12 Minutes of Japan Facts You (Probably) Didn't Know

[@Japanalysis]

Part 2! (FREE) www.patreon.com/posts/104560956

[@SkeithKing]

You forgot the part about the doctor who found out the flaw of white rice offered his head if his test showed nothing.

[@jureigeeksoutoccasionally]

Thanks so much for making the Patreon video free! I truly can’t get enough of your content, but right now I’m only a student and don’t have a steady enough income to subscribe to a patreon, so this is nice to see

[@DumbLinuxUser]

Add to the URL in the description to make it clickable.

[@D---3]

Bro put it on KZbin unlisted

[@ChrisGoodVibes]

Seen it. To everyone else … GO Watch it! It’s worth it

[@LaNoir.]

"Aren't you embarassed to do these calls?" Aren't you embarassed you put so much fear into your employees that you had to get called more than once by a company like this?

[@mokisan]

If I was the employee who was hired to quite, I would say the exact same thing 😂

[@themadmallard]

No, and people from these services would never confront them like that. Thats not their role and would not lead to any benefit of the people that hired them, just saying.

[@mokisan]

@@themadmallard true, makes sense. But still pisses me of

[@DavidCruickshank]

I had the exact same thought. Of cause the quitting company has to be professional but i bet they were thinking that 😅

[@crystaltriforce64]

or an even better response "aren't you embarrassed that your management is so bad that they want to quit, even when the job market is THIS much of a nightmare?!"

[@cobytang]

The one about the government giving small towns a million dollars to "revitalize" their localities, one of the most successful examples was a town on Awaji Island spending it all to get a gold brick worth a million dollars, one solid gold bar, and allowing the public to come and touch it. It was a massive success. They had to end it in 2009 though because they were renting the gold bar from Mitsubishi Materials with the million dollar as a deposit, and the price of gold kept going up, so they had to keep increasing the deposit to keep the gold bar, and in 2009 they couldn't keep up with the rising cost and had to return it.

[@Japanalysis]

this was in the original script but i had to cut it cuz too hard to explain! XD

[@LaNoir.]

@@Japanalysis hire this man!

[@smxkcher]

Very interesting.

[@Homiloko2]

So if they had bought the gold instead of rented it, they'd have made massive profits

[@fucchan_xo]

There's still that gold bar in Sadogashima, right?

[@mongeeses7112]

I need a Map Men episode on the guy who mapped Japan.

[@mikec518]

Map men map men map map map men men

[@hug-the-raccoon]

True, that man deserves a dedicated episode

[@DirtyDan666]

@@mikec518 Map men map men map map map men men men

[@catlover-78]

@@DirtyDan666map men map men map map map men men men

[@njlschpprkjrsvk]

@@catlover-78 map men map men map map map men men men

[@RoldanRR00]

Copper has antimicrobial properties that can inhibit the growth of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and micro-algae. Copper's antimicrobial properties are due to copper irons, which destroy the cell membrane of microorganisms. The survival time of bacteria and viruses on copper surfaces varies depending on the alloy, but can range from a few minutes to two hours. The higher the copper content of the alloy, the faster the microorganisms are killed.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

This is all true, but it would only kill the microbes in the part of the shoe and sock the coin was touching and have no effect on the rest of the shoe, its microbes, or the odor. So at best, putting a penny in your shoe will just reduce the total odor buildup a little. Definitely not worth the discomfort.

[@josedorsaith5261]

​@@Bacteriophagebs Agreed. Silver has a similar effect and is less reactive. Just having some silver particles in the insole would help

[@nathanielpaige9378]

Also people have hidden money in their shoes for centuries, its a secure place to hide it since even if someone is robbing you, they probably aren't gonna go through your stinky socks as well.

[@kevincurrie2052]

@@BacteriophagebsI think you take the coins out before you put your foot in. There might be enough of an effect to make a difference between wears.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

@@kevincurrie2052 Well if that's the case you could just spray deodorizer in there. Or rubbing alcohol. Most people who are concerned about foot/shoe odor are worried about the smell when they take the shoe off, especially in a place like Japan where you're frequently going to take your shoes off in public or as a guest.

