How People Hate Foreigners In Tokyo Recently

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[@blazi2293]

Relatable, the most annoying people I met on trips were my fellow foreign tourists and I didn't want to be associated with them (+they were probably weebs)

[@sorathetroll]

>they were probably weebs I checked your channel and I smiled, you are amazing

[@raidcrhonos]

Not at all weeb

[@rwill156]

And I bet they didn't speak Japanese as good as you too.

[@Alexander-nc4vy]

Nice profile picture! I love Black Lagoon.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

@@Alexander-nc4vy Best is watching the native Japanese speaking English 完璧

[@jason2014]

One more thing a lot of people don't see to understand: Just because you speak more Japanese than another foreigner, doesn't make you any more/less welcome than them. I've been here for 5 years, and I'll even admit, Japanese people seemed to have much more fun trying to talk to me when I was "fresh" off the airplane, with almost zero Japanese. When they find out I'm not fresh anymore, they are obviously not as excited.

[@vladys5238]

been learning jp for 7 years. went to japan twice, once when i could barely speak and once when i was pretty close to fluent. when i could barely speak a few phrases people were so excited and so on. The second time it was more like "Oh wow that's cool." then they moved on p quickly 😂

[@solitarelee6200]

The new car smell wears off I guess LOL

[@lainiwakura1776]

Congratulations! You assimilated!

[@s.z.x.01]

Well probably cuz ur not “pure” as a foreigner anymore 😅

[@erikasl.7050]

Bcs they could roast u and u wouldn't understand xD

[@damianw5861]

The worst enemy of weebs are weebs themselves

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Horrible people in the US are still horrible when they travel, for grammar police its double. They also have quite a few KZbin channels telling people how to act in Japan. Sure there is a South Park episode for that

[@treystephens6166]

I love Godzilla but I’m not a Weeb.

[@ZetaMoolah]

Always has been

[@banned0404]

It takes one to knows one

[@wayneitaru]

I wonder why ?

[@MSte21]

Foreigners go to Japan only to find other foreigners. How frustrating! This should be an anime: one part slice-of-life where normal Japanese people go about their days, one part shonen power-up fantasy where foreign weebs battle each other to see who speaks Japanese the best, while their Japanese friends look on in total confusion.

[@snil4]

I would watch the hell out of that, until season 3 when it takes off in a way different direction and it becomes a mecha fight.

[@xXUnoriginalNameXx33Meygaera]

I would watch this for the cringe.

[@AgentSmith1902]

And the anime will be called "How Frustrating: Finding More Foreigners while Sightseeing in Japan as a Foreigner Myself! The Battle of Weebs Never Ends!!!"

[@MSte21]

@@AgentSmith1902 Brilliant. Someone needs to write the light novel first.

[@annaheinz6397]

Omg awesome! I want this so bad lol

[@americo9999]

Sora is the only foreigner who knows Japan better than any other foreigner , period!!!

[@nasis18]

きもい

[@Rhovanion85]

He's Japanese

[@adonissherlock]

@@Rhovanion85 The joke-----------------------------------------------------------------> Your head

[@Yuorai]

@@Rhovanion85 NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!! I THOUGHT HE WAS FROM MEMPHIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111!1!1!!!!!!!😯😯😯😯😯😯

[@myatthhu]

@@Rhovanion85 he's egyptian. he just speaks japanese very well

[@PhoenixWrong_]

What's really cool is when you meet a Japanese person that speaks fluent Spanish.

[@hollyhockgod]

It would be interesting to tell him/her "dame dame" and see in which language interprets it.

[@liteasura6111]

You sometimes see japanese learning English on the train, go ahead and talk to them, and they will enjoy the conversation.

[@MarianaCarvalho-gu8zx]

Achievement unlocked

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

Peru:

[@flvkomorales2316]

I knew a Japanese guy and his wife who lives in the USA and we're friends till this day and they speak Spanish fluently and we often have words that are similar to our language and its funny.

[@patrickmurphy3601]

"The battle among foreigners... WILL NEVER END!!!" This is the truth! And it's at the heart of マイジャパン - the idea that every foreigner hates the feeling of discovering on the street or at a temple, etc, that there exists another foreign person in Japan, ruining their feeling of "My Japan". Now they have to share all of Japan with another foreigner. But it's also about: - A discomfort at the self-awareness that they themselves stick out like this other person - The feeling of obligation to say hello simply because you are both foreign, and the need to avoid saying hello simply because you are both foreign - Also, the more foreigners there are, the less special this person is in マイジャパン

[@Nameless_Individual]

Japan is my nihon because watashi no nihongo is the most jouzu of them all and everyone else is a filthy weeb and otaku you stupid weeb.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Your 3rd point is the most accurate and would also add horrible people are the same when they travel.

[@jonny141]

I hate it but it's so true.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

My Japan?🤣 how interesting and somehow hilarious

[@dangantutorialtv7667]

This is exactly how Sora one time described it or something similar on stream. Japan is this one popular anime dude that every anime girl (or in other words people who love Japan) has a crush on and the more crushes he gets, the less chance you get to be together with Japan. That's why the crushes are starting a fight over Japan. Very interesting if you ask me.

