"They Never Believe I'm Japanese" British Born in Japan

[@OrientalPearl]

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[@theunknownunknowns256]

This was a good one.

[@cybercipherandcollie8911]

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[@half-breed]

You have a new ghost scammer that replied to my comment on this video

[@simaobouhamidi]

yes me two @@half-breed

[@sebastianguerre6868]

I'm English, if I was born in Zululand I would still be English I wouldn't be a Zulu. Only an American would think that would make me a Zulu.

[@breezeh1127]

Her and her brothers mannerisms are very culturally Japanese. She did seem so much more comfortable speaking Japanese ❤ What an interesting video 😊

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you for being here for every video friend!

[@jamesjdm]

Yeah that's all nice and good. But here's the thing she said herself that her family came there as missionaries. Missionaries are colonizers. They seek to change the religious and cultural beliefs of the population they infect. Said that her parents are still missionaries. She's not Japanese. She's an invader and a colonizer. Sorry if you don't like what I'm saying that's too bad but anybody that goes to a different culture and tries to force change on them through altering. Their religious beliefs is not part of that culture

[@jamesjdm]

​@@OrientalPearlit's amazing that you don't question the fact that her family are missionaries, which means they are colonizers trying to change and influence the culture that they are infecting.

[@pithius2191]

Definitely has the Japanese humility, hopefully it will rub off on the youtuber

[@tetovazamarcelabrozovica3392]

@@pithius2191 which youtuber Mr.Beast PewDiePie or some u imagine it would need some culture in behave

[@jonorisin73]

When the cart guy said "Oh--- you're Japanese? Excuse me. Then we're the same" - it was precious!!! He didn't question how it was so, he just accepted it with respect and love!

[@damienrobbie5974]

yeah because japanese people have blonde hair and blue eyes lol

[@いりた-r3i]

@@damienrobbie5974 you are a kind of person who's always aggressive for no reason

[@MissusAnon]

@@damienrobbie5974 cringe response

[@redtski]

Yeah he was really sweet

[@AnyoneCanSee]

Are you a racist? You do understand there are millions of Asians in the UK who are considered British. It is actually illegal to tell them they are not British. It’s hate speech.

[@cas333]

Its funny, Alecia has some of the Japanese face expressions and gestures 😄 She seems very nice and polite, just as you would expect from a japanese person 🙂 Very sweet

[@andrewmildenberg4210]

I thought the same thing. Even the way she listens and responds to someone when they're speaking was pretty Japanese. The "Mm" they do as a way to tell the other person that they're listening is something non-natives don't generally do.

[@tetovazamarcelabrozovica3392]

@@andrewmildenberg4210 they are born there live there its normal if u move and live in some country for example 5 years you adopt their culture behavior and if u born there its normal

[@eigojiyouzu]

They are literally Japanese haha, thats why

[@digigarb]

She is Japanese born there so........

[@lordblazer]

plenty of people like her live in Japan. I guess IWas quite lucky to have studied in university in Japan with people like her. I know a dude he's 6'3" tall white, lived his whole life in Japan, but his family is from Alabama. You wouldn't know if you spoke to him over the phone. coolest dude I know. His wife is German, they have two kids and live in Fukuoka.

[@maiyahtucker6576]

I’m American, born in Japan. Alicia’s expressiveness is perfectly Japanese 😊. My Japanese mother has been gone now 3 yrs. I miss her very much. She was almost 94. She never taught us Japanese, she said, because she didn’t want to confuse us. I knew better. None of my other half Japanese friends spoke Japanese either. Our mothers wanted to do their best to assimilate into the American culture after immigrating to the U.S. I remember a few phrases, but that’s it. I had a friend here in the U.S. that went on a mission to Japan who is full Japanese, but spoke broken Japanese. It was awkward for him to speak to them, he said, as they were confused at why he was full Japanese, but couldn’t communicate it well with them. I felt for him. Thank you for your channel. I’m really enjoying it!

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

What a waste! If your mother had taught you Japanese you could have always picked up extra cash working as a translator. Or you could be watching Japanese films. What a wasted opportunity.

[@bogeyman10us11]

Sorry that you did not learn Japanese while growing up. Perhaps, you can start. Better late than never.

[@yo2trader539]

It's because your mother was a War Bride and knew Japanese society will never view children of foreign fathers and war brides/trophies as Japanese. They were not even given Japanese citizenship.

[@natashadickson4819]

Sorry for your loss. Your mom did her best. ❤

[@ak5659]

Your mother probably listened to people who were in a position of authority when they warned about 'confusion'. It's been proven over and over for years to be completely untrue. Kids don't get confused.

[@dekaOsiris]

Japan IS a very lovely country, it is my favourite on Earth. I am blessed to live in Australia, but Alecia put it perfectly, there's a calmess and this sense of joy in Japan that i've never felt anywhere else in the world..

[@jbre7233]

It’s my favourite place I’ve ever visited. I had no expectations (we were there for husband’s work/tokyo marathon) and we LOVED it so much we went back a year later and brought our family to experience it.

