Ask Miyu, the Japanese High School Student

[@schwkrls]

I'm so happy Miyu is getting her own channel. This is the first time I catch a stream, and I was a lot of fun!

[@sheilatorio6811]

Oh she is really cute! That was fun to watch. I would love to see another Q&A with Miya! Fun way to learn things!

[@Leogk001]

She’s so sweet ☺️ I hope you do one more stream with her, and hopefully she will answer one of my questions. Nice stream like always btw! If I go to Japan someday it would be cool to hang out with you John 👍

[@rahulk2334]

Takeshi's Castle is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actorTakeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. The show has become acult television hit around the world.(Wikipedia). Well I asked as it also is very famous in India, hilariously dubbed by Mr.Javed Jafrrey.

[@Kapiletti]

Rahul K thanks for sharing with us.

[@onlyinjapanGO]

Awesome background on this. I had no idea!! Thank you Rahul!!

[@JuzNyc]

I remember watching that show here in the US on spike tv as a kid. Never learned what it was called until last year.

[@SnowmansApartment]

Also famous in Germany, i watched it like every week when i was a kid 😄

[@notmuch_23]

Spike TV redubbed those episodes as: "MXC Most Extreme Elimination Challenge" with "Kenny Blankenship" and "Vic Romano" hosting, field reporters "Guy LeDouche" and his nephiew "Geek", every contestant got a redub for challenges renamed things like "sinkers and floaters", "door knockers", and I cannot remember any more...

[@VinFahren]

Love the reaction to Super Weggie! ROFL. She is adorable :) Thank you, is was fun to watch.

[@xXShOOtYXx8]

Very fun to watch :)

[@VagabondCrazyDiamond]

That really was fun! Good job handling the trolls too, you two. (heheh) Definitely hope to see more Miyu or even more of your friends inteviewed, John. It seems like a great perspective breaker!

[@pvellu]

Excellent conversation John, typical Japanese student conversing that extent of English is so good. Thanks John

[@Dave-nx4dq]

This is super interesting! I was going to ask if you would make another video like this while you are staying with Miyu's family but you answered that at the end of the video ;) Really looking forward to the second video. PS: its great that Miyu tries to answer everything in english and does it pretty well, good job on that !! On a side note: it's interesting to hear Miyu gets an allowance from her parents to buy the things she needs. When i was 16 and started working and thus had a income i had to pay costmoney to my parents! lol.

[@dragonsong1023]

That was fun and Miyu's English is pretty good. Thanks for sharing this .

[@Chris-ez4yt]

I super enjoyed this! It was very fun learning about Japanese culture, and it was a good chance to actually listen to some Japanese! I was surprised by how much I could understand. I'd love to see more personal interviews like this! :D

[@soulsearcher9530]

Kids in Hawaii only get a month summer vacation too, because not only do they get American holidays off during the year, but also Hawaiian holidays (ie. Prince Kuhio Day, statehood day, king Kamehameha Day)

[@cheronroggen9638]

I really enjoyed this video. So real...and interesting. Super! Definately want to see more like these😄

[@daleetchells181]

I enjoyed your visit with Miyu. I look forward to future visits like this. Like Miyu learning English I am trying to learn Japanese. No knowing were to really start, I started watching your channel and learning a lot. I am new to KZbin so I am not sure how super chats work or how to donate funds to your cause. For now Keep it up and will be chatting

[@colonelk3870]

Yes please do this again. It was great John.

[@heinrichkotula1585]

More videos like this one! It was very interesting and fun :)

[@windbreaker57]

Miyu, you did a fantastic job here! (Thanks, John, for making this possible.) If I got it right early in the stream, Miyu's family is in the kimono business. That should be an interesting stream for her and you to do; I'd love to watch that one.

[@blubirbs]

I love this video! I was worried about the weird comments, but I'm glad you guys are enjoying the questions! Thanks for this live stream :D

[@TheMethodus]

Good video. Shame I missed it. Looking forward to the next Q&A.

[@astroboy3507]

It's midnight in Sydney that's why I couldn't watch it!! 😗 I love the Japanese girls uniforms there so nice!!! Was a nice vid esp when your away it's a nice surprise to see what's coming up next!!!!

[@deiterhogradish]

In the USA, popular trends in speech and fashion usually originate in either New York or Los Angeles. In Tottori, are you influenced more by Osaka or Tokyo? Do you have local fashion and slang?

[@nikkidragoon]

I loved the video and learned a lot tyvm for sharing with us!!!

