「本当の日本に衝撃！」外国人観光客にインタビュー｜ようこそ日本へ！Welcome to Japan!【海外の反応】

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]This in Brazil will never happen. It's like such a mess and everyone is doing I don't know whatever they want and everyone sort of takes each moment of faith as a rush.

[00:00:11]>> Oh, >> I didn't feel um >> like I it was that strange that I was visiting. It feels quite normal and and uh welcoming.

[00:00:19]>> Oh, >> thank you so much for your time being with us on our YouTube channel. So, where are you from? Uh >> I'm from Scotland. Oh, >> I'm from England.

[00:00:30]>> Oh, I see.

[00:00:31]>> We live in England. So, it's a place called Leicester.

[00:00:34]>> Uhhuh.

[00:00:35]>> So, it's a north of London.

[00:00:38]>> Oh, and now you're traveling Japan.

[00:00:41]>> Yes. Um >> I was here for work or a conference, but we sort of turned it into a holiday.

[00:00:48]>> Oh, so it's like a business and private >> both. Yeah.

[00:00:53]>> Yeah.

[00:00:54]>> Oh, and you are tagging.

[00:00:56]>> Yeah, he's working. Now I'm just on holiday.

[00:00:58]>> Uhhuh. Uhhuh. And how long you have you stayed for so far?

[00:01:03]>> So far we arrived uh last Sunday.

[00:01:07]>> Yeah.

[00:01:08]>> Oh about about a week or something?

[00:01:14]May I ask what kind of like a conference or >> Yeah. So it was a a pharma bio conference so science. So it was over um at the conference center in Tokyo.

[00:01:28]>> Uhhuh. Oh, I see. I see. And is this first time in Japan?

[00:01:33]>> Yeah, first time. It's on our bucket list. Yeah. So, we wanted to come.

[00:01:37]>> I see. I see.

[00:01:38]>> I think for people our age, Japan has become very popular in the UK.

[00:01:42]>> Uhhuh.

[00:01:43]>> Maybe like 30 year olds. Seems to be very popular now.

[00:01:48]>> The holidays.

[00:01:49]>> I see. Then uh did did you have some the image of Japan before coming and uh is there any >> some uh videos on architect and like social media >> but yes >> yeah I think maybe you thought very respectful >> country which it seems to be >> oh >> so now you you see >> in real follow rules >> I I see. I see.

[00:02:21]>> Very peaceful and calm and everyone sort of >> takes in each moment of the doesn't rush.

[00:02:28]>> Oh, I see.

[00:02:29]>> Maybe just more organized >> systems. Yeah, >> system. Is there anything on contrarily something like surprising and or different from what you expected? I think in public more people are quiet quieter um and a lot of people on their own rather than in big groups.

[00:02:50]>> Mhm.

[00:02:51]>> Yeah. In Tokyo we didn't see many like groups of people or families. It seemed very much like >> individual >> individuals. Yeah. I think in the UK you tend to see more like families, groups of like groups of men or groups of women or just groups of friends.

[00:03:06]>> Uhhuh.

[00:03:07]>> But in Turkey we didn't see so much of that. Maybe because it was during the week. Maybe because everyone's at work.

[00:03:14]>> Right. Right.

[00:03:15]>> I see. I see.

[00:03:16]>> And very quiet on the trains.

[00:03:18]>> Uh-huh. Oh, >> which >> was nice.

[00:03:22]>> Maybe like is a stereotype, but I didn't think it would actually be as >> quiet as it was.

[00:03:29]>> Oh, I know.

[00:03:29]>> But it was nice.

[00:03:30]>> It's good cuz it gives you rest. Uh-huh.

[00:03:34]And so, uh, during this like a week or so, uh, what is your highlight >> in Japan?

[00:03:42]>> Maybe all the different food experiences.

[00:03:46]Um, we had really good piranha, Tokyo, and we came here and we had taken, >> the fish, maybe the sushimi fish, >> cuz I don't think we would really have raw fish at home.