[@HarryKamal-c4d]

@@jbre7233 We are glad you had a good time. Please come back anytime we like to see you enjoy

[@kyotango]

Calmness and sense of joy? You haven't lived and worked in a city there.

[@dekaOsiris]

@@kyotango Haha well, I'm just a visitor. I have heard the working culture is a little intense to say the least...

[@TheOnlyKontrol]

How many places in the world have you visited

[@MarieSallaupHalse]

Congratulations on 1 million subs 🎉

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much!

[@TL243]

Kudos. So glad to see you grow so big!

[@LESRAM1981]

Keep up the good work. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 ❤ 😊 🥰

[@DouweBuruma]

Congratulations 🥳

[@EliasBac]

Yes ! Congrats ! Been following you for a while and it it heartwarming to see you at a Million subs now 🙌

[@matthewjames3020]

I will never get tired of these videos! Please keep them coming! Hearing people speak different languages is absolutely beautiful!!

[@OrientalPearl]

More to come!

[@whushaw]

I really enjoyed hearing Alicia's story. You always learn something new from her viewpoint. Her unique experience is something anyone could learn from. It's great she got to have a rickshaw ride for the first time. A new memory formed! 💜

[@OrientalPearl]

Glad you enjoyed it! I have another similar video for you that will be coming out next week.

[@toni6053]

It's a shame that people think London represents the whole of the UK. It really isn't. It's alien to people who live outside of London too.

[@juliusklugi7430]

Speak for yourself - if it’s alien to you, you’ve lived a very sad, limited and closed lifestyle. In fact, you haven’t seen much of the UK at all.

[@hauddubius3706]

Indeed, as an Englishman living outside London, going to London is like going to a different Country with bits of British architecture sporadically dotted about. It's the same with all the big cities really, and I'm sure it's the same for a lot of Countries in that their big cities rarely represent the Country these days.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

London is completely foreign almost you won’t get anything of cultural value there

[@lostintranslation1957]

London is now full of Aliens. It isn't the place that created an Empire.

[@lostintranslation1957]

​@@hauddubius3706Yep, feels like South Asia.

[@epikorean]

As an Asian born and raised in Europe, this story resonates with me. Thanks for the great content!

[@Rtc6444]

As an American Born Chinese (ABC) from NYC, I always loved it when other nationalities speak any Asian language , makes me feel proud of my heritage especially I was raised in a mixed culture household, some British and American along with Chinese traditions

[@generalnguyenngocloan1700]

🐉👍🏻

[@sky-pv7ff]

Then you're still chinese and only American in citizenship.

[@ramdas363]

There's some irony in that though. I'm sure the woman was proud of her British heritage until she went there and found she doesn't have much in common with them. It's a similar experience for many second generation kids. At one point they have to make a choice because when it comes to very different cultures, one can't follow both at the same time. For non-Asians in Japan it's even much harder than in the US, which is multiracial and doesn't associate their national identity with a certain look. In Japan it's the norm that even native-born people will be seen as foreigners when they don't look Asian. They could be 5th generation, doesn't matter. Most Japanese will never see them as real Japanese.

[@cooliipie]

​@@ramdas363 And a lot of westerners will never see "ABCs" as real American etc. Your point? Life is too short

[@CrazyMurica]

@@ramdas363do u think coloured people are accepted in the US by the whites.. yes there are a bunch of liberals and open minded crowd but majority of the whites lives under the belief that America=White, sounds harsh but true, an European immigrant will be treated better that a 3rd/4th or 5th generation coloured person

[@juromanz]

Congrats on one million subs. Great video again. I like the story of the two British-Japanese siblings.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much! They have another brother too. Maybe I can interview him one day too.

[@tommyleite-x3o]

The part where Alecia said her parents made her speak english at home is so relatable as an immigrant. We are asians that moved to South america. My parents made us speak our native language at home, because we already got enough of spanish at school. But My brother and I can´t speak to each other in our native language... unless we had to say something secretly to each other ... and also, the shock from natives when they saw asians speaking spanish perfectly. Now there are more and more asians in south america, so in large cities is not an issue..., but if we go to the countryside, we still get people trying to speak to us using hand gestures....

[@dutchkel]

I remember going to a sushi restaurant in Buenos Aires employed by all Japanese Argentines who had lived there for generations and hearing only Spanish. It was a fun experience.

[@Ryan-ul7dy]

Hay una gran comunidad de gente de origen asiático en Argentina.

[@sanhopper9508]

I totally relate to this but I am the opposite to you… My brother and I are British born Chinese and growing up my parents insisted we spoke only Cantonese at home as we got all the English outside… so we would blend the Chinese and English together (known as Chinglish to us folk!) if we didn’t want our parents to understand what we were saying 😂

[@goyam2981]

My parents can speak Chinese (a southern dialect) but they save it for talking secrets in front of the kids. Lol.

[@goyam2981]

American-born Asians don't like when people in the US ask about their roots and want to be treated as just "Asians". On the other hand foreign students from Asia want to be recognized as people from their countries e.g. Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc. and not lumped as just Asians. These cultural things can be quite complicated. Wisdom of age has told me to let it go and go with the flow and just explain to people without taking offense or getting upset. Like in this video instead of saying they're from Japan or they are Japanese, maybe just say we're of English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish descent but born and raised in Japan. This way people do understand.

