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1組目 イングランド出身の女性に聞いてみた!
Where are you from?
出身は?
I’m from England
イングランドよ
How long have you been in Japan now?
日本にはどのくらい住んでるの?
For six years
六年ね
So in this video I wanna ask you how you are feeling about Japan now
この動画では実際に日本に来てみて
After literally you came here
どう日本を感じてるかについて聞きたいんだけど
But first of all what made you come here?
まず初めに何が理由でここに来たの?
I wanted to open a tap dance school here
タップダンスのスクールを開きたかったの
Did you do that?
で開いたの?
Yeah
うん
Good on you
やるねえ!
Did you like Japan before you came here? Like
来る前から日本が好きだったの?
Were you interested in Japan?
日本に興味があった感じ?
No
無かったね
So you came here just for business?
じゃあ仕事のためにだけに来た感じ?
Kind of
そんな感じね
I had an idea of Japan was like obviously but
もちろんどんな感じかってイメージはあったけど
My image was everybody still wears Kimono and
私的には全員着物着てるとか
Samurai still exists like
侍はまだ実在してるとか
I was an idiot like
おバカだったわね笑
I had no idea what modern Japan is actually like
現代の日本に事全くわかってなかったわ
But the reason I came here is because
それでも日本に来たのは
I love tap dancing and
私タップダンスが大好きなんだけど
My first tap dance teacher was Japanese
その私の最初のダンス先生が日本人でね
And she told me that
彼女が日本では
There’s not a lot of tap dance in Japan
そこまでタップダンス流行ってないって言ってたから
So age twelve I was like alright
当時12歳の私はそれを聞いて
I need to go to Japan and teach everybody how to tap dance
日本に行って皆にそれ教えなきゃって思ったの
I didn’t research Japan at all before I came
来る前に調べたりとか全くしなかったの
I just moved here after university
大学卒業してすぐ引っ越してきたのよ
I’ve spoken to many non Japanese people who live in Japan
日本に住む外国人とたくさん話したことあるけど
Most of them are really interested in Japan
大抵の場合みんな日本に興味があるよね
They might love like manga and
みんな漫画とか好きじゃん
Anime! They all Otaku, right? Everybody yeah
アニメ好きでみんたオタッキーな感じね
They came here but you are like nah
みんなそうだけどお姉さん違うって
I was not interested in Japan at all Just for business like
興味なかったし仕事のためっていうもんだから
I’m just a weird one
私変わり者なの
So now you been in Japan for six years, right?
いま日本に住んで6年って事で
And you had a bit of
来る前はちょっと変わった
A little bit special expectations before you came here
日本のイメージを持ってたみたいだけど
Has it been the same as your imagination herer? Or
実際に来てみてどうだった?
Did you face something blew your mind?
何かびっくりしたこととかあった?
Well no one wears Kimono except for like special occasions or like
特別な日を除いては誰も着物着てないわね
If you are wondering through Gion in Kyoto for example
もしくは京都の祇園でも歩かない限りはさ
So that was different
だからこれは違ったわ
Obviously
明らかにね
What blew my mind the most were like the toilets
一番驚かされたのはトイレね
You know how you push buttons and Like there’s bidet that like just automatically starts
ボタン押したら洗浄が勝手に始まったりさ
Yeah very Japanese stuff aye
日本の物って感じでしょ?
