BEING ASIAN IN GERMANY 🇩🇪 My experience as a Japanese expat in Germany 

"don't go to sketchy areas and you will love it here". best advice which holds true for almost all places. nice video and good luck.

I'm Korean male and lived in Germany for 2 years. I've never had any racist encounters there (at least to my face). Maybe bc I'm 180cm tall 80kg guy? Most people like to pick on small women for attention. But Germany was one of my favorite places to live. I would plan to go back when I can to Berlin.

What the heck, im german and i never experienced a restaurant requiring a tip. Sometimes the card machines ask before you put in your PIN, but thats about it.

Your videos are always so awesome! Thank you.

Don't tip restaurants when they inform you it's mandatory. Tip only if you feel their service is worth the tip.

You are so spot on in your observations 👍

never stops amazing me to see people speak second and third languages so well

as a fellow Asian in western Europe, and that used to be a server, next time you can just tip 5% or just a single euro to show them that you know the etiquette, and that you decided to be cheap because they are a liar.

zoie, as a German I am really sorry that you had to make such scary experiences. As an employee that worked twenty years in a Japanese company in Munich I never heard such complaints from any Japanese colleague ever. The company I was working in had also a very close relationship to a Japanese School in Munich and the work there seemed really to be very good.OK. i am not an expat and even not nearly as beautiful as you are. But in my opinion life in Bavaria - in this case Munich - would be maybe much less rassistic.I actually don't know but I assume so. Hope you really can enjoy your life here in Germany. And thanks for sharing your experiences here with us.

I am your 100th subscriber. Congratulations on achieving 100 subs. Your command of English is quite impressive for a native Japanese girl.

In South Africa where I live the mandatory tip is 10%. During lockdown Asian people faced discrimination worldwide even here in South Africa which is sad. People can be cruel. Best wishes to you.

I wish anyone especially people who are here to work to have a decent life and get no harassment etc

That's really sad to hear, Japan is a beautiful country and I always had very nice interaction with all Asian people and Japanese people here in Germany, I am brown myself so surely have experienced things here and there, and unfortunately sometimes from other brown people which is even more sad but yeah. More power to u and good advices

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How hard would you say German is to Learn in comparison to English? Also as an American working and living in Japan it amazes me how tame sketchy Japan areas are compared to America's sketchy areas. I walked through Kabukicho alone at night once without being under threat (except for guys hounding me to go to their bars), but there is no way in hell I would drive, let alone walk through a similar area back in the states.

As a Finn, I wonder how many of those stuff are from germans vs "non-germans" and the sketchy areas have exploded and become a problem not just in Germany but in Europe in general past decade, thanks to bad/sloppy immigration policy and lack of willingness to intervene, for one reason or another. ...and now there are segregated areas in Europe, which have just increased the issues. (Sweden & Malmö is best example). Currently the north countries like Finland are looking into having immigration (school & work) mainly focused from Asian countries, as there is smaller cultural difference and less issues in general. when it comes to tipping, it has never been a thing in European countries it has always been optional (it has mainly been a USA thing)....my guess is that in some places are just scamming tourist for more money, which happens everywhere in the world

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Thank you for sharing! Asians in Australia get the same treatment too, been here for 20 years, it's maybe worse here, whether in sketchy or non-sketchy areas. Love the word "sketchy"! I still feel German culture and German people are extremely respectful of others, as far a western societies go, as long as you speak German to a decent level, so I'm planning to move to Germany next year!

It's even worse in Eastern Europe.

Which areas in Germany are considered "sketchy"? Do you mean the "sketchy" parts of Frankfurt? Which areas in Frankfurt are "sketchy"?

EN: To your first point- The most germans aren't racist and they don't mean it evil. Many people (included me) have a very "stupid" kind of humor and it's very sarcastic. BUT I would never say that to foreigners, that's disrespectful I am ashamed of the man who pursued and insulted you 😪. to the second point: What's wrong with the waiter? WTF ?! It feels like he would scam you lol... As example I am totally happy to learn something about Japan/japanese culture/Japanese language. DE: Zu deinem ersten Punkt - Die meisten Deutschen sind nicht rassistisch und Sie meinen es nicht böse 🥺. Die meisten Menschen (mich einbeschlossen) haben einen sehr "dummen" Humor und es ist meistens sehr sarkastisch. ABER ich würde das niemals zu Ausländern sagen, dass ist sehr respektlos ! Ich schäme mich für den Mann der dich beleidigt und verfolgt hat😳 Zu dem zweiten Punkt: Was ist falsch mit dem Kellner? WTF? Es fühlt sich an als wenn er dich abziehen wollte... Als Beispiel- Ich bin total glücklich, dass ich etwas über Japan/die japanische Kultur oder die japanische Sprache lernen kann. I enjoy your videos 😊

Yea 10% tip I think

I was already guessing that you lived in frankfurt when you told your story about the guy during covid. I'm guessing you worked somewhere near the Hauptbahnhof and had to commute through the streets towards your job? Those streets creep me out as well. One wrong turn and you're suddenly in a junkie infested street.

