Reviewing Japan.

Japan review Japan review It's been a year since I moved to Japan and I thought it made sense to finally rate Japan I will talk about things I like and the things I don't like Which seems to be the only two options available if you have opinions about this country Ah Nihon Jaiski, it's so shigori Or did you know Japan is actually really bad? It's gonna

be a lot of things, I'm like shit There's always these generic things that you hear or yes when you visit it's kind of weird but then you realize it's not a big deal Anyway, let's start off with number one reason I like Japan No, I don't mean in the Logan Paul kind of sense of doing whatever the hell you want But rather there's a infinite things

or at least it feels like to explore an experience and I've been here a year now and I don't think I'm gonna get bored anytime soon Although I am having a challenge I don't know how much more I have time to experience But it really feels like a whole new world and if you visited you can probably relate to it And I'm glad that even a

year in it still feels incredibly fresh and it even would say that you realize that the best part of Japan aren't the touristy places kind of obviously but there's so many areas that I found that I really enjoy visiting and this is probably more specific to me but you know Tokyo is very busy and so many times I just catch myself surrounded by what feels like

hundreds of people and they have no idea who I am Everyone is just doing their own thing and that feels so fucking good No one's a little staring at me No one's following me No one's being weird, you guys are weird and I'm just kidding I just love the feeling of being able to exist in public and not worrying about what everyone else is doing Like

I said this before but I genuinely enjoy talking to fans or when people approach me it always makes me happy but it can become frustrating to always wanting to just do your own thing and always be... you know? So yeah, let's move on to the bad things of Japan. Number one reason Japan is bad. It's kind of a heavy subject and I haven't seen anyone else

really talk about it It's not brought up very often at least and that is cones There's too many cones in Japan once you see it you cannot unsee it They're everywhere they say oh Japan has so many vending machines there's like five per one person no the opposite There's more cones than people why are there so many cones I need to know we got the tall

ones we got the small ones We got the funny ones the cute ones the sexy ones I do like those I just don't understand whoever plays these cones think I'm just gonna bars through oh thank God there's cones here out of the wise I had no idea what I was gonna and I realized the cone history of Japan stretches centuries okay if you play the animal

crossing sometimes It's a Japanese game so sometimes you get these items right and you're like oh that's kind of weird I don't know exactly what that is but it's probably something Japanese and then you get the bamboo thing and you're like what the hell is that what am I even gonna do with that and then you see it in red life here in Japan you're like

holy shit it's a cone that's a cone they're everywhere I feel like they are following me I'm glad I was able to talk about this I'm for one and willing to call out Japan not get off man no more cones there's enough cones let me tell you something even better than cones you may have noticed no merch finally it's been forever my mom came over she

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we were gonna move to Japan there was so many people just saying how bad Japan is actually did you know Japan is really bad did you know this I have to list all this reason now because everyone is like thing and then thing Japan so I have to tell them it's actually but one thing in particular that people said was that old people really don't like

foreigners they hate them so when I was gonna stop by to say hi to our neighbors who is a little older at least some of them I was terrifying I heard all these stories you know they were going to do to us so I had my guard up ready for the worst and I was met with nothing but kindness and welcoming and I felt like a

total dick for having this preconceived ideas thanks to other people and just a side comment like yes there are definitely probably people that don't like foreigners and all that stuff but I realized I should let my only experience is dictate how I feel about certain things maybe that's just ignoring a problem I don't know it just feels like it's a bad way to approach life if

you always have a negative expectation you know it's smile and people may smile back smile back thank you sometimes they don't and that's okay you know anyway my point being Japanese people are very in my own experience are very nice and friendly the majority at least and yes even to foreigners I feel like they are especially nice to foreigners because they think we're like a kid

lost at Disneyland or something I just ask for directions I didn't need you to walk me for half an hour to this specific place I was going but thank you I appreciate it I a lot of times I go boldering alone and there's always other groups of people being supportive and yelling like I'm about to like go you can do it I love it I think

it's great you know or if you're small talking with people people genuinely want to communicate with you and I love having those moments but of course there's times where people are like oh you're a foreigner I don't feel like even trying which I get it's fine speaking of which reason I don't like Japan number two that language I have lived here for a year and I'm

the most common experiences that you have aren't necessarily what you're taught in the textbook yeah I know I think that's the same for anyone learning a language for the first time but don't even get me started on the kanji main what the fuck is that I feel like Japanese is such a hard language obviously but I don't think people realize how hard it is at least

me personally because the more you learn the more you realize you don't know shit for English speakers Japanese is considered one of the most difficult languages and because it's just so different I listed it as bad because that was my first kind of experience with it coming here but the more I interact with people the more it feels like I'm unlocking new skills you know oh