[@sazji]

This was quite interesting, I had a friend who grew up in Iran; her parents were from America and also were missionaries there. But when 1979 came, they had to leave. My friend had completely American English and of course looked as American as anybody else, but something always seemed a little bit off, her reactions to things, her attitudes. When I stopped thinking of her as an American and thought of her as an Iranian who just happened to be Anglo-Saxon looking and spoke native English, it all made sense. it was hard for her though, because Iran was her home; she missed it a lot and was unable to go back.

[@Dudedontgiveup]

To see them both to speak to each other in Japanese in that short clip was so awesome

[@redtski]

Agreed😁 I thought it was sweet

[@robertlalor8090]

That was so interesting. Thanks for making and sharing and well done on achieving your first million subs. Here's to the next million.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you very much!

[@sm00re2]

i love the rickshaw guys energy and the way he said "im japanese" was so cute❤ love the video~

[@OrientalPearl]

Yeah, those guys are always a lot of fun.

[@MrLanternland]

That job keeps you in top condition!

[@davidtuer5825]

Wait till there are 10 million immigrants over 20 years in Japan and see how they react!

[@davidtuer5825]

Didn't it occur to you that it was unusual that the Ricksha boys all spoke English?

[@chad872]

this was adorable... i love japan can wait to visit. hope i have a good experience.

[@vktravellog1242]

I am 100% japanese born in the US and when I went to kindergarten and 1st grade there in Japan I was teased as american. So even as a pure blooded Japanese the kids discriminated against me so I know how you guys feel. My Japanese sucks so its ok because I prefer to speak English, but in Japan I end up having to speak Japanese 😂😂😂

[@gR22401]

My step-grandfather was a Japanese-American and was in the WW2 internment camps as a kid. Sadly, there was a time when that was considered okay. I am not Japanese, but people always assumed I was (I have a look where people think I am mixed, and I also get Native American a lot). I was teased for this. It's wild how prejudices work and how kids are especially bad because they have no filter. I wish we lived in a world where people celebrated different people and cultures or kept their opinions to themselves.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

@@gR22401 These things are 100% natural for children, people should accept this when moving to places they will be minorities in, the only countries that actually try and make others feel welcome to the point of discrimination against their own are Western countries founded by Europeans

[@crazyratlady1738]

The lady needs to visit Lancashire, people are really friendly there, also the North East. People are super friendly there. Also the Irish love to talk to visitors. Just because she's been to London doesn't mean she understands how Britain works or how British people are. London is completely different to the rest of the UK.

[@luaking84]

Agree with this. London is like a different country. The further north you go, the friendlier people get, even if the accents sound a little more intimidating.

[@MultiClittle]

She and her brother look so much alike, it's awesome! I hope that they never forget what an amazing situation they're in, despite all the challenges with people that assume things because of how they look.

[@OrientalPearl]

And it’s funny because they have complete opposite personalities lol

[@cozzazee4043]

Who effin cares.

[@Paul_Wetor]

Alecia's reaction to the UK is interesting. I've only lived in one other state, briefly, but it does make you appreciate things you were never aware of. Same with my home town. As a kid, it was small and dull, but now I realize that being on Lake Michigan was way more interesting than being landlocked. Like _The Wizard of Oz_ sometimes - there's no place like home.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks for watching Paul.

[@nevillemason6791]

Alecia was probably referring about the UK to her experience in London or outside London in the southeast of England. It's like judging the USA by only experiencing New York city. People are far friendlier and approachable elsewhere in the UK. The woman who cuts my hair worked previously in London. She went there from Poland. When she first came to my northern city she thought several people mistook her for someone they already knew. No, we're just that friendly to total strangers!

[@alexvargas1007]

I really liked this kind of content, I would love to see more! Keep up the good work, you've inspired me to start taking japanese seriously.

[@OrientalPearl]

The next video will also be an interview.

[@ElisaAvigayil]

Their accent in English is called an International School Accent. My children have that accent from growing up in 5 countries.

[@callibor3119]

I like how the Japanese guy with a carriage learned that someone that looks foreign is born in Japan and speaks Japanese. That’s really cool.

[@jayf4612]

Very happy to see you hit the million subscribers mark. Lots of hardwork on your part. Always having great content. You've come a long way. Congratulations!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks a ton!

[@SailorYuki]

Congrats on 1 million subs! Well deserved. Being a tourist in your own hometown is weird but also so much fun. I've discovered so many cool places and things to do as a tourist in my on hometown. I highly reccomend people to do that, even if it feels silly.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks! 😃 here’s to the next million!

[@JustPlainRob]

That 何が起こるを知らない "survival mode" feeling is one of my favorite parts about traveling to countries where I don't know the language or culture well, but I don't think I'd want to live in a place where I felt like that full time.

[@Forlfir]

Almost nowhere is as safe as Japan though :( however some places are way better than others

[@Doing_Time]

right. I don't like europe for the opposite reason of her...I'm more into "frontiers" travel...southeast asia, south asia, africa, south america...

