattoos, you decide to get a hello kitty one, then yeah even I'll be scared of ya

[@PawPawKellum]

I want a Hello Kitty Tattoo, but not sure if i can get Tattoos anymore. :-(

[@TacComControl]

You know as well as I do that they would only truly bow to our true lord and savior, Bonta-Kun.

[@jonaswulff4424]

When I was in Japan I bonded with a old Japanese man in a Onsen he asked me in broken english If he can touch my tattoos since he had never seen them on any "redpectsble" people. His words not mine

[@josephinamungaray6118]

*Respectful people*

[@jonaswulff4424]

@@josephinamungaray6118 I am very sorry I don't know how I wrote it so wrong😂

[@josephinamungaray6118]

@@jonaswulff4424 it's fine

[@INeedANewHandle]

Shit, that was some wierd ass broken english.

[@CARNALGAS_TANGAS]

@@jonaswulff4424 I thought you did it on purpose lol

[@ballisticriot6082]

*10 Things About Japan I Will Never Understand* *#1: Japanese.*

[@camiloguerrero7313]

same

[@TheHorribleCreature]

Don't worry japanese people suck at it too.

[@opejyr777]

Ballistic Riot don’t insult them cuz joey’s half

[@frroku3666]

You are not wrong. They sure make good anime but they are weird as hell

[@jimenatharealest]

@@TheHorribleCreature but not as bad as me

[@bendingbananas6540]

Japan is like that one person that creates scenarios in their head just to hurt themselves

[@naranciasorange579]

Mood

[@goodname2135]

Stop attacking me

[@wayjae]

Damn, that's no right, tho

[@navs9896]

Relatable

[@FromJamestime]

Wow, that’s me!

[@deshstan]

2:02 Tattoos 5:47 Lack of benches 7:56 Formal Japanese 9:43 The number 4 11:26 Yuru-chara's 13:23 Nengajyou 15:07 Paying 300$ to attend a wedding 16:50 Seating & standing positions 18:24 Christmas & Halloween 19:58 Zangyo

[@bockskarr6626]

TY

[@MARKstfu]

Forgot to put 14:08, gf (?) screen saver

[@jackclymans6332]

@@MARKstfu Yes, @akidearest

[@cheskaarana6097]

Thank you for your service.

[@brianna3275]

"What are you? 4 years old?" No, I skipped that scary birthday

[@viv8404]

Brianna Lindsay now I understand Mista

[@karisenpaii]

There's actually big superstitions about childrens birthday in japan, that's why the lucky birthdays are 3 & 5, and the 5th one is a big deal. Cuz your child survived being 4 looool

[@DamselReviews]

HAPPY FOURTH BIRTH- Japan: IM FIVE!

[@totiamed5926]

Heh

[@TheLittlelan]

ITS THE SAME WITH CHINA!!! Shall we just do 444 instead of 666?

[@VV_PaVria]

Y'know, this is basically ten episodes of "WTF Japan" rolled into a single video.

[@Bookdragon11]

VieViaPaVria I agree 😃, and isn’t it amazing? 😁😆

[@chistianchandra2057]

I don't know but it still great to what

[@team1687]

Its actually 12, since he plugged 2 old videos. @TheAnimeMan good job!!

[@shamblesbutdeux]

VieViaPaVria you got hearted...STONKS

[@SuperWarriorcatslove]

So, you're telling me, that on every Halloween, Japan turns into _Florida_ ?

[@chicoti3]

More like turns into Brazil.

[@kinght676]

Lol

[@realswobby]

But still, only for 1-3 days in a whole year

[@Draber2b]

A soft version of The Purge 🤣🤣

[@FiraTook]

I've lived in Florida my entire life, and I have no idea what you're talking about.

[@deeyandra]

It's so refreshing to hear genuine negatives about Japan without the 'Oh well, that's just the way it is here ♡' disclaimer. So many people forget that having a negative opinion about a few things doesn't mean you think the whole country and culture is trash 🙄 Good on you for telling it like it is, especially when it comes to a country like Japan that does indeed have wonderful aspects but it is also incredibly romanticised online

[@luukbeets3775]

Ageing in Japanese: 1-year old 2-year old 3-year old *5-year old*

[@UndisputedFightingSweetPotato]

I erased time and leapt past it

[@norikitsune]

KING CRIMSON

[@Obipolt]

I FUCKING SWEAR TO GOD I POSTED A KING CRIMSON REFERENCE AND NOW ITS GONE.

[@diegoperezreyes8388]

The only kids ageing up to 4 years are antivax ones

[@dinkleberg2304]

*Mista breathes a sigh of relief*

[@rixalla5598]

I love the fact that he has Aki as a wallpaper on his phone. So cute

[@Rock-bg9fy]

Why do people have their significant other as their wallpaper cause i never understood it

[@imafraidjumitebeinagang]

@@Rock-bg9fy Incredible sarcasm homie

[@Rock-bg9fy]

@crashinator im not being sarcastic😅😐

[@keko23]

Chris Stevenson because he loves her. what kind of question is that?

[@NamiNaeko]

@@Rock-bg9fy most do it cuz they can look down at their phone whenever and see the face of the person they love and it makes you smile. It's a little reminder of one of your reasons for making it through the day

[@Gengarina]

White girl with the "Live love laugh" infinity tattoo Japanese old lady: YAKUZA

[@murasakiusagi5124]

Person with a small butterfly tattoo Pregnant lady: *Y A K U Z A*

[@bones9964]

@@murasakiusagi5124 Mom with Tattoo of her baby's name Baby: Yakuza Mom: Her first word!

[@seretonindealer9440]

It's all the Yakuza. We're all in the Yakuza. Your boyfriend? YAKUZA. Your pet? YAKUZA. You? YAKUZA.

[@leecrawford6560]

that one friend who has a dots on their forearm, YAKUZA

[@seretonindealer9440]

@@leecrawford6560 SHIT CALL THE FEDS

[@duzzlotkteam4154]

In Russia we take off our shoes as well and I can't imagine spreading this dirt from streets around the whole house, that's disgusting

[@deadinside8719]

Even south Asia

[@evediby2183]

People that wear their outside shoes on their beds make me cry inside

[@dianbee]

I thought that just everyone, even here in the states, did so as well. Crazy to find out that some people care so little about tracking dirt into their homes.

[@bill-cipher000]

Lol ikr even in India My mom will kill me if I walked around house with shoes lmao

[@mokkimokki8484]

Its the same everywere in Europe i think

[@noeller9187]

7:13 no benches being a marketing tactic for cafes and restaurants has the same energy as no pockets in womens' pants being a marketing tactic for purses

[@crimmerz9948]

900000 iq

[@minnibunni3057]

Wait wait wait that’s why our pockets are so shallow?!

[@NediaLetta]

@@minnibunni3057 Yes. That's why. Have you seen a traditional guy wearing purses or handbag to keep his money? The same thing with magazines promoting putting makeups and chemicals onto your face despite guys not giving a fuck about it.

[@supremeleaderm]

I think it’s more so to do with anti homelessness than a marketing tactic

[@FilmsNerf2]

Wow. I did not make that connection! Mind blown.

[@Minaaamii]

As a Japanese-American, the moment I got a tattoo, everyone’s first reaction was “you can’t go in onsens anymore!!!” as if this 150cm tiny girl is part of the yakuza

[@Jorkvandevyver]

150cm "TINY" girl??????? what is your standard? Edit: I was thinking you had a tattoo off a 150cm girl, error in translation. My bad...

