Why You Should NOT Move to Japan

Many people tell me that they want to move to Japan, which I completely understand because I personally love it here. I love the food, the culture and how safe it is, relatively speaking. Obviously not everything is perfect in Japan, it’s a small island with a lot people living close together especially in the cities, so there has to be some compromises. I think some foreigners moving here, don’t come here with that compromise mindset and are rudely surprised when things are not as they thought. I wanted to make this video and share issues that some foreigners complain about when living in Japan. So you have a little more information before you decide to move your entire life to Japan to later realize that Japan isn’t for you. Working in Japan and living in Japan takes a special person who can compromise and understand that life in Japan is not going be like life back at home. The people who can appreciate and understand the differences generally do well living in Japan.

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0:00 - Intro

1:15 - 1. Small & Expensive Homes

2:09 - 2. Small Clothing

3:02 - 3. No Return Policy

3:31 - 4. Too Much Paperwork

3:59 - 5. Forms Not Foreigner-Friendly

4:56 - 6. Small Food Portions

5:26 - 7. Mandatory Car Inspections

7:06 - 8. Social Conformity

7:49 - 9. Weak Drugs

9:00 - 10. Late Releases

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[AnnaBluelueluep]

"a lot of paperwork" - me being german, living in the land of paperwork

[akshatk]

*Q:* Why you shouldn't move to japan?
*A:* People don't speak with subtitles...

[Dimmiiee]

Moral of the story:
Life is unfortunately not like anime

[yuu-nbis]

Hi, I'm Japanese.I always watch your channel !
I didn't realize that foreigner have trouble with their middle name.I think we should change this.
Japan is comfortable to live so I wish many people come to Japan when the Coronavirus situation settles down☺️
We are waiting to see you🤍

[briish]

Weebs after they realize it’s not a paradise where they will be trained to be the strongest weapon of humanity and get a girl and marry her
“Why am I still here? Just to suffer”

[llanikai]

I’m Japanese. When I was living in the U.S, I had a pain medication that gives me hallucinations and it was too strong. I think we Japanese are smaller than Western people, that is why our dose is small but they are perfect for Japanese I think.

[Inception]

Just for the record: Japan has more cities than just Tokyo.

[gjk]

My sister-in-law is Japanese-American. Her Japanese mother would force her and her two sisters to visit Japan with her once a year so they would get to know their relatives and the country. They hated it, and, when they were old enough to say "no, " refused to go back. They couldn't abide the patriarchal culture and the way their male cousins treated them. I hope things have changed for the better.

[czoxzwx]

rent for a one bedroom apartment is 700!

me in San Francisco “wow that’s cheap”

[joshuawangadi]

It's funny how Japan is so technologically advanced yet still paper-based when it comes to documents.

[takosdon]

The country of Japan has been completely perfected as a place for Japanese people to live. Therefore, it is more difficult than you might imagine for a foreigner to live in Japan. This is why many foreigners leave Japan as soon as they are disappointed.

[mochabunny]

I think even after hearing these things I would still want to go to Japan. There are so many beautiful things to see and experience when moving to a different place. I want to be able to connect and communicate with so many more people however, since I am still a minor a lot of these things like the paperwork and fees seem overwhelming but i know I can learn and grow so that these things won’t seem so daunting to me anymore.

[Cyborg_]

"Homes are tiny and expensive"
New York: How about tiny, expensive AND dirty???

[Shabu]

Key takeaway: Have a lot of money before moving to Japan, got it

[themkeyline]

"Lot of people living in small area"
People in big indian cities :- "It's perfect!!Let's go" 😂😂

[abdullahalghamdi]

It’s like he’s saying : “don’t come to japan, please”

[Steve.p.]

I don't know why people complain about small homes. The smaller the home, the less cleaning you have to do. I'd love one of those little apartments.

[Apureguria]

many of these points are very similar to living in Germany, especially paper documents... they still use fax XD
now I live in England and everything can be done online or just by calling. I got my residence card in less than one month, while in Germany it took 6-7 months

[AG-nlsb]

The fact that you get to be with groups and socialize is one of the biggest plus point for me. I honestly cannot adapt to the individualistic culture and when I came to US I felt a sense of loneliness and out-casted. I really love the Japanese culture and how beautiful the place is. This feeling was something I learned from my aunt who lives in Japan and told me about the culture since I was a kid. I grew learning about the goods and the bads but the good has always outweighed the bad in my perspective so I will have biases regardless lol but just wanna let people know that these reason shouldn't be the reason to stop thinking of visiting or even living in Japan. Just remember that every country has pros and cons :)

[grandmaflossieandme]

I lived in Japan for 50 years and loved it. The things you mentioned are true, but not enough of a problem to ruin a person’s stay if we keep in mind that different is not necessarily wrong. It’s just different. I have kept this in mind as I returned to my passport country for retirement and it has helped my reverse culture shock. I have actually been surprised at how much paperwork there is in the US too these days.