ネイティブが驚いた日本特有の文化や習慣
Summary
TLDRこのビデオスクリプトでは、日本に住むことや訪れることについての興味深い話題が議論されています。17年間の滞在経験を持つジョン、21年の経験を持つニール、そして1年間の経験を持つベロニカが、日本での生活や文化の異なる側面について共有しています。彼らは階層の呼称の異なる点、チップの文化、商店での挨拶の多さ、時間厳守の重要性、そして日本の「かわいさ」文化など、様々な観察と体験を共有しています。この会話は、日本文化に対する彼らの興味と理解を深めるのに役立ち、視聴者にも興味深い洞察を提供します。
Takeaways
- 🏢 日本の階数表記とイギリスとは異なり、1階が地面階として始まります。これは初めの頃は混乱を招きました。
- 🇺🇸 アメリカと日本の階数表記は似ており、地面階を1階として数えます。
- 🍽️ 日本ではサービス料をチップとして支払う文化がなく、食事代のみを支払う点に興味を持ちました。
- 🛎️ 日本の商店では、どのレベルの店でも丁寧な挨拶と再訪の誘いがあります。
- 🚄 新幹線の座席予約は、誰もあなたの席を奪うことはなく、常に規則を守られています。
- ⏰ 日本では時間厳守が重要で、遅刻は避けられます。特に東京のような混雑した都市でも、人々は遅れずに目的地に到着します。
- 🎨 日本の文化では、銀行帳簿のような真剣なものにもキュートな要素が加わり、厳粛さと楽しさをバランスとしています。
- 🍖 日本の食品の分量はアメリカに比べて小さいですが、慣れてくると気にならないようになります。
- 🍜 ラーメン店などでは、価格に応じて十分な分量が提供されますが、他の場所では少量の肉など、分量に注意が必要です。
- 🥤 アメリカと比べて日本では飲食物の分量が小さいことが多く、特に水の量が少ないことが顕著です。
- 🗝️ 日本の文化は細かい礼儀や規範に重きを置く一方で、可愛らしさや温かみも大切にしています。
Q & A
日本での階数の違いについて、ジョンが最初にどの様に混乱したのか?
-ジョンはイギリスでは地面階が「ground floor」と呼ばれるのに対して、日本では「一階」と呼ばれることに混乱しました。彼はデパートでエスカレーターを下りて「1階」を見かけると、さらに下りて地面に到着するべきだと思い込んでいたため、しばしば地下駐車場に降りてしまって混乱していました。
アメリカと日本の階数の違いについて、ベロニカはどのように感じたのか?
-ベロニカはアメリカでは「ground floor」が「一階」と同様に扱われることが多く、日本と似ていると感じています。彼女は日本で階数の違いによって混乱した経験はなかったが、もしそうだったら、ジョンと同じように1年間混乱していたかもしれないと述べています。
日本でのチップの文化について、ベロニカはどのように感じたのか?
-ベロニカはアメリカでは通常15〜20%のチップを支払う文化がある一方、日本ではサービス料を含まないことに驚きました。彼女は日本でレストランに行くたびに、サービスが非常に良いにもかかわらずチップを支払う必要がないことに興味深く感じています。
ナイアルが日本での挨拶の頻度についてどのように感じたのか?
-ナイアルは日本ではどのレベルの店でも、店員がお客様に挨拶をすることに感動しています。彼はアイルランドに戻った際にその挨拶の頻度を欠いたことに気付いて、日本の挨拶の文化を欠かすことができたと述べています。
ジョンが日本での電車の予約席についてどのように感じたのか?
-ジョンは日本での電車の予約席が誰も座っておらず、誰も彼の席を奪うことはないことに感心しています。イギリスでは予約席でも誰かが座っていることがよくあり、席を譲ってもらうことで不快感を感じることがある一方で、日本ではそんなことはないと述べています。
ベロニカが日本での時間厳守についてどのように感じたのか?
