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He got embarrassed by the counting thing and scratched the back of his head. lolz

First time I bowed to a japanese person, we accidentely hit e/o in the head xD

"Are you talking to me?" *puts finger in nose*

It seems that Ryo is getting more confident and open with each episode. That's nice :)

the pointing at yourself thing is interesting because the kanji for nose is 鼻, which contains the 自 ("oneself") kanji lol

The Ryo guy has anime hair... his hair is all over his face and in his eyes, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by it XD

Having subtitles on at 4:10 is hilarious. Instead of "Sumimasen, Sumimasen, Sumimasen" the subtitles thing Ryo is saying "see my sexy, my fancy, my family". 😂😂😂

OH MY goodness, I did the 'okay' sign so muchhhh in Japan when I was trying to say "yes, that's okay!" I had no idea it meant money...explains why I got this look o.o

So I bought batteries in 7-11 and asked if I could check if they fit my Chinese device and he did the OK sign and I said "yeah they're fine" and later I realized he meant "you should pay now." A bit embarrassing.

Surprised you didn't mention that japanese girls cover mouth with a hand while laughing. Almost every japanese girl does that.

another gesture I noticed was the Japanese "come here" looks a lot like the western "go away" which was confusing for a while!

“Yeah... i could be japanese!” “Despite your weirdly good english, you’re japanese” This got me 😂😂😂

Who's swooning over this Ryo?

5:44 Yes, you're right. I'm from the USA, and here when I or other people use that gesture (hitting a fist into an open palm), it means "ah-ha!" / "I got it!" (like you got an idea / light bulb moment)

_Well, I don't bow with my whole body but I bow my head often actually_

If I’m a tourist in Japan, can I do those gestures? I mean for example in restaurant Or maybe this is gonna be like “Em, white person, what are you doing?”

In Spain is not really impolite to call the waitress outloud... but we practically speak shouting so... anyway great video guys! Subscribed!

I've seen a lot of those gestures in anime! :D

Here in America: We count up using our index finger first, then end with the thumb. The fist in an upward-facing palm means "I got it" or "no problem." A fist in an open palm from the side (as demonstrated) is a gesture of violence. The thumb and index finger forming a circle with other fingers out is held up so as to be visible, it means "okay." To symbolize money, touch your thumb to your first two fingers, and rub them together. When walking through a crowd, we typically don't hold our hands or arms up. It's seen as being pushy. The drinking motion is pretty much the same, although we use the whole hand (to symbolize a bottle or cup), and tilting it is optional. The crossed arms still means "stop," but you will more commonly see someone simply hold their hand out, palm facing you with fingers together. To tell someone to approach you, you hold your hand upright with the palm facing you, and wave it toward yourself (you can also your your hand and arm vertically, and do the same motion). It means "come here" or "come with me." The motion resembles scooping water toward yourself. To tell someone to go away, do the same motion, but pushing away from yourself. You can also hold your palm facing them and push away in the air. To call someone such as a waiter over to you, it's best not to vocalize, as this is seen as disruptive or rude, like your time is more valuable. Instead, when you see them looking at you, perform the above motion, hold your hand up, or lightly wave. They will get to you when they can. Holding your hands over your eyes means to cry, while holding your hands over your nose and mouth can either mean crying, surprised, or speechless, depending on the context.

Let Ryo make one episode of Kris' daily vlog! :O He's so awesome!

I had gone to a food court one time to eat my lunch and i was finishing up with my table, n it was really busy and crowded. This Chinese family of 3 (husband/wife/child) were lookig for a table to sit down and eat their own lunch. I offered them mine cause i was done and the father said something in Chinese, i assume thank you, and he bowed to me. Ive never had someone do that towards me in thanks. Because im not Chinese i felt a little awkward and kinda pleased at his gesture and just said your welcome and have a good day. It was the first time i had ever experienced this other type of gesture of thanks from some where else.....it was cool.😄👍

I'm just amazed how a very ancient culture developed its many ways of nonverbal language in a so concrete fashion and how it can make people's lives so much easier.

