What it's like Living in Japan as a Mixed Okinawan ft.

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Live in Tokyo Podcast with Max D. Capo is a podcast that features unique individuals living in Tokyo, to talk about what it's like to live in Japan as someone who is both an insider and outsider at the same time. Individuals featured are creatives, entrepreneurs, mixed Japanese, and other unique people with roots in Japan.
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Grace Aimi, being mixed
6:03 Grace’s backstory - Okinawan vs Japanese
9:06 Okinawan Karate
12:04 Fun parts being Mixed
12:17 Being born and raised in Okinawa (Japanese) and Okinawan school life
15:00 American vs Japanese schools
17:35 Learning Japanese
20:47 American vs Okinawan culture
26:03 How many Japanese International people are in Tokyo?
27:45 how does youth of japan want change?
32:30 Does Grace look mixed?
32:15 ONE PIECE talk
37:10 The Diverse World of Tokyo
38:36 - I don’t look Japanese
40:20 Asking “what is your background”
42:00 Bad American Food
43:25 What is your goal with your music?
45:30 Personality Traits MBTI
46:17 Dislikes about American and Japan
53:43 MUSIC FROM GRACE AIMIo podc

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@GraceAimiOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for having me Max🤍🤍🤍

@MaxDCapo 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for being a part of this!

@ricku8121 6 ай бұрын

I enjoyed listening to your story. we've got quite a bit of similarities. Although i was born and raised in hawaii currently living in Seattle Washington my dad is from Okinawa and my mom is from tokyo. I cant understand a damn thing when he speaks in the okinawan dialect though lol.

@airgaborpara3824 5 ай бұрын

You are so pretty!! Great interview! In September I am going to Japan to explore the country. Okinawa on my list. Do you know like Towa Tei? I am defo checking your music ?

@Reprodestruxion 5 ай бұрын

No mention of the Chinese Okinawan Ryuku relationship

@ironhell813 5 ай бұрын

@Reprodestruxion Most posters here are American, they won’t mention it even if they know it because they don’t like Chinese lol damnatio memorae.

@jerryedelman3581 5 ай бұрын

I maybe old, being 75 but I absolutely loved hearing her story. I've always been interested , as an American, in learning about other cultures. American is primarily made up of many different cultures, myself having Russian, Jewish blood in me. And I find it fascinating to hear especially how young people deal with the complexities of their mixed cultures. Very well done interview.

@v.ju._.ju.v 6 ай бұрын

this is so cool! Im full Okinawan, but grew up as Japanese American! This made me very connected to you Grace! Thank you Max for having her as a guest! Now, she's my new fav artist ^o^

@MaxDCapo 6 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! :) Make sure to check out OKIDOKI and Again (by Matt Cab and Grace). They are my favs 🙏🙏

@Wainwright95 6 ай бұрын

Okinawa is an absolutely beautiful place. I visited a pen-pal and it felt like paradise, I'm looking forward to saving up and going back again

@debbiejansen1178 5 ай бұрын

Makes me want to go

@greg.peepeeface 5 ай бұрын

In the US, it's so diverse, so it's interesting to hear an Okinawan describe their experience with ethnicity and race in such a homogenous culture. I also describe Okinawa like Hawaii to Japan.

@greg.peepeeface 5 ай бұрын

My 2 cents are markability to an international audience would be to sing in Japanese because she doesn't look Japanese, yet speaks fluently. I highly suggest that she target the Asian American community, and I can put her in touch with my homie Kero-One in LA.

@sanseiryu 6 ай бұрын

I'm so happy you interviewed Grace. I have been watching her videos and listening to her music for a while. Those in car singing videos were so good! I'm glad she is still making music. I love Okinawa, I was stationed there in the late 70s on Kadena Air Base. Many good memories and I hope to visit again in the future,

@MoPoppins 5 ай бұрын

I’m half-Japanese,half-Vietnamese & grew up in LA (born in Tokyo). I’ve never been to Okinawa, but curious about visiting! I’d also like to go to Hokkaido, since it’s not humid up there. At 49, I think I’d feel more confident & comfortable navigating different places than I would’ve when I was younger, since I have more life experience now. When I was younger, there was no internet, so there was also no insight into what a place was like-I really love the connected era we live in! 🥰

@jejudo3000 5 ай бұрын

Are you a Japanese citizen?