[@LoreCatan]

@@Jorkvandevyver What is yours? 150cm is pretty tiny.

[@monochromaticempress6519]

@@Jorkvandevyver bruh, she's 4'11" thats tiny

[@Minaaamii]

Jork van de vyver I’m smaller than an average Japanese person????? And Japanese people aren’t even that tall????

[@lionhartjohn1000]

@@Jorkvandevyver Are you below 150 cm? Are you a dwarf or just young? The average height in the whole of Europe is 177,6 cm.

[@abuzarak1998]

"why do we bow? instead of shaking their hand or even a hug?" Hahahahaha wait for 2020, AnimeMan

[@karma6574]

lol I've always kinda wished we did that whole "bowing thing" in the states. I've always hated being expected to touch other ppl when I first meet them. I tend to say things like "I don't do that" while throwing up my hands in protest or even lie and say things like "I'm a germophobe" if they pitch a fit about it due to the dreaded entitlement most ppl have here. The history of "shaking hands" doesn't even apply anymore, even in the south, so it's just a gross and pointless custom.

[@bruhmomento6458]

Karma thats retarded, us made it so deal with it if u want to bow and shit go to japan

[@themonarchofbaddecisionmak1405]

Bruh momento no need to be rude. They just don’t want to spread germs.

[@nunusrandom7534]

@@karma6574 So, do you bow your head and only your head while saying "Nice to meet you"?

[@kitsune2367]

@@nunusrandom7534 are you sarcastically rude?

[@TheTuita]

I knew about the tattoo thing before I went to Japan, so I knew I couldn't go into certain places... but I still got caught out by it. I wore a singlet shirt to my hotel's gym for a workout (as you do) and got asked to change into a shirt that covers it. I don't begrudge it (i.e. not my place to tell other cultures how to live, so in their country I play by their rules), but you can't help but find it a little frustrating considering I'm Pacific Islander and it's legitimately cultural for us to have tattoos (i.e. the word literally comes from our languages).

[@vess7789]

"Why do we have to take our shoes off when we enter a house?" As an eastern european the old grandma in me died a little when he said that.

[@jinniespeanut7138]

@@hristinamihajlovic780 promaja really is a bitch

[@TsusakuCohenat]

I would rather say, why you don't take shoes off.

[@Heylow1]

Cleanliness. You don't want to drag the dirt from the outside inside of your house, which is why they have slippers and in the middle east they use carpets

[@graemep7729]

Yeah, it’s weird

[@The-Seal-Of-Approval]

As a Scandinavian, *same*

[@Dslayer565]

I personally always take my shoes off before entering a house and I'm not even Japanese it's just how my house is ran

[@PandorasFolly]

It is a very good system.

[@Katia.t.t]

Me too, then I see Americans with their shoes on in their bedroom and I'm like 🤪

[@Xx_8s595a_xX]

(SORRY FOR BAD ENG BTW) same for me it's just normaal to take your shoes off if you going to your bedhome and idk why some people don't take shoes of, 1 it's make your floor nasty and 2 it's more confortable and no i'm not japanese and no i'm not from america i'm just from Europe

[@Xx_8s595a_xX]

@@Katia.t.t ikr lel

[@seangahan9931]

KONO DIO DA

[@SakuraAvalon]

'Tradition is just peer pressure from the dead'

[@sageoftruth]

I love that phrase. My roommate's mother shared it with us. It's so true.

[@pokaay3163]

They control us with their lies even today

[@РоманЖабин-б2у]

"Неважно, что не говорят, важно что говорят." This is a Part of the Ancient Russian Legend, if you want to translate it... You can get through this. Trust me, its hard. But you can make it if you try. I like it, you SHOULD like it, and thats the end.

[@CJ-wj5ol]

Yeah, why can't we kill humans that is just peer pressure

[@SakuraAvalon]

CJ Killing humans was peer pressure back hundreds and thousands of years ago. You would be pretty useless as a man if you couldn't fight for your homeland/village. xD Not sure what your point was.

[@yumariley6758]

I’m Japanese and I was nodding my head whilst I was watching this video. You are absolutely right! I’m living in Australia and I want tattoo but I can’t😭 Please put Japanese subtitles on! A lot of Japanese would react like me!

[@magiveem]

:3

[@VeganSanatani]

Oo...you can avoid bath houses I guess.

[@shayyuss]

bath houses arent even a thing where i live so its ok for me

[@Lemonade_Stand_]

I heard you can just get a private bath and they dont care about tats then.

[@ryana5435]

@@VeganSanataniAre a traditional Japanese who trying to defend Japanese traditions and customs?

[@SupernerdScrawl]

I once got the words Yakuza and Jacuzzi mixed up. Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese mafia.

[@taigablake3619]

Touché

[@victorevans2867]

Puns

[@Gitaikou]

*korean

[@classicnowaar]

@@Gitaikou wth are you saying

[@ponylover2206]

Oof

[@tedib7115]

people who don't take their shoes of when they enter a house are the weird ones honestly

[@vjaceslavsavsjaniks6431]

On the other hand. I saw places where people live and considered cleaning my outside shoes after it

[@Hogoku_YT]

True

[@hildab2875]

Yup would be interesting to see what's most "normal" like I know in Scandinavia and the surrounding countries in Europe it's rare that people would not take of their shoes when entering a home, but it seems in America where many houses have carpet covering the floor they don't take off their shoes? It's weird

[@Helveteshit]

​@@hildab2875 That is even more disgusting. Not taking off your shoes on a bloody carpet is Disgusting. I can get hard floor, but carpet? Seriously? It is one thing if you have Indoor pair and Outdoor pair, aka the former and the latter don't tread beyond the border of the other.

[@ghxulish]

I agree

[@ShadowZZZ]

14:08 how cute, you have aki as your lock screen wallpaper... ara, ara ^^

[@zulkarnainmohdyusoff5091]

ShadowZZZ thank god i found someone commenting on this...it's too cuteeee

[@rinkaki1923]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ohhhhhh finally someone notice it

[@calebb2134]

ShadowZZZ omg I thought the same thing

[@evillindsay720]

so cuuute

[@RTAG]

Ara ara makes my peepee go Ora ora

[@mattwolf7698]

I actually prefer being given money over a gift that I might not like, that way the other persons money isn't wasted.

[@forrestdorman4870]

This guy has never been married. He’s never seen the cost of a marriage ceremony. Sounds pretty smart on the Japanese parts.

[@decentblackkny1201]

Bowing is useful tho. At least you don't have to touch anyone

[@eyemann5706]

less awkward lol

[@dooplon5083]

@@eyemann5706 I'm more thinking as a health thing, if somebody just sneezed into their hand and wiped I'd rather avoid that handshake as much as possible

[@liyan00]

@@dooplon5083 especially in a high-density country such as Japan

[@_cherrychi_]

Cronoe Lol when I meet someone I haven’t met in a long time (I live in the US) it’s awkward when we don’t know when to hug or give a handshake (I’m a girl so it’s different for me). One time I met someone and I was going in for a handshake and they were going in for a hug 😂 Weird

[@eashansaju8106]

Like when India do namaste

[@runninggal]

"why do we take off our shoes" so the floor is clean.

[@eldafint]

Pretty much. Also what reason us there to have shoes on inside anyway?

[@RetroSmoo]

But you clean the floor anyway

[@marrqi7wini54]

@@RetroSmoo But why make it unnecessary dirty?

