I moved to Japan... was it overrated? 

LET'S GOOO UPLOAD! BELL RING GANG WHERE U AT!

ええぇぇ、すげえぇ。日本語上手だよね！

that's exactly what I clicked on this video for!

@@BF1_enthusiastRIGHT HERE

Dear Stellar Jay how about you start another Channel where u post about your travel experience and other languages as well as countries u could make it a bit less effort then the gaming channel videos so you will still enjoy the time u have over there Name of that channel could be star Jay (like hotel stars and shi)

Mate of mine went to rural Japan for 6 months, before university started. He told me that he had never experienced such open hostility and racism.

​@@leviathan5207yeah that checks out from what I've heard...

A total red flag for raising a child there

​​​@@leviathan52076 months is nothing. Especially if he spend it with some family of kind ojiichan and obaachan playing doll house drinking tea every day like in those family exchange vlogs. But Japanese people never engage in a conflict or start a fight in the open like americans always do. They often do it passively aggressively behind your back instead while keeping up the mask of politeness (tatemae). They have to, because most businesses in Japan are client-centric and client is considered God. So they have to smile and be polite out necessity. There are times when the service person who just treated a Japanese guy in line before you politely and happily suddenly switches to a dull unimpressed character when it comes to your turn. Instead of direct confrontation you're simply snitched on to the higher ups like boss/police for thinking you were suspicious (ie, didn't look or behave like a Japanese person). You're viewed as a suspicious outsider alien and sometimes even an eyesore. They feel wary around foreigners as if you're about to paunce them or something because you're an outsider (literally gaijin, a person from outside) and they don't know what to expect from you. It causes people refusing to sit next to you in crowded trains or stand up and move to another seat or even car (sometimes mumbling grumpy while at it), people crossing to other side of the road just so they don't walk towards you on the sidewalk, people silently running away scared like hell when trying to ask the way in Japanese, talking shet about you standing right next to you (especially in Tokyo) thinking you don't understand them. Go anywhere where 2 or 3 people out of 10 are foreigners an you start hearing vocal complaints like "gaijin ooi naa" (there's too many foreigners, huh) from people around. They feel uncomfortable just by being around us, especially if they become the minority. At one of my previous part time jobs we had different ratio of foreigners and Japanese working together every day due to shifts, but one day we had a shift with mostly foreigners and only 2 Japanese (one being the boss but he was too busy being around). That other Japanese guy being the only one among foreigners kept repeating whole day how he's scared and uncomfortable for being "alone". As if they don't even view foreigners as humans but some low sub-human organisms. Try such fun time shenanigans like trying to find an apartment to live that doesn't allow any foreigners even if you have a Japanese guarantor. You're mostly limited to those companies who actually openly rent to foreigners like UR. The agencies themselves may take you in but it's when they call the actual home owners is when you start being rejected. It's becomes even funnier when you naturalize (become Japanese by jurisdiction, but not by face). During that famous global event foreigners who briefly left Japan for various reasons weren't allowed back for several months, even those who had permanent residency and families here. Just because they were foreigners and apparently only foreigners spread the virus. Japan has quickly shown its real face and that foreigners aren't welcomed here. That in difficult times like Japan just can easily shun us away, despite us being actual tax payers and contributors to the society. They left the ban only thanks to all the bad press and pressure the outside world to let at least the residents in. This attitude is even backed up by the state TV who made a ridiculous report about foreigners spreading more virus simply because they speak foreign languages so virus flows out of their mouths with more force due to sounds like P. While such divine language as Japanese doesn't do that. I wish I was joking. Google "Japan this is a pen" video. There are also nationalist groups who drive their trucks blasting their nationalistic slogans and music through megaphones. You can sometimes find them parked in public places like around metro stations where they are vocal against foreigners, especially local koreans (zainichi, residents who came before war or their descendants). You don't see all that when you're a freshly arrived lightheaded westerner on his holidays gawking at all the colorful store signs like in his Japanese anime.