Exactly
本当にね
Also taxies
あとタクシーよ
Automatic opening taxi doors That blew my mind
勝手にドアが開くアレにはびっくりしたわ
And so many times I tried to open the door myself and
何回も自分で開けようとしちゃって
Taxi drivers just get mad at me
運転手さんに怒られたわ
I was like I’m just trying to get out the taxi
出ようとしてるだけなのに~って笑
The service here is incredible but I also kind of feel
この国のサービスは素晴らしいけど
Like it’s a double edge sword
諸刃の剣でもあると思うの
Coz on the one hand you know the service is gonna be great
サービスはいつも素晴らしいものだし
Everyone’s always happy and smiling and lovely but
みんないつもハッピーで笑顔で良いんだけど
I feel like it’s kind of robotic at the same time
ちょっと同時にロボットみたいな感じよね
Coz no one7s showing the truth feelings like
誰も本当の気持ちをそこで表現しないでしょ
They are like programed and I feel sad
プログラムされてる感じがして少し悲しいわ
Speaking about that I live in Australia
それに関していうと僕オーストラリアに住んでるけど
They don’t work like that
そういう働き方はしてないね
They are more like a human being like
もっと人間っぽいっていうのかな
They could be rude a bit to customers sometimes
お客さんに失礼な時もあるけど
But at the same time when you work It’s easier to work
でも同時に働くときはその文楽に働けるからね
Because you can be a human being too
自分だって人間らしく働いて良いわけだから
Less stressful
ストレスが少ないね
That’s how I feel
僕はそう感じてるね
But I had a revers culture shock because of that
私もそれで逆のカルチャーショック受けたの
Coz when I went back to the UK for Christmas like
クリスマスでイギリスに帰った時
The customer service wasn’t there
いつもの接客のレベルがそこにはなかったの
There was this girl just like on her phone at the till
レジの女の子が携帯いじってて
She was like “Wait a minute”
「ちょっと待って」とか言ってきて
And I was like What is thus!? What the hell like
何これ!?って笑
You can do that here? Like so yeah
イギリスではこれありなの!?って笑
You are really used to Japan now that’s why like
お姉さんはもう日本に慣れてるから
People are rude but
失礼だな~って感じるんだね
What the hell yod doing? Work lady! What about…. It was so interesting
何してんの!働いて!ってね笑
But it’s actually normal in the UK, right?
でも実際イギリスでは普通だろうからね
So last question is gonna be like this
最後の質問
From a perspective of an English person
イングランド人のお姉さん的には
What is a good thing about Japan do you think?
日本の良いところって何だと思う?
On the other hand What is really difficult for you to live with in Japan?
また逆に日本のこれに慣れないっていうのがあれば
As I mentioned before the service is always good and
言った通りサービスはいいわね
Compare to the UK where
あとイギリスに比べると
We do have good food people in the UK
イギリスにも美味しい食べ物はあるんだよ
But the chefs are terrible
でもシェフが最悪なの
So you need to get a recommended restaurant before you go and visit if you are in the UK
だからイギリスなら行く前に評価気にしないとね
Coz the food is not always gonna be good Depending on where you go
行く場所にもよるけど美味しくない所もあるから
But in Japan no matter which restaurant you go to The food is always good
でも日本はどこに行っても美味しいよね
I agree
僕も同感だよ
So that’s one really positive thing that I love about Japan
だからそれは私が思う日本の良いところね
One thing that I don’t really love about Japan is like
私が日本の好きじゃない点を一つ挙げると
There are a few things but
いやいくつかあるなあ
you can talk about it
話してよ
So for example like “Tatemae”
例えば建前ね
Kinda like two-faces
偽善的っていうのかなあ
Because people are trying to be so nice to you all the time
みんないつも良くしようとするから
You have no idea what their real feelings are
実際心ではどう考えてるのか見えないしさ
And I had like situations at work especially when I first came the here where
日本に来たばかりの時職場で経験したんだけど
Nobody approaches you directly about what the problem is
問題について直接アプローチしてこないのよ
They will ask someone else to tell you the problem
誰かにそれを私に伝えるように頼むのよ
And in indirect way And it’s really annoying
この間接的なやり方が本当にうざいのよね
And it’s really infuriating
これすごく頭に来るの
I get a massage from my boss
私の同僚がボスに私に伝える様に頼んで
That my coworker talk my boss to tell me
ボスから私に話が来たの
About an issue that my coworker had with me
私とその同僚の間の問題よ?
And I just thought Why didn’t you just tell me what the problem was so
何で直接言ってこないの?って
I can fix it with you
ここで解決できるじゃんって
You were like “Straight up bro!”
