Awesome video Joshua and Tomo! As a westerner, I felt that some of my friends from Japan weren't listening because they avoid eye contact during conversation. Didn't know about aizuchi until now and how that's a Japanese way of showing they're listening. Joshua and Vlada are very Japanese in that they avoid eye contact during their conversations while Tomo tries to make eye contact during the video a lot more.
Well done you two!!! Loved this informative AND hilarious AF upload. Honestly, there were so many juicy topics that could be teased out…I hope you two have a continuing dialogue on being Inter School graduates. Thanks Joshua xx!
ah, fellow 3rd culture adults! I'm taiwanese, grew up in int'l schools in china, singapore, went to uni + worked in canada, spent the covid years in taiwan, and I'm going to tokyo in a few weeks! super excited!