[@lanamortenson8694]

@@Doing_Time I guess you don't like Japan then either because it's a very non "frontiers" type of travel country. Not sure why you're even watching this.

[@autohmae]

I think she might actually have been talking about work culture, etc...?

[@the_real_glabnurb]

@@autohmae Definitely not. It's not called Londonistan for nothing. I have never heard anyone utter the sentence "You know what, in Japan the work culture is much better than in Europe"

[@loftus8660]

It might just be me but i loved the rickshaw guy when he douns out Alecia was japanese and saying "we're the same then!", i thought that was a really cool reaction to finding that out. Really interesting video about a situation that feels very unique!

[@Truthtellerhere666]

By saying we are the same he meant exactly the opposite. We are not the same.

[@Paul.Douglas]

AWESOME!!! A million subs! You've worked hard and certainly earned it. What a great episode. I really enjoyed the talk with Alecia, and have enjoyed the past ones with Joshua.

[@OrientalPearl]

I enjoyed meeting them both.

[@imrannazir6931]

I watch almost all your new videos from start to finish because your content makes me happy and gives me a smile.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you for watching to the end. 😊

[@zyme4569]

London and the rest of Britain are different. I wouldn't recommend anyone live in London unless they had to for work. Also British people are reserved and don't really interact with strangers (unless drunk), we are friendly once you get to know us, we have weird sense of humour, we like to form a queue, we like to talk about the weather, we like roast dinner and fish & chips, we are accepting of other cultures, we like to be polite and say sorry a lot

[@dannyKurt]

They do up north, It was quite a shock for me and i'm from the midlands. It's literally night and day vs London. London is more like NYC with the rep of everyone being quite rude and tbh there is almost a 50% chance you're not interacting with a English person at all.

[@PPaxP]

British tourists that come to the city I live are not at all liked by other tourists from Asian countries because they are so loud, disrespectful of others and totally all about themselves. Not adhering to good manners or social boundaries. Many Asians did not like being around them when arriving on cruise ships. I even had to apologise to some tourists for the bad behaviour. They said ty and said they liked Canadians lols! As to Uncle, he was a rude jerk. He was from England. Loud, arrogant and full of his own supposed glowing self importance. Clifford Stone was a heavy drinker known to most as Lush. Crude man. His attitude was Not a nice combination. I really found him to be a boring, self involved, narcissistic creep.🙅🇨🇦😖

[@FinalHourMetal]

OOoopp North we are very friendly and open (I from Lancashire), it's only in London that people are afraid to interact with each other, in my experience.

[@lk-music]

@@FinalHourMetal Yep, when she said "British people won't really talk to you" I immediately thought "You went to London, then". I commuted between Staffordshire and Shropshire for over 10 years, and on the two occasions when I had car trouble, within minutes somebody stopped to help me sort it out, once a guy stopped to slow the traffic so I could change my wheel safely, and the other time the gear linkage came away and a guy fixed it with some latex gloves! 🤣

[@billyblunt63]

Yep, London doesn’t reflect the rest of Britain especially the North. Like most capital cities in the world, it’s very egocentric and people don’t engage with their neighbours never mind anyone else. Come to the North and receive a warm welcome.

[@lil-g4879]

As a British person that lived in Japan, then came back to the UK…I miss Japan too, can’t stand being back in the UK.

[@richardwills-woodward]

In 20 years the country I love (the UK) has been destroyed by migrants. I loved visiting Japan for its safety and culture, but the architecture made me so depressed.

[@lil-g4879]

@@richardwills-woodward if by migrants, you mean the Conservative Party, then yes. I would hardly blame migrants for the lack of funding to the NHS, 15 years of unnecessary austerity, fewer police, the smallest army since the Napoleonic wars, underfunded social services, the rich getting richer or massive Gov fraud. But aye, blame migrants because you don’t like black or brown people…

[@andybliss5965]

​@@richardwills-woodward took me years to put my finger on what it was I didn't like there. Yeah something about the interior design there. There's generally a lot less creativity than here or Europe.

[@Natasha-oz6ik]

@@richardwills-woodwarddon’t worry, you’ll get use to it like how a lot of other countries had to get use to being destroyed by the English

[@richardwills-woodward]

You only have a developed world and can say the nonsense you say precisely [because of] the English. Ignorant Muslims and Africans fail to grasp this. They like to move to english land though. A strange decision given their views by majority. @@Natasha-oz6ik

[@jtidema]

OK, you're laughing at "go back to your home country" but people in the US are told that ALL THE TIME when they grew up here. How sad. I'm sorry that happened to you! I'm usually proud that people of multiple cultures want to come and live in my home country! Imagine what a compliment that is.

[@MoodyMarco-vj3oe]

If we treated a British person of Japanese background like that here in the UK it would just be called racism.

[@Jambobist]

@user-ks3ol3lw3b That's a very long-winded way of saying that they are racist.