マジで頼むよってね
“Talk to me!”
直接言ってこいよって
Another thing that really bugs me is like The paperwork in Japan
それ以外にもかなり困るのが日本の書類よ
Nothing is online Nothing is devitalized
日本は何もオンライン化やデジタル化されてないの
Doing your taxes is a pain in the freaking arse
税金関係も超めんどくさいわ
Everything is written in Kanji
全部漢字で書いてあって
You get all these important messages and it’s like Kanji only and
大事なことが全て漢字で書いてあるの
That’s fine..
全く問題ないわね!
If you have someone who can help you with that and
もし手伝ってくれる人が周りにいる人ならね!
Thanks god for Google translate
Google翻訳のおかげでどうにかなってるけど
Because my Kanji is limited to a certain extent
私の感じの知識は限られてるから
So that’s really annoying
だからこれも超大変
But you are still here
それでもお姉さんはまだ日本にいるわけだ
So you must have something that you really like about Japan or
きっと日本の好きなところがあるから
Your business is doing well
よっぽど仕事がうまく行ってるんだろうね
To be honest
正直いうと
I’ve been trying to leave for five of the six years that I’ve been here
この六年のうち五年はずっと帰ろうと思ってたの
but things just keep me here
でも色々あっていることになってるのよ
For example business
ビジネスもそうだし
For example not wanting to give up until I reach the certain Japanese level
日本語レベルもある程度行くまで諦めたくないし
And now I have a really good job
それに今はかなりいい仕事があってね
Along side my business I have a job
私のビジネスの他に仕事があって
That’s working ne really well and
これがすごく良い感じだし
I’m like a full time performer
フルタイムでパフォーマーできてるし
I just singing and dance and do shows for children in English
子供の前で英語で歌って踊るショーをするんだけど
Which is totally in my jam
これは本当に私がやりたい事だしさ
That is really good
それはいいね
You thought about it and you literally came to Japan You are doing really good job so
思い立って行動して日本に来て上手くいってると
Hopefully everything goes well from now on as well
これからも順調に行くことを祈ってるよ
Thank you very much for your time
ありがとうね
Nice to meet you
会えてよかったわ
2組目 メキシコ出身の男性2人組に聞いてみた!
Where are you from?
出身は?
We are from Mexico
メキシコだよ
My name is Jose and this is Matias
僕はホセで彼はマティアス
How long have you lived in Japan now?
日本に住んでどれくらい?
It’s been like almost two months and half more or less
二ヵ月半くらいになるかな
Not so long yeah?
そんなに長くないんだね
Why did you come to Japan?
何で日本に来たの?
I wanted to make an exchange program before and actually
交換留学プログラムに興味があったし
I wanna travel Asia This is my first time in Asia
アジアを回りたくてこれが初めてなんだ
And I think since I was really little Always my dream was to come to Japan and explore
それに小さい頃から日本に来て旅するのが夢で
Coz my grandmother told me always Japan is a really great country so I wanted to leave it with myself
おばあちゃんがいい国だって言ってたからね
What made you come here?
お兄さんは何で来たの?
Yeah so I’m doing the same program
僕も同じプログラムをやってるとこで
We are studying chemical engineering back in Mexico
化学工学をメキシコでは学んでるんだけど
Sounds very smart huh?
なんか頭良さそうだなあ
They had the same program here and
日本でもできるプログラムがあったから
So I wanted to come here and learn about your culture and everything
行ってみて文化や色々と学びたいと思ってさ
And it’s been great so yeah
良い感じに過ごせてるよ
Japan and Mexico are very different countries, right?
日本とメキシコって全く違う国じゃん?
What kind of image did you have about Japan before you came here?
日本に来る前の日本のイメージってどんな感じ?
Was it like anime manga? Or like
アニメとか漫画とか?
Neon lights everywhere?
ネオンライトがそこら中にあるとか?
