This is Kim, from the channel Kim Dao.

And this is Sunny from the channel Sunnydahye.

And today I'm going to ask them about their first impressions of Japan.

Because this is Sunny's first time ever in Japan.

SUNNY: Yes. I'm so excited!

RACHEL: And Kim has been here a few times and has just moved here, finally.

Woo!

KIM: I was really surprised at how nice people were.

On my first day ever in Japan, I was so tired.

And I remember

I was walking down the make-up shop

and I walked into a mirror by accident.

And then I apologized, I bowed and apologized, and looked up

And I was like, "Oh, it's me."

And then, yeah, like, people were just like, "Aww, are you okay?"

And asked me if I was okay.

And then I remember-- I was walking outside,

and then, yeah, there was a lady that kind of bumped into me by accident

and then she just stopped. She's like "Oh, are you okay?"

I'm just, like, you know, people are so nice.

SUNNY: Yeah.

KIM: And I thought customer service is amazing here.

RACHEL: Yeah.

KIM: Like, Japanese people go above and beyond for customer service.

RACHEL: Right!

KIM: Like, they-- it's so amazing.

RACHEL: Yeah!

Um, like if you guys are ever in a store,

and you ask for an employee to help you find a product,

they will, like, run.

KIM: They will find it for you.

RACHEL: They will like run and try, yeah.

I always feel really bad

because, I'm like, "You don't have to hurry!"

"Like, it's okay, take your time!"

SUNNY: What?!

RACHEL: But they always, like, run off to find it.

KIM: Yeah.

And then after you pay for stuff sometimes, they, like,

bring it to the door for you, they give it to you RACHEL: Yeah.

KIM: They bow to you, like, always bow to you when you come into the store. RACHEL: Right.

KIM: It's really, really nice customer service.

RACHEL: Right, right.

Um, you probably can't tell here in Tokyo too much,

because, like, most people take public transportation,

but, where we live, we drive everywhere.

And they're, like, nicer stores.

They'll actually, like, go outside and bow to your car-- KIM: Oh, wow.

RACHEL: -- while you leave, until you leave.

So, sometimes if it's a busy street-- SUNNY: Whoa!

RACHEL: -- and it takes you a few minutes to get out

They'll be bowing, like, the whole time-- KIM: Oh, wow.

RACHEL: -- waiting for you to pull out, so. SUNNY: Wow!

KIM: Actually this happened to me once. SUNNY: So cool!

KIM: That happened to me once. I was in Hokkaido

and I was staying in, like, a really nice, fancy hotel.

And then, like, when we left, we ordered a taxi.

And then they, uh, helped us put our bags in

and then, y'know, we got inside the taxi and the taxi drove off.

And they would run to the front

and they'd stand and bow to us.

And I was just like, "Aww, that's so nice, that's so sweet." RACHEL: Yeah.

RACHEL: It is really nice, but it makes me feel, like, uncomfortable.

KIM: It makes me feel a bit bad. RACHEL: Like, I'm not-- I'm not, like, a person

you need to bow to. KIM: You don't need to do that me.

It's okay.

SUNNY: But I kind of feel nice though, you feel really important.

I feel like, "Oh, I'm the president."

RACHEL: Yeah, that's what it feels like!

SUNNY: For me, I feel like Japan is really safe.

Kim told me, like, so many times about this.

Like, "Sunny, Japan is really safe."

And I was like--

When we went to, um, Starbucks last night. KIM: Starbucks? Yeah.

Uh, we-- all of us, like, left our table.

We, like, left our cameras and our bags and everything.

And I was like, "Kim, are you sure it's okay?"

And she's like, "Yeah, it's fine." And I was like, "Huh."

So then we went to order,

and then when we came back, everything was still there.

And I was so like, "Whoa, this place is really safe." RACHEL: Yeah.

SUNNY: I was, like, so secure about it.

And I'm, like-- I really like that about Japan.

Like, sometimes when you go to other countries when you travel,

you feel really scared, right? You're worried. RACHEL: Right.

SUNNY: You don't want to lose your passport,

You don't want to lose your bag, wallet.

Things can happen, people. RACHEL: Yeah.

Right. So, in the US, they tell us when we travel to other countries

to, like, wear our valuables,

like, taped under our clothes, to our body or something.

Make sure that no one can, like, pickpocket you or something.

But, this is, like, the only country

that I've heard of where

you can go and you don't really have a problem with that.

I still don't leave my purse on the table, even though lots of people do--

KIM: I do. RACHEL: --because, like, there's always a chance someone could take it.

Um, it's not, like, perfect.

There are things that could happen.

So I-- I don't recommend leaving your purse on a table.

But, like, you can leave your shopping bag or your coat there.

And I would feel-- I do that all the time. I feel comfortable with that. KIM: Yeah. Yeah.

Japanese people are so honest

because I've lost a lot of things before.

Like, I've lost my passport. RACHEL: Oh my God!

I think that would be so scary! KIM: Yes, I lost my passport.

And, uh, I spent the whole day looking for it and I got it back

because someone handed it into the police.

SUNNY: Oh, man. KIM: So I was so lucky.

I also lost my camera.

I also lost my shopping bag one time.

RACHEL: Stop losing things!

KIM: I lost so many things and I always get them back.

Like, people hand it in into the police

or, like, the lost properties, so it's really nice.

RACHEL: The only two things that, like, um, like-- people

take umbrellas a lot here.