[@hibikiazuma]

You can always tell someone from Osaka is visiting Tokyo by how they stumble getting on the escalators lmao

[@beboronator]

they're also most likely to confuse escalators and elevators

[@GoldSrc_]

​@@beboronatorAmerica ya :D

[@mpgodjr]

@@GoldSrc_ ?

[@amaugust7285]

Hallo ​@@mpgodjr

[@insxder]

​@@GoldSrc_Hallo :D

[@ExosoIar]

"Aren't you embarrassed to be a job-quitting agent?" ..."Aren't you embarrassed by how many job-quitting agents have to call you?"

[@Qwertytrewqky]

History student who studies Japanese meat-eating customs here! So, the "meat prohibition" in Japan actually goes back a long way, to an Imperial edict in 675CE and many subsequent ones. The bans were often seasonal and applied to different types of animal differently, with domesticated quadrupeds (cows, horses) receiving the most protection. Enforcement also varied wildly. The factors behind the bans are somewhat debated, but the three big issues were Buddhism's prohibition on taking life, Shinto's taboo on making contact with blood and dead bodies, and insufficient grazing land in mountainous Japan meaning that what few draught animals there were needed to be preserved for ploughing rice fields. Meat-eating (mostly of game like boars and deer) continued as a minor part of the diet, and was especially associated with boosting health to recover from illness in winter months. So the game shops weren't being completely dishonest, but it did serve as a kind of cover story even when people weren't actually sick. On the issue of beriberi, it's actually a really interesting story. Takaki is well-remembered for reducing rates (which were up to 40% of the navy in the 1880s!) trialing different rations, but the medical establishment actually rejected his ideas and refused to implement his solution for decades, costing many lives. He couldn't explain exactly why his diet changes cured the disease, and it wasn't until the late 1920s that thiamine deficiency was identified. Most of the elite doctors in Japan were German-educated and believed Beriberi must be caused by a bacterium like TB, which Koch had identified in the early 1880s.

[@elif6908]

All this so interesting thanks for explanation and elaboration!

[@MusicForMyDemons]

actually 🤓

[@peppermintnightmare4741]

​@@MusicForMyDemonssame energy

[@clear.z]

I'm from the US and my mother threw a party for my older sister to celebrate her first period. She invited all her friends and all of our female family members and it was hilariously bad. She made red velvet cupcakes and she and our aunts made her a little book filled with tips and hacks for dealing with periods - upon reflection, that book was actually really cool and a really sweet idea. It listed a bunch of the bogus myths, best cramping cures, (salt and cold water ftw!), stuff like that. My sister didn't speak to Mom for a week afterwards. When my time came, I learned from my sister's experience and just didn't tell my mom that I'd started, and when it finally came out that I had indeed started, I'd already had like three periods by then, so she missed the opportunity for another period party, lol. Although, looking back on it, considering how my sister reacted and the week long cold-shoulder she got afterwards, I really don't think Mom would have forced a party on me anyway.

[@gargoylekitty]

When I was much younger my mom told me that my friend’s (kinda “crunchy” if you get the drift) mom held such a party for when she had her first period. My mom framed it as something embarrassing so I agreed easily. Now, over two decades older, I see it a little differently. My first time I didn’t tell my mother(and I’m the eldest with a younger sis). Which kinda lead to my first try with tampons, no guidance, ending horribly and giving up on them for years. Looking back, I wish I’d had some older women to give me advice, even if I was embarrassed initially. That said, I can see a “subtle” announcement to the whole family of it occurring being a bit much.

[@clear.z]

@@gargoylekitty I very much agree with you, I feel very fortunate to have had so many supportive women to learn from. I can definitely agree that announcing it to the *entire* family probably would have been mortifying. Fortunately for my sister, it was only the close female family members and my sister's close female friends. I feel for you being the eldest! Though I didn't tell my mom right off the bat, I had my sister to help me initially, and tell me how to deal with tampons. You poor thing - but even with my sister's guidance, I vividly remember all of the frustrated moments I spent straddling a mirror lolol.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Reproductive age ceremony are common due to low live expectancy throughout most of human history so more of a modernity issue.

