TOP 5 JAPAN REVERSE CULTURE SHOCKS

[@tiaduncan6595]

Top reverse culture when coming back to the USA from Japan is how rude people in my home country are 😅

[@G-y_m]

It's probably just you

[@spencersmith3482]

Top 4 - first visit back to the U.S. after seven years in Thailand: 1) Definitely sensory overload of the English language all around. It's a wonderful isolating ability to just tune out Thai when I want to. Also, the selective isolation of being able to walk around the city and be left alone if I want to be, as most Thais will assume you can't speak Thai. 2) Food portion sizes and how fat many of my friends had gotten in seven years. 3) People obeying traffic laws and driving safely in general. Thailand is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for driving. I'll admit it is quite a thrill to drive a motorbike in traffic like you're in a MotoGP race and the police don't give a shit, but after a few years I saw too many dead people on the side of the road and slowed down. 4) Having the culture around you feel both familiar and alien and comfortable and uncomfortable all at the same time. Such a strange dichotomy of feelings. I was so happy to visit friends and family, but being back in U.S. culture, I remembered very quickly why I left to experience something new in the first place.

[@DaveTrippin]

So I totally accidentally hit publish as opposed to schedule as I had this video planned to come out 8 hrs from now... Whoops, anyways hope you guys like it and I'll be chilling in the comments to field any comments or questions you may have. In the immortal words of Keanu Reeves at E3, You're breathtaking!

[@charliebrownau]

Dave Please upload to bitchute YT is a sinking ship with all this censorship and left wing political pandering

[@wmellor87]

Being an adult, I really appreciate a calm presentation instead of that super stoked teenage click bait crap that goes for youtube content these days

[@BlackBaneWH]

The biggest thing I notice every time I get back to Australia after Japan is 'Holly hell we are fat arses'

[@BlackBaneWH]

Also that English bubble. Slipping in to Ozzy Slang and knowing no one in rural Japan would have a clue what we where say was pretty cool.

[@charliebrownau]

and the amount of trash on aussie ground compared to Japan

[@charliebrownau]

Also you almost never find a plain or ugly female in Japan, half of aussie women are massively overweight

[@veduci22]

​@@charliebrownau They're calling themselves "thicc" and "chubby" and they think it's all caused by genetics so they keep eating garbage...

[@krissydiggs]

Things that required some readjusting when I got back from Japan. ((though granted I was only there for 2 weeks)) 1. ORDER! I miss people waiting politely in lines. Even the busiest lines were quick because everyone did as they were supposed to. I get more annoyed with people being rude in lines now. 2. Quality of food! I'm from Missouri so we don't have a lot in the way of healthier variety, and while it's possible to eat like crap in Japan, it's a lot easier to find tasty healthy options at portions that aren't ridiculous. And the price for that quality... I miss it. 3. Seasonal Products! The fact that each season is celebrated and marked with specific foods that are only available during that one time of year. It really makes a treat feel special. 4. Walking! Again, from Kansas City. Not a very pedestrian friendly city. I enjoy simply walking around and enjoying the interesting things cities have to offer. KC seems to be strategically built to not be very interesting on foot. 5. 7-11! Need I say more? Want a quick drink? Go to the konbini. Need a quick snack that's fresh and tasty? Grab an onigiri on the way! I don't know why America can't figure out convenience stores, but they are anything but convenient in KC. But ultimately my experience is pretty surface so far. I'm looking forward to discovering what else Japan has to offer that'll be a real shock when I get back.

[@onemanenclave]

The vending machines everywhere are also very convenient.

[@chapachuu]

North Americans have super unhealthy food culture. I love Japan's (and other Asian countries') food culture.

[@bayouotaku4946]

I am going through this right now, I landed back in the states 2 weeks ago after spending close to a month in Japan and everything feels so weird here now. I love my home but I miss japan, in a weird way I feel like I’m having post partum depression and I’m having difficulty relating to people here lol

[@dragonofparadise]

The customer service was a huge difference for me. Everyone was amazing in Japan and once the plane landed the first thing I saw was an employee cursing out this guy for being slightly annoying and another employee saying "what do you want?" in a rude way when I went to cash out. I thought to myself "I don't think I am in Japan anymore :(" The second thing is the tipping scam. I hate tipping from both a giving and receiving side. From one side it jacks up the price of the meal like a hidden secret charge, while from the workers side you are getting paid less than minimum wage and are at the mercy of the customers, which will sometimes stiff just because they are jerks so you starve with your $2.00 per hour slave wages. I could go on and on, but those two are big ones.