[@stackorlee6053]

@user-ks3ol3lw3b Chinese and Koreans immigrants look like the Japanese , but alas, they are not a part of that cozy family either. They are those neighbors you find in a gentrified area that are dirty, noisy, diseased and you have to call the police on them whenever there is a crime. Euphemisms are fun! (tf is wrong wit u?)

[@T.Watts89]

​@user-ks3ol3lw3bBullshit!! One of the absolutely most racist nations on earth!

[@d4ever649]

@user-ks3ol3lw3boh ok so telling her to go back to her own country was just being race conscious ok. 🤡

[@d4ever649]

@user-ks3ol3lw3bso it’s only bad when white peoples do it. They must be accepting and sensitive to everyone at all times but it’s ok when other ethnicities do it. 🤔

[@McBuggs.]

I found this very fascinating... Many people live a life this way, with a different background and born in another country. I myself have a duel citizenship. Thank you for sharing, as I would enjoy more like this seeing the surprised reactions like those in the video. (Congrats on the 1M)💕

[@thadtuiol1717]

Dual citizenship is BS.

[@balexic]

I love this channel. It’s always so positive, and interesting. I love it when people open their minds and explore. I have to admit you’re one of the best spokespersons for travel, Japan and language learning. Pimsleur would be well advised to hire you as a full time spokesperson. You are the best example of successful language learning! Keep up the good work and all the best! Brian in Toronto Canada! 🇨🇦

[@OrientalPearl]

Wonderful! Sending love from Japan to Canada.

[@robertoventrillon7624]

Japan is an amazing country. Be proud of it and work hard to keep it so.

[@seankrug4995]

Love your videos! I've lived in Japan for a total of 10 years, 5 years were spent in the Tokyo region, and a Japanese friend lives near Ueno, so the places you filmed were familiar. I imagine it must be very interesting for folks who have lived in Japan for 20-30+ years, especially those who grew up there, to have a very international identity, in which in many ways Japan IS home. I've only lived there 10 years, and I miss so many things about Japan all the time.

[@bob456fk6]

I liked it when you and Alecia spoke Japanese. All the Japanese words sound the same to me but I can see from the English subtitles they really do form complete, complex sentences. It's fascinating how kids pick up the local language perfectly, not matter what their ancestry. Alecia does have a good American accent when speaking English.

[@OrientalPearl]

Yes the sentences in Japanese are super long lol.

[@jmbickham]

⁠@@OrientalPearlReally? For example…“I/You/He/She/They eat” vs 食べる or “I/You/He/She/They rode the train yesterday” vs 昨日は電車を乗った. I might say something else about the difficulty of Japanese - English/English - Japanese interpreting though… given the vast differences in the grammatical structure of the two languages.

[@MrLanternland]

"It's fascinating how kids pick up the local language perfectly, not matter what their ancestry." It is!

[@hongjoongsbutterfly]

I can't help but notice her mannerisms are definitely Japanese, especially with the "uh, uh" grunting in agreement when listening to someone else speak. That seems to be very culturally East Asian. It's very interesting.

[@Woodman-Spare-that-tree]

White Brits don’t do that.

[@cubnbooty]

Hispanics do it a lot too.

[@SmartK8]

Of course they're Japanese, she's Japanese. No wonder then.

[@joyfairclough4686]

This was fascinating! I’d love to see more interviews like this.

[@OrientalPearl]

The next video will be an interview too.

[@FemaleObserver]

Love your videos. I teach English online to japanese students and your video has given me insight to their culture, their beautiful country which they are proud of. It answers some of my many questions which I get from your interviews and your trips to the local places.

[@joshhummel9819]

She does the aizuchi thing so naturally at 1:30. Definitely native!

[@Critter145]

I lived in France for a while and Parisians have a very similar affectation when they’re hesitating/thinking out loud mid-sentence. Only exposure to the living language and culture have this effect.

[@MrTact1]

I subscribed when you 'only' had 40k, now you allready have 1 million! Amazing and congratulations!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks so much!!

[@sargfowler9603]

To be fair, most Britains wouldn't like London either! It's not representative of the whole of the UK at all.

[@BostonAndMaineLive]

Thank you for a charming interview and tourist tour. Can't wait to visit Japan.

[@Spamhard]

As a Brit, when she talks about London feeling like youi're in constant survival mode, I agree lol. I couldn't personally live in London, after a few days I'm glad to leave and get back home to somewhere quieter and much more predictable annd chill. It's a bit of a shame she compares all of Britain to the faults of London, seeing as many people from UK also wouldn't want to live in London, lol. Life is very different in different parts of the UK.

[@TheShrugLife]

I love these videos! And I love the charisma of most of the people streetside selling some sort of tourist experience in a lot of countries. This rickshaw guy was amazing!

[@karatekidakakatelyn8114]

❤ 🇯🇵 _When I’m on Hellotalk I do notice that everyone from Japan is super polite._

[@elteescat]

Your videos are always fun. I've been subscribed to you for a long time. Like maybe a couple of years. I always look forward to your videos.

[@OrientalPearl]

I appreciate that!

[@andrewwatson5324]

I get the impression that the people in larger busier cities tend to be less 'friendly' compared to smaller communities, more or less universally.

