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The last guy: "I don't speak Japanese very fluently". Then he starts speaking the language effortlessly. Well done. I'm impressed!

This is one of the best sociological channels on Japan that exists, I was tired of my western compatriots who had completely biased or exclusively positive opinions on Japan without understanding all the subtleties of the country. Here we have the right to a wide range of opinions which is very rich to better try to discern Japan objectively

The first person is so beautifully spoken and elegant, it was super interesting to listen to her. Thank you so much for your interviews and for sharing all kinds of perspectives!! :D

As an Arab I must say, this is one of the best youtubers I've seen discussing this topic. Instead of randomly picking any Arab he meets, he made sure to include people from various Arab regions, who themselves have different mindsets and opinions, different social situations between the raised, the resident, the student, and visitor, AND it covered different aspects of living in Japan. Pretty amazing how every angle of the topic was so well-thought and carefully prepared.

I am an Indian guy who really loves Arab and Japanese cultures. I listen to Lebanese and Egyptian songs. And I love watching Japanese Anime. And I also love food from both cultures. Shawarma from arabian world and Ramen from Japan are my favourite.

様々なエスニックグループの方々にインタビューするこのシリーズ、とても良いです！ 英語の勉強にもなりますし、なにより、どの方のエピソードも興味深くて面白いです。

I’m American and Muslim with no Arab heritage but this was so awesome to see especially as a huge lover of both Japan and the Arab cultures. I love this channel thanks so much for this video. That first girl is a wonderful excellent example of how to properly discuss a balanced positive/negative experience without turning into a sloganeering resentful activist. It’s okay that not everyone understands you, smile at the fact that humans have free will and differences. Best to assume others are naive or misinformed and forgive them rather than to label them and assume they are bad. Mashallah/God bless ❤️

The Egyptian girl is so adorable! I think doing interviews sitting down is much better! Thank you, Takashi.

The Egyptian girl ♥️😍 loved her speech♥️I am an Egyptian in Japan too let's become friends 🌼❤️ いつかたかしさんにもお会いしたいな～だと思います♥️

I am Moroccan of Japanese nationality. I have lived in Tokyo for almost 30 years.The people are friendly but shy. Most important thing is to learn their language, to respect their laws and to know how to live with them.

1:30 Takashi, "Arabic" is the noun referring to the language (Arabic). Arab(s) is the nationality / ethnicity.

Thank you so much for this vedio it was really helpful ❤️ I'm from Egypt🇪🇬 .. I've lived in japan about 17 years ago .. japanese ppl are so kind cute and respectful . I had many friends n I wish to go back to visit them one day .

As Canadian Arab Egyptian I want to thank you for your awesome videos. My wife is Japanese from Sapporo, Hokkaido and we live in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She never heard about Arab or Arabia before I met her. However we live happy 😃 life together and I can’t imagine myself married to another woman.I want to mention Arab cultures are totally different from each other. Like Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria are totally different from Egyptian culture. Gulf countries have similar culture to each other, but totally different from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Palestine.

Egyptian girl is so beautiful and polite…we are proud of her ❤️🇪🇬

Thanks for your effort in making these interviews. I’ve been following your channel for a few months now. I’m from Sudan and - like the Tunisian girl said- I usually need to define my country as “south of Egypt “ then only Japanese ppl will know! Egypt and Morocco are popular tourist destinations, that’s why. I would say there are small Arab communities and the number is growing rapidly compared to 15 years ago when I first came to Japan.

Love the three guys from Saudi Arabia who learned the bowing gesture (not sure if I said that right). They looked so polite when they did that. Respect!

The people you interview make me feel like such a schlub! They are so eloquent at speaking English (what is most likely a second or third language for them) and on top of that many are proficient to fluent in Japanese too!