What was your image?
どんなイメージ持ってた?
I was trying to research but not too much
調べすぎないようにしてたんだ
Because I wanted to leave it with myself Not try to do it Just leave it here
ここで自ら感じたかったからね
So basically when I arrived
到着した時は
I think it took me like almost two or three weeks or a month It was really like a culture shock
二週間から一か月ぐらいカルチャーショックだったね
For me it’s another world like
これは違う世界に来たなと
For what I expected it was quite good and
想像の上を行ったね
I think Japan is a really great country and I
本当に日本は良い国だし
I think we have to learn a lot from you
学ぶべきことが沢山あるね
But I also think that you also have to learn a lot from us
でも日本も僕らから学ぶところがあると思うね
Hundred percent
間違いなくね
I know that coz I live in Australia
オーストラリアに住んでるからわかるよ
What I expected about Japan was like you said anime
僕は君が言った通りアニメの印象があったね
But I didn’t expect a lot of things that I have seen here
でもここで見た多くのことは予測できてなかったね
Like about the people how they behave
人の振る舞いとか
They behave like so differently from us
メキシコ人とは全く違うから
There are so many rules
とてもルールも多いよね
So last question is gonna be like this
最後の質問
You’ve been here for two months now
もう二ヵ月住んでるって事だけど
You must have found something This is actually good about Japan
何か日本の凄く良い所とか
And on the other hand This is really difficult to live with like
逆にこれは順応し難いっていうの見つけたでしょ?
You are struggling to be with
日本のこれ慣れないわ~ってやつね
What kind of good things about Japan have you found? What kind of difficult things have you found in Japan to live with?
日本の良い点や難しい点は何がある?
Let’s start with a good thing
良い点から始めようか
Good thing, I’d say that How organized and how clean this country is
良い点はとても整理されてて清潔なところだね
For me it’s impressive
僕にはそこが凄く印象的で
There is no trash can
ゴミ箱ないじゃん
to find a gomibako is really hard and
ボミ箱探すの大変だよね
And it’s one of the most cleanest countries I’ve been in my life actually
人生でこんなきれいな国に行った事ないよ
Have the people they are just cleaning all the time
掃除してる人もいつも見てるし
That’s so good and also
良いところだよ
I think people are always trying to help you
それにみんな親切だね
When I arrived I didn’t know how to speak any Japanese
到着した時は日本語話せなくて
I have no internet or anything and always
ネットも何もなかったけど
People see me I was lost They always helped me and tried to figure out
迷ってる僕を見ていつもみんな助けてくれたよ
Fair play to Japanese people
素晴らしい事だね
But for example
でも例えば
They work a lot and it’s really good but
日本人たくさん働くのも良いんだけど
I think theri lifetime is just…
でも僕の考えでは彼らの人生は
They just wake up, go to work and then go back home
起きて仕事行って帰るだけって感じだよね
For example for me in the trains it’s so quite It’s so annoying
例えば電車とか静かすぎてきついんだよ
Because we always try to speak but everyone looks at us
話したいけど話すとみんなに見られるからね
So I think the good thing is
僕的には良い点は
The mindset that people have here
日本人のマインドセットだね
If they find something they like
何か興味がある事を見つけたら
They become an expert in that thing
それに関するエキスパートになるよね
It can be a good thing and a bad thing because
これは良し悪しあると思うけど
If they like something they will become the best
興味があるものに関して極めるけど
But they don’t do other stuffs
あまり他のものに手を付けなくなるでしょ
Alsi another bad thing that I found here is that
あと他にマイナスな点を挙げると
For example transportation and stuff like that It’s quite expensive
公共交通とか高いよね
You think?
そう?
Super expensive
めっちゃ高いよ
Compare to Mexico it’s quite expensive
メキシコに比べたら高いね
Just to make this comment I think
これについてコメントすると
The transportation is the best I have experienced because
最高の公共交通が整ってるね
You can grab a train and you can be anywhere in two hours
二時間もあれば電車でどこでも行けるじゃん?