@MoPoppins 5 ай бұрын

@@jejudo3000 Naturalized American citizen.

@socalguy829 5 ай бұрын

this was such a cool, chill conversation between two people that really got into the details of third-culture kids, being biracial, identity, growing up etc. well done Max and Grace!

@VeryTotemo 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this interview! I have always wondered about Grace and her family, since watching their video singing Okinawa songs. I am Okinawan American, 100%, and I say I am Okinawa American vs Japanese American too. I love that she has the Okinawa tattoos! My great grandmothers both had them. I'm happy that there is the move towards younger Okinawa women wearing them again.

@MaxDCapo 6 ай бұрын

I think we all seemed to have gotten recommended that video! 🙏🙏🙏

@worldview730 5 ай бұрын

she's pretty, & has the best of both worlds from her father & Mother, which I think she favors

@janefreeman995 4 ай бұрын

I'm almost 65 and very much appreciate gen z. So many are involved and care

@DATApush3r 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the most enjoyable interviews I've ever watched! You guys killed it. Such good topics and vibes.

@christineshadd1929 4 ай бұрын

Hi Max! I just love your interviews! This one was AWESOME since I'm half Okinawan and 25% German 25% British...champuru nin gen!! I just showed my 83 year old Okinawan mom this interview and she LOVED watching it sooooo much she forgot to eat her dinner!! I've shared it with my 2 brothers, niece and 3 nephews! One nephew is also a HUGE One Piece fan!! I have also shared Grace Aimi's song OkiDoki with EVERYONE!! Keep making great interviews🌺

@MaxDCapo 4 ай бұрын

Wow this was really heartwarming. Thank you and I’m so glad your Okinawan mom loved it that much! That’s amazing to hear! Okidoki I had playing on repeat for weeks too. PS your One Piece loving nephew sounds cool ;)

@MaxDCapo 6 ай бұрын

Who else loves Okinawa? Audio only versions of the Live in Tokyo Podcast Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1XdRNqW9BYi9avrXHiuczq Amazon: music.amazon.com/podcasts/07d79aa7-725d-4ad8-aa3e-1c012e1be08e/live-in-tokyo-with-max-d-capo Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-in-tokyo-with-max-d-capo/id1723641269

@ironhell813 5 ай бұрын

I do, and I’m not Japanese or American, I just found Okinawa on my own without any connection to her.

@Reprodestruxion 5 ай бұрын

Anyone that can speak Okinawan Rohan , like Chiaki?

@tokyo333 6 ай бұрын

This young lady is so cool and her music rocks!

@DominicanStud101 6 ай бұрын

Where does Max get all these amazing and beautiful guests?! What a way to end 2023!

@jrthiker9908 5 ай бұрын

Love this interview. I'm mixed also....my mother was Shanghainese/British and my father was American (German/Scottish), also US military/CIA. I was born in Taiwan and lived 4 years in Okinawa (near Kadena) and 8 years in Tokyo (Akashima/Tachikawa), as well as Hong Kong and Thailand. Moved to the US for the first time when I was 16. Now I split my time between the US and Europe. You're right, we mixed ex-pats are all insiders and outsiders no matter where we live. It's an odd situation, but you get used to it and learn to appreciate being different. It enables you to live anywhere and quickly adapt to be comfortable in other cultures.

@ironhell813 5 ай бұрын

You’re a fool to have left.

@michelebrown6374 Ай бұрын

Love this interview and Grace!! 🥰😘❤️

@pandaplutten2573 5 ай бұрын

Amazing ... makes me wanna go to Okinawa even more! I'm half-Japanese and half-Hongkongese. Born and raised in Sweden though. Gambate!

@ironhell813 5 ай бұрын

Interesting, so japaneae and Chinese parents? Sugoi Okinawa!

@Drownedinblood 5 ай бұрын

You're half Japanese, Half Chinese...stop being so ashamed.