[00:04:01]>> M. M >> but here it was really nice.

[00:04:04]>> But eating fish raw is that a normal or >> in the UK we don't >> we wouldn't maybe if you went to like a a expensive restaurant but not at home or in >> not popular.

[00:04:16]>> I think it's the way our fish is prepared. We can't eat it raw >> whereas here I think it's okay. So then they you needed courage to eat raw at the at the beginning or >> a little bit but it was super tasty. So >> I see I see.

[00:04:34]>> So yeah maybe that we just enjoy just watching different culture and things are different. People watching >> lots of bars that are quite small which is nice cuz we get more interaction with uh the people there.

[00:04:50]>> Oh I see. Whereas our bars are quite noisy, busy, >> sometimes can't you self sleep because they're noisy. So it's nice that it's more relaxing.

[00:05:01]>> Oh, >> and you go upstairs a lot like the bar >> like a little lift that takes you up.

[00:05:08]>> It was quite strange.

[00:05:09]>> Yeah, I I I think I've heard some of the the same comment. Usually on a like a ground floor >> and the cocktails as well. Loads of cocktails in Japan.

[00:05:22]>> Oh, >> it seems very like popular.

[00:05:24]>> Uhhuh. Uhhuh.

[00:05:26]>> Do you like it?

[00:05:27]>> Yeah.

[00:05:28]>> Ah.

[00:05:29]>> So you talked to Japanese locals there?

[00:05:32]>> Yeah.

[00:05:32]>> How did it start? Like you studied it or they come came to >> talk or >> I think they might have heard our accent and asked where we're from.

[00:05:42]>> Ah, I see. I see.

[00:05:44]>> Also the bowing is different. We weren't I don't think I was expecting like so much to >> bow bow. Uhhuh. Uhhuh.

[00:05:54]>> But now we got used to >> you get used to it.

[00:05:58]Okay. So far, which places did you like went?

[00:06:02]>> Yeah. This is our first day in we might go to Russia.

[00:06:09]>> Uh-huh. We went to Chiba.

[00:06:12]>> Chiba.

[00:06:12]>> Oh, we went to Cha.

[00:06:14]>> Oh, where did you go? Um, we just went for food and drinks and just one evening.

[00:06:19]>> Thank you for recommendation.

[00:06:21]>> Yeah, it was near to where we were staying.

[00:06:23]>> Uh-huh.

[00:06:24]>> And so we just thought we would try it.

[00:06:28]>> Also, all the cars here are nearly all Japanese cars.

[00:06:34]>> Not many like um German or European cars.

[00:06:40]>> Mostly like Japanese made cars.

[00:06:43]>> Yeah. And not many electric cars.

[00:06:46]>> Uhhuh. Oh, I see. I see.

[00:06:48]>> Electric car.

[00:06:49]>> Maybe more like a hybrid cars.

[00:06:52]>> Yeah, I think.

[00:06:53]>> But here a lot of people cycle. It seems a lot of bikes.

[00:06:57]>> M.

[00:06:58]>> Yes, it is.

[00:06:59]>> Also, the smoking inside is unusual. In some like bars and >> places, people smoke inside >> which we didn't expect. It's different.

[00:07:08]But >> okay. But yeah, please enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for your time being with us on our YouTube channel. So, where are you from?

[00:07:19]>> Uh, I'm from the US.

[00:07:20]>> US.

[00:07:21]>> Netherlands.

[00:07:21]>> Netherland.

[00:07:22]>> Yes.

[00:07:22]>> Uh, and now you guys are living in US or >> in the Netherlands.

[00:07:26]>> We've been on the road for half a year now and we'll be traveling for longer.

[00:07:29]So, we have no real home now.

[00:07:31]>> Oh.

[00:07:32]>> Uh, we were living in Australia for a little bit. We visited Thailand, Bali.