[@Archer198026]

@@RetroSmoo Not that easy with tatami flooring

[@eldafint]

@@RetroSmoo Yeah but more often

[@captainkidney8577]

Nobody: Joey: that would be a fantastic place to put a bench

[@lorettabes4553]

Ikr!

[@realswobby]

Other Japanese fellas: *just passing by in high speed, trying to not be late for their workplace

[@Dicyroller]

I like the cash gift thing. Having been married in the USA and getting a crap ton of useless stuff that mostly did not have a way to return them, Also having to display the stuff that may be missed by a family member or in-law. Ick.

[@samwalters1]

Yeah I mean wedding registrys have helped with that problem somewhat making sure the gifts you get are at least things you want/will use - However, for most newly weds the straight up cash is likely way more beneficial to them.......

[@SailorstarcatcherNet]

I find gving cash to the newlyweds more practical than giving gifts, they can buy things that they really needed and they can save up the remaining for future use.

[@ttiger86]

When we got married the cash we got was really useful to us. It helped on our honeymoon for spending money. 300 dollars is a lot, though. I was happy if someone could only give us a 20. At least they were trying to bless us.

[@lordi2009k]

wait serriosly you have to desplay all the wedding gifts over in the states what if someone was to get you a gift with the idea that it will keep the behind closed doors life going for a bit longer. i put this in them words just incase of any youngsters see this it aint so strait forward

[@ttiger86]

@@lordi2009k I think when they talk about display they mean in your home? Bc you don’t have to display them. At the wedding everything is wrapped or I’m bags on the table so no one knows what someone got you. There’s no time to open the gifts at the wedding either. But if your in laws or mom comes over to your house after the wedding and finds out you’re not using that blender or toaster they so lovingly bought you, you know you’re going to hear about it.

[@nonsweet]

Let's be real, walking with your shoes on in your own house and spreading around all that dirt from outside is disgusting.

[@trstmeimadctr]

If people can eat food outside, then i think you can handle having people walk with their shoes on your interior floor that actually gets cleaned regularly.

[@kinnings]

@@trstmeimadctr It's not even a Japanese thing, my family has done it all my life. It's like, you can't take 5 seconds to take your shoes off to ensure my house stays clean? It's just a respect thing, you go into someone else's space and make sure you respect it

[@CrossRoadsOfTime]

@@trstmeimadctr but there's still the time between the intervals, that I have to deal with a floor that gets messy faster, and also gets more messy. then it would with out the shoes. and If I'm the one having to do the floor cleaning, then why should I have to put in extra effort to clean up the dirt and stuff they tracked in an ground into the carpet. or have them spend a little of their own effort to take off their shoes.

[@BombaJead]

@@CrossRoadsOfTime heh I don't even clean the floor that often, but to each their own we are allways so quick to judge other people's lifestyles.

[@_mayuu2335]

@@BombaJead Most of the time it isn't even the shoe from outside that makes the floor dirty, and since we don't clean our entire house's floor every other day so we just let it be and whenever shit becomes visible then we'll clean it, and i'm not saying we're just dragging shoes filled with dirt into building and houses either, as long as it isn't covered in literal mud and you dont go in and out of your house 90 times a day, its not the end of the world. There is still place that I would rather be bare feet like my own room, but keeping even a single room's floor flawless while bare feet is difficult, I have to sweep up or vacuum almost every other day to keep my bathroom and own room free of dust and hair and other random shit that happens to fall onto the ground that wasn't from my feet.

[@stavi975]

bowing prevents you from failures in handshakes

[@abadenoughdude300]

Yeah like they always handshake with their left hand in animu, wtf.

[@kyleboohoo]

I hate shaking hands lol would rather just fist bump or something

[@ZER0lPT]

Well... you can also fail at bowing.

[@sharkvus]

and hella sweaty hands

[@kaptenlemper]

Bit of a moot point when bowing has equally as many rules you can fail at.

[@cypressmicnovicz9541]

joey: "what are you, 4 years old" people who got rid of the 4th floor: *GASP!*

[@brandimullins8813]

PLOT TWIST! if you count the floors/rooms/literally anything like a normal person, *there's still a 4th [insert dumb thing here]!* Japanese: *GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASP!!!!*

[@nurshuhada2675]

When I listen to joe addressing this issue, I giggled because I live in a multiracial country and chinese is one of them. Even the chinese in my country are very superstitious with number 4. Especially if they are running a business. If you have an apartment building, the floors will be numbered like these: 1, 2, 3, 3A, 5 and so on. For their car plate number, they'd rather pay thousands to have customized number than having the number 4 in it. While number 8 is considered to bring in wealth. I respect their custom and enjoy their new year festivals a lot. Just find it a bit weird about the numbers.

[@bethanybrookes8479]

@@nurshuhada2675 i once went to a chinese/western fusion restaurant and the numbers on the menu were 1 2 3 3A 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12A 14 15 And so on... Same with table numbers. And just to top it off, it was split in two sections, one with four tables, one with nine, thus totalling thirteen tables...

[@XtreemAlan]

Mista:

[@realswobby]

I bet all 4 year old kids in Japan have some "special treatment'...

[@scraplette9608]

With you 100% on the shortage of benches. I went to Japan with my best friend who has a chronic pain condition and needed a stick to walk long distances. She was really suffering due to the lack of benches.

[@ta4music459]

Contrast this with e.g. Iceland. In Reykjavik you'll find benches outside nearly every shop, and even outside some private houses. "Please have a little rest, courtesy of this shop who doesn't even sell you coffee or anything like that, or just this house owner with no monetary interest in anything you'll do with that bench".

[@Filtiarin]

A part Japanese man: “There are some things I don’t understand about Japan” Weebs who haven’t even seen the country: “ I understand everything about Japan senpai”

[@babygorl9541]

Enlightened weebs: "I don't really give a fuck about real Japan and just want to enjoy my pseudo-Japanese anime worlds"

[@babygorl9541]

I'm Josiah nah a lot of things about normal japan that you can’t learn about in anime are boring and this is someone who lived there for years. outside of the good parts like some of the respect culture, serving tea to guests, connection to nature and healthy traditional diets, average japanese people don’t think for themselves and are highly susceptible to propaganda and groupthink. japanese TV is either very boring, very over the top and exaggerated to the point of being corny, or just a reflection of dated expectations and cultural biases. anime and manga and otaku shit tend to be one of the few areas of japanese culture that throw all the BS to the side and just gets creative and playful. i don’t blame anyone who focuses most of their attention on that part of the culture as long as they don’t hurt anyone.

[@christibble8991]

I met a Japanese man with a full bodysuit on my second day in Tokyo. my friend and I are fairly heavily tattooed and a man in a valour tracksuit, wearing sunglasses approached us and asked about our tattoos in broken English. we had a little chat and he unzipped his tracksuit revealing a full bodysuit. Not a clue if he was yakuza or not but we were pretty shocked. he was really nice and polite, thanked us for our chat, and went on with his business.

[@shiv7978]

Weirdi

[@tubbysza]

yah he definitely hated your guts

[@emmetthawthorne5556]

@@tubbysza wdym?

[@meiling637]

O damn lmao. You might have come in contact with Yakuza. Pretty cool.

[@Ilpedulla]

"his business"

[@wumarNart]

Slav squat on a bench and show off your tattoo of the number 4 after leaving work early.

