just making some clarificatios on the raw chicken and horse.... They are called Tori-sashi and Ba-sashi, both delicacies in parts of Japan. Not an everyday food but available in specific restaurants. Is it safe? Probably safer than the USA due to strict food regulation. Chances of you getting food poisoning is low unless you went to a dingy cheap restaurant. Personally I would eat it if the restaurant seems clean enough!
Ya I’m a vegetarian so no thanks to all of that 🙅🏽♀️ Edit: I really feel like some of y’all are missing the point here. The whole reason I mentioned the part about me being a vegetarian was because if I had just said “horse and dog meat is nasty”, someone inevitably would’ve replied “well do you think cow meat (beef), pig meat (pork), and chicken [meat] is nasty too?” Implying that I was being a hypocrite of some sorts, for valuing some animals worth over others. So I thought by skipping the “middle man” so-to-speak of that conversation, I thought it would make for a much simpler discourse. I was clearly mistaken. All this to say, I was not trying to be “passive aggressive”, or a “main character” whatever TF that means, or an “attention seeker” (any more than anyone who has ever made a comment on a YT comments section, in the history of the website’s existence). It was initially to make the discussion about the different animal meat being consumed in the original video simpler and more straightforward, but clearly I misread the vibe of the room or rather comment section. 🤷♀️
@@pcbassoon3892 Produced fruits are a very rare type in Japan due to the pollination, genetics and even the structure of the fruit that's how farmers made it to be a very big, high quality fruit for gifts and exporting. There's more mountains and cities than farm land to make produce also cuz of local farmers are rapidly aging so there's not much farmers. So Japan's fruit produce are scarce so they need to import fruits from different countries instead. In sort Japan's fruits are expensive af and imported fruits are a little cheaper
@@CarbonatedCondensationthere are normal fruits that you buy at the supermarket and people eat them, then there are the very expensive but specially bred fruits like perfect giant juicy strawberries or mangoes. These are like luxury fruits so that’s why they are expensice
My co-worker went to Japan a few years back, and he was able to plunder the crane machines to the point that locals would apparently gather around him and applaud his skill. He was able to grab basically all anime figurines that people had asked him to buy for them from these machines.
A friend in high school his brother had the gift for claw machines That guy with a few bucks could win most things in a claw machine he'd miss a couple times kind of on purpose as he figured out but then something would happen in his head and he knew exactly how to do it and boom he'd pull out some stuff animal or other big ticket item never seen anything quite like it
When I went to Visit my Japanese boyfriend he kept buying me fruits everytime we met up. I didn't think much of it till I went to buy for myself and saw how crazy the prices were. I started appreciating his gifts more
@@FletcherHillier I know that, I'm just replying to the comment above mine which seemed to imply that the expensive fruit isn't that much better than normal ones. Farm fresh fruit is really good tho.
@@TakayakaYT Maybe where they live there are always fresh strawberries. We'll have to fly to each other with our version of ideal berries and compare, I'm interested to know which is better and how they are better so I can copy it.
Yeah, the deer have learned that if they bow you’ll give them treats. It’s really cute! They’re entirely wild and there are signs all over stating that, but in spite of this they’re really docile and friendly, so the point you can waltz right up to them and pet them and they won’t so much as blink. Nara Park was one of my favorite parts of my trip to Japan!
The deers are actually a lot less nice than you would think 😂, some of the deer are alright, but some deers will nibble at your clothes, you arms as soon as they see the deer biscuits 😂😂😂 (speaking from personal experience)
Deer with manners? They are @$$holes that will bite you if you do not give them crackers the instant that *they* want them. Manners schmanners. A few of the a$$y ones need to be turned into dinner.
I went to that puppy café in Harajuku this past May and honestly, I just felt really bad for the puppies. 😞 There were so many of them and they seemed kinda dirty, like they hadn’t been bathed in a long time. I’m sure they do their due diligence, no shade to the owners, I just don’t think that many dogs should live in such a confined space.
For some of the puppy only cafés, they may euthanise the dogs once they become too old to be considered "puppies", so I don't know if it's great to support them (if that's the case for particular ones anyway).
A lot of animal cafes and attractions are questionable to me, similar to the dingy roadside petting zoos in the States, etc. The fox sanctuary that's popular is very dirty and the foxes all look sad. That's just me.
Many of these types of places that use fancier dogs or special breeds vs just rescues actually get their animals from unethical breeders and animal mills
To be fair, the silence is mostly Tokyo. Kyoto, Osaka, and Nagoya all had people talking and laughing on public transportation and in restaurants when I visited
@@matthewmitcham1999sorry, that made me confused.. is the non-touristic spots quiet or do people talk in public transportation? Is there any other differences? 🤔
@@michelle_ms the busiest places tend to have a rule of trying not to be antisocial (by making anyone nearby uncomfortable) which becomes a sort of vow of public silence/unintrusiveness worth noting the london underground has a simila thing, though it's wildly less polite :p
@@jordanfelt5978don't be a dick, I understand this video is edited for short attention spans like most vids on TikTok and other platforms but this person expressing their difficulty doesn't mean "the internet isn't for them". The internet isn't just fast paced videos.
Living in Japan was heaven for my undiagnosed autism (discovered later when my kid was diagnosed). I'm homesick for Japan years after having to move back stateside. The public transport, following rules regardless of setting, supported special interests, quiet trains and restaurants, culturally not having to make eye contact and being seen as humble for that rather than "sketchy", etc.
@@marcya4428some animal cafes are actually really beneficial. I can see how an owl Cafe could turn some of their profit over to wildlife conservation. To raise awareness. I know that the cat cafes in my area has only adoptable cats. You can come in have a coffee and play with a kitty. If you fall in love you can't start the adoption process.
@@marcya4428 Exactly, cat and dog cafés aren't too bad (depends on the cafe) but other ones just flat-out don't provide the care that their animals need, _including_ the owl cafe shown here.
I just wanna point out that a number of the things in this video aren't really universal to Japan, they're only a particular thing in certain regions, namely Kanto which contains Tokyo. The silence on trains and in restaurants isn't much of a rule beyond Kanto, and isn't really a thing at all in an unreserved place like Kansai (which contains Osaka). And the same goes for not jaywalking. Of course, people might still be noticeably quiet in those places, but this is typically because they're by themselves rather than deliberately refraining from speaking. Most people will happily talk if they're with friends on the train or in a restaurant, though they'll still be considerate enough to not do it overly noisily. Likewise you'll see plenty of jaywalking if there's no cars around, especially if it's late at night. Japan is a highly variable place with many different customs and traditions depending on where you are. Even which side of the elevator you stand on can change depending on the region. So much of what people think of when it comes to Japan is actually just Tokyo, and doesn't really apply outside of Kanto. Anyone going to Japan should definitely venture outside of Kanto if they want to gain a more holistic impression of Japan, not just the stereotype from Tokyo.