[00:07:36]Just a lot of travel. Uh, maybe traveling for a total of like a year and a half, >> something like this. So now we're maybe 5 months in, 6 months in.

[00:07:45]>> Uh-huh.

[00:07:45]>> And >> I think I'm around like eight.

[00:07:47]>> And we still have maybe another year or so.

[00:07:49]>> We'll see.

[00:07:50]>> Cool. Cool.

[00:07:51]>> We make it up as we go along.

[00:07:52]>> Yeah. Then before Japan, where were you?

[00:07:56]>> Uh we were just in Australia before coming to Japan.

[00:07:59]>> Oh. And how long are you going to stay in Japan?

[00:08:02]>> Uh >> two weeks total.

[00:08:03]>> Two weeks.

[00:08:04]>> Just a little under two weeks.

[00:08:05]>> And how long ago did you get here?

[00:08:09]Japan.

[00:08:09]>> Maybe 7 days ago. Yeah, we say four or five days in Tokyo and now we this is our basically our first real day here.

[00:08:15]>> Then it's it's like about the halfway.

[00:08:18]>> Yes, exactly. So, first half Tokyo, now second half Osaka.

[00:08:22]>> How did you like it so far?

[00:08:24]>> It was very nice. Uh we enjoyed it a lot. It was very busy cuz we were right in Shinjuku. We spent most of our time there. So, coming to Osaka is quite refreshing cuz it's a slower pace, not so chaotic, >> a little more relaxing, especially being here in the park. We have the more um relaxing.

[00:08:42]>> But Tokyo, Tokyo was really intense because we came from a very small town in Australia just now to work >> like a small mining town and then you come to Tokyo with like how much is it like 38 million people? It's super chaotic and intense.

[00:08:55]>> Oh wow. I see. But uh did you have a specific image of Japan before coming to Japan?

[00:09:02]>> Uh well for Tokyo I felt like it was always a place that I wouldn't be able to visit. it felt like it was somewhere um just so far away from the US and it probably took a lot of money to come here or opportunity or or something like this and I didn't think that I personally would ever be able to do it >> and over a lot of time of working hard and getting more comfortable traveling and things like that I was finally able to visit >> and um you know when I arrived in Tokyo and and just in Japan in general I felt very welcome I didn't feel um >> like I it was that strange that I was visiting it feels quite normal and and uh welcoming.

[00:09:39]>> Oh, I see. I see.

[00:09:40]>> From our breakfast this morning, it was actually really lovely. Um there was just great service all around, but I feel our um the staff really went above and beyond. They were asking us about our our day and what we had plans and uh >> they helped us find a more efficient route to where we were going. We didn't ask them. They just offered like, "Hm, which way are you going? Are you going to this station or this one? Maybe try this one. Maybe it's a little faster or more direct." So, um I think they kind of went a little above and beyond to to help us, >> offering us free stickers and, you know, just a little bit of like extra kindness and extra >> Uhhuh. Uh-huh.

[00:10:14]>> welcoming uh feeling.

[00:10:17]>> And for me personally, uh last night I visited a Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym in in Osaka.

[00:10:23]>> Um but it wasn't like a tourist attraction. It was like just like a real gym. So, more I felt like more people like who live here long term. And um I felt really welcomed even though I had no idea what it was about because it was all in Japanese.

[00:10:36]>> Uh it was still really cool to experience it because everyone was very like uh helpful like everyone was open to help me and uh yeah just the the experience was really really cool.

[00:10:46]>> But do you uh like practice? Do you >> So I've been doing that for like five or six years now. Uh-huh.

[00:10:52]>> I try to actually like it's one of my goals on the trip to visit as many gyms as I can in Japan, but also in Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, everywhere.

[00:11:01]>> Um, and so for me, if you are thinking about the cultural differences I've noticed, I find that in Japan it's very like everywhere it's very respectful, but I felt like in Japan it was even even a little bit more like a level up.

