We Went to High School in Japan

[@stu0672]

I happened to just randomly stumble upon yalls channel a few weeks ago and just wanna say I've enjoyed every vid and subed immediately. ^^ Also 10:49 had me laughing lol

[@thehitobito]

Pin of wholesomeness 💕 thank you!!

[@TinySofa-jz9lx]

Me too, I’m so glad KZbin showed me these videos

[@Kuromix_xo]

Yes ikr ❤❤😂😂

[@mitrolltv]

​@@thehitobito thanks for sharing

[@hsheeld]

I left Japan to move to Vietnam 4.5 hours before the tsunami and was the last person on the flight. They told me that if I hadn’t been on the plane within 5 mins they would have left. When we landed In Hanoi and I looked up at the news broadcasts I immediately lost it, knowing that I must have lost at least - dozen people I knew, not close friends but great people that always made me feel, same as in Korea, and Vietnam that these places were my homes for a long time. I wish things happened differently and that day in March had never come. I have only been back once since then, due to most all my acquaintances had died or disappeared. It was such a hard time. For me and so many others. Especially considering only about 6 1/2 years before that there was the horrible devastation that happens all across the south Pacific from Sri Lanka, Indonesia, all the way across the Indian Ocean I remember going as a photo journalist to take pictures of the aftermath of that absolutely devastating underwater earthquake that created that tsunami that is one of a kind and our generations are lifetimes. Someone is a journalist many places over the last 20 to 25 years I had never ever seen anything so horrible. It looked like tactical nuclear weapons have been used everything totally destroyed flat nothing for miles and miles and miles, those are ones that I don’t think I’ll ever forget I miss all those people I miss all those fun times we had so many wonderful wonderful wonderful young Japanese young kids that had their whole life in front of them and a split second disaster just ruins so much sometimes I wish that I never got on that plane so that I could’ve stayed and helped Maybe possibly locate people that I knew so their families could have them probably give them the funeral rights that they deserve. I just never thought that takeoff 90% or more of the people that I knew that I had lived with them had become somewhat family to me they were just gone never ever heard from them again, how was the worst week and then another week and then another week another month even though I know there was nothing I could’ve ever done. I would’ve just stayed and died too. I miss Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos I miss them all so so very much. sorry for the depressing post. I just needed to get that off my chest.

[@Joshua-Studies]

This looks like it would have been so fun. I love the integration of acting and back story from the staff. Seems like a it would be a great experience.

[@thehitobito]

The improv part was probably the highlight 😂

[@NicholasJH96]

@@thehitobitofantastic video didn’t think I would enjoy this much but surprised myself. Watching it great video. You & Ben beings in your mid 20s like me shows people you can stil accomplish things when being a young person. Tho I am I’m 28 next Month. A literally month way on 22nd then I won’t be in my mid 20s anymore but my late 20s. Seeing driffeance is surprising. Even tho I went to a welsh medium schools in my country of Wales currently part of UK.

[@ShoukuKomi__]

When your "vlog" is also a an "informative video"... that a true teacher.

[@caileanm2009]

the Architecture of that school is stunning, puts a lot of the British schools to shame

[@Xiea69]

fr

[@all.1s.h3ll]

makes the american schools look like homeless shelters

[@aizac91]

Because you abandoned your European cultural architecture and opted for the “modern” architecture.

[@LovesandCuddles]

High school in japan?! Sounds so much better than my old high school. We had metal detectors, cops, gang violence, drugs and guns.

[@nantasmicz]

... *what?*

[@kuroxell]

I think you just misspelled 'prison'

[@JARG-Random_Guy]

​@@kuroxelllol yes

[@satanism_rocks]

'Murica!! *gunshots and bald Eagles screeches*

[@Cerg1998]

Surprisingly, same. Our doors would also get locked up for the day in violation of my country's fire code, so some of us'd jump out the windows when they really didn't feel like going to class

[@linzithelord]

3:20 So they are actually still teaching people to use those writing brushes. That's cool. And we in China have stopped doing that. I took my writing brush leasons when I was very young. In high school, we were only taught what was necessary for the colledge entrance exam（高考）.

[@rafavizuetecastro]

01:57 thanks for reawakening my Madoka Magica trauma 😭

[@TheCardsharp]

I lived in Japan for 11 years because my dad was in the Navy. Our tour was divided into two: 6 years from 1989 to 1995 and four years from 1997 to 2001. I lived in Iwakuni which is about an hour south of Hiroshima. I practically grew up there so I call it my childhood home though I was born in the Philippines. It was where I learned how to speak English. UNFORTUNATELY, I never knew the language because I went to school on base where almost everything was Americanized. But I spent a great deal of time outside the base with friends, and doing so was like stepping into technicolor. Remember the scene in Wizard of Oz where after Dorothy's house landed in Oz, she opens the door and sees Oz in color compared to the sepia environment of her house? Yeah, kinda like that when going off base after you pass the military guard. I miss Japan and would visit in a heartbeat.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Long form content? A surprise for sure, but a welcome one.