Funny story regarding waiting at intersections! My second year Japanese professor (nihonjin) got her PhD at NYU. When she returned to Japan and crossed the intersection when no one was coming but the sign was still red… parents audibly gasped in horror and averted their children’s eyes telling them never to do that 😂! Such strong culture!
weirdly enough that is exactly how it works here in Germany, and famously Japan and Germany were the two big countries with a feudal system in ye olden times.. coincidence? i reckon not!
@@rbgz246 try going to your historial, add the video to a playlist and watch it from there. It will allow you to modify the setting from any short as if it was a long video! (I'm not really sure if it works in computer but it definitely does in a phone)
I saw a documentary on the Japanese fruit industry. There's this whole arm of it that works incredibly hard to produce the most perfect and beautiful fruits, then rich people gift them to each other as a sign of respect, like employee-to-boss. The first harvest is especially special, and those go for thousands.
Absolutely! Like most traditions, this kind of gift is rooted in history. Japan isn't a very big country to begin with, but about 70% percent total of it's land mass is considered not useable for industrial/exzessive use, so basically the remaining 30% has to be shared between living, agriculture and industrial use. This is also a contributing factor to the high density of population in populated areas and big citys. Reasons include extremely steep and rocky terrain, earth being prone to landslides and/or avalanches, areas being prone to attract Taifuns or tornadoes, or simply unfavorable climate condition. Therefore agriculture was often, especially historically, very specialised and mostly used to produce as much everyday foods as possible. (which also ties into samurai etc having often been paid in rice as a valuable good of higher importance than money). Therefore the produced fruit has historically often been very pricey and rare, and the fruit would often be produced in extensive manual labour intensive processes to ensure best growing and looking fruits which adds to the cost and scarcity. Therefore it became a highly valued gift, especially for special occasions and to show appreciation.
Where I'm from we don't care if fruit looks pretty, the fruit in supermarkets looks natural. As long as it's delicious I don't need it to look like plastic.
Yeah, and some of farmers only get one harvest in entire year with small amount of final products. So those fruits have to be expensive. Imagine working for entire year and only receive your salary once.
@@Aarav.BLol, I'm not depressed at all but I am definitely a big introvert so I really enjoyed visiting japan. What does depression have to do with introversion? It's just how your energy works.
@@MissBerry2u I don't think it's normal behaviour to eat in a very isolated booth where you cannot even see the face of your waiter. It's genuinely concerning. And it attracts more people who find it perfectly normal.
A staff member at an arcade actually opened one of the claw machines and picked a tiny jelly Inkling for me ^^ It was mostly capsules, so they probably didn’t mind anyway, but I still thought it was sweet lol
The expensive Japanese fruit are artisanal goods, intended to be expensive gifts. You can get regular (often imported) fruit that is maybe not quite as good but you don't need a loan from the bank to buy.
I'm sad that I CAN actually afford those, but the real problem is Capitalism is more costly than even the most expensive things on earth, so instead of spending my limited time on earth buying food, I have buy Capitalism's processed products to consume, and pay evil people to be evil, instead.
Just in case some didn’t know!! Pufferfish has neurotoxins that are extremely deadly to us humans, yes skilled chefs can render this fish “safe enough to eat” but the smallest puncture of the fishes eyes or organs will cause the toxin to escape. One bite of Fugu isn’t worth risking your health or life, there are so many safe and delicious foods in the world. Be careful out there! ♥️
This comment is understandable, but if you are getting the Fugu from a trusted, reliable source, than the chance of death is so low it’s almost negligible. Only around 6 people die from eating fugu every year in Japan, you are FAR more likely to die from a car crash than eating pufferfish
@@adriananinoartigas5880that logic doesn’t make sense tho. Far less people eat pufferfish, so that number isn’t great…and driving is a crucial part of some people’s daily lives. There are many delicious food in Japan; you don’t HAVE to eat pufferfish. The point is, it is an inherently dangerous food that causes deaths annually. Unless you dream about eating pufferfish on the daily basis, most people should know the still-existing risk, and be encouraged to avoid it.
casually thinking about the times i crossed at red lights in japan because i’m not waiting at a crosswalk in a rural town with not a car in sight. like my grandmother’s waiting for the conbini snacks and the good tv shows are on we have zero time to waste
the photobooth one is so true, its gotten to the point where me and my friends have to strategically pose in ways where it messes with the facial recognition system and wont morph your eyes into the size of balloons 💀
tipping when you enter the restaurant, tipping when you make an order, tipping when you use the toilet, tipping when you leave the restaurant. Then you add an extra 15% tip on top of those tips
@@GameFuMasterthat entire tipping system is just there so the boss can underpay them and you can pay their wage.. And the if they don't get paid decent tips, they will be poor.. Disgusting..
Just for clarification the train gates have a sensor which will make them close if you pass them and don’t have money on your card or you haven’t put your ticket in. Also they will close after a few seconds on no interaction
3 years living in japan teached me that not all game centers or claw machines are rigged It depends on the area where they're placed I used to be SUPER good at winning prizes for my friends and family back in my city, far from tourist But as soon as I arrived at Tokyo and tried to win something, especially at akihabara I was the WORST player in the world and saw the weakest claw machines ever... but it's true they'll still fix your prizes I actually used their help 6 times in a row and won every time, they don't really care LOL
I live in Florida, USA and just had a birthday party for my daughter at a place called Chuck E. Cheese. They have a claw machine with those air filled bouncy balls. Last time we were there we couldn’t get any. This time my nephew (14yo) was able to get almost every ball out to the point where he was just giving them to strangers. What he couldn’t get my daughter (5yo) endured up getting! It was so cool!
The bowing deer totally make sense! I took a nap with one while I was in Nara. Very sweet doe. I've also seen some absolutely insane claw machine warriors in Akiba. Like. Good god.
I stayed at Hotel Gracery Shinjuku, the hotel with the Godzilla on the roof! At certain hours of the day, instead of a bell tolling to tell the time, the Godzilla will roar.
just want to clarify the fruits are NOT all this expensive, those expensive ones are very high quality and packaged for gifting to coworkers, family, etc. ! we have affordable produce, idk i feel like maybe that's obvious but also i've seen people who think all our fruit is this expensive😭
The normal fruit is damn expensive in Japan anyway though. Well compared to the UK or anywhere else in Europe. As is the anything from the (Drug store) pharmacy. 🙃🙃 no 20p packets of paracetamol here or 1 pound strawberries 😅🙃🙃
I wouldn't support the owl cafes; from what I've heard their wings are clipped. :( For the other animals it depends, but some of them are okay because the animals are rescues. You just gotta do your research. ~:~
Animal tourism is so bad in Japan that it's best to not go to any of them. Even the adoptable cat cafes don't have the space to house that many cats without causing insane amounts of stress. The deer and cats that roam free don't get proper medical care and often get put down because deer can kick through a human ribcage and it's NOT a good thing when they start to beg for food. Not to mention the cafes for animals that don't fucking exist. "Micro pigs" my ass.
