Name: How we know we've been in Japan too long PART 2
Uploaded: 2016-07-15T18:30:57.000Z
Duration: 8 min 42 s
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Hey guys! Today we're going to talk about some of the things that we didn't do before

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we got to Japan and now we do because everyone does it here. Yeah. Okay, so something that

I love that most foreigners still don't like. And a lot of Japanese people don't like, either,

so this isn't even like "ooo~ so Japanese". I LOVE SQUAT TOILETS! I know, not many people

do. NO. Not many Japanese people do, either. Because half the time when I'm in line waiting

and a squat toilet opens up everyone in line is looking around like "Go ahead." That's

me. And I'm like "I'll go!" I love them! They're so convenient and quick to use and you don't

have to be butt buddies with someone. I don't want to sit on a seat that someone else's

butt sat on. That's just... weird. It grosses me out. That's true, it is kind of gross.

So I like that I don't have to touch anything. One thing that I started doing when I moved

to Japan is wearing a white surgical mask when I'm sick or when I just have a sore throat.

Or sometimes even when it's just cold out I'll wear it because the hot breath against

your face warms up your face. Right. So if I have to ride a bike or something I'll put

a mask on so I can protect my face from the cold wind. Right! I get wind burn really easily

when it's cold outside. So my face will be really red, almost like a sunburn. So it really

helps protect against that. Yeah, they're awesome. I don't LIKE having something over

my face... but I got sick a lot the first year that I moved here, especially sore throats.

They were always colds with sore throats. And it's really painful to breathe dry air

or cold air. So I always wore one because it would warm up my air and keep my air moist

when I was breathing it in and out, so it didn't hurt my throat as much. I would actually

go to sleep with one on when I had a sore throat just because that's the worst, waking

up in the morning with a dry, scratchy throat. Yeah. I love them. So that's really convenient.

But when I go back to Canada and I put one on... I had one on in the airport in Vancouver

and someone actually stopped me. Omg, really? The security there. They were like "Why are

you wearing a mask? Do you have a contagious disease?" I'm like "No, it's a Japanese thing!

Sorry, I'll take it off. I'm not gonna kill you." That's awkward. Yeah. But Canadians

don't wear them. Yeah. I don't even remember what it's like not to think they're normal.

Right? But yeah, if I was in America again and I had never come to Japan and I saw someone

with a face mask I'd be like... "Oh they must have some kind of disease..." "What happened?"

Okay, so, another thing that has changed is-- I still talk really loudly myself, sometimes.

But when I'm on a train I'm very quiet. And now I get really annoyed if people are talking

on the train. Oh god, don't go back to America. I know! If someone is not using their indoor

voice on a train around me then I'm like looking at Jun like "These guys are so NOISY!!" Just

like glaring at them, being the old, cranky lady on the bus. Glaring at the teenagers.

I just wanna enjoy my quiet train ride! Yeah, that's so funny. You get used to stuff like

that that didn't used to bother you. I know. Another thing that I don't really do anymore...

I never did it too much in America. But, you kind of have to dress up more in Japan than

in America. People don't really wear sweats out in public. Or, women don't go out with

makeup... hardly ever? Yeah, they'll put SOMETHING on. Lipstick or mascara or something. Or draw

their eyebrows on. Whereas in Canada I'd go outside in my sweats. Like if I just woke

up and I want to walk down the street to my grandma's house, which is just a few blocks

away, I'll literally just wear my pajamas and no makeup. But in Japan people feel the

need to put on real clothes even if they're just going a short distance. Right. So that

kind of changed. When I'm back in Canada I still do the Canadian stuff, though. I'm like

"Oh, finally!" I can just wear my sweats everywhere! I still go without makeup sometimes out in

public here because I don't feel like I'm THAT bad without makeup. But I do wear normal

clothes. I wouldn't go out in pajamas here. I'd feel really embarrassed. I mean, I felt

embarrassed in America going out in pajamas, but if it was late at night or I was sick

I would just be like, "I DON'T CARE. I'M SICK. I'M GOING TO WEAR MY PAJAMAS OUTSIDE. I'LL

DO WHAT I WANT." Here I wouldn't do that. Yeah. I'd feel really awkward. And just to

kind of balance this out a little bit: a couple things that we HAVEN'T adapted to being here

in Japan. Like Japan is very cutesy when it comes to girls' clothes. Bows and lace and

frills. Yeah, and baggy, poofy, not form-fitting at all. I like clothes that form fit my body.

Same. I think those flatter our body types a lot more. We have curves so if you add bagginess

to that it doesn't look good. It looks REALLY cute on Japanese girls and you know I'm cool

with whatever style people want to wear. But I don't like looking cutesy. So I don't do

big cutesy eye makeup or anything. I stick with Western cat eye, winged eye. I do like

the tights. Like the thigh-high tights. Yeah, there are some Japanese fashion things that

I've incorporated that I really like. But just not the super cutesy stuff. One Japanese

thing that I haven't really adapted to would be eating rice with EVERY. MEAL. Oh yeah.

Like if I'll be hanging out with my Japanese friends, "Oh what do you want to have for

lunch?" And I'll just be like "Oh, let's go grab something small like a sandwich and a

salad at a cafe or something. I'm not really that hungry." But they'll eat that and they'll

be like "Oh I don't feel like it's food if it doesn't have rice." Like it doesn't count

as a meal if it doesn't have rice. I hear that so often. You can get full on other things.

It doesn't have to be rice! They have this mindset that you need the rice to get filled

up. When we travel, Jun was so excited when we went to Indonesia because they ate a lot

of rice. And so he was like "I'm finally somewhere where I can get my rice!" He misses it when

we're in America. We had to get a rice cooker when he's there so he can eat rice with his

meals. Because he really misses it. And I totally understand that. If you grow up with

something then you get used to it. Like I grew up with pizza. That's probably like bread.

Right. If I all of a sudden couldn't have any bread, I'd probably be pretty pissed.

Or maybe it's like us with cereal. Yeah. Another thing that I am a little ridiculously opinionated

about in Japan is Japanese people back into parking spaces. Like always. Yeah, like 90%

of the time. No, not even 90%. Like 100%. I don't think I've ever seen anyone pull into

into a parking space. It's very rare. If you go to a parking lot, almost everyone has backed

into the parking space. And the reasons I get for this is, "It's more convenient when

I want to pull out" or "It's safer when I want to pull out so I can see and I don't

run over any little kids." Well you know what? In America I backed out of all my parking

spaces and I don't even have the little camera and I've never run over a little child. But

like you could be running over the kids when you're backing into it? It's literally the

same thing. You have to back in one way or the other. You're either going to back in

or you're going to back out. Yeah, I've always found that really ridiculous. I know! And

what gets me about it is it takes MORE EFFORT to back into a parking space because it's

a smaller area than it takes to back out of a parking space. So you are spending more

time backing into a parking space than you would be backing out. So it takes you more

time in the end. If you're talking about efficiency, that argument does not work. I am very absurdly

opinionated about this. Leave your arguments in the comments if you disagree with us. Why

you should back into a parking space. Jun does it all the time. Every single time he

backs into a parking space. Except on the very rare occasion he'll pull in, and he'll

announce it to me because it's so unusual. He's like "RACHEL I PULLED INTO A SPACE!"

and I'm like "YEAH!" Omg. So that's our lives. That's how we live. All right, so those were

ways that we know we've been in Japan too long, and also a couple of things that we

don't do here in Japan. Thank you for watching! Bye!