Why Would You Ever Post This Online?

[@boooamy]

I got really creeped out when I thought the inside of the house was actually that clean 😂😂

[@katiahrvth8483]

Aki got us

[@Raul_Gajadhar]

hahaha

[@hannahcrossett3415]

Well played

[@nanyur3013]

Same lol

[@Dragonveign]

That sounds like the plot to some kinda junji ito tale 'decrepit graffitied house washes up at a coastal town, but the inside is clean, pristine, with working utilities and a... Peculiar family who doesn't seem to acknowledge their situation'

[@moysauce788]

The kid drawing could be a child that saw their mom hang themselves and the red face is HER face when the child found her. Red, twisted and stuck that way

[@pitmezzari2873]

Nah, I used to draw creepy shit too as a kid, some kids are just weird.

[@bigfootpart4therevengeancing]

​@@pitmezzari2873Damn right.

[@Inyexu]

He was 5 tho

[@mcd08]

​@@InyexuI have 6 year old twins and often volunteer in their school working with 5 and 6 year olds. That wasn't drawn by a 5 year old lol. Someone thought it was funny to hand the kid this drawing and tell him to give it to the store 😂

[@PEON-YY]

​@@mcd08 I kind of half agree but at the same time not lol My brother is 5-6 y/o and his drawings is very good and neat. Like, his arts have a clean line and is very good at colouring without it looking like "5 y/o made this" so saying a kid couldn't do THAT scribble drawing is an understatement (idk if the kid has an artistic talent or whatever). BUT at the same time I agree to cause like.. idk just not very...child-like vibe?? I don't know how to explain but usually, kids who draw creepy stuff have 'distinguishable' style/vibe and that drawing doesn't struck me as one. All this were from my own experience tho and sorry if I somehow offended you 😅

[@mikehawk8984]

The drawing that the 5 y.o. did I'd say almost 100% is a drawing of a victim of hanging, most likely his mother due to his note. Your face swells up, turns red, and your eyes bulge out of your face. Truly horrific to see a child's interpretation of that scene and I really hope that he immediately was enrolled in therepy.

[@SakuraAsranArt]

Plot twist: The drawing in the supermarket was made by Junji Ito's kid.

[@white_fairy]

That would make sense 😂

[@Jasmine-ye1kl]

Who's that?

[@white_fairy]

@@Jasmine-ye1kl He's a horror manga artist.

[@MidoriGa95]

@@Jasmine-ye1kl His famous work is Uzumaki and Enigma of Amigara Fault though to me personally I like his human chair the most because that 1 stick to me for years since I read the chapter among others lol

[@Hrts4nelia]

@@MidoriGa95omg yes I also love his work but like it also really freaks me out 😭

[@ariche934]

I was NOT expecting that ad there-

[@arielkagamine3782]

Welcome to Akidearest 😂

[@whatisnot1926]

If no one expects the spanish inquisition, no one expects Aki's ad placement.

[@riakun]

“Hope you clicked on this video before bedtime” Well, I’m literally laying down in bed, lights out, on a storming night. So you definitely got your wish.

[@autumbreeze1129]

Aside from the latter 2, same

[@Astrilin01]

SAME NOW I DONT WANA SLEEP

[@rosiered3403]

Don't let you foot dangle off the side of the bed.

[@Aghul]

The scarecrows and your comment about how bad they would look at night reminded me of how a while back, my wife and I were on the way home from a birthday party late at night in our car. We were driving through a forest between two villages and suddenly, there's this big human silhouette between the trees. I nearly swerved off the road because I startled me so much and I really wanted to stop the car to calm down but I was also too scared with that figure looming there. Turns out, when we drove past it, that it was a wooden cutout figure of a knight to advertise a nearby renaissance faire - the front of it was painted and all colorful and nice, but the backside had just been painted black. With the dim light of the next village's street lamps shining through the trees, that black backside of a wooden knight cutout had scared me to near death.

[@SilverWolfXD]

You know when I see Aki post Im either Terrified Or Intrigued there is No in between.

[@eikozholo]

realest comment

[@sm79165]

the in between option is both, it's both terrifying and intriguing

[@Karthikkun2805]

same

[@MitsuhashiTakashi]

Aki just frightens me I have aki derangement syndrome

[@cartoongirl211]

That Pikachu looks like both Pikachu and Barney were morphed together into.. that 😐😨

[@ShadowMage-]

that pikachu had one too many pokeblocks and will do whatever you want to get more.

[@DavidNorthMusic]

Pinkey

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

@@DavidNorthMusic Bikachu

[@petabulmer3317]

You are so right. The eyes freak me out...