I went to an owl cafe where the owls were able to fly, so it seems like their wings were not clipped. There were a lot of rules in place to make sure you treated the owls well during your visit. I think you just have to be careful and research the reputation of the place before you go.
I’ve been to a few owl cafes in Japan and they were all able to fly. I even got to help feed them at one and that was definitely an experience I’m never forgetting lol 😅
Yeah, wanna add that hedgehog cafes are also inherently cruel because hedgehogs are solitary animals that don't really like people (had one as a pet when I was younger, wouldn't do it again). Not to mention they're nocturnal, so it's unnatural for them to be awake during the day (same with owls, come to think of it)
Omg the Bowing deer caught me off guard but now I need to find one. In America we just have fat animals that waddle up to you with no fear and stare at you until they pressure you into feeding them
I watched a iron chef Japan he used the fat from the back of the horses neck on a dish . Another chef gave horse meat as a gift to a female chef he liked .
The wait at an empty intersection at 3am/no jaywalking is not really the case. In my suburban Tokyo neighbourhood most residents drop that intersection compliance after 10-11pm or so when the streets become quiet - I see it every night at a number of traffic lights/crossings. The strict rule following tends to change in the shadows of the night.
Yeah. My mom told a family friend (who is Japanese) that she didn't want to risk getting worms from raw fish and the friend was like... "Is that why mom dewormed us so regularly?"
You forgot bars where you can pay people to be your friend. (Completely platonic, but they’ll be super interested in what you have to say.) Embarrassing to say, but was kinda cool.
That’s not a cantaloupe, it’s a musk melon 🍈 I haven’t had a real one but the flavor is all over japan. Way different and SO good. It’s like what you always would want other melons to be. That, white peach🍑 , and real matcha🍵 are what I miss the most 🤤🤤🤤 Edit: Also purple yam!!! 🍠 omg purple yam was so good.
I LOVE musk melons, they’re just so….melon-y. It sounds silly but it’s so hard to find melons in the US with that strong of a flavor. Can you not find good quality matcha where you are?
@@mook_butt8037 Not unless I order one online. There’s “matcha” around me locally here but it’s stale and bitter and very grassy compared to the fresh buttery herbal matcha you can get in Japan.
I think maybe it's the Kanto vs Kansai difference, Tokyo is pretty subdued and they follow rules but Osaka people are loud and they will absolutely jaywalk
When I was in Japan I didn't notice the restaurants being super quiet? Especially since all the staff is constantly yelling greetings at customers when they come in, and people yell for the bill when they're finished.
These animal themed cafes are like a breeding ground for animal abuse btw ^^" if it's an animal like capybara, owl etc there's no doubt that they are being abused
Yeah the wildlife cafés are so cruel and exploitative. When influencers promote these cafés they're promoting animal trafficking and abuse, and it's maddening how few people react or care. If you watch an owl café video and then look up owl body language it's clear that the "cute" reactions from the owls are actually signs that they're angry, confused or terrified and likely heavily medicated:( I wish people would just understand that the best and kindest thing you can do for wildlife as a non-professional is to never have direct contact with it. Love them from a distance, no feeding, no touching!
@@Gibbonshrimp Yup. That's why animals are kept in cages in zoo. And even if they're allowed to be touched, you will be supervised by professionals. Cause it's better to just watch.
Yeah, that bothers me quite a lot. Animals on display as toys is worrisome. It’s like they are detached from there reality that these are living creatures and not caricatures.
@claireandpeter I wasn't concerned about the taste, lol. It's just so out of my reality to think of horse as food, but I get that other cultures are different.
They can only grow it in the northernmost island (prefecture) so they call it Hokkaido melon. Northern Kyushu is also rather agricultural. But you get tropical fruits down in Okinawa. They import a lot of fruits because of the size of their country, which drives up the price. I guess the best example of their size is to take the state of California or 2/3rds of Norway and have each major city be the population of those areas respectively except for Tokyo. Tokyo would be like Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, and Houston combined. Then, add in tsunamis and earthquakes and it's easier to see why growing fruit isn't as high on their priority list.
The amount of land available for agricultural isn't much in Japan. Most of it goes to raising rice. So for other agricultural products, Japanese producers focus on quality over quantity. You can buy cheaper cantaloupe in Japan, but it will be an imported variety, and the same guarantee of quality won't be there.
@@k9spot1I get them at my local Asian market. They’re a bit more expensive than a cantaloupe, but not as expensive as they are in Japan. And the quality is actually quite good. 😃 Edit: I also live in the US 😊
Japan isn't a very big country to begin with, but about 70% percent total of it's land mass is considered not useable for industrial/exzessive use, so basically the remaining 30% has to be shared between living, agriculture and industrial use. This is also a contributing factor to the high density of population in populated areas and big citys. Reasons include extremely steep and rocky terrain, earth being prone to landslides and/or avalanches, areas being prone to attract Taifuns or tornadoes, or simply unfavorable climate condition. Therefore agriculture was often, especially historically, very specialised and mostly used to produce as much everyday foods as possible. (which also ties into samurai etc having often been paid in rice as a valuable good of higher importance than money). Therefore the produced fruit has historically often been very pricey and rare, and the fruit would often be produced in extensive manual labour intensive processes to ensure best growing and looking fruits which adds to the cost and scarcity. Therefore it became a highly valued gift, especially for special occasions and to show appreciation.
You ARE allowed to talk on the trains if you are with someone or a group, just don’t shout or yell. But you shouldn’t talk to people via phone call because that’s what is considered rude lmao but otherwise, you can hold conversations if you’re commuting with others; I’ve seen many Japanese natives converse on the trains so don’t feel too afraid if you wanna talk (and I’ve heard quite a lot of jp natives have even louder convos than foreigners lmao 🙈).
really wish someone tell the migrants in Singapore not to use their phones. But those who line their pockets having large migratory jams do not care how this hurts the rest of us.
People definitely become ill from eating raw food in Japan, but it's relatively unusual. Never heard about it from raw eggs, but it does happen with raw meat. Case in point: Some friends of mine became very ill after eating 鶏刺し tori-sashi, which is thinly sliced raw chicken breast. I felt bad for them when they recounted the tale: When they told people in Japan they'd been ill from it, they got no sympathy because no one believed them. When they told people back home, they got no sympathy because everyone thought that since they were stupid enough to eat raw chicken, it was a matter of course that they would become ill. 🤷♂️
I got it a couple of weeks ago, just say no to torisashi! I've eaten just about everything in Japan and torisashi is the only thing that's made me sick. Salmonella poisoning is painful as hell!