[@Aiken47]

Miyu, your english and reading is very good

[@onlyinjapanGO]

I read some of the comments to her and the compliments really encourage her to make her KZbin channel. Thanks Asnl45!!

[@toranxanta8525]

Very cool Livestream !!! I hope you can do a second one

[@MrRalphRosa]

MIYU IS SO BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT !!!!!GREAT VIDEO !!!!!

[@roddy222]

Wow, this was awesome, thank you so much. Cheers.

[@ChaiLatte13]

Great stream John. Sorry I missed it live, but am happy to enjoy it after too. :)

[@thatvonchick]

You really need a mod in the chat room and please do one more Q&A with Miyu before you go.

[@Kapiletti]

Von Keomalavong unfortunately trolls are everywhere.

[@Ozzymandias493]

KZbin needs to implement some auto mods like Twitch or at least have some sort of word filtering

[@miihoodw6925]

Agreed. The chat was so spammy that the real good questions just disappeared before anyone could notice them.

[@PuNiao]

Yeah. Perverts were in attendance as well.. 😔

[@onlyinjapanGO]

Thanks for the feedback. I have a couple of mods but they weren't here today. I'll expand the volunteer moderator program (not really a program, just people helping me :)

[@mistermikeyjay]

Fun video. Yes, please do more q&a this was nice. Young kids like Kobukuro? Nice.

[@newproblemsolving]

In my experience in cram school(I live in Taiwan.), basically they teach you "techniques in exams", like how to solve some specific types of exam problems and give you a lot practicing problems, while normal school focus more on general knowledge of subjects.(Knowing a subject and getting good score at those exams are two different things, that's how poor those tests are designed.)

[@pozzo6828]

Fun and informative. Thanks John san Miyu chan

[@pakkanen]

Thank you John for another interesting stream. Miyu's explanations of shcool day and school system made me wonder if you could get intervew of high school teacher aswell. Those "mock examns" made me also wonder how Japanese school deals people with different levels of learning? I mean some people learn math and physics faster than others, so how teacher adjust teaching methods so everyone will learn same things before end of term? Or is there different classes for people who struggle with math/physics? Or do they have to take more cram school lessons?

[@erikalves2075]

Great interview :)

[@PuNiao]

Finally managed to catch part of the live chat in between work, thank you for the live stream ^^ Too bad Super Chat doesn't seem to work from my country 😣

[@Lyle-ow3nn]

Not sure if I’ll be able to see the next stream. But if you do another Q&A, ask her how often she’s able to hang out with friends and what sort of things they do together.

[@mistersmith158]

Miyu is very nice young girl, and her english is pretty good too. This was very informative and entertaining. Miyu is a very mature 18. Westerners don't understand the competitiveness of many Asian education systems. Taking questions in real time is a tad disorganized and disorienting to watch. Please more of this kind of thing. I like getting a personal view from actual Japanese people about life in Japan.

[@zam023]

I agree that Miyu's English is better than average. She needs to work on pronounciation tho and with more practice she will get it right.

[@FlorenciaE]

Thanks for the stream John! Was great! Enjoy your time John 😁

[@thepowerstation2702]

John it would be great if you could do more talks like this with different people on your GO channel. Levi 😀 ✌️

[@MrShreyas00]

John you are amazing... Keep it going...

[@bagasasfriansyahpratama5015]

19:27 cutest drumroll ever, period.

[@thepowerstation2702]

My family 👪 including my kids loved this video. We need a new KZbin channel called "Ask Miyu!" 👍

[@ThePewPew99]

i missed the live stream. pls do another one john.

[@scroogemcduckenjoyer]

nice, you really got a lot of new ideas!

[@scroogemcduckenjoyer]

18? still in highschool?

[@GTOtaguro]

Great content. Wish there was a way to generate similar content. I'd look forward to it.

[@SomeOnce9]

Miyu probably went to cebu,Philippines to study English for 4 months. Takeshis castle?! Man i was watching that when i was a kid late 80's to early 90's

[@firestar1728]

Nice to hear that Miyu is in a good High School as the world is much more competitive for younger generations. What Western foods does she like? What does she plan to study at university? Keeping it short lol!