[@nadadealer4435]

I hope there’s more!!

[@thehitobito]

More to come! Next one is already filmed!

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@thehitobito Looking forward to it! 😄

[@sydmclean3518]

@@thehitobitocan’t wait to see it!!

[@ghowell13]

That school is beautiful. I've only recently found your shorts, and this is the first video I've actually seen/ caught linked. Y'all have great content, and now I have a new channel to binge😂❤ Keep up the great times, and thanks for having us along for them.

[@nadadealer4435]

Please more long content like this! You guys are so fun to watch.

[@thehitobito]

Next one is cooking!

[@susiequsie1980]

I'm going to subscribe even before watching the whole video only bcuz I noticed that u actually respond to your viewers. That's so refreshing.

[@reinhardtmeyer7290]

This was one of the best, funniest and at the same time most informative Vlogs I have ever watched, really good video!

[@thehitobito]

Thank you!!

[@alexanderfreeman]

Small correction: Entropy is how much energy is unavailable to do useful work, so if your magical energy is being harvested, you're actually INCREASING the total entropy of the Universe.

[@Ragnarok043]

reboot of live action GTO, Great Teacher Onishima!

[@thehitobito]

He needs his own anime tbh

[@Anomalyy666]

​@thehitobito can you feel me yet love? ❤

[@wolfhound45]

Love the videos you and Ben produce. My youngest son works as a contractor teaching English in the Japanese school system. We visited him this past month. What a wonderful experience.

[@guilhermeviana2198]

Damn, that felt so nostalgic even though I’ve never been to Japan. It’s hard to explain

[@youreselves]

another full video, love it, keep it up!!

[@amrastheluckywoof5524]

That high school for a day thing looks both weird and fun. I guess it shouldn't surprise me, because what else can you expect to find in Japan 😂

[@rafavizuetecastro]

04:31 I was expecting some Demon Slayer quotes, not a fricking Dune Sandworm quote. Mahdi Lisan Al-Gaib!

[@thehitobito]

DUKE OF ARRAKIS

[@Tyebaidjjd]

Ben just wants to make 100 friends even tho he has social anxiety

[@thehitobito]

It's my nindo, my ninja way

[@Tyebaidjjd]

@@thehitobito ye lol

[@dishbstfmby]

Komi cant speak reference?!?!?!

[@Tyebaidjjd]

@@dishbstfmby thank you for getting it!!!

[@Tyebaidjjd]

@@dishbstfmby thank you for getting it!

[@muttager]

Praying that you upload some more long form content soon!

[@thehitobito]

Prayers not needed, just a little time!

[@Pasta_tastesGODLY-im8oq]

So nice of them to give you a treat after lunch. :)

[@kbyrne2011]

Yes. Very generous. Not sure "charitable" is the word to describe it.

[@woutervanr]

Great stuff. It's not the same as actually going ofcourse, but it's way better than nothing. Really nice that there were apparently enough people asking to warrant an experience like this being offered. I'd love to see something similar for some other countries. I came here from the shorts btw. I rarely watch them, but yours stood out since I've been reading a lot of manga recently and tried to learn some Japanese. And I'm also a big train and walkable cities fan.

[@PaulaZF]

I must say I was a little surprised that the katana they gave you had a live blade and they didn’t explain the importance of showing respect for that weapon. Here in the US at my martial arts school if I had “fooled around” with the weapon as you do at 4:30 they would have taken the weapon away from me and me to sit down. Other than that a great video!! Thank you!

[@thehitobito]

Yeah... I don't think the teacher was teaching much! They weren't real, they were blunt though :)

[@alexanderpabon2933]

1:46. Set up (aka foreshadowing), not a plot point. Plot points take the story and spin it in another direction. Think of the movie Thelma and Louise. When Louise kills the man outside the bar, that's a plot point because it takes the story and spins it in another direction-it goes from being a movie about two friends going on a road trip to two fugitives on the run from the police. Foreshadowing is a literary device that hints at future events (story beats) that happen later on in the story. Usually in a script, setup is done in rules of three. This means that one scene per act is dedicated to this setup with the final dedicated scene serving as payoff/resolution. I don't know why I felt the need to explain this: I guess I was bored or something. Lol. Anyway, my name is Alex, and thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@lifeofsaffran]

Everyone says it seems fun… I have been traumatized enough going through high school once, thank you, I really don’t need to experience anything like it again. Just watching this is giving me anxiety.

