Name: Day at a Japanese University
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T17:52:07.000Z
Duration: 8 min 11 s
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Hey guys, my name is Rafi and for the past 10 months, I have been living in Kyoto, Japan as a study abroad student.

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I am currently studying at a university here in Kyoto just for one year, you know, study abroad program.

This is, by the way, my apartment building.

And so I thought that I think it's about time to show you a peek into a little bit of my daily life.

So this is the local shrine, Fukuo-ji, that sort of protects this neighborhood.

Then there's the post office with an ATM that accepts my scholarship card.

Right here is the Koban, which is like a police station.

Another thing, because there's an elementary school in the area, there are these officers stationed at crossings for, I guess, safety.

And yeah, they're also really, really friendly.

Anyway, so the way I want to structure this video, kinda, is that first I'm going to show you a little bit, you know, from the campus, from the school.

And then at the end of the video, I'm going to do some interviews with some of my, you know, Japanese friends, maybe some of my teachers, who knows.

This is the school library, so, you know, by the size of the library, I think you can tell pretty much how huge the campus is.

This right here is tokei-san, or the big clock, um, yeah, what else should I say?

The cool thing about our university is that there's like infinite ways of getting lunch, because, you know, there's so many students, so you can either go to one of the three big cafeterias in the school.

So, this is the line to the fucking, to the shokudo.

You can get food from different mobile stands all over the campus.

Then there's this window where you can literally buy pre-made bentos.

And if you're extremely picky, there's always a family mart right next to the school.

The next guest is Minae-sensei, who taught me sign language and Japanese.

So, Minae-sensei, how long have you been teaching at Ritsumeikan University?

I've been teaching for two and a half years.

Yes, I think Ritsumeikan University is a great job.

The other day, I was an advisor to a teacher in a government school in Thailand.

I was an advisor to a teacher in a government school in Thailand.

What's the difference between teaching a student from the US and a student from Asia?

In general, people who come from countries with kanji, and people who come from countries without kanji,

I think the difference is in the way they read and write.

When I was a student in Japan, I was able to read kanji, and my students were able to read kanji.

When I was in class, the students were able to read kanji.

Recently, I haven't been able to read kanji from Asia or the US.

That's because I'm not good at reading kanji.

Minami-sensei, when you teach Japanese to foreign students...

When you teach Japanese to foreign students, what do you think is the most difficult or the most wonderful aspect?

What I think is the most difficult recently is that each person has a very different personality, and their study style is different.

If possible, I want to support everyone's study style, but if you're in the same class, you can't do that.

Our personalities are completely different.

I'm the type of person who wants to have fun with everyone, and I'm the type of person who doesn't want to do that.

I'm the type of person who quietly waits.

What's wonderful is that you said you wanted to be a foreign teacher.

When I heard that, I thought it was good.

The standards of a good teacher are different for each student.

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