@pandaplutten2573 5 ай бұрын

@@ironhell813 Yes, father from HKG and mother from Kawasaki, Japan! Okinawa makes me think of Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid movies =)

@user-ol7bz1fs9d 6 ай бұрын

Hey! Finally! 　待ってました！　My eternal sunshine!

@tadashiisa5458 5 ай бұрын

Super cool Podcast. The conversation, the experience, very positive upbringing, proud of her heritage, keep up the good work 👍🤗

@edjarrett3164 6 ай бұрын

This really impacted me. My Mom is Japanese and I had some limited contact and visits with my Japanese relatives. I spent months working as a pilot deployed to Kadena AB over five years. I spent my free time outside the base because, I could speak decent Japanese. I came away feeling more Okinawan than Japanese. I totally get the differences in culture. Okinawan is more skewed to Western culture. I found the difference to be pronounced. I miss Okinawa.

@cupidok2768 5 ай бұрын

wow the dad is good looking. does she have a brother

@keyser021 5 ай бұрын

Just don't mind the pesky Ryukyu huh? The ones you've occupied and subjugated the good part of century with your guns? Those guys? 石なぐの歌

@edjarrett3164 5 ай бұрын

@@keyser021 You’re under so many false assumptions that it”s hard to address. We occupied as a result of winning the war. The Okinawans built businesses and carried on with life under their provincial government, not ours. As for subjugation, there has been none. Everything our military has accomplished as been with the approval of the Okinawan and Japanese government.

@Pomisher 5 ай бұрын

Could be said about Mainland Japan. The Ryu Kyu Islands were annexed by Japan. The Ryu Kyu culture and language is being suppressed by Japan.

@eatlaughandstupid4430 5 ай бұрын

very cool...enjoyed it

@socalfloridian1 6 ай бұрын

What brilliant, beautiful, gifted, talented, and smart human beings grace (like Grace Aimi) this You Tube channel! Thank you for your existence and for you being alive in this world!❤🎉😅😊

@candygirl7586 21 күн бұрын

Yes! This was a beautiful interview. She is a lovely young lady.

@chiburu_uchinanchu 5 ай бұрын

she's rocking the hajichi!❤

@SiggyMe 5 ай бұрын

I studied Okinawan karate for over 10 years and its definitely my instructor was a 6th Dan. Its very different than Japanese Karate and much of it was designed to protect against Japan. So I get it. She is very intelligent, pretty, humor, and has a great voice.

@johnmarengo3919 5 ай бұрын

Funny, my brother and I are half Okinawan, raised in California. Of course, this was due to the military, and while my brother was born in Okinawa, I was born at Camp Lejeune, NC. Okinawa is so unknown to Americans, so in short conversations, we just say that we're Japanese. Definitely, differences in Japan's mainland and Okinwans, Okinawa so laid back. Grace Aimi, so beautiful, great mix of races, and cultures, like Taco Rice! : )

@rogersmith9114 5 ай бұрын

I really miss Okinawa! I’m half Japanese and American. Born in Japan but I live in the States. My dad was from Texas as well.

@Pomisher 5 ай бұрын

I’m half Japanese/white with fair traits. I have four children, they’re blond with blue eyes. Only one came through with brown eyes and hair. Pretty much the same with my nieces and nephews. It’s a role of the dice at the 3rd generation depending who you match up with.

@patrickmcevoy3257 5 ай бұрын

Hi Max saw ur channel on KZfaq ur interview with Grace she is very cute and very happy person her japanese is very good ur channel is great hope you do more interviews on mixed people I love the Japanese language I have been learning Japanese language for a while anyway great interview with Grace

@user-yx4cv4nu9h 5 ай бұрын

Thank You dear friend

@xenofrost69 6 ай бұрын

She is so beautiful ❤

@yaayoiii 5 ай бұрын

I’m mix Japanese and Korean born and raised in Fukuoka and now lives in US. Being mix and having dual/multiple cultural backgrounds makes person a rich person, can appreciate, and be able to have wider/multiple perspectives to see one things. And Aimi I get you about the weight- I recently saw my grandma for the first time in 3 years, the first thing she said is that I gained weight lol

@KantoCafe715 6 ай бұрын

100% Heaven on Earth. I’ve been twice to Ishigaki

@seanv3180 6 ай бұрын

Awesome interview! The editing at 32:07 made me LOL though 😂

@MaxDCapo 6 ай бұрын

I was hoping no one would notice...😂

@walkacrossjapan 6 ай бұрын

Haha same here. I watched it twice.

