Why Are These BIZARRE Things NORMAL in Japan?
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Japan is home to some WEIRD stuff! Like a festival where demons come to your house and scare the poop out of your kids. Or these places where you get completely nude with total strangers and take baths together, and so much more! I’m going to tell you all about these SUPER WEIRD things that are TOTALLY NORMAL in Japan!
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WOULD YOU TAKE A BATH WITH A STRANGER??
Here in Sweden we are no strangers to waiting in line but in Japan you have made queuing efficiency into an art form. When we were going back to our bnb the small station was quite crowded but there were taped on the floor with different colors for every line making a stop at that platform. The train arrived at the exact time, the people exiting got off quickly and then the people waiting got on just as quickly and the train took off at the exact time. It was beautiful!
Also, if you wanted to relax in the onsen at the ryokan we stayed at near Omuro-yama you had to share it with strangers that either were already there or arrived just as you finished washing and were going to the spring. As I said I'm from Sweden, that's no problem at all.
0:50 wearing a mask... over... A mask!??? This is the weirdest silliest thing in this video
Mrs Eats, I am disabled. A friend of mine went to Italy and was shocked that there was not many accommodations for disabled travelers. Would you perhaps one day make a video on what accommodations are available for disabled travelers to Japan? Thank you so very much for all of your wonderful videos.
That's a wonderful idea! I hope she does make a video regarding that.
My wife spent last January in Japan, traveling all over the country for her PhD research, and she hardly ever saw any accessibility features anywhere. Public transportation in Japan especially is an issue for people with disabilities because the older subway and train stations have no elevators or escalators at all - in Tokyo especially that was a serious issue because even not being disabled she had to haul her suitcases over many, many, many stairs. Public places are also very disability-unfriendly, unfortunately. The result is that you just don't see disabled people anywhere.
I have to say it is not going to be an easy place to get around for somebody in that situation. Some train stations don't have elevators, many businesses have stairs (no ramps), and hotel rooms are very tight. The Japanese people will help you as much as they can however.
@@luchesisuzana7643 Thank you so much for the helpful info.
@@richardmartin8998 Thank you. Italy I was told is kind of the same.
In Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic, we have a festival every year where dudes dress up as “demons” in wooden masks and puffy costumes and they walk around in a parade down the street. As a kid, I was absolutely terrified of the masks, but as an adult I appreciate them as a traditional part of my culture. They’re usually made from the wood of a dried gourd and painted different colors.
In Hungary we have something like this called "Busújárás" too.
Yeah but did the demons CHASE you even though you were so terrified that you were crying and your parents just stood aside and watched? Diff situation, mama!
Colombia has the La Loca festival. La Loca is the boogeyman and it definitely makes the kids want to behave.
I think American children REALLY could benefit from something like that.
LOL. Totally agreed. And many of the adults and politician in usa too
Nice! Como la llorona!!!
The Oni festival in America would result in lawsuits over child traumatization
True, Yet the lawsuits would have no basis and would be dismissed because the parents let the kids participate. 🤣
Says a lot about America, doesn't it?
I can believe it!
@@MrsEats the Oni costumes are AWESOME, very cool designs
@@Wendi713 nobody said the lawsuits would be legitimate. Let alone, hold up in court.
Regarding taking a bath together while naked - we do something similiar in Sweden. We go in to the sauna naked together and just relax. Its the same in all scandinavian countries.
Oh! So when you come to Japan it won't be too different!!
In Germany too. Sauna and special Beaches called FKK - Freikörperkultur, means "free" (naked) body culture 😅 To be naked between naked strangers of all genders is so normal in germany.
@@mischmaZOOO Germany and Japan, keeping the world weird and fetishized...
Keep up the good work y'all! 😂
I'm in USA. In elementary school (Kindergarten through 5th grade) we have to line up to go everywhere. To the bathroom, to PE, to go home in the afternoon, to go from one class to the other. But undoubtedly it doesn't translate to adulthood very well. We do have lines. But people complain like crazy!!
Japan is crazy about lines!! I think only time I don't see Japanese waiting in line is when they get off airplane. Then everyone run to get off as fast as possible haha!!
@@MrsEats haha
they emphasize lining up so much in elementary school, and "NO TALKING" while in the lines, not even whispering...
Yes, and I Volunteered for the Army and stood in line even more! Didn't really think about that prior to joining!
