Does Japan Make Me Homesick? - Q&A 🇯🇵

Summary

このYouTubeのQ&A動画では、50,000の購読者を突破したことで感激し、日本で暮らすオーストラリアンの女性が視聴者に向けて様々な質問に答えます。彼女は日本各地を訪れた経験から、まだ行ってみたいと願う場所として屋久島を挙げ、観光客がよくする間違ったマナーについても指摘します。また、彼女が最近始めたジム通いを通じて学んだ日本のジム文化や、日本語学習における「勇気」と「努力」の重要性を語ります。さらに、彼女の夢の仕事や日本哲学への取り組み、将来の旅行計画、ドイツルーツについても話します。最後に、彼女は自分自身をポジティブに保つ方法を明かします。

Takeaways

• 🎉 彼女はYouTubeでの初のQ&Aを行い、5万人の購読者を突破したことを喜んでいます。
• 🗺️ 彼女は日本に住んでいるが、まだ行っていない場所として屋久島とOK諸島を挙げています。
• 🍢 彼女は観光客が犯しがちな間違いとして、食べ物を指すやお箸を研ぐことを挙げています。
• 🏠 彼女は新しい町に慣れるため、近所を探索し、自宅を快適にすることを提案しています。
• 🏋️‍♀️ 彼女はジムに通い始め、日本のジム文化が男性に寄せられがちであると感じています。
• 📺 彼女は現在、日本のテレビ番組を見ていないと語っています。
• 📚 彼女は日本語学習において、勇気を出して間違いを恐れず、日々努力することが重要だとアドバイスしています。
• 💼 彼女は将来の夢は栄養士だったが、化学が苦手だったため、別の道を選んだと話しています。
• 🌍 彼女はアイスランド、スイス、アメリカ、カナダなど、訪れたい国があると語っています。
• 🍻 彼女は日本酒の中ではサッポロが好きだと言っています。
• 🎶 彼女は日本の音楽ではワンオク、KYPOMY Pomu、ヨナカヒキコ、らっぷびとらを好んでいると述べています。

Q & A

彼女はなぜ日本に滞在していますか？

彼女は日本に滞在している理由は、日本に興味があり、また日本での生活を楽しんでいるからです。

彼女は日本でまだ訪れたいと願っている場所はありますか？

はい、彼女は屋久島（yakushima）とOK諸島（makaku Jima）など、まだ訪れたいと願っている場所があります。

彼女は観光客が日本で最もよく犯す間違いとは何ですか？

彼女は観光客が犯す間違いとして、食べ物を直接お箸で突っ込むことやお箸を研ぐことを挙げています。これは他のアジア諸国では問題ない場合があるが、日本では不作法とされています。

彼女は新しい町に慣れるためのアドバイスは何ですか？

彼女は新しい町に慣れるためのアドバイスとして、近所をよく知り、花屋やドラッグストア、交番の場所を把握すること、家を快適にし、自分に厳しくないこと、そして時間をかけて慣れていくことなどを挙げています。

彼女はなぜ水タイプのポケモンが好きですか？

彼女は水泳が得意であり、水タイプのポケモンと共鳴しているため、水タイプが好きだと言っています。

彼女はジムに通う文化が日本でどのように変化していると思いますか？

彼女はジムに通う文化が日本で人気を集めていると感じており、特に男性を中心に筋肉をつけたいと願う人が増加していると語っています。

彼女は日本語を学習し始めからどのくらいの間で自信を得始めましたか？

彼女は日本語を学習し始めから自信を得始めた経緯について、失敗を恐れずに大胆に使っていくことと、毎日少しずつでも努力を続けることが重要だと述べています。

彼女は夢だった職種は何か?

彼女は学生の時、栄養士になりたいと願っていましたが、化学が苦手だったためその夢を諦めました。現在は在宅ワークが可能な職種に興味を持っていると語っています。

彼女は日本でおすすめのビールはありますか？

彼女はサッポロビールがおすすめだと言っています。安価で美味しく、特に好きなビールだと表現しています。

彼女は日本での生活の中で最も苦労したことは何ですか？

彼女は日本での生活の中で苦労したこととして、最初の頃は言葉や文化に戸惑い、特に夏の暑さに耐えることが大変だったと述べています。しかし、今は自然とポジティブな姿勢を取り戻していると語っています。