نشكر كل عربي ينقل صورة حسنة للاجانب عننا، ماشاءالله اللي ظهروا بالفيديو لبقين ويتحدثوا الانقليزية بطلاقة

I’m from Los Angeles and my comment here isn’t necessarily on Egyptian people but on something that surprised me in a KZfaq discussion I had with an Egyptian person a couple years ago. In the discussion he was saying most people assume that all of Egypt is a desert. Which I knew was not true. But then he went on to say that all people seem to know about Egypt is the pyramids at Giza and that’s it. For myself I was aware that Cairo is a huge city with large parts of it being very modern. But then he pointed out is something that startled me. You always see a view of the pyramids with desert behind it. But if you were to turn the camera around you would see that the city comes right up to the edge of the pyramids. But to get the best view of the pyramids, visit the KFC restaurant situated a stones throw from the pyramids. And sure enough there are people who have posted photos from that KFC with its phenomenal view. If there is a point to me talking about this is that it’s similar to her talking about someone assuming that all Arabs are terrorists. That person never bothered to look any further into what people are like in the Middle East. And I had never ventured past discovering what it would be like to visit the pyramids at Giza.

Dude’s Japanese at the end was 🔥🔥

I’m from Saudi Arabia and I went to japan for tourism two years ago. I met two Japanese people and had a small conversation with them. They thought we lived in tents and ride camels. I was very surprised by the thought. I showed them a picture of the capital city of Saudi Arabia that had multiple skyscrapers.

Thanks a lot for shedding light on Arab people experience in Japan. Greetings from Egypt!

This is one of my favourite videos on this channel! Especially the Egyptian girl and the Jordanian guy with his very wise advice!

I'm from Saudi Arabia. It's an old video, but I want to leave a message I really admire Japan and its language and it really started my career By learning the Japanese language Japan is truly an amazing, beautiful and wonderful country

As an arabian from syria this is amazing to see how their experience is, and im glad i saw this video cause im going there later

Japan is such in interesting place. Would love to visit one day. GREAT VIDEOS as always shedding light on life there.

Thanks Takashii for another enjoyable and informative vlog 👍🏻. Your interviews are always so interesting and help us to get a better perspective about how foreigners are perceived by Japanese and how foreigners perceive Japanese. The Egyptian young lady that you interviewed was so well spoken and so sophisticated. It was a joy to watch you interview her. Take care and have a fun weekend. 👍🤗❤️✈️🙏🌎

I recommend you should reach out to all the Arab embassies and consults in Tokyo and around Japan to ask for a culture exchange festivals 😀

i was surprised when the hijabi lady said she was from tunisia! i am tunisian and japan is not a destination that many tunisian people prefer and it's mainly because europe is closer to us than japan. that being said, most of us look up to japan, and it's actually a country whose popularity is growing in recent years so expect to meet more tunisians over there (myself included - hopefully!). love the topic and the way you interviewed everyone. keep up the good work, Takashii-san 👏

As an arab from Lebanon 🇱🇧, i really appreciate you including arab people in your videos , we love Japanese people ❤️ 🇯🇵 🇱🇧 ❤️

The Jordanian guy was very humble even though he's fluent in Japanese + his advice on how to make Japanese people open up to you is pretty accurate

These are getting more and more diverse! Thanks Takashi

I LOVE HOW THE EGYPTIAN GIRL TOOK EVERYTHING WITH A LITTLE PINCH OF SALT. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE SHOUTED ‘RACIST!!!’ WHEN CONFRONTED WITH CURIOUS REMARKS FROM PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE NEVER MET A FOREIGNER BEFORE. NOT ALL PEOPLE HAVE BAD INTENTIONS-SOME ARE GENUINELY NAÏVE AND LACK SAVOIR-VIVRE.

The lady from Egypt looks so beautiful and well spoken. I thought even Takashi was impressed 💞❣😉

It's really great that you took this opportunity to learn more about another culture as well, it's awesome haha!!! If Japanese people don't know about Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia, bro, will they know Algeria exists xD??

I love how straight forward your questions are. You have sympathy and want to keep your guest comfortable but you still ask questions and offer no judgement. I love that.

Thanks for all your videos, Takashii-san. I think you're helping people all over the world understand other cultures, which can hopefully make them more open minded and accepting of others. Arigato gozaimasu.