The produce in Japan is expensive but it’s high quality. I grew up in an agricultural town in California and our produce is really great but it’s not sold at our grocery stores. We sell it to places like Japan where people are willing to pay so much for high quality produce. A lot of Californians have never actually tasted California quality produce- I’ve had it because my mom works at a school with mainly the children of farm workers and they’ll have some extra bags to hand out. It’s way better than anything I’ve gotten at a grocery store in the US
Right. I lived all across the US and then 12 years ago moved to the Bay Area of SF, and can say that farm fresh products are much better than what is sold in grocery stores. I never knew until I went to farmers markets. I thought buying organics were a joke but it honestly tastes better. And healthier. I grow heirloom tomatoes in my garden and gift them to others. But I have heard that the best fruits and vegetables from California are exported because they can make more money.
id love to visit japan, the culture is beautiful and the food looks so good and nicely presented. im learning japanese right now so hopefully if i do visit in the future ill be able to speak japanese there
I hope someday I can visit Japan and bring my kids. The food/drink vending machines and claw machine games alone are so cool and I feel like me and my kids would spend all day in an arcade 😊
just making some clarificatios on the raw chicken and horse....
They are called Tori-sashi and Ba-sashi, both delicacies in parts of Japan. Not an everyday food but available in specific restaurants.
Is it safe? Probably safer than the USA due to strict food regulation. Chances of you getting food poisoning is low unless you went to a dingy cheap restaurant.
Personally I would eat it if the restaurant seems clean enough!
Fucking disgusting.
Ya I’m a vegetarian so no thanks to all of that 🙅🏽♀️
Edit: I really feel like some of y’all are missing the point here. The whole reason I mentioned the part about me being a vegetarian was because if I had just said “horse and dog meat is nasty”, someone inevitably would’ve replied “well do you think cow meat (beef), pig meat (pork), and chicken [meat] is nasty too?” Implying that I was being a hypocrite of some sorts, for valuing some animals worth over others. So I thought by skipping the “middle man” so-to-speak of that conversation, I thought it would make for a much simpler discourse. I was clearly mistaken. All this to say, I was not trying to be “passive aggressive”, or a “main character” whatever TF that means, or an “attention seeker” (any more than anyone who has ever made a comment on a YT comments section, in the history of the website’s existence). It was initially to make the discussion about the different animal meat being consumed in the original video simpler and more straightforward, but clearly I misread the vibe of the room or rather comment section. 🤷♀️
@@sammierose1150🤣 no one forcin ya to eat all that??
@@sammierose1150Main character syndrome strikes again.
@@sammierose1150no one offered you that expensive ass horse sushi bro, calm down. Presumptuous much?
"Dogs that are clearly in a different tax bracket" killed me lmfaooo
😂😂😂
Horse? 😢
Came here to make the same comment lol
Ya, and “hotels for ants”. 😂😂
Excuse me.we have to pay tax for pets?
In Japan, fruits are considered an expensive gift to give to your boss or to give to someone in a very special occasion. It shows high respects
Do they not grow there? Why are they so expensive?
@@pcbassoon3892 Produced fruits are a very rare type in Japan due to the pollination, genetics and even the structure of the fruit that's how farmers made it to be a very big, high quality fruit for gifts and exporting. There's more mountains and cities than farm land to make produce also cuz of local farmers are rapidly aging so there's not much farmers. So Japan's fruit produce are scarce so they need to import fruits from different countries instead.
In sort Japan's fruits are expensive af and imported fruits are a little cheaper
So, do people not just regularly eat fruit in Japan? Or fruits like that, at least?
@@CarbonatedCondensation they can eat fruits but not the very expensive ones though
@@CarbonatedCondensationthere are normal fruits that you buy at the supermarket and people eat them, then there are the very expensive but specially bred fruits like perfect giant juicy strawberries or mangoes. These are like luxury fruits so that’s why they are expensice
My co-worker went to Japan a few years back, and he was able to plunder the crane machines to the point that locals would apparently gather around him and applaud his skill. He was able to grab basically all anime figurines that people had asked him to buy for them from these machines.
Hahaha that’s amazing!
I've been born with one god given talent and finessing the claw machines are one of them
A friend in high school his brother had the gift for claw machines That guy with a few bucks could win most things in a claw machine he'd miss a couple times kind of on purpose as he figured out but then something would happen in his head and he knew exactly how to do it and boom he'd pull out some stuff animal or other big ticket item never seen anything quite like it
@@mug8865 How long was your learning curve or were you good at it from the get go.
@@Rhaspun I've been good at them from the start. Its one of the only things I'm naturally talented at lol
When I went to Visit my Japanese boyfriend he kept buying me fruits everytime we met up. I didn't think much of it till I went to buy for myself and saw how crazy the prices were. I started appreciating his gifts more
@fedsmoker545 nah the really expensive fruit in Japan is on another level. You can't even compare how good it is to normal stuff.
@@TakayakaYTBuy strawberries directly from a farmer fresh, strawberries from the grocery store taste like water. That's likely the difference
@@FletcherHillier I know that, I'm just replying to the comment above mine which seemed to imply that the expensive fruit isn't that much better than normal ones. Farm fresh fruit is really good tho.
@@TakayakaYT Maybe where they live there are always fresh strawberries. We'll have to fly to each other with our version of ideal berries and compare, I'm interested to know which is better and how they are better so I can copy it.
@@FletcherHillier farm fresh stuff is mostly good - especially if it's actually fresh. I'm just saying that the fruit isn't expensive for no reason :)
"deer that bow at you" 😂
Yeah I loved that!
they bow for deer biscuits, one time they ate my map
Yeah, the deer have learned that if they bow you’ll give them treats. It’s really cute! They’re entirely wild and there are signs all over stating that, but in spite of this they’re really docile and friendly, so the point you can waltz right up to them and pet them and they won’t so much as blink. Nara Park was one of my favorite parts of my trip to Japan!
@@NylonGenesisthat’s so fucking cool !!
The deers are actually a lot less nice than you would think 😂, some of the deer are alright, but some deers will nibble at your clothes, you arms as soon as they see the deer biscuits 😂😂😂 (speaking from personal experience)
Not the deer having manners!!! I love it!!😂😂😂
They don't all have manners. They take advantage of tourists who don't know that you have to make them bow to get a cookie from you.
lol but the fact that there are deers is cute
Deer with manners? They are @$$holes that will bite you if you do not give them crackers the instant that *they* want them. Manners schmanners. A few of the a$$y ones need to be turned into dinner.