[@jtsmith1817]

@@DavidNorthMusic Pinkie Pie (I’m sorry)

[@callunya]

For the kids drawing it also could’ve been a prank where an older teen or someone else told the kid to go in a put it up. Just trying to make it less creepy lol. It’s terrifying

[@artechstorm]

That clean sponsorship was a smooth transition

[@Rebel_riot151]

11:09 I love how symbolically put together this is it’s almost like a symbolic metaphor for the crossroads between the land of the living and the realm of the afterlife! The way yellow streetlight matches with the color of the hazard fences, how the stoplight highlights the red color of the Torii gate that’s perfectly in the middle of the photo, the contrast in the two colors hinting at the differences between two sides of the same path, and the cherry on top being the emphasis on the theme of the in-between from Life and Death symbolized with a LITERAL TRAIN-TRACK CROSSROAD! This is my personal fav bit of the video so thanks a lot for sharing Aki!! 😊🛤️⛩️🛣️

[@Rebel_riot151]

I also finally got to learn what a Torii gate was so that makes this even better 😍

[@autumbreeze1129]

The mannequin scarecrows are horrifying. For crying out loud, with all the Japanese yokai stories I've learned about, if I saw those ANY time of day, but especially at night, how would I be able to tell the difference between them and an actual yokai likely about to wreck my shit?! I would NOT feel safe near those farms, because you could easily be lulled into a false sense of security, THINK you just saw another of the scarecrows, but then you get jumped by a yokai wishing you nothing but the worst. I may not get Sakuraco boxes, but I got that Sakura cake in last month's Tokyo Treat. Waiting a little longer before I eat it so I can fully enjoy it

[@cypressstaples3820]

The teachers in America, at least with core classes like history, likely have little control over their curriculum (it's all set by the government). I don't think that teachers necessarily chose to just sweep it under the rug, it's more likely that they just either had so much other content to teach that it wasn't prioritized in legislation or was outright banned from being taught (I think it would be interesting to dive into this. I have limited knowledge of the content matter itself, only the way that our education system works, so I don't know exactly why they didn't teach it, just that it was probably one of those two things).

[@serena7710]

I don't think it's banned from being taught at all, I distinctly remember spending time on the Japanese Internment camps multiple times throughout middle and high school. I think it was most likely in cases where people say they weren't taught it, it was just glossed over. You can look up history text books per grade and year published, it wasn't as if the information was hidden. Teachers must stick to rigorous scheduling to keep up with stupid "standardized" testing therefore causing lots of information to slip by. If your class was wasting time or your teacher was only sticking to what was going to be on those tests then you most likely did not get to spend very much time on them at all. But it isn't as if the information is maliciously hidden.

[@Antonelis-01]

Thank you for having some common sense on how teaching works in America. Teachers in all levels Pre K-12 may have to follow a teaching curriculum set by the School Board (your district). It is up to parents to change it, teachers are contractually unable to complain or change the curriculum. I say this as someone studying to become a teacher in the U.S. I know some private schools allow teachers some freedoms on how they teach, but public schools do not do this. Some districts even control what kind of homework teachers should give to students. It’s crazy how much power the school board has and how little power teachers have, but guess who gets blamed the most for how kids are taught.

[@E_M_O_Lizzie]

I wrote a book report about this in HS, but it isn’t mentioned as much as the other things during this time in textbooks.

[@eyespliced]

It's not swept under the rug at all, I learned about it as part of the 4th grade california history curriculum., and had a much much more in depth study of it in 10th grade. One of my neighbors growing up was also interned at one of the camps as a child, and he spoke about it on occasion.

[@auberginebear]

I learned that only areas where a Japanese internment camp was actually covered the topic more than passingly.

[@lisaSN]

I just have to point out that here in the US your teacher doesn't set the curriculum. That's done by the state in most cases, or the county in some. The GOVERNMENT didn't want you to know about the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII bc they know it's embarrassing & repulsive. I was lucky enough to have a history teacher who had served in the war & told us all kinds of things that other kids my age never got to hear.

[@xXuberflutesXx]

It also depends on where you are in the US, I had a few teachers touch on the subject, having grown up in the North East part of the states it was semi detached from the situation because most of the Asian population was closer to the west coast so I could see Aki who grew up closer to where the camps were located they would more likely be ashamed to teach it.

[@meowzero965]

Just like how british dont teach about thier colonial history and and how they starved, enslaved and destroy native culture for thier own benefits in terms of millions. Maybe more than hitler ever killed.