@@MrsEats that's understandable... I don't think you'll find a group of angrier people than the ones waiting for a plane, lol 😁
I understand the line up culture because we also do that here in Finland. Also, it never ceases to amuse me that having to take shoes off inside a house is weird to some people in this world😂
yeah and sauna of course 😂
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@Shinzo these videos always show some white dude putting their shoes on the furniture. it’s getting very boring. even in dirty America, only the rudest, most uncouth people would put their shoes on someone’s furniture.
Yeah I know right? But apparently some country do not have a culture to remove shoes before entering a house. The horrors.
BTW I love my trip to Finland!
right? to me too. I guess it's just the US where it is normal to wear shoes inside the house.
In Poland we also take our shoes off, i could never understand how anyone could wear in home same shoes they were steping on outside dirt, sand, chewed buble gums and even worse stuff.
This Oni Matsuri has a very similar parallel in Europe where during December various countries have Krampus march, or Frau Perchta who punish naughty children.
Krampus is starting to become very popular in the USA and some cities now have their own Krampus marches.
So glad to finally see a Mrs Eats video pop up on my feed. It's like stumbling on a fresh water spring when you've been surrounded by puddles of water in potholes for the longest time. What do they call the Oni with the wig and the body pillow? he's very effective at scaring young women. :D
the Weeabooni😁
Ah, the ‘Oni app’. A friend of mine used to use that to scare her son into behaving. (It worked for about a year until he realized he was being tricked. 😆 And Oni festivals… I’ve never been to a full-on Oni-themed one, but a local matsuri where I live in Mie prefecture has some horse-riding onis (the horses are actually part of the costume, not real) called “Shago-Uma” that exist solely scare the crap out of kids at the festival. And to be honest… I’m a bit scared of them myself. 😅
Wow!! I never heard of horse oni!! So interesting I have to see it!! Also Mr. Eats really likes Mie! Which city do you live?
@@MrsEats I live in Matsusaka, but I work in Tsu (that’s where they have the Shago-Uma). Hey, if you two are ever in the area look me up. I can give you the “inside outsider” tour of Ise Jingu area, including some excellent local beer. 🍻
I just visited Mie. What a great place!
@@edmoification I kinda think so too. 😃
(Why I’ve been here for so many years.) What areas did you visit?
1:51 Doesn't seem so strange to me. In the US don't you get haunted houses during Halloween that do basically the same thing? (scaring kids)
I think the difference would be haunted houses in the us and canada are seen as fun scary rather than teaching a lesson scary like japan does
I dont think i know anyone who brought a kid into a haunted house to teach them to behave haha
@@geckosocks Hahaha True. But also I was thinking the japanese festival was a sort of "fun scary" as well. Like, sure you're scared at the time, but after it's something to laugh about. That sort of thing.
@@Sollace oh fair! i think as an outsider too these festivals look really fun and cool! And i think as a kid i would have loved them!
But i have to wonder if i was told as a kid that monsters were real and were going to eat me if i misbehaved, would i find haunted houses scary fun? Or scary bad? fun in hindsight but scary until i realized it was fake probably like kids who are scared of santa?
Moses parting the toilets was brilliant.
Hello Mrs Eat, yes I agree about lining up. I just got back from Japan this past May 2023, back to the US. And I love the way they operate in Japan Japan is very orderly, and I for one love order and respect for others.
That Demon festival reminds me of a Krampus Festival I saw on the internet. Its held in a German Town every December, and men from a local guild dress up as Krampus and scare festival goers. I think its supposed to bring good luck for the Christmas and New Years season.
A line for a bathroom is pretty normal no matter where you are- there’s only so many toilets so I think that gal was just overwhelmed with her day 😅
But yea- the USA doesn’t do lines typically. Generally some people try to follow the idea of a line- get on the bus in order or first come, first served. But we have a lot of pushing, shoving, and racing around when it comes to cities and public transit. Honestly we can’t even form coherent lines when there’s guides and 6ft markers.
"Well good thing I play for both teams" I'm wheezing xD Hilarious and fun video as per usual
The comedy and banter in this is brilliant!