[@dishmanw]

That was my experience. I was at Misawa, Japan, and it was a small city, surrounded by a farming community. The people were very helpful and friendly there. But I heard that the people in Tokyo were not as friendly.

[@crptpyr]

There's actually a British comedy news sketch about "a northerner going around London saying hello to people"

[@crptpyr]

The actual title is "Northerner terrifying Londoners by saying hello" if you want to find it

[@andrewwatson5324]

@@crptpyr I think that I have heard of it.

[@swedishguy83]

Ancestry matters. Being born somewhere other than where your ancestry is from doesn’t change your ancestry. I’m not saying these people aren’t born in Japan. I’m saying they aren’t Japanese because those two aren’t the same. Having a different ancestry especially in a country where it’s visibly different is always a challenge. You can’t expect the local population to treat you as one of their own, because you aren’t. This is true wherever you are. You can see this even in the US when people speak a different language in some places that people react very hostile. It’s because the visible difference isn’t as present in the US as when Europeans migrate to Eastern Asia or non-Europeans migrate to Europe.

[@davidlang1125]

Love your channel! I was five years old when my family from Shanghai immigrated to Australia in 1951 after fleeing from the communist. For years we were the only Asians most Australians encountered. I had a lot of interesting experiences from those days. And while I’m more at home in Australia I found that I could be comfortable living in China today. However it still presents challenges much like what your British expat friends found in visiting Britain. Thanks for your terrific channel. (Umm, I think I’ll have a meat pie for lunch.) From California.

[@johnnyc5382.]

Absolutely wonderful video. Fascinating culturally. So very interesting. And two great beauties in the rickshaw! ! !

[@OrientalPearl]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Zackfed96]

This is basically the story of every second, third and fourth generation immigrant kids who's parents teach them the language of their ancestors. I was born and raised in American. But English was my second language. And I had trouble learning English in school. Kids would tell me to go back to where I came from. But I was born here. Parents wouldn't let us speak English at home because we had alot of that outside of the house. It's interesting to see that with other cultures in other parts of the world

[@bigchungus4336]

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[@TheCrusader1000]

I just love watching the reactions when you and your friend spoke Japanese and said she was from japan. That made me chuckle his reaction. It was worth the reply. Stay safe and blessed 🙌 ❤

[@pquodling]

I am an Australian (in my late 60s) who has lived in the USA and several other countries. I visited Japan this year, and would move to Kyoto in a heartbeat.

[@chadruland5460]

I used to watch you back when you only had 500,000 subs, I don't know why but the algorithm changed up and life changed up but it's really great that it showed back up and now that you're at 1 million that's so awesome! I hope you continue doing well!

[@OrientalPearl]

Why have you been gone so long? Missed you. Please put the notification bell on and subscribe.

[@josephleannais4823]

I am so envious of people who can speak many languages fluently!! What a wonderful skill!! Helps to bring the world together!!

[@ltd1980]

The problem with the lady is she's comparing London to the rest of England. London is super expensive, polluted and rife with crime. Not anywhere I'd want to live or even visit anymore. To be fair I prefer Asia to the UK but using London I feel isn't a great comparison

[@sidp5381]

To be honest, who wants to be in Ripper town, specially near white Chapel I ain’t gonna have Mary Jane Kelly’s ghost haunt me

[@chawalitD]

Ive been a subscriber for a while now and decided I will make a comment on how much I enjoy your videos. This one especially is wholesome and it gives you an insight to what its like for a foreign family to grow up in a foreign country and live like a native. Keep up the great work. Much love from South Australia

[@OrientalPearl]

Sending love from Japan to Australia!

[@jeanettejeanette1199]

Watching from Australia :) chilling before I have to wash my dishes and go to bed.

[@SingaporeProxy]

🎶🇭🇲🕯️✨🍀

[@OrientalPearl]

Sending love from Japan to Australia.

[@jeannawilson662]

Thank you for being unique and kind to speak and learn / see new things!

[@HockeyPurist]

My wife and I really enjoyed this! I have been lucky to be part of a wonderful Taiwanese family for 25 years and I have become immersed in Asian culture. I love it.

[@mariasampson6364]

I'm Spaniard and American. I'm still a foreigner in both countries. 😐

[@luisrosias6203]

Honestly if you have good English and have been living in America for a while, you’re American. That’s the best part about being American is that anyone can become American no matter where they are from. As we see in this video, you can be literally born and raised in Japan and not be considered Japanese. Not the case at all in America.

[@SaffronWorldCR]

If you have Spanish nationality you're not a foreigner. Just find people that are worth it and don't listen to toxic people. Que pases un buen día 😊

[@stormveil]

​@@luisrosias6203 on paper this is true of many countries but in reality it isn't always the case.

[@Mobik_]

1M! Let's gooooo!!!!

[@OrientalPearl]

Finally made it!

[@lionelg4251]

1 million !! congrats from France

[@OrientalPearl]

Sending love from Japan to France.