[00:11:13]>> Like everyone after was like cleaning the mats together and everyone was just so nice. I really enjoyed that. But like in the general >> atmosphere in the gym, it felt like >> just like super respectful and >> extremely polite and like like more than even more than I've seen in maybe other places as well. It's like >> uh as a visitor I felt very welcome and very safe which is also very important I think for gym. So I think that's uh that's nice.

[00:11:40]>> Yes.

[00:11:40]>> And it's not something we just I just noticed here in Osaka but I felt the same in Tokyo when I trained there. It's just very relaxed and very respectful and nice.

[00:11:48]>> And I also train jiu-jitsu as well. We we train together. And for me as a girl who's training, sometimes there's um >> I might have be a little more intimidated or something coming onto the mats, maybe there could be a little bit of difference in how men are treated and women or things like this. But so far in Japan where we've trained, I've felt very welcome and comfortable training amongst uh the men and the women also in in Japan. I've I've felt um it's very important to train at a gym. me feel comfortable in. And so far in Japan, I haven't felt any um any doubt. I felt comfortable right away >> and um yeah, it made me feel good.

[00:12:23]>> I think Japan maybe is a little bit more judo judo based as well, which is which is cool. You will feel it.

[00:12:29]>> Um >> and >> but did you wear u I prefer in the in the kimono? Yeah, I travel with two. I don't know why.

[00:12:37]>> Yes, we're we're just using a backpack to travel with and a lot of the backpack space is just with uh jiu-jitsu gear.

[00:12:44]We have like this much clothes and this much jiu-jitsu.

[00:12:47]>> Yeah.

[00:12:48]>> I see. I see. I see.

[00:12:49]>> Yeah.

[00:12:50]>> But I really like visiting the gyms because you will get like a different kind of contact. You will meet someone not focused on tourists. You will meet someone who has just had their whole day of work and then goes into train for their hobby and fun >> because a jiu-jitsu gym is a small community of its own. So when you when you visit, you're visiting a small community amongst a bigger community.

[00:13:08]Uh-huh.

[00:13:08]>> So, it's like >> Did you have any other like those kind of activities >> in Japan?

[00:13:14]>> Well, we haven't been here uh that long.

[00:13:16]I think we've just been walking around uh a lot around the city. So, I feel like we haven't had a lot of one-on-one experiences, but I think it's something that we'll see more of as we're like going through Osaka now that it's a little more calm and tame. I think in Tokyo, we sometimes felt a little bit invisible cuz we just blend in with a big crowd.

[00:13:33]>> Um and and that's a little bit how it feels. But now in Osaka, it feels like we have a little bit more um breathing room.

[00:13:39]>> Oh, I see. I see.

[00:13:43]>> One thing I really like about Japan >> um >> rules.

[00:13:48]Yeah. More like more like social rules, like sometimes unwritten social rules.

[00:13:52]>> Right. Right.

[00:13:52]>> And I feel like in Japan, people really follow them. It's just like simple things like standing in the line somewhere >> and and following the line. And I feel like I've been to many places where you can just stand somewhere and someone will just like like squeeze in somewhere in the front and you're like >> what's going on? And it's like and then everyone is like too nice to say anything about it. So, and so they just get away with it. And I feel like in Japan it's way more like it it feels a little bit more weighted, you know, like people follow these social constructs more, which is something I really like.

[00:14:22]It's something I miss in a lot of places and I I really drive in that kind of world.

[00:14:26]>> It it seems that everybody is kind of um taking care of the space as well. like there isn't uh it's very clean uh everywhere that we've been. There's no litter or garbage everywhere. I actually quite like the the like little rule that you carry your garbage with you because there isn't a bin everywhere. You have to kind of uh find them or or dispose of it in another way. But um I like that as well because it keeps things tidy and clean and keeps everyone responsible for themselves as well.