[@elif6908]

If the celebration was more of a intimate thing, I think it would be fine. The friends and the aunt is the problem, why they’re invited 😂

[@cobytang]

Right, now that you mentioned it, I remember some people throw period parties for their daughters. I especially remember the red velvet cake part.

[@Pedro76mchlkg]

I once saw a Japanese woman bumping into a wall, and then started bowing, like apologizing to the wall.

[@Laylay11250]

her: K-kabe-sama gomenasai !

[@mongolianfishingvillages1371]

Crazy

[@AlexReynard]

Was she half-Canadian?

[@MesaperProductions]

It's a Shinto thing. Wall has a kami, too, ya know.

[@BirdMorphingOne]

I've been to that sea urchin! It's so isolated that I'm probably the only one who has lmao. It's on Okushiri Island! It's a really beautiful island and I recommend it if you want to visit somewhere truly rural

[@jeffery2799]

Wait wait wait ... what if you need a job quitting agency when you want to quit working at a job quitting agency!?!

[@KisamaMokkorosu-qj7vh]

Hire yourself

[@iverss533]

6:55 The mf that reflects physical

[@honeyfuntime]

Damn its arahabaki! I knew that thing felt familiar lmao

[@gavinzhou3168]

😂

[@Windy7258]

Screw you- you beat me to it 😂

[@BasketKase]

10:12 There was an attempted intervention via producing rice WITH necessary vitamins and proteins, however this manipulation of the rice was not discussed with actual Japanese inhabitants suffering from the illness. So, when the new rice was dropped off to towns, it was yellow (due to the vitamin/protein discoloring it) and nobody ate it because it didn’t look like their white rice, despite it tasting the exact same.

[@TheRamblingSoul]

9:54 they also do this in China. The first time someone did this to me I was so confused, and they felt embarrassed thinking I must have felt like I was being treated like a dog lol

[@MorgannaMGone]

I'm a Malaysian Chinese and everyone in my country beckons people that way too, not just the Chinese. The "western" version feels like you're asking for a fight lol

[@totally_not_a_bot]

​@@MorgannaMGoneThe western version is actually much more relaxed than he showed. What he showed is 100% asking for a fight lol

[@PikaCheeks]

Hmm as a Vietnamese I think I've seen this done quite a few times. If the waving is going inward and the person looks friendly, surely its a friendly gesture right? Then if they're doing the same motion but they look serious or suspicious then it's clearly a threat or form of sarcasm

[@nekomimicatears]

​@@MorgannaMGonethe way he did it would definitely be interpreted as a fight lol

[@mixswist]

3:42 I don't know why but "Pro Quitter" made me giggle.

[@xmaslieder]

omg it's me

[@amaugust7285]

I should just work on this type of service rather than quitting jobs every year myself

[@samsonkth]

4:49 paying someone to call you in the morning to wake you up sounds so funny but also sad at the same time 😢

[@sanjeev.rao3791]

Don't hotels do wake up calls anymore?

[@JD-wf2hu]

Wake up calls are pretty standard in hotels if you ask. Useful if you're dealing with jetlag

[@sai16777]

One time I saw on Japanese tv they had fishman do morning call service on the boat as a side job during COVID and it’s quite popular at that time.

[@moonlightblue9196]

@@sai16777 I saw that too

[@elijahdage5523]

This might be the only way to get me to get up early.

[@TheMarslMcFly]

1:20 I recently was watching Tokyo Vice (great show on HBO, highly recommend!), there was this Yakuza initiation ritual where everyone started clapping in a pattern. I had no idea what that was about, so thanks for that explanation lol

[@MissSchala]

Hehe, I was thinking of exactly that from the pilot episode while watching this video! 👏 👏 👏

[@Kyorororo]

Copper is antibiotic, it's used for hospital door handles and stuff too.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Was also in the anime Dr. Stone

[@Dasmahkitteh]

@@southcoastinventors6583 ༼◉ل͜◔༽ \ THIS IS JUS LIEK MY ANIME

[@nietzscheshorse8566]

no, copper (and its alloys) are antimicrobial. There is a difference.