American Halloween is pretty tame compared to Oni festival, but I do remember being taken to some "haunted house" places at a kid that were way scarier/grosser than they should have been to allow little kids in, and they terrified me. Also my dad would always threaten to sell me and my brother to the "g*psies" when we were kids if we acted up but that threat never worked on me because I thought it sounded like fun
"My friend" would just tell his kids that he was going to drop them off at the orphanarium.
I love the humor in your videos. It's so effort less. Keep up the good work.
14:47 "I..... have to PEE!!!!" 😂😂😂
Great video once again, have been missing you. But the Tokyo Treats box catch was awesome! Played that over and over a few times.
Mrs. Eats you put so much personality into your videos! Also Mr. Eats is a good sport.
Not going to lie, that Oni Festival looks really cool! What time of year does that happen?
As someone from the UK, we love a good queue and get very annoyed when people don't respect the queue system. But they do spread out a lot.
I work in a coffee shop, and I'm constantly having to remind people to queue the correct way so that people are served in the right order.
As for bathrooms, queues are also expected (especially at busy places like concerts or train stations), and we get enraged if someone tries to skip ahead. Shouting isn't going to get things to move faster.
when i was in elementary school, they were strict with lines. also airport lines seem very specific on where you go based on your plane ticket when boarding.
Love your stuff!
The parts with Mr. Eats had me cracking up😆
Top notch character work in this one. Very funny stuff! 😂
Shoe rule is something I have adopted. It is not strange to me.
That's good! Main rule of taking off the shoes in the house is easy to understand! But you will learn so many more new rule about your feet in the house!!
As a North American Indian aka native american we do wear our shoes inside. I personally find it weird so I took off my shoes and walk around barefoot.
I really liked this video there was a lot of things that I didn't know about Japan thanks to you I now know a little bit more about Japan thank you Mrs Eats.
I'm glad Japan is more chill with nudity. It's kinda crazy how we're more ok with violence then nudity, like a TV show/movie/videogame can show a women being butchered but if you show even the slightest 'oppai' it's R rated and banned. I wish we were more chill with the natural human body.
I have been wondering when your next video would drop 😁 Good to see ya!
Hi Ryan! Thank you always for watching my video!! I hope you enjoyed it!!
6:00, ya...
This could be your best video ever. Seriously hilarious.
British people have the reputation of not minding queueing. But yeah, the queues won't be as disciplined, and look rather ragged. Groups with cluster and singles will usually be on their own.
Mrs Eats ! i am watching this video at work when i am supposed to be working haha . good video so far ! hello from Canada
Just starting watching your videos. You are so funny!
So this is the first time commenting on your videos and I just want to say I love your content and I look forward for more videos. :)
We in Austria have a similar festival as your Oni. Here they are called "Perchten" and their outfit costs sometimes several thousand Euros. But they don´t take the kids they just run through the streets, make a lot of noise and maybe even hit you with a small bundle of twigs. This is called "Perchtenlauf". (Of course did it sometimes escalete and there is every other year the discussion if it should be prohibited or not.)
Oh and we also have a "ranking system" for the kids in december. On one day (6th od dec, i belive) comes the "St. Nikolaus" to the "good" kids and brings them candy, nuts and fruits. And 2 days later comes the "Krampus" and brings the "bad" kids a piece of coal and maybe in some rural areas you will also get a slap with some twigs on your butt, or they even put the kids in a basket on their backs and walk a while.
Japan is dark at different levels !
In other countries lines are chaotic walls of people because you can never trust anyone not to cut in line. It's subconsciously deliberate to prevent line cutters or be first yourself.
The humor is very hilarious. Thank you for the little jokes.
OMG im dying. love it.. you two are funny. keep up the grea videos.
Love you videos. They make us laugh
For the shoes, it's the same here in Canada. We do have "mud rooms" or little entrance where you left your outdoor shoes and then go in the house. Maybe because it's because of the snow and mud here?! But we do it also during the summer. Anyway, I hate to walk in sand or dirty floors inside. So, I agree with Japan on that point for sure!! 👍
Same here in Germany. Usually there is a small room called"Windfang" wind catcher, where you take off your dirty street shoes and put on your "Hausschuhe"
I can't even imagine people from the US saying anything to the Japanese about how to raise their kids.
Getting in line is normal in Germany too. Although that started to change bc of teenagers behaving worse and worse (loud music on the train...makes me so mad) and foreigners ofc.