I’m of moroccan descent and when I visited Tokyo and Kyoto, I experienced Indifference, which was a positive experience in my world as an Arab with the travel bug:). Rarely but occasionally I noticed people being annoyed with the occasional faux-pas and/or language barrier, but my experience from my perspective at least, wasn’t different from that of other americans or europeans I’ve crossed path with during my 3 months stay

Amazing video, I really like your interview style and openness towards learning new stuff. Very respectful and professional.

One thing I noticed is that they’re very respectful of Japanese culture. Bow their heads, learn the language and culture. This is how we should be.

Thank you so much takashii for this masterpiece. I personally, appreciate your hard work on making these videos. Keep it up 👍🏻.

Your channel deserve more views I hope you interview with persian Iranian who living or studying in japan ❤🇮🇷

Takashii, thank you for sharing a new video.

amazing video! All people you interviewed are gorgeous and passionate as they accept and respect Japanese culture and people

Ahhhhhhh I was gonna request the video thank you sooo much

I love this chanel because it is not afraid to ask uncomfortable questions. ❤He treats everyone so respectfully ❤

Thank you so much for sharing so many different kinds of people in your videos!! I really appreciate and enjoy them! Very interesting and shows that although we come from many cultures, we as human beings have so many similarities.

I was looking forward to this video. Well done Takashii. These videos are the real deal when learning about Japan society. Keep it up.

I'm Moroccan, and my big sis lived in Sendai for a year. One thing that amused her is the way Japanese people saw her hair: she has natural curly hair, and people would often ask her if she curls her hair every morning , and how much time it takes ! 😆 Another funny thing is that when she'd meet someone in the street or in shops and try to ask for something , they'd look at her and immediately start trying to speak English, even though she asked them in Japanese ! 😆 But she really enjoyed living in Japan, and said people there were really nice.

I really love how you interview different people and we get to know a lot about them. Great job 👏, I'm is glad you're doin well too! Ganbarimasu and God bless 🙏

Thank you very much for this video. I am half Turkish/arab and half german and i would LOVE to live in Japan at one time so getting more knowledge about people looking like arabs living out there and about their experiences is a blessing.

Brilliant video, Mr takashii! Thank you for this interview with Arabic people. 👏👏👍

The last guy is really correct in saying that learning a language makes a big difference. A few years ago, I moved to Egypt as a French/ Lebanese person and spoke very little Arabic. I tried making friends at school but it was really hard making a connection with the people around me when I didn’t speak their language . When I did start learning Arabic, I was able to converse with my classmates and understand their views, their conversations, their slang. And I adopted them in my way of speaking. Learning a language allowed for me to connect with a culture I couldn’t translate before, and if I had not learned Arabic, I would have never met some of my kindest friends in Cairo. I suggest everyone to learn a language before going to a foreign country, it really opens up new opportunities! Thank you so much for making these videos, I always learn new perspectives about Japan it’s cosmopolitan opinions :) !!

I’ve been waiting for this for so long

What an amazing video! Can't wait to see more of your content 🥰

Great channel. I’d love to see more channels like these but from different perspectives like some from Spain, Russia etc.

I am from southern Africa and I enjoy learning about different cultures around the world 😍 this is like a window into my dream of travelling around Asia. I'm subscribing 🥰

I like how you can get people to give you honest answers to your questions. I'm a native English speaker and your English pronunciation is always improving as well. Great video!

Omg thank you so much for taking my request!

😊 pretty nice video..شكراً ありがとう thanks takashi

I have a friend who has been living in Japan for 5 years. He had a lot of trouble at first, because the friendship is quite cold and difficult. It is mandatory to integrate well into society to speak Japanese and even when you speak Japanese it's hard to get japan friend. Friendship relationships are quite complicated, but when you make friends through your work usually, it's a real close friend. Although they look cold they are the nicest people in the world when you know them. He speaks Japanese fluently and took 2 years to learn it with a very good level, JLPT1.

This was really interesting. It's nice to see how foreigners from various countries find living in Japan. Thanks for making it.