😁😄😁😄
Sameeee I was likeee omgggg so cute
I went to that puppy café in Harajuku this past May and honestly, I just felt really bad for the puppies. 😞 There were so many of them and they seemed kinda dirty, like they hadn’t been bathed in a long time. I’m sure they do their due diligence, no shade to the owners, I just don’t think that many dogs should live in such a confined space.
For some of the puppy only cafés, they may euthanise the dogs once they become too old to be considered "puppies", so I don't know if it's great to support them (if that's the case for particular ones anyway).
A lot of animal cafes and attractions are questionable to me, similar to the dingy roadside petting zoos in the States, etc. The fox sanctuary that's popular is very dirty and the foxes all look sad. That's just me.
You made it sound like puppies were on the menu! 😬😷🫢🫣
Many of these types of places that use fancier dogs or special breeds vs just rescues actually get their animals from unethical breeders and animal mills
Yeah their animal rights laws in Japan are suuuuper...uh...different than over here. We went to a zoo in Ueno and it was depressing AF.
The deer did NOT bow at me, they bit my butt!!!
To be fair, the silence is mostly Tokyo. Kyoto, Osaka, and Nagoya all had people talking and laughing on public transportation and in restaurants when I visited
This is “touristy parts of the kanto and kansai plain.” My part of japan is nothing like this.
@@matthewmitcham1999sorry, that made me confused.. is the non-touristic spots quiet or do people talk in public transportation? Is there any other differences? 🤔
@@michelle_ms the busiest places tend to have a rule of trying not to be antisocial (by making anyone nearby uncomfortable) which becomes a sort of vow of public silence/unintrusiveness
worth noting the london underground has a simila thing, though it's wildly less polite :p
I was in a shinkansen at 11am on a Thursday and this group of businessmen was getting messy drunk, they were so loud
Had a drunk guy piss on the train while I was in Tokyo.
The automatic face editing filter on the photobooths is terrifying
Omg why is no one else mentioned that! It's all I can think about!
i can’t remember which one it is but there’s a country in asia where phone cameras come with built in filters😅
@@partiallyhealedsunburn1881most phones do it automatically now, you have to turn it off.
@@partiallyhealedsunburn1881korea
Fucking ai is taking over.
This is beautiful and informative. Only my head is spinning from how fast it was delivered; info overload.
Hahah sorry! Will slow down in future videos!
@@claireandpeter your brain works faster than mine and most peoples
Maybe. Thanks. I appreciate you. 😃
I love it, perfect for my adhd
That sounds like a you problem bud, maybe the Internet isn't for you.
@@jordanfelt5978don't be a dick, I understand this video is edited for short attention spans like most vids on TikTok and other platforms but this person expressing their difficulty doesn't mean "the internet isn't for them". The internet isn't just fast paced videos.
Living in Japan was heaven for my undiagnosed autism (discovered later when my kid was diagnosed). I'm homesick for Japan years after having to move back stateside. The public transport, following rules regardless of setting, supported special interests, quiet trains and restaurants, culturally not having to make eye contact and being seen as humble for that rather than "sketchy", etc.
I also have autism/aspergers in Sweden.
I want to visit Japan and Vietnam.
Don't ever go to England as they are all rule breakers, such disrespectful people🤬
I live in Japan part time, these Japan videos are full of fake info.
@@chechnya Cool. I lived in Japan full time for 4 years and was commenting my experience. Don't know how you missed "was" and "home sick".
The guy petting the owl and looking at it like it was a person just hit different. I love when people hold respect for animals
Ironically, the concept of animal cafés does the very opposite of respecting animals
@@marcya4428some animal cafes are actually really beneficial. I can see how an owl Cafe could turn some of their profit over to wildlife conservation. To raise awareness. I know that the cat cafes in my area has only adoptable cats. You can come in have a coffee and play with a kitty. If you fall in love you can't start the adoption process.
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@@Dino_Mommy what
@@marcya4428 Exactly, cat and dog cafés aren't too bad (depends on the cafe) but other ones just flat-out don't provide the care that their animals need, _including_ the owl cafe shown here.
I just wanna point out that a number of the things in this video aren't really universal to Japan, they're only a particular thing in certain regions, namely Kanto which contains Tokyo. The silence on trains and in restaurants isn't much of a rule beyond Kanto, and isn't really a thing at all in an unreserved place like Kansai (which contains Osaka). And the same goes for not jaywalking.
Of course, people might still be noticeably quiet in those places, but this is typically because they're by themselves rather than deliberately refraining from speaking. Most people will happily talk if they're with friends on the train or in a restaurant, though they'll still be considerate enough to not do it overly noisily. Likewise you'll see plenty of jaywalking if there's no cars around, especially if it's late at night.
Japan is a highly variable place with many different customs and traditions depending on where you are. Even which side of the elevator you stand on can change depending on the region. So much of what people think of when it comes to Japan is actually just Tokyo, and doesn't really apply outside of Kanto. Anyone going to Japan should definitely venture outside of Kanto if they want to gain a more holistic impression of Japan, not just the stereotype from Tokyo.
Can we just talk about the mountain in that one clip like 🤌✨
Mt Fuji ❤️🫠
Funny story regarding waiting at intersections! My second year Japanese professor (nihonjin) got her PhD at NYU. When she returned to Japan and crossed the intersection when no one was coming but the sign was still red… parents audibly gasped in horror and averted their children’s eyes telling them never to do that 😂! Such strong culture!
Reminds me of when I gave my boyfriend (at the time) a quick peck on the lips at a airport, and the Japanese behind me gasped in shock.
@LittleMissV I've heard of this. I think the Japanese treat this sort of thing as "bragging about your sex life."
haha, im from new york and visited japan for the first time this year, it took everything in me not to jaywalk! 😅
@@fictionfan0 whooooweeee watch out for them braggers 🫡
weirdly enough that is exactly how it works here in Germany, and famously Japan and Germany were the two big countries with a feudal system in ye olden times.. coincidence? i reckon not!
These are kinda cool. Id rather if you covered fewer of them per short so i can see each one somewhat better.
We have them in other shorts by themselves 😎
Go to your settings and slow down the payback speed. 😂
@HappyLife693 i do that for regular youtube videos but don't see the option to do that with shorts, can you tell me how? Thanks!
@@rbgz246 try going to your historial, add the video to a playlist and watch it from there. It will allow you to modify the setting from any short as if it was a long video! (I'm not really sure if it works in computer but it definitely does in a phone)
Yes please. This was way too fast! 😩
Everyone gonna pretend like they didn’t hear human drawn carriages
Those “dog cafes” look like puppy mills imma be honest
I saw a documentary on the Japanese fruit industry. There's this whole arm of it that works incredibly hard to produce the most perfect and beautiful fruits, then rich people gift them to each other as a sign of respect, like employee-to-boss. The first harvest is especially special, and those go for thousands.
Absolutely! Like most traditions, this kind of gift is rooted in history.