[@thepowerstation2702]

Very interesting about Takeshi's Castle. Miyu would have no idea about it because 99% of programmes produced for Japan 🇯🇵 are never repeated, unlike programmes in the West. The only repeated programme I've watched is a detective show in which the main character is like 'Columbo' with round glasses 👓 and slicked back hair. Also unless John was living in the West in the last 20 years then he wouldn't have seen the programmes that were redubbed for various countries such as for 'Challenge' channel on Freview in the UK which was voiced by Craig Charles from 'Red Dwarf' fame. Takeshi Kitano is such a Renaissance Man from his two man comedy in the early days where he talks like a machine gun to his acting, directing and painting. 👍 ✌️ 😊

[@beingmechris]

She is so cute. (:

[@tylerdurden6882]

In Los Angeles I never had field trips in High School either, only during Elementary and Jr High.

[@Kapiletti]

Nice girl John, be a good sensei for her while you are there, i dont remember her i must have lost the past q&a with her last year.

[@onlyinjapanGO]

Kapiletti I'm doing my best :) helping her start a KZbin channel and will introduce and help her build it up because it would cool to see university life and more in Japan from Japanese who speak English. She's super smart (smarter than me!) so it's sure to be interesting. OH!! The stream was on Instagram last year and it didn't save at that time.

[@leaf4267]

Miyo is so pretty and she is natural as well

[@avinrafael4086]

Hey John can you please start a channel to teach japanese

[@CaptainHorn]

Great job Miyu

[@PinBallReviewerRepairs]

Yep I enjoyed this a lot! :) And if John trusts me enough I'd like to be a mod in the chat room. :)

[@rebeccasabet2802]

In America, high school is either three or four years. Most anymore are four years but mine was three years.

[@thepowerstation2702]

So funny SMAP!! 😂 I'm the same I only know SMAP, they were good!! 👍 😊

[@musgrave6886]

16:44 "my friend is so good."😂😂😂

[@cupcakelikes]

Me Before You is a great movie but it made me cry

[@Philson]

Are you like her English tuition teacher?

[@alanknuth1671]

The official tests are far more advanced than what you do and learn in class in Japan. That's how they weed people out when trying to get into high school and colleges. Once they enter college its a lot easier and more relaxed than in north America.

[@jimellison777]

GREAT VIDEO..............

[@charancherry6760]

Please do ask which one would be better and cheaper university and which one offers education about computer applications and does except foreign country students

[@charancherry6760]

How much does it cost for study in Japan university

[@onlyinjapanGO]

+Charan Charry not cheap!!! Great questions. I'll ask Miyu.

[@zam023]

Arashi members are as old as you John... LOL >_< Miyu, thank you for the Q&A. I LOL at the comment on "the generation gap showing" hehehehe...

[@japankofun]

He's probably seen them on TV 1000 times without realising who they are ;-)

[@lapa9357]

I'm really not familiar with Japanese musics so I was shooked when her 2nd favorite was Kobukuro :O I actually know them

[@wanyu5343]

John are you doing a part 2 with Miyu anytime soon also what is Miyu's KZbin channel?

[@jujubi1050]

❤️ 💕 "Keep it Clean" thank you for that! Miyu kawaii! Your english is great! 3+ years of a foreign language in the States doesn't get you anywhere near your comprehension/conversation skills Miyu! Gannbattene! ❤️ 💕

[@FringeShows]

we want moaaar ask miyu

[@rrojasg68]

How do fans in U.S. know when you're on live, is their notifications?

[@onlyinjapanGO]

When you subscribe, there’s a bell 🛎 you can can click and choose to get notifications for every live stream. I almost always share the link on Patreon and Facebook (in that order) and sometimes do a quick live stream on Instagram to say HEY! I’m going live in 5 :) so there are ways! I try my best to make sure everyone can join us.

[@chatanoogad.6424]

hi John , Could you ask Miyu san if its true that Japanese schools order students with non black hair to dye their hair black?it was in the news that a teenager in Japan has taken local authorities to court after her school told her to dye her hair black or face exclusion. The school reportedly told the girl’s lawyer that even a “blonde-haired foreign-exchange student would have to dye their hair black.”

[@onlyinjapanGO]

The rules are quite strict and I think they mean students can't change their natural image. Many Japanese girls dye their hair brown. I think 99% of the schools would never ask such a thing - but let's ask the professional, MIYU! We will do a part 2 soon :)

[@132saisankeerthpakala2]

Takeshi castle is a Japanese game show quite popular in India

[@davide.s.9880]

You didn't say but have you been hit by the hurricane / typhoon?

[@nishinasuno]

The typhoon made landfall just south of Tokyo early Monday morning and didn't affect Western Japan.

