I Investigated Japan's Foreigner Situation

[@z0tw]

It's insane that people still act like children abroad so weird

[@tomekichiyamamoto2177]

Because Japan is child alike country. At least by the image they want to show.

[@Youngling654]

Social media destroyed their mind and intelligence.

[@phunweng962]

I am a foreigner who live in Kyoto and I have always enjoyed actively help those tourists when they're understandably stuck in the very complicated Kyoto Station, but again I had to constantly endure rando white people cut my queue at the station, they cut in so they can get the seat. Damn man do your country dont have the idea of queueing?

[@underdestruction6192]

"Abroad"....they just behave how they usually do.

[@Youngling654]

@@z0tw did you ever watch the movie “idiocracy”?

[@alexamist13]

2023, my gf and I visited Japan (Kyoto) and stayed for 3 weeks. During our time there we were able to witness some really kind tourists and kind foreign residents (mostly SE Asians and Chinese). Though it felt like most of the tourists we saw (generally western) were really rude, disrespectful and just overall nuisance to the local residents and fellow tourists. We saw a bunch of western dudes just harassing local women there and at one point, we saw a couple of guys (black and white) trying to sexually harass a maiko on her way home. My gf and I and an old Italian couple had to intervene and just buy enough time for the young girl to escape. For those of you who dont know what a maiko is, it's an underaged geisha-in-training. Really felt like the yen crashing during the pandemic gave a lot of fools the means to afford a plane ticket so they could go to Japan and treat it like a cultural theme park

[@roningarcia5771]

Black and white Americans act the same way in Italy. Remember, they are the number one consumers of CP in the world.

[@BrownElectrons]

What a sweet old lady, free umbrella and all what a sweetheart.

[@Paahtis]

I wish I could have used her words more rather than VO but the audio was really bad, so instead of showing her sweetness I had to be like "trust me bro". :D

[@loganspurlin]

If i was rich I wouldn't be for long over in Japan I have a huge soft spot for people with genuine kindness and compassion and I would move mountains to help them achieve their goals 😅

[@Youngling654]

Female Danny De Vito running over the Geisha was something! 😂

[@underdestruction6192]

Man, that's so on point :D I couldn't figure out who she reminded me

[@XIIREX]

The way you say “tourists” sounds like “terrorists” :D

[@syfyserpent6465]

"i see terrorists all around me." really caught my attention

[@whiskeysk]

give the man a break, he's used to simple words only, like kalastajatorppa or juoksentelisinkohan :)

[@Pertzaa]

You forgot to mention lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas

[@aev6075]

He can only do ~100 inflections of word "turisti" without batting an eye, but can't pronounce "tourist" properly.

[@underdestruction6192]

Not so far from the reality...

[@lestersys]

Something small to cover part of the cost of your taiyaki. Thanks for your sincere content and unique insight. I visited Arashiyama once during the last week of the cherry blossom season, and it was crazy packed with both foreign and local tourists. Really turned me off ever revisiting the place unless I was sure it was the off-peak season. 😅

[@Paahtis]

Wow, thank you so much! Sorry for talking about money in the first place 😅. Yeah I definitely visited off season but I've heard so much about how there's a billion foreign tourists in Kyoto I was expecting it to be packed any time of the year.

[@sovcitwatch]

I visited Japan in 2024 (Tokyo, Sendai, Hakodate, Osaka, and Kyoto). First time leaving Canada. My rule out there is I would act like I see locals act. If I saw a tourist do something, I couldn't use that as an excuse. If I saw multiple locals do it, then I assumed it was okay. Until then, I didn't so much as jaywalk out there. My backpack has multiple areas. One was dedicated to just trash. And for our drinks, it had 2 side-pockets. So once the bag filled up, we knew it was time to find a proper garbage. I don't understand why people can go to other cities and like so horribly. Like, if someone came to your city as a tourist and started destroying stuff, wouldn't you be angry? I'm sure I made a fool of myself at some point, but it was never intentional, and nothing got damaged or destroyed in the process

[@southcoastinventors6583]

How do you go to Hakodate without going to Aomori plus who visit just one place in Hokkaido. Why store trash when you can just go to convenient stores at throw it there

[@sovcitwatch]

@@southcoastinventors6583 We went in late April. girlfriend wanted to see Cherry Blossoms, and that was the area that still had some blossoming, so we made a really last minute change to our plans. Also they are the sister city of where I live. So we had to change plans without looking into doing more. We're going back this year to finish our journey. As for storing trash: We didn't know if stores would appreciate us dumping trash that didn't come from the store. So we waited until we got back to the hotel room.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