[@Wyvernnnn]

Hospitals use bronze (following what nieztcheshorse said) It doesn't oxidize

[@zrugel]

these are so cool. thank you Japanalysis. I was just talking about the "come hither" gesture. really caught me off guard when I first saw it.

[@WhiskersTC]

I usually listen to your videos in the background and that syndrome about "puppies growing inside them" really threw me out my thought process lol

[@user-wz6qy1sz4m]

This thing called culture-bound syndrome It's a very interesting theme , I recommend to learn more about it

[@taysondynastyemperor5124]

Reminds me of koro, where men in some cultures might grow a fear that their penis is slowly retracting into the body.

[@user-wz6qy1sz4m]

@@taysondynastyemperor5124 if I remember correctly koro is a culture-bound syndrome too

[@zoewong7891]

4:15 So basically, these companies are gaslighting their quitting employees.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

Gaslighting involves lying or at least misleading someone to manipulate them. You might claim they're gaslighting their new hires *though one lie doesn't really count as gaslighting), but nothing in the video indicated that quitting employees were being gaslit. They're being threatened and shamed, not gaslit.

[@josedorsaith5261]

Gaslighting would involve claims that the employees are mentally ill / on drugs / imagining things, would it not?

[@yrobtsvt]

You're right that it's an abuse tactic.The employee is told that they are doing something *wrong* by trying to leave, and that they are abusing the legal system and their employer are the victims. That's classic DARVO tactic but not gaslighting.

[@noranizaazmi6523]

@@josedorsaith5261 its not just those specific things, the general term is manipulating someone into questioning their own perception of reality. So in this context, the employers manipulate the employees into not quitting by gaslighting them into thinking they’re doing a bad thing by quitting when really they aren’t.

[@AnimeMemesz]

Excited to see a new video. Looked at your channel yesterday to see if you had any new videos recently.

[@bonesplitter1337]

6:47 I've visited that bridge only a few weeks ago (Ryūjin Ōtsuribashi). Boy was I amazed that they have actually built this giant suspension bridge up on a hill in a mountain valley where you need to make a dedicated decision to go visit that bridge now for pure leisure. There's nothing much on the other side, you kinda just pay a few bucks to walk across and back - the canyon and the reservoir below are pretty nice though. I went for their Koinobori Matsuri, which was quite alright. There's some bungee jumping and a few other Matsuri throughout the seasons. I guess free government money totally explains how that came to be lol. It's also still really popular, too, which is truly astonishing seeing all those creepy disused playgrounds and abandoned theme parks that didn't share the same fate. Glad it's been working out for them.

[@ianbrass9251]

I was told icchoujime is ipponjime by several Japanese! Also I used to live in Osaka, but didn't know why the escalator behavior was different.

[@msmith155]

I remember I subscribed when you were a much smaller channel. Great videos explaining Japanese culture that don't really exist anywhere else. Thank you!

[@Ganters]

I love watching this channel grow for every video

[@petrified9532]

HE NEVER MISSES 🗣️🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🗣️

[@kiwi_bird]

I hella appreciate part 2 vids being free

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

1:56 this is also an unspoken rule in the Netherlands. And as long as it's not too busy, you'll see this exact thing (except the other way around) Sadly not everyone likes being nice it seems, and the busier it gets, the higher the chance there'll be some person ruining it for everyone else

[@bluerain2082]

I watch your videos religiously. You are like the few channels I keep track of. Keep up the good work I love your videos so much!! Have a nice day!!!

[@CanadianReset]

Japanalysis is back! nice work, this was a great video!

[@emirin5rira]

7:34 OHH I had no idea what that was. There’s this calendar at my grandparents house in japan that has those kanji characters and I was like what the frick does first victory have anything to do with a calendar.

