Can you do a video on shopping malls in Japan I’m interested in seeing what western stores and brands are there

Dam I had to subscribe just cause of my scrolling journey xD

@carlmalone100 🙈

😂 Instagram @theblackexjp

@@TheBlackExJpI sent you a message, it's under my nightingale account 😊

He's like a real life Han from the Fast and furious franchise.

Takashi is Han from fast and furious in real life. Everyone needs a friend like Takashi

I subscribe to both of your channels, love this interview, keep up the great work!

I watch Takeshita channel it is fantastic. ♥️

I would like to meet takashi from Japan I like his videos and jun and Rachel adventures or Jun and Rachel videos they seem to down to earth, caring & empathy and polite witch I wish that people can be like that in the world but it’s how they treat you and how they’re raised. I watche anime and I’ll watch begin japanology, japanology plus and journeys in japan. I have 2 friends that live in japan haven’t seen in person but I would like to visit japan?!

Thanks for the recommendation!

I’ll check it out one day.

You just saved my life I haven't had good Mexican food in Japan ever lmao

lollll @@strides777

I spotted that too! I was wondering! I live in Socal! Where are Mexican food is so authentic and delicious! I’ll be in Japan in 9 days so i have to find that place!!!

Sorry to crush your dream, but it's not like that at all: try living in Osaka more than , say, 3-4 years, fit into the social environment, speak Japanese every day and then we'll talk...

I'd like to visit. Took 3 years of Japanese in high school, Kanji was the hardest to learn! Katakana and Hiragana I got pretty easy. I never fully grasped Kanji, lol.

have you visited Africa at all?

What a lovely experience! That's so nice to read! Have an amazing Xmas!

@GiulioMa Well, it's no dream at all, that's been MY experience. I'm not there to assimilate myself into their society, I'm there to experience the culture and have fun. I have been lucky enough to have met great people there. Whatever your experience has been is yours.

exactly, what a collab!

It has sub-culture followings and it’s not just black American music there is a reggae, dancehall, afro beats and so a sub-culture followings too. It’s strictly a sub-culture thing and some stuff seeps into the mainstream.

Exactly they have incorporated jazz music and hip hop in their anime and not just recently. They have been using black music in anime since the early 2000’s.

@@macrossluv I mean shit, citypop is just Japanese language 80s R&B.

Bé voyons : Pourquoi les blancs étrangers sont mieux vus que les noirs étrangers au Japon ?. Nonsense.

people mistake xenophobia with racism a lot. Japanese are hesitant towards any outsiders because until recently it was a very secluded country. So these days people get overly sensitive when someone looks at them out of curiosity and they think theyre racist.

Here's a little black fact(Godfrey voice) ... Chinese and Japanese has its origins with the original people of the world aka folks that look like you and me EDO is your breadcrumb for the connection. Japanese and Yoruba or Benin kingdom very close in language. You will also find that Nigerians and Japanese names are almost the same and the language. with tweaks. So, your love for the Asian culture is embedded in you genetically we are their parents. However, some may not want to look at it and it's on temple walls hidden. They did come from us ask your Okinawan friends' mom.

@@zvigier aren’t all humans descended from people in Africa? Seems silly to me to draw any connection between genetics and love for a culture. There are more than enough reasons to love Japanese and Chinese culture without some kind of genetic magic. That said, I didn’t know that about the observed connections between the languages and stuff. That’s super cool!

I grew up with Karate movies (Chinese and Japanese) and what kids in the 80s/90s did not practice on friends and family after watching those movies. We could have been accused of cultural appropriation. One can argue that any African/Blacks living in modern houses; wearing modern clothes is cultural appropriation?. Where does one draw the line? It's all silliness and isn't there an old English that's says," Copying is the sincerest form of flattery"

​@town944folk You can't consider black Americans who wear American clothing appropriating a culture we grew up in, which was forced onto our people. Actually, we grew alongside this culture and in it just as white Americans. Cultural appropriation is about taking someone else's heritage and exploiting it without a proper appreciation and acknowledgement of the people who created and perpetuate that heritage. We just live in this culture, just as the Japanese live in their culture. But if you ever catch a black American selling Kimono's without knowing or caring about Japanese people or a Japanese man trying to get dreadlocks without learning and caring for black people, then you know they are appropriating.