[@Sugasano]

If you've never watched anime and visit Japan, foreigners there would still call you weeb for simply visiting Japan. And if you speak Japanese better than them, they'd say you watch too much anime and call you weeb.

[@muttlanguages3912]

Marry a Japanese woman - weeb Work in Japan - weeb

[@CoranceLChandler]

Hate weebs? A weeb lord

[@PetitTasdeBoue]

It's funyn because only weebs would think that... I mean I'm sure most "normal" people do'nt even know the word xD

[@CoranceLChandler]

@@PetitTasdeBoue are you confessing?

[@quillclock]

thinking you speak Japanese better than a Japanese person is very weeb. if you watch too much anime you think ppl talk like cartoon characters and talk like one yourself. real ppl dont talk like anime

[@tuzden]

I don't know why but "finally a real Japanese person" made me break down laughing. Probably not the first time this was said in a Sora sketch but my first thought was a random foreigner landing in Japan and seeing a Japanese person at the airport while dressed and acting like Tarzan meeting Jane for the first time

[@RoyalHachiko]

this applies to german university students who study japanology, too. They compete against each other by talking other students down. "she's a j-hunter" "she is an otaku". I can't understand why you can't just enjoy something you love as a group/community

[@AgeofGuns]

German students going to japan? What is this a crossover episode?

[@goldenhourss]

I have very cringy uni students who study japanese but I simply stray away from them. As an asian myself I don’t like how most of them fetishize asians and in particular japanese people, that’s all.

[@AgeofGuns]

@@goldenhourss To be fair, I’m from the Texas and the sheer cult-like fascination with Cowboys and the Wild West in Japan was mind boggling to me when I lived there for a bit

[@kayschut9327]

I think it's mostly because the Japanese don't openly show their dislike (or not much). I've travelled to Japan (solo) 5 or 6 times now, and the weebs always seem to be the more respectful group when it comes to tourists. They may get overexcited but at least they seem to research and respect the customs to some degree. I've seen a lot of people who seem to have the "I paid for this vacation so I can do whatever I want" attitude in older generations.

[@CrabRackune]

I've wanted to go to Japan since I was a teen and still dream of going one day, but I clicked on this video in fear thinking it was going to be related to impressions left by that JohnnySomali creep who recently got arrested. I'm happy it was not that lol.

[@NorseGraphic]

I don’t think anyone with a brain wants to get associated with Johnny Somali, so they’ll behave better than him.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

You only make him more popular by saying his name. The best advice is to ignore advice on KZbin and that goes double for commenters

[@outerlast]

and there was another one who rode shinkansen and didn't pay for it, and ended up running away from the security at the station.

[@davidarvingumazon5024]

@@southcoastinventors6583 JohnnySomali FTW, +popularity. **Mission Passed!** **Respect +**

[@xXUnoriginalNameXx33Meygaera]

@@southcoastinventors6583 Just say his real name instead...Ishmael nani something

[@user-bk1dr1sd8g]

For exactly one day i considered joining the Japanese learning subreddit, only to immediately be turned off by the rampant elitism and hostility. I'm more scared to make a mistake speaking japanese in front of another gaijin than i am to make a mistake in front of natives. It might be better that way though, i only practiced around japanese people, and now i use japanese every day and have enough knowledge to form friendships and have meaningful conversations. Positive reinforcement is a lot more encouraging than being picked apart.

[@PeruvianPotato]

That's practically every subreddit nowadays though. Just an endless circlejerk and elitism with rampant bans just because the moderators didn't like what you said.

[@blublopble]

they got their heads buried in textbooks learning about precise grammatical forms just to say they "know" japanese better, yet probably freeze up in basic conversations. then they got to japan and get completely out charmed by someone who knows absolutely nothing about japan except sushi and geishas, i live to see it lol

[@Froggycolouring]

Yeah I’m learning japanese as well, everyone learns at their own pace and nobody is superior to another person because they learn faster I mean you should’ve probably expected as much from reddit anyways…

[@kevinkite3418]

That's very true. I study japanese at university and every japanese exchange student I met there praise my japanese language skills, but I'm too nervous to speak japanese with my colleagues from the japanese language course.

[@PeterLawrenceYT]

When using Reddit, don't forget it's Reddit, where the entire community consists of the most negative and miserable mfers on this Earth.

[@tomtcom]

When I visited Japan I disliked the foreigners who seemed to ve unruly. It was when the world cup was happening over there. I saw a French group ignore the wait staff who was trying to tell them that the table they were going to was reserved for another group (they ended up sitting there anyways). Funniest thing also happened during that visit where I was wearing a shirt which had a similar color to a rugby team and some random British person flipped me off with their two fingers while blowing a raspberry.

[@MarianaCarvalho-gu8zx]

Yes. And because Japanese are all about manners and being polite, they feel too intimidated at times to actually call them out on their bull. But it can apply there as well to overworked, tired, sleepless, and angry Japanese businessmen, too, from what I witnessed...

[@blublopble]

i think you meant to say that you dislike football fans lol. i think people who visit japan usually have an of interest and respect for the culture before going already (ofc you'll have the occasional ignorant person), but since the world cup was happening, japan inadvertently received a wave of probably the most obnoxious group of people on earth lol

[@tgrey5647]

2:45 "I'mma take pictures here" Sora's becoming more American with each passing day.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

you mean he's embracing his native culture more every day, don't you?