​@@archithroughthe worst part would be allowing your child to go through the same horrible education system that crushes any semblance of individuality and critical thinking, and raises slave robots who throw away their lives for the sake of work and who can only butter up to bosses.

He was lucky not living on a JR line. They are late and stop for any minimal bad weather all the time. Somehow the other lines in the same area are always fine under the same conditions. One exception is when the trains are stopped because of "personal injury".

​@@AhidoMikaro buddy you have no idea what it's like in germany. And with the amount of recent strikes where people just decide to shutdown half public transpott because they want to you can never trust it even remotely

Same here in Belgium,its getting ridiculous nowadays. All that while they spike up the prices. Tempting to get my driver license.

@@noobgam6331ikr

aussie trains sitting in the corner:

Tokyo Station doesn't even end it just connects to the next station... then the next one...

Germans: *Heavy breathing*

Sorry you didn't go to Japan and become Japanese bro.

​@@jtho8937Germans: Easy, gg no re

😂😂

Idk about you but timeline is filled with RU-vidrs with an unprofessional tone.

Bros glazing like crazy 😭

@@fvai8203 likewise, also op is glazing hard

The expression "glazing" gets me everytime 🤣🤣​@@tomdcsupercat8111

Spicy.

no chill xD

Works every time ;P

Safe edgy moment

HE HEARTED IT HE KNOWS.

as a kiwi im glad to hear you loved our country that much

Whereabouts did u study if I may ask

Bruh I can only go to Pantheon Paris if I want to have a year or two outside, but why would I ever do it😂? Paris is so shitty, hobo ridden and dirty, not to mention expensive. I was there in person, most of France also. @funkybassmqn6012

Nice I want to move there one day

Nice I want to move there one day

hustling everyday

Get your head in the game bud, install the youtube enhancer extension and next time watch it at 16x

@@Popotato7777that’s a thing? Is there 0.61x?

​@@Popotato7777bro we need a 0.69x😅

@@alex.g7317 Out there probably, but the enhancer only goes up and down by decimals, minimun is 0.1

Hope you have fun over in Alaska, I think you should bring a fishing pole

Yo, same here. I'm almost done with my master's in computer science, and I was thinking about doing my PhD in Japan. BirdPerson made it sound really easy!

Keep us updated as to which bone breaks on you this time.

I cast mega aids

Take good care of your health brother

@@lonestarr1490 crazy 💀😭😭

Same thing happened to me. I tried to study abroad twice, and now I am finally studying abroad after my 3rd try. My 1st try I got accepted in Fall 2019 and was supposed to study abroad in Fall 2020, but covid happened. So travel was shut down. My 2nd try was in Fall 2022 for 2023. I had to reapply through my uni's study abroad office. They required letters of recommendation, but the same professors I had didn't work there anymore. So I tried different professors, but one professor gave me a bad recommendation without telling me, so I was denied to study abroad. I even tried to appeal it for months. My 3rd try was in Spring 2023. I applied to a foreign university directly and got accepted. I finally studied abroad in Europe and I am here for almost 1 year now. Now matter how difficult or out of control life may be, never give up on your dreams. I finally reached my goal, even though it took time. Be patient. I definitely recommend studying abroad in a country that is not your native language. It will open your eyes. It will look good on your record/resume too. Keep trying! You are not alone. As long as you follow your heart, you will reach your dreams eventually! :)

The worst part for me is that me and my floormates were all super close and now we'll never live together again. We can visit eachother sure but it'll never be the same again. Especially because we were from all across the world. We had 2 australians, a Dane, Thai, Korean. Japanese, and me and we hung out like every day. Meeting up with all of us is basically impossible and even if we do it it'll be temporary... depression af

Reverse culture shock is awful. It makes you want to hang in the past and unable to cope with the present. It takes a lot of acceptance and reality checking to come to terms with it.

If you want to you can plan to live here in the future. Long term goals are healthy.

