What NO-ONE Tells You About Japan 

NOTIFICATION SQUAD: It's 5am and I've been editing for 18 hours. I can't feel my face. I've forgotten my name. (I think it's Dave). There's a ton of stories and experiences stuffed into this video - I hope you enjoy them! (Just don't ask me about the guy in the basement). I'd like to another Q&A again and indeed, if it does well, I may do another in June. I hope you guys are safe wherever you may be out there right now - things seem to be improving and I look forward to getting out once and again exploring the country. The question is, WHERE should we explore? Let me know in the comments and it'll probably definitely happen.

plot twist: the guy in the basement is the real Dave whose RU-vid channel was called Dave in Japan until Chris abducted him and took over his channel

I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating. And it gets everywhere.

as a Mongolian, it was so ridiculously funny to know how Japanese people react to us. maybe one day i will open a sushi restaurant in Mongolia and name it as oda nobunaga, be my guests.

I like how Chris drives around listening to his own intro music.

Absurd to think someone thought your name was "Dave in Japan." Everyone knows youre Chad in Seattle.

If I run into Chris one day, I hope I can say "I love You Dave, where is the love hotel?"

I was stationed at a small US Air Force outside of Fukuoka (1979-1980) and I remember the shocked looks of locals when they saw one of us. (We worked up at the JASDF site on Mt. Sefuri outside the city but lived on the local economy.) There was a lot of elbow nudging and bad stage whispers behind hands of "Gaijin, gaijin." My buddy and I would respond, especially if they were cute girls, by doing the same thing but with Nihonjin in place of Gaijin. It was a fun way of meeting Japanese girls.

When I lived in Japan, I generally didn't hear my neighbor, except when he decided to have a 4AM shouting match with his girlfriend. Those were always fun, and quite frequent. Fortunately, I sleep with earplugs anyway. EDIT: I lived there for 6 years and never needed a hanko stamp. Not for the bank, or renting an apartment, or anything. Everyone just always let me sign instead.

"Dave in Japan". "The Real Chris Abroad". Twist of the century.

In general, the reason why Japanese people ask you your ages is just because they don’t know how to start conversations with foreigners. As you know, Japanese generally is not good at speaking English although we learn English for about six years at school. But at school we memorized some basic English sentence like “ where are you from?” , “ how old are you?” So when Japanese meets foreigner, they ask you your country, your ages automatically. They are just interested in who you are and try to know you doing there best in English. We never try to push our culture on you Sorry for my poor English but I just let you know the fact.

Dave: "Pizza sand." RU-vid subtitles: "He meand 'Peter Sam', obviously."

Waiter: “what are you having today” Me: “Ill have hitler and a glass of water please”

I love the idea that Chris listens to his YT stock music on his free time, and in his car.

that American accent was so spot on “Dave in Japan”

We live in a single house (一戸建て) with a space between houses that for Japan is extremely generous, and we can still hear our neighbours. That's Japan for you. Also, about the hanko, if you are really stubborn, you can get by with using a signature instead (especially if you are a foreigner, one rare benefit of being a foreigner in Japan...). It is my one act of resistence against the Japanese system...

I burst out laughing at that hostage scene, have some pizza sand hahaha

It’s genuinely terrifying how good that American accent is

I was so thrown off by his American accent during the “Dave in Japan bit”, it was convincing but uncharacteristically cheery for him lol

The thing I like about your videos as unique because of your dramatic reconstruction.

I've already subsribed to some channels about Japan and yours is THE BEST, honestly. The British, self- ironic sense of humour is brilliant. I laugh my head off when I watch your entries. Thank you, keep on making short films, please: they're both very informative and funny to watch. Cheers !

Are we not going to talk about Chris locking himself in a closet and torturing himself? No? We're just gonna ignore that little scene?

8:33 The Real/Fake Chris segment has to be a regular thing, that was great!