Vlogs with Ryo are so much fun! Great job guys!

The fist slammed into the palm of your hand gesture in parts of Australia (mainly eastern) is known as "that's gold" and it means excellent.

The editing is really hilarious in this video 😂

Some helpful tips I hadn't heard of. Thanks!

At 8:30 telling that not bowing properly will not be that of a big deal for a foreigner is followed by the guest scrubbing back of his head... made my day =^.^=

So happy I found your Channel!

Very informative, i really like this video. I'm going to watch this lots of times to really take it in and learn. Thanks guys

Thanks for the info gestures very thoughtful hope you make more ,happy holidays everyone

wooohoooo. how I missed the uwaga pies! ryo is a cool guy.

I am actually happy I came across this video because I am going to Japan over the summer in the middle of June this year and I want to respect the culture so. Thank you for this video! Yay! xD

Jesus Christ Ryo gets more handsome every time they upload. I am lovestruck...

very interesting stuff! I love learning about other cultures! Thank you for sharing!

Great video! Love the editing !! I cracked at the handshake part 😅

I love how there's so much body language in Japan. Such an interesting way of communicating.

I do too many of these gestures for someone who has never been to Japan

awesome editing!

The going through a crowd gesture is so helpful. I’ve used it in the US since I’ve heard about it, and it just works. I think it’s like using a turn signal or something, it just conveys the message of what you’re trying to do and the exact direction of your motion so that people can accommodate you without having to make a big explanation.

A good number of these i thought were just the norm, but maybe i grew up watching too much anime......

When you're in Japan and someone does🙅 to you... And you don't know what you did wrong.... Guess i'll stop breathing

Ah i didn't know the check one - that's super helpful! Thank you!

This was really helpful! I didn't know most of those but I think that asking for the bill gesture is going to help us the most on our visit because we are going to eat out most nights! Thank you both!

One of my friends was stationed somewhere in Japan when he was serving in the air force, and apparently there's many bars that didn't serve foreigners. He would walk in, they would cross their forearms, and he would walk out and go drink some where else.

The hand in open palm is like a sign of determination in America

I love the editing

Great video, really enjoyed watching it. You guys are a fun bunch :)

Funny thing with this counting. Many classical musicians in Poland do it Japanese way while counting rest bars during an orchestra rehearsal. It might be due to the fact that using fingers to count as an adult is a little bit embarrassing and doing it by simply folding the fingers is less visible to the rest of the world. Or maybe there is something about the movement of the fingers - when counting Japanese way your palm and wrist remains always relaxed and no extra tension is disturbing your train of thoughts. It is important in this kind of job, when keeping your attention span is crucial.

I remember I went to the Japan Festival. Then, I and the Japanese guy both of us were confused to handshake or bow first 😂😂 We bowed in the end *haha*

5:30 ahhhh! I have seen this so many times in manga or anime and always thought it means "let's do this" or "get started" kind of thing. Thank you very much!

#3, #5 gesture are also used here in the Phil. It's just happy to hear that there are other culture who does the same thing as you.

ryo messing his hair sometimes. may i do it for him?

2:37 *long silence* "Am I talking to me?"

Even though I am not japanese, I often do the gesture used for going through crowds. It wasn't like I saw someone do it or something. When I was a child I disliked getting touched by other people with the exceptions being my family ( wasn't that major to be called a phobia, just mild disgust) so when going through crowds I always made this gesture with the intention of it being a barrier to not let anyone in my personal space. This became a habit and I still do it.

Great video! Thank you for sharing! I am going to Kobe this summer, so it was very insightful. I'll try my best when bowing😂😅😂

That's weird... The one meaning "I'm listening" is used as "I got it" in anime and manga actually 😮 (and don't get me wrong, I know irl =/= anime and manga but there is the only place I've seen that expression and only as "I got it")

That counting with fingers-stuff is going to keep me up whole night. Shiiiiiet.

