Hey guys! Today we're going to talk about
some of the things that we didn't do before 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!
"I LOVE SQUAT TOILETS!!!! they're so convenient!"
said no sane person ever.
I didn't watch the whole thing, but the first half is totally a "this is why we're more Japanese than you" circlejerk.
Also, I have no idea where they got the idea that people always "dress up" in public. Have they never seen those dudes who wear sweatpants with Crocs and a leopard print hoodie in Lawson's?
I'm sorry, we need a ban on all this Rachel cunts material. She's taking viewers and attention away from my sweet sweet super genki Kanadajin3!
I hate this ginger cunt and her faggot cuckold husband. I refuse to watch their shitty videos.
The worst thing about these videos are the comments, by far. Not just the "OMG I love your videos, make a million more" crap. There's a little of everything, from multiple people being shocked and surprised by how cars are parked in Japan for some reason, to someone asking if there's any "good bread" in Japan because they're visiting for the first time and apparently must have their daily dose of carbs to live, to someone saying that they do all those things even though they haven't been to Japan so they must be a weeb.
Why do these people always have a bunch of fucking pokemon or whatever cushions and figurines? Are they actually 8 years old? Are they retarded? Do they think its cool????
They're so fucking proud of themselves just because they live in Japan, one of the stupidest things to be proud of ever. What do they want, a clap on the back and the adoration of millions because they live on that island instead of a diffferent island or landmass somewhere else?
They should just get on with their fucking lives
I'll take the one on the right. Haven't banged a gaijin in years. :)