@ They don't care and Japanese people do it all the time since that the only place that is available aside from some places near the metro. To bad about a hour from Aomori to the west is Takayama Inari Shrine they cherry blossoms in April plus you get to see all the Tori gates without all the big crowds as Fushimi Inari. Hope you get to see more next time

[@sovcitwatch]

@@southcoastinventors6583 Sadly we aren't heading up that way this year. We're doing Okinawa->Fukuoka->Osaka before heading back. We will likely be heading back another year as we REALLY liked Hakodate, so will probably spend a week in 2026 in the Sapporo region. I'll add Aomori to the list of places!

[@Havel210]

We’ve been blessed with a 20 minute video. Great content as always❤️

[@stevegarvey5607]

I can understand how it feels when you said you didn't realize you needed that experience of talking to a grandmother figure. Most of my family is gone. Its not the same when you don't have family members to rely on

[@iFireender]

The main problem, in my opinion, that Japan is facing right now, is it's '15 minutes of fame'. When I first visited in 2017, that was starting to come on, but still kind of subdued. Most people travelling to Japan had an actual interest in Japan, learned some of the language at least, informed themselves of what to do, and almost everyone just generally had a good time. I visited again in 2018 and 2019 - in 2019, I coincidentally also met my now wife, who is Japanese, so I am going to go back each year at least for the foreseeable future. Those years it still was okay, although it became more and more crowded over time, and the whole 'party tourist' kind of clientele started to increase. Now, after COVID, it's just.. bad. Japan is the flavor of the year, the yen being weak makes it cheaper, and now everyone goes or wants to go to Japan. In 2017, most of my coworkers were like "Oh, Japan, cool, I'm sure it's a beautiful place", when nowadays a good 8 out of 10 people have already been themselves or are planning to go. What's often crass to me is how little they know of Japan, even after they went. Had a coworker that went for 3 weeks and basically didn't eat anything other than ramen, conveyor belt sushi and konbini onigiri. When I asked him why he didn't try all the other things Japan has to offer, he was none the wiser, claiming he thought there wasn't much more. He was stunned when I told him about all kinds of other stuff that is there to eat.

[@Pingu2010]

I went for a week this past spring on my way back to Canada after spending a few weeks in South Korea, and I completely understand what you mean. Shinjuku is kind of a mess, and a lot of the popular places in and around Tokyo are overcrowded to the point it's not even fun. Japan was a country that I wanted to visit since I've been a kid (being a fan of Japanese culture and all). The best time I've had was when I randomly decided to just get out of the city for a day and go to less traditional places around Tokyo; and that's where I found the Japan I was hoping to see. Probably going back next fall (hopefully there are less tourists than during cherry blossom season) since there's still a lot I want to see. I feel South Korea is starting to become the new flavor of the month with all these influencers, and the Won is also cheap. There was a stark contrast between when i went in 2023 and when i went this past spring.

[@BoxerDanc]

Thanks Paahtis, a pleasure as always. Your "leave the place cleaner than you found" is an upgrade to "leave only footprints, take only pictures" I've been following until now. Btw, what's up with no suitcase on the bus BS? Where are they supposed to go, on the roof or something?

[@Paahtis]

They just don't want people to fill the bus with bags, but if that's the case, then just spend some money on more busses or something. Or promote taxis to tourists more.

[@yoplait3256]

Tbh I get it but some people aren't as willing to use only backpacks, duffel bags and use coin lockers the whole trip like I do. Though I do admit it's nice packing light because I can walk around without tons of luggage almost 24/7 till the end of the trip when I lugg all my souvenirs to the airport with me.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

I mean, luggage forwarding is a thing in Japan so _that_ is an option. The complaint as I heard it was how foreigners have a tendency to carry luggage with them to the tourist activities, which I think stems from the fact that foreigners tend to get hotels centrally located near the touristy areas where as domestic tourists are more likely to commute to the touristy areas from hotels in cheaper parts of town. So they perceive that foreign tourists carrying their luggage around with them everywhere, because foreign tourists are getting on the busses from the 'hotel area' to the 'destinations' with their luggage.

[@Yamato-tp2kf]

@@Paahtis The Japanese city buses weren't never designed to carry travelers with big suitcases, most Japanese either takes a taxi, train, metro or the airport shuttle bus, but never goes around the city in a local bus line, those buses are only designed to carry passengers going to work, leisure or shopping, never with big suitcases... I prefer take a taxi from the Kyoto train station (that's what I do each time), plus the taxi service is reliable, clean and comfortable!