[@smievil]

it's probably illegal to carry a bench around though

[@UnbreakableTaco]

Challenge accepted.

[@tranngockha6562]

Absolute mad lad

[@miyashiro9231]

Nart Wumar you have to put the bench wrong distance from your boss 😄

[@artema.]

Now I wanna do that and be obnoxious

[@physicssimulator2656]

"Why do we have to take our shoes out before entering a house" This actually isn’t really a Japanese exclusive, it’s a general hygiene measure used by a lot of housholds outside of Japan as well.

[@theskyking5]

I am canadian, I never understand people who don't take off shoes in their house

[@maow45]

Swede here, only thought dirty junkies kept their shoes on inside

[@donbenjamin6459]

Argentino here ¿if you put your shoes of the smell wouldnt be horrible ?

[@welsan2074]

@@donbenjamin6459 i think the dirt and the stuff that stays under the shoes have more bad effect on the house, thats why we wear off the shoes, and also we usually doesnt have stinky shoes because we usually washes them often like probably once every 1-3 weeks

[@melissaredburm9483]

Balkan has joined the chat

[@kurenaishu9001]

hans cordoba ,it's worse if you stepped on poop and enter the house

[@bubzashtoroth5711]

14:08 OMG you have Aki as your lock screen that's so cute and adorable

[@dqpfjggisjgIdksorp]

I was just trying to find a comment that said this. I agree!

[@ItzMeYt]

That's his girlfriend?

[@Brand0n_.]

Fumetsu no yeh it is

[@MrJay_White]

bj points acquired lol

[@curses0206]

Fumetsu no no they’re just very very very good friends.

[@notheresir]

Anime man, I know you are an anime channel but here me out, *WTF AUSTRALIA* the other side of your coin explored.

[@itschikken4132]

Does Australia even exist? Is everything upside down? Find out on *WTF AUSTRALIA*

[@ira__s]

Yes! Like Shoey x) Wtf

[@1293ST]

Pretty sure Australia isn't even a real country. Do you even know European Culture lol!? Everyone knows Australia is a state of Germany lmfao

[@Snakebloke]

hear* me out.

[@streetvybzswag1.067]

Does everything there really want to kill you? and spiders really bigger than houses?

[@nixixim]

Japan: strict rules, unnecesary traditions and cultural expectations and dumbass rituals, capital punishment for standing wrong in front of your boss, intense work culture and mocking relaxation and self-care. also japan: whys our mental health so bad?

[@chinyang1200]

Have you seen America ? It's A hell Circus

[@bill-cipher000]

Also japan: *imma pretend that I didn't hear that*

[@goldexperience6797]

Like many other asian countries, I think japan does not see mental health as a real problem. They treat it as a made up problem that westerners whine about. Most of the time the solution for asian countries is simply to man up and not get depressed. I maybe wrong but this is just my opinion cuz its the same where I live.

[@magiveem]

@@goldexperience6797 it's the same here yes, If I go crying to my mom about something,she would just laugh at me and stuff.Its just like that. And I wouldn't even cry often but...can that be one of the problems actually?

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@magiveem Pakistani

[@kjkj633]

Fun story, I lived in japan for two years and went to a public bath house once and holy shit think I was intruding a yakuza bathhouse, most of the men there had full body tats

[@epitaphboi4816]

I would’ve fucking ran

[@inkchip7351]

@Soul best bet

[@shadowamigo9506]

@@inkchip7351 all bet are 50 50

[@sanur1124]

I went to Niigata once with my friends and hotel that we were staying at had onsen but staffs blocked one of my friends because he had tattoo on his chest and didn't let him in haha And it wasn't that big only 4 words

[@edi9892]

I've seen someone with Mafia tattoos in Austria in a bath. He must have been a high ranking member of the Russian mafia. No one cared and I think most didn't even realize the meaning of his tattoos. All they noticed was that he was rich and constantly in company of two girls half his age with a lot of surgery...

[@beidougi6787]

14:07 aww it’s cute how Joey put Aki as his lock screen 🥰

[@gilgabro420]

She's cute -.-

[@tiffanydetalla4313]

I WAS WAITINV FOR SOMEONE TO COMMENT THIS!!!

[@saechoii7229]

@@tiffanydetalla4313 SAME DJKWJDJR

[@vp3093]

I'm new here, who is she?

[@saechoii7229]

@@vp3093 Aki is the Anime Man's girlfriend! She has her own channel called Akidearest.

[@seighartmercury]

Philippines: "You can't truly know someone until you live under the same roof." Also, Philippines: "You can't live together until after marriage." I guess we should just marry someone we don't "truly know"

[@zenon351]

Then make it impossible to separate and re-marry cause no divorce

[@fizzyboy08]

@Karol Jeske where are you from? Also that sounds rather outdated, what does the boys have to do in around that age?

[@justanotherweirdo11]

@@zenon351 Oh yeah. So you have to marry someone you "don't truly know" and be legally stuck with them for life.

[@TheMindofagenius1]

Yeah good luck being just stuck with that individual that 80% chance you don't exactly align with but watcha gonna do, you're married now oops.

[@_AnLope]

I have honestly never heard of any Filipino saying the first one.

[@samanthachapman8878]

Really giving money at a wedding is actually a thing in Spanish countries too, because it helps pay for the wedding. You can get gifts, but the best thing to do is give money.

[@kochamboga3230]

The same in Poland. You have to give prezent or envelope with money (As much as you want). Most people give money and bottle of wine.

[@alexjustalexyt1144]

Same, hearing Joey's opinion is really wierd

[@grass324]

Japan: fears the number 4 Japanese 4 year olds: sweats profusely

[@Joaanasmith]

What about 44,40,54.........😂

[@Lee-wb5yx]

"you gotta go kid"

[@joshuapelletier8784]

Chinese also be like 四=死

[@bapu8459]

**cocks shotgun**

[@munmunkumi]

Mista: *Confused Screaming*

[@JPitter1809]

"how stupid do you have to be to fear the number 4" Mista: *heavy breathing intensifies*

[@birdgirl69]

i was waiting for a comment like this xD

[@dooplon5083]

I mean tbh mista is weird as fuck

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

Is this a JoJo reference?

[@forcexjr1566]

Tell that to Abbacchio. He took the 4th slice of pizza during the first meeting with Giorno and ultimately paid the price for it.

[@birdgirl69]

yeh

[@-Raylight]

Yakuza : We have tattoos Mafia : We have pianos *plays Giorno's theme*

[@fra604]

3:45

[@marrsi626]

Is that a JoJo reference?

[@Alex_IHateHandles]

Marrsi nah

[@iamnowhere5678]

I,Giorno Giovanna,have a dream!

[@lemonlime8635]

Kono Giorno Giovanna niwa yume ga aru

[@TheOriginalFayari]

Two years later, Joey pulls some anxiety-inducing shit while interviewing a former Yakuza.

[@mainstreetsaint36]

I was going to mention that. Go figure huh?

[@nr937]

Joey: showing off his "smart phone" with aki's pic as his wallpaper Me: Yes.

[@itsyaboiherman]

Aki looking like a full snack on that phone

[@livewire2997]

Nidhi Rathore I know right, it was so cute 🥰

[@ckat1111]

So basically Halloween in Japan is slowly becoming the Purge

[@iAngelicVampire]

mostly in the main cities small rural towns dont go crazy like that as my friend who lives there told me.Its kind of stupid they use halloween as an excuse to get drunk to use being drunk as an excuse to do stupid things

[@PusciferFan666]

@@iAngelicVampire So it's they're version of any time an American pro sports team wins a championship the "fans" riot. lol

[@iAngelicVampire]

@@PusciferFan666 omg that was a perfect description XD

[@rikkucrowe]

Fuck!