[@Ferrumnand]

A weeb has it difficult when other weebs hate you for being a weeb

[@NorseGraphic]

They forget the non-confrontational attitude of Japanese people. By being non-confrontational, they’ll behave a lot more like the Japanese and maybe they’ll stop hating weebs…….

[@abrahammesrajecorrea2349]

Man, fucking weebs. They ruin the fun of being a weeb

[@xXUnoriginalNameXx33Meygaera]

Keep your friend close...and your weabz closer.

[@cottoncandykawaii2673]

All weebs are scared that the other weebs will make weebs hated in Japan

[@aliceakosota797]

Pffts weebs smh

[@zacharyvoyer66]

Insert Sora is American joke here:

[@teshyatan7346]

Hhmmm he's French-Canadian

[@Muffin44434]

No thank you

[@Fao]

Rasengan!!!!

[@SzaraSzarancza]

No suitable slot has been found.

[@NJDJ1986]

thats old news, man! Sora is now Mexican-Brazilian !

[@animeotaku647]

My only enemy in the new land is the enemy I hoped to escape from. Irony at its finest.

[@drunkensmile]

In 2027 foreigners have increased a considerable amount in japan. And now the battle must begin for who is the better foreigner. Every foreign country must select one person..... It can be a good manga 😂

[@FyodorEdition]

Now I want to see a anime of it lol

[@SpinDlsc]

@@FyodorEdition "Ugh, so cringe to want to see an anime about a premise for a manga some rando came up with! You must a be a weab!" - Some foreigner in Japan, probably.

[@MrDamnson]

When I was uni student in Tokyo in the early 2000's we called it the marco polo effect. Which is an actual psychology study where he claimed to see a unicorn but it was a rhino instead.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

I feel like the worse problem we face these days is how many more people suffer from the ravages of The Dunning-Kruger effect. Epidemic level these days

[@1001011011010]

I feel like back in the day a rhino would count as a unicorn since it is a four legged creature with one (uni) horn

[@featherbunch]

When I lived in Nagoya, which is not a really touristy area, even though I did my best to speak Japanese to everyone outside of my college group who had the English interest, there were still a good amount of Japanese people of all ages who went out of their way to speak to me in English, especially as time passed and I became more of a regular at some restaurants and such. It’s like we were both trying to accommodate the other, but I got some really great memories from the relationships I created in this way!

[@Kevin97049]

Awesome glad to see there's another person who lived in Nagoya! I've had similar experiences like you've explained, honestly all the restaurants I went to where the cook is an old lady, had some of the best food and nicest attitudes! 名古屋最高ですね

[@traveler8010]

I think they just wanted to practice their English haha(having the chance to test their English skill)

[@Keepone974]

Be the long term foreigner chad: -Respect most Japanese rules and savoir vivre. -Speaks Japanese to at least conversational level (come on man if you've been here for 5+ years...). -Tourists bring money, good for Japan. -Don't try to be more Japanese than Japanese people, cultivate your differences but don't be rude (back to first line).

[@adb888]

Ah, this explains a lot. Lived and worked in Japan for more than a decade and my wife is Japanese - we just went back to Tokyo this past February to visit family, and the vibe was a bit weird in some of the touristy areas. Specifically, the vibe from other foreigners.

[@blume0121]

I actually think its also because you are a man. There are more stereotypes. I am a german woman and went this august to Tokyo with my japanese husband. I was pregnant that time ( still i am pregnant, now in 8 month), and we did not feel this vibe

[@rwill156]

20 some years ago I went to Japan and then got interested in Japan, and in my experiences with that I found that foreigners in Japan disliked other foreigners coming to Japan even back then. I've always kind of wondered if some of the "Japan is a terrible place, you don't want to come here." content put out by foreigners living in Japan for awhile with no plans to leave aren't just a way to try to keep others from going there.

[@purpleplays69420]

I think it’s just a way to keep others from going so if someone has a goal of learning Japanese it would slow it down a lot, because someone who learns languages does understand that you’d learn it similar to how you learn your native language, basically learn and speak like a child though after you get a basic or good understanding of the structure of the language you’re learning, how do you learn like a child? Well one way is to surround yourself with your target language, what you listen to, what you watch, what you say and what you think need at least some level of your target language in it, another way is to self-talk in your target language as much as you can and a third is to find some friends you basement dweller

[@NatalieYOT]

I think some foreigners visiting Japan misbehave, and then most foreigners are judged by what bad ones have done before, now, foreigners who live in Japan don't carry a sign saying I live here and I follow the Japanese social unwritten rules, so they are also judged as foreigner visitors. Less visitors, fewer problems for all concerned. Having said that, I plan to go to Japan one day, but I promise I'll behave 😅

[@dra6o0n]

If you see people posting bad reviews and such, chances are they themselves are bad and received bad experience as a result. Like messy Chinese tourists climbing Sakura trees, and being rude and irritating to restaurants that they got kicked out, entering people's homes without permission (I think, I remember something like this but dunno if it's something else) as if they are wandering into a museum and judging how people lived. It's karma. It was on youtube about tourist from China screwing things up that people think it's done purposely. It happened before 2021 though.