[@ciaran5761]

as an american who has been to Japan 3 times since 2019, what ever happened to the idea of when in Rome do as the romans do?? When you travel anywhere you should respect the people, property, and laws isn't that common sense? you should even learn some of the local language too. also risk of rain 2 background music

[@TayoEXE]

I live in Fukuoka, but I haven't seen a lot of tourists around. I'm treated very well as a foreigner though. I've only felt discrimination when getting a guarantor for housing at first, but otherwise, I feel far more welcomed and at home than back in the U.S. It shouldn't be idealized, but the culture has just been so much more respectful and less confrontational compared to back home. I don't think all foreigners should be blamed, but there is some truth to the whole point that most foreigners are not used to the social and manners expectations that Japanese grow up with. Basically, the main problem is more often a difference of culture and being KY (inconsiderate, unobservant of your surroundings and how you make others feel). In the U.S. a large emphasis is placed on individual freedom, live and let live, while Japan's culture is more about maintaining social harmony. If you act out, it is easy to disturb people, maybe even unintentionally. Most people here are very forgiving of foreigners who really don't mean any harm though. You treat them with respect, they'll go out of their way to help you in many instances, something that has rightfully won the hearts of a lot of people who want to try and integrate better into the culture.

[@mangomariel]

When I went to Japan random Japanese people came up to me and helped me find the thing I was looking for. Like I was so lost, they saw it and was so incredibly nice. And I don`t mean just point me in the direction, they actually followed me to the store, pointed at the thing I had to buy. One guy even spent 15 minutes walking with me to a place I could buy E-cigarettes. The 3 weeks I was there, Friendliest and nicest tourist experience I had. And I don`t think (or maybe I did not notice) that I saw westerners acting up either. This was in 2020

[@Djsonley]

I got screamed at fully in my face by someone because I was taking a photo of a rhythm game. The gamers were legends but some Japanese are really, really against anyone not Japanese. On the flip side I had the best hospitality ever in Nagano from the hotel there. Like any other country some are lovely some are racist. Racism is defo a huge issue in Japan period.

[@うんこ-r7o]

大きい声を出さない 一箇所を長時間占領しない 大人数で固まらない この３つを守るだけでほとんど歓迎されるだろう

[@dmd_design]

I have lived in japan for ten years and recently have been witness to the worst behavior i have ever experienced. I am glad you didn’t see much but I would consider that luck.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Spoken like someone who hasn't contributed to the problem. Without tourism Japan would become a third world economy like they almost did during the pandemic

[@SuperMegaLamp]

@@southcoastinventors6583 then they should stop relying on tourism

[@southcoastinventors6583]

@ They had there chance to become the Taiwan of chip manufacturing but blew it by not investing in better chip foundry's. So with aging population and little migration apart from Tokyo there really all in entertainment, tourism, cars for now, and a little biotechnology.

[@alexamist13]

@@southcoastinventors6583 Japan was just fine during the pandemic, the Yen crashing has more to do with the overall economy of the entire world during that time instead of exclusively being a Japanese issue (and ofc its the pandemic, businesses all over the world had to shut down). They could do with WAY LESS tourism now and still remain in the top 4 - top 7 economies in the world. The whole 'Japan is nothing without tourism' is completely overblown. Hell, Japan didn't see that much tourism during the 80s, 90s and even the lost decades (2000s) and still remained in the top 5 economically worldwide.

[@orangelightening]

@@SuperMegaLamp Don't really think that's possible considering Japans is one of the oldest countries in the world and therefore they have pretty much exhausted their resources. Most countries thrive off of their resources and trade.

[@Mkbshg8]

At first glance I misread the title as "I Instigated Japan's Foreigner Situation" and thought oh god not Paahtis too, what's he done now?! lol. Anyway, about to watch...

[@Azur_Vita]

After living in Japan almost 8 years (first coming to Japan 15 years ago), i can tell: Japan is a lot dirtier and overcrowded. Overtourism seems to take its toll on Japan. I live in the south (Kyushu) but went to Tokyo just recently (2025/01) for a trip with my family. In many spots the owners were unfriendly and seemed annoyed, but lightened up and became super talkative once i talked to them in Japanese. I think this is not just hype by Japanese media - it is bad ! And many foreigners behave poorly. There is a good chunk that is pain ignorant, though the minority of tourists. The largest part are average tourists who might even have read up on Japanese customs, but still appear as a nuisance due to their sheer number and lack of knowledge of rules (for example not to simply walk into a restaurant and sit down !). I do not know the solution though. By the way, the legal situation regarding recordings of people is DIFFERENT than in the US !! Recordings of privat people and interiors are not generally permitted !! There are no amendments !!!