[@naosoupopularrr]

😂😂😂

[@Farhan-hp8kr]

Everyone : Japan is the greatest. Joey : *I am boutta end this country's whole career*

[@vanillaice3717]

Original Comment: I am about to end this mans whole career Otaku Nayeem: I am about to copy this mans comment because Im stupid

[@Farhan-hp8kr]

@@vanillaice3717 I change my comment

[@pantherowow77]

*I am about to* not "I am boutta"

[@Farhan-hp8kr]

@@pantherowow77 I wrote for fun :")

[@reixpool]

Lol 😂

[@SimsinWonderland]

“Why is manga and anime so f-ing good?” Lol I loved this

[@muhdzulkarnain428]

In Malaysia, Chinese are also "afraid" of number 4. But the floors on the elevator don't just skip the number 4 but. It instead goes : > 5 > 3a > 3 > 2 > 1

[@raphaelzlimz8437]

If you working in hospitality industry, that's totally a nightmare when some old people come in.

[@Nicole-jm4wb]

Same here in the PH, we know some building or business is owned by a chinese or someone with a chinese descent when they it doesn't have a 4th floor or on some occasions, 4th and 13th floors.

[@imgaaye_69]

Same, the apartment my grandma lives in even skipped the 14th floor and replaced with 13A instead

[@eugenefindit]

I lived in many apartments when I was in Malaysia. I got used to it after a while. Although, I have noticed that not all buildings do that even if they are primarily developed by Chinese. 😁

[@darlingmaam385]

We have the 13 thing in England but it's really only with house numbers, I've lived in three places with no number 13 house. People just wouldn't buy the thirteenth house.

[@shahrukhhassan9599]

"You have to spend $300 to attend a wedding." Pakistani: "First time?"

[@acheleon7038]

Chinese people also do this but it is not an exact number, you could give as much or as little as you want or u dont want to give at all but its kinda rude to do that

[@archer3813]

Give empty envelope

[@archer3813]

@@acheleon7038 nah. Probably rip.

[@acheleon7038]

@@archer3813 haha lol

[@hy2024-e1g]

@@archer3813 Even worse: Give envelope with voucher inside that requires you to spend a certain amount of money to use.

[@secretasianman1939]

when i lived in korea, i experienced 60% of this. because at some point, japan invaded korea and left an impression on how society works and korea tweaked it in their own evil ways. yeah, i can totally relate to this. for example, why the hell do i have to go to cram school? it's not that i don't agree with cram school but the problem is that we have to go monday through saturday after school until 10 or sometimes even 11 at night to go home to sleep and go to school all over again. not to mention the fact that we pay for school in korea unlike here in the states. so that means, we pay to go get educated by teachers who gets payed by the government and the parents and then with some unknown donation and we have to pay to go to some cram school. like wtf, don't we deserve a hobby or youth? it's also not cheap to go to school. unless you are going to trade middle, high and college learning how to operate farming machinery or factories along with basic stuff for language arts, math, history and science. if your parents can't afford to get you in a good school, guess what, society treats you accordingly until you are able to "pay" to go to a better college to learn something else. most koreans can't afford to do so. you are either super smart to begin with or get left behind if your family is poor. when i say poor, i mean bottom of the middle class. that's right, some of the kids will have a difficult time actually going to school at all. here in america, they hunt you down to make you go which is obviously the right thing to do. but there, if you can't pay, then whatever. i used to go to cram school in korea but for a brief moment. i went to korea during 10th grade and was trying to go to school there. they wouldn't accept me and said "our school is currently full sorry" the following week, a japanese girl was allowed to go to that same school... i'm korean american and i'm fluent in korean so i'm pretty sure if they allowed me to go to their school, i'd fit right in. i was ultimately not able to go to school at all but in the mean time, i went to cram school in the afternoon(morning was my free time until 4) learning korean math(one way to solve or else!). it wasn't very fun for me. i love math and always try to learn it on my own now but damn korea, wtf... here, we can solve the same equation in at least 2 different ways and choose what works for us. i'd say i'm pretty fluent in math but every time i solved them and got it right my way, they gave me a 0. i'm sorry korea but i'm not gonna budge from where i stand. eventually, i half-assed the solving portion their way to make them think i'm improving on something i already knew how to do. i got really bored. then, they put me in science. i consider myself decent in it but to them, once again, my way is wrong. how is it wrong? i come up with the same answer again in a different way so they're the weird ones. i took korean language arts and that one was hard for all the right reasons(i lived in the states prior). korean history is too long to try to comprehend but i managed because i was always interested in ancient korean wars as a kid. they somehow convinced me to take the english quiz, i got 60% but when you look at the answers, they were actually grammatically more correct than what they use. their way make you sound like you are really trying to show how you "just learned" english. they didn't even give me the previous material to look over so that was also a factor. when i saw the actual answers, all i could say was "good luck using that internationally..." yes, i actually said that to them. it's like this, in a normal english class, we learn what we call "synonyms and antonyms" they apparently don't do that. they just memorize 1 or 2 words that mean the same thing and just use them over and over all the way through middle and high school(korean celebs and politicians are an exception to this). while it's true that they learn their subjects in a more accelerated pace, it's more like memorizing rather than understanding why it is what it is. that's a very unhealthy way of learning. fun fact, they learn multiplication at 1st grade! they even have a song for it. do you know what the number one thing they struggle with as they become teenagers is? it's adding and subtracting. that's right, the very first thing they should know how to do like the back of their hands is their weakness. i'm not saying 1+1, i'm saying really big numbers and really tedious decimals. they have a harder time adding those than us. it's a very important thing for jobs involving large quantity of things but hey, if you multiply them, the'll get it right. now, i'm aware that this doesn't apply to everyone(if it did, then oh boy. they are so~ screwed) but the fact that a very large amount of the population is that way is bad. if you watch some talent show type korean shows, there are students adding really big numbers back to back. i rolled my eyes because big "whoopty doo~" so he can add. someone give him a cookie, he deserves it. it's all in order to go to college. we do our best to get in the best college here with sat's and act's but it's rather easy to get in to college and difficult to graduate. they try so hard to get in and most likely fail until one day, they finally meet the requirements but graduating, oh that's a cake-walk compared to here. if it's that easy to graduate college, why go at all? and a lot of koreans in their 20's are currently thinking just that. if you follow korean youtubers you'll probably notice that all of a sudden, there's a bunch of late teens to early 20's korean youtubers that appeared out of nowhere. that's why they are here. to make money in a different, less stressful environment. man, this is long but hey, now you know.

[@halfpint2502]

This boi wrote a whole ass novel yet got no likes :(( he rlly worked hard

[@KaichouClips]

The more I hear about Korean education, the more messed up it sounds

[@colinenavarra9100]

@@KaichouClips yuh, someone should reform them

[@xmplrtread]

Can't even imagine what it would've been like if you had to go THIS far to write such a long ass comment. I'd say this is more than a confession. Props, man!

