SWEDEN vs. JAPAN. 10 Weird Cultural Clashes

I am back in Sweden and noticed some big differences to Japan!
What difference surprised you the most? Are you always carrying your umbrella with you?
Let me know in the comments!
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[@SwissTanuki]

In Switzerland we used to get the little plastic bag for free. They changed it to 5 cents and the need for this bags dropped by over 80%

[@Karlthuluu]

I still feel like people get irritated if you speak to loudly or listen to music on the train or subway in Sweden, but not as extremely looked down on as in Japan

[@kirgan1000]

In Sweden (for the most of the time) homes are build to last, if properly maintained can last a very long time. 1:30 The house in the bakround can be from the 1920s It also helpe that Sweden have no earthquakes, and was not forced to rebuild cheap and fast after the devastation of WW2.

[@svennoren9047]

On my way to work I bike past a cute little 2½ story house built in 1823. Two centuries old now.

[@alexgravenor]

Next time I wish we could hear your sister singing without the backing track! It kind of covered up her nice singing

[@tayzonday]

I’m surprised Swedish customs allowed you to import truffle pan!

[@ANTONINJAPAN]

😂 nothing better than Japanese Truffle pan!

[@fasool97]

Especially since it's known to cause chocolate rain

[@masashikami3668]

​@@fasool97bruh 😂

[@mn_kr]

woah!

[@Cha-Charli]

Swedish customs is a joke! - I've gone through so many times making oopsies and they don't care at all

[@TheHollandHS]

Swedish culture is compared to most cultures in the world already very closer to Japan than you think. When it comes to being punctual, conventional , reserved , polite consensual and organized swedish culture is already close to japan , along with Finland, and to a part extent Austria switzerland and Germany. The major difference is japanese culture is very workaholic while swedish culture absolutely needs work life balance. Japanese are like as workaholic and more hierarchical finns swedes or as very polite and reserved Germans swiss and austrians.

[@NadjaKREUZ]

Japanese and Swedish culture are pretty close

[@samdidiNYC]

Cool channel! It’s interesting how most people experience Sweden and the Sweds as cold and distant but compared to Japanese most Sweds seem warm and huggy…

[@dualcit007]

Such a great video - wonderful to see you enjoying a visit with family and being “home.” And thank you for the introduction to your sister’s music! I’m kind of hooked on Bas, Rök & Dårar 😊

[@OzgurAyyildizVEVO]

I Love how you educate us with your own experiences ❤

[@nebucamv5524]

I think the same differences exist between Japan and Germany. Swedish and German culture are pretty close to each other.😊

[@Divig]

Interesting! Do you have any plans on a video with cultural similarities between Sweden and Japan?

[@AmaiJanice]

I Love Your content. Sweden or Japan Waaaaaay more civilized orderly and clean than even the "best" California cities

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

Bra video Anton! I was thinking of the Swedish word for "umbrella," paraply? I think, some places in Canada still use plastic bags but they are being phased out for re-usable bags that cost a small fee. I just bring my backpack since, I use it to carry books so why not other things lol. Also, one Swedish artist, I am not a huge fan but I love Zara Larsson's 'Uncovered.' 'Lush Life' is not too bad.

[@7728abbott]

Great video, Anton! Such interesting differences! Great eyeglasses too, very cool. Thanks!

[@KennethWedin]