[@prjndigo]

Tidbit about the come-to-me... if a little circular motion is added with the downward pointing it's come-here or come-to-our or join-us depending on context. Since the simple finger flipping is just attention tbh its good to have the dileniation.

[@neverfond]

Love ur work mate, really are some new niche stories that I haven't heard from other english youtuber

[@martin128]

The grave stone visitor service is also in Estonia. I think its used when you dont live nearby the cemetery and also for old folk where they dont have transport.

[@TheStellarJay]

My Japanese friend was coaching me on my interview coming up the other day and told me when knocking to enter the room of the person who's interviewing me I need to be sure to knock 3 times because if I only knock 2 times that's the for the toilet?????????? Apparently it's been decided that 2 knocks is the correct amount for when you're checking a bathroom stall to see if someone is in there and it's rude to only knock 2 times when asking permission to enter someone's room LOL.

[@XLessThanZ]

Wow, that was SUPER interesting! Great episode👍🏽

[@misterkefir]

Right? Now I need another one but twice the lenght!

[@itsodiumchloride9516]

2:15 I think thats exactly how the rest of the world works, in New York, London, Madrid, etc. Everyone waits on the right side of the escalator. It really only happens in big metrapolitan citites tho, it always amazes me how people don't naturaly do this if you go anywhere else.

[@nyxqueenofshadows]

there was an nhk fukuoka article recently (last week?) about the clapping ritual and how it's different in various parts of the area, like how hakata has a specific one. it's called like 博多手一本 and it's got words over it? and some places around hakata do the same one but some don't. idk i found it interesting 😅

[@juanmacias5922]

Thank you for the video! Hilarious, and informative, as always!

[@NekoArts]

I'm Swedish but I live in Aichi with my husband. The only reason I knew about the "Japanese days of the week" is frankly because I'm currently pregnant with my first child and I went down a rabbit-hole with Japanese pregnancy traditions where I learned about "Inu no hi" or "dog's day". For those that don't know; this is a specific day in your 5th month of pregnancy where you're supposed to visit a shrine where a priest will bless you and expel any demons or evil from your body in order to ensure a safe continued pregnancy and birth (the reason for the "dog" is because dogs are known for having speedy, safe and uncomplicated labor). If i remember correctly, these days occur every 12 days throughout the year and of course Taian is the day that most pregnant women hope to land on and will also be the busiest days for these blessings. I read that some of the most popular temples will have people waiting for hours for their blessing, even on a "regular" inu no hi, but especially on Taian. There was no Taian in my 5th month of pregnancy so we went on a regular day and were told by the temple (my husband called beforehand) that we could expect to wait for at least an hour or maybe longer, depending on when we arrive. Our temple is actually closely associated with Ieyasu Tokugawa so it's obviously a very popular one as well, so we decided to head there first thing in the morning when they opened. It was raining like crazy that day, but the place was still packed. I believe we had to wait for roughly an hour before it was our turn - I don't doubt for a second that we would have had to wait even longer if we had come later in the day. I can't even imagine how busy that place would get during Taian. I have a couple of weeks more to go (I'm due at the end of summer) but I guess I should start preparing for baby's first sumo-wrestling, haha. Actually, I just told my husband yesterday that I feel like a sumo-wrestler these days hobbling around with my giant stomach so it made me chuckle when you mentioned baby-sumo.

[@heckincat1406]

Lmao your reaction to the guy that was set up to do the wrong clap was hilarious, you sounded genuinly concerned about him😂

[@sew505]

The escalator thing is normal in London. everyone stands on the same side as osaka and people would think it was rude if you didn't

[@ED-yy4te]

Bowing is part of the language. It's like the italian hand gesture.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

All cultures have some form of non verbal communication so nothing unusual

[@Kasfas]

🤌🤌🤌

[@rynabuns]

9:54 That's also why the maneki-neko (招き猫) fortune cat does that gesture, and not in the "western" way

[@ぬぺ]

Jakku song 出てきたのクソ最高

[@deepblue2]

1:49 It is not just Japan. Here in Canada, at least in Toronto, the etiquette is is standing on the right where others walk on the left.