Japan isn't a very big country to begin with, but about 70% percent total of it's land mass is considered not useable for industrial/exzessive use, so basically the remaining 30% has to be shared between living, agriculture and industrial use. This is also a contributing factor to the high density of population in populated areas and big citys.
Reasons include extremely steep and rocky terrain, earth being prone to landslides and/or avalanches, areas being prone to attract Taifuns or tornadoes, or simply unfavorable climate condition.
Therefore agriculture was often, especially historically, very specialised and mostly used to produce as much everyday foods as possible. (which also ties into samurai etc having often been paid in rice as a valuable good of higher importance than money).
Therefore the produced fruit has historically often been very pricey and rare, and the fruit would often be produced in extensive manual labour intensive processes to ensure best growing and looking fruits which adds to the cost and scarcity.
Therefore it became a highly valued gift, especially for special occasions and to show appreciation.
Where I'm from we don't care if fruit looks pretty, the fruit in supermarkets looks natural. As long as it's delicious I don't need it to look like plastic.
Yeah, and some of farmers only get one harvest in entire year with small amount of final products. So those fruits have to be expensive. Imagine working for entire year and only receive your salary once.
Hey! I wonder what was the name of the documentary, that sounds so interesting!
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a food place where you order from a vending machine instead of ordering from a waiter is an introvert haven 😍
And that's why Japan was my heaven in a sense 😂
And that's why Japan is depressed and attracts depressed people.
Edit: That _proves_ Japan is depressed and attracts depressed people.
@@bappo218 Correct, rather, I should've said that is proof of it.
@@Aarav.BLol, I'm not depressed at all but I am definitely a big introvert so I really enjoyed visiting japan. What does depression have to do with introversion? It's just how your energy works.
@@MissBerry2u I don't think it's normal behaviour to eat in a very isolated booth where you cannot even see the face of your waiter. It's genuinely concerning. And it attracts more people who find it perfectly normal.
The automatic photo editing did Peter so dirty 🤣
A staff member at an arcade actually opened one of the claw machines and picked a tiny jelly Inkling for me ^^ It was mostly capsules, so they probably didn’t mind anyway, but I still thought it was sweet lol
Awww that was nice of them!
The expensive Japanese fruit are artisanal goods, intended to be expensive gifts. You can get regular (often imported) fruit that is maybe not quite as good but you don't need a loan from the bank to buy.
Even in season, the cheapest watermelon I was able to buy while I was living in Japan for 7 years total (until October 2023) was ~¥2,000! 😅
I thought you literally couldn’t find cheap fruit in Japan?
The sad part is the fruit doesn't even taste that great it's just average
@@antidave yes they care more about the asthetics of fruit than taste 🤦♀️
I'm sad that I CAN actually afford those, but the real problem is Capitalism is more costly than even the most expensive things on earth, so instead of spending my limited time on earth buying food, I have buy Capitalism's processed products to consume, and pay evil people to be evil, instead.
Just in case some didn’t know!! Pufferfish has neurotoxins that are extremely deadly to us humans, yes skilled chefs can render this fish “safe enough to eat” but the smallest puncture of the fishes eyes or organs will cause the toxin to escape. One bite of Fugu isn’t worth risking your health or life, there are so many safe and delicious foods in the world. Be careful out there! ♥️
This comment is understandable, but if you are getting the Fugu from a trusted, reliable source, than the chance of death is so low it’s almost negligible. Only around 6 people die from eating fugu every year in Japan, you are FAR more likely to die from a car crash than eating pufferfish
Probably the worst you’re going to get is a numb mouth and that’s after eating a whole plate on your own. Even in Korea, death by fugu is rare
@adriananinoartigas5880 idk man that statistic sounds pretty high for how many people are eating fugu vs how many people drive
@@adriananinoartigas5880that logic doesn’t make sense tho. Far less people eat pufferfish, so that number isn’t great…and driving is a crucial part of some people’s daily lives. There are many delicious food in Japan; you don’t HAVE to eat pufferfish.
The point is, it is an inherently dangerous food that causes deaths annually. Unless you dream about eating pufferfish on the daily basis, most people should know the still-existing risk, and be encouraged to avoid it.
I learned this in the Sims, so never touching pufferfish 😅
Leaving for Japan in a week and this video made me giddy and excited!! Thank youuu!
Hope you have a great trip!
casually thinking about the times i crossed at red lights in japan because i’m not waiting at a crosswalk in a rural town with not a car in sight. like my grandmother’s waiting for the conbini snacks and the good tv shows are on we have zero time to waste
I started dying with the tax bracket joke lol 😂😂
"makes sense but also doesn't make sense"
That is the most senseless sensible thing I've heard
😉
I don't get what you said but I understand
the photobooth one is so true, its gotten to the point where me and my friends have to strategically pose in ways where it messes with the facial recognition system and wont morph your eyes into the size of balloons 💀
Those are the most perfect strawberries I’ve ever seen.
"and whatever this is"
LMAO that got me at the end
A relaxed and quiet McDonald's would be amazing. So chill
the deer that bow at you was crazy
This sounds so unbelievably appealing
I'd like to see the culture shock when they sit at a us restaurant
Why is everyone screaming? Why is the McDonald’s burger depressed?
Some already shocked because of tourists😂😂😂
tipping when you enter the restaurant, tipping when you make an order, tipping when you use the toilet, tipping when you leave the restaurant.
Then you add an extra 15% tip on top of those tips
Japanese people when Americans want to talk well eating:
@@GameFuMasterthat entire tipping system is just there so the boss can underpay them and you can pay their wage.. And the if they don't get paid decent tips, they will be poor.. Disgusting..
"What is this? A hotel FOR ANTS?" 🤣
Great Zoolander reference. 👍
Those puppies' kennels looked suspiciously like the claw machines... 😬
Best Japan video I'd seen in a while.
Just for clarification the train gates have a sensor which will make them close if you pass them and don’t have money on your card or you haven’t put your ticket in. Also they will close after a few seconds on no interaction
3 years living in japan teached me that not all game centers or claw machines are rigged
It depends on the area where they're placed
I used to be SUPER good at winning prizes for my friends and family back in my city, far from tourist
But as soon as I arrived at Tokyo and tried to win something, especially at akihabara I was the WORST player in the world and saw the weakest claw machines ever... but it's true they'll still fix your prizes I actually used their help 6 times in a row and won every time, they don't really care LOL
I live in Florida, USA and just had a birthday party for my daughter at a place called Chuck E. Cheese. They have a claw machine with those air filled bouncy balls. Last time we were there we couldn’t get any. This time my nephew (14yo) was able to get almost every ball out to the point where he was just giving them to strangers. What he couldn’t get my daughter (5yo) endured up getting! It was so cool!
