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My favorite difference is the public restrooms.
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They are clean, they are everywhere. It’s very impressive.
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New one. We want the new one.
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Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese! This is Cathy Cat and today we have come to Asakusa.
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We’re gonna ask the foreigners here what the biggest difference is
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between their country and Japan. Let’s ask foreigners in Japan.
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Where are you from?
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Los Angeles, California.
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What is the biggest difference between Japan and your country?
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They drive on the wrong side of the road.
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The food, language and culture is totally different and it’s beautiful.
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My favorite difference is the public restrooms.
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They are clean, they are everywhere. It’s very impressive.
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Where are you from?
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– Which city? – Seoul.
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I see. Aww you’re so cute.
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What’s the biggest difference between Korea and Japan?
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I think here are very old buildings and the patience.
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But Korea always makes new ones.
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We want the new one and best one. So it’s very different.
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– Lots of attention for tradition and traditional buildings. – That’s right.
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– Where are you from? – Swizerland – Scotland.
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What is the biggest difference between your country and Japan?
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Everything. It’s just crazy here, but it’s amazing.
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Obviously you can’t understand anything and the signs are all different.
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It’s just so out there, so busy.
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We have only seen Tokyo. Obviously, the food is quite different.
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Language. This is one of the first places I have ever been where
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I can’t understand anything.
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Most places you can get by with a few words,
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but it's like being on a different planet.
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It’s unusual when you suddenly can’t get through with English, right?
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It’s quite tricky, especially with my accent, which is quite strong.
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We are trying. We are learning!
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Culture wise, what’s the biggest difference you have seen so far?
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We have been to the district where there’s all the electronics.
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– Akibara… Akihabara.
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Just walking into these game halls. It’s just incredible. It’s so loud.
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And people are just in there gaming.
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Where we got married is completely in the coutryside
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It’s an extreme culture difference to see that.
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Me? I don’t understand the Anime, the Manga, the Maid Cafes… this kind of thing.
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It’s a bit strange for me.
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Okay, where are you from?
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Toronto, Canada.
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What is the biggest difference between Japan and Canada?
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The style of the streets and stuff I think.
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The culture. The food. Anything you can just eat while walking in Toronto.
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We haven’t seen anything you can get and walk and eat with.
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The temperature is a lot different.
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The people are very nice and helpful.
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Let’s start. Where are you from?
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– From France. – Which city? – Lyon.
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What in your opinion is the biggest difference between Japan and France?
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People are very welcoming. Nice. Always.
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And smiling.
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The food, yes the food.
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Those were all the questions, thank you very much!
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So we asked people about the difference between their country and Japan.
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Which is very interesting. I actually find that Germany and Japan
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has many similarities, which surprised me when I came here first.
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Some cultural things like being spot on time and working very hard.
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There are a couple of things that are similar while other things differ again.
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What is the biggest difference between your country and Japan?
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Something that you realized and thought was interesting.
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In Western societies, one of the biggest difference that I find is…
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In Western countries, we tend to think more of us as important
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and others come next. While in Japan while you generally first think
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of the other person and then of yourself.
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And there is more of group thinking going on.
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Those were some of the biggest differences that I found
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living here and living in the West.
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Thank you for watching, looking forward to reading your comments!
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Thanks for watching and catch you soon on Ask Japanese!