彼女は日本でおすすめのスキンケア用品は何ですか？

彼女は日本で購入できるおすすめのスキンケア用品として、アネッサのサンスクリーンを挙げています。肌に優しく、白色の跡を残さないという特徴があると言っています。

彼女は日本で最少の観光客が訪れる月はどれと言っていますか？

彼女は日本で最少の観光客が訪れる月として夏を挙げています。暑さの影響で国内外の観光客が少なく、静かな日本を楽しむことができると述べています。

彼女はポケモン映画で涙を流しましたか？

彼女はポケモン映画で主人公のアッシュが石像に変わり、ピカチュウが泣くシーンで涙を流したと述べています。

彼女は現在使用しているカメラとマイクは何ですか？

彼女は現在、ソニーのZV-1からアップグレードし、ソニーのα7S IIIと16-35mmのレンズを使用していると語っています。マイクはRode mic Goを使用しているとのことです。

Outlines

00:00

😀 YouTube初のQ&Aと日本生活

この動画はYouTubeでの初めてのQ&Aセッションであり、50kのサブスクライバーに感謝しています。ビデオの中で、日本での生活や訪れたい場所について話しています。特に、屋久島や沖縄の島々に興味があること、観光客がよく犯すマナー違反について説明しています。また、東京に引っ越してきたばかりの人へのアドバイスや、お気に入りのポケモンタイプについても触れています。

05:01

🏋️‍♀️ 日本のジム文化と個人的な体験

日本のジム文化について話しています。最近、ジムに通い始めたことや、ジムの男性優位な環境について触れています。珍しいサービスを提供するジムについても言及し、例えばトレーニング後に脱毛サービスがあることに驚いています。ジムの価格についても比較しています。

10:03

📺 お気に入りの日本のテレビ番組と言語学習

現在見ている日本のテレビ番組について話し、高校時代に好きだった『花より男子』などのドラマについて言及しています。日本語学習の経験についても触れ、失敗を恐れずに努力することの重要性を強調しています。

15:04

🎓 夢の職業とパトレオンへの感謝

夢の職業について話し、かつては栄養士や理学療法士になりたかったことを語っています。また、パトレオンのサポーターへの感謝の意を表し、新しい三脚やマイクを購入したことについても言及しています。

20:08

📚 日本の哲学とミニマリズムの影響

日本の哲学（例：生き甲斐）について話し、自身の日常生活にどのように取り入れているかを説明しています。また、近藤麻理恵の片付け術についても言及し、最近のミニマリストへの変化について語っています。

🌍 訪れたい国とアジアの旅行経験

将来訪れたい国としてアイスランドやスイス、アメリカを挙げています。これまでに訪れたアジアの国々についても触れ、特にシンガポール、ベトナム、香港、韓国、台湾の経験をシェアしています。

🇩🇪 ドイツのルーツと日本のドイツ料理

自身のドイツのルーツについて語り、ニーダーザクセン州の出身であること、毎年ドイツを訪れていたことなどを話しています。また、東京で訪れたドイツ料理のレストランやパン屋についても言及しています。

🥢 好き嫌いのある日本料理とおすすめのスキンケア

好きではない日本料理について話し、特にシーフードと豚肉を避ける理由を説明しています。また、おすすめの日本製日焼け止めやスキンケア製品についても紹介しています。

🏠 ホームシックと帰国頻度

ホームシックになることがあるかどうかについて話し、過去2年間は比較的順調だったためホームシックにはならなかったことを語っています。通常は年に一度帰国し、特にパンデミック中は3〜4年帰国できなかった経験についても触れています。

🍻 日本のビールとコスプレの経験

好きな日本のビールとしてサッポロビールを挙げ、コスプレの経験についても話しています。特に、日本の高校の制服を借りてアニメコンベンションに参加した経験について語っています。

🏞️ 観光の少ない時期とポジティブな生活態度

日本で観光客が少ない時期として夏を挙げ、その理由について説明しています。また、ポジティブな生活態度を持つことの重要性についても語り、かつての困難な時期から抜け出すためのモットーとして「毎日ポジティブに」を実践していたことをシェアしています。

☕ お気に入りの飲み物と食の好み

お気に入りの飲み物としてブラックティーとラテを挙げ、特にブラックティーにミルクを加えるのが好きであることを語っています。また、シーフードや豚肉を避ける理由についても説明しています。

🎵 日本の好きな音楽と料理の腕前

好きな日本の音楽アーティストとしてワンオクロックやきゃりーぱみゅぱみゅを挙げています。また、自宅での料理についても話し、得意料理はペストソースのパスタであることをシェアしています。

🚗 日本での理想のロードトリップと交際状況

理想の日本でのロードトリップについて話し、特に四国を訪れたいと述べています。また、交際中であることを明かし、プライベートな関係を維持しているが、将来的にデート動画を撮影する可能性についても触れています。

