Another Crazy Day Living in Japan: Earthquakes & Culture Shock
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- How do Japanese people react to earthquakes? Here are the things that shocked me most as an American living in Japan. Even after living abroad since 2012 there are still many realities of living here that surprise me everyday.
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I always feel a lot better when I remember that even Japanese people forget kanji, it makes it not as stressful when I forget a reading
That's right! Thanks for watching to the very end.
People also forget that everyone makes mistakes in their native language. Think about how many times you forget a word when trying to describe something, or how many times you get tongue-tied.
Nothing wrong with making a mistake its just a natural human thing because we are not perfect machines.
Interesting to look at the percentage of people passing the kanji tests up throughout the school years. Fewer and fewer people pass the higher up in grade they get.
@@Nikolai508 I mean... (many) Native ENGLISH speakers have troubles with They're their and there.... Imagine with fing kanji xd
I forgot how to spell "weak" today.... For some reason I spelt it "qeak"
A few years ago my wife and I were visiting Kyoto. As we had a few hours to kill before our flight, so we went to the outlets "across the street". My wife was in the changing room of a shop, and my phone along with EVERY phone in the shop were going off with the warning bell. I took a look and figured out it was an earthquake warning. Before I could tell my wife about it, the whole shop was shaking for about five seconds. Meanwhile, the Japanese in the shop just kept going without missing a beat. My wife actually thought it was a plane flew by.
That's amazing. It's just business as usual in Japan.
There have been a lot of earthquakes in the last 2 months here. I keep catching them on camera by luck. I hope you enjoy these daily vlogs and unpredictable life moments. I have a lot more Japanese friends to introduce to you. Try out language exchange if you're looking for some Japanese friends too: brc.hellotalk.com/OrientalPearl
@Oriental Pearl さん、
There was a 7.0 earthquake two days before the big 9.0 earthquake that happened ten years ago. Get prepared just in case it follows that same pattern.
ooohhhh be safe.
We love you.
Life is unpredictable, but this is not only earth-shaking but nerve shaking as well lol
There is no end to video material in Japan.
A new volcanic eruption in southern Honshu has formed an island and continues to expand.
In Japan, you don't have to remember all the kanji, it's enough to know everyday kanji. But everyone knows about "large format", he is a little skeptical.
@@Markver1 OMG that freaks me out.
@@socks_cat356 That’s right. There are so many topics if I can just find the right audience to watch.
I don't think I'd be able to handle the amount of quakes they get. However, they seem unfazed and ready for emergencies! Stay safe over there!
It really feels good that Japan has always been supportive of building a strong infrastructures in Bhutan to counter earthquakes...😊😊
I have experienced a few quakes, the strongest was an 7.4 that lasted a minute, it felt like I was on a large piece of jello that was on top of a skateboard rocking back and forth, there was also a rumbling noise, afterward it was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop until the birds started squawking, it is a humbling thing to go through..
Last one I went through was last year and happened while I was on the toilet and it started rocking back and forth lmfao.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 That had to be a crappy experience 💩 , sorry I couldn't resist, no I can't imagine what that had to be like, a quake hits when your in a very vulnerable position but I guess it's never a good time. Thanks for your sense of humor. 😊
I live on a fault line in America and we are all used to it too. If Earthquakes are common, people get desensitized and the city, infrastructure, buildings and people are better prepared for one. People still get shocked sometimes but it’s not a big deal to many as well.
As a Californian I can relate. You start being able to gauge which quakes should worry you.
Living in Japan wouldn’t be a problem since I’m Chilean and it’s pretty much the same with the earthquakes hahaha. I love your videos!
Thanks for watching! Chile has massive earthquakes too. Ring of Fire.
Living in California, if it isn't above a 5.0, we don't even really consider it much of a quake. I completely understand how the Japanese people in this video react.