[@franko8572]

2:55 Toyota Pixis Kei Truck! They sell for $10,000 USD brand new over there!

[@vitaminwaterdaisuki]

They start at like 6000.

[@franko8572]

@ Even better! I would that here in the USA!

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

What gets me is there's places in Japan where you CAN mark your visit, leave a love lock of your visit, many shrines have wooden tablets you can carve messages into and leave tied up at the shrine. They _have_ this activity and yet people choose to deface things meant to be left alone. And yeah, it's people, not just foreigners, local tourists aren't magically better. Close the country and prevent foreign tourists and all of the writing on the bamboo would be in Japanese.

[@teeKeri]

Thank you for another enjoyable video, with great gems, observations and humor. My personal favourites, the lady from 9:00 , cat yawn 17:14 and PC joke at 18:52 ♥

[@A73able]

外国人が多過ぎて京都に行きたがらない日本人が増えた。 舞妓パパラッチは卒倒するほど衝撃的な光景。無断撮影だけじゃなく腕を掴んだりする外国人もいて、舞妓さんは恐怖を感じている。 報道されてるのは氷山の一角で、事件化するレベルではない迷惑行為はうんざりするほど増えた。 私は旅行するなら外国人に荒らされてない小都市に行きたい。

[@NeoncloudFF]

That transition from the news station view to the walk through (what I is think Arashiyama) was so smooth!

[@TheCCBoi]

Loving the long form content - great work and keep it up!

[@Paahtis]

I'll try to make these type of videos every now and then but I can't be doing these all the time. Filming this took 4 days and editing was a couple more days, not to forget that it costs money to go outside haha.

[@marialukutina5914]

I live in Prague and can be totally related with Kyoto’s problem: rent becomes higher and higher because many apartments are rented to tourists, and it’s almost impossible to find a decent and affordable place to eat in the historical center.

[@kazuokuriyagawa]

It's a very difficult issue because the standards of behavior are different. I think, though, the number of tourists who causes problems are very small - less than 1%. When I visited all kinds of tourist places in Japan, I have never seen any problem. But having said that, tourists should be very mindful of their surroundings. If they don't know the rules, ask the locals; they will tell you. Usually unintelligent people cause problems. I think this site is well done!!! Thank you.😀😀😀

[@markkuaalto8499]

Kiitos!

[@dercorta-noyokamiboyteenpr2166]

always tell them, youre not american. then people are more friendly towards you

[@limitedkraken263]

Hey man, sounds like you are from Finland? Do you have a video about how you came to move to Japan, and what you do now work/ studdy?

[@Paahtis]

Only in my Patreon sadly 🙃

[@cateve3757]

🙂日本人として説明しておきますが、0:18~、この小道は外国人観光客だけでなく日本人観光客も立ち入り禁止です。もともと、この小道は公道ではなく私道なんです。

[@kristen5396]

As an American, that is downright embarrassing. There is always bad apples, but that is just making everyone else look horrible. The bamboo trees are so beautiful and to have them lock it off is just really sad that it’s just pathetic that people are carving things on these beautiful trees making the mystical beauty of it disappear

[@Titan.TheWolf]

Finnish, and Japanese. Two of the most interesting cultures to me :p. Nice video! Was really well constructed.

[@kyuko101]

Kinkaku-ji is the most overrated tourist spot on the map of Kyoto in my opinion. Entrance is expensive, there are way too many people to truly enjoy the experience and the place itself is actually really underwhelming. Not really worth it just to take that one photo that everybody takes, especially since there are way better, more low key temples in Kyoto itself, many with free entrance too.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Probably because you didn't go or because it was cloudy when you went

[@DaBoomz13]

I think the problem is actually about tourism and mass tourism, rather than foreigners. People (Tourists) act very rude and idiotic, especially in mass tourism spots. For example they told me and my group to be very silent and not photograph the Sistine Chapel in Rome. But when we went in, it was horrible, noisy and people were photographing the paintings with their cellphones and flashes.