@gracecadet3244 5 ай бұрын

I scrolled just to find this, I was like "is no one gonna talk about this?" It was a funny cute moment 😝

@dhl1544 4 ай бұрын

Great Video.

@danielmatuska795 25 күн бұрын

My first time in Japan was in 1957, I was 21 and fascinated by everything. I went to Kokusai, the four seasons show and was entranced by the Japanese content interspersed with a wonderful presentation of a Radio City like chorus line that would put the Rockettes to shame. I was amazed at the acumen of Japanese tradesmen and rates and artisans. I have been to Jana many times over the years on business and pleasure. To me, Japanese culture is characterized by striving for perfection. You and your guest brought out many of the unique features of the Japan I came to love. I know change is inevitable, but I hope the Japanese culture is able to retain the qualities that make it one of the world’s great cultures.

@vandalorian8777 5 ай бұрын

Awesome interview. I found the editing mistake at 32:08 very funny

@edjarrett3164 6 ай бұрын

I have nothing but great memories of my time in Okinawa. As a pilot, I deployed numerous times over 5 years to Kadena AB. I spent much of my spare time outside the base because I can speak decent Japanese. While my Mom’s family is from Tokyo, I felt this strong bond to the Okinawan culture. They are more western culture driven and opposed to the Japanese national governance. I miss Okinawa.

@meganb.higgins973 6 ай бұрын

I think that people who don't live in America/haven't traveled between states aren't aware how different each state is from each other.

@Slave-Of-Christ 5 ай бұрын

Nice, Aimi! We named our daughter Aimi as well! We call her Ami though.「愛実」Same??? I've been checking out your music! Nice stuff. Like how you "chanpuru" the styles. I've been learning the samisen for a bit now and like hearing it in contemporary music.

@OkiMiku 4 ай бұрын

Ayyyye I'm also Okinawan/Texan (grew up half of my life in Okinawa, half in the States). I relate to sooooo many things you said here! Same thing with me though, I had a lot of trouble getting put in Japanese school so my parents just ended up putting me in Kumon and I went to a private school, Zion.

@kotinnda123 5 ай бұрын

ウチナーンチュのアイミさん、応援してますよ！

@MizanChen Ай бұрын

I like the fact that champuru means mixed, because in Malay(Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia too maybe) it also means mix

@marieneu264 6 ай бұрын

She’s beautiful!

@monicapaeklucky 6 ай бұрын

Chanpuru is same meaning in Korean champong we use this term describe ppl of mixed ethnicity but does have a condescending tone to it

@letsgokinawa 5 ай бұрын

So glad Okinawa's represented with a KZfaqr in tokyo!!! I am a huge fan of Trafalgar Law!!!!

@MaxDCapo 5 ай бұрын

Let’s gooo also love Law

@erniestrother3545 5 ай бұрын

🎻🎻🎻🎻🎶🎶🎶☠️☠️🏴‍☠️YOHO! Great job as always.

@incognito_tk2424 3 ай бұрын

Grace, she is so cool & nice character!!👍 i’d love to ❣️ BTW, best wishes for good luck in her success future 🫶🎉🇯🇵

@flightbyrd 5 ай бұрын

In the old days in Hawaii they used to say "chop suey" for mixed ethnicity.

@Golgi-Gyges 5 ай бұрын

I like how she says "my dad is a Texan" (in effect)

@debbiejansen1178 5 ай бұрын

I'm fascinated with the Japanese culture. In this case Okinawan. Thanks for this interesting interview. I'm born and raised in the US but people will always ask me where I'm from because I don't have a look that people can quite place. This makes me feel sometimes like a foreigner. My mother is from South Africa. I am mostly Caucasian. I have black( about 10 percent) and Asian( about 13 percent) This I only knew because of the different DNA companies. ( I was raised by my mother but knew her. I have no doubt she didn't know either).Now I understand a little bit about my own look.