So, like, I always carry my umbrella in the store

because I think, like, most foreigners I know

have an experience with, like,

leaving their umbrella outside the store

and then someone taking it. KIM: Yeah.

RACHEL: Um, and then, like, bicycles-- KIM: Uh-huh, yeah.

RACHEL: -- get stolen sometimes too. SUNNY: Oh, wow.

RACHEL: Like, sometimes they'll return them to you

but then sometimes not, so

make sure you lock your bicycle.

Jun had his bicycle stolen once. KIM: Oh, no.

RACHEL: But usually-- KIM: Usually it's okay. RACHEL: Yeah.

Usually, and then you have a good chance of getting your wallet back.

SUNNY: You go to a convenience store, you can find anything you want.

Like, anything.

Like, from make-up, uh,

I guess, like, eye drop, eye solution, everything.

Like, food. Oh, and I love that the convenience store--

they sell, like, bentos.

RACHEL: Yeah. KIM: Yes.

SUNNY: And onigiri.

And they have, like, sales at night.

RACHEL: Yeah. KIM: Yeah, at nighttime!

SUNNY: Oh my God, we don't have that in where I come from!

It's so cool! KIM: It's so awesome.

SUNNY: And, like, you can get everything cheaper at night.

So me and Kim, when we go to the supermarket,

we're like, "Oh, yeah, we're getting something here."

Like, it's so much cheaper! Yeah! KIM: Like half-price bentos.

SUNNY: I like that. RACHEL: Yeah.

Super convenient.

SUNNY: Oh, like, with Japanese girls here,

they're really fashionable.

KIM: Oh, yeah! RACHEL: Oh, yeah!

SUNNY: They're like, they're so dressy.

I, like, I-- I-- I think I only, like, pay attention to the girls

because, like, I love what they're wearing.

Sometimes I want to know what they're-- where they get things from!

So, like, from two days ago

I've only seen, like, so many nice girls

that are wearing nice stuff.

RACHEL: Yeah. SUNNY: Like, they're very dressy.

And I just really like it.

RACHEL: Yeah.

SUNNY: You get inspired from it. RACHEL: Yeah!

KIM: That's what happened to me.

Because the first time I went to Japan,

my style was so different.

I never used to dress in Japanese fashion.

And I kept on seeing girls in, like, these cute dresses

and skirts and fashion, so that's how I got into, like,

all this Lolita and everything.

Because I saw what these girls are wearing and I just get inspired by them.

RACHEL: Yeah. KIM: That's how I got into Japanese fashion.

RACHEL: Yeah, I love it here.

I can always dress up, so.

I can't, like, dress up back in the US

because then you stand out.

People are like, "Why are you so dressed up?" and stuff.

KIM: Yeah, but it's okay to dress up here. SUNNY: Yeah, where I come from it's the same thing.

Yeah, and they have colourful hairs here.

Like, I love seeing, like, oh, blonde, like, blue

and they're, like, pink and then, like, reds

and I'm like, "I love this country."

I like colourful hair.

SUNNY: You know, I went on this train with Kim on the first day

and she warned me. She was like,

"Dahye--" I mean, "Sunny, it's going to be really cramped."

"Like, people are literally going to push you."

And I was like, "Haha, you know, are you sure?" KIM: She didn't believe me.

SUNNY: And then people literally pushed me

and there were so many people in that train

and I thought I was gonna die!

I was like, "Oh my God!"

RACHEL: Um, it's because it's so crowded here in the stations.

Like, you can't really help it.

There's just, like, nowhere for people to walk without accidentally bumping into people.

And when you're getting on the trains,

um, a lot of people want to stand near the door.

But then, like, more people need to get into the train.

And so, like, they'll-- you have to, like, push to actually get on

because otherwise, you can't get into the train.

So that's kind of why it happens.

But, um, I feel like Tokyo is a little worse about it than other cities.

In Nagoya, it's not as bad.

KIM: It's not as bad.

Nowhere near as bad.

RACHEL: Right. No, I'm more-- I always feel, like, a little bit shocked when I come to Tokyo

because, like, I bump into-- like, people bump into me a lot more than I'm used to in Nagoya.

And I'm like, "Hmph, what's happening?"

SUNNY: Yeah.

KIM: And people are always in a rush to get to places.

RACHEL: Right. KIM: Always in a rush.

SUNNY: Yeah, they don't-- and they don't care when they bump into you.

So, like, on my first day when I arrived here,

there was this guy who was, like, boom!

I was like, *gasp*

"You didn't!"

I was like, "Oh my God!"

I was, like, telling Kim, like, "Oh my God, that guy just bumped me!"

And then she was just like, "That's normal." KIM: That's normal.

SUNNY: I was like, "Okay." KIM: You get used to it.

RACHEL: Yeah, they're not trying to be rude. KIM: No.

RACHEL: It's just, yeah, there are too many people.

KIM: My first experience when I came here--

Okay, so I was expecting--

So you know how Asian countries are really cheap?

Like, dirt cheap.

I was expecting Japan to be the same.

But when I got to Japan, I realised it wasn't cheap at all.

It was so much more expensive.

Say if it was Vietnam or Hong Kong, so much more expensive.

For Australians, it's, I guess, cheaper than Australia

but still expensive for an Asian country.

So I thought-- I was surprised at how expensive it was.

Uh, especially going shopping for clothes.