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

IDK how many of those videos are like this, but in my experience they're just clickbait. Like they're not so much "DON'T COME HERE, YOU WILL HATE IT", they're more "these were my struggles and grievances when I went". It was just listing the downsides with a title that will get more clicks.

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

@@dra6o0n They're usually bad reviews of those living there for years. Tourists anywhere are going to go crazy over any minor thing just because they want to have a good time.

[@11thDC]

So This video reminds me of a rather interesting story about my time living in Japan with the US Navy. "Otaku" was a negative term in japan that was picked up to mean "someone who likes anime and japanese pop culture" around the 2010's was when the term "weeb" was starting to get thrown around. One of my crewmates and I went on a double date in Shibuya with two Japanese girls (The date itself was part of a much larger nightmare of a story, but that's for another time) and We got into a conversation about the topic. The Girls at first, asked if we were "otaku" My crewmate agreed rather quickly, and the girls gave us both a concerned look. I caught on to it, and asked them about it. The girls explained the history of how "Otaku" was a bad term for (from my understanding) someone who has let anime and fiction rule their life to the point of losing connection with their family and reality, often obsessive and of concerning behavior. (originating from the Otaku Killer) At that time, Americans were using the word Weeb to describe those kind of people. People with an unhealthy, excessive obsession with anime and japanese pop culture. The kind of people who caused you to cringe when they threw in random japanese words they heard in anime into otherwise normal english (or other language) conversation. The Girls didn't know at the time that Otaku was a "positive" term overseas, and most folks overseas didn't know that Otaku was not a good label in Japan. Nowadays, It seems "Weeb" is no longer being used as negatively as it used to, to the point that even Japanese people have embraced it. And given the history behind "Otaku" that makes some sense. I personally don't like the label of "Weeb" as I've always seen it as a negative label towards anime fans. I may love Anime and Japanese pop culture, but I actually loved Japan and it's history well before I liked anime and manga. The pop culture came after. I wouldn't want to be called a weeb. but this video pokes fun at the labels and hypocrisy between foreigners in Japan. It's just really strange as you see it far less with other countries.

[@khanikun]

I always thought Otaku was for people who like Japanese anime, while weeb was for people that like Japanese culture. Be it anime, kimonos, samurai, Japanese food, or whatever. Pretty much everything Japanese. No idea, I don't really bother with either label.

[@redacted144]

so, what's about the date? You can't hang me dry like that.

[@11thDC]

TLDR at the bottom. I suppose this qualifies as "another time" :P I'll try to keep it brief. (edit, I think I failed) So I arrived in Japan, and as it was with basically every new duty station, I didn't know anyone on the ship. I have a tendency to gravitate towards the outcasts of groups initially as I understand the struggle. One such fellow I shared some interests with, so we started hanging out a bit, it's almost a requirement to have at least one "primary" buddy so you're not going places alone in different countries. Much of the Division we were in warned me that this guy was a problem. I stated that everyone gets a fair chance until they show me themselves that they don't deserve respect or kindness. The guy in question is the reason the double date turned into a horrible situation. He had a handful of disciplinary issues, with showing up late to muster, not following proper procedures, and other infractions. and for some reason he was desperate to get a Japanese Girlfriend. Me, I've never really been interested in dating. but he asked me to wingman him for a double date. I didn't see the harm in it at the time. Fast forward to the date time, I had been in Akihabara for most of the morning, and the date was set for 6pm in Shibuya. As should be expected in the military, I was 15 minutes early. The girls showed up right on time. They spoke just enough English to at least communicate reasonably, albeit about more simple topics. 6:30 rolls around and the guy is a no show. I'm starting to get a headache at this point. I give him a call, he says he overslept... so that's the first wtf. So he claims he'll be there around 7. ok. the girls and I keep waiting. 7 passes, and I call him again, he says he's still on his way. I wasn't going to be the one to bail on the girls, though I had already run through my patience with him. it was almost 8PM by the time he shows up. The Original plan was to do dinner and Karaoke. but now we'd resolve to just have dinner. As at the time, There was a curfew in place for the base of 00:00. The dinner goes well enough, (the otaku conversation is had at this time) and my head is killing me at this point, but I'm keeping up appearances. After dinner we say our goodbyes, and The guy and I head back to hachiko station to take the ride back to the base at roughly 9pm. I explain that my head feels like it's going to explode, and I tell him to just tap my shoulder when we're getting close to the Yokosuka station. (where the base is) He acknowledges me, and I close my eyes. I suddenly wake up getting tapped by a train worker at the end of the line in how I described it at the time "rice fields nowhere" It was about 1130 now, half hour before curfew, and the base was about 26 minutes away. I called the guy, blowing up at him, and he said "I thought you were awake" (BS) and he said he got off at a completely different station before the base station. There were no more trains running, and I had to get a taxi with help from an older guy working janitor at the station who spoke zero english (I had an emergency card that had "help me get back to the base" written in Japanese) and a nearly 20000 yen taxi ride later, I was running up to the base gate out of breath at 1159. I barely made curfew. But I immediately reported the situation the following morning to our chain of command. Combined with his previous issues. This cost the guy his job and got kicked out of the Navy. because one thing you absolutely do not do in the military, is be a Blue Falcon (a buddy F***er) And abandoning a sick shipmate on the train obviously counts. The only thing more that I wish happened, was the Navy make him pay back my Taxi fare. TLDR: I try to be supportive and act wingman for a shipmate on a double date, I get sick, and he abandons me on the train back to base, Leaving me to wake up at the end of the line, pay a nearly 20000 yen taxi fare and barely make base curfew with 30 seconds to spare. Guy loses his job and is kicked out of the Navy as a result. I never got my money back.@@redacted144

[@redacted144]

@@11thDC oh damn. Amazing story

[@shurikens68]

Fun fact, Otaku isn't just about anime addicts (though it's by far the most common usage of the term). You can technically be say a baseball otaku or a Disney otaku

[@edge3220]

To be fair, though, going to a foreign country to be around other foreigners would be like going on vacation and staying inside to watch TV.