Yes, indeed, “culture shock” as coined by sociologists originally referred to the shock we feel when/after we return to our home culture rather than the shock that we feel when experiencing a new culture, as almost everyone now uses the term, so it’s nice to see Anton use the term correctly here. Wow, I thought Scandinavians were less inclined to hug each other, so that’s a surprise. My paternal family is from Dalarna, and my maternal family is from Kronoberg, so I thought the lack of “skinship” among Swedes was similar to that of Britain (my grandmother grew up in the Highlands of Scotland). Actually, there weren’t any garbage cans in Japan even in the 1980s, so it’s not just a matter of avoiding any recurrence of the sarin gas attacks of the 1990s. Here in Vancouver (known as Raincouver, being wetter than Seattle and Britain), Canada, we likewise never use umbrellas, but it’s true that we used umbrellas all the time in Japan. Although people talk about being able to drop their wallets on the street or leave it in a phone box (booth) without it ever being stolen for days, Japanese never hesitate to steal your umbrella if you leave it outside a convenience store for just a moment, even if it’s a really expensive one rather than the seemingly public use (nearly) disposable type that’s so cheap. I suspect that Japan is much more cashless now than it was when I lived there (1986-2002). We still had to buy our train tickets and buy everything at convenience stores with only cash. I’ve seen on KZbin that there are cards that are purchasable for use at both train stations and convenience stores now. I don’t know whether it’s possible to make purchases via one’s smartphone in Japan yet as I’ve seen has been common in Northern Europe (the Netherlands, Estonia, Nordic countries). I still think it’s weird to see Americans and Britons wear their shoes in the house and even on their beds. I’m certain that Swedes are like Canadians and Japanese in that we’d never wear our shoes indoors. I’m shocked that Japan still issues plastic bags, but it shouldn’t surprise me because everything had packages within packages within packages, which was so wasteful.

[@biricikkiz7]

Japanese toilets are the best..:-( miss that..

[@heavenjb]

I’ve been to Sweden but I have yet to see Japan! I’m so glad I found your Vlog! Swedish summer? Omg the air ahh

[@ccoeurjoli]

Ta sœur est super cool 👍🏻 À bientôt ! Au Japon ? En Suède ? 🤔 🌸🌸🌸

[@charmainetan7458]

I think Swedish people dont get married too. Its not a mandatory thing for people to live together. Further, on recycling, theres usually place to get coins for every can / plastic bottles recycled at the grocery stores like hëmkop! I think a very large visible similarity is the cycling culture in both Sweden and Japan. The cycling track is very extensive and well-built.

[@charmainetan7458]

On right, also on the toilet, other than the bidet, the cubicle and shower area are usually in separate “rooms” in Japan while in Sweden, they are built in the same “room”.

[@johanmorelx2583]

Vet du hur kul det är att se detta som en svensk For those who read this comment, I'm 🇸🇪 and I really appreciate AntonInJapan =D

[@tcsargea]

Beautiful work Thank you ,⛩️❤️

[@FrauWNiemand]

Has your sister ever thought about making some music together with Jonna Jinton? Because Jonna renovated her swedish house just some months ago, this would be an epic crossover.

[@Mobik_]

In Argentina we have a DEDICATED bidet, which is a standalone one, similar size as the toilet and is always next each other.

[@anagabriellat8281]

Sweden didn’t lock down during the pandemic? and Japan was one of the longest closed borders during that ordeal.

[@johanmorelx2583]

No we didn't but it was like it was locked down because we're told to stay inside and home as much as possible. And all gymnasiums/highschools had "web school"/school on the computer, but the government tried to keep the schools open, and for me that was good to be in school and not at home on a Google meet call with the whole class instead

[@marialindell9874]

Honestly they got themselves into a big ness because of it too, since they didn't quarantene enough.

[@Allexstrasza]

@@marialindell9874 No..? It wasn't a big mess. The problem was the 1 million refugees we took in that caused major problems with our healthcare system and they couldn't handle the load. We were doing fine until Russia decided to invade Ukraine

[@snorcutter]

@@marialindell9874 That's not true. I am glad we did'nt quarantene like the rest of the world.

[@dadavidov5108]

"Bad host?" 😂😂

[@TonyG75]

I love sweden and Japan!

[@MsAuriauri]

headed to stockholm soon…. so excited! any suggested foods to try? greetings from puerto rico!