[@blueberrymilk4994]

I grew up pretty close to where one is located and it was really a choice made by teachers if it was taught or not. My middle school teacher did a whole lecture on it but most of my highschool teacher’s just mentioned it in passing as if we should already know about it or they never brought it up.

[@nickyliu8762]

If Japan doesn't bother to educate about their devilish deeds of that same time period, why should the U.S., with something that is quite frankly not even worse than what's going on at the Southern border currently?

[@HollowxHyperxluv]

It really depends on the school/ teacher. Not only did my school teach us about them but we also went in a field trip to one and learned about it from a local historian while there. Granted I also grew up in Hawaii so there’s a lot more taught in school about Hawaiian and Asian American history.

[@LesbianKimDokja]

That title sounds extremely ominous, I’m excited

[@GamerForLife650]

I don't think the last photos were about a teacher's decision, but rather a district-level decision. Speaking from my experience living in San Francisco, we were taught about these internment camps in high school. I believe it was because San Francisco had a sizable Japanese population. What I remember the most was how the Japanese American community came together in difficult circumstances and received little compensation for their losses. People lost their jobs and homes due to this event. I would highly recommend looking into this topic.

[@EduardoOliveira-qy1km]

Honestly, the original version of the photoshopped image looks creepier to me

[@Rebel_riot151]

Ikr, the fact it’s still from a real person still haunts me 😅

[@kittycatkyla2344]

The fact that her eyes are black is what creeps me out. I'm assuming it was poor lighting, but her eyes are pure black in the original photo.

[@xoAL3XA]

I feel the same way

[@Heart-under-blade-g8x]

That girl kinda looks like Ougi from the Monogatari Series

[@Shad0wmoses]

that picnic photo in the displaced house was so unsettling and creepy. it got even worse when she switched to from black and white to color. it gave us a better look at the horrific details. also my guess is that sakuraco is some evil ritual that took place during that picnic.

[@anthonyethridge5397]

George Takei, who played Sulu in the original Star Trek series was in a Japanese internment camp as a child. He made a Broadway musical based on his experiences there. The show is called "Allegiance".

[@kennichickennuggyx]

I agree that some teacher don't want to teach certain things, but most of the time, they are not allowed to teach a certain subject, at least in the US. The government sets the curriculum, and the teachers have to follow that curriculum. If they don't, they could get fire and will get punished.

[@thesmolnoodle]

Okay on that last one, I feel like my teacher was one of the few that actually spoke about it in class. She said originally, they wanted her not to talk to the students about it because the school didn't want kids thinking we held the Japanese people in camps similar to the Germans, but she made sure to go into details about what these were and why they're important to know. She gave us so much information about this and I'm actually glad we were able to understand just what these people had to go through when living here. I feel like it's definitely something that needs spoken about more in schools

[@GingerSnape46]

This what I subbed for. Came for the vocaloid, stayed for, well...Japanese creepy stuff.

[@AllanGuiHaya70]

Another one for the "I will never be original in my life" pile!!

[@rozelia_the_octo06]

Same lol

[@thehedgehoggamer8471]

Same:P

[@samanthalawson6617]

Honestly, that kid was probably trying to make the skin color of his dad. My daughter had some really weird colors for people.

[@DefinitelyNotJay3705]

The scariest one to me is the child's drawing. I'm extremely concerned for them because they could potentially be in danger. The child's drawing feels a lot more real then the other entries

[@arielruh7773]

Yeah I know

[@Cryinginthecloudssss]

It’s definitely the school system that doesn’t teach the right history of enough of the right history

[@Mankey619]

That drawing is the most disturbing one ever, and the fact a 5 yr old drew it. Is something to be investigated to know weather the child is going through some abuse from the father. Let's hope that the kid is doing okay, and manage to solve this case.

[@Koutouhara]

Japanese-American Concentration Camps (this is more accurate term to use, most JAs use this) are indeed disturbing. Years of being imprisoned after having everything stripped away from you even though you were American. Children were born in these concentration camps, people DIED in these concentration camps. They were under Armed Guards with the authority to shoot them. I had family in one of these camps and even I didn't find out about all these things until I was an adult and went looking for it myself. It wasn't brought up in school. It's brushed over in conversations. It's hidden by the older generations that don't want to talk about it. I'm so glad that there are still activist that try to share their stories. To have your rights stripped away and the prejudices that still go on for us Japanese Americans today, it's very disturbing.

