@@robkoper841 I'm talking about people who overpraise Japan for brownie points with Japanese viewers. Have never seen Chris or Tokyo Creative people take part in this!
@@Dogen At the same time those foreign RU-vidrs who target gaijin viewers also occasionally make money by feeding too salty food with negative aspects of Japan 😂 Gaijin RU-vidrs in Japan go all the way!
Dogen slowly training us to wait longer and longer for the punchline so he can fulfill his dream of making a feature length movie with a rugpull at the end.
@@MaxiusTheGod I don't have any statistics so I can't say for sure, but I've never seen a video like that for the English speaking world in my life. On the other hand, I've only been watching Japanese videos for like 10% of my life but I've probably watched around 10 and seen hundreds of those types of videos in my recommended
For a decade or so, maybe more, I've seen the growing "genre" of Japan centered content with an angle that was something like "Japan: warts and all" that actually spent a great deal of time on specifically the "warts". Even so the general attitude towards Japan held by these creators feels positive in a similar way as you described, coming from a place of love. It's actually after watching more of these types of content that I started to pick up on the weird plastic smile vibe from certain Japan centered content but after experiencing it it becomes more noticeable.
The plastic smile thing reminds me of the "pandering to south koreans" that Josh from Jolly/KoreanEnglishman does. I used to think he was just enthusiastic, but lately picked up on it being an act. I only watch now when Ollie is in it, for Ollie.
@@itsalwayshalloweenexceptwh5118 I always thought Josh was a main time panderer. Especially when he foisted Korean snacks on Chris Hemsworth while he was in Bali, Indonesia. In freakin' Bali! He should've at least explored local Indonesian warung food with Chris, or Balinese lawar plek for that extreme factor.
@@SiKedek Josh is "used car salesmen" level kind of fake when he tries to sell korean culture to his guests. One of the most annoying things he does when feeding his guests specific dishes is he tells them the korean name of the dish, but then doesn't explain what it is until maybe after they've eaten it.
I had to chuckle. I grew up in Japan, but have lived in the States for over 20 years now. I love Japan, and I miss it fiercely. For a long time I hoped to move back (it wasn't my choice to leave, as a high schooler), but life happened in the meantime and the logistical barriers with a young family are rather high. I tend to avoid the content that is all plastic praise of the most absurd things because it does gloss over the less appealing and even downright ugly aspects, and often fails to appreciate the genuine beauty in a realistic way. And yes, I experienced plenty of ugliness in Japan, having been one of only two white kids at my school (the other being my sibling) and being bullied for it, amongst other things. But there's also so much to love, and it's still my heart-home. And I want Japan to be known and appreciated for its actual beauty, without putting it on a pedestal.
I'm Japanese, and I truly agree with you. My father always watches videos where foreigners praise Japan and showcase their favorite things about it. I think that is not good. What matters is how you feel, not how others feel. But I'm happy to hear myself praised, too.
Honestly one of the reasons I appreciate @Let's Ask Shogo's channel so much. He doesn't seem to hesitate to highlight both Japan's accomplishments and shortcomings. That said, I'd expect nothing less from this channel. So glad I subbed!
Yeah, that's why I like watching Takashii as well. I like that he asks questions that could be hard for a lot of foreigners to hear. I plan to move to japan so hearing the bad things help me out a lot in judging what my experience would be like. I also love that he doesn't stray from subjects that could be controversial in japan. Like he covered what it was like being a gay foreigner in Japan, which I appreciate since I am also a gay guy. ^^;
I have noting but respect for Dogen, I absolutely love when he makes more serious, pointed videos about Japan. I know this is technically a "junk food" comment but It's honestly one of the only channels i watch that finds a nice balance between the positive and negative.
There are also similar videos here in Taiwan. The target audience is Taiwanese, aiming for views and benefits. We call those videos and youtubers 「掌握了流量密碼」，it means the youtubers completely know how to make audience happy and want to watch their videos more and more by just keeping saying how amazing Taiwanese culture and foods are. By the way,I have watched a Japanese youtuber take his Korean friend who first vome to Japan. but the Japanese youtube was just saying His first yakiniku, first aushi, first shinkansen and how he amazed and astonished on the thumbnail and title. I just feel sad about that because it just look like he was dissing his Korean friend.
I think these kinds of videos are everywhere, but in my opinion, Japanese people have a crazy fondness for them. It's not just on RU-vid, but also on TV. There are programs that bring people from abroad and have them talk about Japanese culture and food, but they often focus only on the positive aspects, ignoring the many problems and discriminations that exist here.
Before the war something similar was in russia too. In someway it's still exists in a form where african-americans (idk, why them) react to PMC Wagner or some shit
I spent seven minutes on edge waiting for the punchline, but all I got was some American guy fascinated by the novel Japanese concept of flavored water in a bottle.
i bursted out laughing from when he said "'this japanese thing is unbelievable!' is the fat" and suddenly understood what he meant. as a person has been learning japanese for 3 years and recently moved to japan this video is totally agreeable for me. ofc i like japan so much but i want to see "the real japan" (human, society, culture,...), not all that fat, salt, sugar junk food has been spreading all over the internet
Me just sitting here waiting for the punchline Me just sitting here agreeing with Dogen's thoughtful analysis Me nodding my head furiously at the truth being spoken Me being suddenly hit with a hilarious punchline
Say, I actually didn't get the punch line / why everyone finds it funny. It seemed like just a basic example of what he'd been talking about all along. Is there context I'm missing?