[@TheLozfan123]

There’s a small food truck in the outskirts of Stockholm called Funky Chicken, they’ve won prizes several years in a row for their hamburgers. The queue is always pretty long though and it’s not super central but I would still recommend you look it up

[@martinfeatherstone3595]

Patti Smith - respect!

[@UFTDCRDSXGDSXO]

Hey u got the same name as me

[@jillleslie4632]

super model sister

[@bomerangman]

What about cultural similarities?

[@alexismiller288]

I find Westerners value nature more, whereas Easterners seem to disregard it. You can even see it in each culture's gardens. Western gardens usually have lots of plants with many colors. Japanese gardens are mostly rocks with perhaps a few bonsai trees, which grow slowly and are easier to keep in order.

[@Catnip-es8nx]

Entrance doors open outward both in Sweden and Japan

[@AlineGOliveira]

⛷️FunNy... 🇧🇷

[@heidihill2361]

Americans have much more in common with Sweden. I live in Southern California, and we have open green space everywhere, we enjoy outdoor life. I could never live in Japan, too small, and much to constrictive with no hugging.

[@lars-akechesburg9911]

långbropark nice

[@murrloc1859]

NY is over 1$ for a bag

[@cindygr8ce]

I would do almost anything to live in either country. I want to stay and fight to make the US a better country but I'm scared for my four children and already once my family experienced homelessness. we were lucky enough to have enough savin's to afford a hotel until we could find a place but our entire savings is now gone(it took us a decade to save that money and we will b fucked if anything happens) my eldest child is NB so I worry about that and 3 of them are biologically female and I'm terrified of half the countries anti abortion laws. And that's not just because I want my children to have abortions 1/3 women are sexually assaulted I'm their life and I'll b damned if my child is force to have their rapist baby. Sorry this post is kind of a bummer. Edit: I did love the video and it was way more upbeat then my rant

[@nebucamv5524]

What does NB mean? And why do you say your 3 children are born female? Are they androgyne or something on the outside? 🤔

[@cindygr8ce]

@@nebucamv5524 Non Binary my eldest was born biological female but doesn't identify that way...well sometimes they go back and forth which is fun😅. Besides my others are to young to yet be positive so I don't want them to go through what my oldest did. They were terrified to tell me even though I've always been an ally.

[@Cha-Charli]

I'm sorry for you ♥ You should try to come to Sweden. Many swedes love americans

[@cindygr8ce]

@@Cha-Charli I would love to. I actually spent quite a bit of my childhood living in Germany because my dad was in the American army so I've always wanted to move back to Europe but I've looked into moving and because we can't qualify for any sort of asylum we would need to learn the language(and for a lot of white Americans that can be hard) and have a job already lined up.

[@lrgpapi]

Lads, this is the 1st time ive ever heard the word "Skinship"...lol kinda threw me off a bit

[@lchanceiv]

Did he say cute guys😮

[@lawriefoster5587]

I hope so!!

[@user-hh6vx7db6t]

😃

[@ANTONINJAPAN]

❤️❤️

[@mrssandycandy]

😊

[@noripee8278]

Sorry for bringing political topic in bad English… 2:10 Yes, cult religion caused some terro and killed believers, their families, victims’ lawyer and his families. Because most of us are atheists, they made us think 〝religious people are daingerous〟. At that time(1990s), we had huge number of people who believed one religion. We couldn’t walk in a big park in Tokyo on Sunday(Mainly not because dangerous but too crowded). Because some of them caused trouble, we deported most of them. Differently from then, we are facing serious labour shortage now. Japan is considering accepting immigrants(We already have done a lot). Many Europeans have told us not to do because of a problem caused by people of same religion. When I was done for the first time, I said〝You don’t know that most of us have thought that they are scary for a long time❓〟. Because I was a kid then, I also blindly believe that all of them were scary. Now I have some friends of that religion.