[00:14:50]>> Like I don't know how to how to word it, but it's like just things that >> are the way they should be, but a lot of people disrespect them in a lot of places. I feel like in Japan so far a lot of people >> stick with them.

[00:15:01]>> It would be quite common in the US to see like for example at a at a train station or subway station you see a coffee cup someone finished and they they left it behind and forget about it.

[00:15:10]But I think that's of course it may still happen here but it's not as common. It's not everywhere or it could be in other places because most people are taking responsibility for their trash and their garbage and disposing of it >> which is responsible. It's the right thing to do but it's not every it's not global. We also really like the well the bathrooms and the showers.

[00:15:31]>> And I really like the feature of having a drying room. Uh when you're finished with your your washing your laundry, you hang it in the in the bathroom and it dries with with >> We've been in two hotels now and both places had it >> where you just have like >> because I think it's because the space is usually small. There's like a washing machine and then there's like a sink and then there's like the the wet room like the the shower. But then the shower has a fan with a lot of different settings where you can just like poop and then >> kind of like dry your clothes if you hang it. And >> I don't know if that's like standard Japan, but maybe we just had a big coincidence with having it in two places.

[00:16:04]>> I don't know. We like that feature also like in um public toilets. Uh it's always a nice facility. It's always very clean. Um they play like uh like nature sounds often even in the like the subway station. And I also really like that there's um like a seat for a child in all of the stalls. This is something I've never seen before, like a place to put your baby, >> so you don't have to hold them when you use the bathroom.

[00:16:28]>> This also seems to be kind of a standard in every bathroom. And I think that's a really nice feature to have. It's very thoughtful.

[00:16:33]>> Oh, >> I see. I see. Okay. Well, thank you so much for your time. It was great.

[00:16:39]>> Thanks for asking us. I appreciate it.

[00:16:40]>> Yeah.

[00:16:41]>> Thank you so much for your time being with us on our YouTube channel. Where are you from?

[00:16:45]>> Brazil.

[00:16:46]>> Brazil. Wow. It's a long way.

[00:16:49]>> Far from here. Did you go somewhere else before coming to Japan?

[00:16:53]>> Yes, because we were in Asia a few months already traveling.

[00:16:57]>> So we came from Indonesia.

[00:16:59]>> From Indonesia. I see.

[00:17:01]>> We came through China, Hong Kong, then Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. And now Japan.

[00:17:10]>> Oh, >> we are working and traveling for a year now. Yes.

[00:17:15]>> Oh, you can work anywhere?

[00:17:16]>> Yes.

[00:17:17]That's a May I ask what kind of job is that?

[00:17:20]>> Yes, I work for an NGO in Brazil.

[00:17:24]>> Non-governmental organization >> and I manage the team and the operations but I do it remotely.

[00:17:30]>> Oh, I see. I see. So, you don't have to be there a specific place. That's great.

[00:17:38]>> Okay. For how long did you stay in Japan?

[00:17:40]>> 26 days.

[00:17:41]>> 20 Oh, so how how long ago did you get to Japan? Uh 20 days today actually.

[00:17:47]Yes. 20 days ago.

[00:17:48]>> So then a week or so more left.

[00:17:52]>> Yes. Yes. Yes. We are sad about this already.

[00:17:56]>> But did you have a certain image of Japan before coming here?

[00:18:01]>> Yeah. I don't know if it's about social media, but I was always thinking that will be very organized, clean, and the food. I was sure that would be amazing and it is.

[00:18:11]>> Oh, >> I really like the food here. Did you have a specific food you wanted to eat?

[00:18:16]Sushi? Yes.

[00:18:17]>> Uh, but do you do you have those sushi in Brazil too?

[00:18:20]>> We do have, but um in Brazil they like to put other things like cream cheese inside. Sometimes cucumber or the things and here it's very traditional and I I love this.

[00:18:32]>> My mom was asking if I found it here.

[00:18:35]It's like the roll but fried.