[@its_rafa_]

secret asian man tell me why i should read that all

[@unknownuser6809]

The gift thing at wedding makes sense in Japan. They tend to live in small places so to have a heap of unwanted gifts to store or get rid of unless they had a gift registry. It’s a huge imposition on the newlyweds first few days of their wedding

[@Moonlight-op4qo]

Zangyo is when a teacher punishes the whole class for a thing 1 kid did

[@epitaphboi4816]

Bruh that’s some wypipo shit, that teachers in the US pull

[@thatziggs4062]

@@epitaphboi4816 bruh that's just some thing in the US. Even some fucking employers try that shit.

[@SoulBro12]

That happens to us in south east asia!

[@Moonlight-op4qo]

Gezora It's very frequent in Europe as well

[@SoulBro12]

Seems like all of us has a problem about that

[@armanbarat]

Teacher: so how old are you Student: fou- Japanese parent: 3+1!

[@alvinhii1141]

Yum

[@josukehigashikata8690]

Mista*

[@iamgod4174]

@@josukehigashikata8690 can you stop. We get it, JoJo reference hahajahahahahahaha

[@mzashtiker]

@@iamgod4174 we will never stop

[@iamgod4174]

Stop

[@drickbarsoda9924]

I live in sweden and we also take off our shoes before entering a house and?? im? confused? Like of course we take off the shoes you wear when you are OUTSIDE AND WALKING ON THE DIRT

[@JxTime333]

In Switzerland we entering, in the floor and take there the shoe's off, so it isn't a problem for me too.

[@magiv4205]

@@JxTime333 yeah, Swiss here too, and I don't get people wearing shoes inside. Why would you want all that outside dirt inside your house unnecessarily?? Plus, bare feet or socks are much more comfortable anyways.

[@armininaskirt729]

Im from Denmark and same here like we have to change to shoes that have not been outside that much

[@jan-gabrielruthmann745]

Same in Germany

[@commentaryall5210]

@@jan-gabrielruthmann745 that's it's not true at all. Some Germany people even get uncomfortable when you tell them to take their shoes off before entering your house. And casually you don't have to take your shoes ever off if you're a guest at a german family.

[@Draaza]

Bless his soul, you can see throughout the video Joey's slow descent into madness. He gets angrier and angrier as it goes on xD

[@ahhyesstoinks4058]

Me: who has tattoos of my starter pokemon Bathhouse: so you have chosen yakuza life

[@Casshio]

Some serious crime lord shit, my guy.

[@janashinawa2895]

I went to several bath houses in Japan with a lot of tattoos on me and it was always fine. Maybe different for foreign girls? O.o

[@Casshio]

@@janashinawa2895 The big city ones tend to be more okay with it if I recall correctly.

[@janashinawa2895]

@@Casshio Well, I was also in Tokyo, yes. But also in small ones in Hokkaido and it was never a problem. But, also in Hokkaido, there were never really small cities. :D

[@janashinawa2895]

@@thedanielblack Well I do not remeber the correct location at all, but they was a sign there. Which I ignored.... living on the edge :D

[@yinji88]

aww you got aki as your phone background. i've been married for like 6 years and my background is miku

[@SrgtKillerSpark]

lynda y You’re a legend

[@zazaamiya]

Married to Miku

[@HassanKhan0987]

UMmmmm...Commitment i guess?

[@CJG338]

he is the chosen one

[@mrwiseguy7405]

( ✧≖ ͜ʖ≖)

[@lazyb3e]

The fee to attend your friend's wedding: $280 Me: Sorry friend.... I'm too poor to afford to go your wedding ಥ‿ಥ

[@abadenoughdude300]

On the other hand, it keeps the freeloaders away. ʕ•ٹ•ʔ

[@getterkaiserz]

in tokyo, went to a tattoo ok bathhouse because my buddies were inked, sat in the sauna with an old dude with a full back tiger tat and a missing finger.

[@somethingsomething9008]

Missing finger, tattoo deftinley a former yakuza member

[@kyatonic1]

That was an actual yakuza

[@getterkaiserz]

@@LunaDuels dont recall but likely. im aware of the penance done for a screw up is a finger beinled lopped off.

[@jojoluvsu]

“Being afraid of the number 4 is stupid “ *mista would like to know your location*

[@brainwormyy]

THANK YOU I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT

[@guidomista3192]

It really do be like that sometimes

[@wafflesthearttoad6916]

Guido Mista gotta agree with you, hows the mafia business with Gio?

[@austinblackburn8095]

I hate to say this but in the US in some buildings probably less than Japan to be fair we skip the 13th floor an room just like Japan does with 4.

[@blank6460]

Is tHaT a jOjo rEfeRenCe??

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

Random foreigner: *Enters onsen with a tattoo* Every Yakuza, Thug, and Biker in a 10-mile radius: "Hey, I recognize him"

[@mythicalducky]

Why'd you feel the need to specify biker?

[@TruNorthBandit]

@@mythicalducky Bosozoku gangs

[@dianbee]

"Aren't you Makoto? The new guy?" "My name is Mark..."

[@sakuya9017]

"I raised that boy"

[@krysc3278]

"Heeeey is ya boy, get him a good drink, we pay"

[@inakaboyz]

how to make profit: 1. arrange wedding 2. invite all your friends 3. your friends won't be able to reject your invitation (because it's rude) and have to attend the wedding 5. collect 30,000 yen from each friend. 6. profit

[@electic1284]

but then u gotta pay that 30,000 to ur friends wedding so u make no profit

[@electic1284]

douglas wahid now that’s a good strat

[@Alsty69]

but weddings cost a lot of money so you wouldnt really make any profit

[@guacamole8683]

*Stonks*

[@phitc4242]

7 repeat

[@cpuman]

joey you sold me on where I'm going to visit for Halloween soon, had me sold

[@chelseamcluckie]

So wait what's going to happen at the 2020 Olympics when most swimmers, runners, volleyball players have tattoos.... will they be expected to cover up?!

[@pierrechang55]

chelsbun x. Yes.

[@Penguyen.]

Pretty sure most Olympians won't be using public baths/pools. They usually have a private olympic village specifically for them.

[@RollingScone]

I paused and read the sign Joey flashed up about vloggers at bath houses and it looks like that specific one might make exceptions for visiting athletes. In personal experience, when I visited japan on a college trip, we stayed at a hotel that had an onsen in Sendai and they were very accommodating to us with tattoos. Basically they asked that we go later at night or earlier in the morning during off hours and we could stay as long as no one complained. Ended up working out great and the two Japanese ladies we met when we were in the onsen were very nice to us, regardless of tattoos.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

I think they're altering the tattoo rule for the Rugby World Cup though which is happening this September.

[@bunniesWHISPERSasmr]

@Michael O Callaghan N O

[@SmartyPoohBear]

Damn, almost 300 bucks just to attend the wedding? What are you paying for? Their divorce fee? XD

[@Angelfem777]

Omg best comment

[@thurismundbotheric7598]

Considering their current marriage & birth rates, I don't think that's what you're paying them for

[@J5TRONG]

@UC0Z-WI-sBDhQSAANMCgxrZA 30,000 yen not 300 yen

[@killua123333]

Its normal for asian wedding. I am chinese, and its very normal to giv that much even only 1 person is attending the wedding. It depends on how close you are to the bride and groom will depend on how much u give.

[@jennychen2636]

China is the same, but it's technically not a rule...you just get shunned by Everyone. And even if you don't attend, you have to send money. Btw, the amount isn't specified, but a few thousand dollars is usually expected.

[@ishaansharma654]

"You're leaving early? Many would consider that disrespectful." "Earn respect by finishing your job on time."

