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

[@Japanalysis]

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

[@SkeithKing]

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

[@jureigeeksoutoccasionally]

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

[@DumbLinuxUser]

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

[@D---3]

Bro put it on KZbin unlisted

[@ChrisGoodVibes]

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

[@LaNoir.]

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

[@mokisan]

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

[@themadmallard]

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

[@mokisan]

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

[@DavidCruickshank]

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

[@crystaltriforce64]

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

[@cobytang]

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

[@Japanalysis]

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

[@LaNoir.]

@@Japanalysis hire this man!

[@smxkcher]

Very interesting.

[@Homiloko2]

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

[@fucchan_xo]

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

[@ExosoIar]

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

[@bostonrailfan2427]

that’s a great clapback and hits them harder

[@gachagamer536]

This is fire rebuttal 🔥

[@Aaltonen119]

Oh SHIT! 😂💀

[@Qwertytrewqky]

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

[@elif6908]

All this so interesting thanks for explanation and elaboration!

[@MusicForMyDemons]

actually 🤓

[@peppermintnightmare4741]

​@@MusicForMyDemonssame energy

[@GerManBearPig]

They didn't go hunting? I would imagine all that mountain wilderness rather overflowing with deer and smaller animals

[@Einwetok]

The Army ignored him though. Rivalry was strong even then. Didn't they aso start adding barley to the rice that was served?

[@RoldanRR00]

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

[@Bacteriophagebs]

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

[@josedorsaith5261]

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

[@nathanielpaige9378]

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

[@kevincurrie2052]

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

[@Bacteriophagebs]

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

[@mongeeses7112]

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

[@mike10240]

Map men map men map map map men men

[@hug-the-raccoon]

True, that man deserves a dedicated episode

[@DirtyDan666]

@@mike10240 Map men map men map map map men men men

[@catlover-78]

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

[@njlschpprkjrsvk]

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

[@hibikiazuma]

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

[@satanism_rocks]

they're also most likely to confuse escalators and elevators

[@GoldSrc_]

​@@satanism_rocksAmerica ya :D

[@mpgodjr]

@@GoldSrc_ ?

[@amaugust7285]

Hallo ​@@mpgodjr

[@edameow]

​@@GoldSrc_Hallo :D

[@clear.z]

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

[@gargoylekitty]

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

[@clear.z]

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

[@southcoastinventors6583]

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

[@elif6908]

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

[@cobytang]

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

[@dandreer3150]

When I was about 16, I lived with a Japanese family in a small town (I had forgotten its name). One day, while I was walking around town, I encountered the mother of the family coming back from shopping and holding large bags of groceries. I wanted to help her carry all those bags, so I started walking towards her. She noticed me, called my name, and made that beckoning hand gesture. I stopped and started walking backwards, thinking that was what she wanted. Then she stopped and called "Could you come here?". I started walking towards her again, and again she made that hand gesture, and again I stopped and started walking backwards. This was repeated a couple of times until finally, she called me without that hand gesture. She laughed and asked, "Why did you keep walking backwards when I called you?". I answered, "You tell me, ma'am. You told me to come, but at the same time you kept telling me to go away [showed her the gesture]". She realized my confusion, explained the Japanese beckoning gesture, and we couldn't stop laughing all the way to the house. And that's how I learned he Japanese beckoning hand gesture😂😂😂

[@jeffery2799]

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

[@KisamaMokkorosu-qj7vh]

Hire yourself

[@aquadan3592]

Hire another one, let them have a 1v1 and stay in the winner, because they are better at quitting :)

[@Pedro76mchlkg]

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

[@Laylay11250]

her: K-kabe-sama gomenasai !

[@mongolianfishingvillages1371]

Crazy

[@AlexReynard]

Was she half-Canadian?

[@MesaperProductions]

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

[@azineox9633]

Xdddd

[@Ibear1123]

6:55 The mf that reflects physical

[@honeyfuntime]

Damn its arahabaki! I knew that thing felt familiar lmao

[@gavinzhou3168]

😂

[@Windy7258]

Screw you- you beat me to it 😂

[@Geckur0]

"arent you embarassed to work for such a company?" bro, arent you embarassed to be the reason that company is necessary?

[@BirdMorphingOne]

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

[@mixswist]

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

[@xmaslieder]

omg it's me

[@amaugust7285]

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

[@Hairaluia]

I like the idea, but I just need someone to call in sick for me.

[@TheMarslMcFly]

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

[@MissSchala]

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

[@azineox9633]

Interesting, I was thinking of the same thing man 😅

[@zrugel]

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

[@TheRamblingSoul]

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

[@MorgannaMGone]

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

[@totally_not_a_bot]

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

[@PikaCheeks]

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

[@nekomimicatears]

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

[@paracosm76]

⁠@@MorgannaMGone I can see how it would seem so, but the version showed in the video seems more threatening to me because of the raised hand 😭

[@Kyorororo]

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

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Was also in the anime Dr. Stone

[@Dasmahkitteh]

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

[@nietzscheshorse7713]

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

[@Wyvernnnn]

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

[@Loggus66]

Why would you use antibiotics against fungi though?