[@soniaminic8904]

I love seeing this. I know you siblings are born and raised in Japan so you are Japanese, but still it’s so nice and fascinating to see your Japanese behaviour, manners, way of speaking. It’s your home country 🇯🇵❤️

[@passion317]

コスモポリタンな街でもないと常にこう言われることでしょうね。 移民だけじゃなく混血でもこういう問題は常にありますし。 私のドイツ人の友だちはドイツ人に見えない、アメリカやオーストラリアとかの移民の国の白人ぽいと度々言われるそうです。 彼女のお母さんが話してくれたのが、お母さんの片方の親がアジア系なので鼻の形とかがアジア人っぽいようです。 お母さんはアジアのルーツを持つので、自分の娘が同様にアジア圏の日本やその文化に興味を持ってくれるのはうれしいと話してくれました。 別の機会にヨーロッパ周遊中にロシア人に会いましたが、そのうち一人は中央アジア寄りの顔立ちだったため、ロシア人っぽくないねと別の人が話していました。 人間長く生きてると統計学のように○○人はこういう人と考えてしまう癖が出来てしまいますね。 なるべくナチュラルに接する様にはしてますが、コッテコテの日本人の名前読んだら黒人に見える人が出てきて一瞬びっくりしちゃうのは許してほしい。

[@daijay9084]

A few years ago I visited Quebec. My Canadian cousins had informed me that everyone would initially address me in French. Unfortunately being British, growing up pre-internet, I was never given an opportunity to learn other languages. If you're abroad and speak British you only need to shout at the foreigners for them to understand. Anyway, I entered a shop and a member of staff spoke to me. I called my cousin over to translate. The young lady who had addressed me looked mystified and said "but I just spoke to you in English?" I was so convinced that I was going to hear French that I heard French. Thank you for your content which I always look forward to and thoroughly enjoy.

[@MrAlan1828]

French speaking citizen in Quebec can be quite extreme, I am Canadian and 100% respect French but the laws there are aweful

[@sahamal_savu]

She might have actually been speaking English, just with an almost indecipherable accent 😂I have lived my entire life in Ontario, Canada and still struggle with some Quebecois accents.

[@HKim0072]

Man, the British are worse than us Americans. But, at least our schools forced us to "learn" a different language. Differs by area, but I think I had to take 5 years of a foreign language. 2 in middle school and 3 in high school.

[@alexfarman4580]

@@HKim0072 I also grew up pre Internet and I'm british languages were taught in the school I went to it was German, Spanish or French.

[@robscovell5951]

I grew up in Sussex in the 70s and 80s. French was compulsory from 7 and we had to do 2 languages from 12 to 16. I did French and German which gave me the basics for travelling.

[@warpviix]

It seems so ironic that she couldn't identify her ancestor's home country. But then again, the UK has changed tremendously to the wrong way. Japan is on my bucket list, can't wait!

[@DesMen-i9z]

I like the occasional change from your usual format. I know it’s not easy to find the people to be interviewed. Well done Pearl on achieving 1M subscribers. Hope you would not mind showing us your gold plague in a special episode of your journey of learning Asian Languages from China to Japan and to Korea and finally settling down in Japan. Congratulations!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you. I’m editing another interview right now.

[@equityestatesfund]

I love your channel. Such interesting videos. I could watch them for hours. Very interesting to see how a woman born in Japan and whose native language is Japanese is still treated like a foreigner in some regards. I'm also super impressed with your command of so many languages. Congratulations on having so many subscribers!!!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much. Please enjoy more of my videos today.

[@Mateomaki2000]

Congrats on 1 million subscribers!! 🎉

[@jerometsowinghuen]

Congratulations on reaching 1 million subscribers, Miss Alyssa. I am sure Mr. Joshua and Miss Alecia could be part of the same community in Japan, along with snack box too.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much! I’m planning on filming again in Hong Kong soon.

[@gorillack_japan]

6:38嫌だと思って辞めた会社が他の会社に勤めてみて、現実を目の当たりにし、ただの贅沢だったとやっぱり親しみ慣れた前の会社の方が良かったって出戻りする感覚に似てるのかな

[@eddieobrien4394]

you know this would be such a good and interesting video for young schoolers to be shown while in schoo. I really think it would help give them a different perspective on the differences of people at the same time the things we all share as just human beings and there may be even a lesson in tolerance there.

[@feensta]

I'm a white guy with 2 Australian parents born and raised in Hong Kong. I certainly have a confused identity, but I would never say I was Chinese. 🤷🏼‍♂

[@feensta]

@@AJ-fo2pl That would be irritating, but entirely understandable.

[@Nikolai508]

It does sound like she went to London when she went to the UK, its not really a good example of what the UK is like as the vast majority of the country is not in London. It's like its own thing really.