-ベロニカは日本の人々が非常に時間厳守であることに感心しており、特に東京のような混み合う都市でさえも、人々が遅れずに目的地に到着する能力に驚いています。彼女はアメリカでは遅刻が一般的であるのに対し、日本では遅刻を避けるために事前に場所を確認する文化があると述べています。
ナイアルが日本での「かわいい」文化についてどのように感じたのか?
-ナイアルは日本で銀行口座開設時に「かわいい」ネズミのイラストが入った銀行帳簿を受け取った際に驚きました。彼は銀行帳簿のような重要なものに「かわいい」要素が加わる文化に感動し、その点が日本文化の魅力の一つだと述べています。
ジョンが日本での肉の分量についてどのように感じたのか?
-ジョンは日本でのカレーライスの肉の分量が少ないと感じ、最初はその点に戸惑いました。しかし、すぐにその文化に慣れ、現在はその分量にも満足していると述べています。
ベロニカが日本での食品の分量についてどのように感じたのか?
-ベロニカはアメリカと比較して、日本での食品の分量が小さいことに気づきました。特に最初はその点に慣れるのに苦労したが、日本の文化の一部として受け入れ始めたと述べています。
参加者が日本での生活で最も感銘を受けたことは何ですか?
-参加者は日本での階数の呼び方、チップの文化、挨拶の頻度、時間厳守、「かわいい」文化、電車の予約席の礼儀、食品の分量などに感銘を受けたと述べています。
Outlines
😀 日本生活の文化的な衝撃
初めに、ジョン、ニール、ベロニカの3人が、それぞれ17年、21年、1年日本の生活経験から得た興味深い出来事を共有します。ジョンは、日本での階数の呼び方とイギリスの違いに戸惑いを経験しました。また、ベロニカは、アメリカでは一般的であるチップの文化が日本では存在しないことに驚きました。さらに、3人は、日本でのサービスの質や挨拶の頻度について触れ、それぞれの文化の違いを語ります。
🚄 日本の時間厳守と可愛さ文化
ジョンは、日本の新幹線での席の予約が守られることに感銘を受け、英国とは異なる点に触れます。ベロニカは、日本の時間厳守の文化と、アメリカの柔軟な時間感覚との対比を語ります。また、彼女自身の経験として、日本人が事前に場所を確認して遅刻を避ける習慣について話します。さらに、ジョンは、銀行口座帳に可愛らしいキャラクターが描かれていることから、日本の厳粛さと可愛らしさのバランスを評価します。
🍜 日本の食事のportionサイズ
最後に、3人は日本の食事のportionサイズについて話し合い、アメリカの大きなportionに比べ、日本では小さめのサイズが一般的であることに気づきました。ベロニカは、最初は小さすぎるportionに戸惑いを感じたが、後に慣れてその文化を評価するようになりました。ジョンも、肉のportionが少ないと感じた経験を共有し、しかし今はその小さなportionを楽しむようになったと話します。
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Keywords
💡日本生活
💡階層表記
💡チップ
💡挨拶
💡時間厳守
💡新幹線
💡可愛さ
💡食事の分量
💡文化の違い
💡サービス
💡時間の価値
Highlights
Niall has been living in Japan for 17 years and discusses his initial confusion with floor numbering.
John has been in Japan for 21 years and shares his experience with the difference in floor labeling compared to Britain.
Veronica, having lived in Japan for one year, finds the lack of tipping culture in Japan intriguing, contrasting it with the U.S.
The panel discusses the cultural difference in tipping, where in Japan service is included in the price.
Niall mentions the consistent greetings and politeness in Japanese stores, contrasting it with Ireland.
Veronica emphasizes the importance of punctuality in Japanese culture, especially in crowded cities like Tokyo.
John highlights the reliability of the Shinkansen and the respect for reserved seats in Japan.
The participants talk about the Japanese custom of being early to appointments and the meticulous planning involved.
Veronica shares her surprise at the small portion sizes in Japan compared to the U.S., and the adjustment period required.
Niall finds the 'cuteness' of Japanese culture, even in serious contexts like banking, endearing.
The conversation touches on the cultural differences in public transport punctuality and the societal expectations around it.
Veronica discusses the unique Japanese practice of scouting a location before an event to ensure timely arrival.
