How do Japanese Kids React to Foreigners?

How will Japanese kids look at you? Will they be surprised if you speak Japanese? How about if you speak perfectly, will you still be an alien to them? This video shows real interactions between foreigners and Japanese kids here in Japan. Will the kids react the way you think they will or will you be more shocked than them?

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[OrientalPearl]

WHERE'S OUR VIDEOS!? Well, this one took over 20 hours to make. I've just graduated with a master's degree in June and am hunting for an office job here in Japan. More videos to come once things settle down. The next video will be a day in the life at my old workplace.

[Heyitsbecklol]

I remember on my first trip to Japan. I came across a class of kids who were out practicing their English on foreign tourists, reading off scripts and giving out paper cranes. It was probably the most adorable thing I have ever seen

[robguyton]

Kids have no "filter" - they say and do whatever pops into their head. Years ago, (after finishing my meal) a small kid came out of the restaurant to grab my hand and said "Hey Chinese man, come home with us." His mom came running out to stop him, and scolded him that you can't do that with a stranger. That's when I realized that small children are inhabiting a parallel universe in which ALL things are possible.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

"They're all bad. Nobody's feelings are hurt, they're just all bad"
*ah yes, true equality*

[ynengyneng]

Japanese kids r so cute and respectful.they always have smile on their faces.they r so approachable and friendly.

[PixxieDevil]

Hahaha, died when the kid said your tummy is different from mine 😂

[shiyevi]

“Your tummy is different from mine” That kid was going for it 💀

[Kanjicafe]

Best memory of kids in Japan was walking near an elementary school baseball field
in Naha and the entire team surrounded me and asked me to make a muscle. Talk about making you feel like Arnold.

[IMMerrySan]

しかも2組以上だったはず…！

動画で似たような子達出てきてて、微笑ましくなった

[RayMak]

Japanese kids are really polite and friendly

[fullpeace]

I’m a Japanese high school students who learning English. I have a strong feeling to want to create peace as many countries as possible, so I started studying English! and your voice is so beautiful✨ clear and easy to catch!! also your Japanese is so wonderful and perfect! I’m really happy you like Japanese! also the video was so much fun!! Thank you so much! 👍
And I love America! also all nations💫
I love you guys!!

[GaryTurbo]

Reminds me of that video where an afican kid was scared of a guy because he "looked like a ghost" that was hilarious

[bootlegga]

When I taught English in Japan, the best hour of my week was when I went to the local kindergarten. After a hiccup or two in the beginning, the kids chatted and played counting games and they were so friendly it was pure joy to go see them. The same could not be said of all of my junior high school students... 😉

[Paul_Wetor]

At 0:36 covered in sand running to the water: "No, I'm not with the Olympics, I just swam here from America and now I'm swimming back."

[Tan-fewz]

"Are u with the Olympics"

Lol

[seanyoung]

When I was in Japan a few years ago, absolutely no Japanese people paid attention to me, which, as a afro American, kinda surprised me. The Chinese tourists, however, wanted me to pose for pictures with them for no reason. One guy put his arm around me and said "Kobe!" Lmao I look like Kobe Bryant the same way Paul Rudd looks like Charlie Sheen. 😂

[lewgoogle]

I remember when we were visiting the Silver Temple in Kyoto with our son who is fluent in Japanese. A bunch of kids got off a school bus to tour the shrine at around the same time. When they discovered that Dan could converse with them in Japanese, they were utterly delighted and flooded him with questions. They also tried to speak to my wife and I in English. It was great fun, and they were very sweet.

[rjl]

My first time in Kyoto, I was standing next to a group of school kids and a few of them shouted "Hello" at me and asked where I was from. It was obvious how cool they felt, speaking to a foreigner in English.

[nickn]

Oh god, those boys at the beach probably thought: "just like the simulations"

[ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.]

When I was a kid, seeing and talking to a foreigner in my hometown was a reminder that there's a bigger world out there. It did not seem much, but Im very sure you just made their day 😊