That is true for some parts of CA but believe it or not I hadn’t felt my first real earthquake until like 2-3 years ago or so until Ridgecrest had that big one on the 4th of July and that’s only because I was staying out in OC for the 4th of July. I also remember a little one when I was younger and at my aunt and uncles in San Jose. I’m from Modesto which is the Central Valley and we hardly ever feel them here. There’s been a couple or few where everyone around here felt them but I was either in a car or somewhere else to where I didn’t get to feel it. That 4th of July one freaked me out though because it was kinda the first one I had ever really felt and it was huge. There was also one that was still large a day or two before it and I heard the stairs making noise at the house I was at but for some reason didn’t really feel it.
My family always wakes up during at night because of earth quakes, but I tend to sleep through them though.
There's a lot we can learn from Japan! I really love their calmness in situations. Had it been in America, everyone would be out of control.
I was in Tokyo in 2018 for a couple of months, when I felt two earthquakes. I live in the UK - so I've never experienced one before.
I freaked out, both times! I can't remember the origin, but it was a few hundred Km out to sea. I went to report it on some quake website - only to find out that I was one of 3 people who thought it was worth mentioning. The millions of Tokyians probably never noticed it.
Great video - but I felt sorry for those poor pigeons.
Those pigeons had it coming. I didn't catch it all on camera, but they flew into those girls and attacked them.
Written on her grave. Choked on Blowfish during an earthquake. Permanently uploaded.
LOL!!!! There was a typhoon and an earthquake at the same time last year too, but we weren't eating blowfish.
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but got a refund
@@OrientalPearl wouldn't be my first thought either.
@@schrodingerscat3912 lmaooo genius
Nice Job! Fantastic! I taught english in a Nova school in Kashiwa, north of Tokyo. I asked why there was no fire sprinkler system in our 7 story office building and they said it was because a fire sprinkler system would stiffen the building too much in order for it to be earthquake proof. When a quake would hit my students would look at me for instruction and I was looking back "you're the Japanese people who should know what to do! haha" This video is fun and entertaining and reminded me of that. thanks @Oriental Pearl
Thanks so much! I'm glad that you can relate to the video. I always look around expecting Japanese people to know what to do during an earthquake better than me.
Can I ask how you became a teacher and if it was worth it? I hope to go to Japan for a job one day :)
The first time was shook my weekend nap. I jumped, went outside, still shirtless (peak summer), realized only me who looked weird. People like 'business as usual'. The second and third, got my lesson and chilled. Went to izakaya instead.
Sounds like an exciting night. lol
Japanese are very tolerable. They even have to deal with North Korean missiles flying over them
@@Tuxedosnake00 hey, that morning! The sirene!
I like your videos, perfect for learn japanese culture and have a good time with you !
Thank you! 😃
Love your videos! I can’t wait to visit Japan one day. I learn so much!
I live near the Syro-African Rift. It runs the entire length of Israel. But starts north, and heads down into Africa. Overdo for a major quake. A way of life for tens of millions! Japan is better prepared than most countries... I'd guess.
Cheers!
Earthquakes are away of life in San Francisco but you automatically head under a sturdy desk or table no matter the size of the tremors.
Remember those earthquake drills in school.
You must have moved to the SF area. Locals don't go under desks unless it's a 7.
@@notchomomma239 After 1989 they do.
@@thomassanfrancisco5850 that was pretty nuts. What changed that for me was Chile, Thailand and Japan. Those 3 earthquakes were so big, the powers that be altered the Richter scale to prevent a mass panick. The Richter scale we grew up on, each point is around 10 times the energy of the previous, under the new scale, it's around 32 times the energy. Those three 9.0 earthquakes were closer to 28.0 by the scale we grew up on.
YOWZA!!! I've been busy at work and started to catch up on some of your videos and see that you are over 172k subs. YOU are a damn rock star. I ALWAYS knew you were destined for greatness. You have many more awesome things in store for you. I am so happy for all your success. You deserve so much happiness. Thank you for all that you do. Be well!
Thank you so much! I’m glad that you had time to view the old videos too. Many people haven’t seen them yet.
Thank you so much! I’m glad that you had time to view the old videos too. Many people haven’t seen them yet.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for your ongoing preparedness carrying that Go-pro on ya all the time.