​@@TheStellarJay All you can do is smile because it happened, man :)

My liver may never recover

I hope everything works out! Greets from Japan

@TheStellarJay

@TheStellarJay

Being a typical westerner from a rich privileged country who litters foreign currency left and right while local economy tanks and spends each day being stuck in honey moon phase kinda helps.

@@HaohmaruHL lmao what, most overseas students are not privileged, they save just enough money to make the trip over

@@user-ek2jc1xf3y You mean Vietnamese who keep working here illegally 3 jobs at the same time 400 hours a month and then get problems with immigration?

@@HaohmaruHL hes studying abroad lmao, and he had a really good time ur literally hating for no reason stay broke

@@Spudster203 I first came to Japan as a study abroad myself. Tell me about it..

Glad you liked it thanks for the tip!

Finally I found a person that respects it and doesn't just want an anime utopia these are the ppl we need going to Japan to show them who we are

@@KOMBO- exactly! thats my mindset too and i hope there are even more who agree.

it was likely because of your looks, if youre better looking, east asian, lighter, can speak japanese you’ll have a much much better time

Visiting vs Living are two completely unrelated experience. It's like visiting Disneyland for a day vs working in Disneyland wearing a heavy hot suit surrounded by crazy crowds wanting to touch you, being kicked by little kids and being paid poor wages.

oops i misread your comment

Living there is different from visiting it, so it's normal to have different experiences

"Being a tourist was fun" oh wow, huh?

Agreed

My Japanese friends left Japan it’s not a diverse country

@@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq most countries isn't diverse, homogeneous is the norm, diversity isn't, diversity bring a lot of issue but provide no benefit.

​@DccAnh last part of that comment is crazy

@@keatonfuller7287 crazy ? What benefit does diversity bring to the table ?

visiting is different from living there. Many describe it as hell. just google "75% of young want to escape South Korean ‘Hell’"

@@kunai9809 You dont think I hear or talked to people about that while I was there? I 100% see the reasons why people want to leave, like bad gender roles, mandatory military time, crazy low fertility rates, etc. The biggest reason why it's hell especially for young kids is, crazy education expectations, long work weeks, low opportunities. If I was remoting working there, alot of the big downsides are reduced. But you are right, I would probably sooner move to japan or Germany

@@SirRipsterJapanese and Koreans are not having kids. You might have helped them.

@@SirRipsterJapanese and Koreans too having no kids.you might have also helped them by saying how relaxed western culture is.

Traveling and living are different. In that respect, I don't think there is any country that is as different as South Korea. The older Koreans get, the less happy they become. It is said that the breaking point is around 50 years old. Japan is currently a society where more than 1.5 million people are dying, but we are holding on. South Korea will probably be overwhelmed by an aging population.

True, I had this problem at a certain point and forced myself to turn off subs on simpler shows/movies. Plus the regular classes taught in japanese were REALLY hard and obviously no subtitles so I had to get a lot better at listening comp

Now imagine experiencing tens of other countries instead of just returning to japan 8 times. You know, see the world. learn cultures. Not just go "im not a weeb but im a weeb"

@@Pendji You really shouldn't just assume that type of stuff about other without enough information. I've travelled to tens of countries and experienced their culture in different amounts. Also my plan is to take transfer years to different countries one of which I'd like to be Japan. Also wouldn't it be kinda stupid to try and learn a country's culture, language, and way of life yet never go back to said country. Also I don't get your weeb point. Wouldn't living in Japan for a long time make someone not a weeb (if by weeb you mean the negative meaning, like weeaboo or japanophile). If you mean to just say that I like anime and manga, then yeah that's true. Not saying it ain't and also it isn't a bad thing. I just really don't get the point of your comment, like are you saying it's bad to be especially interested in one country over others? Aren't most people like that? Most people are mainly just interested in their home country and live there their whole lives. What's with you being so passive agressive towards me for being interested in Japan? It sounds like you just have a problem with people liking Japan especially. Maybe try being more chill next time.

what if I said an Irish youtuber said never to go here and that the owner is a bitch?