As someone that has a less than positive opinion about kids, Onimatsuri sounds like my dream job. 🤣
In Germany and Austria we have actually something simular to the Oni Festival. Its called Klausentreiben or Krampusnacht.
Isn‘t this more to scare away evil ghosts instead of „educating“ naughty kids? I‘m from Germany, too.
@@stefaniehase2448 yes and no. If you beat them and tell them, they should pray, otherwise you eat them, than its not for scaring away ghosts.
@@generalleutnanthase9305 I‘ve actually never heard of this tradition before. 😳 Luckily, I have to admit…
1:43 😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!
The Oni on the app look attractive...
Taking off your shoes should be a global rule
the only takeaways i have from this is that scaring children is hilarious and that indoor footwear is in fact a big deal in Japan
If people have an issue with the shoe or line queue or culture they have the problem. 👌👍🏻
It's so normal for me so I can't understand why some people get annoyed with it heheh!!
I'm Hispanic & live in the US. Everyone who visits me in my apartment must take their shoes off inside the front entrance. I even have indoor shoes for guests who are barefoot or aren't wearing socks.
Seems really soothing. Well the whole video.
thank you for an interesting video
When I was living in the UK one of the guys I worked with told me that people used to queue up for buses etc., but as more and more foreigners came in that was lost.
What's unsatisfactory is public bathrooms where urine is on the floor and not taken care of frequently by housekeeping at a business forcing people to have to step in the urine.
I love the way the water overflows in the bathhouses and falls to the floor and wets the floor. Although if that happened over here in my house id be irritated.
Poor Mr Eats playing these roles xD 🤣🤣
lol that mr eat segment
here in south germany we have the krampus who scares the ever-living bejesus out of little kids, they are fine
U.S. children were often scared of the painted faces of clowns at the circus. Circuses are so few anymore that you can go go for years without seeing a clown now.
I was in Osaka a month ago, the amount of people pushing prams with dogs in them was strange to me, we also went to an outlet mall in Kobe and they had signs on the doors to show if you could bring your dog inside if it was in a pram.
I really love your clothes, where do you shop?
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In my city (in western Canada), we don't follow a line rule. People like their personal space and spread out around the bus stop. When a bus approaches, a line... kinda forms... but not really. People are mostly polite and will defer to the person closest to the bus door to get on efficiently, but it's normal to see someone rush in front. The lack of line forming seems to be because many bus stops are used by more than one bus, so making a line doesn't make sense when half the line takes a different bus.
I love the fact everyone lines up in Japan. In America we have like a waiting group to get into line, or if there are just a few people in a waiting room or something we tell the employee who was there longest so they can be helped first, but we don't necessarily wait in a line. Sometimes we let people go ahead of us if they will be able to be helped faster than us, and on the flip-side, A lot of Americans will cut lines, and that's still considered rude, but it's more tolerated. I think we subconsciously value individuality so much that everyone being uniform in a line just feels unnatural to us.
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I think anyone who wants to try to go to a public bath in Japan needs to be very aware that there are a lot of rules that are extremely important to follow. The way you bathe there is going to be very different than what westerners are used to. So make sure you read up on it before you go.
I would like to go to an Oni Festival one day. What else goes on during it and how long does it last?
Your UK friends must be hermits, because queueing is really popular in the UK too.
Yeah, we don't do it for trains, but that's pretty much the only difference (I live in Japan but am from England). It's also pretty common to take off shoes before you go into houses in the UK too...
Japan is truly a land of contrasts. You have Oni Festivals as a way to group teach kids to behave(in rather extreme way), public baths where generally strict personal boundaries are broken while simultaneously having distinct rules on shoes and slippers at home, which are in fact practical but a little excessive IMO.
Oh, unrelated, but the cup plate in your snack subscription promo looks a lot like Russian traditional Gzhel' tableware art, same blue ornaments on white ceramics, interesting how different cultures have such in common.
Mr.Eats is scaring me 😂
This was very informative. Though I do now wonder if someone carries extra socks just incase their socks are really smelly.
Finally, in Canada, we also do lines for everything, and when someone is not following the line, we are mad and give the person(s) looks (but because we are polite, most of the time, nobody will say a thing!) 😂😂
being naked for bathing or sauna, including in public installations is common in multiple european countries too.
I took my child to a sci-fi convention when he was really little. He saw a Giger alien and wanted to pet it. He LOVED it. The guy in the costume was very amused. He’s much older now and has chosen not to see the movies.