Everybody is so calm- I would of cried and ran for my life
I'm like "WOW" they must be really advanced in earthquake preparedness and everything that comes with a big quake. I was in the 7.2 Easter Quake here in SoCal next to Mexicali, that was just crazy.
I was in that one too - although in Newport Beach so quite a bit farther up. I have to say the earthquake preparedness is great but the most impressive thing is how nasty the quakes are and how few people are hurt. The buildings really are amazingly good at surviving such things even buildings built 50 years ago - they are just a bit scarier though.
Around thirty years ago I was in Japan for one month. No earthquakes at all. But japanese friends put me to a tee ceremony and other things like the hot bath. It was the most exciting vacation I ever had.
I’m glad you had a great vacation. I hope you can come back again.
Wow 😳🥺 I don't know what I would do 😭So glad you still got to do a video safely 😭 so kool so different.......
At least 10 years ago, I was laying in the same bed I'm in right now in a town bordering Boston, and I felt the bed start to sway. Sure enough, it was an earthquake centered to the north. Boston was rocked in 1755, with church steeples coming down across the city. It happens.
i really want to learn Japanese language
Its never too late! I am 33 and only just started learning Japanese on the DuoLingo app.
yeah man but i rarely have a free time I'm 16 and need to stop for 1 year because of so many problems and now I'm just helping my family in their business so hard for me.
@@gewcy9852 I get you. But at least try the Duolingo. It is like five minutes. It has its problems but it is encouraging to get you started.
@@liizzset do you know any other apps that might help?
@@hoshf47 there is lingoberry. Similar to Duolingo. There is anki. A flashcard system. There is one where you can practice writing. Write It Japanese by Jeraung. There is also Infinite Japanese. Purple with a hiranga symbol on the front. Easy game which teaches through repetition. Same company. Had Android system. So I have them from Google play store.
In the early hours of January 1, 2000 I was awakened by earthquake tremors. It felt like a subway was right under my house. However the actual earthquake epicenter was ten hours away on the U.S. side of the border. The higher up you are from ground level the more you feel it. I was once on the 55th floor of an office tower. The epicenter was a few hundred miles away. Everything in the conference room shook and coffee mugs tipped over. The whole office floor racked back and forth, with two aftershocks thereafter. That shakes you since on a 55th floor there are not many options to escape if things got critical. I have known people who survived the 1989 San Francisco earthquake and moved never to return to the city.
Thank you, learning Japanese language :) 😊❤️️ also i'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina my first language is Castilian and English second😆
Those quakes are so scary. They seem to be happening more frequently. Stay safe and have an amazing day ❤️
I know right. There were a lot in the last 2 months.
They are because the tectonic plates are super active right now. That's why volcanos in and around the Ring of Fire are either smoking or have been erupting the last few years.
Both Japan and the West coast of the US are long over due for a major quake. 2011 isn't comparable for what's to come.
It's sad it's happens so much that no one is even fazed
Here in AZ I remember when I felt the one in California. That was a while ago and to me that was a lil scary to feel everything move even a little.
NEVER CLICKED SO FAST IN MY LIFE
Wow, you even beat me. lol
@@OrientalPearl 😲😲
I can get locals not being into old traditional stuff. I'm Romanian. If you ask most people about wearing traditional clothing and doing some ceremony stuff, they'll look at you like an alien. lol. There's also the "local effect". I lived in Toronto 15 years. It took me 14 years to finally go visit the CN Tower (Sky Tree equivalent). If you're a local, you dont wanna do touristy stuff, and since traditional Japanese things like kimonos are heavily advertised to tourists, the locals probably treat them as such (tourist attractions).
That's right. There are a lot of people in Tokyo that haven't been to the famous Tokyo Sky Tree. Only tourists go there lol
@@OrientalPearl Only tourist drive down Lombard Street but I prefer to walk it and even saw wild parrots that are part of this area. Driving is over in a flash of hairline curves. Walking up or down slowly the beauty of the gardens makes my day.
Din Romania too 😁
I hope you uploaded this interesting video now because you can’t wait for us to enjoy it and not because of a sleepless night.
It was indeed a sleepless night. lol but this is a topic I wanted to talk about.