📹 YouTube活動のモチベーションと撮影機材

YouTube活動のモチベーションについて話し、フルタイムの仕事にすることが目標であると述べています。使用しているカメラとマイク、編集ソフトについても詳細に説明しています。

💡 これからの計画と視聴者への感謝

これからの計画について話し、2024年に向けて作りたいコンテンツのアイデアを募集しています。また、視聴者への感謝の意を表し、チャンネル登録を促しています。

Keywords

💡マッチア

マッチアは、抹茶とオオトウのブレンドされた飲み物です。ビデオでは、話者が自分自身が「extra」であると表現し、日本に住んでいることを説明する際にマッチアを飲んでいるシーンがあります。これは彼女の生活スタイルと日本文化への愛情を象徴的に示しています。

💡yakushima

屋久島は日本の九州地方に位置する島で、自然保護区域として知られています。ビデオでは、話者が日本にはまだ訪れたいと願っている場所として挙げており、特に「もののけ姫」がモデルになったとされています。これは彼女が日本を探索し続ける冒険心と好奇心を示す要素です。

💡マナー

マナーとは、社会的な振る舞いや礼儀で、文化的背景によって異なります。ビデオでは、話者が外国人が日本で常識外れのマナーを守るべき点に触れています。例えば、食べ物を指を使って突き刺すのは日本では不適切とされています。

💡フィットネス

フィットネスは健康と体の美しさを目指す活動を指します。ビデオでは、話者が日本のフィットネス文化がますます人気を集めているとコメントしており、彼女自身もジムに通い始め、健康に関心を持つようになったと語っています。

💡フィットネスクラブ

フィットネスクラブは、人々が筋トレや運動を楽しむための施設です。ビデオでは、話者が日本にはいくつかの大きなブランドのフィットネスクラブがあると述べており、彼女が参加した「ちゅうぐるうップ」というクラブは、通常のフィットネスクラブとは異なるサービスを提供していると紹介しています。

💡ポケモン

ポケモンは、世界中で人気のあるメディアミックス作品です。ビデオでは、話者が自分の好きなポケモンタイプやポケモンについて話しており、特に「ピカチュウ」が好きだと言及しています。これは彼女の趣味と個人的な愛着を示す要素です。

💡日本語学習

日本語学習は、日本語を第二言語として学ぶプロセスです。ビデオでは、話者が日本語を学ぶ際のアドバイスを共有しており、失敗を恐れずに大胆に使うことと日々努力することが重要だと強調しています。

💡マインドフルネス

マインドフルネスとは、現在の瞬間に完全に意識を集中させることです。ビデオでは、話者が日本の哲学である「いきいき」について触れており、これは生き生きとした状態を保つことと関連しています。また、彼女が最近興味を持っている「マリー・コンドール」の整理術もマインドフルネスの概念に通じる部分があると語っています。

💡ドリンク

ドリンクは、ビデオの中で話者が好む飲み物を指します。特に話者はマッチアを作り、それを通じて日本での生活を楽しんでいる様子を紹介しています。これは彼女の日常生活の一部を表しています。

💡旅行

旅行は、新しい場所を訪れることで新しい文化や経験を得る活動です。ビデオでは、話者が日本以外のアジア諸国やヨーロッパなどの旅行先を挙げており、彼女の旅行に対する情熱と興味を示しています。

