Things Foreigners get HATED for in Japan

So petty 😄

Manners seem to be something different. Rather, it is important to read the atmosphere of the place.
I'm a Japanese person who worked in Shibuya, and I was bothered by several foreigners suddenly stopping on a narrow street.
Tourists are a nuisance when you get home from work and are tired.
It's great to come to Japan and have fun, but please be careful not only in front of you but also in front of you.

I'm starting to think these videos are made to try and keep people from wanting to visit Japan it's just too many of these kind of videos I don't believe it's bad enough to make a video about

The most racist people.

What if I carry my own personal fork and spoon with me when I eat? Will this save me from having to practice chopstick etiquette? 😊

SUBSCRIBED! LOVED IT! So informative. I think that is what I love about the culture and society in Japan. It is so structured. Having lived in Toronto, Canada Mendoza, Argentina and Barcelona, Spain, you can see the cultural difference between all the countries but what they do lack is structure, order and respect in society. Something as common as walking 2 by 2's on the sidewalk seems reasonable and smart but here in Spain where I currently live, you will see groups of (not kidding) like 4+ people just tidal waving the whole sidewalk. It's annoying AF and i've gotten into bouts and arguments about it, then get called the occasional racist slur from some racist pricks but w.e.

I'm American and I hate seeing people eat on public transportation too. First of all it's dirty. They don't clean the trains, subway cars or buses. They also leave a mess. I am also annoyed by hearing everyone's conversation. People are so loud!. I don't like talking on the phone even if it's my car phone unless it's a short/important call. I talk to you when I get home.

How about not to go to Japan all together!

I'm Brazilian and I had no idea about the escalators. Here in Brazil, it doesn't matter if you walk up to the right or left. Interesting, thank you.

THIS WOULDN'T BE ACCEPTABLE IN THE US!! YOU WOULD BE LABELED A RACIST

If this was reversed and you were interviewing in the US, holy crap, talk about double standards

"have to be quiet on trains"... and yet they keep blasting BS over the trains' speakers every 5 seconds.. much more annoying than casual conversation lol.

As an English person I can't think of many things more pleasant than a quiet train journey. Don't think Ive ever had one here without putting music in my ears.

A lot of these bad habits really come from those who have the ability to travel al the time. From my experience those who take there ability to travel to foreign countries also tend to be rude and entitled. Its basically the well off not understanding (or not caring) about how there behaviors effect others. A shame because those who cant travel often or those respectful of the cultures are grouped in the same category because everyone is a foreigner.

Eh, it works the same thing in every country. Just like the Japanese hate what foreigners do in Japan, we can say the same for ANY other foreigner that enters the US, namely California (where I am from). The thing is, appreciate there are foreigners willing to visit your country & accept they cannot adapt overnight to the lifestyle of that particular country. Appreciate they came to your country & are willing to try.

Stop these types of videos and accept!!!!

As I said, I live in CA & conform to any foreigner(s) visiting or that want to live here. It will take time for them to adapt because it's NOT their country. It's just something we have adapted to.

It's not just a Japan problem. People need to learn to share the damn sidewalk, it's annoying to have to go out of my way to walk waaaaay around groups of people who make no effort to move over to let you pass.

皆「少し」とかって言ってるのにそれが翻訳ささってなくて草

If I ever get the chance to visit Japan, I promise not to misbehave and be a rude asshole or an obnoxious tourist.

So osaka isnt japan...

A lot of these are just common sense. Unfortunately there are trash people visiting abroad that give the rest of us a bad name.

So.... basically all the same things that are annoying all around the world :P

Japanese girls are cute. I find the Japanese people civil and pleasant. Einstein once wrote of the Japanese that they were (and I quote) "unostentatious, decent, altogether very appealing,” and he added: “Pure souls as nowhere else among people. One has to love and admire this country.”

I've been living in Japan for around 2 years. Almost all the train manners and street manners mentioned here are done also by Japanese people. People have cut in front of me many times while queuing for trains, people talk on their phones, are loud, they even drink beer on regular JR trains and the demographic of the offenders are from young to old. Tourists and foreigners in general just get unfairly singled out for doing things even ordinary Japanese people do. If you come to Japan just try to be respectful and assess the situation, and heck it's great if you learn about some manners but I just feel Japanese people like to single out foreigners for "bad things".

I would note that two things here are also valid in the UK. Don’t open and eat the food in a supermarket until you’ve paid for it. Don’t take photos of random school girls, unless you wish to have a beating and be arrested. I would note that the UK prison system is not kind to nonces so the beating may happen after the arrest.

Who tf opens food before buying it?

Honestly I am American, but all of this stuff should be common sense and I don't know why it isn't.

How non-Japanese people hold the rice bowls and use the chopsticks should not be subject to bad manners. They all do it differently and that’s okay, it’s an unfamiliar territory for them so shouldn’t be judged.