[@Koutouhara]

Thought I'd add these insights just to give more context, needless to say but it was fucked: "In 1943, Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes wrote "the situation in at least some of the Japanese internment camps is bad and is becoming worse rapidly."" "According to a 1943 War Relocation Authority report, inmates were housed in "tar paper-covered barracks of simple frame construction without plumbing or cooking facilities of any kind". The spartan facilities met international laws, but left much to be desired. Many camps were built quickly by civilian contractors during the summer of 1942 based on designs for military barracks, making the buildings poorly equipped for cramped family living. Throughout many camps, twenty-five people were forced to live in space built to contain four, leaving no room for privacy." "The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center in northwestern Wyoming was a barbed-wire-surrounded enclave with unpartitioned toilets, cots for beds, and a budget of 45 cents daily per capita for food rations." "Armed guards were posted at the camps, which were all in remote, desolate areas far from population centers. Inmates were typically allowed to stay with their families. There are documented instances of guards shooting inmates who reportedly attempted to walk outside the fences. One such shooting, that of James Wakasa at Topaz, led to a re-evaluation of the security measures in the camps." "The phrase "shikata ga nai" (loosely translated as "it cannot be helped")【仕方がない】was commonly used to summarize the incarcerated families' resignation to their helplessness throughout these conditions. This was noticed by their children, as mentioned in the well-known memoir 'Farewell to Manzanar' by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. Further, it is noted that parents may have internalized these emotions to withhold their disappointment and anguish from affecting their children. Nevertheless, children still were cognizant of this emotional repression."

[@margaretkaraba8161]

Actor George Takei wrote an autobiography on being a child (with his family) in the internment camps (They Called Us Enemy).

[@Bun800]

Aki slaying the Sakurako box ad transitions. You go girl 😆

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

I had one teacher in Middle school when talking about WWll talking about the Holocaust say " As you know what happened to the Jews was horrendous and the German Nazi party was taken down and all were tried as war criminals." But what I can't teach you is that they weren't the only one's holding people in concentration camps I just hope y'all one day learn that war has no true winners only victors that can rewrite History and burry the rest." She quit a year later cause of personal reasons. But, I'll never forget those words and when I did look deeper and realize America was not innocent and what Japan was doing to Korea and China along with what Hitler and his party was doing it just made me mad. I feel like all teens should know the true history of war. It's gruesome and even if a side is proclaimed the "good guys" they still do bad shit it's just twisted into patriotism and something that had to be done instead of something we should look back on and learn to never do again. It's honestly true by ignoring and erasing history the cycle will continue with different players. I know in Texas a lot of what kids are taught is run by the school board and is either accepted or not and teachers can be fired for teaching outside the recommended curriculum it's not fair or right, but sadly there's more ignorance than sanity here and all of us who hate it have to live with it cause the ignorant hold office and they make it harder for us to vote them out.

[@TheSapphireLeo]

Oh and the UK, with global agriculture, too?

[@JarlBalgruff_]

My Social Science teachers were the same. In India, we were taught that Gandhiji basically bought the freedom of India from the British people and she straight up told us "Nope, that's not what it actually is. India's freedom was bought by a collective of many people, not just ome guy. Nothing happens without a collective effort. " I remember her to this day and she's one of the best teachers I had. I still remember her to this day 12 years later.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

And still you leave out the comunists. Somehow they always escaped scrutiny. I had to learn about that part of history on my own as well.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

​@@JarlBalgruff_ Good on her because Gandhi is actually an extremely fucked up figure head when you look into him more. So of course he made everything about himself.

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

@@ANPC-pi9vu OMG yes I did leave them out. You're absolutely right. I'm still learning I won't lie to you some stuff I remember better than other's but the fact I left that out isn't right. It's to late to edit it. But, if you would be gracious and extend it into the comment from your comment I'd appreciate it since I'm not well suited to explain it.

[@KrystalKollectz]

That product sponsor insert was AMAZING !

[@duck-and-sunflowers]

15:08 I completely agree, the best way to understand a situation is to look at all angles. In school when we talk about these things I feel like only one part of the history is covered and that makes me wonder how it will help us prevent history from repeating itself, especially because the story is usually told by the victorious this is why it's important to do your own research when it comes to these things. Thank you for another great video, keep up the good work

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

ive seen some weird photos in my time, 10 years ago there was this scandal on my street where someone was posting polaroids of there balls through letterboxes, guy was never caught, the weirdest part is that it went on for 5 years then suddenly the picture was changed to a picture of a dead badger with "bye bye" written on it, noone ever got a photo after that edit: thats not even the worst thing ive seen

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

What do you mean not the worse thing??? SIR, MA'AM GET BACK HERE! Elaborate? You will not just write that and dramatically exit stage right😂😅😅😨😨

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

@@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl well due to legal restrictions due to it being an ongoing case, all i can say is butchered corpses are a lot worse than what tv shows, and tv never really shows just how much they stink

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

@@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl youtube keeps deleting my replies, so i think that tells you just how bad things were edit: sent you a direct email telling you details

[@theslenderchick1797]

​@@bigfrankfraser1391yooooooo I think a youtube video needs to be made about thisssss

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

@@bigfrankfraser1391 Damn youtube found it to be so bad they keep deleting your response. Now I gotta go read this e-mail.