[@koko-rl9zm]

That was a good segment. Miyu probably doesn't have time for a KZbin channel, but it would be interesting if she had one, so give her some good advice. Maybe if you do another segment I have a question about how much it cost for college in Japan? Is it like the U.S. ? or government subsidized?

[@clyc100]

Kobukuro, blue bird , I recognize them from the Bakuman soundtrack

[@nicoleh1680]

John, didn't you speak with some high school students in Kyoto when you were looking for that Starbucks? Maybe they were Jr high?

[@takasu3950]

Eyyyy she's been to the Philippines! :0

[@andrewperry1819]

Takeshi Castle is an old game show between 1986-1990 no wonder they both don't know what that is

[@YuKi1505]

I missed this one.. Btw, John, are you going going to fukuoka or kansai from mid - end november?

[@zmeneminor4808]

It's really more fun in the Philippines, thanks miyu , i hope john can visit Philippines also,

[@justinwinslow310]

Mincemeat pie yum!

[@Teilzeitotaku]

...dieser Moment, wenn du in einem englischsprachigen Video aus Japan etwas über das Land lernst, in dem du seit mehr als 30 Jahren lebst... ^^

[@tylerdurden6882]

SMAP is definitely old, but her favorites are pretty old too!

[@krushnasrigangisetti5538]

Again I missed u r live jhon

[@HtS643KyS6555GxQ3edA]

What does the banner in the background say?

[@gio32ph]

i think she means "Philippine Cebu" best place she visited

[@CentralMana]

When she said "moshi" she meant 模試 which means mock exam or trial exam

[@zam023]

I was surprised John never heard of a mock exam. American schools don't have them? Mine was a British based school and we had tons of mock exams for the big one - the 'O'-Levels.

[@gohan12991]

CentralMana So when japanese say moshi moshi on phone, does it mean hello or mock mock?😂😂😂😂😂

[@chatanoogad.6424]

It would be interesting what she thinks about bullying in Japanese schools

[@USSJ2Otaku3084]

Was waiting for John to say "Batsu" as in for saying punishment, explaining it to Miyu. I think what he meant was grounded.

[@vanvilad3820]

woaahh she went to my country,,,,...

[@gohan12991]

I also love Chibi Maruko chan.

[@astroboy3507]

Kuromame!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@hildahickey6964]

very interesting

[@mikaelpernlind6525]

Have you met anyone from Sweden?

[@borrico1965]

16:01 "I went to the Philippines ...."

[@XSpImmaLion]

Wait, is there nothing equivalent to cram schools in the US/UK? That's weird... isn't John a bit wrong there? Aren't there prep schools or something like that to complement studies? Here in Brazil we have prep schools for university entrance exams, which I think is similar to what japanese cram schools are (at least from what I gathered from documentaries and anime xD ). Pretty common practice here since exams for public universities are pretty hard and pretty sought after. ROFL, Takeshi's Castle a Ghibli Movie... there's an interesting idea. :P It's too old a series for actual young japanese people to know about... :P

[@JuzNyc]

XSportSeeker I'm not sure about everywhere else in the US but in NYC there are definitely prep schools for highschools in order to pass the entrance exams for the 5 specialized highschools but alot of highschools have specialized programs that you need good grades in middle school and/or good grades on the citywide(standardized tests) in order to get into. It could be different now (it's been 7 years since I left highschool) but when I applied to highschool it was like applying to college. You find the school see the grade requirements for programs then fill out an application.

[@onlyinjapanGO]

+XSportSeeker a "juku" or cram school is a supplement to everyday lessons. It's like a place to go and relearn what you learned at school. BUT - that could be my misunderstanding :p and kids go to JUKU just to do entrance exams. A "CRAM" school to me is cramming in ALL the stuff you learned so you can pass normal everyday school, which seems redundant. Anyway, it was awesome to get this question and discuss it if not to learn more about it - exactly why this was a great experience for me too! LOL I was thinking of HOWL'S CASTLE :p a Ghibli movie. Learned so much today!

[@CricketsBay]

Good lip cream costs $10 or $15 in the USA. Caudalie brand is $12. There is no better lip product.

[@onlyinjapanGO]

CricketsBay thank you for this! I going to use he super chats and get her the top lip cream to say thank you :) I might have to send it from Tokyo because everything is there!

[@yoyochan6668]

My older cousin literally just turned 18 today

[@lildiugh2506]

Yoooo that K-ON reference

[@Jhvxgir]

all very popular, Ayaka, Nishino Kana and Kobukuro, haha

[@shenglongisback4688]

Would Miyu live aboard when she is alil older??