So that’s quite good but I think it’s a little bit expensive
だから良いんだけどやっぱり高いよね
And also traveling around Tokyo
都内の移動とかさ
For us we are students It can be also super expensive
僕ら学生だからすごく高く感じるよ
Hopefully you will enjoy life in Japan more
日本の生活をより楽しんでもらえたらいいな
Just two months you’ve been here, right? So it’s gonna be good
まだ二ヵ月だからこれからさらに良くなるよ
Muchas gracias guys!
協力ありがとね
3組目 ロシア、ドイツ出身の女性2人組に聞いてみた!
Where are you from?
出身は?
Russia
ロシアよ
I’m from Germany
私はドイツよ
How long have you guys been in Japan now?
日本に住んでどれくらい?
Ten years
10年よ
Quite a long time huh?
だいぶ長いね
Are? Nihongo syaberemasu?
あれ?日本語喋れます?
Two years only
まだ二年よ
Do you speak Japanese though?
日本語は話せるの?
A little bit
ちょっとだけね
A little bit’s enough you are studying
勉強中ってことで少しだけで十分
In this video I wanna ask you
この動画では二人が
How you are feeling about Japan
日本にどう感じてるのか聞きたいんだけど
Why did you come to Japan?
何で日本に来たの?
My parents, they are working here
両親が日本で働いてるからよ
Because of your parents job
親の仕事の関係ね
I came here for studies
勉強しにきたの
Studying Japanese?
日本語の勉強?
No business
ビジネスよ
I was actually in Singapore before
以前はシンガポールにいたんだけど
Then I came here
そこから日本に来たの
Before you came here to Japan
日本に来る以前は
Were you interested in Japan?
日本に興味とかあった?
Yeah
うん
I like anime
私アニメ好きなの
How about you?
お姉さんは?
I don’t really know about Japanese culture yeah
日本の文化とかはわからなかったわ
What kind of image did you have about Japan before you came here?
日本のイメージってどんな感じだった?
Clean People are nice
清潔でみんな良い人
Has it been like that now?
イメージ通りって感じになってる?
Yeah they are nice
そうね
How about you?
お姉さんはどう?
I think modern like I hear a lot of technology and stuff
モダンな感じでテクノロジーが発展してる感じね
People are nice That’s what I’ve heard
人が良いっていうのも聞いてたし
You’ve been here for a quite long time A couple of years and ten years
数年とか10年もいるとさ
You must have had something good about Japan
当たり前だけど日本の良いとことか
And also something This is a little bit difficult to live with
日本のこれきついっていうのとかあるでしょ?
Because the culture is really different
文化かなり違うと思うからさ
So I wanna know what’s the good thing you’ve found and
どんなところを良く感じていて
Also what is the difficult thing you’ve found here in Japan to live wih
何に難しいと感じているのか教えてよ
I like the food The people are sweet Mansions
食べ物と人とマンションとか好きね
I like that everything is clean Because Berlin is really dirty
ベルリンは汚いから日本の清潔さも大好き
It’s so safe here
日本はとても安全だわ
Everyone feels it’s safe huh?
みんな安全だと感じてるな~
You can walk outside at night
夜でも外歩けるじゃん
In Russia it’s like impossible
ロシアなら不可能ね
Really?
マジ?
Yeah kind of
そんな感じよ
So it’s super safe
だからここはとても治安がいいわ
Have you found something difficult to live with here?
これ共存し難いなあみたいなのはある?
People are super nice but when you are like Look little bit different
みんな良い人なんだけど少し見た目が違うと
Like foreigners they are just like
外国人みたいなさ
How to say like
なんて言うんだろう
Stare so much
凄くジロジロ見られるって言うのかな
They treat you a little bit different?
ちょっと違う感じで扱われるのかな?