[@KyrstOak]

YES.

[@yithanong7593]

A wedding can often be an expensive endeavour and an envelope full of cash can often be more useful than receiving 6 rice cookers (Yes, giving electronics to the new couple is also a thing in Asia culture). I do believe Adam Ruins Everything has explained getting gifts might be a bad thing in one video.

[@FernRN]

16:50 Nobody: Not a single soul: Business Person: Do you mind if I- Japan: What's your status

[@ninthefrog3911]

XD

[@nor2d262]

My status is f**ked (Sam)

[@OlympusPublicAffairs]

"Hey what room are you in?" "One, DEATH, SUFFERING!"

[@shibina]

looks like hell

[@nikolasimonovski427]

Are you actually Zeus. Omg I'm a big fan!!

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

So what you’re saying is that the whole point of formal Japanese is just an excuse to flex on someone?

[@keubis2132]

Well ... ehmm.... YES

[@ruche4206]

It was a big exaggeration. It's usually used to show respect to elders/people higher in the hierarchy you're in. For instance, when meeting new people, you would adress them politely (or at least more politely than with friends). They have different levels of "politeness" or formality based on context which is why there are different types of formal Japanese.

[@zanderhamilton7908]

No, it's more so to raise the person you're talking to up. Basically raise their status higher than yours (or sometimes lower your own status) by speaking "respectfully".

[@Moonhack95]

@Manannan anam This is exactly it

[@zanderhamilton7908]

@Manannan anam Pretty much.

[@teruokun-us]

I actually met some yakuza during my time in Kyoto at a hole-in-the-wall udon restaurant and they were actually very friendly and very gracious (they kept insisting on buying me beer because they were interested in US culture and we were having a great conversation). It was a wonderful time and while I did feel a little apprehension initially, it really exhibited not to judge a book by its cover

[@imveryanxious]

Funny thing about the ”removing 4th floor” is that the 4th floor is still there, just with a different number Bothers me honestly

[@kyoshi1950]

Yeah ..its funny.. Also for countries that has other number-phobia... Like mine (13) .. I find it funny too that when the building has atleast 13 floors.. Then changing its number..😂

[@woobilicious.]

If the building is large enough, the 4th floor might be a service floor not accessible to general population.

[@romanschiffino1465]

No.... Really?, Are you sure?

[@Ash-ic3eh]

Yeah, I’m in the US and we don’t have a 13th floor. Skipped for the same reasons

[@xaius4348]

The fourth floor has learned to disguise itself, we are in danger.

[@arttig.3377]

Work culture is actually the reason, why I don't want to live in Japan, even I if I have a chance in future. The country is great, but I hate the idea of trading my 8-hour work day and 26-days paid annual leave for overworking, lack of holidays and forced nomikais. Japanese people should learn the word work-life balance.

[@日本ジョリーン]

Artti G. I feel the exact same way

[@Endershock1678]

Which is a shame because Japan is such a beautiful country with so many things to do when you aren't working.

[@RafaelValle12]

I'm sorry what. Did you say that nomikais are forced? What if somebody doesnt drink alcohol?

[@Endershock1678]

@@RafaelValle12 It kinda is forced though. It's pressure on the newcomers that if they don't, they'll be looked down upon either by the boss or by their seniors, and becomes something of a rite of passage, and as such, while it isn't technically forced, there are consequences for not doing it, as it can stunt career advancement.

[@okidxb4930]

You have to have a life to begin with

[@uwotm8]

1. Tattoos 2:00 2. Lack of benches 5:45 3. Formal Japanese 7:55 4. The number 4 9:40 5. Yuru-chara's 11:25 6. Nengajyou 13:20 7. Paying $300 to attend a wedding 15:05 8. Seating & standing positions 16:50 9. Christmas & Halloween 18:25 10. Zangyo 19:55

[@Avadonia]

U Wot M8? You are a hero

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

U Wot M8? Why isn’t this top comment?

[@taigablake3619]

Ur a good person

[@tenzero5274]

THANK U

[@RandomPerson-rw1vs]

Thank you

[@bigbrowntau]

3:54 Day two in Tokyo, I saw a whole bunch of yakuza, strolling around a shrine. Guess that makes me an outlying data point!

[@duchi882]

*If The Anime Man himself doesn't understand something in Japan* Then I understanding nothing

[@seanspringer4494]

Me: has teddy bear tattoo Elderly japanese man: god damn yakuza

[@John.M]

even worse, a Teddy Bear as a Tattoo? Get out man

[@wearypirates]

You’re kidding, but in fact that’s what Japanese people think.

[@spacebubble1552]

O.O

[@Velereonics]

We *technically* have formal speech in the US but it’s slowly becoming “people I swear in front of and people i don’t.” As long as you communicate meaning effectively, it mostly doesn’t matter. Even foreigners with broken English can get meaning across pretty easily to an adult.

[@sjappiyah4071]

JundArbiter That’s why I love English, so straightforward compared to most Eurasian languages 😊

[@sjappiyah4071]

b C yeah our spelling a little inconsistent ngl haha But as someone who speaks french & spanish fluently, overall English definitely has less to learn

[@funkyfranx]

What formal speech? Simply being respectful and saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ doesn’t equate to cultures that have whole language structures and specific vocabulary dedicated to formal speech

[@psychoseagull3104]

Ikr. Tops you would say "I have to go because I am attending a funeral for my late aunt," instead of "I gotta go, my aunt died," to your boss, and even that isn't 100% guaranteed.

[@underthebridge6596]

Well, our formal language is like saying yes ma’am and yes sir instead of the informal, yeah, yes, or ok. Now when it comes to formality in names, sure we don’t go around adding san’s and senpai’s and shit. I always find it so hilarious when anime characters are embarrassed to say first names or drop the honorary titles. At least in the US it’s common to call each other by our given names.

[@지호김-j8f]

I’m a korean highschool student and i just realized how similar the customs are between japan and korea

[@TheUchiha997]

The tattoo thing might seem unbelivable to some people, but I went to Japan a few years ago for a school trip and we went to Shingu for our the last part of our trip. (Granted, Shingu is a more "countryside" place than say Fukuoka, Kyoto, Tokyo etc, but still.) One of my classmates happen to have a tattoo on each of his arms, (according to him) being important principles of Taoism, written in chinese. And one day he came back and said that he had a great day. So many people were being overly friendly, I think he mentioned he got a free haircut, essentially he had a pretty good time. However our guide there then told him it was simply because they were all actually afraid of him, because tattoo's=Yakuza and therefor didn't wanna get on the bad side of any of these people. He actually couldn't believe it. Especially since he looks like a pretty average scandinavian, and not at all japanese, yet this guy is still somehow assumed to be a yakuza - a member of the japanese mafia.

[@keubis2132]

Japan be like : "logic pfffft what the f is that"

[@MisaeShimamura]

Wow That's amazing

[@fraktaalimuoto]

I am from a Nordic country and "almost every" middle class under 40 people have a tattoo. But yeah, the blond bearded guy with a shoulder tattoo is obviously Yakuza - not just a random Swedish civil servant or something.

[@w0rstart1st5]

As a guy who played Yakuza series, I don't see any foreigner joins the yakuza. The ones who involved are mafia, CIA, and some random dude who would like to pick a fight with you(Ali brothers).

