Avoid Doing This In JAPAN! 🙅

Follow these tips and tricks to avoid messing up while travelling in Japan!

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[TokyoCreativePlay]

Anyone got a trip to Japan planned? Hopefully these tips will come in handy! 🇯🇵

[Nosceteipsum]

Ngl, sometimes I just come here to check on Emma cause I miss her on her personal YT.

[dodiatkins]

This duo is the best. Great information. Sending love from SanDiego. 😊

[NoFace-zz]

Another Emma and Sarah vid! Great start to the weekend!! 🎉🎉🎉

[jlee]

Another low-cost video from TC featuring their two best personalities. Difficult to do, but thanks Emma and Sarah. Hope you got to eat some yummy stuff while doing this

[Highwind]

Thanks for the tips!, I keep this in mind when I go to Japan, appreciate the info 👍

[TomDorantes]

Taking my autistic son to celebrate his 30th birthday in October to Japan. Cant wait to visit!!!

[byghostlight]

Part of me feels like the hardest thing coming from Australia will be the 'trust exercise' of leaving your shoes at door, in a public place.

[karinmorino]

Omg I want to clarify: eating on board of shinkansen is totally okay! Even though they're also trains it's way different. This is just my theory but I feel like a good sign if you can eat or not in a train is if there are tables. Tables = eating allowed.

[blackburdy]

also, please do no not block the escalator and learn which side to stand on (it changes depending on where you are) I feel like this is common in most cities around the world, but especially in Tokyo train stations on escalators stand to the side. I have noticed during my daily commute this is the one thing that really irritates locals.

[janusu]

It took me quite a while, at least six months to a year, to stop head bobbing and bowing to people when I returned to the States after living in Japan for seven years. It definitely becomes second nature to do this after you've been there a while. Another habit I had to break was a tendency to repeat myself. This is something I picked up as advice from a colleague as I was an English teacher, that repeating what you said was an effective way to get your message though to the listener/student. It took me a while to shake that, and I thought it was something unique to language teachers, but I've since noticed that my wife, who is Japanese, does this pretty much all the the time. And I think I've noticed other Japanese people doing this, so I don't know if it's a unique quirk of a few people, or if it is a Japanese cultural thing.
I was aware of the etiquette of pouring drinks for each other at restaurants, but I don't think I ever picked up on the hierarchy aspect of it. The height of people's beverages when we did the cheers/kampai thing seemed random to me, but I bet it was there and I just never realized.
Pretty much all my shoes now are slip-on; sneakers, dress shoes, casual, etc. all have a slip-on grip around the ankle, rather than shoelaces, with the exception of shoes designed specifically for tennis or running. It's so much more convenient to just pop them off my feet really quick, or step into them without having to reach down or sit down to tie an untie them. I recommend anyone planning to take a trip to Japan invest in a good pair of comfortable slip-on walking shoes. It will save you a lot of hassle having to do that, as well.

[Fun-pflw]

another fun video from you two!! Thanks

[TheShadowChesireCat]

I gotta say, Sarah, my fave give out omiyage is those tacky clip on koalas. Even better if they have an Australian flag vest or are holding a little flag. But it's definitely an item people have to keep and that can be a pain.

If you're going over to Japan, I do recommend snacks. Australians, bring some wacky stuff. Caramello Koalas and eucalyptus drops, and if you grab some cute little cellophane packages from a 2 dollar store or Daiso and break up some share packs from the supermarket, you don't even have to spend too much to really thank people. 1 caramello koala and like 2 or 3 eucalyptus drops per package is good.

I will say this as someone who is in the travel industry, gifting them to your hotel concierge staff or local tour guides is a really nice way to thank them, especially if they give amazing service (like the English tour guide at the Edo Museum I got. He seemed like he didn't think I was interested, until I asked him some questions that only history buffs would think about. Eventually we got talking about professional wrestling in Japan and he told me some cool facts I still think about).

I think it's good to put like 2 gifts in your daily backpack or purse just in case. You never know when someone is going to help you in such a way that requires thanks like that.

[andrewwylie]

Aloha! Thanks for another informative video. You two are great together. 🙂

[joshabooth]

I bought TimTams at a grocery store next to Hiroshima station last year. They had caramel. God I love timtams.

[Mister]

1:15 Little bows of respect have become very common in Australia. I'm not sure if that's due to so many Australians visiting Japan but I see it all the time

[Genmah]

Growing up in Sweden we also have a "no shoes indoor" policy and I really don't get countries that doesn't have. The floors must get so dirty lol. Leave shoes at door = far cleaner floors.

[teruphoto]

I was in Tokyo last week with a constant eye open for my fave content creators but alas, I never got the chance to ask "Are you Youtuber?"

11:40 I was amazed/appalled at how oblivious some tourists were about being noisy on the train. In the past, it was usually tourist from a certain Mainland country but this time it was mostly Westerners with North American accents.

9:55 I noticed tipping cans were quite common at independent coffee shops, which was great because I got to show my appreciation for the great food/drink

[CtFshd]

If you are one of the first few customers of a small shop, try not to give say a 10000 yen note when you are only buying like 1-2000 yen worth of stuff. They might not have enough small change at the start of the day.

One hot tip, is to go to a train station, when topping up the suica card, select say 1000 or 2000, then chuck a 10000 yen in, it will give you the change back in 1000 yen notes.

[madhatta]

Always have your passport on you at all times. Do not j walk wait for traffic lights to change. If you have a backpack on the the train put it in the front so not to have it someone's face or just put in on the floor. Don't try and put your fingers between the train doors if your trying to get on as your fingers will be crushed, just wait for the next train. If your at the train station and your checking what the next train is on the board don't stand in the middle of traffic (people) just stand near a pole and check. If the train is full and your near the doors and the train arrives at a station just get off to the side of train for people to get off, then hop back in. And yes as I've been to Japan for a few years now that I've gotten into the habit of nodding my head when taking to people at home. Keep up the good work. Also Japanese people on long flights take their shoes off and put their slippers on and I've been doing the same also.