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

It makes me think of European youth that travel to southeast asia to drink and "party". Idk why they do that, it's not like getting drunk in Thailand has some special and magical effect that lacks in England.

[@spaghettiisyummy.3623]

@@SvengelskaBlondie In Thailand, the Police are too busy with traffickers to care about some British twats yelling profanities in a Language that they can't understand.

[@juice3287]

@@SvengelskaBlondiemaybe just for a holiday? this feels oddly specific

[@VavrMar]

This sound as stupid as saying that you don't like tourist coming to you country/city coz you want to hang out with your locals... I've got the feeling and understand it I just think it is stupid and basically means you think of ppl as us and them. So all ppl are not equal in your mind. It's probably natural, but difference is how the one will process it and whether they let those feelings to controll them or realize that in fact there is nothing wrong with it as those ppl are same human beings with a bit different look and cultural background.

[@NJDJ1986]

The return of Mike Hawk doing unpleasant things in Tokyo & is being disliked by foreigners!

[@SnowyKuda]

Honestly, anyone who watches a lot of anime with no other feedback to counter it is conditioned to behave in this competitive manner

[@teddyjones7444]

Foreigners who hate other foreigners tend to come across like they believe only they are allowed to experience Japan. Its really sad and close minded. However, its becoming more justified (to the gake keepers) with people like Johnny Somari running around making all foreigners looks bad

[@ast8177]

I've been to japan recently, seen people Jump around to pose for a midair-jumpshot-photo, inside of a shrine. be loud, in trains and shrines, commit the sin of eating while walking, and just be inappropriate on behalf of basic "I google how to act in Japan 101" stuff. I don't think i never broke any cultural norm, it's easy to miss some things like how to place your chopsticks on a plate. But least i tried to fit in where i can and not act like a child on historical grounds. Like 1 guy flat out laughed inside the Hiroshima museum, 0 sense of decency... I didn't ever really mind other foreigners, unless they really did do something that was clearly not ok. Some people just straight up don't care, and it is just sad imo. i mean, i can't really be bothered to put up with them right, They probably didn't even reach unit 10 in Duolingo like me, and also watch anime still without telling their friend that they can read that everytime w word they know appears on screen... Weebs...

[@Chibanah]

Well there is a simple solution to it, if you are tourist, just visit other, less popular cities and places of Japan. Japan has so many beautiful places! And Tokyo is basically just the biggest city on the world with huge buildings. You can experience more authentic Japanese lifestyle in smaller cities. I have been to Tokyo only for 3 days, because my plane landed there, but I don't like huge cities, I already know it is not my thing, so I stayed more time in Kyoto and visited other cities as Hiroshima, Kure and Kobe. Next time I plan to visit even more cities, which are smaller and not so popular yet they have nice landscapes. Even Kyoto gave me already that real Japanese lifestyle and feeling rather than Tokyo. Tokyo and definitely its center is full of luxury cars, high class people, and skyscrapers, I could not even see the horizon it felt suffocating sometimes. In Kyoto I already felt more "air" and nature, and more average Japanene people live there. Tokyo suffers from the same problem as all capitals, that people find it cool to stay in well-known cities, instead of taking the time to go to lesser-known, other beautiful places. I personally never understand the hype around capital cities, they never show the authentic lifestyle of the country, and they are full of tourist traps and the most criminals are also staying in the capital cities.

[@brvhtxxbxk]

This!!! I went to Japan in October this year and not one foreigner smiled or wanted to start a conversation(in Tokyo and Kyoto),I never expected this,it indeed really feld like we were competing against eachother while no words were being used, really giving of the energy like "im longer in Japan than u, im more welcome than u are" or "oh you are just here for anime,u dont deserve to be here". Bars(in Osaka) were to only place where I've met really nice tourists who surprisingly also came from the country i came from,Osaka has the nice tourists while Kyoto and Tokyo don't in my experience.

[@lemongreen4828]

外国人として、一ヶ月前、私は東京に行って、東京にはそんな空気が感じられる。

[@Xerophun]

My name is Guy Jean. The land I stand on turns into America for that moment.

[@iWantaBTSsandwich]

Bwahahaha this is the best thing ever

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Dude, you're not standing on the land. You're just standing on the footings of your white Nikes.

[@jamesblount1043]

In America, weebs are hated because they are dangerous creatures that will take any chance they can get to explain in extreme detail how Goku could beat One Punch Man.

