Japanese Restaurant VS Foreign Tourists: Why You're Not Going In

NOTIFICATION SQUAD: Good to be back! I've been quietly working on a ton of videos since the cycle last month. Looking forward to sharing them with you all in the coming days!

So far none of the Japanese tourists I've met have spoken Finnish.

Just finished a semester of Japanese at uni and had a ten minute conversation for my final! I can’t believe I did it!

I remember talking to a fellow Spanish learner. She forgot sunrise and went with "when the sun takes off". Beautiful!

Before the pandemic, I was studying Japanese at the YMCA in Kobe. I was highly motivated, worked hard every day. Before I could finish level 2, I had to go back to the states to help my mom with a return ticket of April 2, 2020. Japan closed April 1, 2020. I've not been motivated at all since then and decided that New Zealand was "good enough" in place of Japan.

Man licensed ace of base and then used it every 30 seconds.

That Ace of Base song was so out of left field, but totally had me rolling 🤣🤣

self learning Japanese over here. getting close on a year (July 2nd will be 12 month) of Duolingo+Anki+Graded readers+JPDB+Renshuu(Shiritori cat only)+anime/manga in Japanese. 2-5 hours every day. I'd say i am way pas the first mountain and committed to the grind. mainly because when i started i looked at realistic numbers and thought to myself "ok, it will take 4-5 years, let's just roll with it and see how it goes". Naturally i suffer from lack of practice and full blown immersion. but when someone in discord drops a random screenshot from twitter and asks someone to translate it - and you see that you can actually do it (admittedly with 20 minutes of looking up kanji that i do not remeber) - it is still good motivating feeling.

Chris I really like this video, it is informational and has your iconic humor. It doesn’t feel click bait-y. Thank you.

Fun extra challenge particularly for non-native English speakers: The expectation was, that reading Katakana was easy, since it's mostly English words and you already know the vocabulary from at least your school English. Then you realize, that the English written in Katakana is SPOKEN English, so you're sitting there, reading out loud to yourself quietly, trying to figure out what a "Baagaa" is.

People always talk about efficiency with language learning, needing to learn as fast as possible, but what good is speed if you run out of gas halfway around the track and never want to get behind the wheel again. Learn to enjoy the views along the way and you won't damn well care how long it takes you to get to your destination. You might not even realize you've reached it. Find what works for you, I promise it's worth the effort.

I’m so glad for this disposition. Foreigners love to be “good foreigners” who tell everyone proudly that other foreigners are indeed the problem ruining Japan for everyone else. It’s ridiculous

Good shit homie! Laughed out loud at the John "Cdawg" Blackthorn bit.

“kore wa pen desu” at 1:32 is a proper lockdown refrance

lol that part with the supermarket blocking the view of mount fuji got me good couldn't stop laughing

Good to see you looking so well Chris. Not dropped in for a while. Quality content as always.

Language teacher here. Glad you mentioned that thinking in the language helps with acquisition - absolutely it does!

I agree about how bullocks those viral views of Mt Fuji are. Those trending reels and tik toks telling you the Lawson and foot bridge view are the "absolute best places to see Mt Fuji" are bs. People, Fuji is FUCKIN MASSIVE. You can literally go anywhere within the area and still manage to find an amazing and even better shot than those trending spots.

That Fuji/Everest comparison is actually true for mastering most skills. The biggest hurdles are getting over the initial learning curve and then sticking to it to master it after knowing the basics, at which point improvements are only gradual.

Amazing. Came for the drama, felt inspired to learn more about the language afterward.