The animal themed cafes seem so adorable omg 🥺
The bowing deer totally make sense! I took a nap with one while I was in Nara. Very sweet doe.
I've also seen some absolutely insane claw machine warriors in Akiba. Like. Good god.
I stayed at Hotel Gracery Shinjuku, the hotel with the Godzilla on the roof! At certain hours of the day, instead of a bell tolling to tell the time, the Godzilla will roar.
just want to clarify the fruits are NOT all this expensive, those expensive ones are very high quality and packaged for gifting to coworkers, family, etc. ! we have affordable produce, idk i feel like maybe that's obvious but also i've seen people who think all our fruit is this expensive😭
^^^
Yes! I was walking and found a corner fruit market…bought the best cherries and strawberries for what would be about $4-5 total usd
The normal fruit is damn expensive in Japan anyway though. Well compared to the UK or anywhere else in Europe. As is the anything from the (Drug store) pharmacy. 🙃🙃 no 20p packets of paracetamol here or 1 pound strawberries 😅🙃🙃
Where do you get the cheap ones though? At Lawson 100?
Àlso it's super expensive too cuz I heard that Japan isn't the best for growing fruits and stuff and that makes it more expensive
That guy in the window was 100% about to makeout with that *OWL.*
😂😂😂☠️
‘And whatever this is’ yeah idk but it looks interesting
I wouldn't support the owl cafes; from what I've heard their wings are clipped. :( For the other animals it depends, but some of them are okay because the animals are rescues. You just gotta do your research.
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Animal tourism is so bad in Japan that it's best to not go to any of them. Even the adoptable cat cafes don't have the space to house that many cats without causing insane amounts of stress. The deer and cats that roam free don't get proper medical care and often get put down because deer can kick through a human ribcage and it's NOT a good thing when they start to beg for food. Not to mention the cafes for animals that don't fucking exist. "Micro pigs" my ass.
I went to an owl cafe where the owls were able to fly, so it seems like their wings were not clipped. There were a lot of rules in place to make sure you treated the owls well during your visit. I think you just have to be careful and research the reputation of the place before you go.
I’ve been to a few owl cafes in Japan and they were all able to fly. I even got to help feed them at one and that was definitely an experience I’m never forgetting lol 😅
@@mfinchina__117 birds with clipped wings can still fly. but if they seemed able, they probably were
Yeah, wanna add that hedgehog cafes are also inherently cruel because hedgehogs are solitary animals that don't really like people (had one as a pet when I was younger, wouldn't do it again). Not to mention they're nocturnal, so it's unnatural for them to be awake during the day (same with owls, come to think of it)
These shorts are cramped with facts that I literally couldn’t catch up, felt like listening to my college professors giving a lecture on a rush.
😂😂😂
The deer BOW?! thats amazing omg
Omg the Bowing deer caught me off guard but now I need to find one. In America we just have fat animals that waddle up to you with no fear and stare at you until they pressure you into feeding them
😂😂😂 look up Nara deer
The eating horse just hurts my heart
It’s a delicacy in some countries
I know, abused or wild horses are rounded up and sold to slaughter
I watched a iron chef Japan he used the fat from the back of the horses neck on a dish . Another chef gave horse meat as a gift to a female chef he liked .
The wait at an empty intersection at 3am/no jaywalking is not really the case. In my suburban Tokyo neighbourhood most residents drop that intersection compliance after 10-11pm or so when the streets become quiet - I see it every night at a number of traffic lights/crossings. The strict rule following tends to change in the shadows of the night.
I just came back from Tokyo and I saw people jaywalking in the day time as well.
The deer near me just walk up to stranger in hopes of a little snack. The don’t bow but they do a little head turn sometimes 😂
I absolutely loved Japan was the best vacation I ever had. The culture and people was incredible
The fact that the Photo Booth pictures are pre-filtered like that is kinda sad…
Omg the silence part would kill me 😅I hated it when I waw in Singapore on public transport
Not gonna lie, I’d definitely jaywalk at three am, especially if there’s little to no traffic.
Yeah I’m from the Midwest, we don’t have a ton of lights anyway. Just walk when you won’t get hit and it’s not a problem.
Japanese people jaywalk too, i dont know where she got that from.
Don't go then if you're not gonna respect the culture
i did it all the time the 5 years i worked in japan! 5 am runs to the conbini no problem lol
The whole raw without getting sick should come with an * as japan does have a high rate of food borne illness. Still outstanding food quality tho.
Yeah. My mom told a family friend (who is Japanese) that she didn't want to risk getting worms from raw fish and the friend was like... "Is that why mom dewormed us so regularly?"
The quiet part just sold me I am going.
I took a picture of that Godzilla when I was in Tokyo this June. What a fun trip.
You forgot bars where you can pay people to be your friend. (Completely platonic, but they’ll be super interested in what you have to say.) Embarrassing to say, but was kinda cool.
That’s not a cantaloupe, it’s a musk melon 🍈 I haven’t had a real one but the flavor is all over japan. Way different and SO good. It’s like what you always would want other melons to be. That, white peach🍑 , and real matcha🍵 are what I miss the most 🤤🤤🤤
Edit: Also purple yam!!! 🍠 omg purple yam was so good.
I LOVE musk melons, they’re just so….melon-y. It sounds silly but it’s so hard to find melons in the US with that strong of a flavor. Can you not find good quality matcha where you are?
@@mook_butt8037 Not unless I order one online. There’s “matcha” around me locally here but it’s stale and bitter and very grassy compared to the fresh buttery herbal matcha you can get in Japan.
@@k9spot1 that’s really unfortunate
Melon Musk 💀
Cantaloupes *are* musk melons. There are loads of different kinds.
People there do jaywalk and it’s not ALWAYS quiet in public areas.
I think maybe it's the Kanto vs Kansai difference, Tokyo is pretty subdued and they follow rules but Osaka people are loud and they will absolutely jaywalk
@@vintagearisenit’s part of why the Kansai accent is associated with hooligans/disrespectful people in Tokyo. It’s like a New York accent in the US
@@Attor but let me tell you when you're a foreigner in Japan and you pull out the Kansai-ben it's a crowd favorite every time
This video is so much louder than any of the other shorts I'm watching wtf 😭
🙃🙃🙃 sorry! Not sure why that happened
Omg the deer bowed 😭😭😭❤️❤️
When I was in Japan I didn't notice the restaurants being super quiet? Especially since all the staff is constantly yelling greetings at customers when they come in, and people yell for the bill when they're finished.
When I went with my friends, I had the time of my life! Loved every second
I miss Japan!! Thank you for sharing this!
owl cafè goes straight to my bucket list
the automatic photo editing on Peter's face 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
The bowing deer though, that was unexpectedly cute and funny
The "whatever this is" at the end 😂😂😂 I saw something like that in Osaka and I don't know what to think of it
Love the "whatever this Is" at the end ahah
Ok so we not going to talk about how cute the deer is!
