Kyoto BEEF Explained 3 😂

In Japanese, whenever we move towards the capital, we say, 上る or go up. When we move away from the capital, we say 下る or go down.

So the JR Shinkansen ride that runs from say, Osaka to Tokyo, is called the 上り Nobori and the reverse direction is called the 下り Kudari.

But to some Kyoto people… 😂

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[Notauckland]

I feel like Kyoto is that one person who becomes famous, then still acts like their famous even when they fall off

[Sreya_]

Rest of the world: Going down the memory lane.⬇️

Kyoto: Going up the memory lane. ⬆️

[andwoe]

In Austria, it's still common in dialects to say go up/down to (a town, region, even village), but roughly based on altitude. So since the capital is relatively low, most people would say go down to Vienna.

[g-manchanel]

Kyoto: "You remind me about Saint Petersburg, Tokyo"
Tokyo: "Why?"
Kyoto: "You will understand that later..."

[kurtc]

Who needs language when you are from Kyoto, the one and only true capital 😂

[raksjaja]

we usually just say “up” or “down” in reference to north/south or if the place is in a higher or lower altitude

[shadowjewel]

I love the heat on Kyoto on this channel, it's so funny. 😂

I live in the UK, and when we are going up to, or down to somewhere it all depends on weather it is north or south from where you currently are. If it is to the north, we are going up there, if it to the south we are going down there. To the east or west, we are going over there. 😁

[Lunettarose]

How interesting! We used to do the same thing in England, too (not sure about other countries in the UK!), people would always say "I'm going up to London", no matter if they were travelling north or south.

These days, it's changed so you go down to anywhere south, and up to anywhere north.

[tom_something]

Interesting! In the US, we generally use "up" for "north" and "down" for "south". From my location, I might travel up to San Francisco or down to San Jose. East and west are both called "over".

Of course, if the trip involves a significant change of altitude, then "up" and "down" usually refer to going uphill or downhill.

[MonographicSingleheadedM-spwk]

Some random Kyoto people in the comments probably fuming 😂😂

[Moon]

Also cool side note fact too that made me be reminded of the lesson of today!

There are Pokémon characters in the core game series called ‘ノボリ (Nobori)‘ and his twin bother ‘クダリ(Kudari)’!

Their names also means the same of going up or down! Because they are train conductors! Identical Twin brother, train conductors!

They have Pokémon on their team the represents their lifestyle and the environment around them that fits their personality perfectly❤❤❤❤

[snoodledumpling]

For some reason here in California 'up' tends to be for traveling away from home and 'down' tends to be towards home. But then there is also a tendency for 'up' to be for traveling Northwards and 'down' for Southwards.

Which version you use seems to depend on scale of travel and familiarity with the area (the further from home you get the more likely 'up' becomes Northerly travel).

[ethanrivers]

I am 30 years old, I have lived in Puerto Rico my whole life and I have NEVER understood why people say "we're going down to (insert town name)" or"we're going up to (insert town name)" you may have just cleared up 30 years of confusion. We speak Spanish but omg 🙃🙃🙃🙃

[slinkywhippet]

In the UK we're the same - in the "Queen's English" you always go up to London (our capital) no matter where you are geographically. This isn't as common as it once was, though not due to being hung up on history, but it is technically "correct".

[Eliktro]

Its similar to cracow in Poland some people there still believe it shouldn't been changed to Warsaw

[joellequek]

Made my entire new year just from this 😂 I had a good laugh

[glenngriffon]

We do this in English too, as you demonstrate. I noticed it in my own mannerisms a few years ago that I'll typically use up and down, not for geological placement but for how a place is held in my heart.
"I'm gonna go up to Houston tomorrow" i might say, despite living 300 miles north of the city.

[ymg]

Thanks for your always fascinating videos! French-speaking Quebequers have a similar expression: you go "down" from Montreal or Quebec City to smaller cities and go "up" to Montreal or Quebec from smaller towns. Understanding how you go "up" when traveling south, east, or west took me a while. Spanish is my mother language.

[anaibag]

Never expected to hear a jazz version of the humoresque, let alone in a video about japan
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[violetandy]

The more I think about the content you create, the more I am amazed by your charismatic personality, Kyota-Ko sensei 🙏