[@badtothebunny7628]

Then dont watch it lmao

[@hatorokku22]

This school is stunning

[@natalielomas4422]

Very interesting! Thank you for the video.

[@leafyveins4985]

You guys are so funny 😂 Love your exploration of Japan, keep up the great work and stay true to you!

[@Wulfsmasher]

That silent hill song when you tossed the bean bags was a deep cut

[@SoulKingVA]

I love the longer format of video!

[@ko_yuli]

What a nice video! Thank you for reporting our school!☺️

[@rafavizuetecastro]

Honestly, this felt like a Toradora episode. 100% immersion

[@kaibukacek7631]

I can attest to physical punishment was in fact still practiced while I attended elementary and middle school in Japan. 2008-20012. Never saw any direct hitting, but students were pulled by their hair or held up off the ground against the chalkboard. Crazy to think we were one of the last generations to see it

[@vj7248]

yall fit perfectly here, it really is like a B plot to a slice of life anime. this experience truly be more IMMERSIVE than the Star Wars hotel 💯

[@alexdhall]

5:42 : Hey a sponsor I have been using for years! Airalo's great. FYI most of their sims are data only....

[@thehitobito]

Good to know, thank you!

[@kellie7180]

Loved this!

[@fartzinwind]

Was this a real thing or was it organized by some crazy person squatting in an abandoned school?

[@bobmartin9742]

How clean and neat!

[@JohnCena-ce5sp]

LETS GO IM FINALLY EARLY FOR ONE OF THESE!!!!

[@thehitobito]

LETS GOOOO

[@adiamondtrash9344]

@@thehitobito "EAT SUSHHHIII YUMM YUMM"

[@Unknownpersona247]

All it takes is watching 2 short and I've subscribed❤ Edit: OMG🫢

[@jonathont5570]

Our school was remodeled back in the day and it looked like a big prison... not a resort.

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

Hmm, Rock in and Lock in....??? (I've seen quite a few Magical Girl Anime over the years, but what's that phrase a reference too, is one I may know??)

[@rcookie5128]

This "teacher" has the right energy for his job!

[@JWbabyshark]

Looks like a way better school than we have here in Texas. Are you going to make any more videos?

[@Glenevere]

Great video! Loved the coneheads😂

[@Sunny10tv]

@6:33 I also have the same robot (robosapien). 🤣👍 I just noticed him in the corner. 🤣

[@thehitobito]

Bwahahah he's in our next video as a character!

[@Voyage3496]

This is so good! Wholesome, funny and educational!

[@gizellerodriguez886]

This is actually a really great video! Very educational. I usually just see you on my page but now after subscribing hopefully I see you more.❤️

[@thehitobito]

Great! We're getting more consistent with posting :)

[@SamPeers1]

That looks like a lot of fun!

[@ji9starzs]

NO WAY MADOKA MAGICA REFERENCE???

[@keckan112]

Ben did rock that uniform tho!

[@ryudragon7]

Well, well, well. The teacher has become the student. ......Wait, that's not how the saying usually goes! 😅

[@chloeol]

HOW IS THIS SO UNDERRATED

[@TheStickCollector]

This would be something i would do. I probably would want to do well in calligraphy, but we will see if i need to know the characters (or language) beforehand. I was thinking of hypothetical seeing if i can make a sort of cram school but with a full course, meant to give big KZbinrs a chance to experience the pure academic side of things. Be both a principal and a teacher at the same time. Who knows. Doubt it will happen, but nice to fantasize about

[@SilkSkinFantastic]

Oh my, the Patrick Bateman quote really threw me off. xD

[@SpartanG062]

This is like one of my Japanese animes!

[@thehitobito]

Exactly!

[@Rugrat]

Gday from Aus guys, I just found your channel and this was really fun as a fellow anime nerd also 😁👍

[@scarletsanta4601]

PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICAAAAAAA American schools could never

[@incognitofla592]

Try this program in any inner city school. My HS would've exploded with discontent but over time we would've surly complied and the reality today would be much different for the US.

[@nealsausen4651]

Japan is such a strange country. I know too. I live there 10 years.

[@bingoringo1000]

Great video. Keep up the good content 😉

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Starting at about 04:55 in this video... Serving _"sleigh"?_ Is that made with _"eight tiny reindeer"?_ 😉

[@paul123703]

this i so wholesome i love this!