[@phoebecara4361]

I'm glad I saw the part 2! I would have missed that the other Logan Paul-esque Japanese KZbinr update

[@JasonBrouwers]

I have been to Tashirojima! It is a lovely place. The only people there (besides the fisherman) are indeed very old though. The vast majority of the houses were empty too.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

The whole "standing on the left side of escalators to let people walk past on the right" is a thing here in Melbourne (Australia) too, and it's considered rude if you do not do it. I'm surprised this isn't more common.

[@kadbenson7540]

Maybe the 10 yen coin in the shoe and the copper somehow diffusing the smell is how penny loafers became a thing 😮

[@raleo7466]

Escalators are ridden on the right side and rushed on the left in Spain too, I think it's linked to driving laws, as I only know that the US does it the other way

[@Waywren]

oooh, fascinating! I knew a few of these, but definitely not all. The edo disease was also very well known in samurai families who were constrained to eat white rice by sumptuary laws but couldn't actually afford to eat anything ELSE after buying it, apparently...

[@demonioum]

5:07 was that the maplestory launcher menu music? Something awoke inside of me when i heard that guitar.

[@balombo3737]

8:24 Same can probably be related with Nintendo GameCube, but instead it was released on Butsumetsu (Sep 14 in this case). And it did really turn out to be a failure with barely reaching 22 millions of sold units worldwide. So yeah, it might be also related

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Regarding the one about Toriyama not using assistants, I assume this is referring to the comics. (Toriyama obviously didn't animate all of the cartoons himself. That would be impossible.) It is common for comic artists (mangaka) to use assistants in Japan, as they have to work a lot faster and generate more content than their American counterparts. With the not knowing the origin of tonkotsu, I experienced something similar. Most people just assumed that all of the foreign loan words used in Japanese came from English. For example, "pan" (bread) is from Portuguese and "arbeit" (part time job) comes from German. But everyone assumed I would automatically know what those words meant since I spoke English.

[@roseforeuropa]

Here is one that I found out recently. "Rucksack". You get this image of a large hiking backpack right? Actually, that's exactly what the English equivalent is. I was confused when all the Japanese would call a normal backpack a "rucksack" and was a bit annoyed at this mistranslation. Or was it a mistranslation? Silly me remembered the German word for backpack, it's "Rucksack". I immediately asked my Dutch friend, from where many Japanese loan words come from. It's indeed very similar to "rucksack", and thus, knowing such was the cure for the annoyance.

[@c-row66]

In stockholm, sweden, we do escalators like in Osaka. People who stand 2 side by side are silently hated.

[@sino_diogenes]

0:45 it's true that Australia doesn't have rabies, but it does have other close relatives of rabies, including Australian Bat Lyssavirus which AFAIK has similar symptoms.

[@JelloPuddingFood]

Always great vids. Thanks!

[@dimitryryutta]

Interesting set of fact!,loved the one about some towns just doing random stuff with money the government gave them. Just for fun here's a random fact from my home country Mexico,just like Japan loves rice,Mexico loves Corn,so much that we even eat it when is rotten,well not quite, there's a certain fungus that rots corn and turns it into a black/dark blue form that we call "Huitlacoche" we eat it mostly in quesadillas

[@fethinggakk4185]

Smart for that one rail station to upgrade it to reflect all physical attacks

[@RealTragoe2]

Another awesome video! Now I'm on my way to watch part 2

[@alestane2]

Escalators: Kyoto used to be different too, in that people just didn't walk on escalators. That changed though, probably a contagion carried on the shinkansen... But it might come back, because subway and trains companies, in Tokyo as in Kyoto, urge people to stop walking on escalators completely (and thus, no point in leaving an empty lane).