Highlights

YouTuber 首次达到 50k 订阅者，感到非常兴奋和感激。

居住在日本，尚未访问过的地方包括屋久岛（yakushima）和冲绳群岛。

在日本，游客常犯的错误之一是直接将筷子插入食物中。

刚搬到东京，建议了解周边环境，如超市、药店和警察局。

最喜欢的宝可梦类型是水系，但最喜欢的宝可梦是皮卡丘。

日本的健身房文化正在增长，但目前以男性为主。

日本健身房 Chugle Up 提供除健身外的多种服务，如脱毛和按摩。

目前没有观看任何日本电视节目，但对 Netflix 上的新节目持开放态度。

学习日语时，不要害怕犯错，并且要勤奋学习。

如果不是 YouTuber 或媒体人物，梦想工作可能是营养师或理疗师。

感谢 Patreon 订阅者的支持，使购买新设备成为可能。

介绍了在日本的极简主义哲学，如 Wabi-Sabi 和 Iyashi。

对访问冰岛、瑞士、美国和加拿大表现出兴趣。

已经访问过许多亚洲国家，包括新加坡、越南、香港、韩国和台湾。

有德国血统，家庭来自下萨克森州的尼特扎肯地区。

尝试过东京的德国餐厅 Schmutz，但更推荐德国面包店。

推荐日本防晒霜品牌 Anessa，适合面部使用，不留白痕。

不常感到思乡，尽管有时会想念朋友、家人和食物。

最喜欢的日本啤酒是札幌（Sapporo）啤酒。

虽然有兴趣尝试 Cosplay，但尚未真正尝试过。

夏季是日本游客最少的月份，因为天气非常热。

性格开朗积极，通过积极的生活态度克服了之前的低谷。

喜欢黑茶加牛奶，也喜欢热拿铁和热印度茶。

不喜欢海鲜是因为童年过敏，而不喜欢猪肉是因为受到《辛普森一家》的影响。

喜欢日本的音乐家，包括 woku W Rock 和 KY pommy pomu。

每天自己做饭，最自信的菜肴是自制的青酱意大利面。

对海盐和醋味薯片有特别的喜好，因为在日本买不到。

看《宝可梦》电影时感动落泪。

喜欢观看体育赛事，包括足球、游泳和奥运会，也在日本看过棒球和相扑比赛。

在《动物森友会》中玩了大约 150 小时，而《Splatoon》和《Kingdom Tears》的游玩时间更长。

喜欢 Rare Beauty 品牌的化妆品，特别是 UD House 的 Sparkle Eyes Shadow。

梦想中的日本自驾游是在四国岛，特别是在夏天，因为有很多清凉的游泳点。

目前处于一段关系中，但一直保持私生活低调。

做 YouTuber 是因为乐趣，希望能够将其转变为全职工作。

如果离开日本，可能会选择回到澳大利亚或德国。

目前使用 Sony ZV-E10 相机和 16-35mm 镜头拍摄视频，以及罗德麦克风。

使用 Final Cut Pro 进行视频编辑，未来希望能够完全外包编辑工作。

计划投资购买人工照明设备以改善视频拍摄的光线问题。

Transcripts

welcome to my first ever Q&A on YouTube

This Is So Exciting because I've just

hit 50k subs and I'm so grateful to

every one of you that has subscribed and

we're going to Dive Right In but grab

yourself a drink I've made myself a

matcha is latte cuz I'm pretty extra and

I live in Japan if you didn't already

know question one with how long you've

been in Japan is there anywhere you

haven't visited before and would you

like to go there yes there's somewhere

there's tons of places actually Japan

has so many cool spots but one of them

is yakushima which is in kushu I think

it's close to kagoshima and it's where

princess monono was kind of based off

and it looks so cool and I'd love to do

it other than that I want to go to all

the OK and islands like makaku Jima what

are some of the biggest mistakes you see

tourists make ooh there are a lot Japan

has a lot of unspoken rules so it can be

easy to make mistakes even when you

don't want to I think one of them is

sticking your chopsticks into the food

directly I see that or kind of like

sharpening the Chopsticks that might be

okay in other Asian countries but in

Japan it's considered impolite so don't

do that I just moved to Tokyo last week

do you have any tips or recommendations

to settle in congratulations on moving

to Tokyo that's really exciting in terms

of settling in I just get to know your

neighborhood where the grocery store is

and the chemist and maybe your local

police box the corbine we call it a

police box I know that sounds weird and

I would buy yourself flowers like just

make your home really cozy like a plant

and just have a cake and celebrate

because that's such a big deal just take

your time and go easy on yourself and

you'll have a good time what's your

favorite Pokémon type what water because

I am a swimmer and I resonate with water

Pokémon but my favorite Pokémon is

Pikachu so Pikachu beats water Pokémon

so that's is there any sort of gym

culture in Japan gym culture here is

definitely gaining popularity which I'm

very happy about because as of January

this year or late December last year I

have become a gym girl it's something

I've kept private but I want to actually

film the process of becoming more

involved in my health and going to the

gym so I've kind of learned a little bit

about the gym culture so far but it's

definitely more male oriented when I go

to the gym there's only men really

there'll be sometimes females so it's a

little intimidating being a white female

Foreigner you get stared at a lot uh but

other than that it's definitely gain

popularity and guys here are trying to

be bigger because before that was not

popular for women here local women they

really like something called Hors mcho

which translates to kind of like thin

muscular like they're not too big but

they're not too thin it's just like a

little bit of a little bit of definition

and one thing I want to mention in Japan

about gyms of course we have like

Anytime Fitness we have Gold's Gym we

have a few of those big Brands but

this's one called chugle up I joined it

for a little bit and it's so weird

because not only can you train at this

gym but they have weird services like

the hair removal after you've worked out

you can just remove your hair so they're

trying to like bring people in who

aren't into the gym and entice them that

way I think they're just trying to reach

a new audience uh new group of people

and bring them into that gym culture but

we'll see how that works I'm very

curious and that was very cheap that was

like 3,000 yen whereas the typical other

gyms are about 8,000 to like 12,000 yen

okay so I'm just looking into choco app

at the moment and looked at their