Writing from Oklahoma, USA. Your episodes are so wonderful to watch. You are hilarious. By the way, I have been to Japan 4 times and traveled around the country extensively. I love Japan and plan to move there once Covid is behind us

I remember going to Mie shrine with a friend of mine. We were walking around in the town outside the shrine, and this girl, about 5-6 years old points at us when we were in a little shop and was like "Mama, Gaijin!" super excited. We laughed, my friend smiled and waved, and the mother turned beet red and apologized profusely. It reminded me a lot of the things me or my brother had said at that age and embarrassed the crap out of my mom

My day is infinitely better when you do your “American” accent. It’s so reminiscent of Keanu Reeves from Point Break

Those weird english hats is the equivalent of getting a tattoo of japanese letters not understanding what they mean but they get them anyways because they look cool.

I'm loving this channel more and more

LOVE your channel, telling about TRUE experiences. And i definitely recognize myself with my 20 years living in this country. More than familiar stories. I would be more than pleased to share my many experiences as well.

I’d like to imagine that Chris who recently bought a car, only did so to do this specific hornet skit. The car is now sold.

Ryotaro’s Smug smile can only belong to a true Japanese spy

I find this fascinatingly entertaining. Thank you for making these videos.😁

Great video Dave in Japan!

That single hornet animation actually took 12 hours. Good job, criss

I like the fact that you listen to your own theme tune while cruising in your car.

You should do a food tour of japan, I LOVE your food videos😊 I love all your other videos too, but the stuff about food are always my favorite💕

Absolutely love your channel sir! I cannot wait to visit Japan in the future. Cheers from Chicago!

5:09 That moment when Chris briefly drops the fake English accent he's been pretending to have this whole time.

“I can hear my neighbors cooking, cleaning, fuuu...doing random things..” lmao!!!

Love your videos, Dave

this guy is so strangly entertaining. I can't stop watching, but idk why.

WTF?! That plastic wrap is edible? You mean I've been wasting the last 30 years (including several trips to Japan) unwrapping that crap?

When living in an apartment in Japan you should choose apartments that use “Tekin concrete” as their material for the inside of the wall. “Tekotsu” or “mokuzo” walls are thin so it makes it’s easier to hear people’s noises.

I've searched all your videos to find this one skit you did and now I found it! Awesome stuff keep up the good work :)

Humorous Informative, just love your vlogs , brilliant stuff

"And at that point, the entire bank broke." This (and the rest of the story) made me laugh so hard. As someone who lived in Japan for 3 years I can picture this so perfectly. =D

"4/10, I'd rather eat sand" That's quite the generous rating for some sand. You must be quite the sand connoisseur. Where can we find the tastiest sand?

Chris, I love these videos where you share stuff with us, you have an amazing sense of humour. I laugh a lot at your vid and I am a person who finds it difficult to laugh at comedians. Keep it up.

Thanks a lot Dave really appreciate the videos.

That hornet reconstruction cracked me up!

2:34 If I had a hornet jump into my car like that, I'd jump off the moving car and let it explode in the guardrail. I'm sure the insurance company would understand.

Very informative and hilarious video.

Oh my! Well, that didn't speak for all South Koreans. I am a South Korean and your channel is absolutely interesting with all your reviews of Japan that are equally positive and negative. I've seen your videos and you are pretty straight forward in saying your opinions. I learnt so many intersting things about Japan from you. I also find your sarcastic way of speaking downright funny. I am glad to hear you have visited South Korea before. Do come to South Korea again and I hope you have lots of good experiences here as well.

Chris finally following his dream of becoming James Bond but he's working for Japan and in South Korea.

An act of ravage? Sounds like one of those romance novels you see in grocery stores

At first I started watching you because I wanted to Japan. But know I just binge watch your videos because you make me happy and laugh.

Go to Misawa. I was stationed there in the late 60’s. Loved it for 3 years. It’s all changed now, but I have my memories.

Baked Sand, the childhood memory of having sand in your mouth mixed with guilt

"I can hear my neighbours on all sides. Whether it’s arguing, cooking, cleaning, fu… doing random things" 😂

Great video!

Chris next April Fools video..he randomly changes his account to Dave in Japan and does an American accent throughout the whole episode!

We needn't be enemies, Chris. My peerless fame on the platform is unmatched and would no doubt lead to confusion on the streets. All jokes aside, fantastic American accent.. Terrifying.

Love your sense of humor and delivery. Not high-pitched like a lot of British comedians.

Hi Chris, I recently join your channel and it is cute, please keep up the good work. Hope 2021 will allow you to travel a bit more.