[@digitallife9757]

TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE Love this topic

[@marbarosi]

I miss how cheap it was in Japan. Canada you go out and $40 bucks plus a tip. $2500 job is nothing in Canada. In Japan making that much you can live pretty comfortably.

[@skoolwifi3835]

I always tried to be the polite American/Westerner in Japan. I'd hold the door open for everyone, especially women with children. I'd always start and end my sentences with please and thank you, it's pretty universally understood so I'm confident they understand. I let pedestrians have the right of way and slow down around neighborhoods. Literally anything I can do to impress the locals or make them happy an American/Westerner is around because I'm proud of my background. I really felt your point about the privacy bubble when it comes to speaking in public. It's one thing to be in a city where nobody knows or cares about you're life, buts it's a whole nother thing when nobody even understands you. My brother and I could talk about anything in Okinawa but back home in Alaska, everyone in the community knows each other and falling back into the small town lifestyle where people are super two faced was hard. It's a bit lonely in Oki but I appreciate that privacy just as much, if not more, than being able to converse with peers. I'm an upfront and honest person who likes to talk with other people, a lot, so I often find myself breaking the rules in both places.

[@earljaycaoile5071]

I didn’t have much culture shock coming back to America after living in Japan for a year. I also have experience traveling in general. I welcomed the fatty American food and English.

[@etherdog]

The more I travel the more disappointed (and sometimes disgusted) I am with the US (and I am American). James Fallows wrote a great book, "More Like Us" which discusses how Americans perceive themselves and their government, and how at odds that is with their actual behavior on the international stage and domestic policies--and it has only gotten much worse since he wrote that book. We are 44th in Health Care, about the worst in income disparity, and have more people locked up than any other country--including China.

[@careydepass130]

Reverse culture shock is worse than culture shock. When I returned to Canada, I had reverse culture shock for 1 year. When I first went to live in Japan, I had about two days of culture shock. That's my story.

[@guilhermecardoso9137]

The first one is so true, and for me I guess it's even stronger (because English I guess is still common anywhere as second language for people). Living in germany I use a bit of german in daily life, but work using English all day. So I only speak Portuguese when I am talking to friends on the phone. As I get to the airport in São Paulo and everybody is speaking the language, it felt weird but at the same time very nice. I was really glad to understand everything, but as you said, so much input! Also people said that my speaking was weird, using different words timing and accent in the first day lol

[@watarikeito]

I haven’t left japan since I got here nine years ago. I plan to go back this summer for a week or so! Im looking forward to it

[@eXiteVideoMagazine]

I got the cops called for drinking a beer in front of the gas station I bought it at. I forgot we can’t drink in public. I wasn’t drunk at all. Barely had half the can when some customer was like ditch the beer man, that snitch inside called the cops on you. I’m in the process of transitioning back home. Will be gone by next April at the latest.

[@DaveTrippin]

Ah yes the reverse culture shock can be a bitch indeed.

[@sm1else]

I haven't spent a lot of time in Germany but I did come away with the impression that spontaneity was not their thing.

[@Bhlabhli]

Dude. Talk a lot more about sex.

[@shogun2679]

Safety, Safety, Safety, whenever I returned to the States, I became immediately paranoid.....always looking over my shoulder, locking EVERYTHING, never taking my eyes off of my children....maybe I should move to Canada !

[@shahidhussain6283]

Dave I like lifting weights/powerlifting. I was wondering how are the quality of the gyms where you live (are there deadlift platforms etc?) And how much would you say a kilo of chicken breast costs roughly? (srs) (would love if you could answer) (I learnt what the word sojourn meant about 15 minutes ago)

[@violetasdev]

Totally related. After being in Japan, when the flight attendants spoke in Spanish, I just said loud: Oh my God! It is so weird to hear Spanish! // For me is the food. When I come back to my home country, I usually got sick. And in every change of state I got some flu, looks like I am getting sensitive to the air quality (quack :/ ) Welcome to Germany ;) If you come and I am still here I can show you some places!