website and they have self Nagle service

tee for Whitening they have massage

chairs drink bar golf

laundry I am speechless so yeah you can

get everything done at this new gym I

don't even know if I should call it a

gym

anymore what Japanese TV shows are you

watching at the moment I'm not watching

any Japanese TV shows at the moment it's

pretty bad but if something good comes

out on Netflix or you have any

recommendations let me know I used to

watch them all when I was in high school

I watched all the corny cute Japanese

High School dramas I love them yeah my

favorite was H Yori Dango how long into

learning did you start to feel more

comfortable confident in the language my

tip would be to be Fearless you can't

worry about making mistakes because

that's just going to hold you back and

the other tip that I'll add in with that

is work hard working hard and studying

every day even a little bit bit by bit

is going to contribute to your success

in whatever language or whatever you're

learning because if you don't work hard

you're just never going to get anywhere

and if you're not Fearless you're not

going to use what you've learned and so

that's how I learned Japanese I just

realized I need to just go for it

because when I first started learning

this is a really funny story uh we had a

language this was in high school my my

last year of high school and we had a

speaking exam and I was a very serious

student I learned everything but I would

just memorize my answers so I went into

this um speaking exam and I I memorized

it in the order so I kind of had like a

list of questions she was going to ask

and I couldn't answer if it wasn't any

of those questions and she started

question one wasn't in the order and I

was just

like but but I memorized it but I know

how to say why is it not that question

so it was very upsetting and then I real

I think I like left and I was like

crying because I was like I couldn't

answer anything even though I'd studied

so hard but I just had set phrases it

was

like but of course like that's not how

language learning works and things are

going to change so that was a wakeup

call that I need to be more flexible and

not just memorize the answers and

actually know how to use the language in

all kinds of scenarios other than

YouTube or media personality what would

your dream job be I was the type of

person who went to University not

knowing what they wanted to do I knew I

wanted to study Japanese and that was it

but before that I actually wanted to be

a nutritionist because I did a lot of

sport and I was always interested in

health but I was very bad at chemistry

so when we had uh final exams and we had

kind of someone to talk to about our

career goals and I said I want to be a

nutritionist and they said but you don't

do any chemistry and I was like I don't

need that and they're like yeah you need

to know that so then I I totally gave up

on that dream so if I if I could have I

probably would have been a physio or a

nutritionist I know that's wildly

different but I think that would have

been my other passion but now if this

doesn't work out I have no idea but I

just want to be able to work from home I

love the work from home life I want to

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of things have you taken on board any

Japanese philosophy to your daily life

such as wabby Sai or iy guy my first

encounter with Japanese philosophy was

when I was doing my first internship in

Sydney and my boss at the time showed me

the iy guy like the three circles where

it has to cross over and I remember

thinking wow this is so great and I

really looked up to this boss and I

thought his whole way of living and the

way he treated people was really good so

I took that with me and did I apply it

to my daily life no but at the back of

my mind I was like I need to find

something that I'm passionate about

something that can contribute to the

world and what I'm good at the other

thing I'm interested in recently is

Marty Condor I'm a bit late to the game

I know she blew up like 5 years ago but

I bought a book which is

actually right here I got it for just

$10 1,000 yen on Amazon and it's helped

me a lot it's only been about 2 weeks

but I removed so much stuff from my room

I checked it out or donated it or gave

it away to friends and I'm loving it so

I think the art of Japanese like

wabisabi I guess that's kind of like

being tidy it's great I still have a

long way to go but I'm enjoying the

process what other countries have you

wanted to visit I would love to visit

Iceland that would be so cool as well as

Switzerland and I never been to the

United States before and I have so many

friends who are from there and so I've

been quite curious about it I definitely

like to see California as well as New

York but that's probably a big in the

future thing as well as Canada I love

the snow so I'd love to see Canada that'