@@Black_Guy -To me that's dangerous western liberal ideology gone bad. If you go with "or blacks were brought on slave ships from Africa" then you can make the argument (not me but the appropriation logic) that Black Americans should mirror their counterparts on the Continent. I'm African from Zimbabwe myself and I can use myself as an example. We lived in mudhuts so by living in a house with central heating that's cultural appropriation. I shouldn't wear western clothing (which I grew up wearing) because it's not native to Zimbabwe. We shouldn't use refrigeration because it's not native to Zimbabwe. I shouldn't buy milk because we should use our family cows and milk them before having a cup of tea in the morning. I see this as more of victimhood Olympics alongside transgender ideology and should not have place in any society. Growing up I saw a lot of Europeans come to our country and learn some of our traditional musical instruments. I thought that was cool and in fact I am thinking of starting a Shona language podcast so that foreigners can learn my mother language. That's how in a global society we should interact in unity and not cause division

You are very welcome if you are a tourist, but if you work for US army, things change. You guys are protected by the US, but we are not protected by our government when it comes to a criminal case with US army.

@phillydisco for good reason no one likes an army in their soverign land even if they are soidlers stationed there to "protect" them.

never knew

Never lived in a part of the south unaccustomed to hispanic or latin people. Unfortunate to hear

I’m Asian and I experienced that as well. I moved to the Southwest and got that experience again but from Latinos this time lol. And I have no doubt other non-Asian also receive that experience from Asians as well. It’s just human behavior

Brazilians are pretty chill with foreigners.

My Asian friends get slant eyed emojis irl from Latinos in the Westlake barrio of Los Angeles ...

@saxsoka Be proud of your Japanese heritage bro, even though I know how hard it is for you. Yasuke, black samurai! Netflix CEO -- are you listening?

What about the black heritage too? @@AsianBP

I’m African, and i think that what people call « culture appropriation » is TOTAL BULSHIT… totally

@@artheurnkenzacki7697 I think I've seen your comment floating about and just want to know what you think is BS about it. Not trying to be rude or anything just a genuine question.

@@toxicstarcandythey have no reason that’s why they deleted their comment.

@@jarrelljohnsonjjj plot twist , he’s not African 😂

Exactly have to respect ancient Greece for those dreds

there's a anthropology book by ian condry about hip hop in japan, you might find it cool if you haven't checked it out yet.

I completely agree. I have a bunch of friends who love Japanese culture and style and it’s all love for real

Why are you glad and not indifferent

@@mcallister..b8891 I would assume he's happy to see people appreciating the culture.

As a foreigner in the US, I find that mostly folks born and raised in the US are the only ones who call out appropriation. Folks from other countries always see it as appreciation.

Hahaha, America is very bad, because America has less war, for example, Ethiopia and Tigray, you passed by in silence, but there is God.

now throw a Japanese in inner city Chicago and tell me he don't face some discrimination too...2 sides to a coin if we gonna be real

@@Philly_smoke69 Being real is understanding that "anyone" from outside of the inner city of Chicago may face some discrimination. Comparing the inner city of Chicago to a seemingly progressive society like Japan that in general tends to deny any negative elements in their society isnt equivalent to any inner city in America. Totally different conditioning of the people growing up those environments.

​@@jamiethorpe5431I'm black and am not accepted in the inner city because I don't fit into the black rap video culture

True facts. Most of japanese naturally discriminate against blacks. For those who are blacks and don't want to understand, go to Tokyo and sit down in the train, or try to talk to a japanese girl on the street, and see the reaction for yourself. Every japanese would pretend they don't discriminate against blacks just to not be rude.

​@@Philly_smoke69Many japanese understand about racism or discrimination against foreigners in general when they go abroad. Then they open their eyes and see things differently.