[@guilhermecardoso9137]

Lol, just saw the one about skin. Coming from a city where is always 30ºC+ around the year, I tend to forget that and get shocked to see people showing so much skin. And the privacy thing on languages is very true! And whenever I am speaking portuguese with friends and heard someone speaking it nearby I get super self-conscious lol

[@ando1135]

Solo traveled japan this past February...solo travel is underrated...it’s cool to be able to explore a country on your own, go where you wanna go, experience what you want to experience, without someone else being there, dictating what to do. I met lovelyzkelly at Tokyo station just randomly, we were getting on the same shinkansen..apparently she was going shiga for a video, I was heading to Nagoya. Fun time, wanna live there...:tired of so cal life lol

[@87rabbitsproductions71]

Not really reverse culture shock but something interesting. I lived in Tokyo for 1 year. Before I moved, i hardly ever drank root beer. When I returned to America after living in Tokyo, root beer became my go to drink for a while and I still drink it fairly regularly

[@davidlp6510]

sharing food is something that I don't enjoy. I rather as we have each has its own dish and deal with that as we see fit. As to topic 4, yeah I do enjoy the fact that we could be speaking a language that no one will understand. That sense of privacy is really nice. However English is way too common so we need to be very careful as always someone will understand some of it if not the worst bits of it. LOL BTW my family speaks Hebrew too so that is always nice to fall back on to.

[@gecko2000405]

Portion size would be my downfall. Japan would certainly teach me temperance.

[@jamesdean1074]

Hehe the way your video begins, if I keep tapping left arrow on my keyboard you're like Max Headroom. :-P

[@bayouotaku4946]

I totally caught myself saying sumimasen a few times in LAX.....

[@Lysander45]

I haven't been home to the UK in almost a whole year and I'm wondering how everything will feel when I get back there for 3 weeks this summer.

[@kronniichiwa9909]

Hey Dave! Do you know if I can obtain a work visa with a 3-year bachelor's degree? (For english teaching in Japan)

[@DaveTrippin]

If you got a bachelor's that's fine.

[@michaelhernandez5409]

There are two reverse culture shocks that immediately come to mind when I moved back to Portland, Oregon from Japan. The first is I remember I came back in August and it was really hot out, so I stopped in a grocery store to buy a bottled tea. Only the grocery stores here don’t usually carry bottled tea, it was all soda, juice, and various other forms of bottled diabetes. Needless to say I was pretty disappointed. I decided to just go thirsty. The second that I can think of is within the first week I needed to go to the ATM to get some cash in the evening because, you know, I’d forgotten that credit cards are the norm here. Since it’s America if you want to go anywhere you have to hop in your car and drive there. I didn’t want to waste the trip so I asked my mom what time the ATM closed. She thought I was joking and it took me a few minutes to realize that they don’t close here.

[@veduci22]

There is no mineral water in grocery stores in Portland? lol

[@allertonoff4]

heh heh .. 'life commitment' in entre's ;]

[@carolschinkel175]

Always enjoy. Very interesting.

[@takenotes5983]

Why are you not getting more subscribers 😡😠😡🤬🤒🤮😒

[@DaveTrippin]

It's a tough gig man. But fuck it. I like creating so one way or another, more to come. Supporting me on Patreon seriously helps combat how low my subscribers are if you'd really like to help. If not thanks so much for watching my content.

[@JM-ye6ow]

Your on a roll keep this format I love it

[@marbarosi]

Trippin confessions! I want to hear the wildest of Trippin stories.

[@DaveTrippin]

Confess nothing. Convey.. Everything.

[@percy861]

Top 5!!

[@skipper4114]

Just curious how big are you Dave? ht&wt?

[@DaveTrippin]

6'2 about 192lbs

[@skipper4114]

Lol.....6’2” here 203. But not as in shape.