In the area I live ( Western Washington) scientists said we are overdue for a super-quake, So naturally when watching the shaking start that you felt it gives me anxiety. I instantly started thinking about the monster lurking below us waiting to unleash mass destruction. Knowing it could happen at any moment is really quite terrifying.
That’s a scary feeling. The Ring of Fire is real and active.
@@OrientalPearl it certainly is after a curry
I read about the earthquake recently. Glad to see you guys are okay out there tho! Video is great as always!
Thanks, this vlog was very timely. I tried to get it uploaded as fast as possible.
@@OrientalPearl Ah i gotcha! Glad you're safe! You could take a month to upload, i'd still sit back & wait for the next video either way! :) Stay safe!
Today we again had a M6.8 earthquake in Japan. My cat doesn't get scared anymore as she grew.
I always keeps hitting the same exact spot.
Hello from Saga, Japan. Yes, even me I've experienced earthquakes down here including 2 in Kumamoto Prefecture. I still think the Earthquake alarm on your phones are scary.haha😄😅🙏🗾
My son was born in Japan a day before I was rushed to hospital for an emergency appendectomy in the same hospital. When I got out there was a rather large earthquake on March 11 2011. I was still on the drugs and never felt the 9.1!? Mother and son were fine despite my stepping on the chair control panel following the birth!? Will never live that down…
4:43 I cant stop laughing lol. That kid lol
Plot twist: that lady heard what you said and is grateful, but Japanese standards she turns those thoughts away and says she isnt great
We just sit out there every Monday and watch those birds do that every single time.
@@OrientalPearllol. Thos birds have character tbh. I love them
Dj Okawari luv letter playing in japanese restaurants, amazing
I am born and raised in Los Angeles and I have been through two major quakes in 1971 and 1994. These are quakes that shut down the city for days with a lot of destruction and damage. I don’t think you can ever get used to earthquakes you just learn to deal with it. Whenever there is an earthquake you never know how big it’s going to be so I can understand why people are very uneasy with them.
Smart lady keeping your go pro handy for this footage! I’ve never experienced an earthquake before, I bet the first time is really a different experience but I suppose if you’re a child growing up you just normalize it somewhat and learn to live with it right? It’s definitely a culture shock to me though. You summarized my thoughts with “It’s just an earthquake?!” 😨
Ha ha, I’m still not used to it. It’s a really strange feeling.
I always found the earthquake experience to be more strange than scary. The sensation of sitting at home and suddenly the whole apartment building starts wobbling and swaying is such a surreal feeling which is hard to describe unless you've been through it yourself. There's a footbridge over the Shakuji River near where I lived which was designed with so much "give" in it for earthquakes that it bounced like a trampoline when more than one person walked on it, it was more scary than an actual quake. Lucky you didn't get your train back from Kawagoe cancelled after the quake, they tend to cancel/ heavily delay those trains around there for lesser things like wind and rain (and of course the daily "human accident"), Saikyo and TobuTojo lines, it happened to me quite a few times.
Long time no talk my friend. Are you back in Australia?
@@OrientalPearl Yes unfortunately so, since the start of Feb. I'm heavily missing the covenience stores and drink vending machines there more than anything (became so used to being able to buy a Calpis or Pocari etc. virtually outside my front door), Australia is definitely not convenient in that regard and so expensive too. Trying to find work again here and get life restarted and all that boring stuff. Hope all is good with you ;-)
Good stuff! The segments on tradition and kanji bring up several sociological and psychological perspectives. Interesting learning to be more Japanese is a dual theme for the channel creator and her partner. Sorry, I forget your names! Awesome channel and view on Japanese life! 👍
Oh my gosh, the little boy at 5:05 is the absolute cutest!!!
Lovely video Anming. I really liked the mixture of clips together and they told a story. Stay safe over there I would definitely be frightened of earthquakes. Our storms in Ireland are bad enough.
Thanks so much. I know about those storms in Ireland. Those are intense.