This is, in my view, probably your best video to date. It just does so many things right that there’s no way I could capture it all in a single comment. All I can say is bravo and I’m looking forward to seeing how you try to outdo yourself.
一目瞭然の表現を使ってくれて勉強になりました。日本文化好きの外国人として、Dōgenさんの日本語にたま、びっくりする。love that I can turn on cc and improve my kanji and listening skills with your videos! In both languages you have such good word choice. Question for you, do you write your scripts in Japanese first and pick the most apt English translation or the other way around?
wasn't quite sure where this was going for the first 2 minutes but the gradual reveal was hilarious. I've never seen this phenomenon of japanese back patting covered so eloquently, also considering japanese culture's aversion to criticism. さっすがドーゲンさん！ hopefully with more people from abroad coming into the country, the culture can evolve beyond some of it's more dated facets.
Based on the experience of my Japanese friend who visited with his wife, they truly do eat an unbalanced diet when it comes to America, consisting entirely of " ああ！量がー！”
I agree. I am tired of them. But Japan has been put down on TV and in the newspapers for so long that when Japanese people see online videos praising Japan, they become so happy, even though they feel they are false. As a good thing, the videos have the effect of making Japanese people feel a little more confident and also have the effect of making them think that they should be more kind to foreigners.
But this is bascially lying to themselves. Wouldn't you rather be nice/kind to foreigners if people complain about the issues? Being butthurt about critique is a childish behavior. My japanese friends here in Germany are the same - they really hate a lot of aspects in Japan (reason why they moved) but when it comes to other none japanese people criticizing the flaws of the country they get really upset. It's this weird displaced patriotism that's ingraved into japanese peoples heads through these overacted TV shows - articles and of course foreigners that only experience Japan for a limited time and get the "best" experience out of it. I was very shocked by the amount of TV shows praising the food in japan, and never hearing once: "mazui" or anything like it. It feels fake and ungenuine. People should learn to be more realistic and especially kind to other people without having a reason behind it.
I have the same feeling towards the place where I born in, grown up with, living in. But people blamed us as nay-sayers, idealists, sabotaged the whole city. We cried in our heart, stay silent and witnessing the fall of this city, as its glory lost bit by bit, day by day. We wholeheartedly love this city, where we proud to be one of it.
I've actually recently run into the same thing with the country I grew up in; France. Now, I've been living in the USA for the better part of 20 years now, but I've run into people that have this... idealized perception of French society. Not just the wild expectations for the food and fashion (which are unrealistic to begin with), but also a very skewed understanding of the social and political dynamics. They presume that because the base concepts of certain things parallel those in the USA, that the French are somehow doing these things 'better' than the USA, and heap on praise for these things; however deserving or undeserving that praise may actually be. Like the Japanese, I'm happy to have positive perceptions of France being circulated, as I'm certainly tired of the usual White Flag / We Surrender jokes, but it can get borderline disturbing with how much they praise things that even native French wouldn't find remarkable, and sometimes might even dislike for reasons that are invisible to people who don't live in France. Every nation lives with policies, social conventions, and cultural quirks that even its own people don't necessarily think are good, after all, even if they're tolerated as the status quo. I don't want to necessarily discourage the more positive views of the country, but I also don't want them to get the wrong ideas about what is and isn't actually a positive.
日本が置かれている特殊な状況のせいでこうなってしまってるんだと思う。日本は経済が落ち込んでいて、文化的にも日本が遅れている事が毎日のように言われているから日本人は自身を無くしてしまってる。そして、日本人は外国語を話せないし地理的にも孤立した閉じた国だから外国と自国を客観的に比べる事が出来ない。すると、自国礼賛番組に惹かれてしまう。自信を取り戻す事が出来るのと同時に自国と他国の違いが分かったような気分になるから。 あと、この問題に薪を焚べてるのが日本が好きな外国人が実際に日本を褒める事。褒められるようないい面が日本にあるせいで日本人は「もっともっと褒めて！」ってなってしまう。 そして忘れてはいけないのが日本のテレビ番組は高齢者向けに作られていること。高齢者はたぶんそういうのが好きなのかな？ 日本と似たような状況の韓国でも自国礼賛が流行ってるらしい。 アメリカは America is the best country in the world を国民が信じていて自信満々の国で、さらにすごいのは自国を貶す事を楽しむ文化があること。アメリカ人は自国の悪いところも含めて自分のアイデンティティにしていて、ジョークで笑い飛ばすことができる。ベトナム戦争を貶したり、社会問題を描いた映画が成功する国。ステレオタイプなアメリカ像に怒らず楽しめる国