[@user-is5jf3rv9g]

I needed the laugh and perspective reset from this, keep on making funny shit man

[@josefagomezschmeisser8356]

I loved the editing an narration style

[@renatoparedes2807]

In japan there are 2 dimensions. 1.Japanese people in Japan. 2.Foreigners in Japan. Erabe!

[@bruceleealmighty]

One of my favorite things to do is poke holes in your conclusions but, this one although not as abrupt in other locations (because I seldom lived in Tokyo) is almost always true. Even people that are lacking in Japanese, culture and language are judging more often than not. It's funny to watch. It's easier to just go on my merry way and be amongst my friends, than worry about what others are thinking. I must say though, I do like it outside the hustle and bustle of Tokyo area. So interesting how many topics you can come up with.

[@BunnyGirl-Cute]

I love your video!

[@DogsWithPurpose]

I’m glad this “Mike” fella is always going out there to bring back social knowledge for us

[@ClickDecision]

I feel like being a monority somewhere would make you appreciate the sight of others like yourself. I always thought it might be very difficult making friends in a new country too

[@Aurumfae]

I feel like it depends. Most people go overseas to meet the local population, not make foreigner friends… so I’m not sure foreigners would really “like” one another, kinda like feral cats 😂

[@LeafTheElf]

Hahahahha this is so good!! Thank you very much, i laughed a lot!! :D

[@headsetlucky13]

I was going to ask about this but you made a video thank you

[@skarloeyexpress4353]

Well everyone already hates me, so this wont be that much of a change.

[@mauricioleitegameplays]

My thoughts exactly. People in my home country already see me as a weirdo, so whatever

[@cottoncandykawaii2673]

Makes perfect sense, foriegners don't want to see a bunch of other foriegners in the country they moved to because they don't want the new country to be like back home. Happens all the time with foriegners in the West

[@GhostHound7537]

When you live in Japan, there is a natural tendency to assume that the other foreigners you meet are just lowly tourists, and not a chad expat like you. Therefore, it makes sense to be critical of their behaviour - after all, they don't care about being rude because they will be gone in a few days. You are the one who will have to face the disapproval of Japanese society after they've left. Foreigners only get along with other foreigners after they've established they belong to the same super VIP expat club. Then they can hate on filthy tourists together, and all is well.

[@Scarcheeze]

what a messed up reality

[@MarianaCarvalho-gu8zx]

Not to mention it's just basic manners. I find entitled behaviours like these unacceptable because if you have people from x or y country visiting their homeland, then it would be a flurry of racist or xenophobic remarks at the most little mistake. Just saying.

[@JimmyGlover-kq9fq]

Honestly seems like a wht expat thing. Most of the BLK people in Japan were pretty chill.

[@nursik-]

yeeeah, Johny Somali

[@nursik-]

@JimmyGlover-kq9fq

[@MrSeanomon]

Early on, I was like this. I think I wasn't really confident in myself, and being a foreigner was a big part of my identity. These days, I have a family and a community that I feel comfortable in. So now, when I meet fresh of the boat foreigners, I'm very excited for them. Who knows what kind of experiences they'll have! Even now, i have very few foreign friends, but for different reasons. Mostly, my foreign friends have left Japan, while my Japanese friends have stayed.

[@EnderBudoks]

I never thought how a foreigner goes to Japan and just the speaking of civil war

[@Scarcheeze]

bruv you keeps me off guard lol

[@yourdad3275]

it’s unfortunately common for people to target their own when they don’t fit in, because they blame their own sense of alienation on others setting a bad example

[@bonnoumaruJPN]

オススメから来たんですけどこんな事情(本当に？)があるとは知る由もなかったｗそして声素敵だし動画も普通に劇的おもろくてハマってきてるｗ 声の仕事ってやはりちょっと大袈裟にデフォルメして話すところが実に演技臭さがあって動画の内容(コント)にマッチしまくっててまたおもろさアップするｗ

[@ferln4]

Wow... You always give us some surprising information about Japan! I'm definitely not gonna be that foreigner hating on others, in fact it's a welcome sight!

[@blaize00]

When my friends and I first came to Japan, we would ironically poke fun at other foreigners like: "Bro, look at that white guy walking around like he owns the place". This was of course coming from 3 white guys.

[@fma64]

I mean sure this sounds like it happens a lot, but at least whenever I see people who are struggling in train stations or talking to a japanese staff who can't speak english, I ask them if they need help, but usually what has worked for me best in these 5 years, is to not talk to anybody and you'll be fine

[@DouglasWatt]

I took the trip in from Chiba to Akiba today to do some shopping. The amount of tourists there was making it hard to get around easily. But I also chatted with an Italian guy who was working the register at McD's (was feeling a big homesick), so it was a good time regardless!

[@TheOneAndOnlyNeuromod]

Thanks for spreading the love, Sora! 😁👍

[@kanimaycry]

Have been living and working in Japan for almost a decade and have friends that are both gaijin and Japanese. The hostility my gaijin friends and I have felt to other foreigners has never been like this (which looks more like a competition if anything) but has been when they have been acting rude, not respecting the customs or the people and lacking common sense really.

[@ghostdunk]

sora stared into my soul in this video. i don't speak japanese that great but i still can't help silently comparing myself to every other foreigner i see, it's such a bad habit

[@Maurice_Marvolo_Maximillion]

As a Hololive fan, I sometimes have to deal with people like this.

