13 things that surprised me in the Netherlands as a Japanese person | vlog
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
- In this video, I would like to share 13 things that surprised me, as a Japanese person who visited the Netherlands for the first time!
※Girl in a white kimono is by Breitner, not Van Gogh. Sorry about it!
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Girl in a white kimono is by Breitner, not Van Gogh. Sorry about it!
But you know the art
It really says a lot that you actually thought it OK to leave your bags outside unattended - that thought would never even enter my head.
So true.. whichever the country may be
when i taught english in Akita shi Akita ken (largest city in that northern prefecture) i would immediately plop my backpack down at the front door of the grocery store, dept store what hav u knowing it would still be there when i returned from not having to lug it around,; always warmed my heart.... Also dont hav to lock ur bike up, it will not be stolen in a world where high-trust society has all but vanished from the west, shout out to Japan for keeping culture homogeneity 💖
Gr8 vid, domo arigato, kiotsukete
Be prepared for authentic Italian pizza to hold a small blob of cheese in the middle under 1 anchovy 🤣🤣🤣 js, shout out to the Italians !
Aye. I'm from Florida, US visiting Japan/Korea for a few months and oh my god... the level of security and safety here is insane... don't take me back man... don't take me back...
Japanese culture is for Japanese. As foreigner, it's a strong learning curve, and they do not take the general western ideals of "stealing" by our wonderful diversity imports since the 19th century, as something to be hand waggled away. Because they don't want to destroy their culture and heritage.
I've seen people leave their phone and wallet lying on the table when they used the restroom in Tokyo, it's pretty normal there.
But yeah, I would never do that her in Amsterdam, I never leave my bike unattended without locking it.
Thank you for spreading cultural awareness! Your videos are always so relaxing, enjoyable and informative 💫👍🌻
What a beautiful video you made about your experience in our country!🇳🇱 I’m so happy it made nice memories for you! And you included our picture too! Wow! Thank you so much! We feel honoured and forever treasured to have met you! ❤
As a Dutch person, I enjoyed this! Nice job. About rare Japanese products: They are available here I think mostly because there is a Japanese expat community living in Amsterdam hence they want/can afford high quality Japanese products. The Dutch "ninjas" also take icecreams! This happens mostly close to the seaside though ;)
So glad you enjoyed it here! 😊❤ Too bad I didn't know you were here until you had left, I would've loved to share some matcha with you and practice my Japanese. 🍵 Maybe next time I could show you around! 🤗 Thank you for speaking so kindly of the Netherlands 😊
Wow! Thank you so much for your comment! I've watched some of your CZcams videos too! I'm really honored. Definitely:) Next time when I go there, I want to talk with you and hopefully see your beautiful room! When you come to Japan, please let me know!
@@SamuraiMatcha Awesome 😄 I will and feel free to let me know if you're coming this way too 😊
The painting is not by Van Gogh. Girl in a white kimono is by Breitner.
Yes, but it is true that van Gogh was influenced by Japanese art and culture. And he painted Japanese women.
Sorry about that! I misunderstood（ ; ; ）
@@mabasa8266 Van Gogh collected Japanese prints, the Van Gogh Museum has a collection of those.
Hello Akisan. I'm glad you liked my country. You can get a lot of things from all over the world here, but some things are hard to find and you can only get at speciality stores. Usually I can find what I'm looking for. I'll be traveling to Japan again by the end of March. I hope to welcome you when you come back to the Netherlands.
Glad you enjoyed you stay in our little country. Good to see my country left a mostly good impression.
Yeah.. Don't leave you things unattended outside. Especially in big cities. Things get stolen faster than you can blink. It's not so bad in the Dutch countryside but anywhere else it get stolen from under you.
I love the Japanese market in Leiden. I've been there several times, as I live 15 minutes from the city.
it's even not advisable to put your phone on the table when sitting outside at a terrace, it would not be the first time someone grabs it and runs off
it all depends where, i could leave my stuff in my own street for weeks and nobody would steal it, leave it outside a cheap hotel or bnb with tourists and it will gone in 60 seconds
born in amsterdam and never had my stuff stolen, i dont need to always lock my bike because i can spot the 'dangerzones', as a tourists you dont have this 6th sense and need to keep your belongings closer
Hooray for third world invader-migrants.
Wow - looks amazing. Glad you are safe and sound from your travels.
Much love from Belgium 🇧🇪 ❤
Welcome to the Netherlands aki! I hope you had a lot of fun :)
Thank you, Aki! The ninja gull reminds me of the giant kites (blackbirds) in the botanical gardens in Kyoto. There were signs warning people about them because they would attack people's food.
Great informational video. Sorry about losing your bag. I'd never leave my bags unattended as there are too many disrespectful people in the world. I really enjoy your videos.
I'm glad you had a good time in the Netherlands and that everyone was nice (except for the person stealing your bags, I guess)!