Loved this, so informative and funny! :)

This was great! Subscribed!

We wanna see Ryo in vlogs :D

*I used to bow on the telephone!* Hard habit to break. xp

I learned a lot in this video! Newly subscribed!

I've watched videos with Ryo, Kasia and Kris. I really like the videos and all 3 hosts. Oh, and I am enamoured with Kasia. But all 3 rock!

The cross arm X is so easily to understand by anyone and everyone that just simply means no no no

I think because Ive watched so much anime I'm already good at this

These videos are so helpful! More stuff for me to know about Japan when I go there in a few months! Thanks you guys. ^_^ And Ryo's so cute doee~

Informative and with eye candy.... cool, thanks :)

When the gestures you see in Anime make sense now.👌🏾

I noticed right away that Kris started counting with his thumb, care of Inglorious Basterds

I loved this video, informative but hilarious too :D

I love learning about these gestures and for some of them, I'm already doing it but didn't know it came from Japan.

What about the Japanese "come here" hand sign which is significantly different to the English speaking country version?

In North America, "come here" is the index finger up and curling repeatedly towards yourself; whereas in Japan, you put your hand out, palm down, and move your four fingers together, almost like you're waving to the ground.

really interesting, thanks!

I lived in Japan for a couple of years and subconsciously adopted most of these behaviors. Even now i still use them haha. A lot of these i didn’t realize were exclusively Japanese.

Ryo is sooo cute ^_^

I'm from Poland and I wasn't aware of the shaking hands thing lol

The “cutting through the crowd” thing works in America just as well. I learned it from my Japanese manager in America, and it doesn’t matter what country people are from, they usually stop moving when they see you coming through with your hand like that. Almost like it’s a javelin, plowing through their defenses, haha.

Ryo's laughter gives me life 😍😍

Waving hand in front of your face John Cena: YOU CAN'T SEE MEE

Anyone watching this with English subtitles on and cant help but smile at the subtitles? Just me? Okay 1:56 4:09 6:29 7:07 9:58

I actually do the thing with putting your hand out in crowds naturally, it works, and it helps sow other where you're going and on which side of people you are going to pass.

Good video. I learned a few things.

Ryo is so god damn handsome and funny !

4:10 bro, Ryo fluffed his hair up and it stayed

Wow - this video should be mandatory for all visitors to Japan! THANKS for doing it.

Omg! I do the pointing hand thing when walking through crowds! Only I use both hands like I’m praying and kinda use them to point which direction I intend on traveling. It’s just something I kinda came up with myself, I didn’t really get it from anywhere.

That money sign. Is so next level meme.

Ryo

I'm English and we do the fist to palm gesture. It shows that you understand what someone is saying or that you have given some thought into something and found a solution.

Wish I knew this before going to Japan last spring. Oh well, maybe next time. Very informative. Just stumbled randomly in here. Okay, byeeeeeee! 😊

I'll take that Japanese beauty on the left. Thanks.

Ryo is cute ngl

Hey guys.I have been travelling Japan for over a year now spending most of my time in the countryside. This video sure is good for watching before you come here but its even better if you already been here for a while. You guys gave me a good laugh thinking "yeah that so true haha" but I also learned new things. So good work guys. Only thing thats depressing is that Ryo is probably the hottest japanese guy I have seen so far outside of movies hahaha. Maybe its a countryside thing I dont know. Keep up the good work guys.You got one more fan now

1.42 into this vid and I have already subscribed!

You should add making a big "O" over your head with both arms: it means "OK"

4:30 It's almost like we live in a society

I love the Japanese and their culture! This wasn't in any books I read. Thank you so much for the insight. This will help me to be a better visitor. I've got Sumo in Japan on my bucket list! 💟🇯🇵💟🇯🇵💟🇯🇵💟🇯🇵💟🇯🇵💟🇯🇵💟

The “suimasen” gesture looks so convenient I’m gonna try do this next time even tho I’m not in Japan😂