Being a "Foreigner" English Girl Born in Japan | Japanese is My Native Language! ft. Jazmine

私も震災で地理的にJazmineさんのことを思い起こしました。彼女のチャンネルやインスタには投稿がなかったので、ここに心配の気持ちを書いておきます。

Sachiko, are you guys OK? (earthquake). 輪島の片田舎に住んでると聞いていたから、地震ですぐ貴女のことを思い出しました。でもここに投稿するしか無事を聞く方法が無い。田舎の家は重い瓦葺きだったりして頭でっかちの家は地震には弱く、すぐ倒壊する。無事であったことを祈ります。

石川県は、大変な事になってますが、今は、どうされてますか？

Just watching this now in 2024 after the recent earthquake. Sending prayers to Jazmine and her family. </3

Amazing British accent despite never living in the UK ☺

この彼女は石川県輪島にお母さんが輪島ぬりしてる、2024年に入り能登半島に地震があった元旦に私はイギリス30年住んでるけどなんだか凄く心配になりました。この方のお母さんの輪島塗りや牛小屋を改造してアトリエにしたり素晴らしい職人さんです。❤どうか皆さんご無事でありますよう祈ります。

Great and interesting video! Not so different from Asian kids, born and raised in the US.

She looks a lot like Kate Middleton.

So charming and solid

So Japanese, like how she couldn't correct her English teacher in front of the class, because it's disrespectful to correct elders/superiors (even when they are totally wrong)

❤

Surely if you were born in Japan, that makes you Japanese ? I thought people took their nationality from where they were born ??

死ぬほどタイプ

She speaks native Japanese but her mannerisms are quite different from typical Japanese girls. She does not have the shyness that is commonly seen in young Japanese girls, and her openness is quite reminiscent of Western girls, though not the same as contemporary British girls either. Her unique cultural upbringing has given rise to her unique body language and personality. Way to go, Sachiko-san! 👍

Omg I tried learning Japanese from the Duolingo app and Gohan apparently means rice? But when he says rice and bread I didn’t hear it:,(

I think she's beautiful! 😍 Xx

This was amazing! Thank you.

It's hard being a minority whatever nationality or ethnicity....she has a good attitude and insights.

It's interesting that she lacks a lot of the English slang words that other English-speaking people her age use. It makes sense that she grew up speaking English with only adults.

Thank you both for a really wonderful insight into a world that the vast majority of people could never even imagine what it is like to live in.
[I was born to British parents who were working in south east Asia, then we lived in both south and north Africa, Netherlands and Switzerland (10 homes by the age of 18 before I went to uni in the UK - very different from your experiences, but also with a lot of similarities, like the sense of being the "foreigner" when living full time in countries that you love, speak the language, go to school in etc]
What really struck me is that you are both such lovely people, empathetic, intelligent and with an innate kindness on how you interpret and retell the various experiences and events in your life, which have obviously not all been sugar and pearls.
Max .. you come across as a truly great guy, and I love what you are doing.
That said, wowowowow Jazmine, you seriously have to be one of the most wonderful human beings I have learned about in my many decades on this planet! Kudos girl in how you carry yourself and the amazing woman you already are. But mostly, heartfelt wishes and the best luck in achieving all your dreams 👍❤

This girl is almost my opposite. I was one of few Asians in a white community. I didn't learn English until I was 5 and English was my best subject. My parents were white, and unfortunately, I completely lost my native language. I understand the need to fit in with everyone else but looking totally different.

Very interesting stories!