Enjoy your vids! Tfs!
Your videos are as fun as always ❤ Still hoping that one day you could visit Poland!
There is a difference between a river and a canal. A big difference. Houseboats are mostly on canals, not rivers.
Lovely video, made me want (even more) to visit Japan, and the Netherlands again too, which is closer to me. Our local bike shop here in a small town in Brittany had an exhibition last year of bamboo bikes! Somehow I missed it though. Perhaps you might come and visit here one day!
Loved the vlog and the observations you made, and I'm so sorry you got your stuff stolen
Another fun, relaxing video. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your trips with us¡¡ I love your energy 🤩
This feels like such a genuine reflection of your experiences! It was so cool to see!
❤❤❤ my son came home from his work in the Netherlands and he is eager to go back there😊😊😊
Really appreciate your videos, I always feel healed thanks to them
Fine you enjoyed the Netherlands ! 🇳🇱👍🇯🇵
Fantastic video. So interesting and well done. Will look forward to your next one in Italy.
I'm so glad that I found your channel! You have a new follower :)
The seagulls by the herring standa are very aggressive😂. Sorry your bag was stolen there. It's nice to see you visited so many places while you were here.
Welcome to my native country. Nederland🥰
Enjoyed watching your video and great things to learn too.
The fish so good. Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤😂😂😂let’s go!!!
Thank you for this nice video! I was in the Netherlands in 1986, so it is nice to see it now.
Beautiful video and commentary.
Thank you for sharing.
I would love to ride around Tokyo on a bike but not knowing the etiquette and rules, when to ride on the sidewalk, when to ride on the road, makes it a bit of a non-starter.
Luckily public transport is super efficient in Tokyo, it would be nice to be able to do it in Kyoto though as the busses tend to get stuck in traffic a lot.
We did bike through the countryside near Kurashiki ... that was super nice, got a bit lost, but it all worked out in the end.
the bike rental people, an older couple, didn't speak English and we didn't speak Japanese, but we managed to understand each other nonetheless. They refused to let us leave unless I wore a hat to protect me form the sun :)
It's kinda funny how Japanese mom's bikes and Dutch oma bikes have a lot in common
Many people struggle to pronounce Dutch names, but for future references, Rijke rhymes with Bike so it is more like "Rike" how it is pronounced. :) (My mom is half Dutch).
I loved this video and am so very sorry that things were stolen there of yours. That is awful. I have never tried any drugs or alcohol so I too would not want to have those cookies. You did fine in not trying them.
That is so interesting how Japanese products are sold through the Netherlands on the road and are a good quality.
There are definitely racists in the Netherlands, but I am so glad you did not receive bad treatment at all. Most Dutch people are very respectful and enjoy learning about cultures.
where can i find those so claimed racists? i keep hearing about it but i cant find them anywhere, ive asked the locals, asked tourists even google maps
pls respond
will be watching every single episode!
I miss the herring soo much!
"Mista Gogh" made me giggle. 😊 I hope you were able to replace your stolen items. Thank you for the nice video!
Noooo, I would have loved to say hello! Come back to Netherlands!
Thank you for sharing! The Netherlands is my country too, however I live in Aruba and would never go back to the Netherlands to live but only for vacation 😅.
10:34, 10:47: I recognize where that is, I live really close to those chickens! Nice to see someone visiting places in the Netherlands that aren't Amsterdam - but I wouldn't have expected them to visit Warmond, of all places!
Konnichiwa & Namu Amida Butsu from the Netherlands🙏 Love your channel and I hope to visit Japan soon🥳
Thank you for your video. It is amazing journey that you have shared. And yes, other countries and their culture are not the same as Japan. Some countries even have high crime rate as things get stolen if left unattended outside and we nearly got picked-pocket by a gypsy with a child in Rome. have been to Sweden, Italy and Japan. I am from Malaysia.
Watch out! Ninja bird! 🥷🦅🤣
Great that you had a good time in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Aki . I live in the netherlands. Hope you get your stolen bags back and stay safe on your travel. Ganbatte kudasai Aki.
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If you ever come back too Belgium be my geurt too guide you 😁
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it's better to smoke weed then to eat the cookies if you never done it before, the cookies are way heavier.
it's like a joint is a can of beer and a cookie is a bottle of whiskey.
for anyone wanting to try it out, try smoking it first and don't put to much in it.
thats why a lot of shops in amsterdam and border cities have a warning "cookies are not for first time users"
Hi there. weed cookies in Amsterdam are quite harmless. very low thc content by law sold in the shops. You would need to eat 4/5 cakes to feel any effects.
The painting with kimono is painted by Breitner, not Van Gogh... but beautiful it is😅.
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Monet also painted a woman in kimono.
