@@jeroenstolp9889 I spent 2 weeks in Thailand once. Never had a cheaper vacation that was full of nature, relaxation, and insanely good food that was like 1/4 of the price of everything in the US. If it wasn't for my job and needing money, I would move to Thailand in a heart beat.
I think every content creator feels like they have to live in LA when that's not the reality at all. Also Australia speaks English and is alot closer to Korea, Japan, Singapore and all other Asian countries.
Toast just casually talking about how safe Japan is and he wants to stay there, while walking past a sleeping truck-kun, no idea how much danger he was in.
@@franklynjoseph9855 so in anime, theres an anime trope that when someone gets isekaid (sent to another world), they are always hit by a truck that is drawn the exact same way every time. The meme is that the truck is a singular character that goes around running people over to send them to the next world, called truck-kun. There is a truck of the exact same design in the background as toast passes it, with what looks like gardening equipment in the back.
Knowing the phrase, “where’s the restroom/ toilet” really came in clutch when I was there. I didn’t learn much Japanese but that felt the most important lol
Japan is actually quite affordable! I've been living in Tokyo for a year, and it's definitely much more affordable than many cities in north america. I agree that it could be pretty expensive for travellers, but if you're living in Japan, you can have a discounted public transport card (and most of the time your work pays it for you). There's no tax or tip for food you buy in restaurants, so eating out is fairly cheap. Also if you're in tokyo, you don't need a car, so no need for gas/insurance/maintenance, so that's a big money saver. As for rent, apartments a very affordable in the outskirts of tokyo! With how efficient public transport is, the outskirts = only 45 minutes away from the center. Space will be smaller that's for sure, but that's just the standard here! You learn to live with less space haha. That said, it's not cheap! But definitely more affordable than most people think :)
@@ajaysarchives8282 genuinely curious, what is the minimum standard of income/daily expense when living in Japan? For example you need x amount of flowing income to ensure living in Japan is worth it compared to other country?
Japan is cheaper than you think. Cheaper than an average western city. Sure there are expensive options but there's loads of cheap options, in the major cities especially. You can get a capsule type hotel or room on AirBnb for under $25 easy, or a nice hotel room for under $50. You can eat good cheap food from conbinis or grocery stores for $5-10 a day. Also the yen is weak now so it's even cheaper.
Bro they live in los angeles, Tokyo is the same price at worst. Kyoto and Osaka are cheaper. If you live in the middle of nowhere in the US then sure it's still a big price jump to live in a big city in Japan but if you wanted to move to a similarly-sized town as wherever you live, Japan is going to actually average cheaper than America.
japan is best in term of services, you really felt appreciated unlike in US (everything needs a tip). the only downside i know is japan has the worst paperwork either its goverment or bank, there's so many paper you gotta stamp or sign. So for tourist japan is like heaven
yea the paper work is HELL!!! but after having lived there, it's really just in the beginning of your move. once everything is settled, you'll have some paper work here and there, but very doable. and like you said, the service here is so good! the staff will usually help you out with your paper work needs :)
@@dhe8742 true. Japanese culture(and education) puts more emphasis on being polite, humble, grateful, helping others, sense of community, respecting elders/authority etc. It's the polar opposite of western individualistic values like personal freedom, tolerating jerk behavior, entitlement, tolerating showing off/flaunting wealth, everyone assuming people are in a bad spot because of their own fault/drug abuse (justification to not help) etc.
i was broke and still lived there lol if not for pandemic i'd probably would've stayed.. (planning on returning). toast would have it much easier due to his work..
i dont understand why people keep talking about truck kun being dangerous, are we seeing the same shows? 9 out of 10 times, truck kun solves everything in someone's life.
Japan is actually very easy to immigrate to as a college educated person; the visa procedures are fast and very lenient compared to other industrialized nations. The issue is that most people don't have the desired skills to get a job there outside of English teaching.
@@GaosenKinetics ??? Your comment is confusing, it's easy to immigrate only if one has the required skills. That's the same all over the world. And besides Japan is an extremely xenophobic and racist country. Their immigration percentage is abysmally low.
@@LordCantinflas In many industrialized countries even with skills, education, and a job offer, visas will be rejected, or be subject to luck with a lottery system. I have many friends who spent much of their lives in the US going through education, and got good, skilled jobs related to their specialty after university, when they're able to work for a year after graduation. You know what happened after that? Denied a visa and kicked out of the country, because they didn't get lucky, despite having basically grown up there, having good jobs, having specific background and skills. For other work visas you'll have to jump through hoops to prove that there's no locals who can perform the job, etc. In Japan; have a job offer with market salry? Have a degree? You're almost always approved, then you can work permanently, renew your visa easily, and your visa isn't tied to your job/company, so you can quit and find other work in the same category, etc. Japanese visa rules are extremely lenient compared to other countries in most cases. I've lived in multiple countries and moving to and living in Japan was by far the easiest.
@@GaosenKinetics Okay but in reality there are way less immigrants to Japan than they are to America or to the United Kingdom etc. Only 2% of Japan is resident foreigners, and only about 10,000 foreigners become Japanese citizens every year. Regardless of official policies there's a lot of xenophobia and weird cultural attitudes towards foreigners that make many people uncomfortable.