In a good way and a bad way as well at the same time
良い面でも悪い面でも同時にね
They kind of look at you like alien sometimes
たまにエイリアンみたいな感じで見られるわ
Because there’s not much diversity here so maybe Some people are not used to it
あまり多様性がないから人によっては慣れてないね
They don’t really say what’s under mind So they are always like
本音をあまり言わないよね
If they want to say no They lind of take a long detour
Noと言いたい時も回りくどい感じになるし
And it’s so pricy here as well So expensive
あとはすごく物価が高いかなって
German people are very straight forward yeah
ドイツ人は直接的だからね
They say things
みんな言葉にするじゃん
I used to work with German people so I know
ドイツ人と仕事してたからわかるよ
Russian too
ロシア人もよ
Definitely hundred percent Myabe number one in the world
いや世界一そうかもね
That was interesting to know
知れてよかったよ
Thank you very much ladies
二人ともありがとう
you guys are looking fabulous
とても綺麗だよ
Confidence is the key
自信が鍵だね!
4組目 オーストラリア出身の男性に聞いてみた!
Where are you from?
出身は?
I’m from Australia
オーストラリアだよ
I live in Australia for seven years now
もうオーストラリア七年住んでるよ
How long have you been in Japan now?
日本に住んでどれくらい?
Yeah a few years now Maybe four years
数年だな~四年くらいかな?
What made you come here?
なんで来たの?
I had some friends living here and
日本に住んでる友達がいてね
I wanted to do Working holiday
それでワーキングホリデーしたいと思って
So that was the first reason I came
それがきっかけかな
Before you came here did you like Japan? Wee\re you interested in Japan?
来る前から日本に興味があったの?
I didn’t know much about Japan
あんま知らなかったなあ
I wasn’t into anime I wasn’t into any particular part
アニメとかこれといってハマってた物も無かったし
Coz most of people are like that
大抵の人はそうだからね
There’s a lot of people like that I just
確かに多くの人がそうだね
I didn’t have that and
僕は違くて
Had some friends that were living here and Just I came here and yeah
住んでた友達がいたから来ただけだよ
Before you came to Japan What kind of image did you have about Japan?
来る前はどんな日本を想像していたの?
I thought it was like The technology’s kind of crazy Kind of the future
テクノロジーがもの凄くて未来的で
Robots talk to you or
ロボットが話しかけてくるとかね
Crazy toilets and
クレイジートイレとかね
Toilets are still crazy aye?
トイレはクレイジーだよね
It’s still crazy
本当そうだね
You like Japanese toilet?
日本のトイレ好き?
It’s the best
最高だよ
And it’s just convenient Easy to get around and safe
あと日本は便利で交通の便も良いし安全だね
Last question is gonna be like this
最後の質問
What kind of Good thing about Japan have you found?
日本の良いところや
What kind of negative image like This is actually difficult to live with
これ共存し難いってのがあれば
Like you must have something right?
何かあるでしょ?
Language is probably the hardest thing
言語が一番きついかなあ
When you go to a new place and you start living there
新しい地に行って生活し始めれば
You just learn the language
その国の言語を学べるよね
But it’s not like that
でもそうは行ってないんだ
Still straggling?
苦労してる?
You have to put the time in
時間かけないとだし
So when I see people like you who just can speak English like this
だから君みたいに英語話せる人を見ると
It’s impressive
すごいなって思うよ
That’s one of the things yeah
だからこれが一番かな
Have you found anything really good about Japan?
日本のこれ本当にいいなって思う点は?
The one of the best things is just the food like
食べ物だよね
Even the basic food
ベーシックな食べ物でもさ
Like if you go to a convenient store The level of the quality is like really good
コンビニ飯でもクオリティがすごいじゃん
I feel it mate
めっちゃ感じるよ
If you have a bad meal in Japan You feel like disappointed
日本で不味い食べ物に出会ったらがっかりだね
Coz even the average food is just still really good
アベレージなレベルでももうレベちだからさ
Everyone loves food
みんな日本のご飯大好きだね
Thank you for your time
協力ありがとう
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