@desuburinga 5 ай бұрын

Awesome interview and Grace does look like Emily Rudd from One Piece 😲

@siegpasta 5 ай бұрын

first time seeing your channel, but I loved the One Piece talk outta nowhere. I love One Piece. I've been reading the manga since 2017. Unironically the best story ever written. Oda sensei is on another level and other authors end up looking like amateurs in comparison to him

@MaxDCapo 5 ай бұрын

I’ll always find a way to throw in one piece into any topic. Glad you enjoy it too. Oda is a world building genius.

@1256giff 3 ай бұрын

Ah 1980 Okinawa becomes Japan. I was there it was fun.

@brandondon32 5 ай бұрын

Okinawan and Japanese are different. Here in Hawaii we were taught that when we were young. Hahaha!

@GTX311 25 күн бұрын

Okinawans have the Austronesian look of Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders. 🙂

@udui1o173 5 ай бұрын

This was a good interview with Grace. Being half Okinawan myself from Hawaii pretty much everyone here is a mixed plate. Can you find a half Okinawan guy to interviewview his perspective.

@pokya-anakrantau8845 5 ай бұрын

In Malay and Indonesian the word "campur" or spelled in the 50s "champur" means mixed or to mix. So I guess, "champuru" in contemporary Okinawan usage has its origin from the Malay-archipelago or Nusantara region.

@atatur123 5 ай бұрын

Austronesian people have been found to range up to Taiwan (in the north). Wouldn't be surprising if it extended to Okinawa too.

@sprue_goose 5 ай бұрын

I agree....when I heard this I went straight to "campur". I speak Indonesian and Japanese and I think this is where it came from. Why....I'm not sure.

@bertshimabukuro640 6 ай бұрын

Karate Kid II wasn't shot in Okinawa either. Shot on Oahu.

@user-fk8sk7jc6h 5 ай бұрын

ロスアンジェルスロジャースのデェーブ、ロバーツ監督の母は那覇市出身で、父がアメリカ人のハーフで、ロバーツ監督は那覇市出身ですね

@melissam9253 5 ай бұрын

Grace, you look Japanese/Okinawan… I can see it…in your eyes, cheekbones, face shape, and coloring. You don’t have to follow the narrative that you cannot be “really Japanese” if you’re mixed looking. Being mixed is inclusive and has subtlety. People don’t always work on that level.💖

@user-qq2zc4dd1s 5 ай бұрын

3:40 "Campur" is "mix" in Indonesian / Malay

@SilverforceX 6 ай бұрын

100% beautiful

@michelleg7 5 ай бұрын

I love this and I love how she identifies, I prefer to say someone who is mixed ancestry versus saying words like Hafu, it has such a stigma attached to it. I was thinking about the tattoos of the Okinawan women. I love she embraced that. Tattoos were outlawed because its also how tattoos are seen in Japan as having to do with Yakuza, and then being banned from bathouses there. Its terribly sad such a stigma is attached to tattoos like that. I love Okinawans they are so different from mainland Japan.

@ironhell813 5 ай бұрын

Iam glad that tattoos are frowned on, it’s an indicator of lack of satisfaction with the self. I like living with ppl that like each other.

@GrahamRiverProductio 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic interview - the audio is driving me nuts.

@AmmarZolkipli 5 ай бұрын

Could be derived from the Malay/Indonesian word campur which means mixed. Champuru makes sense as a garaigo.

@victordasilva5255 5 ай бұрын

Beauty

@aeromtb2468 6 ай бұрын

she is really level headed.

@cjaoshenyjc7276 5 ай бұрын

She is absolutely stunning

@anaisabelgarridomartinez7946 5 ай бұрын

I love how Japan is changing. Spain needs to change a lot more too. The entire world needs to develop for the best version of ourselves. Younger generations are bringing lots of big potential changes right now. Well done and keep pushing forward for these changes to appear.