I’m Japanese, but I enjoyed this video. And I study English by watching this😀

Damn Chris that American accent was spot on! Do you ever get really petty and annoy your noisy neighbors?

that soundproofing.. i feel you. live in a german, post ww2 building. we have wooden ceilings with straw in the middle. yes. really.

"What!? A foreigner!?" - every kid in China despite living in major cities and having foreign English teachers. If they didn't sound shocked it wouldn't be so bad, but it's such a stupid thing to say. Plus it translates as "outside person." So I copy them, looked shocked and say "Eh!? Zhongguo Ren!"

Therapist: American Chris doesn’t exist, he can’t hurt you American Chris: 5:18

You need 'Hat of the Week' as a weekly feature now

I love your videos! I discover your video during Mco 3.0 period and I fell in love with your videos! I am never bored with your videos! Like your accent too🥰

This is hilarious, cheers, Dave.

When I was in Nara on a back street, a man walked by carrying an adorable toddler. I heard her squeak out "Gaikokujin! Igirisu!" and I lit up with a huge smile. I waved and bowed with a little "ohayogozaimasu". I really want to believe my wife and I were the first foreigners she had ever seen. On the flip side, I heard some teens in Osaka call my wife and I "baka" in with gaijin and a few things I couldn't pick up, so there's that too. At least teens being insufferable is a shared cultural aspect evident across the globe.

I love this channel

If I was to get a Japanese inner-city apartment, my biggest concern would definitely be noises from all of my neighbours. I can totally understand brick not being a common construction material at all for small residential housing, the better insulation should be an obvious thing by now. I’d imagine it would have to be a lot of the newer properties for you to be able to get one like that. Thanks for this video mate. Definitely answered a few more questions I had. It is a shame they don’t really have much sitting out front options at restaurants and drinking establishments. I’m betting it’s only really common in the most spaced out areas of the city where congestion is less of a problem or you are in the countryside.

Someone in japan: What's your age? Me trying to assert dominance: I was born in 1500AD sire.

Chris just switching to an American accent is the most unnerving thing I've seen all year

omg please explore kyushu

Thanks for the video. I lived there for several years and miss the culture.

As someone who has been born and raised in the US, hearing someone suddenly switch to an American accent while talking is the fucking STRANGEST thing. You do the accent well too!

"Oh wait, ur Dave in Japan"

Dave in Japan’s video is fire

Thanks Dave.

05:08 omg can u imagine an entire spoof episode as Dave in Japan? Chris your american accent is great haha. I'm from the usa and your accent sounded flawless.

I would Never have guessed that the word 'sand' on packaging was in fact short for 'sandwich', until you mentioned it.

I really love the idea of the Hanko Stamp. And I bet Hanko Hillu does as well. Much like the business card being an extension of oneself, to have this little, beautiful emblem, this material piece instead of a signed signature, appeals to me. I wish I had a hanko stamp. I wish I lived in Japan. I wish ~I~ was happy.

I enjoyed this video it was very funny! keep it going '

I looked up "Dave in Japan" and there *is* a youtuber named Dave Trippin who lives in Japan and makes videos about it.

The bank thing is true. Whenever a situation that requires any kind of thinking or flexibility arises the entire Japanese system breaks down.

I take pleasure listening to this particular person :D

I love this channel. Very charming and interesting. Places for you to visit: More and everything involving Okinawa! I really want to visit Okinawa someday myself

You have the most “bro” sounding American impression

Anakin's verdict: "4/10, I'd rather eat sand."

East Hokkaido is beautiful, lake Akan really nice onsen.

I love that the more I watch Abroad in Japan I more I think you got addicted to hat more that I'm complaining.

I had a close encounter with one of those asshole wasps: I was at the Universal Studio at the smoking area, i noticed people started to feel uneasy and shifting around while looking all sides, i'm chilling with a cigarette leaning against a column. Suddenly people start looking at me, the wasp is right next to my hand, instinctively i slapped the bugger and it fell to the ground dead. People looked at me like i was some sort of badass yakuza guy

it´s easily one of the most disturbing things when you can hear people fa...doing random things

Just ran into your videos today. Dude your content is so funny.

I love you Chris!

You’ve outdone yourself with this one, Dave.