[@williamcunningham1669]

I was taught about the internment camps in 8th grade and I asked my teacher why this isn't common knowledge and she told me it's because that moment in time made America look like Germany. It was far from a professional answer but it was a fair answer and made perfect sense to me and the rest of my class.

[@oburi85]

Fair answer I guess. Here In germany we learn a lot (and I mean a f***** Lot) about the cruel stuff the germans did back in this time, but sadly there are still some f*** up people who really think this was a great time. It is such a shame. We are all connected now, see the same stuff, laugh about the same stuff, listen to the same music. But still there are some stupid idiots who believe they are better than others. I never knew about the american camps but now that I know, I dont feel anything better or some kind of this. And I dont think that it matters who was better or worse. I guess every country did cruel things and the most important part is to make not the same stupid mistakes. Its way more importent that we get closer to each other and appreciate each other and the small differences even more. We cant change history, but we can make it better.

[@williamcunningham1669]

@@oburi85 humanity sucks. We are all the same when it comes to being terrible. Different times different crimes. Everyone on earth is guilty of something or another. Nobody is perfect. 🤗 We have a saying in America. Different folks have different strokes. It's a bit grim but it's somewhat universally understandable to most people.

[@melancholysky13]

I absolutely love the direction you've taken your channel to. I love me some creepy and true crime stuff plus you being one of my favorite KZbinrs. Score!

[@yuko6378]

We had one of those internment camps in my state in Little Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Theres a kids book made by one of the boys who grew up there called "Hello Maggie.", based of the bird he helped in real life while there.

[@ellalove6085]

As a more recent high school graduate (2022), I will say that I was taught about the Japanese internment camps, but not from my history teacher. It was actually my English teacher who did an entire section on the topic. Then again, my english teacher was amazing, so it's very likely still not a mainstream topic. (Shout our Mr. Johnstone, you rule!)

[@karencoon6243]

I learned about the camps when I was in school, and I was very surprised there were people who hadn't been taught about it.

[@Aashbard01]

Kenopsia is a feeling like you’re not supposed be there because the place is deserted, usually experienced at night. The photo of those tracks at night made me feel this way

[@mye36m3]

My parents were kids while in the internment camps. I once had a conversation with a younger person who tried to tell me that it never happened. I insisted that it did, and they would not believe me. It's sad how such things can be swept under the rug.

[@wokedragon3211]

That looked like Misty was coming back to get that bike ash owes her

[@buniwinter7678]

I grew up in Florida and I remember sometime during middle school we went over the Japanese Camps heavily! We even read stories of people that went to these camps. In the area I grew up my history classes would often go over the messed up stuff that americans did during wars and stuff. Another thing I hear said that isn't much is what we did to Native Americans and I remember I was tought a lot about that stuff including the ways we tried to force them to do things the way the whites did. I am also a recent graduate so it could be that things are starting to change in the school system.

[@lololollololol629]

Canada was pretty bad with natives too and I don't remember hearing about that in school at all.. It was mostly a mix of american/canadian history with most of the bad shit we did left out..

[@XyloVR1]

It is very unfortunate that past generations couldn’t learn about the injustice of Japanese and Japanese Americans during WWII because fortunately enough for my school, and class of ethnic studies we are learning about the concentration camps in America to imprison these Japanese American. And even today the Japanese concentration camps near the Mexico border has been rebuilt into a relocation center to hold chicano/a kids who’s parents have been separated or lost. These kids have stayed in these centers for 5 to even 6 years without any help to find their parents. Some survivors of these Japanese concentration camps actually are still protesting till this day near the Mexico border to stop this injustice being played in like its not a big deal, and to keep the Japanese concentration camps as is so we can remember the injustices put in America and not to repeat it again… Edit: when you said “History is already written and once its done its set in stone” it reminded me (because I live in Oregon) that at the waterfront up in downtown, it has a big rock in the middle carved in it with poems of the Japanese American to pay as tribute to never forget the past and what has happened during these Japanese Concentrations. Around this rock has lots of cherry blossoms as they were originated from Japan.