be so cool yeah have you traveled to any

other Asian countries if not what's on

your bucket list I have surprisingly

been to a lot of Asian countries I've

been to Singapore it was often a layover

when I went to Germany from Australia

I've been to Vietnam Hong Kong Korea oh

and Taiwan and all of them were really

really fun and this year I'm planning to

visit Soul again because it's so close

from Tokyo when I went during my

exchange year it was like 100 bucks

return like ich in Myan so that was

great but nowadays it's like 3 or 400

returns I'm like ah why is it so

expensive now in terms of my bucket I

haven't been to Thailand and I love Thai

foods and I love tropical areas and I

know they have some nice beaches so that

could be something otherwise I really

love Hong Kong and I've already been

there twice but I'd love to go back

again so maybe maybe in the future I'll

do that can you tell us a bit about your

German rots you guys are so curious

about my German roots and fair enough

because I said I'm half German I've

claimed it and it's true I have a

passport I'm a legit German citizen so

my family comes from an area called nid

ZX which is lower Saxony and to be

honest it's a really small part of Nita

Zakon so it's like being in the inaka in

Japan the countryside my mom was really

good about raising me and teaching me

German I went to Germany every single

year and they put me in high school and

primary school every year that I went

because my Auntie and Uncle taught at

the local high school and primary school

so I would just go in exchange for every

summer holidays did a German exchange

once in Hamburg and then I also got a

scholarship to study in doled DOS so I

have a bit of German life experience but

I haven't lived there as adult so I'd

love to experience that in the future

have you tried any of the German

restaurants in Tokyo I've only been to

Schmutz before which is probably not the

best it's like some chain and I don't

think it's that authentic maybe Germans

can let me know down below but I have

been to German bakeries and they're

quite reasonable one in kilo and one in

ki Georgie in Tokyo very good I miss

German bread so much I need it do you

still eat veite of course I do I love

veite maybe I should go eat some right

now I'm back with my

veite I don't don't usually do this but

hey it's 50k Subs I got to celebrate

here's some

veite

yummy let me just wash that down what is

your least favorite Japanese dish to eat

I'm a very picky eater so if I don't

like it I'm not eating it uh yeah so

that's how I deal with that any good

skin lotions with SPF you can recommend

from Japan for us Americans there are

tons of sunscreen Brands here and this

is one that is very popular and

extremely expensive it's called Anessa

and I actually got it for free when I

bought like laundry detergent or

something it came with something and

I've been enjoying it a lot because it

is very light like I can show you and

when you put it on your

face it it doesn't like it's not like

Australian or maybe American sunscreen

where it just leaves all these like

white marks it's just very soft and it's

easy to rub in so I recommend this but

of course if you're going to use it for

your whole body yeah you're going to run

out of money cuz this is like 33,000 Yen

uh I love than that there's a few other

brands I'm just going to pop them in

here that being said I always bring my

own sunscreen from Australia back to

Japan so I'm stocked up so I don't need

to buy it here cuz it's kind of pricey

do you get homesick from living in Japan

if so how often do you go back home I'm

fortunate enough to not get too homesick

there have been periods where I was I

think when things aren't going well in

my life and it's like a total mess I'll

get homesick but for the past 2 years

it's been quite good so I don't feel

homesick at all I think I miss like

obviously my friends and family and food

more than anything I tried to go back

once a year because during the pandemic

I couldn't go back for three or four

years and it was just quite long and

because I'm able to remote work I can

just bring my work with me to Australia

as well as taking a bit of a holiday and

seeing friends and family and catching

up and enjoying the Aussie summer

although next time I'm going back is

next month and it's going to be cold

hopefully it's not too rainy Sydney and

June probably rainy what's your favorite

Japanese beer I love sapador beer I

think it's the best it's cheap it's

affordable sapador all the way have you

ever cosplayed before I haven't actually

properly cosplayed before although I'd

love to try it if I ever had the

opportunity I have worn like a saugu

like the Japanese High School uniform

which I borrowed from a Japanese friend

and wore it to like an anime convention

once like Smash and Sydney maybe I can

do a video on that that would be really

fun it's just I don't know if I'm

committed enough I wouldn't be able to

make everything I terrible at that kind

of thing so if someone knows where I can

get a costume or I buy it on Amazon

totally down that sounds so fun I'd love

to do like a Persona character or Zelda

or something like that what months have

the least amount of tourists in Japan

100% summer because Summer is so

outrageously hot here I don't think

people realize it until they get here

not only are there not a lot of

international visitors there's not a lot

of domestic people so if you want a

quiet empty Japan it's summer and I

think it's also not just because of the

heat but there's nothing as iconic I