I made a phone call for the first time oh I could ask someone over the phone I know big deal but it's like oh I can actually do that or even just having a small tiny yes shitiest conversation with a stranger it's still something and it feels good you start to all this and I understand you know a movie if you're watching oh I understand actually

what's going on here or I can play games and kind of get what they're saying I have to look up words obviously but to me all those new experiences that it unlocks to me is very rewarding even though it's such a challenge I would actually now say it's a good thing I played it on the 10 it was a good thing all along but I obviously

have a long can wait a go and it just I don't think it would ever stop reason number three I like Japan this is nothing to do with Japan to say it's more related to me taking a more relaxed approach to YouTube for my entire 20s I did nothing but YouTube that was my life and that's okay but I also think it was a little toxic

probably you know if I wasn't making videos I sure as helpless thinking about making videos I uploaded videos during our honeymoon and it feels really good to find A B free from it you know and I can discover other things in life there are other things in life Newvre is an interest that I've always wanted to do I can do and have so much fun with

it surfing I know I would love for the longest time and I finally get to do it and it's so much amazing I love learning new things anything that isn't necessarily connected I'm very grateful that I discovered so yeah it's not really Japan I could have done that anywhere but it's largely why I enjoyed so much here Reason I don't like Japan number three this is

probably the most trickiest one and it's the rules what are the rules? Japan has so many rules and it's a bit conflicting for me to complain about because a lot of the best stuff about Japan not the best stuff but a lot of the reasons why Japan works so well is because of the rules you know the trains are always on time things just work in

general it's hard to explain the streets are clean people aren't loud in public and so on and these are sort of societal rules that make it happen more or less but sometimes there are rules that just don't make any sense and I have no problem falling rules as long as I understand the reason for it you know don't talk on the phone on the train because

it's generally annoying when other people do that to you a lot of it is just be thoughtful of other people it's not just about you and that just makes it more pleasant for everyone but one rule is this especially which I talked about before is the fact that because of COVID I'm not allowed to be in the delivery room for our baby for more than two

hours that's because of COVID rules it just doesn't make sense to me and I tell people about this like family and friends and they're always like well why don't you just ask them or like why don't you talk to them I'm sure you can that's gotta be some way and it's like no it's Japan okay there are rules and people follow the rules for better or

worse you know so the more I time I spend here the more it's not like I'm not going to be a little bit more I'm not going to be a little bit more in this time I encounter the rules that in my head at least don't make sense and I don't want to make it seem like I'm above it or like oh I don't get it

so therefore I'm above it but it's still really frustrating I think because yeah it really is for a reason and even though the reason it might not be obvious to you they are usually there for some sort of practicality I don't know I'm just trying I don't get it man so lastly the reason I like Japan I feel like there should be a word for it

it's more of a feeling than anything and it could be happening at any point during the day maybe I'm riding a bicycle it's sunny outside and surrounded by trees and it's just pleasant in general a warm wind hits your face and you just sort of have that moment where it feels just so amazing it feels like you're living a dream it could be just walking my

dogs and then out in the distance everything is clear and you see Mount Fuji popping out you know I'm surfing and the sun is setting and it's turning the whole ocean to look pink and it's just one of those moments where you feel like I'm living in a dream I just feel like how is this real I don't even believe it myself and I catch myself

a lot in those kind of moments living here and it's just a wonderful thing happy days I feel really silly talking about it because it's not like these things don't exist anywhere for anyone it's not like all Japan but moving here I feel like I definitely get those moments more often it's not like I wasn't happy in UK or wherever but I think just in general

it has changed me and my priorities and as a person to the better in a weird way and I realize a lot of it is also very specific to me and my circumstance I have the opportunity to not work as much anymore and I have the opportunity to do it to have a lot of freedom and not engage in a lot of the bad parts of

the tough work ethic in Japan for example and so I think me specifically feeling like I don't get recognized so that's also the reason I really enjoy here a lot of the reason I enjoy Japan is very specific to me at least and people like Japan for different reasons obviously I'm not surprised I think people are wrong to try to dispel Japan to from being this

holy mech or anything like that but I think ultimately it's an amazing place to visit you should definitely do it but I also think not everyone is going to enjoy living here that's my big asterix basically I feel like if you content as a person you should be able to be happy where you live at least for me for example living in UK I was just

as happy as well but like I said catch myself in these happy moments more often here and so yeah I hope that sort of summarizes it I would put Japan s here thank you for watching this video I see you guys next time