You're too brave for your own good. Glad you didn't recommend this to anyone else.

Oh my god... How were you able to achieve that amazing native-like english pronunciation?!?

All the guys love you out there I bet

i would be really surprised to experience any of this as a german. very unfortunate

But I would be interested in which area it should be. Of course there are occasional prejudices and sometimes racism, but Asians in particular are a group with which there are very less problems. There must be regional differences then.

Zoie talks and gets mad just like any German I know. Me, being twice as old as Zoie and being a native German, I consider her being thoroughly "germanized". But she does not look that way. Which may sometimes be very confusing for Germans my age. When I was young, people looking like Asians or black or looking different in any other way usually were strangers, not understanding the local language or customs. That has changed. A lot. I only recently quit talking to those "unusual" people in English because I kept being asked to switch to German. If she talked with the waiter in English he might have taken her for an American visiting Germany. Doesn't excuse his behaviour though.

but she walked through sketchy areas.... 👀

I swear i stalk asians 😂😂😂 i love asians i turn around everytime i see one man! I BLUSH AROUND THEM😂😂😂😂

クレイジーな人はどこにでもいる。ドイツでは通常、人々は出自によって分類されない。 これはチップにも当てはまります。ドイツでチップを払いたくなければ、払う必要はない。 私の意見では、中国語でアジア人に挨拶する人は友好的でありたいと思っている。しかし、彼らはアジア人がどこから来たのか、アジアには多くの言語があることを知らない。だから否定的な意味ではないと思う。 素敵なビデオをありがとう！: )

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Yeah germans saying all asians are chinese. Its because they dont know. Because they cant tell the difference between asian countries. The people that have higher intelligience would never say you are chinese and say ni hau. My japanese friends in germany sadly be treated like this too. Iam sorry that they said this to you. But in Japan I heard people think that all foreigners are americans. but dont saying anything dumb like in germany. Its still not good like this too. I hope you could still enjoy being in germany. Have a good future please ! :)

Sketchy areas = immigrant areas.

Hmm want to marry a citizen woman from there

It's terrible what Asian people had to endure during the lockdown, i witnessed the racism first hand.

dont get scammazed, you dont have to tip. hopefully you can learn our language more, so people dont feel like screwing you over. its very horrible in some places. here in the ruhr area you go to middle school with people from 50-60 different nationalities. so naturally you grow up in a multi cultural environment. for me other cultures are more interesting, and it really also makes me mad when you talk about some of you experiences. but dont get scared off, some of these people had no education, or proper parenting. they look at people from asia and dont see the differences, and nuances in the people in general. id always ask where the person is from, ive gotten into random chat with people in the park so often. now ive got a mate from nepal, and i love to hear his stories. im german, and trust me i was bullied in school for my long hair and character, even we are not save from this stuff. in the grocery store there is idiots who are so disguting that you cant just be silent, cause of how disrespectful they are. it can happen, and ive had to learn myself to not let it get to me too much. hope you find the right company who sees the value in you, and appreciates you. finding the right place to live in germany can also be challenging. there was a case of a school child during covid, where the teacher told this small kid he is at fault that the covid doesnt stop. he went home traumatized, and didnt want to go back to school. you can watch on Carster Stahl youtube channel about this topic, he actually reached out to this teacher, and told her to never do that again or there will be legal consequences. many insane people during that time. wish you all the best here!!!

a mandatory 30% tip? huh? :D

BTW Zoie, why are you liking comments like "sketchy areas = Immigrant areas" ? You have experienced racism, but you also liking comments like that? I find this disturbing.

You shouldn't pay tips now in Germany because the prices got rediculously high. We call it "unverschähmte Abzocke". Either the restaurants stop raising their prices or I won't tip.

> I imagine a world where Germany and Japan united during WW2 and create millions of hapa superbabies

Very bad idea, Germany, Zoie ! Come in France, in the south : another world.....