I feel like people foreign to Japan reacts to Earthquakes like someone from southern US reacts to a blizzard in the north. They hear about it, see pictures (well as much as that is possible lol) but actually experiencing it is a different matter. We up north just be like "Meh" and start driving in it XD lol.
I am actually learning Japanese right know I watch you because you can show me different things about japan so thank you for making videos about a place that I love
Thanks for watching!
I was surprise how often Japan gets earthquake, that ppl become accustomed to it.
Really love your videos!
We had an earthquake here in metro Detroit right between Canada and grosse isle sounded and felt like an explosion super weird
The food in all these videos looks delicious!! Your content is awesome!!
Thank you so much!
Anming: Please be careful during earthquakes. Lol.
That’s sad when the young people don’t like tradition or culture .
I guess it has to do with exposure in a way, a bit like how young people in the country side want to live in the city because it is much more lively VS people who live in the city that dreams to have a cabin in the wood just to have some peace of mind or get away from the stress of the city.
Culturally, Japan is a very beautiful place, at least imo, but for the Japanese natives, it is part of their normal everyday lives, they are probably blind to it. When you are used to live in certain environment you become blind to the things that other find amazing or beautiful, since, well you get to see it every single day. At least I would think so, there are probably a ton more reason that i am not aware of as well. It might also have to do with their extremely busy lives.
When it come to foreigners, japan is that mystical place which is a worlds apart culturally, compare to what the west is used to per say. I live in Canada and never got to travel abroad and when I see other places through media I am still always amazed by what i see.
I love my aunt Roxanne she is a good aunt towards me and Jake
That's how culture evolves and stays relevant. It would be sad to mindlessly copy the older generation.
I was recommend by CZcams yo follow your channel so I'm newly subscribed. I'm also learning Japanese because I love anime but also love the culture. Your so lucky to live in Japan I'd love to live there but have ties here in England but if it was for that I'd be taking the next flight to Japan. Great video and very insightful ✌🏼🇯🇵
Welcome! Thanks for subscribing. I hope you enjoy all 100 videos.
Here in New Zealand we sort of get used to Earthquakes too. Thanks again for the video!
Thanks for watching Kiwis! 😊
The earthquake alarm scares me more than the earthquake itself. Good vlog.
Same here! The alarm is really loud.
We rarely get any earth quakes in Australia, because we're right in the centre of a plate, but we did one time and the objects in my house were rattling a little - even that freaked me out haha
Hello Anming, long time no see, miss your uploads. Question: Have you ever heard of a place on Hokkaido island called "Swedish Hills"? It's a small village of wooden houses all built and painted just as they would have been in Sweden. I recently learned about this place thru CZcams (where else...). The idea for building this village came about when the Swedish ambassador to Japan visited the nearby town of Tobetsu in the seventies.
He remarked to his hosts how similar the nature surrounding that town was to the Swedish one, and that they also seemed to have similar weather, and the idea for this place was born. So in 1984 they started building the replica of a small Swedish village. It's now a tourist destination where they observe Swedish traditional midsummer celebrations, eat cray fish in the autumn like we do here and produce traditional Swedish arts and crafts.
Most of the times when someone tries to create a authentic environment from another country like this, it falls flat, it feels and looks fake. But to my surprise this little village actually looks genuinely Swedish. If someone had posted a couple of pics of it and written "my home village in Sweden" under them, I wouldn't have thought anything about it...
Is there a similar place in Japan that would fool an American to believe that they were seeing pictures taken somewhere in the in the US to your knowledge? And by the same token, is there a place you would go if you felt a little homesick and just wanted to feel that you were back home for a while Anming? Be well.
I haven’t heard of that but it sounds interesting.
If it was me in the case of the earthquake, i would panic, like: "Oh my god, the earth is moving, okay, breath breath, why doesn't this stop? This is normal... Just stay still, like the other people" ahaha
I love watching your videos. They are fun and interesting as well as funny. I have been speaking Japanese for a long time. Majored in college in International business with a minor in Japanese language and culture. I loved my time being over there in Osaka. But I had a stroke recently and lost a bunch of my language recollection when my short term memory fried. SO I use Pimsler to refresh my memory thanks to you. I also use my husband's expertise. Very American and Autistic (we both are) Over there years he has taught himself to not only speak fluent Japanese but read and write it (Type it) too. His friends in Japan didn't know he was American. lol. Sorry for the ramble my point is with Kanji even he forgets that part sometimes. If he doesn't recognise one he looks it up and then researches what goes into it and what it means then works with it until it's ingrained in his mind. lol Japanese is that enchanting of an language if you give it a chance to be.