know the Autumn Leaves and the cherry

blossoms and the the ski season are just

so big but summer is my favorite time of

year it's underrated so I'm kind of

happy it's chill because we can just go

to the Mud City we can go to all the

green leaf spots and kind of have a bit

of peace and quiet in the year cuz the

rest of the year is just crazy with

people what's your secret to being so

cheerful and positive all the time I'm

really glad I come off that way because

I think overall I'm a quite bubbly

personality type of person but there was

a time in my life right before the

pandemic 2019 where I had the worst year

of my life and I was just so down and I

don't think I've ever hit rock botom

that hard and to get myself out of it I

moved to Tokyo I found a really nice

place and I met some great people and my

motto for about 2 years was just be

positive every day just look on the

bright side of things and now that I'm

naturally being positive and I don't

need to tell myself I would write little

memos be positive it's just kind of

merged into who I am I think I was

always like that but I just went down

and I went back up I think just

surrounding yourself with people who are

like-minded is really important and I

think you need to enjoy life because

life is only once yellow life is a lot

more fun when you are positive and

cheerful so yeah what is your favorite

hot beverage I love black tea with milk

love it love it love it love it I have

it almost every day but other than that

I love a hot latte as well as a hot chai

hot green tea G cha H cha I love just

tea yeah I'm a tea gal I have so much

tea that it doesn't fit in my room and I

don't have a tea cabinet so there's tea

overflowing everywhere I have like maybe

10 to 12 types what's the story with

seafood and pork there are two reasons

for this first of all for seafood when I

was a young child I used to be able to

eat everything until one day I had all

these allergies including Seafood so I

wasn't allowed to have shellfish and

crustations and because of that I just

didn't eat it for about 8 years of my

like childhood and that led to me really

disliking it I hate the smell I hate the

look of it I hate everything about it I

can eat white fish and as of recently

salmon but grilled salmon but yeah the

rest of it nope and although I outgrew

my allergy which is possible if you

didn't know that I just really really

don't like it I I can't stand it and as

for pork this is a little embarrassing I

can't believe I'm saying this but uh

when I was about 8 years old or 9 years

old I watched this episode of The

Simpsons and it was the one where Lisa

went vegetarian and and something about

that just stuck with me and from that

day on after watching the episode I just

did not eat pig anymore pork and I don't

I don't know I just I just really

resonated with that and so nowadays I

don't like the smell of bacon and pork

and ton kotu and all of that but I just

prefer not to eat it in general I'm not

that big a fan of meat overall so yeah

who are your favorite Japanese musicians

I really love woku W Rock and I've been

to their concert and vlogged it but

other than that I used to be and still

love KY pommy pomu who is one of my

biggest Idols she's so adorable and her

music just made so much to me these days

I like a lot of like hip-hop and not

necessarily the artist per se but I'll

just pop like one of those YouTube

playlist on and just listen to it in the

background while I do something I also

really like yon a kenhi as well as rad

Wim so anything like pop rock that's

Japanese I'll probably listen to it I

also really like yobi all of those kinds

of Pop Japanese anime style music too so

do you have any recommendations hit me

up do you do much cooking at home what's

the best thing you can make I cook every

day for almost every meal the only time

I eat out is if a friend wants to go or

I'm going out to eat for videos I know

in my videos it looks like I only eat

out but that's mainly for the video's

purpose and the best thing I can make

that with confidence if I had to make a

meal for someone and impress them I'd

probably make pesto which is um genev

sauce and I can make it fresh and with

pasta It's just so good so tasty why

this obsession with sea salt and vinegar

why not it's the best chip flavor fight

me I am ready to bring you on the main

reason is because it's my favorite but

they also don't sell it in Japan and

they sell all the bad bad types of it

like kettle is not that good I'm sorry

but Red Rock Deli from Australia is so

top tier I cannot tell you if you've

never had it how good it is and they

only sell it back home Japan

please you know when you want to eat

something and you can't have it and it

makes you want it 10 times more that's

how I feel it's because I'm deprived I'm

deprived of my salt and vinger chips did

you cry during the first Pokémon movie

who do you think I am I have a heart I

cried Ash being turned to Stone and

Pikachu crying yeah I'm getting tears in

my eyes

now so

emotional do you watch any sports have

you ever been to any Japanese sporting

events I grew up playing so many sports

swimming soccer skiing all kinds of

things and so I'm a big sports fan but I

don't follow anything regularly I will

watch the occasional match like the

Women's World Cup soccer World Cup as

well as the Olympics which are starting

very soon I loved watching that I'll

probably watch it every day and in Japan

I have seen a baseball match I've seen a

Sumo event and I do plan on seeing some

soccer here but if you have any