Great video. The shoe one I understand. I'm from the UK but my grandparents have always had a no shoes on in the house rule. The only place they are allowed around in the downstairs hallway and kitchen but everywhere else: you either wear slippers. Socks or go bare feet lol. Also the we do have lines or queues in stores and at schools. Lol. Most houses no longer have carpets in the bathroom, unless it's an old house. Lol. I would love to go to onsens aka public baths but I have tattoos which I know is taboo in most places in Japan. (tattoo culture is normal in the UK). I don't like beards or mustaches myself. Xx
Bathing together is unsanitary.
no it's not
People have to take a hot shower or warm water and wash with soap before entering the sauna. This is not just a rule of hygiene but prepares the skin with open pores and relaxes the muscles throughout the body. Very important is to dry well before entering the sauna, otherwise it harder to sweat.
The call with Mr eats is damn funny😂
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In my female American opinion, someone who cannot wait patiently in a straight is really IMMATURE
Straight lines are proably best when possible. Groups of people kind of clump out in the usa and sometimes that's not so bad, depending on what the line is for, but sometimes it is hard to tell where the line begins, or even if you are in the right line.. I hate realizing after waiting for a really long time I have to go to the end of the real line and start over. Soo I mean.. I can't see the line thing as weird when it is more functional.
I've never understood huffing about being in line. There will be long lines at the grocery and people around me will shuffle their feet, and sigh, and huff, and say 'can you believe this?' and 'this is ridiculous'. OK, all you are doing is annoying yourself further. The line is the line. It is what it is. Winging won't make it go faster, it will just make it more unpleasant.
Here in Montreal (Quebec) we lineup for the bus as well.
Sweden is the same with shoes. were similar with lines too but much more like a 'wish' version of the Japanese lines ;)
I can't speak for all of Canada but in the western part we take our shoes off. I couldn't imagine walking into someones home and leaving my shoes on
"FBI! Open up!" 😂 you're so hilarious Mrs Eats
RE: Shoes - Are there places where foot wear is still allowed?
I'm specifically interested in military facilities as a writer. I imagine that taking off full combat boots just to enter a building can be tiresome if you're just moving from barracks to office. Or do they have special standard duty footwear for daily use?
I have outside shoes, inside shoes (or socks/bare) and toilet shoes.
Are there boxes like Tokyo Treet with regular food? Not so much into sweets these days. Let's say regional dried meat, mushrooms, noodles and so on?
We like to line up in Puerto Rico too. Sometimes we just line up our shoes while we sit down.
I was thinking of my friend Atsuke and wondered if I saw him in Japan on a crowded street if it is ok to yell for his attention or just let him walk away? Mind you we haven't seen each other in 20 years so no phone numbers or emails.
You are completely right about Japan being straight up bizarre and I'm still Trying to figure out why you have Payphones and landlines but not know what a USB stick
USB stick? Is it like American Pocky?
@@MrsEats it's *totally* just like that.
Itadakimasu! 😂
They still use pay phones and landlines in Japan?!
People have this image of Japan being some advanced, futuristic place but the reality couldn't be more different. A typical Japanese office looks like it got stuck in the 80s what with its endless reams of paperwork, folders, and files; it was hard for companies to transition to working from home when the pandemic hit because the concept of remote working was about as bizarre and foreign to them as a unicorn prancing down the street and not to mention they have these name stamps in lieu of signatures that they use for signing documents so employees still had to physically go into the office to stamp their stuff; and many places are still cash-only. You want high-tech and futuristic? Go to China. Farmers selling their wares on rickety stalls on the side of streets offer payment by apps on your phone!
@@warriorbard Japan still has some of the best restrooms..you cannot deny that to me..not to mention, the public transportation..While I wouldn't say futuristic, its incredibly reliable...but I still haven't been to Shang Hai yet..Only Hong Kong and Macau....All I know is, USA can learn a bit from these countries on some infrastructures..
Australian kids are taught from Kinder to line up and but it doesn't follow so much into life outside of school. Lots of people just like to push their way through and it makes for more problems. I can see the lining up system working very well.
I'd love to see the line up system tried in the New York City subway!
In Kenya we also line up for public transport. But I guess nobody notices because nobody cares about Kenya😅
Huh, neat! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching!!