@MoPoppins 5 ай бұрын

I’m of Asian heritage, and when I went to Barcelona in ‘99, there was no internet yet-just the Lonely Planet guide, which was absolute crap. 👎 We went on a bus tour of the city, and I guess the entire thing was sponsored by KFC & another fast food joint, because they kept mentioning them throughout the ride. 😂 Las Rambas was underwhelming, maybe because I’m from LA and couldn’t help but compare it to grander versions. Anyway, what I wasn’t prepared for was the bigotry. I wish the Lonely Planet guides mentioned which places were racist towards which groups-traveling to where you’re not wanted is NO FUN AT ALL. 🫤

@moisestorres9618 5 ай бұрын

It's crazy the school hesitated to accept you as a foreign student because when I came to Japan in the 4th grade without knowing any Japanese, the principal told my brother and I to start attending school right away. My classmates treated me so well that I ended up learning Japanese in no time.

@atatur123 5 ай бұрын

Do Japanese people not realize that Okinawans are ethnically Ryukyuan not Japanese? I am shocked by the number of ignorant comments here. Do Japanese schools not teach this stuff?

@atatur123 5 ай бұрын

@ridgemonthigh8h4a I had always heard about the discrimination but I never realized how bad it was until now. My heart goes out to the minority groups of Japan.

@stevefiorito5379 3 ай бұрын

I am enjoying your video interviews. I got my major introduction to Okinawan and Japanese culture when I trained under the Okinawan Goju-Ryu Master, Morio Higaonna ... now living back in Okinawa and declared a "National Treasure" in Japan. I trained under 4 other styles of martial arts, 3 of the 4 were also Okinawan, but those Dojos did not present much in the way of culture. Goju-Ryu is so Okinawan that even the Japanese Language is insufficient to convey the concepts embedded in the philosophy ... only the Okinawan Language can do that.

@melverys 8 күн бұрын

I first heard about Okinawa from Karate Kid looool

@chocopiebunny 5 ай бұрын

Grace does not "look Japanese," but I can definitely see some traces in her features. However, it really shouldn't matter if she looks Japanese or not because we need to stop conflating race and culture. Grace is Japanese period. And as people like Grace continue to use their voice to share their truth, we can start shifting our perspectives on what it means to be Japanese. Hopefully, we can someday come to a place where we can be Japanese without being held to imperialist, Yayoi standards. Grace may not "look Japanese," but there are many Japanese people who look like Grace. -sincerely, a fellow Japanese

@TB-vb1st 5 ай бұрын

People always say that in these types of videos but I would never have guessed she had any asian heritage unless it was pointed out.

@Pomisher 5 ай бұрын

Yeah but. Even in Japan she would be considered foreign.

@MoPoppins 5 ай бұрын

Even if she weren’t a quarter Japanese, it wouldn’t matter-if you like a culture, you like it. There are non-Asians who are pretty much honorary Japanese, by way of immersing themselves in the language & culture-if you closed your eyes, you’d think they were native, and that’s actually a better tell. Conversely, there are native Japanese who leave the country because the cultural values never vibed with them, and these things are part of our essence-characteristics we’re born with, that manifest and if we’re lucky, we get to relocate to where our souls feel at home, which could be multiple places on this planet. 🌎

@chocopiebunny 5 ай бұрын

@@Pomisher whoosh

@GTX311 25 күн бұрын

She would not have the common Japanese look because aside from her being mixed, Okinawans also look more similar to Southeast Asians, Pacific Islanders and Taiwanese aborigines. They are a different ethnic group from the dominant Yamato Japanese of the mainland. This is probably why her 23andMe DNA test didn't say that she's Japanese but instead said that she's Okinawan, like she said.

@walkacrossjapan 6 ай бұрын

How is it that I see her video recommended to me on instagram and now here it is on KZfaq?!

@MaxDCapo 6 ай бұрын

Google and the Zucc must be watching you😳

@walkacrossjapan 6 ай бұрын

@@MaxDCapo right? I’m shookith 草

@Albanianjapanesefamily 5 ай бұрын

hey. i just watched all interviews and we are planning to go back to japan on 2024. we have a 13 years old son and he is born and raised in Sweden and we parents would like to put him in junior high school(中学校) public japanese school but my husband is afraid of bullying because he looks almost full japanese but speaks only basics. Do you have any advice? we are planning to live in Tokyo. Do you think it will be a good experience for him? And i love how Grace embraces her both roots and is proud of them i hope my kids do too :)

@taoist32 5 ай бұрын

Just go after everything is restored from the earthquake and tsunami.