[@BeefPattyWaifu]

Most of the time, it's not the teachers who don't shed light on subjects because they don't want to, but they quite honestly get in trouble for talking about things that are not in the curriculum, such as these. Growing up, especially in a predomenatly black school, there were things that were not allowed to be discussed, however, we had this thing or rule, that if your teacher looks outside and closes the door, they're about to tell you some things that they could get in serious trouble for because they're not supposed to be teaching you the nitty gritty of a particular subject. All-in-All, its the board/District and in the case now....the government.

[@_Kx0ri]

The last photo made me so happy and relieved to see. My grandfather was born in Topaz in 1943 and has always told me about it. He was born in a barrack and his father and several off my great great uncles fought in the 442nd, even being mentioned in a book we own. My grandfather has the official letter they received hanging in his office. Topaz has now been nearly erased and forgotten so I'm so happy that people are talking about the camps.

[@Dumbledoresarmy13]

Maybe they had more trouble with humans stealing from them than crows so they had to change their scare target.

[@E_M_O_Lizzie]

Teachers doesn’t control the flow of info in schools in America. It’s the government that fund the schools. Teachers have to follow a Common Core Curriculum; preset standards, textbooks, and expectations.

[@Googleistheantichrist]

They also follow their own agenda. Some teachers have no restrictions on what they teach. My wife has been a teacher for more than 25 years and has seen how the new teachers are not following state requirements and allowing their kids to fail

[@odin6901]

I've watched a LOT of KZbin over the years, and I have to say that was the best segue into a sponsor's product iv ever seen. 😂

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

The 'person' graffiti seems to me like an act of grief. Think of it symbolically; this was once a bustling city and not only did the tsunami kill a huge number of people, but so many more were driven away by destruction of homes, infrastructure, and the threat of nuclear contamination from the power plant melt down. The house sits where it drifted to so many years later, it's family and comunity unacounted for. It cries out to not be forgotten. And some person was there, with paint, to bare the remembrance. I wonder how many persons are accounted for.

[@resultofeatingborax]

1:56 i draw like this sometimes, it’s really fun i just make it more like idk what to say like the one that’s in the okaasan music video thingy mabobber

[@lavender-rosefox8817]

History will always repeat itself learning about it can really only prevent it from being as bad

[@dwaynethefrog]

im gonna replace my metal pan scarecrows with dummies like that now

[@SenpaiSentai]

I agreed with you 100% about the "Learning From The Past", however, alot of people (mostly alot of westerners) will say "sTaHp LiViNg iN tHe pAsT, iT jUsT a pAsT" as an "excuse" for their personal biggest mistake.

[@maisnow7744]

I don't think teachers choose what you're taught in America. Especially when I comes to history.

[@NekoCrazi]

As an American myself, I remember very briefly learning about the camps. But it was softly talk about it compared to the German side of WW2. So I do agree that learn all of history should be learned, no matter how dark.

[@--Paws--]

14:40 I remember also getting a recommended video, a couple of years ago, about a Mexican woman who happens to also be Japanese in origin; according to what she found out concentration camps were also in Mexico and other Central American countries.

[@tinypenguin5188]

The Tori gate picture gives R rated horror version of Spirited Away vibes.

[@Laura-pf2tw]

I love this content. I watch a lot of creators who do disturbing content videos. Please do more of this and/or detective Aki. I loved those vids too.

[@ghostthelizard]

There can be a multitude of reasons why your teachers never taught it. Maybe it was not part of the curriculum (which over here is created by a ministry for education and not the teachers themselves so i assume in the states theres some similar higher power that tells schools what to teach). Also there were a lot of things we couldnt go over at school, and we barely touched american history as i guess it was a bit less relevant considering there were much larger events like the french revolution, the napoleonian war, spanish inquisition and of course both world wars happening right here in europe, and ultimately there was just no time where we could talk about american history in any capacity with how filled the curriculum already was. Considering also that just world war 2 was a very large thing and you could probably just talk about germany for at least half a school year without even mentioning what japan, china, russia or the us were doing. But also very possible that the us government might have preferred to create the curriculum in a way where they just cut out the bad parts of what america did to japanese american citizens to make themselves look less bad. Its easy to do when theres a much more terrifying evil ravaging through europe

[@fredgillilandjr8648]

That 1st photo of a kids drawing looks like the woman in the movie, prince of darkness that came out in the 80s by John carpenter

[@oliviaspecht6134]

I remember my school teaching the Japanese camps and it broke my heart. Especially after we read a story of a boy and his family being taken; his parents had him wear his Boy Scout uniform to show that THEY WERE AMERICANS. I’m surprised that many schools don’t/didn’t teach this part of AMERICAN history.