[00:18:38]>> So we called uramaki there but fried.

[00:18:41]>> Fried?

[00:18:42]>> Yes. Wow.

[00:18:44]>> Of course, I didn't find and I'm happy that they didn't find it here.

[00:18:49]>> Okay. Um, is there anything you get surprised while you are traveling around Japan?

[00:18:56]>> I think uh not really surprised because I was expecting this but the discipline uh everything is so organized here. We are using a lot of metro trains and for me checking people standing in the line waiting people coming out so we can come in. This in Brazil will never happen.

[00:19:14]It's like such a mess and everyone is doing I don't know whatever they want and here there are those rules and I saw a lot of advertisements saying ah these are the etiquette this is what we uh think you should do. So this is really nice. So teaches us also how to enter in this uh local rules let's say.

[00:19:35]>> Uhhuh. Then what is your like a highlight of your stay so far in Japan?

[00:19:41]>> Uh city wise I will say Takayama.

[00:19:44]>> Oh >> I love Takayama.

[00:19:47]>> What did you do there? Ah, we were uh the old town and checking old houses and I think it was really reminding me of movies that I watched about Japan >> uh from Edo era and these things. So I think it was really nice to to go there and see this with my eyes.

[00:20:09]>> But did you actually stay in the those houses or >> uh there? No, but here in Kyoto, yes, we are staying in a house with tatami and the short desks and I think it's also a really nice experience. I think the materials that uh the houses are made here or were made, it's very different.

[00:20:31]Uh the roof, um the furniture inside the house, I think the doors, the sliding doors, these are things that I will never find in Brazil. So it it's something very very interesting.

[00:20:44]>> I see.

[00:20:45]>> And I have the feeling that it's made of paper something like Yes.

[00:20:49]>> And we call it.

[00:20:51]>> Yeah. Maybe. I see. Ah. But then you're sleep on too.

[00:20:57]>> Yes. We need to wake every day.

[00:20:59]>> Every day. What do you think about it?

[00:21:02]>> It's interesting. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's very practical in a way that you can use the room for another thing >> and uh it's something that we don't have there. So you just have your bedroom and then you have living room. So I think it's very At the beginning I was like okay how we will do this >> but it's nice it's nice but this uh makes you keep the house organized also right so you don't have this bed sheets or the blankets not folded you have you kind of hide this so it's nice yeah we have the toilet separated to the bathtub >> and the sink is also outside to wash hands >> and the toilet that is heated. What for me I it's something that I didn't know that I needed until I tried here in Japan. I think it's amazing. I was asking my husband why they don't have this in Europe >> because it's so good, so comfortable, especially in winter.

[00:21:59]>> And uh I think this cleaning process where it cleans uh by itself, it's very useful also.

[00:22:08]>> And maybe that's why I found toilet in train stations, in fish market so clean.

[00:22:13]M >> yeah, this is a huge also highlight I would say because in Brazil I will never go to I don't know a train station toilet and here I'm okay because I know that will be cleaned.

[00:22:25]>> Yeah.

[00:22:26]>> Is there anything else you could find something very interesting and curious or >> I think the city so far that we went they were really prepared for tourists.

[00:22:36]So we see a lot of uh uh advertisements in English, the directions in English and I think it's very easy actually to to use public transport here in Japan.

[00:22:47]Some people were saying like oh Tokyo it's a huge city will be difficult like Shibuya is huge but I think for us it's been a very nice experience and easy to to understand where to go which train to catch or metro and uh >> yeah better than Uber or taxi >> I see I see you have any interaction with Japanese locals and stuff >> yes a few uh we met some people normally in bars or restaurants and then we keep on asking which sake they recommend or which food we should try.

[00:23:24]>> Um I think it was a a nice experience especially if they can speak English so we can interact better but we spoke to several ones with translator so it was working as well.

[00:23:36]>> Ah I see. All right. Thank you so much for your time. It was great talking. It was a pleasure.