[@kamo7293]

that last one is something I d found out from manga. after seeing red rice pop up everywhere in manga (no, it wasn't for a girls... that in those scenarios) I looked up why it happened, and it's for important celebrations, and that's where I saw that as one of them

[@inqmusician2]

About the clapping routine. If we put up the metronome and start to count how many claps came up each metronome tick, then it's 3 claps on every tick, except the last one, which is one clap. If you do it at 140 and don't go out of sync, then you have a pretty good rhythm. The metronome setup is standard 4/4(four beats per measure/four bars).

[@f0616ch]

Strange Fact about my country: I cant access patreon here

[@yamadakenji4143]

Regarding the services of job-quitting agencies: it was reported by Europeans visiting Japan in the 16th century and early Edo period that using intermediaries for possibly contentious situations was very popular. Even couples would do it, as would parents and children.

[@konpufudo]

When i was in Osaka the escalators were a total mess, I was told they stand on the right but half the time people just stood on the left instead and some of the time everyone was just all over the place.

[@Asura-pw6vo]

10:33 Ayooo Dr. Jambhulkar reference is mad 🔥🔥🔥 He teaches biochemistry for MBBS students (med school) in India

[@IAmMadMattDog]

oh i heard about the morning call stuff before, it was some guy who gets up really early to go out on fishing trawlers making extra money on the side since he was already up so early

[@MaximSupernov]

Perhaps you might think Kyoto is quite close to Osaka, both being in the Kansai region, so people should stand on the right as well. However, this question is actually a bit tricky to answer. Even if you've been to Kyoto several times, you probably can't come up with a definitive answer. That's because in Kyoto, you'll sometimes see everyone standing on the left, other times on the right, and sometimes even a mix of both sides. Interestingly, locals in Kyoto may have different standing practices at each train line station. For the JR and municipal subway lines within Kyoto city, most people stand on the left. However, for lines connecting to nearby areas like Osaka or Nara, such as the Hankyu line, Keihan line, and Kintetsu lines, people generally stand on the right.

[@BrianM_3rd]

2:19 Oh my god, I need that Osaka Expo sun logo on a t-shirt like YESTERDAY.

[@jeppy4021]

Fun Fact: The "Daughters first time of the month" thing is quite common in India, and is even made a big ceremony at some places (especially rural)

[@merdicmagic6171]

That escalator fact was too funny. I remember last year seeing the difference in osaka. And back in Tokyo it was the other way around😂

[@nokh3382]

The thing with the escalator also happens in Canada, or at least I’ve seen it happen where I’m from (I live in Toronto, in the northern parts of Scarborough). Some times when I use the escalator in the subway station I tend to see this happen, there’s always that one group of friends that doesn’t respect the line though.

[@SPISheste]

I remember my last trip, I didn't tell my buddy about the escalator thing - he kept messing it up when we travelled between Tokyo and Osaka lmao

[@ultrapixelsdk8303]

Now I need a "Whispering Historic Japanese Names | Relaxing ASMR for Sleep & Study" video

[@Maaaggii]

In Germany it's called Kotelett, and the thing with the masks and throwing sweets reminds me of Fastnacht / Fasching / Karneval in Germany 😂

[@smxkcher]

AFAIK there are some other places in Japan where you're supposed to stand on the other side of escalators. Most interestingly, two of the four Shikoku prefectures stand on the right, while the other two stand on the left.

[@Cherodar]

Just a calendar nerd comment here, I don't think it's quite right to consider the 六曜 as "weekdays," because they reset at the beginnings of (lunar) months, rather than being an uninterrupted six-day cycle like the seven-day week. A rather more week-like entity is the sexagenary 干支 cycle, a sixty-day cycle made up a combined ten-day (十干) and twelve-day (十二支) cycle. The ten-day one is commonly associated with the five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, each one twice), and the twelve-day cycle with the animals of the zodiac (mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, etc.). This cycle started way back in the Shang Dynasty more than 3000 years ago, and is never interrupted or reset by anything! The twelve-animal cycle is better known nowadays for counting years rather than days, but the day-counting function is actually much much older, and is still seen on a few calendars (especially the ones you can get at shrines and probably also at temples), even though it's not used for much anymore other than fortune-telling. In addition to years and days, the same cycle is also used for months, for double-hours, and for directions.