[@ShadowMage-]

i can agree with what was said when the last set of photos you showed. the teachers always picked what was taught during history classes, like we have a thick history book but we probably only cover 30-40% of it during the semester. like i can remember in 4th grade we would have a week or so covering the entire section talking about the slavery period. but then in middle school and high school history classes it was probably just a day we would cover that or on the native Americans before talking about something else.

[@darkmega24ify]

AKI WTF that was a great transition to an ad LMAO

[@jamesroach709]

Aki One of the bases I was stationed on actually had one of these old ww2 camps on it. It is now used as a training ground for urban combat.

[@CriticalFangirl]

5:46 the rick-roll method of sponsorships

[@surusweet]

I learned the Japanese American camps from a book I happened to pick up and read about a girl who went through it. I checked it out at a local library when I was a kid. School didn’t teach me it either.

[@ElleMist]

Growing up on an reservation, we knew of the camps as we had one located on the reservation. We were taught in school and had field trips to the nearby farmlands of the ruins to see where it was located.

[@NekoYuki]

The late George Carlin was who introduced me to the internment camp history part of America, and I was PEEVED my teachers never showed me that we were damn near as messed up as germany in this regard. We just didn't do death camps in ww2

[@hdimyb9856]

7:31 the poor woman who saw this on the internet like "that... *thats me*?... Who did that to me?" BTW. I'm American and I was never formally taught about Japanese internment camps. One of my teachers actually just expected me to know about it even though it was in zero of the curriculum that my school had, and in my opinion, he should have known that because he was teaching in the same school system that hadnt taught me about it since preschool. I had to ask my dad about it and I learned the basics about it through him

[@astrayhope]

As a teacher, esp. in America we have very little control over what is taught in the curriculum. There is very little autonomy in what we can teach. (This is very dependent on your district and school. I've had some amazing principals and some horrible ones.) When we do try to teach beyond a test, at times we get reprimanded. I am very doubtful your teacher chose what they want to share, tbh they might have not even known about it themselves. Not to say there aren't teachers who will not teach it. One of my colleagues chose to skip talking about slavery and civil rights and pretend IT DIDN'T happen. I chose to leave a year later as I couldn't be under a head teacher who wanted to pretend that part of our history didn't matter or happen. Growing up, I learned about the Japanese concentration camps and Hawaiian History. Our Queen made it part of the law so the children of Hawai'i could learn about the culture and history of the Native Hawaiians.

[@angelsinthewindow]

I did learn about those camps in school and had a speaker who had to live through that too. It's a very emotional time 😢

[@fbiagent3998]

Yall didn't learn about Japanese internment camps in school, that's like a huge part of history and WWII??? 😭😭😭😭

[@IzzySalami]

It’s how someone in the comments said. That’s the state/school districts decision, since they make the curriculum. She’s from Las Vegas, so they must’ve just “skipped” over that. I learned about it, but I’m in Northern California.

[@SoulStarSketchin]

Swole Misty now resides in my nightmares

[@DadCanInJapan]

George Takei (Sulu on original Star Trek) talks about his time growing up in the internment camps. The government took away everything, giving it to other people, and after the war, they had no bank accounts, home or family business.

[@klulu-kun]

Regarding history, it's more of a school system problem than a teacher's problem. They teach what they're given by the state. If it's not in the program, then they probably won't bring it up.

[@Angua-tu3ot]

I learned more about history including the Japanese internment camps from watching PBS. It was my favorite channel as a kid.

[@marylew1528]

With the children’s painting… I have some experience with trauma in art and also children’s work with art. This is def not the painting of a 5 year old. Don’t want to go into detail, but the threedomebsionality of the chair and the rope around the head give it away. In my humble opinion. :)

[@marylew1528]

*threedimensionality

[@Asher1347]

Those scarecrows may very well scare away or alert residents of trespassers. And to the trespassers, one could ask, do you really want to F around and find out?

[@autumnlove96able]

Shoutout to my middle school history teacher Mr. McCrummen, who wasn't afraid to tell us the truth and make us take it seriously. I learned about the Japanese internment camps in America, I learned the horrors of how America was created, I learned about the depths of cruelty Germany, Russia, and especially Japan inflicted on so many innocents during WWII. Knowledge is power and he helped us develop the ability to question and think for ourselves and give respect to those who suffered.

[@kerriproper5843]

Even if most of the scarecrows found in Japanese cornfields are creepy/scary looking, I don’t think I’ll lose any sleep just from looking at them 😅😅😅

[@DeltaGC5]

The "person" kanji's put together actually looks like waves...