[@theodanielwollff]

Unlike trees, banboo grows multiple feet per day. Not really a harm to do this.

[@imvinetoday]

15:07 "RACISS AHH DOG 😭"

[@arsenblackwell]

The measures are fine but as always there are people who do not respect. I think the main rule is to respect others and not become an idiot or at least if you are an idiot, don't expose it in public.

[@mariamorais3222]

Great video and that old lady was so nice 😭 absolutely lost it at the "racist ass dog"

[@ashbash0097]

Living in Tokyo I have seen some bad behavior but it's not an everyday occurrence. In fact I can count the number of times I've seen something news worthy on one hand. In any case I hope people can do some research and continue to come and respectfully enjoy their time in Japan. 😊

[@herpdederp6186]

This may be one of the best videos regarding that topic. I'm glad you also pointed out... certain inconsistencies regarding the media here. And yes, I also sometimes wonder what the hell's wrong with people...

[@konosaki]

This issue is considered a major concern in Japan as well. I am in a different position from the average Japanese. In other words, unfortunately, there are some things that need to change in Japan. Japanese society has been a huge village society. People of the same ethnicity, the same values, and the same common sense lived together based on mutual trust. To use an analogy, it was a huge gated society. However, that society cannot continue forever. It is unrealistic to keep the country closed off in the modern age. Therefore, Japanese society must change on the premise that people with different values will come to Japan. I am not saying that it should be chaos. The realistic answer is to reduce tourism pollution through appropriate zoning, signage, surveillance cameras, etc.

[@c-red4637]

I live in Tokyo and I think this Japan making laws against foreigners is greatly exaggerated. for one I never seen any sign or any area denying foreigners or actions from foreigners. the only issue I see is that there are way too many tourists. been living in Japan since 2022, and in 2024 I've never seen this many tourists in my life. there are millions of them everywhere, even in areas that aren't known for tourism have tourist living there in air b&bs. so if anything, I'd say Japan has a capacity issue. it is an island, and an island can only hold so many people.

[@shotgunwound]

I saw a sign saying "Japanese people only" at the front of a bar in Shinjuku in 2019

[@GalazM]

Age of Empires music makes this video Godlike

[@BinnyBongBaron_AoE]

What terrible behaviour, I'm British and my Taiwanese wife has said that foreigners act much the same in Taiwan. What a shame.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Glad the British never cause any problems on holiday

[@muzunomi]

I never felt any hostility when in kyoto while I was traveling. The only time I saw someone litter was a Japanese group of tourists from osaka. Wild tho that people can act that awful.

[@earlysda]

Kyotoites are very snobbish.

[@zafiq99]

Imagine being an adult and acting like you have no education

[@Swickedy]

Good video. Fair plays for picking up the rubbish, but it is sad to see. Shows the ignorance of people, lack of manners, and common sense. Here in the UK, we're seeing Japan's government promote Asian foreigners (most recently chinese) for tourism and immigration whilst shunning Westerners. Though a couple of my Japanese friends are saying the Japanese government isn't liked much and creating issues 🤷‍♂️ I'm not there atm, so I can't vouch 😅

[@minnowです]

Had just found your channel when you uploaded this lol

[@bitcrunchaudio]

Me too!

[@alainportant6412]

@@bitcrunchaudio yes it is being recommended on frontpage that kid is lucky

[@Paahtis]

​@alainportant6412I'll take the compliment but I'm middle aged lmao

[@alainportant6412]

@@Paahtis anyone born after 1955 is a KID

[@morgs456]

Very cool vid mate I liked the sort of panorama style report type set up Did you get a camera operator for the opening ?

[@Paahtis]

There was a nice guy who asked me to take his picture and after taking his I just said "well since we're here, mind filming this for me?"

[@morgs456]

@Paahtis that's pretty cool

[@888marcinb]

So where should I go in kyoto? Im going to japan in a month and I want to avoid tourist aimed restaurants where to go then in kyoto?

[@Paahtis]

Check out my other video from like 2 weeks ago, it covers quite a bit of my thoughts about "how" to travel in Japan and also how to eat out at. But to be honest, Kyoto was pretty bad with eating out IMHO. Definitely check the vid out tho.