[@TheStellarJay]

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

[@BasketKase]

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

[@Loggus66]

IIRC is was genetically modified, or that idea on itself was a part of the rumor that it causes cancer. I remember reading some comments about it in 2010.

[@AnimeMemesz]

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

[@bonesplitter1337]

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

[@Ganters]

I love watching this channel grow for every video

[@samsonkth]

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

[@sanjeev.rao3791]

Don't hotels do wake up calls anymore?

[@JD-wf2hu]

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

[@sai16777]

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

[@moonlightblue9196]

@@sai16777 I saw that too

[@elijahdage5523]

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

[@BoldTool20]

that one rent-a-middle-aged-man guy whos bio is just "I want to destroy Takashi Tachibana" LOL

[@msmith155]

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

[@emirin5rira]

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

[@bluerain2082]

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

[@rynabuns]

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

[@neverfond]

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

[@ianbrass9251]

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

[@TheRealMarxz]

0:25 - Japan, like a few of the other countries listed there Australia, NZ, Taiwan, etc, don't have Rabies lyssavirus BUT various bat lyssavirus cases have been known. In Australia at least a few people have died from it and it is basically rabies by another name, it has the same symptoms and the same vaccine works) but because the medical practitioners are so unfamiliar with rabies they didn't diagnose and apply PEP rabies vaccine soon enough (and in some cases, at all).

[@WhiskersTC]

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

[@ДаниилВолбушко]

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

[@taysondynastyemperor5124]

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

[@ДаниилВолбушко]

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

[@bvireannah1806]

i never heard about this, i am 60s born indian person ,, i just think too stuff out tthere is fake 🤔🤔🤔

[@zoewong7891]

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

[@Bacteriophagebs]

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

[@josedorsaith5261]

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

[@yrobtsvt]

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

[@noranizaazmi6523]

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

[@juanmacias5922]

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

[@JelloPuddingFood]

Always great vids. Thanks!

[@XLessThanZ]

Wow, that was SUPER interesting! Great episode👍🏽

[@misterkefir]

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

[@EnkiTwo]

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

[@CanadianReset]

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

[@kiwi_bird]

I hella appreciate part 2 vids being free

[@RealTragoe2]

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

[@PaperbackWizard]

When it showed the clip of the boss telling the quitting agent "Aren't you ashamed of your job?", I wanted her to reply "Well, I haven't quit my job, unlike a lot of the people who work for you, so..."

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

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

[@nyxqueenofshadows]

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

[@martin128]

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

[@Ichimaru.X.Tanaka]

11:02 grandma telling me to put money in my shoe means....boy dont lose this. lol

[@bledlbledlbledl]

3:30 right here in the U.S., a previous boss of mine would routinely claim that no one quitting would ever find work again because he'd give them such a horrible review. He also claimed that every employee's employment paperwork contained a "non-competition-pact" agreement (after they'd already hired on), even though he would never actually show the paperwork to prove it

[@Synest2]

Man I love your videos so much

[@petrified9532]

HE NEVER MISSES 🗣️🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🗣️

[@SunsetGuitarist]

Subscribed. This is one of my new favorite channels. 😂❤

[@ED-yy4te]

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

[@southcoastinventors6583]

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

[@Kasfas]

🤌🤌🤌

[@superbocky9891]

love your channel, so much stuff to learn : D

[@demonioum]

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

[@heckincat1406]

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

[@deepblue2]

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

[@べべ-r6g]

I am a student in Japan. I am amazed at how accurately this channel captures Japanese society.

[@NekoArts]

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

[@CrawliestCotter]

0:32 That explains why I saw Japanese exchange students try to pet the racoons on campus. I've always wondered about that. Makes a lot of sense if the worst thing you think will happen is a bad bite or scratch.

[@cho4628]

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

[@richardschneider4775]

Great intelligent articulate discussion. You get the sub. I toured Japan 27 days and loved it. This would be helpful for any potential traveler. Good job no BS

[@JasonBrouwers]

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

[@JDH_MUSIC]

I love these unique facts! Thank-you

[@phoebecara4361]

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

[@prjndigo]

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

[@garryferrington811]

The what?

[@kero2422]

Thx man and the team around you. Cat island sounds relaxing.

[@gjg5789]

Very interesting video this is a quick sub for me!

[@fuuka69420]

please keep doing more of these 😭😭😭😭

[@itsodiumchloride9516]

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

[@bobthebuilderday6leader]

I think it’s because in smaller areas people aren’t as busy/rushing to get places all the time. Even though it’s less efficient, it also seems to be better for the escalators if you have people stand on both sides.