@atatur123 5 ай бұрын

Maybe start him out in an international school in Tokyo first? There are ones with a mix of Japanese & foreigners. That might ease him into the country/culture. Speaking as someone who's Asian but grew up in the West, whenever I went back to the motherland as a child/teen, I definitely got judged severely by the locals for not being fluent in the language or the culture/customs. I didn't have "foreigner looks" to fall back on as an escape/excuse.

@jerryedelman3581 5 ай бұрын

INCREDIBLE SAD that people have no clue where OKINAWA is. One of the deadliest, battles of WW2 for both Japan & ALLIED forces, yet its not being taught in schools anymore. Just another example of history being erased.

@jacobsoto7228 5 ай бұрын

I wish you could have asked her if she would live in the US one day

@hoosierhugh53 2 ай бұрын

I've spent about 2 years altogether on Okinawa when I was in the Marine Corps, I can honestly say that Okinawa would be better off if we weren't there. And in actuality, it's a horrible location for military assets now because the entire island is within range of conventional ballistic missiles, if things goes nuclear, forget about it.

@ICTPerformance268 3 ай бұрын

🇦🇬 She’s beautiful. Half mom, half dad, whole you. 🙇🏾‍♂️

@redpill7993 2 ай бұрын

Grace is so pretty, she reminds me of Debbie Harry (Blondie) over 50 years ago.

@13sureshotz 5 ай бұрын

おお！ハジチだ！超似合ってる＾＾

@keijojaanimets819 5 ай бұрын

Polovernik!😁

@red2977 5 ай бұрын

She is painfully cute

@worldview730 5 ай бұрын

13:18, only an original native Japanese can tell if she nailed the dialect purely

@assoverteakettle 6 ай бұрын

Re: Dopplegangers. At 32:00, I think from certain angles Grace Aimi kinda looks a little bit like Peyton List from Cobra Kai which makes it ironic that she wants to study Okinawan karate.

@anlotti 6 ай бұрын

J&J 沖縄ハーフカップルというチャンネルもあるので

@divemasterben 5 ай бұрын

She has the old traditional Okinawian tattoo on her right hand.

@user-dp8sj9me9l 23 күн бұрын

かわいい😊

@joesoy9185 6 ай бұрын

In English, accepted usage comes and goes. I´m a quarter Indian, three quarters English. I had to explain to an English friend that the term "half-cast" is unacceptable nowadays. "Mixed race" or "mixed heritage" are OK. He couldn´t understand that accepted vocabulary changes. The expression "coloured" is taboo, whereas "people of colour" is not. Interestingly, the term "black and brown people" seems to have established itself in modern usage.

@cashflownpv 5 ай бұрын

I'm definitely not messing with your dad.

@MrAmor-wh1rm 6 ай бұрын

Max are you from hawaii?

@bryson8918 5 ай бұрын

he's from North Carolina.

@mnblkjh6757 5 ай бұрын

Was she born on US base in Okinawa?

@user-vc5rp7nf8f 26 күн бұрын

she's pretty

@user-os5rd9wm4j 5 ай бұрын

i think the word 4:21 is third culture kid haha but fun reference to food. food is better than sex!

@jackwong230 6 ай бұрын

I read that there was Chinese influence in Okinawa before it became part of China. "Cham" sounds like a Chinese Cantonese or Chinese Hokkien word meaning "mixed-in" or "add in to mix".

@lowkeyconvert8971 6 ай бұрын

the whole of japan and korea has chinese influence.

@yjk5737 6 ай бұрын

Chinese influence on mainland Japan was mostly in the Tang dynasty. Chinese influence on Okinawa was up until more recently, really up until 1879 when Okinawa Prefecture was created.

@Reprodestruxion 5 ай бұрын

Well of course stir fry would be the Lew Chew influence

@Reprodestruxion 5 ай бұрын

The Ryuku Lee chew islands were the cultural intermediaries between China and Japan until the Satsuma

@Pomisher 5 ай бұрын

The Ryu Kyu islands are closer to Taiwan.