Thank you for this lovely video ♥️♥️

Great video, this the only channel (non-arabic channel I mean) maybe that have actually made a video on how life is for Arabs in Japan so thank you, the majority of the other channels focuses on how westerners have it in Japan.

No body contact when greeting another was one of the many things I appreciated about living in japan.

You videos are always very well-done and interesting, and I hope that you succeed in your plan to visit and study in America.

you dont know how long ive been waiting for this fr like ive been wishibg for this type of vid for years thank you

I love that the Jordanian guy was like "I speak a bit of Japanese..." and then he opened his mouth and sounded great hahaha Happy to see this video as an Arab person! I've never lived in Japan but I've been many times and can confirm I never had a bad experience with people because of my background. I agreed with the Egyptian girl that our cultures do (perhaps surprisingly) have numerous similarities that help bridge the gap a little. Everyone I met on my trips was very friendly and accommodating :)

In Saudi Arabia, there are alot of Japan events, gaming, anime and hobby fanclubs.

Thanks, I have been waiting for this one!

Love to see this ! You often see videos about the life of black or white people from western countries in Japan, but that's the first time I see one about arab peoples and their experience in Japan. Very cool

Thank you so much for this video Takashi ❤ شكرا. من الجزائر

Traveling is so rewarding. I would love to travel around the world. Many things to see ☺️🌱 But i dislike overthinking about what people think about me .. I love to travel with a light state of mind ✨

Thanks a lot for this video !! I really appreciate it ❤ Hope there are Part 2

日本語を勉強しているサウジアラビア人です！日本の文化が大好きです〜 この動画作ってくれてありがとうございます！

I adore how you do in-depth interviews with various subjects, allowing us to learn a lot about them. Excellent work; I'm delighted you're succeeding as well. God bless you

This was really good. Thank you.

Your voice sounds very nice and relaxing!

i love how arabs are respectful towards japanese culture and how takashi respect arabs i really enjoyed the video

Yaaaa takashii san Thank you for doing this social experiment for the Arabs!! I wanted to know how the Arabs live there and what are the negatives and positives!! Thank you with all my heart! Keep going

I was waiting this for long time, thanks a lot Takashii-San

I love this, Takashii-san your channel is a blessing I love watching your videos !! I love learning about Japan and the culture and foreigners’ experiences in Japan. Keep going can’t wait for more videos!! よろしくお願いします🙏🏻

As arabic person I really thank you very much for this video I was waiting for it 💜

As an Arab American who has been taking Japanese and wanting to go to Japan this video was very helpful!! I feel I have a better understanding of what to expect when I finally visit Japan someday. Thanks so much!!!

Gotta love the answers from the first lady. Stunning video, Takashi san. 素晴らしい！

Arigatou takashisan..your video always aMazing! Ganbatte kudasai❤

Being half Arab and half Asian, I really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you for making it!

I am an Egyptian and also travelled to japan 2 months ago…the first girl really said how i feel😭😭😭

Thank you for this video Takashi ! And enjoy your vacation 🔥

Thank you so much much to create video.

As an British-born middle eastern, this makes me consider visiting Japan when before I was too nervous to consider it. I would have liked to know more about the similarities between Japanese and Arabic culture that the first lady mentioned.

Yayy thanks for the video🌹 I'm a Saudi and made a few Japanese friends online while learning the language, they're extremely nice & this video proves how nice they are towards people who learn their language🥰 planning to go study in Japan next year hopefully, wish me luck 💃🏻

Really good, you are amazing about your interviews! i liked so much.

You’re doing great bro👍👍 so kept it going 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

As an Arab (from morocco 🇲🇦 ) that's been watching your channel for months, it made me really happy to see you include Arabs in one of your videos and help clarify most of the misconceptions regarding us.

Thank you for doing this! I was born/raised in the us but have a clearly Arab name and look the part so I’ve always wanted to hear experiences, esp because we often get forgotten and lumped in with white people in the census and stuff (although I’m also half-white)

thanks for this amazing video

Open conversation, well done 👏

Thank you! I'm happy to hear that there are hardly any discrimination in Japan❤️ I do agree that we should learn a country's language if we're going to go there, even only the basic ones