Bad manners are: talking loudly in public, littering space shared with other people, and cutting the wait lines.

Conclusion: do not judge because they do things differently or look different from you.

I m just dying when they call us gaijin in our own countries 😂 i m becoming countryless each time a japanese opens their mouth to talk about us .

What a weird way to frame the question, like xenophobia just oozing in the premise. Also, the interviewer looks like a foreigner too lol.

Japanese people not only walk side by side in groups, they also talk on the phone on a train. Oh, and it's always the foreigners getting up to let an elderly person sit on the train. I have never seen a Japanese local do that, ever.

seems japan is a very quiet place

Who tf takes pictures of school girls? Creeps 😒

#1 thing to NOT do in Japan, is wear stupid hats.

I moved there after reading books and guide books. There are so many rules NOT covered, and people never told me. Sometimes there is only so much you can learn from observation if noone tells you. For example, I didn't know not to eat in public. Just because I didn't see people do it, didn't mean that I knew it was a rule - maybe they weren't hungry when I was or they ate in their house when I was in a different suburb. I think if you have a way of doing things, and people not doing that correctly annoys you, you have to be able to politely tell them, otherwise you perpetuate the problem. i found that if someone did tell me, they were already upset and frustrated. Most people aren't being rude on purpose (though they do talk about people being really rude tourists - sorry for them). Videos explaining the rules is helpful (though you would need sooo many videos for all the small, contextual rules as we can see from the eating rules that may not be known by a Japanese person). It's just a shame it had to start with 'What do you hate about foreigners?', rather than 'If you come to Japan, here are the rules.' It's just normalising the anti-foreigner attitude that makes it so hard to live there. I'm sure that Japanese travellers in other countries can understand preferring to be told so they don't cause further offence. So please help us out.

Brief summary:
Be aware and respectful of others needs.
Don’t be self absorbed or mildly sociopathic.

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I lmao'd when that girl said that folks are filming them and pointing out that they're Japanese but hello? In Japan, not exactly rare lolol.

I also think it is weird when people open food/drinks in the US supermarkets before paying for them. I think it's inconsiderate to the cashier to hand them your half-eaten thing to scan at the register. Seems kind of gross. Also, it's the convention to pay for something before using it.

Respect begets respect. This applies to all kinds of people. We are all human beings not animals. I agree that many people forgot their manners, not just foreigners but people in all walks of life.
So everyone mind your manners!

Only people who respect Japan and our rules should come here. If you come here and complain, just go back to where you came from.

I recently was told of a foreigner in my country, a Japanese foreigner from some rude'n' rural backwater, who locked himself out of his rental property. What did he do? He opened the unlocked door of his neighbour and crossed the threshold, the ignorant, uncultured pig. There are places in the world where such behaviour will be met with unfortunate consequences. Hiroshima happened for a reason.

The main difference between the u.s. and Japan, is that this video would never be made because it would be considered racist. No means no in the US too and you would get into a lot of trouble for photographing a young girl. People in the US are assertive and would tell you to move to the side to the side on an escalator.

Suspendas LMAO

I always respect the environment and people of the country I visit. I think you need to give ‘foreigners’ a bit more credit. I’ve been to Japan many times and observed the Japanese doing similar things you’ve mentioned. And, are we really HATED, by the locals?

It is quite stupid how people think Japanese who does it won't get hated. Oh yes they do get silent hate, probably more then foreigners since people would assume Japanese would know the manner and intentionally ignoring it. So sick and tired of these people with victim mindset. You have no intention to learn, you just scream we are being discriminated. I really hope these type of losers will leave Japan, you are no good.

日本人がやったら許されるのに！とかいっている人々が多くてドン引き。なんなら日本人がやったときのほうが厳しいわ、マナーを知っているのに破っているとみなされるから。すきあらば日本人は差別的でー僕たちは被害者ーと言い出すから、そういう人たちは心底嫌い。

So they copy us in every way but we gotta watch how we stand on the train gtfoh

number one: harassing women...

To foreigners who harbor paranoia.

There are people in Japan who do not follow manners and rules, but it is not because they are Japanese that they are allowed to do so. Foreigners are told something about rules because they don't know the rules and think they are worth teaching. Japanese people do not want to put effort into improving bad manners because they think it is too late for adults.

Gotta laugh when they talked about streamers, because it reminds me of all the polyglot streamers who do that whole 'They didn't know I knew what they were saying' schtick, or the 'watch the faces of the folks in the background when I start speaking their language'. That always strikes me as being incredibly rude, and on par with police speed traps.

Okay...so all of this is bad and gaijin should not do it.
Let the Japanese people know, much of what they say upsets them? Upsets foreigners in their own countries.