John shares his observation of the Japanese adherence to rules, especially in public settings.
The panel reflects on the cultural significance of greetings in Japanese customer service.
Niall and the group discuss the prevalence of cuteness in Japanese advertising and public safety messages.
Veronica concludes the conversation by comparing the portion sizes in Japan to the larger servings common in the U.S.
The participants share personal anecdotes and adjustments to the Japanese way of life after moving from Western cultures.
Transcripts
hey what's going on guys june here with
hapa kaiwa and joining me today we have
niall john and veronica how you guys
doing today
good thank you wonderful thank you so
today i want to talk about
some of the interesting things you guys
find about either living in japan or
visiting japanese
who has been living in japan for 17
years is that correct yep that's right
and we have john who's been there for 21
years now that's right 21 years 21 years
and veronica
you've been there for one year or you
lived there for one year yes
all right um so um who wants to start
this one off today um any volunteers
all right let's go with john go ahead
okay one thing that really confused me a
lot when i first came to japan were the
the numbers of floors
so in a big building in britain we have
a ground floor or in japan it's the
first floor so ground floor is at a
street level and then first floor is the
next one up and it goes up and up and up
and when i first arrived in japan
whenever i went to a big department
store and i wanted to leave i'd go down
the escalators and i'd see one and think
ah i have to go down one more and i'll
be at street level but i always ended up
in the basement
in the parking
this happened for at least one year i
couldn't get used to it
obviously now i'm used to it but that
was a really confusing thing for me um
well let me ask veronica on this one
because i think in the united states
it's very similar to japan i think when
you're talking about the ground floor
it's
usually
the first floor right
yeah i think so i think in this case
america's more similar to japan
i don't remember getting too confused
but
i can see how that would be confusing if
that was the case i would probably be
lost like every day
for my first year basically i was lost
every day
yeah
all right um
veronica how about you interesting
things about japan so
i'm not sure about
the other countries people here but i
was surprised that there's no tips
in america you have to pay like 15
of your bill to tip or 20
sometimes so it's interesting when you
go to japan you just pay for the food
and not the service so that was a little
interesting for me when i was in japan
how did you feel when you went to japan
and every time you went to the
restaurant because i think like as an
american you just automatically like
feel like you have to like leave a
little bit of money especially when the
service is really good and you know in
japan you know the services always
really good amazing right so you like
there's always like there was always a
part of me where i felt like like i want
to give you something you know for such
an amazing service that you guys offered
us today um did you ever kind of feel
like you like wanted to give them
something but you had like almost like
stop yourself from giving them money yes
all the time especially like what you
said the service in japan is so
good and friendly so you're like can i
just give you a little bit but no
cause in america even if the service is
bad you still usually have to give a tip
all right uh niall how about you well
kind of leading on from that service uh
topic is i i found it amazing that you
get lots of greetings in all the stores
so when i went home to ireland for a
holiday
and i kind of missed that
that you go into a store and you become
conditioned to expect it every time you
go to a store no matter what the level
of the store is it could be a very very
small corner shufflebasan selling
vegetables or it could be the best eon
or quintet sourcing store they'll always
say
they'll always greet you and they'll
always say come again in japanese but in
the western world in ireland it's hit or
miss you could go into a store a corner
store they'll just tell you how much it
costs they won't even say thank you
sometimes and you say that five euro
they go oh no thank you no please
well nothing they just yeah and it's
like them and so
that's exactly like what you're saying
with the tips yeah you want to tip
people here because
no matter if they love their job or they
hate their job they must be polite and
that's
a welcome difference of japanese culture
maybe you go one more round here then um
is there anything else you guys have
found unique interesting about the
japanese culture or it could be about
japanese people too um
junk looks like you have plenty
yeah i have a lot
what one one thing i really love so
in britain and in japan i love riding on
trains and i love the shinkansen but one
thing about the shinkansen that always
amazes me
whenever i ride it is i reserve my seat
and i get onto the shinkansen and nobody
is sitting in my seat nobody tries to
steal it
in england if you reserve a seat on a
train
ninety percent of the time someone will
be sitting there and you have to ask