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

Just go to where you want really, don't let those annoying tourists ruin your fun experience because they're almost everywhere really, enjoy what you can enjoy without overthinking about those things

[@LegacyoftheDromedary]

Hey man, great video! From my experience living in Kyoto I absolutely feel it when tourists bring their suitcases on the bus. However, in Kyoto there are not many other options apart from taxi or just straight up walking so I by no means blame this on tourists. The trains in Kyoto dont go to where people need to go and the buses are incredibly small because of the small streets. Unfortunately, the current mayor seemingly wants to have both tourism but also dont want to invest in the infrastructure that would help the situation. But hey, at least they got their luxury city hall coming along :/

[@Paahtis]

Yeah I get that it might be annoying, but what else are the people expected to do, right? When I went to Toyosato there was a Japanese woman sitting next to me on the train with her suitcase so that nobody could sit infront of her, blocking a chair but there was no TV crew there to film her haha :D

[@peterc4082]

@@Paahtis You should google what former Tokyo Gov Shintaro Isihara would say about foreigners. Maybe Japanese just want to be left alone? Maybe we should let them. Maybe a few more generations need to pass before they open up like Europe or America.

[@LegacyoftheDromedary]

@Paahtis Haha yeah not much you can do, but I really appreciate your video on this topic. Nuance is hard to keep in mind when you are experiencing these situations in the moment but I really think you nailed it in your video!

[@BuenoZaire]

Kyoto was the only place in Japan where I was mistreated just because I looked different. An old man was making some rude signs with his hands to me in the bus and even push me when he went off the bus. Even a Japanese couple said something to the tiny old man who was disrespectful to me. Just ban the bad apples, not the entire box.

[@mysteryguitarhaziq]

1.8 million dollar ancient building Inflation hit me so hard i can think of 3 things that compare the price. A rolls royce engine. a landed property / bungalow owning a car for 9 yrs

[@fullblownmind1551]

12:50 other fun fact about the golden temple, it and every other temple in kyoto more than likely has been burnt to the ground multiple times. More specific to this. First floor was for lower class, second floor samurai and third floor was for the lord. If remember my boy ichiro correctly.

[@grantorourke6796]

The Japanese may be too polite to stop them but if I lived in Japan I would use my gaijin card and stop them in any way

[@jamesbeach5445]

and all these dickheads ruin it for people like me who visit japan and actually respect Peoples cultures customs and rules glad when i went to japan i had nothing but positive interactions with the locals

[@AVery_Small-Fox]

I've never understood people harassing the maiko and geiko while they're out and about. They're on their way to work or lessons! I'd bet these tourists wouldn't like it if someone came to them while they were at work or walking to work/class to take pictures and be a general nuisance. Especially the maiko, they're young girls! Also, bless Kunie-san for all her work and kindness. (Forgive me if I've spelled her name wrong, the captions kept saying kunai and kunan.)

[@BB-nm6oz]

No way i was at the water temple 3 days ago. For all i know i crossed paths with this guy! Now i wosh i had drank the water. I thought the tourists doing that were being rude :/ my fault for not asking

[@UniDeathRaven]

If you are going into foreign country, dont act stupid. I can understand if you have tiktok or youtube money flow, you are kinda can be forgiven for acting stupid because its your job but otherwise its a big nono.

[@callistoroll]

Can’t imagine why Japan is sick of tourists.

[@Paahtis]

I mean the tourists are cringe, but so are the Japanese neets malding and seething about them. Though the absolute worst of them all are the weebs online who try to defend the honorable Japanese from the foreign invasion so that they don't destroy their "superior culture".

[@justchill4885]

@5:30 if Japan treated disrespectful tourists like South Koreans treated Johnny Somali, then this stuff wouldn't happen.

[@mikila94]

How recently was this filmed? If it was during December, that would explain the lack of over crowding since it's by no means a peak tourist season in Japan. If you'd gone in March or October, things would've probably been a lot different. I was in Osaka and Nara for the first week of December, and while there were crowds at popular spots, I wouldn't call any place save for the train during rush hour overcrowded.

[@TeddyB3ARGaming]

I mean tbf taking pictures in private properties is pretty sus anywhere

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

It's not made of stainless steel though, so why do you think that?

[@HCoRE8]

I enjoyed watching this video. It was very informative and entertaining at the same time.

[@Paahtis]

Thanks a lot, love to hear that.