These animal themed cafes are like a breeding ground for animal abuse btw ^^" if it's an animal like capybara, owl etc there's no doubt that they are being abused
Yeah the wildlife cafés are so cruel and exploitative. When influencers promote these cafés they're promoting animal trafficking and abuse, and it's maddening how few people react or care.
If you watch an owl café video and then look up owl body language it's clear that the "cute" reactions from the owls are actually signs that they're angry, confused or terrified and likely heavily medicated:(
I wish people would just understand that the best and kindest thing you can do for wildlife as a non-professional is to never have direct contact with it. Love them from a distance, no feeding, no touching!
@@Gibbonshrimp Yup. That's why animals are kept in cages in zoo. And even if they're allowed to be touched, you will be supervised by professionals. Cause it's better to just watch.
i don't visit animal cafes unless the animals are abused
Yeah, that bothers me quite a lot. Animals on display as toys is worrisome. It’s like they are detached from there reality that these are living creatures and not caricatures.
@@beyondvioletHuh?!?
I've seen tons of jaywalking, sometimes more daring than me
THE DEER BOWING OMG
Beautiful view of Mt. Fuji (if I am not mistaken)!!❤
i thought so too. I even paused it.
japan seems like introvert heaven i wish i was there ngl
From introvert to introvert: Suomi.
Human drawn carriages 💀 that one got me
Bro rizzed the owl
I was out at "raw horse"
Was actually pretty good!
@claireandpeter I wasn't concerned about the taste, lol. It's just so out of my reality to think of horse as food, but I get that other cultures are different.
@@claireandpeterstop saying that !
@@mrsbluesky8415 Why?
You snowflakes worried about horse, but the raw chicken can actually kill you
$80 cantaloupe?! that's a filler fruit
They can only grow it in the northernmost island (prefecture) so they call it Hokkaido melon. Northern Kyushu is also rather agricultural. But you get tropical fruits down in Okinawa. They import a lot of fruits because of the size of their country, which drives up the price.
I guess the best example of their size is to take the state of California or 2/3rds of Norway and have each major city be the population of those areas respectively except for Tokyo. Tokyo would be like Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, and Houston combined. Then, add in tsunamis and earthquakes and it's easier to see why growing fruit isn't as high on their priority list.
The amount of land available for agricultural isn't much in Japan. Most of it goes to raising rice. So for other agricultural products, Japanese producers focus on quality over quantity. You can buy cheaper cantaloupe in Japan, but it will be an imported variety, and the same guarantee of quality won't be there.
it’s not a cantaloupe it’s a musk melon and they’re SOOOOOOO good. Wish we had that flavor in the US
@@k9spot1I get them at my local Asian market. They’re a bit more expensive than a cantaloupe, but not as expensive as they are in Japan. And the quality is actually quite good. 😃
Edit: I also live in the US 😊
Japan isn't a very big country to begin with, but about 70% percent total of it's land mass is considered not useable for industrial/exzessive use, so basically the remaining 30% has to be shared between living, agriculture and industrial use. This is also a contributing factor to the high density of population in populated areas and big citys.
Reasons include extremely steep and rocky terrain, earth being prone to landslides and/or avalanches, areas being prone to attract Taifuns or tornadoes, or simply unfavorable climate condition.
Therefore agriculture was often, especially historically, very specialised and mostly used to produce as much everyday foods as possible. (which also ties into samurai etc having often been paid in rice as a valuable good of higher importance than money).
Therefore the produced fruit has historically often been very pricey and rare, and the fruit would often be produced in extensive manual labour intensive processes to ensure best growing and looking fruits which adds to the cost and scarcity.
Therefore it became a highly valued gift, especially for special occasions and to show appreciation.
We have rickshaws here too, though human-drawn carriages does have an uncomfortable ring to it that I approve of.
Of course the photo booth has an anime filter 😂
Raw chicken, no thanks, I'm not about to be a patient
You ARE allowed to talk on the trains if you are with someone or a group, just don’t shout or yell. But you shouldn’t talk to people via phone call because that’s what is considered rude lmao but otherwise, you can hold conversations if you’re commuting with others; I’ve seen many Japanese natives converse on the trains so don’t feel too afraid if you wanna talk (and I’ve heard quite a lot of jp natives have even louder convos than foreigners lmao 🙈).
really wish someone tell the migrants in Singapore not to use their phones.
But those who line their pockets having large migratory jams do not care how this hurts the rest of us.
"Owls" that gave me Harry Potter vibes
Seeing that mountain in the distance would have me staring for hours on random sidewalk
When I was in Japan years ago I DID have stomach issues after eating raw fish every day for a week.
People definitely become ill from eating raw food in Japan, but it's relatively unusual. Never heard about it from raw eggs, but it does happen with raw meat.
Case in point: Some friends of mine became very ill after eating 鶏刺し tori-sashi, which is thinly sliced raw chicken breast. I felt bad for them when they recounted the tale: When they told people in Japan they'd been ill from it, they got no sympathy because no one believed them. When they told people back home, they got no sympathy because everyone thought that since they were stupid enough to eat raw chicken, it was a matter of course that they would become ill. 🤷♂️
I got it a couple of weeks ago, just say no to torisashi! I've eaten just about everything in Japan and torisashi is the only thing that's made me sick. Salmonella poisoning is painful as hell!
@thevintagerose Sorry to hear this. Glad you're doing better.
You had me at QUIET lol
You had me at silence in the metro.
The produce in Japan is expensive but it’s high quality. I grew up in an agricultural town in California and our produce is really great but it’s not sold at our grocery stores. We sell it to places like Japan where people are willing to pay so much for high quality produce. A lot of Californians have never actually tasted California quality produce- I’ve had it because my mom works at a school with mainly the children of farm workers and they’ll have some extra bags to hand out. It’s way better than anything I’ve gotten at a grocery store in the US
Right. I lived all across the US and then 12 years ago moved to the Bay Area of SF, and can say that farm fresh products are much better than what is sold in grocery stores. I never knew until I went to farmers markets. I thought buying organics were a joke but it honestly tastes better. And healthier. I grow heirloom tomatoes in my garden and gift them to others. But I have heard that the best fruits and vegetables from California are exported because they can make more money.
id love to visit japan, the culture is beautiful and the food looks so good and nicely presented. im learning japanese right now so hopefully if i do visit in the future ill be able to speak japanese there
Those employees where the real ones 😔✋
I saw that volcano.. don't get too close to it or stay inside if it explodes, you don't want to get pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
I hope someday I can visit Japan and bring my kids. The food/drink vending machines and claw machine games alone are so cool and I feel like me and my kids would spend all day in an arcade 😊