The only reasons anyone wants ot talk to you in Japan are: 1) To practice their English for free (or lose any interest in you immediately if you tell them you're not from US) 2) Spit out common stereotypes about other countries if you're not from US ("what, you're from Russia? Putin, matroshka, vodka"? Every damn single time, from many different people across the country) 3) Ask you when your leaving. 4) To keep you as a pet/accessory to boast to their friends (ie "check out token foreigner friend!"). After couple conversations when they've squeezed all the info they wanted from you your existence is erased from their memory. You'll never become the "uchi" (inside circle, like family and sometimes very close friends), sometimes even to the family after you've married to a Japanese person and entered the koseki family register. Meaning you'll never become a real friend, just some one time acquaintance. You'll always stay as "soto" (outside circle, anyone else) and be kept at a distance, communicated with by using forced politeness. So don't misunderstand people being nice to you as friendship. Especially in a country where the whole society is sheerly built on and operates by keeping the facade of politeness.

@@HaohmaruHL ....did...did you read what I said about the Persona guy? He doesn't fall under any of your points. We talked for like 4 hours,he watches and comments under my youtube videos and gave me his vr chat username. That's a lot for somoene who's faking being nice. I completely understand the fake politeness,but its not all of them,I made a lot genuine connections over there. Buy ay man.....maybe I'm just naive

@@Mayorski well yeah, there are different weird or shunned minorities anywhere basically. You can easily become an exile here for non conforming to societal norms so maybe he has finally found someone to talk to.

@@HaohmaruHL Sounds like you've had bad experiences

Felt that one too in Hakuba, Nagano

It’s the same thing when immigrants move to another country

I don't see how someone could hate Tokyo. I lived in Kyoto, but Tokyo was better. That said, I'm going to visit Osaka sometime soon-ish I think.

100% agree with everything you said. Especially the stereotyping of japanese people... so many people talk about them like they're some sort of hive mind it's weird

@@TheStellarJayI think foreigners saw those interviews about dating in Japan and some Japanese people in the interview think cheating is normal

You right

I disagree. Osaka is awesome

Tokyo is by far the largest Metropolis in the world by population with 40 million people by 2023. The second most populous city has 10 million people less. But honestly it was fine without the tourists

the shit the usa did to japan inww2 was imeasurably inhumane

Absolutely abhorrent. Like, we should cover that in history class almost as much as the holocaust level of abhorrent. All I got was a passing mention of Nanking. No details, nothing about Korra, nothing about their internal sex slave industry, nada. We got a few documentaries on WWII germany's actions, and that was it.

More like the “Japanese army” not Japan. A country’s government and military does not represent its people. It’s the people with money and power who are at fault. Civilians from both sides suffered because of them. The army had too much power. Never a good thing. More people need to know the difference to avoid misunderstandings and stop the cycle of war.

Yeah, and what the west did in most wars, including WWII, was also bad. Everyone sucks when you look at history.

@@DrFumiyaI think it’s better to say a country can change, not that it defined its people. The Japanese mindset was widespread, which is why civilians would sign up to be kamikaze pilots. There are horror stories of Japanese women pushing their kids off cliffs than jumping just so they wouldn’t get captured. But most of that was the governments fault tbh.

A rooster is a bird, and we all know what's the other name for it.

@@chukyuniqul 😳😏

My friend worked in Barcelona my friend didn’t like it and left I think studying is different

You can learn it for your own good like for the input of your favorite shows/games. Because learning it for working in Japan would mean you'd simply have to get better at Japanese just to get better at worshipping your boss and butter up to him as polite as possible. Not really a motiving final goal for learning a language, huh. I remember my first year and a half in Japan, attending the language school. Being so positive and naive. Finally getting some peace after finally being free from my piece of sh country. Every day felt like an adventure with so much to explore, just like the guy in this video. Little did I know, lol. No wonder there are so many foreigners living here looking for mental health professionals..

Ikr. it has to be the most insufferable I've ever watched

Why he is literally just saying that he enjoyed his time in japan

Don't forget WaniKani.

Korean writing system will cripple your willpower to learn any other language because it's so good