them to please move and you feel as if
you're the bad person asking them to
move
but that's never happened to me in japan
and it's always a surprise i get onto
the shinkansen my seat is empty my seat
is clean i just sit down and i'm
comfortable just following rules in
general i think in japan they do such an
amazing job right
if you're not supposed to be sitting
there you're not going to sit there
right
veronica anything else you noticed
i put um
punctuality so being on time to things
not only like trains and buses but also
just people being on time to things
california is chill laid back you know
if you're five minutes late that's
that's totally fine
but in japan i feel like you have to be
on time for meetings and the train is
always on time too
which it never is in america so that was
something i really appreciated about
living in japan adding to that there's i
uh i mean obviously my mom is japanese
and i grew up in the japanese culture
but when i went to japan you know there
was something that really surprised me
and you know it's one thing to be on
time it's another to be on time in a
crowded city like tokyo where everything
you know it's super hard to like find
that little restaurant that you're
trying to get at but it seems like every
japanese person finds a way to get there
like 10 to 15 minutes early yeah um yeah
and i know a lot of people
they will go and find the restaurant
like the day or two before they'll
actually go to the restaurant
see where it's at to make sure that they
are not late to the actual dinner or
event it's called
in a japanese but here in the united
states you will not find one american
that will go out of their way spend
their time to look at the restaurant or
the venue the day before so they won't
be late on the day of right i thought
that was crazy i think that's a
very yeah it's impressive yeah the
american style is um you're still laying
in bed sleeping and you say oh i'm on my
way i'm on my way don't worry but you're
just sleeping in bed
showing up fashionably late in the
united states i don't know england but
in ireland we have a we have a digital
thing that tells you when the bus is
coming and
progressingly that the time gets longer
it's going to be here in two minutes i'm
going to make this and then i just
changed to four minutes oh it just
changed to seven minutes and then three
of the same boss come at the same time
yeah
you have your choice then you're like
that one's a bit full i'll go with the
next one
jonah what else do you have i think it's
the cuteness of everything there's cute
things ever everywhere so
in britain too you find cute things but
some things are cute and some things
have to be serious
a thing that really surprised me when i
first arrived in japan is when i opened
the bank accounts and they gave me my my
bank book and on the front of the bank
book there was a cartoon of a mouse a
very cute mouse
and
i couldn't believe that something as
serious as a bank book would have this
cute mouse on it
and i love that so even though things
are serious here there's still room for
cuteness and
happy things so i really like that part
of japanese culture i totally get that
like even when you go to the train
station they have all those posters
about like you know
not running into the train because when
the door is closing because you might
like hurt somebody but they have all
these like cute drawings with like
animals and stuff like they always make
it cute somehow that's right that's
right yeah veronica any last ones you
want to end this with the last thing i
just had was portion sizes
um
in america we have
quite big portion sizes of food whereas
in japan it's much smaller
although in america thing-to-go boxes is
more popular than in japan i don't even
know if that's
in japan but yeah you get a lot of food
in america compared to japan did you
guys get used to the portions in japan
when i first moved to japan that was one
of the hardest things for me to get used
to was uh some of the smaller portions
and it kind of depends on the places you
go to too like you could look like a
ramen shop and hey you know six or seven
hundred and you get a nice bowl of ramen
they'll fill you up but
there are certain places where you
like i remember um
this is not food but like when you get
like a glass of water it's like a shot
of water
i'm literally going on a really hot
summer summer day where it's like really
hot and i just want like a big glass of
like ice water and you get like this
little tiny thing
and i just wish that sometimes it was a
little bit bigger but how about for you
guys um
was the portions just perfect for you
guys or was this something that it took
a while to get used to so for me the
portions were always okay
except at first meat portions because
meat seemed to be so little in japan
yeah i remember going to a curry rice
restaurant the first time and there were
three tiny pieces of beef in the curry
and i was thinking
where's the meat
[Laughter]
but i got used to that very quickly and
i appreciate the portions now
all right
well that was another fun conversation
guys and uh to everybody watching this i
hope you guys enjoyed the conversation
about
all of the interesting things in japan
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