Toast seems to be rather ignorant about the realities of moving and living in Japan, especially as a non-Japanese person. Taking a vacation in Japan is absolutely wonderful, but living can be a mixed bag. I do think he should try to move to Japan, but I think he is going to quickly realize it's not the utopia country he makes it out to be. Japan does certain things far far FAR better than the states, but it also has a lot of other issues, mainly work culture and xenophobia. If he goes to South Korea with OTV, he'll probably look at South Korea in rather high regard, but South Korea is also a very tough country to live in, with similar issues to Japan
@SenorMojo I live in Chicago and New York. New York may be worse but Chicago is nowhere near closer to the violence in LA. Chicago is just specifically south side whereas it could happen anywhere in LA. This is true specifically for the anti Asian racism
I lived in LA and never was worried about getting robbed while walking around. Half Asian also. I came from down south. You need to be more on your toes in places like Atl or New Orleans though I love both spots.
Toast can live in Korea if he eats Korean food all the time lol. Plus they have an international neighborhood where everyone speaks English and has the fastest internet.
Not systematically. The korean government is way more harsh on foreigners living in korea than japan. getting a visa in korea as a foreigner is an extremely burdening process. also, korean strict societal expectations are arguably the worst out of the big 3 east asian countries tbh
As an Asian I'm also sure toast doesn't wanna live next to a bunch of white weebs that think they're better than Asian ppl and creep after Asian women. It's always those kinds that live in those neighborhoods
Rates and impressions of living conditions of black women I have seen on Twitter who have lived in Korea, Hong Kong and Japan. China hongkong 9/10 Hong Kong, international financial city, nothing wrong. Japan 7/10 Japan is indifferent to people. Foreigners are not particularly special. Korea 4/10 Random people said the racist n-word to me many times. Well, the Internet.
@@Red-ib3fb how is this even relevant, none of them are black women. this is a weird standard to judge a culture. and well youre looking at it through your lens. if i use the same standard, japan is worse to ASIAN foreigners than blacks when compared to China or Korea.
Most people who live in Japan for a year or 2 have a very different opinion. Also Japan allows very few immigrants to become actual Japanese citizens, especially if they have no Japanese heritage.
Lived in Japan for 6 months back in 09. I would frequently go for walks in the neighborhood at 10pm, 12am, 2am. NO WHERE in America do i feel safe doing that.
I don't wanna leave LA, I just wanna fix my city. Build more affordable housing, better infrastructure for bikes/trains/metros, and reduce the extreme class inequality. 80% of LA problems will vanish
@@rimurutempest4945 It can happen. Some young people in LA are already organizing unions at Starbucks, and winning several city council seats. We all have decisions to make. We can decide to make LA work for everyone, not just the rich
good to see toast uplifting and nice, especially being nice to lilly in a long time, he seemed down too long, was giving bad views in life which could influence his followers into thinking and acting in a bad way, think he needed this trip allot.
Honestly, the only reason I wouldn't choose to live there is because of earthquakes and super busy transportation. Otherwise, I'd want to visit there SO MUCH
@@melodiasrojas8428 Yeah ppl die of overwork, suicide rate off the roofs, age of consent is abysmal, and allot of japanese ppl are xenophobic not all of them ofc, but there's some downsides to Japan like every country in the world, a perfect country doesn't exist unfortunately
LA also has earthquakes and far worse traffic/transportation. Japan is know for having a much more efficient transportation system. They actually have metro and high speed rail, and biking infrastructure
@@heythere9371 I think they were referring to packed trains in Tokyo. During peak travel times(rush hour) trains are in the metro area area routinely 200%+ above capacity. Being squished between sweaty people(air conditioning can only help so much...) and trying to prop yourself up from being pushed onto seated passengers on a daily basis does not make for a fun time.
When I lived in LA I thought I was living in gangland until I realized that's just how the kids dressed. Then I had to make a day trip through South Central and was like "Ok, there's a difference..."
Wait till they find out about the racism against Koreans and Chinese and protests opening calling for their literal massacre. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side.
@SenorMojo I thought you were describing America there for a second. Getting stopped is way better than getting shot randomly while grocery shopping I guess.
Dude I always thought myself as the quiet person until I went to Japan and was made aware how loud I am. I was just quiet by US standard but was the annoying loud person by Japan standards.
La was always expensive but now it's super expensive with worse infrastructure then places that are almost equally expensive like New york city. At least there there you have decent public transportation. Also California in general has a huge homeless problem. Like everywhere if you go walking smells like urine and poop. Imagine a state with a bigger population then all of Canada but refuses to make small affordable homes/apartments. Its almost like a big city that refuses to act like a big city and pretends to be suburb.
Lived in LA, used to be great....turning into a cesspool. Its not America so much as it is L.A. They crew need to get out. There are waaay better cities to live in and they can still make great content.
@You’re in a cat tree thats kinda what i want to do but just with korea. would love to live there and work there, but am never going to a traditional korean company.
@David Chiao Hmm almost as if working there is a part of living there and the main reason it’s not the fairy tale expats think it is when moving there. If you’re a content creator who doesn’t need to work in typical Japanese industries, it’s great.
I like how this is lowkey racist lmaoo. toast saying how he feels likes hes going to get robbed everytime he walks outside in LA. like nah lil bro thats just POC walking around lmao. He just wants to be around his own people in japan lol.
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