[@AlyDee01]

This video made me laugh out LOUD lmaoooo. Very great educational video

[@henrywade605]

Was not expecting the movie quote with the pudding lol 🤣

[@Draftgon]

Gotta love your humor 😂

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Idk man, Ben looks like Jotaru Kujo with that outfit

[@JelenaG-l7e]

Love You guyes😊

[@Sarah-jq3fn]

That was awesome I want to put my parents through it even myself 😅

[@BleisermanADN]

That was a fun experience

[@RhyperiorRanger]

If I saw this girl in a highschool uniform I’d just assume she’s either the main character, or his love interest. It’s the red hair and pale skin

[@hollynova2171]

This is so interesting, makes me want to be a highschooler again !!!

[@ilphi08]

I heard there is a rule in japanese schools Students can't dye their hair It doesn't mean everyone has to have black hair Because I watched a video where a british girl raised in japan kept wanting to dye her blonde hair black to blend in with her classmates But everyone in school knew she was blonde, she can't dye it to another color

[@vigerminaberrios4116]

Wow, this video was very fun. Liked it ❤

[@thewewguy8t88]

Honestly while I feel like you may appreciate the novelty of it all I can tell from experience as someone who was born and trapped as a minority it's the worst and right now I would give anything to leave sadly I am just not willing or able to put in the work to make that dream a reality...

[@roofmolly8312]

I love there long form content

[@thehitobito]

More to come 😉

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

sounds like a nightmare (the highschool part not the in japan part)

[@gravitymilk5251]

love this video keep the good work

[@thehitobito]

Thanks a lot gravitymilk!

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

My phone started buffering when you said they can't wear pants to school i was very concerned for a minute

[@BigBowndox]

Great video 😍 please keep making long form content

[@thehitobito]

Will do

[@Natalieboonelove]

loving the long vids :)

[@keetlecorn]

only 99 views? such a good video on a childhood i could have only dreamed of having! I wish one day to travel to japan if i can get over my fear of airports and flying that is lol

[@wardiya3arbiya]

Was posted few hours ago, that's why

[@pyre8478]

11 hours after the above post, it is now at 6.3K ...for those who want to know...

[@naivenostalgia]

It's now over a million, so she's doing aight.

[@thehitobito]

​@@naivenostalgiabwahahahah

[@Dumageems]

Seriously. Hiding under that table will make sense when enduring a earthquake.

[@ronirino907]

didnt expect to see cody ko reference in this video, its so hilarious

[@elf._.777]

Where ???

[@ronirino907]

​@@elf._.777 during the ad read on 5:45

[@thehitobito]

Let's.. go? I guess??

[@CarveMeASmile]

cool video! also, lol @ the American Psycho audio snippet

[@thehitobito]

Lolll we couldn't stop ourselves

[@RedPolarBearRanger]

Japanese culture is so amazing & interesting Megan since you are an english teacher are you also required to speak Japanese at the school you work at because of your fellow co-workers speaking it and the students? Did you also have to speak Japanese when you did this video for the day?

[@lukasschlutt3052]

love your shorts i get stuck on all of them

[@jmankman4671]

I love her so much😂

[@Crypted542]

Is it me or she can perfectly pull off a Makima cosplay?

[@megaman23XX]

Omg this is so cool!!! It's been my dream to visit aJapan

[@lesleychinhaba9108]

at the start you looked like you were from (the dangers in my heart / boku-no-kokoro-no-yabai-yatsu)

[@charlesforbin8526]

Most interesting school visit ever

[@murray1978]

Where in Japan do you live and work? Are you in the JET program? I stumbled onto your channel and subbed. Great content. I almost came to Japan twice: Once in 2007 for NOVA in Osaka but it went bankrupt so I stayed in Korea and continued teacing at a uni. This past summer, I almost landed a public school job outside Japan but decided to stay at my uni job in Saudi. Are you two going to continue teaching in Japan or take the plunge and head somewhere else? Japan is always on my rader due to pro wrestling, baseball and sumo.

[@landenschooler6726]

So earthquake drills are like the old duck and cover drills we had here in the states?

[@stay_yellow302]

great video hope you keep going with the nice content

[@jeannemccoy6424]

There is something I am curious about Japanese schools. Is summer school real where students take remedial classes? And do teachers and ALTs have at least paid summer vacation?

[@thorn62_yt53]

Picks up katana then proceeds to do every anime sword technique

[@jfgibson73]

I kinda want to try teaching in Japan, but I think more than that, I'd rather just write a really successful manga set in a Japanese school and make millions from the merch and film deals. Oh, and theme park rights, also.