[@KennethWedin]

I think it would be an exaggeration to say that “huge number[s] of people … believed one religion,” which I assume from the context refers to Aum Shinrikyō. It was one small fanatical group that definitely caused a lot of harm socially through its terrorism. However, Japanese opposition to religion originated before those terrorist attacks. I was a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) missionary in Japan during my first two years in Japan in 1986-88, and everyone claimed to be Buddhist if we met them at their doors or on the street. If we asked them which branch of Buddhism, they never knew but would sometimes say their grandmothers burned incense in front of their butsudan. Before becoming a Latter-day Saint, I grew up as a Protestant but started practicing Zen Buddhism along with some elements of Sōka Gakkai when I was a teenager. It seemed that I knew a lot more about the precepts of Buddhism than the Japanese who claimed to be Buddhist knew, so their adherence to Buddhism seemed to be very superficial, not unlike how the New Year’s Eve visit to a Shintō shrine is merely a cultural act rather than a religious one. Of course, there were always some overly assertive Jehovah’s Witnesses coming to our door in the mornings while we were studying just as they go to every door in Japan. I did encounter some brainwashed Moonies (Tōitsu Kyōkai no kaiin), and we all still see news every week throughout the past decade regarding how the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has been so intertwined with that organization, just like the Kōmeitō party had been founded by Sōka Gakkai. From 1989 to 1993, I did meet Muslims from Iran and Bangladesh. They were much warmer and friendlier than the Japanese people, but it turned out that they often had a hidden agenda underlying their friendship, namely wanting to get help immigrating to Canada. As for Japan “deport[ing] most of them,” with “them” referring to religious people who “caused trouble,” I can’t figure out to which religion you’re referring. It wouldn’t make sense for Japan to deport the Aum Shinrikyō, Sōka Gakkai, Tōitsu Kyōkai, or Ehoba-no-shōnin members since all of them are Japanese, and governments don’t deport their own people. After having lived in Japan from 1986 to 2002, I still watched and read Japanese news remotely from Canada, but I haven’t seen or heard of any reports of Japan deporting any Muslims. I think in most cases, Muslims-just like all other foreigners-leave Japan because it’s extremely difficult for anyone to obtain and maintain a visa in Japan for very long. They have to leave as soon as they finish studying or working at a particular company. Marrying a Japanese person doesn’t help to get permanent residency unlike in most other countries. Of course, the Coronavirus (COVID) kept Latter-day Saint (Mormon) missionaries and all other foreigners out of Japan for a few years, but that wasn’t anything related to religion. You are right, however, about how you characterize Japanese nowadays. Although all Japanese used to claim to be Buddhist and/or Shintō (and occasionally Tenrikyō or Mahikari) when I was a missionary, by the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s (before any sarin gas attacks), a few Japanese started boasting on game shows, variety shows, panel shows, and other TV shows in Japan that they were atheist and weren’t bound by the West’s restrictive morality. That was sad to see, but it was refreshing to hear the truth finally being spoken aloud. It always shocked me that Japanese could live their lives without ever thinking about the purpose of life, never wondering where they came from, why they are here, and what happens after death. They said they were busy, but having worked in a typical Japanese office for a decade, I know that a lot of time gets wasted in the workplace and that there’s definitely time for contemplation in people’s lives. Therefore, work wasn’t really a reason but rather an excuse. It was more a matter of materialism, I think. The Aum Shinrikyō terrorist attacks in Japan and the Islamist suicide bombings that Japanese and others see on the news were not the cause of Japan turning away from religion, as the materialism that set in during the postwar period had already accomplished that departure from religion before such calamitous events.

[@user-kw5df8pr2p]

whats the connection between public trash cans and a terror attack?

[@M1HARX]

i love sweden❤ but i don like japan😡👎👎

[@bjornotter4298]

Bor din mor verkligen i en bostad på 800 kvadratmeter?

[@ANTONINJAPAN]

Landyta!

[@ANTONINJAPAN]

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[@error-hz4lq]

You look alot like pewdiepie.

[@Cha-Charli]

come to sweden - you'll find plenty of pewdiepies xD