[@errantwinds-up8uu]

This is so interesting. My husband and I spent a month in Japan in 2018 and the only "foreigners" I remember spending time with were a group of German guys we met in a tiny bar. We hit it off and had a lot of fun! Other than that (my husband speaks decent but not fluent Japanese) we just had a wonderful time. I want to visit again but it sounds like some things have changed.

[@blume0121]

2018 is long time ago. Tokyo changed a lot. So much more foreigners

[@luckytai-lan2166]

I am Asian and for as long as I speak Japanese (just basic not fluent) no one will really notice that I'm a foreigner. When in Japan do as the Japanese do. I don't pay attention to my fellow foreigners, nor do they pay attention to me.

[@Bug_Bait]

Spy from Team Fortress 2?

[@markj.a351]

I indiscriminately hate being around everyone in Tokyo regardless of their nationality. It would be torture to live there for me.

[@UchihaChikiru]

This is fantastic and I love it 😂 This feels so painfully true it kinda hurts

[@sanpoisson1934]

Yes , totally agree with Sora. Just asked a guy who was clearly speaking English and asked him about the beer he just bought and he tried to act like he had no idea what I just said ;so ridiculous ! Whatever fools not the the most optimal mindset.,

[@jayphillips4942]

Unfortunately, this is true, we’ve lived in Tokyo for over a year now, and will see a foreigner and say hi, and they’ll look at us and go Weeb and walk away

[@keiotyk1951]

「お主は間違ってはおらん。拙者はその見苦しい異国人に比べて和語を華麗に如何にも輝かせるぞ。それほど永く倭国について知識を培おうとしてきたのだ。」 More seriously though, the Japanese language dick measuring contest is real, and I've participated. Though at this point, I'd really rather just have people with equally weird humour that are also bilingual enough to understand why my now warped sense of humour. Becoming decently bilingual has ruined me, and now people just stare at me and sometimes even back away slowly, aware that I'm probably contagious.

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

this makes sense. thanks sora.

[@arachne805]

I lived in Japan when I was younger and I’ve loved it ever since recently my ex who was a weeb was talking about how he wanted to go to Japan and learn Japanese I was actually delighted to hear that and I wanted to help him even though I wasn’t good at Japanese myself but to experience the culture and the beauty Japan has to offer even though he’s my ex now I hope he gets to see it one day!

[@vampfirestrife1723]

It's really ironic in there because most people who speaks Japanese fluently hates foreigners because of anime, cosplay and manga while the legit Japanese people felt appreciated when they met a foreigner who did not speak Japanese.

[@MarianaCarvalho-gu8zx]

Maybe depending on how you come across... I met a legit Japan aficionado one time (like he literally was a foreigner, but would try to pass off as Japanese and spout stuff that was Pro Japan, even the problematic stuff involving wwii) and that was legit cringe. Gosh. I feel for them in a way because you could see our landlord at the time was legitimately wondering, "wtf is wrong with this kid?" even if he did not say it out loud, sometimes.

[@tsdfghjkl]

Yeah, I've seen posts on reddit related to this. It's not the Japanese who are hostile to foreigners living in Japan, it's foreigners. Not all of them, of course, but it's true that some foreigners living in Japan hate foreigners.

[@kimberlygriffin6285]

Man, i live in a small town in Korea. Whenever i see another foreigner, it is always hit or miss with our interactions, but mainly, I've only had good experiences! We smile at one another on the street, with maybe the occasional wave. But then there are other foreigners who also come from a country where smiling at random people is not a normal thing....but also...im from Oklahoma. Small talk is my jam. My coworker from LA just minds her business. I have eventually learned to do the same. But it's comforting to know that you arent alone. Now when i go to Seoul, no foreigners talk to eachother because they are literally everywhere. But in the smaller cities and towns its a welcomed sight!

[@2Boios]

good ass vid bro!

[@user-xc3xv6gt1o]

when is your next live stream?

[@Valerie93]

卵が好き

[@diegomorales9996]

Me too

[@corazonfeathers8116]

アレルギーです(´；ω；`)

[@EmperorShang]

These videos are meta 😍

[@hyena280]

The battle will never end!!

[@samueleregis2046]

When I went to Japan this summer for a big tour (not only in Tokyo...that's for weebs), I actually couldn't stand at seeing my italian compatriots. I don't know if they liked anime or not (I do not actually...weebs😑), but I just felt uncomfortable with them around... Maybe because I came to Japan just to escape for at least two weeks from the monotonous italian (and western) lifestyle with the same people...and then, I realize they just had the same idea! (Man...I should probably dislike myself for all this selfishness of mine. Please forgive me, my friends😢🇮🇹) Anyway, great video, Sora😎💪 I really adore your humor

[@ARegularJojo6858]

At this rate, if you're a foreigner and there is another foreigner in Japan it starts to become a battle to see who is going to be the biggest weeb yet

[@CodyMe]

You have an epic sounding voice

[@bubbythebrow153]

Got a new sub my friend lmao. The American accent is fantastic and had me cracking up. Can’t wait to be in Japan in February!