[@margaritasuslonova3633]

I've been using the Japanese gesture for years without knowing. It's just the movement of the hand that differs "shoo" from "come on". If you move the fingers outwards fast, it's shoo/ If you move the inwards, it's come on

[@Griff10poldi]

6:45 oh I think I've heard about one of these projects in Yofukashi, a town spend it on a huge gold bar and put it on display

[@porcorosso4330]

2:18 I think they now encourage everyone not to talk on the escalators now days. You can take the stairs if you want to walk or are in a hurry.

[@Synest2]

Man I love your videos so much

[@PFairVoice]

What the hell?! At the end of the Patreon part 2 video, he says that Jukiya's main channel just got banned! KZbin is finally acting for the Japanese part too! Nice!

[@westnilesnipes]

As someone who hates confrontation, having someone help quit a job doesn’t sound so bad….

[@SC-dw6zm]

The first time I saw the clapping ritual was at the end of season 2 of Tokyo Vice. It was the ascension ceremony for the new Yakuza boss and I burst out laughing when they did that. Imagine seeing all the top ranking members from different organizations clapping like that. I was like wtf is going on 😂

[@ThisMusicIsToogood]

The escalator one is funny because Kyoto which is 20 mins from Osaka follows the same rule the rest of Japan does. It’s literally only Osaka city that stands on the opposite

[@nattoe]

“more time to game” lmao, that classic maplestory background music

[@lemmonsinmyeyes]

Dude got lost one time and no one knew how to give him directions home. He got so infuriated, he proceeded to make it his life's mission to never be lost again.

[@lemmonsinmyeyes]

Also, the white rice malnourishment also happened with corn in europe when it was first imported. The indians used lye to make the corn softer and whatnot, but it also had the effect to create or something B vitamins. So they ate the stuff and were fine, but when europeans did, they didn't do the nixtamalization because 'that is what the savages do, we're civilized here' lol

[@cho4628]

5:06 that Maple Story BGM was so random haha I love it! ❤

[@Edvinas97]

Japan is so interesting , thank you for the effort ❤

[@EnkiTwo]

11:18 - Copper in shoes - Copper has a antimicrobial properties that can kill germs, bacteria, and viruses. Copper is great as water containers, doorknobs, and hand rails! Silver just kills bacteria.

[@sh3n3ng]

I’m third gen Chinese immigrant in a certain country, we have grave visiting day too. We pay for grave maintenance to the shrine since I remember. I’ve never cleaned the grave myself even once…

[@cattysplat]

In Western cemeteries, if you don't clean your family grave regularly, the cemetery has agreed rights to reuse the plot. Many people have gone to family graves to find someone else's tombstone now lies in it's place. Because of this, some cemeteries have even conspired to destroy graves, allowing them access to sell the plots again.

[@kyoho6207]

when i was a kid me and my family went to a danjiri matsuri festival in osaka (I think? I was pretty young so I don't really remember) and while they were drifting the danjiri, there was a pole sticking out form an apartment building and the danjiris top half literally got rip off and the people on top went flying off, idk why or how but the flown off people got back on (leaving the other half of the danjiri) and kept on drifting😂

[@Its_Brigid_at_it_again]

The beconing gesture actually got me once. I was practicing Kendo at the Sendai Budokan, going to practice against the main sensei. He beckoned me over and I thought he was telling me to leave wwww.

[@isoraqathedh]

Oh wow, LaTeX & Beamer user spotted! That font and layout is unmistakeable.

[@jacktailor3077]

I’ve noticed the escalator thing in Osaka, I was so confused 😅

[@enomiellanidrac9137]

9:39 "Beckoning call" A connected trivia is that the well known paws weaving cat figure you often see in Asian shops is considered a lucky charm that bring wealth because he is "beckoning" clients to come over with the gesture. Anyone fluent in Japanese would realize just from the name "Maneki Neko" which translate as "beckoning cat". Since the gesture is not the same in the western world, Maneki Neko with a reversed moving paws were produced to emulate the correct way to beckon western client.