[@84rinne_moo]

Yea it’s like going to NYC in the states to live. Totally different to most other cities in the US

[@TheCheeseChimp]

Even different parts of london are really different from each other. Central london is very different to kingston for example. We don't talk about Croydon

[@Sean-gr4od]

English culture is rural. English cities are mostly repurposed husks of industrial and imperial might built up when the british invented the modern world (still very interesting but not the folk culture of centuries past). If you want to see english culture, go into nature and the countryside if you really want an english cultural city with glimmers of pre industrial life york and chester are great examples

[@MattCantSpeakIt]

1:29 "mmh, mhh, mhh!!" Tell me you're japanese without telling me you're japanese :P. this mhh mhh mhh was the japanesiest thing ever XD

[@Avigailish]

You will be surprised how many cultures mmh mmmh like this😅

[@katibryson9300]

sounded very korean

[@gordony8196]

I'm born and raised in the US (California), but my ancestry is Japanese (Saitama and Kumamoto), so I totally understand your experience. I've also been told to go back to my country! 😂

[@123slither]

It is fab to see your videos and show that we can all travel the world and live in other countries if we have respect , understanding and learn new languages. Thank you

[@leannejohnsonliverpool]

Its unfortunate that her experience in the UK wasn't as good as she expected but in general the UK is an amazing place to live.

[@Soogelle]

It still feels like a downgrade from Japan in many respects

[@A_friendwithoutbenefits]

I lived in UK for 27 years and left for good last year. I disagree with you, I’ve seen UK get worse and worse. Full of towns and cities where young chavs will insult you on the street for no reason (especially if you’re not white), quality of life declining due to inflation which is higher than the inflation in most developed countries, crazy house prices, wages struggling to keep up with those increases, -awfully unreliable and terribly expensive rail system, the NHS massively underfunded and nowhere near as good as it used to be. Right now the UK is one of the least developed countries in the developed world.

[@artsed08]

@@A_friendwithoutbenefits If you left, why are you still moaning about it?

[@A_friendwithoutbenefits]

@@artsed08 because I can.

[@stormveil]

​@@artsed08😂 moaning is a national passtime in the uk

[@danieldipalma704]

They aren't ethnic Japanese, just Japanese citizens. Big difference!

[@VictorVonGrooove]

Congrats on hitting 1 million!!!! That's amazing! You really deserve it because of your hard work!

[@ムスカ大佐-i7q]

前の職場の上司は日本人なのですが、タイ人そっくりで、たまに「日本語上手ですね」と言われていたそうです😂 もともと人間は何者でもないのかもしれません。心に国籍や人種などはなく、そこに日本人とかイギリス人などのレッテルを貼っているだけです。

[@feriday4820]

I'm interested to know where in the UK Alisha visited, if it was just London or the south then yes people keep to themselves more, but people are generally friendly, perhaps the more north you go lol

[@dannyKurt]

exactly what i thought. London is so different from up north.

[@artsed08]

London is a special case - it's a megacity where the native population is the minority. It is different to everywhere else in the country.

[@StepIntoYourMoment]

Can’t blame either of them. Living in England sucks compared to Japan. Everything is done at a higher level from healthcare to food to general quality of life.

[@smthnew861]

I mean, even if you're born in the country, you're not really japanese. Even me, i was born in latvia, my parents were born here, but our grandparents are from russia. And i cant call myself latvian. You'll always be a foreigner. Just like me

[@jvaish]

Not really true in the US. If you are born here, you are considered American and especially if you parents are born here

[@BazaarGilman]

Yes, but there’s a difference between ethnicity and nationality. Which as backwards as we are in a lot of ways in the US. This is something very strange to us that you could be born in the country and not be considered a citizen.

[@JinXedGirl13]

Absolutely fascinating insight into cultural societies! Thank you for excellent videos. I always enjoy them ❤

[@OrientalPearl]

I hope you enjoy all of my interviews!

[@TXMEDRGR]

I've been to Japan about six or seven times and enjoyed myself there. The people were formal but generally friendly.

[@lingo4048]

There are hundreds of millions of people who are bilingual in the world, so it would be good to calm down a bit.

[@leonardojensenribeiro7252]

Yes, I speak 5 languages. Please make millions of KZbin videos about me. No, thanks

[@1907jdee]

I don’t know. If someone has Chinese parents who give birth in Ireland they are not ethnically Irish.

[@american6183]

Thanks for the nice video. Brings back memories when i visited my daughter in japan last year. 😁

[@Daniel-xb3ot]

I had Nikkei Japanese friends I grew up with in California and learned Japanese and lived in Japan for 15 years and now can talk to my friend’s parents better than they can. Everyone freaks out when I talk to them and in Japan people constantly ask me why I speak Japanese so well, so I know their feeling, but I can’t say I was born in Japan. I’ve never met any “gaijin” who said they were born in Japan except my own kids that are half Japanese. lol

[@bdmenne]

Japanese is an ethnicity. A race of Asian/Mongoloid. You are ethnically British of Caucasian Race born or living in Japan.

[@Truthtellerhere666]

She is so delusional.

[@reallystraightguy2716]

Being Japanese and being a Japanese citizen are two very different things.

[@TaraReade64]

Exactly. I love how some of these people pretend like the average Japanese person actually views them as Japanese. Japan is ethnically and culturally homogenous, and 97% of the population are actual Japanese people.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

She's right, society in the UK HAS CHANGED.. for the worse, I no longer recognise the country I grew up in. The manners, people, culture, religion.. everything has changed for the worse.

[@artsed08]

Then it's up to us to do something about it, isn't it?