[@Annie1962]

One creepy photo that haunts me is of a young man falling from a plane that took off in Australia. The young man snuck on to the plane above the wheel and fell not long after to his death. A photographer was taking snaps of the plane and inadvertently caught the moment.

[@HopeCvon]

15:34 This was a simlar view my history teachers had. They did teach us about this sort of stuff and I'm glad they did.

[@devilsspit]

15:05 I never knew this either and I agree with you on that, but it’s not actually the teachers fault. It is the school itself and what they decided to sit there and teach that year for that curriculum because I found out that teachers for over years and years and years now have been teaching different sets of curriculum, and that makes so much sense to me now, and it makes sense to me on why my parents were having such a hard time teaching me things because I was learning it in a drastically different way

[@nightmareSM]

Ok the Torii gate looks sick with that red light hitting it

[@KirbyVanPelt]

As soon as Aki was going to show Ash, an Domino's Pizza ad played 😂

[@lillyfoot19]

I remember learning about the interment camps as a kid, but I don’t think I would have remembered it if we didn’t go over it a second time in High school. Theres a lot of history that was taught to me in Elementary school that I just don’t remember well. I think it’s important to understand that everyone intakes information differently. And sometimes we block out stuff like that, because we weren’t ready to deal with it at the time. History is something that we learn more about as we go on in life. Because 12 years is not long enough. Especially when you have to relearn the extra important basic information. The building blocks that help you look for more information later on in life. Not all teachers are good, but they have a tough job. We weren’t all perfect students either.

[@QWERTY-du4hc]

My interpretation of the child:s drawing. Father *logged off* himself after the mother left him and the kid. If this is real, there is a possibility that kid needs help.

[@animechic420]

At 7:30, that lady could be a character in the movie Smile.

[@sheikahchic]

The 鳥居 is my favorite of the photos, and I would absolutely cross those train tracks, and go in search of which realm was beyond, but I also have a lot of experience with the paranormal. 😂 On what you said regarding your teachers not teaching about the Internment/Concentration Camps: Don’t blame your teachers, at least not necessarily. I graduated in 2006, and never attended a school where teaching about this was in the curriculum, but I already knew plenty about it, because I’m Japanese American, and I had family taken to 2 of the different camps. I definitely had instances with teachers who were racist bigots who wouldn’t have taught about it if you had paid them to do so. However, most of it, was my teachers literally not being allowed to do so, by the school districts. They wouldn’t allow that to be a part of the curriculum, and thus teachers weren’t allowed to teach about it, and could lose their jobs if they brought it up in class. I was always the “trouble maker”, who would bring up the “hard subjects” they didn’t want us discussing, when it came to racism, genocide, homophobia, sexism and misogyny, as well as correcting my teachers or the lesson plan when I knew something was incorrect, or we weren’t being told the whole truth/all the facts. But I digress. It’s rarely the individual teachers that are to blame for the lapses, but the rules set forth by the school districts, that are the reason for it. They are who to stand up to, and believe you me, I did. They never did like me. 😅

[@ShotaPit]

I never learned about the camps in my school either. The puyallup fairgrounds in Washington state have been working on making a monument/exhibit for it since the fairgrounds were actually used as a camp. They have a whole wall with all the names of the people held in the camp. While they've been working on the exhibit, they've had the name wall, a bit of history, and a map of the camp at the fairgrounds with all the current locations that are still at the fairgrounds marked

[@bowlofkibble]

AKI. THE ADVERTISEMENT?? THAT WAS SO SUDDEN😭😭

[@Isimpfornoya]

Aki's Sakuraco transition is never a miss

[@auberginebear]

The graffiti house & cars might be someone trying to create a monument to those who died in the earthquake & tsunami. That’s what came to mind seeing the house, at least.

[@MarrowOfTheBone]

I doubt a 5 year old would draw a chair with that kind of perspective, a kid's stick figure looks completely different than that from an adult.

[@dressagegirlkae]

Aww, it’s baby George Tekai! If you haven’t read any of his speeches about internment, they are amazing and heart wrenching.

[@risimrongpi6901]

I'm so happy to be watching you again aki! You were breath of fresh air when I was a teenager and now that I'm watching you again, it's a trip down memory lane. Thank you for your content over the years ❤

[@Dessamator]

George Takei was actually in one of the internment camps as a child. He's talked about it. It's sad and interesting.

[@aclady2295]

I was surprised when Aki said that she didn't learn about internment camps in school, but I think whether or not you learn about the internment camps depends on what state you're in. I lived in Hawaii and I learned and interviewed a Japanese woman who was sent to a internment camp.