#39【N4/N3】The struggles of foreigners in Japan (A native's perspective) - Japanese conversation 

Great video again! I've experienced the "city hall" struggles many times. No matter how much I memorize preprepared phrases, they always seem to catch me off guard. As for Japanese people responding to me in English(even after having initiated the interaction in Japanese) it's only happened a few times. I feel like if you speak in their language with confidence, they're more likely to go with the flow. In any case, I don't mind either way. l think that it's normal for them to assume foreigners don't speak Japanese and that they're just trying to be helpful. I'll be sure to study the new vocab at the end of the video!

役に立ちました。ありがとうございます。

I think appearance also dictates how they'd talk to you. As someone who's half japanese, everyone I met talked to me in japanese and when they found out I'm not from japan, they still spoke in japanese though a little more slower and word per word instead of full sentences. It might've helped that I was 10-11 years old though back in 2010-2011

In my opinion I think no matter how long or how much you try to fit in you will always be Daigakujin. Or you can speak Japanese fluently and be a comedy host on TV or NHK and get popular and then you are good :) I will say I totally agree with you yes please just slow down your speaking to help us understand. My biggest complaint while visiting was that most Japanese spoke the same or faster speed assuming I had NO CLUE (and most o the time I did not) but I actually can understand a lot if they would slow down a little. I think in order to live there and perform normal tasks (like paying your taxes or paying utilities) you REALLY need to learn advanced Japanese FIRST. As for Kanji - well good luck :) My wife is Japanese and visiting the country is so awesome and her family is extremely welcoming and kind but because I look different and can't speak Japanese well ... I will always be "Daigakujin" but you know what? That is just how it is in life. Human nature is to be comfortable with the same people in your circle. Also this isn't only happening in Japan other countries too (even in strong cultural areas of America) You can't blame Japanese for being this way. Only recently has immigration increased also the English they teach in Japanese schools is not really conversational and after school they don't use it much. I don't think people judge me or look down on me (older people and young kids like to stare a lot haha) more like they are worried or self conscious that I might try to approach them and force them to speak English. Also trying to speak "Japanglish" Romanji words like HAM-BAA-GA SU-TE-KI for instance never seems to work even though it is an English word the Japanese people are so used to hearing it in their version of it that they look at me like I am crazy. Then my wife basically says the same thing to the server and then the server looks so happy and says "Ah! Hamburger Steak - Kashikomarimashita!" LOL oh well I tried!

あけましておめでとうごさいます❤

私は日本人が大好きです🤍、そして日本語を学びたいです💕🤍🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🤍

that's why it's never a good idea to date in japan