suggestions let me know I'm very keen to

go check out more sporting events here

how many hours have you spent playing

Animal Crossing New Horizons I think I

got up to about 150 hours which I guess

it's reasonable but I know for Animal

Crossing that's not a lot people have

spent way more hours like 800 1,000 my

most played game I think may have been

Splatoon too and I recently put on these

like little cute catw things I don't

know if I'm going to like it I just

thought it looked cute let's see let's

see what my most played game is it's

been too long since I put the gameing so

I can't see but I'm on 170 hours for um

tears of the Kingdom so that's a lot I

always love your makeup especially your

cat eyes with Sparkle Eyes Shadow do you

have a skincare routine what are your

favorite makeup products I don't have a

very fancy skin rare routine even though

I'm in Asia I will now cleanse my face

with like Cetaphil apply a bit of a

toner and then just some moisturizer and

I think I just use Nivea it's very basic

and in terms of makeup I don't know

anything about makeup I am winging it

get it wing it but my favorite brand at

the moment is rare Beauty I love all

this stuff Sparkle Eyes Shadow a lot of

you are asking me about that it is from

UD house which is a Korean brand and I

don't think they're around as much

anymore I actually had to buy my current

one on Amazon because they're just gone

so I'm kind of freaked out what do I do

what would be your ideal road trip

through Japan I would love to do a road

trip through shikaku which is one of the

islands of Japan it's so beautiful full

of nature it has Rivers Creeks mountains

and a lot of the most beautiful scenic

areas are honestly located there

including the shimi kaidor which is a

beautiful cycling path and I do it

during the summer because there's lots

of cool swimming spots let's hope if I

have like a gang of people who want to

come with me I'd love to do that that

would be be amazing are you dating

anyone are you single a lot of you guys

are very nosy I got this question so

many times and I'm going to answer it

yes I am in a relationship and I've been

enjoying keeping it very private

although my boyfriend is very keen to be

on camera so if you would like to see a

date kind of video let me know and I

will consider it what motivates you to

keep doing YouTube I love doing YouTube

it's so fun it's given me the

opportunity to live my life in a whole

new way and honestly changed for the

better and I love every second of it

it's so fun and I just want to make this

my full-time job so that is my big

biggest motivator so we'll see what

happens maybe it'll turn out great maybe

it won't you can see what happens cuz

it's all on here for you to see if you

were to leave Japan where would you go

that's a very good question I think I

have had a great time living in Japan

but I don't think I have it in me to go

to a new country where I have to learn

the language again and be a foreigner I

think I would go back to Australia or

Germany where I have Roots so it's Japan

or there unless you never know what

happens maybe I'll move somewhere but

for now my ideal living situation is

either Japan or those two places what's

your camera and mic year and what do you

edit with I'm currently filming this on

the Sony zb1 with the lens 16 to35

f-stop 4 and I absolutely love this

setup because it gives me so much

flexibility because the old camera I

used last year mainly was a Sony zv one

which is a vlogging camera But the lens

is not interchangeable and it was very

bad in low light the stabilization

wasn't great battery life wasn't great

so I upgraded to this this year and it

has changed my life I love it and

because I'm trying to make this my job I

have invested a lot of money even though

I wasn't making a lot I just decided I'm

going to buy this and just put go all in

so that's what I have and in terms of my

mic I'm using a road mic go it's one of

the budget ones it was only about $90

but I'm looking to upgrade to the video

mic Pro Plus very very soon but for my

other videos I actually use my iPhone

occasionally as well as my old Vlog

camera over the past few months I've

been very invested in learning all about

cameras and how to make my videos look

better and I'm enjoying that process a

lot so I hope that you guys can see the

difference between the quality now I'm

currently editing with Final Cut Pro I

really like it I'm a Mac User so it was

very easy for me I know that adobe is a

lot better the Premier Pro System but I

just don't think I can learn it at this

stage and I want to keep Outsourcing my

editing at the moment I'm doing probably

like 60% or 70% of my videos and my

editors helping with 30% but in the

future I want it to be 100% editor and

then me focusing on creating the content

so that's the goal this wasn't us but

for lighting I have no idea how to do it

and I want to invest in some because you

may have noticed in this video it's

getting dark and then light and that's

because I'm relying on natural light and

every time there's a cloud the sun is

covered and then my room gets dark and

it gets bright and it's very frustrating

so I need to invest in some artificial

lighting this was so much fun thank you

to everyone who sent in a question and

let me know what you want to see from me

in 2024 because I am so hyped to make

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in the future bye yes this is a bread

light it's my most prized possession

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