[@yesipan]

So what you're saying is I should get full sleeves if I want better service in Japan

[@lyssdeline4178]

"Why do we have to take our shoes off wheb we go inside the house?" As a canadian this has never been weird to me and it feels super strange to keep shoes on inside.

[@_J.B.S._]

Lyss Deline as a Swedish dude I can say the same. It’s more for the sake of keeping dirt and other things that’s caught under your shoes out but also because it’s just something that’s a part of the culture here. It is pretty common to keep them on depending on what job you have though, but than again that is outside of your home.

[@Dac_DT_MKD]

Same in Macedonia. I don't know about other people, but I've been taught to take my shoes off when entering someone's home or at my home. I rarely keep my shoes on when entering someone else's home, usually when the home I'm entering asks me to not take my shoes off.

[@RafaelValle12]

I kinda like doing it

[@Noobie2k7]

I mean who honestly wants dirt and stuff walked through their houses?

[@KuroRiot]

Same In the UK its kinda weird to not take your shoes off

[@Perceval777]

I disagree about the weddings. Giving money instead of a present is actually the most practical thing ever.

[@erenyeager2713]

same lmao i dont want a vase, gimme some money

[@anne-zh2kd]

But that is way too much money to give. Some people are poor. What kind of douchebag excludes their poor relatives from their wedding?

[@karma6574]

OMG YES THANK YOU!

[@oysteroyster2508]

I mean 30k yen is too much for something that's supposed to be a gift with good feelings behind it

[@vazquez2073]

while yes, i agree money is more pratical and all, making the person *unable to attend the wedding unless they pay around 300 dollars in yen* is just absurd. Shouldn't the presence of the people dear to you on your happiest day be the most important thing?

[@federicamariconda1156]

"get used to public transportation and walking around" Every European ever: isn't it normal??

[@studi0robb]

"who has visited japan and seen a Yakuza member?" *raises hand* me. i had a female acquaintance who showed me around harajuku and other places, and...there were guys following us around. turned out her ex-boyfriend was yakuza and he wasn't too happy about his YOME escorting some gaijin around the hip electric areas of tokyo so he had his boize follow us around to make sure i didn't get grabby with her or try to take her into a love hotel or some such stupid thing.

[@vadiks20032]

well i played saints row 2 and gta san andreas so i wouldn't have problems with it that's just a shitty joke please don't hate me

[@Joseph_Siri]

Man. Knowing it's a shit joke and still sending it through? Man, you're just begging for attention. So here you have it, my attention. 'Sup dude.

[@smievil]

but more importantly, did their goku tattoos look good?

[@vadiks20032]

@@smievil lol i'd love to see yakuza members with goku one piece naruto one punch man and other great animes on them

[@nika-yp4il]

**My mom having 3 tattoos that are small/medium** Yakuza: one of us 😌👏

[@mmandllt5672]

My grandpa has three medium sized tattoos.

[@procrastination9288]

We must have similar moms 😌✌🏼

[@crypticcorgi8280]

The weird cultural thing I will never understand from The States is tipping the waiter/waitress. Just pay your employee the full amount. why must the costumer have to be in charge of paying them for partial amounts of their pay checks? If it was not so culturally ingrained. We would see how cheap and unprofessional it is.

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

If we don't tip here in the US, it means the server can't pay rent. It's a business practice left over from prohibition era restaurants screwing over their employees super hard in order to make up for the profits lost from the criminalization of alcohol. And because businesses only ever care about money, most restaurants/bars/etc still pay far below minimum wage for servers, bartenders, and bussers. I've done tipped labor and I honestly hated how my workplace was forcing the people paying for my service to also pay my wages. Just one bad night means you can't pay rent for the month and it's truly disgusting. The history of it makes it apparent it's unethical but most businesses won't budge.

[@thisotakugirl1017]

the worst part is, it's a cycle. the owner doesn't have to pay minumum wage because they get tips, so you have to give them tips because they don't make minum wage. if we just get rid of the minumum wage exepmtion because of tips, everyone will benifit, and tips will because a bonus not a nessisary onligation. (it gets a little tricky when talking about small buisnesses, but with large chain companies there is littrally no escuse)

[@nitramreniar]

I mean to be fair: the customer is always effectively paying the waiters check, because all of a restaurants money comes from their customers. On a purely conseptual level tips effectively being part of your wage should incourage waiters to make sure the customer is happy and feels well treated and thus gives a bigger tip - variable wages that depend on how well your department performed aren't uncommon at least in manager positions. The big problem with tips is that it allows restaurants (mostly in the US) to pay less than minimum wage to waiters and thus the customer doesn't really decide on the amount they tip based on the service, but instead are efectively forced to pay a certain amount no matter what. And also people are cheap by nature and only few people actually reward very good service with larger tips.

[@ytharper66]

It’s not weird. With tipping, you get to tell the waiter or waitress in no uncertain terms what a good job they did - or conversely, what a crappy job they did. We should be able to tip the chefs too, if you ask me. That way, if the food sucks, you can let ‘em know with a penny’s worth of your thoughts.

[@benjameshowden]

@@SebastianSeanCrow "just one bad night and you can't pay rent": you may have been doing it wrong.

[@legoqueen2445]

My cousin has a chronic illness that makes walking very difficult and painful. She loved going to Japan but found the lack of benches very frustrating and felt it showed a lack of awareness towards disabled people. I've watched a lot of vlogs about Japan and also have issues with walking, I'm also covered in tattoos and a 'big' girl, I don't think I'd do well in Japan 😣

[@Twiska]

In the immortal words of Joseph Joestar "I'll never forgive the Japanese!"

[@unluckyone1655]

"This is why I hate Japan"

[@ElizabethMidfordHatesCops]

* kicks random Japanese man *

[@ethanrepublic]

* has an affair with a Japanese woman*

[@windhelmguard5295]

what makes joseph even more of a dick is that he complains that he has never seen his grandson, when the dude was in japan when he made josuke, at which point jotaro already existed and did not feel like paying his daughter a short visit.

[@JasonEdwinWiener]

Yep

[@eduantech]

Re tattoos in public bath houses: In Asakusa there's a public bath house, Akebono-yu, which allows tattoos. I went every night, and saw tattoos every night. Some quite full body. May interest you :)

[@SephiMasamune]

greduan when i was first in Japan in 2015, mybexperience was that most smaller Onsen places don’t seem to be bothered by (foreign) tattoos. True, i couldn’t enter the big ones in Tokyo, the onsen waterpark in Hakone or basically anything in Osaka (they are hard against tattoos there due to local laws the mayor put in), but otherwise i experienced no problems about my big half-sleeve or other tattoos.

[@leeboonkang2]

Pretty sure there are some that allows tattoo. But majority doesnt, which is a problem for tourist since they dont know this culture and maybe disappointed when they get rejected. Plus they wouldnt know where else to go. Sometimes they arent explained regarding the rule as well which confused them.

[@RyuSaarva]

if you travel to a country and don't even bother to learn their customs and laws, well it's all your fault and in some cases you get long prison sentences too for your lazyness.

[@derforce5]

Japan: fear of number 4 Guido mista: "guess I'm moving!"

[@szilveszterforgo8776]

Number 4 wouldn't be proud

[@derforce5]

Yeah there isnt one

[@nidohime6233]

Is that guy from Jojo's 5?

[@ChiquiRatas]

My favorite number is 4 ;-;

[@shostxkovich]

As a Japanese person who has to go to Japanese Saturday School every week, learning the three types of Formal Language was a huge pain in the a*s.