こんにちは。そうなんですよね、ヨーロッパ内は飛行機格安航空で移動が安いのに泊まるのが高いんです！私もユースホステル、AIRBNB使っているんですけど。ちなみにイギリスの忍者はフィッシュアンドチップスを取っていきます！！
You where only in the tourist part.
I live in the Frisia province no need to lock my car, house door, boat.
Also stuff does not get stolen = I can leave my stuff out and it will not get stolen.
If you come over here again:
You are invited to stay in my wooden house or boat if you want.
Well it is a 6,50meter Sailboat.
That kimono girl painting is by Breitner, not Van Gogh! Breitner had a whole series of women dressed in kimonos!
Don't leave your bags unattended anywhere :) Is this the second time that you have had unattended bags stolen?
I can only advise you you see the Netherlands outside Amsterdam. It’s very different from your experience . Marihuana use in Amsterdam is mostly by tourists
the closer you get to the border; the most tourists.
what is there besides amsterdam? did you even watch the video?
Nikko during red leaves hotels much too expensive. They charge one person for five persons including 5 persons breakfast otherwise you will not find a place to stay. Only some Chinese would still pay that.
Oh amazing! If you are still in the Netherlands and would like a tour in Utrecht, shoot me a message! :)
as a drunken pot smoking Canadian that is not used to bicycles everywhere, I almost got killed by bicycles everywhere lol... entirely my fault, I of course would.look for cars but then would forget there's also bike lanes packed with people driving around.
it was also shocking to see so many Dutch people asking if I was ok due to drinking too much -- in Canada, I don't think I've ever been asked if I was ok. don't get the wrong idea I drink maybe once or twice a year, and am not a troublesome drunk or anything.
The Dutch people are very kind.
edit; Amsterdam is expensive but I would have thought Tokyo would be worse.
Also the marijuana is imported to NL and could be sprayed with all sorts of nasty poisons, if you're going to try marijuana try it in Canada or somewhere else that it is regulated and safe
Marijuana has been semi legal in the Netherlands longer than anywhere else. Do you really think they don’t have their safety regulations together by now?
@@douloureux. Lol semi legal but the growing is not legal. It's grown indoors under lamps, illegally. But they don't spray them.
It's not imported, how would that even work??? It's grown illegally, locally, in grow rooms. The hash is imported illegally. But in neither case is it sprayed with nasty poisons lol. Don't ask me how I know lol.
use of cannabis and growing up to 5 plants is legally legal, its in the fucking law, how more legal can it get?
you think cars are illegal because you cant speed 200 mph? get real, its called sensible regulation instead of 3rd world chaos@@simonh6371
i love how foreign tourist seem to have figured out our local businessmodels lol
Are you coming to France 🇫🇷???
I'm not going to lie I was disappointed when you said you didn't try weed... If you come to Australia we will smoke, and eat brownies. You got to try mate
I got some more answer’s about that high prices in our country..it’s because of the COVID-19 an de invasion of Russia in Ukraine we are getting low of gas and oil and electricity our country is trying to fix it too build much windmills and sun panels… and it’s also that many people that flee for war coming to our country and they want also a home and other too and that’s also a problem with to low on house’s but lucky we got helped by other countries with that too much people.. and that farmers are kinda angry on local authorities that they need to buy less cows and other animals for a stupid reason like climate change…. And thanks to that we got a little bit less food products and they make it indeed more expensive… I hope that this information was useful.
no, they cracked down on semi illegal bnb's
but 80 could almost get u a room in the hilton its a scam
Japan is extremely safe because Japanese people are highly civilized, educated, intelligent and DECENT. You should be proud of your nationality, it's an example for the whole world. If I were any younger I'd learn the language and move to Japan without hesitation.
The main reason Japan is so much safer than the Netherlands (or most European countries) is because there is no MULTICULTURALISM or MASS MIGRATION.
@@mvl6827 agreed.
another factor is japan has no lawyers, as you dont legal defense when youre guilty by default
you means its racist isolated island and actively weeds out any unwanted culture?@@mvl6827
Weed isn't legal in NL. When you get out of Amsterdam, prices immediately drop to a sane level
cars are also not legal in the netherlands
and is heineken banned too?
They are canals, not rivers. Man made 🙂
Marry wuanna
I am struggling to leave my moms basement
Fact is, in Amsterdam and other big cities, you should never ever leaf your eyes of your bag. This will happen if you live in the city your self!!!!.
The title should be. Things that surprised me in Amsterdam. Lots of facts are different in other cities. Prices, crime…
amsterdam is one of the safest cities in the world
thanks for your paid comment
I never knew we sold Marianna 😂
Earnest, modest, and shy? Like Finno-Ugrians...
I feel ashamed about stealing from Japanese people who think they can act as freely here with their belongings as at home 😢
Woman in Kimono that you showed is certainly NOT by van Gogh. Get your facts right please…
Don't be rude!
@@Lilygirl283 me rude..? never …🤣
Please don’t say Marianna.
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