Aww, thank you so much. I’m glad you got a chance to go back and see these old vlogs.
Just amazing 😊 Anming. Tommy san I started learning Japanese because of my love for Japan and Japanese people 🇯🇵🙏. Anming's channel has been of huge help to know more about Japan and her videos are not only entertaining but encouraging as well to know and learn different languages and culture 😊🙏.
I can't thank you enough for that Anming 🙏. 本当にありがとうございます🙏🙇♀️。
Lots of love ❤️🤗
I’m so glad to hear that you are taking on Japanese! That’s wonderful!
love just watching you explore
More adventures to come soon!
I live in the state of Hawaii and we do have quakes here too. Although a lot of people still don't know this fact and when it happens they get freaked out about it. Mine you ours is not as big nor long. The highest was like a 6.5 or 7. The last big one we had, at least to us here was around there and was felt up the whole island chain. The house felt like a jet came flying over really low so I didn't think much of it until the power went off because of the quake.
Michigan girl meets Earthquake. I've never been through one either. I'd probably just get on the floor so I didn't fall down.
love your videos...fun yet interesting ...i feel i am always learning something new...are those kimonos expensive, they are so beautifuul...thanks for sharing
When I was a kid I went to New Zealand for a sports team trip. Middle of the night, a little 4.8 quake hits, all us Australian ran out of our bunk house thinking the world was going to end. The New Zealand kids we were staying with.....didn't even bother to get out of bed lol
_Great Video uwu . and Great Editing .... Good luck for ur Future Contents ... I m Curious u remember me or not xd_
How can they be so calm? I've never experienced a earthquake before so I'd freak out too
I watch Your chanel for a few days, i Love how You use all those japanise "Sounds" thats complietly change You interaction level.
Thank you. I hope you subscribed.
The kimono and sakura!! Love it! Btw, I was loling when that guy beat the birds away with the broom. Hahahahaha! :)
Thanks so much Jasmine! I watch those birds attack people every week. Lol
Nice touch with the camcorder view edit... very fitting for an earthquake. Tommy looked like he was about to break out in hives lol
Thanks! I spent extra time editing this video trying to give it an “armature by design” kind of feel.
Love your videos! I hope to see more videos about the food in Japan!
More to come!
We are soooo here for Kanji. It’s the sophisticated & more beautiful version of emojis.
When you described the epicenter of the earthquake as a 7 or an 8 hour drive... Pure Michigan. And it really did give me an idea of how far away better than saying miles or kilometers.
Thanks Jason. I was trying to be international. And I don’t know how many kilometers or miles away it is.
They be so chill when it comes to a natural disaster xD
1:26 just the perfect picture ^^
Hey Anming, nice to see you post again! 🥰
Loved the edit, the barrating parts, the food reviewing, "kanji quiz" basically the whole video was bomb! But well, I always like your vids! Nice kimono too! You go Anming! ✌🏼🤩
Thanks so much for watching the whole thing. The editing took up the whole weekend, but I’m glad to finally use these old clips and new clips together.
@@OrientalPearl loved it! Keep at it, you are awesome and you will get more and more successful in time, I BELIEVE IN YOU. :)
It’s always sad when traditions start to disappear. Japanese has such beautiful and elegant use and costumes
My first quake was in Tokyo in 2018. Watching the football World Cup in a bar…warning alert comes on TV and bar staff immediately protect the expensive whiskies lol loved it
according to japan today last one was typical 6.5 magnitude no tsunami warning
It only shows they trust their building or any structures bec of their laws and technology and they are so disciplined and intelligent they know the more they panic the situation gets worst
at region of my workplace, a vulcanic island and part of pasific ring of fire that constantly experiencing earthquake at least once in a month maybe 3 n 4 times with 4-6 SR intensity....the last time i'm feeling so scared was 2 year ago
It surprises me how much the people of Nihon are just forgetting their traditions. It's happening everywhere in the world but their heritage in particular is so singularly unique and beautiful that I consider the loss of it to be seriously tragic. Add that to the population slide and we may lose them completely...this thought breaks my heart...to know that in just a few generations, one of the most brilliant people groups in the world could be nearly extinct. I know I won't be here by then but I hope it doesn't happen.