[@dimitryryutta]

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

[@meh.7640]

love your comment on the stock footage xD

[@nathaliedrinkstea]

So interesting! Thank you and everyone who participated ☺

[@iiraingirlii]

I love this sm and your channel 😭like tysm

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Company: Lies about benefits Also company: Casual wage theft Also also company: Wonders why people want to quit

[@fethinggakk4185]

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

[@Edis12121]

Japan is so interesting , thank you for the effort ❤

[@dzerkle]

I love the clapping. I already knew about the cat island, but it’s still awesome.

[@hannahgoose9843]

I thought that guy at 5:38 was Robert Pattinson for a sec.

[@sertorius3319]

Having someone whose job is to wake people up in the morning was actually fairly common around the world before the alarm clock.

[@Erik_Emer]

It's really sad the boomer on the company side is telling the stand-in quitter how shameful their customer is quitting when it's actually shameful how the company couldn't keep their employee most likely from lack of healthy and inviting work culture.

[@CryptidFlame]

They aren't saying it's shameful for using quitting services, they are asking if the customer rep is ashamed for being a quitting service agent. That's so much worse and entitled.

[@Cherodar]

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

[@konpufudo]

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

[@dicloflom]

I love your videos so much! And giving away free videos from patreon is insane. When our declining economy fixes, im buying a patreon for you.

[@merdicmagic6171]

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

[@livboss]

0:09 i once was a volunteer helping people get involved in state politics and my mentor who helped us meet state reps was japanese. even though i was only working with him for a year, and i picked up the habit of bowing when thanking people for meeting with us- i often do a verrryyyy small one now when i thank people, 2 years later.

[@kylereyes2337]

Being a grave visitor seems like a solid gig. I’m in!

[@jmckenzie962]

Oh wow now I'm so relieved to hear that there is indeed a known origin story for why they stand on the right on escalators in Osaka lmao. I remember getting off the train there after spending the first half of my Japan trip in Tokyo and being so jarred by that - I had just properly woken up after drifting in and out of sleep for most of the shinkansen ride and I legit thought I was tripping for a good moment

[@flapjack6495]

wow free video! thank you

[@Katokoart]

6:55 this ''statue'' is actually based on dogū figurines 土偶, which are small figurines from the Jōmon period (prehistoric Japan), so it's not bad or weird at all, just proud of their history 😀

[@Zsreelsmeals]

Nice video man 😂

[@Yami_yuugi]

needing one of those "job quitting agencies" rn

[@mynameisschezuan]

Finally a new uploaded :D

[@zerogrey3798]

I married into a Japanese family, the wife immigrated to the U.S. in the 91 and we met and got married in 93. Anyway, she had twin daughters and I'm kinda glad they didn't do the rice thing because it was stressful enough when the twins started their monthly. They came to me instead of their mom for their pads as well. I went to the store and stood on the tampon aisle for an hour reading the back of every frickin' box/bag. Shit was traumatic for a 19 year old guy. Anyway, one thing the wife told me that Japanese do that I've never been able to verify, she told me that women used to put their monthlies in red sauces to serve to a man they liked.

[@silenttakuza]

I assume she is much older than you because you said you were 19 when they were already hitting puberty.

[@zerogrey3798]

@@silenttakuza Yeah Mai was 17 or 23 years older. She claimed her bday was one day, but also claimed to be born in the year of the dragon, but if that were the case she'd of been 23 years older but always told me 17. Anyway my step-daughters are only a few years younger than me. We had an interesting dynamic but it all worked out well and even today I'm still close to one of the girls. (Lost Mai and Alexandria, the oldest twin in a car accident) And no, she didn't marry me for citizenship. She actually refused to get married until she had it. Even then we went back to Japan for the ceremony and it was never "legal" in the U.S. at least at the time.

[@silenttakuza]

@@zerogrey3798 that's an interesting life you have there but why wasn't the marriage "legal"? Sorry for your loss.

[@zerogrey3798]

@@silenttakuza At that time some marriages outside of the U.S. wasn't recognized as a legal marriage in the U.S. It was to prevent marriage fraud I'm assuming. But we lived together long enough and she used my name often enough we were married by common law.

[@silenttakuza]

@@zerogrey3798 I see. That makes some sense I guess. Anyway thanks for actually answering my questions.

[@Its_Brigid_at_it_again]

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

[@Azu512]

Lets goo we got another one of these!

[@Waywren]

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

[@Asura-pw6vo]

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

[@KalmoK]

In Finland people let others go by escalators from the left side, and we usually also walk in the right side of the road if there is no walk and bike lines placed... Like the cars also drive in right side 😂

[@inqmusician2]

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