[@WhoLockOncerInTheHouse]

I went to Japan in spring of 2023, and I had an amazing time. I know, of course, my experience is not universal, but it wasn't overly crowded, and all the Japanese people I met were super, super nice to me (as a tourist). I only had one bad experience, which had more to do with the fact that I'm a (white) young woman, rather than with the fact that I was a tourist. In any case, it's sad to see that some few rude tourists ruined it for everyone. And it's also sad to see the aversion and disdain some Japanese locals and the Japanese media seem to have developed. I wish tourists could just follow the rules and be respectful towards Japanese culture in order to have a good relationship with the locals. And I wish the Japanese media wouldn't encourage this dislike against foreigners. Cause all this is just going the wrong way. It'd be a shame if in a few years it wouldn't be possible to visit (parts of) Japan anymore. PS: the old lady seems so nice and cute. I wish I had known about her when I visited Kyoto.

[@tab-chan5545]

Great video! Also, AOE2 music noted.

[@tranebo6382]

Cucumber is the perfect snack while walking eating and drinken in the same time.

[@BB-nm6oz]

Wanted to see the geisha walking the streets of kyoto but was saddened that a few bad eggs ruined everything for all parties. Is there a place i can still see them walking? Of course, respectfully, and not taking any pictures?

[@Paahtis]

There's Maiko still there, I saw them but of course didn't take video.

[@BB-nm6oz]

@Paahtis thank you for the advice any specific street? Also, side note I think I was at the water shrine sorry for forgetting the name at the same time as you. Small world. Have a good one 👍

[@Paahtis]

@@BB-nm6oz They're just there in those pretty looking side streets close to Yasaka shrine, but it's not like they're out there every minute.

[@BB-nm6oz]

@Paahtis greatly appreciate the info! Thanks again :)

[@stevegarvey5607]

I hope you were joking about the politically incorrect deity. Some people actually do believe that Japanese are being racist but they're not. I heard an explanation about the darker skin but it has nothing to do with race

[@NipponRider]

Not sure where he implied racism maybe it's an USA interpretation thing, did he not show the Daikoku-ten god of business, wealth & success. It's a bit of a catch 22 having all the tourists with the benefits that financially come with that, but the cultural and social problems that they politically don't like. It was a joke but I might be wrong who knows , if someone know better please explain?

[@Dariothehungry]

Great video Paahtis. Seriously enjoyed, as always.

[@mountainmanmike9105]

Kuni-san is the real MVP in this video.

[@EXPOwallflower]

Very informative, thank you for uploading. Kuni-san sounds like a very delightful person.

Mukava saada käytännönläheistä selontekoa tilanteesta. Hyvä video!

[@Paahtis]

Kiva että toimi, vähän kuumottelin että kitisenkö liikaa videon alussa, mutta ehkä se loppujenlopuksi toimi ihan hyvin.

[@hitomichan7]

The best idea to enforce laws is to make japan like singapore which has high fines and strict consequences like caining. I go to singapore a lot that i noticed due to their fines and strict laws everything is so organized

[@WizardOfOss]

As overblown as a lot of the stuff is, I am still glad I have visited Kyoto already multiple times before the tourist boom. And don't really feel much need to go again. After all, even a lot of well behaving tourists are still a lot of tourists. And especially Kyoto doesn't really have the infrastructure to accomodate that. Luckily, there are so many more amazing places all over Japan that would welcome more tourists. It is still baffling to me how tourism promotion by the government is still strongly focussed on Tokyo, Kyoto and a handful of other already busy places, and rarely on lesser known areas that could really use some tourist bucks. And the fact JR effectively killed off the Japan Rail Pass obviously doesn't help either.

[@GamingGopher]

You talk about people being tourists like and disrespecting but yet you’re setting your camera up and doing obviously staged walking shots and recording random people

[@mkt6890]

You don't understand the line between tourism and being obnoxious.

[@CloudyBogdan]

Yee... For this reason alone I learned one simple word: Hazukashii = Embaressing thanks to Gaikokujin. Also, Kyomizudera is absolutely astounding. Best scenery in my opinion. Was there in 2022.

[@isamuominae]

In almost two DECADES I never saw Japanese bringing large suitcases inside bus. Not even small cases, people have common sense here. Your statement that locals does that too is pretty much absurd.

[@Paahtis]

hahaha

[@fairlykirari]

芸妓さんを執拗に追いかけ写真を撮った人は、もし仕事へ行く途中に知らない外国人に追いかけられ写真を撮られたらどんなに恐ろしいか考えたことあるのだろうか

[@greendsnow]

12:32 You have just missed the most beautiful garden scene in Japan right over on your left shoulder there. You should have look to that tree in the middle and appreciate what people from the building normally go out and enjoy... The angle is was crucial.

[@cyckosic]

Love this video!