[@sandwich4916]

For real. I'm one of them. We can't even walk on the streets in nanba/osaka anymore. They like literally stop randomly anywhere on the streets and take pictures of everything ffs lol (yes even shopping malls). I stopped hanging out in nanba even though I like some parts of Amemura (kinda) and the square in front of the station where people sing. Umeda for me from now on I guess...

[@diegomorales9996]

It's ironic how foreigners hate other foreigners.

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Yeah, as if we all didn't come from the same country called Foreignia. Strange isn't it?

[@nunyobidness571]

You talking smack about Foreignia, @@SzaraSzarancza?

[@SzaraSzarancza]

@@nunyobidness571 Never! Glory to the Foreignia!🫡

[@nunyobidness571]

Hail to the Uncleland!

[@Scarcheeze]

bruv japan trying to divide us and conquer

[@RegeDop23]

I went to Japan this April and, for the most part, people didn't really seem to mind the fact that I was a foreigner. (I'm a white guy in my 20s.) I spent about a week in Tokyo. For the most part, most everyone I saw didn't know English, maybe a few words here and there. Coming from a large metropolitan area in the United States, the indifference towards tourists felt like I was right at home! Once I left Tokyo, though, things were a bit different. I think about this one time I was in Kobe at the zoo and I was (attempting) to talk to one of the employees there who just straight up asked me "Why are you here though?" Like, she was trying to figure out why I wasn't just in Tokyo. It seemed like a weird question for me, but I knew she didn't mean anything by it. Less "get out of my town" and more "shocked bewilderment in general".

[@hughmungusbungusfungus4618]

More like, why is a foreigner coming to Kobe zoo? Bit of a low-key self-own there

[@RegeDop23]

@@hughmungusbungusfungus4618 i wanted to hug a capybara

[@hughmungusbungusfungus4618]

@@RegeDop23 Wait, you can do that at Kobe zoo? I guess I know where I'm taking my kids next year.

[@Drapiezhnik]

Well, she's quite likely been both, surprised to see a foreigner "in the wild", i.e. outside of the most popular tourist locations and traps, and also - not that fluent in English, so that sentence could have sounded rude and been misinterpreted.

[@RegeDop23]

@@Drapiezhnik yeah that's what i figured too

[@TravelAbventuresUnbound]

Japanese usually try to avoid contact with foreigners very rarely will they approach you and try to have a conversation with you.

[@user-xc3xv6gt1o]

i'm so early, just 10 minutes! do you remember me from the live stream yesterday?

[@kingoftrainz]

Hit the nail on the head. Most Japan Reddit groups in a nutshell

[@Megamibunny]

I never understood this. Even in the USA it happened. I’m like “Bruh, we are all human who want the same destination. Don’t be a jerk.”

[@kazekokonaya1220]

Right? It's not a competition. I don't understand why anyone would be so childish.

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

"we are all human" Not the people that pour milk before cereal, they are something selse 🤣

[@dexus340]

"The Battle Among Foreigners" Coming to theaters next year

[@lawrencetyrpa]

Hahaha, love it! 😄😊

[@teshyatan7346]

In other words Foreigners are taking over Tokyo in 2023 so foreigners don't like Sora's cringey appearance because he's Belgian-Mexican!

[@DyaMetR]

what are you talking about?! everyone knows Sora is from the land of freedom!

[@udontneedtoremember4840]

Do that many Japanese people like weebs? I mean, there's the self-aware weeb with their thousands of dollars in scantily-clad anime figures, then there's the "I eat ramen every day ^-^ ooh cute neko-chan nya Japan is the best" kind of weeb. I think we need to clarify what weeb sect we're talking about.

[@TortoiseMaximus]

it's because weebs aren't typically part of Japanese society, so they don't see it as a drain like Japanese otaku and hikkikomori, it's just an overseas spectacle

[@Rikairiify]

If we're talking about "sects", I'm still of the closet weeb sect.

[@BaSEdUck-]

SORA (or someone else who can answer this) who made your profile picture? Thanks!

[@pkjoan]

This doesn't happen in Japan only, I have experienced this in the UK as well, where the people that are not from the UK are the most judgmental. Especially if they are from your home county.

[@sparkymularkey6970]

You did it, Sora-san! You made the video! Awesome. 🎉

[@sHiNcHaN12850]

私は日本人として、このカナダ人男性の意見に同意します。ところで、、あなたの内容は素晴らしいです。

[@duracell7127]

Honestly I’m probably visiting Tokyo in the summer, and this video title scared the bees out of me until I watched more 😂 I just need to know as much as possible and with such a short time gap to learn something from nothing is a huge scale 😅

[@shurikens68]

All you need to know is Google maps will be your best friend haha

[@AHJ8500]

Now I understand what actually happened there. Thanks for the simple explanation 😃

[@GamingTaylor]

Here's the issue... if you think about it... who is more likely to spend $10,000 visiting or staying in Japan... a social outcast who might have mental instabilities who's obsessed with anime.... OR a regular working Joe? This means the foreign "weebs" who lack social skills are likely running rampant over Japan.

[@madbrosheo1514]

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@VrchatReports]

Fellow foreigners used intimidate, it was super effective on mikes self-esteem

[@johncliffalvarez6513]

Ha! This was awesome. But it’s wild this seems to be a “thing” now; the whole “foreigners vs. foreigners” thing.