Don’t worry Anming, i lived in Southern California for 50 yrs and still get scared during earthquakes
@ Dox Heart. Its so funny that what can kill you is also the funniest -- Karma.
I defiantly want to learn Japanese- but I’m learning two languages already 😅😂
Maybe if you were less defiant about learning Japanese you'd have more success ;)
When I was living in Japan, I worked in the Mori tower on the 48th floor. That was a LOT of fun during earthquakes:) However, the worst one that I was in was the 2011 great earthquake major aftershock in Tokyo (I was in HK for the one in March but the major aftershock was a month later). At that time I was at the Imperial hotel - not a new building by any means and I was thrown onto the floor from the shaking. It was quite a bit more frightening than the surreal quakes on a trading floor in Mori tower even though that was much higher up.
If you grew up in Southern California, you would develop the same attitude towards earthquakes as the Japanese. Anything under a 7 is very mundane, and we just carry on our normal business.
Yep. I think the funny part is when we just sit around wondering if it was an earthquake or not. “Eh, maybe a truck drive by.”
Really? I’ve lived in LA my entire life. They aren’t quite that common I feel like? Maybe once every few months there will be a 3 or 4. And I get scared every time!
He wack those pigeons lol
Yes he did. He probably does it several times a day
Glad your ok. Doesn’t matter where you are on the planet. Earthquakes are global even underwater.
The fact that you live in Japan makes me want to move back and stay there! My birthland! 😭
Japan welcomes you back!
Back in August 26, 2011 the east coast of the USA had an magnitude 5.8 earthquake. My first one I ever experienced. Yes I ran around my building like a chicken with it's head chopped off. I was married at the time and I didn't want my ex-wife (at the time we were still married) alone. I had to cancel my doctors appointment.
i live in victoria, australia and we had a 5.9 earthquake in september 2021, it was the first i had ever experienced but i wasn’t that scared.
@@samiii2626 Wow. Australia is on the Ring Of Fire.
I have a close friend in Osaka. I have visited only once. Was going to go back in 2020 then Covid shut that down. So hopefully go in 2022 or 23. In looking at your recommendations for learning Japanese. Thank you for that. I know some Japanese words. But is not a practical language in California. Earthquakes are something we in Cali and Japan have in comment. But the language...is not one of them...as is not spoken by many here.....and so it would be difficult to practice....for street use. Living in the countries like you have is a definite advantage. Anyway...I speak Spanish as I am from Puerto Rico. I know..I am making excuses. haha! Arigato, Thank you.....Gracias! : D
Oh, honey. I frickin LOVE Japanese. 💖
I was on holiday in Tokyo a couple of years ago. My friend and I were in a hotel room on the 11th floor when an earthquake happened. We did freak out a bit!
Interesting video !
Thanks!
The first time I experienced an earthquake I didn't realize it at all, because I thought I spent hours studying that I started having paranoids :))
earthquake is no joke look at how much shaking it does. But with oriental pearl around everything is ok. Muah love you oriental pearl.
I AM PLANNING TO MOVE TO JAPAN AND AM STILL IN MY FIRST YEAR OF STUDYING...EARTHQUAKES IS THE ONLY THING MAKING ME SAD ABOUT MY NEW LOVE JAPAN! I AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOU! AMERIKA SHUSHIN DESU. BELLA TO II MASU. ARIGATO GOZI MASU! WORKING TO LEARN CHINESE TOO. MAYBE WE WIL GET TO KNOW EACHOTHER SOMEDAY! SISTER AMERICAN! 🍜 ♥