[@Davidnerfz]

In Kyoto right now, you are spot on with your analysis man.

[@MrHellelement]

Japan is in for a rude awakening if they continue down the western immagration route. It only takes a decade or so of European style immagration levels to drastically shift social norms.

[@Naikomi95]

Found the 60 iq right winger

[@ExodentalCADAcademyofNorth]

04:04 very friendly all Italian company brought 4 baby strollers to a bus and it was mayhem. They spoke loud with each other in all corners and so on. But they were so friendly and acted so naturally like it's nothing that I saw even Japanese elders laughed a bit. But you had to jump from the bus and run in front to mark or ticket and then again take detour outside the bus :D

[@bbsun4534]

Did you do any in-depth research over a period of several months? You just stroll in for a few days and say, “I saw very few people causing trouble.” A friend of mine traveled to the U.S. for a week and came back without any trouble. Does that mean you can conclude that “there are almost no criminals in the U.S.” or “there is almost no gun crime”? That is what you are saying. You are basing your conclusion on data that is clearly lacking.

[@kdx4202]

Sulla on hyvää sisältöä, mutta tän tyyliset videot on kyllä parhaita

[@PirateNightsuN]

dude i appreciate your video but hearing you say you can't afford some 500 yen food is kinda disheartening, especially considering the high quality content you make for us, did you try finding sponsorships with a platform like adbounty?

[@Paahtis]

All these sponsorship platforms scream scam to me. Even this adbounty gives literally 0 results through reddit or anywhere when searching for it online so it is REALLY sus.

[@PirateNightsuN]

@@Paahtis yeah was kinda sus at first too but i tried it (it's free anyways) and had some good experiences, but i understand ofc. Question: don't you get sponsorship emails at your size? i have a small boutique brand that sells custom pool sticks but it wouldn't make sense for me to colalborate with you, sorry dude :(

[@KenMugen8]

The first part of video came from which vid?

[@Paahtis]

Which part?

[@treystephens6166]

I’d be looking for Godzilla CDs 💿 & DVDs 📀 etc …

[@southcoastinventors6583]

That the easiest thing to find just go to any Bookoff

[@rodthedigger2902]

Great video!

[@mmtravel9726]

It seems like a certain type of tourist ruins it for all of us - yes it Chinese and Americans

[@michaelashby9654]

The modern person sees a place with culture and tradition like Japan and they see no reason why this can't be harvested or mined and sold. The heart of modernity is materialism. The world is just things and things can be sold to anyone for profit. And if you disagree with this the modern mind grows very angry.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

If that true why do you own a computer since that is the pinnacle of modernity and materialism ?

[@still_learning-n6l]

As a Japanese, I am amazed bro said all I want to say to both tourist and Japanese media and government

[@wildphilpresents]

Great video...but...c'mon man...every shot is of you with your hands in your pockets heh. Not sure why such a trivial thing stood out..but I think it's because you did full body shots and every full body shot you had your hands in your pockets lol

[@johnson7156]

1.8 million dollar, so average price for a 2 room house in Vancouver.

[@FARDEENKHANQWE123]

hey why does the environment in this videos look like it was rendered on the n64.

[@youngbertakalilnor9463]

why do i have a feeling that we are talking mostly about american tourists

[@xXVibrantSnowXx]

Because it's

[@heh2k]

Media always overhypes. Slow news days.

[@avitalsheva]

Man, your Finnish accent is impeccably strong

[@acid2go]

I love his accent, KZbin is full of native English speakers already

[@zomgcancer]

"No photography" is a thing in many places worldwide, including some places in Japan that aren't Gion. Places of worship, museums, restaurants, sensitive areas. The difference between all of these and Gion is IMO more significant and more reasonable - in Gion harassing geishas and maikos are directly disrespecting individual people! If you take photos of a shrine, a display piece, a food item - you're taking photos of objects. Geishas are people and shouldn't be harassed this way - they don't cater to tourists and they don't need tourists. Tbh 10k is really low. It's just otoshi to not have to care about getting caught harassing geishas. Make it 250k at least. The "good" people can take pictures off almost everything. just not geishas.

[@earlysda]

Your opinion is terrible.

[@zomgcancer]

@earlysda Found the Karen harassing the geisha in the video

[@earlysda]

@@zomgcancer chrisg, That's good. DId you tell them to stop doing that?

[@zomgcancer]

@@earlysda Did you chase after maikos for spank bank material?

[@alainportant6412]

@@zomgcancer reported for racial slur