一緒になりたくて仕方ないか…
日本の教育が色濃くでた一言だな
まぁ教育関係なくそういう環境だったっていうのも予想はできるけど

貴重な配信を見させてもらいました。日本は日本らしくグローバルになりすぎない事も、日本らしさ(謙虚、恥ずかしがり、婉曲な表現をする等の傾向がある事)が日本国のアイデンティティーだと思います。でも困っている人を見かけたら(特に外国の方？)助ける事も多いと思います。よく言われるような欧米の
個人主義？とは一線を画する面があると思います。基本、他人に迷惑をかけるなら行動しない　とか。この精神は、子供の頃から皆で助け合って掃除をしたり、給食を食べたり、道徳を勉強したりする事で培われている事は容易に想像できます。これがなくなったら、今の日本らしさはなくなるでしょう。日本は日本らしく、海外は海外らしくで良いと思います。

Awesome

hahaha the first question being do you like natto is the best. It's so funny, I grew up on natto (US) and doesn't smell or taste "off" at all to me but my wife is like "THATS ROTTEN".

this woman is amazing! holy smokes what a dynamic human being

Growing in a German household in France, without TV and such either, it's really striking how much I relate with Jazmine. Especially the part where you speak the language fluently but without a limited "house vocabulary" and being seen as speaking old-fashioned.

Man, she pretty.

Too much American TV, sounds American now mostly

very entertaining...

How is she British?

If you are English, why are you using a British flag?

She looks like a young Catherine, Princess of Wales.

This interview blew me away. What an incredible human being.

I'm so impressed with how Jazmine could share the feelings she had growing up. A really great person to inspire other young people, and I think her parents and she should be so proud!

Her and Pearls Japanese is so identical, specially the intonation. So, so, so.

It's so weird how this would never even be made in most western countries. Even somewhere like Poland or Ukraine, where it's less diverse. Nobody could care less if a Chinese/Japanese/Indian etc. person grew up there. Just shows how closed off Japan is.

just a beautiful person inside and out

I guess some people understand the difference between nationality and ethnicity. She is Japanese in every way but her ethnicity.

Your video format is too long and too disorganized and too informal. The answer to your questions are too diluted and rambling. You give your guest too much freedom to talk in circles and not get to the point. I lost attention. Maybe it's just this guest, but she should answer in 3 sentences not ramble for 5 min on each question without making clear statements.

Just a comment on teacher micro agression toward student, it happens in all countries, i had a jewish history teacher in Europe who would pick purely arbitrarily who he hated and would fail them no matter how well they did in exam. I don't know why he hated me but i was one of his targets and in history grading is very much difficult to prove, it's a teacher tyranny. So i ended up with horrible grades even though i was a good student. I wasn't the only one targeted and there was no way to prove it. His name was Weiss.

She is Soooooooo sweet

普通に学校の授業受けて宿題してテスト勉強頑張ったくらいでは1位にはならないですよ。家庭の事情で2カ国語を使うハンデがありながら国語で優秀な成績を取ったジャズミンさんを、先生は最高に褒めたのです。差別という話では無いです。土日も部活めっちゃ頑張ってる生徒が模試で1番取った感じです。

国語で1位を取った翌日の先生のお話はジャスミンさんが一位を取った事を叱ったのでなく、
両親外国人の彼女がこれだけ頑張って国語で結果出してるのに両親日本人のお前等何やってんのって、他の生徒を発破かけたかったのだろうなと察せられますけど
それって先生の発言として最悪

At least several mentions of her mother but none of her father. Wonder why.

She can't decide whether her English is rhotic or not. Sloppy accent.

I hope one day "being Japanese" will mean a person who lives in Japan and acts as a native and not "being born to Japanese parents". From what I've read current Japan would benefit greatly from allowing more immigrants in. It's in power of government to create a temporary safe space for newcomers to accomodate to cultural norms without bothering natives too much.

So sad that she hasn't live in an English only speaking country. She will find that if she does go there, she will not be treated with disrespect as she is in Japan. She is use to it having lived there her whole life. But as a foreigner who has lived for years in a foreign country, people from that country can not see past your white skin even if you speak like them, drink like them, and eat like them. You are always treated differently. As they say in Asia, his hair may be black, but it is not black like mine. Having blond hair or brown hair and white skin, you NEVER fit in. There are pros and cons with this.

Can we clone her?