Do Japanese Want Foreign Friends?

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  @takashiifromjapan · 2 years ago · pinned

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• BG

  @bgregz · 2 years ago

  Even in the West, in my personal experience, it&apos;s pretty difficult to make friends after general schooling is over.

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  @somethingelsehere8089 · 2 years ago

  The Austrian girl - what a great level of awareness, and her ability to communicate in English and Japanese (second and third languages) - holy smokes. &nbsp;Impressive.

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  @hriata168 · 2 years ago

  Takashi&apos;s posture during the first interview had me cracking up, he was trying soo hard not to stand too close lol

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  @islandoforever · 2 years ago

  The Austrian girl really has a good head on her shoulders. &nbsp;She seems to be incredibly smart, &nbsp;and she made so much sense about the reasons why it&apos;s hard to make friends with Japanese. &nbsp;I have really learned alot from this channel.

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• AL

  @alTschuppone · 2 years ago

  hearing that austrian girl speak japanese was super impressive

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• AY

  @ayuse01 · 2 years ago

  My wife is Japanese, we live in Canada. And when i have been to Japan, i freaked people out when i tried to hug them while saying goodbye. But for us in Canada it&apos;s completely normal. I found it funny to see the peoples reactions to closer contact. I respect that, we all have different cultural back grounds. As of now, it is 20 years we live in Canada together. But we expect to move to Japan in 5 years.This will be hard for me, but my wonderful wife had it hard too here in Canada for the last 20 years. So i guess it will be my turn to integrate in another cultural setting. But Japanese people are so kind, it doesn&apos;t scare me at all.

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  @FannyGodMother · 2 years ago

  This was so interesting! I’m American and have a Japanese friend of nearly 30 years. She was an exchange student in my high school and we remained friends. I got to see her when I went to Japan in April and last December. &nbsp;It was so fun and I loved being able to spend time with her in her country.

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  @jordidewaard2937 · 2 years ago

  &apos;Austria&apos; <br><br>&apos;Oh, Australia&apos;<br><br>I&apos;m not Austrian, but I feel this hahahaha

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• CR

  @Creepytaco95 · 2 years ago

  I got accepted to study abroad at a Japanese university in March of next year. I hope I’m able to make lots of Japanese friends.

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• EE

  @eec8128 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I love how the Austrian girl was so aware of the challenges of being an immigrant/foreigner in a countru but is also incredibly willing to break through those barriers. I think thats a really good mindset to have

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  @gracie_lou_flattbush · 2 years ago

  Everything they say is right. I’ve been to Japan three separate times, and it is hard to make friends, especially when you are a foreigner. &nbsp;and the fact that you have to approach them first is also true. I remember the first time I went to Japan. I was on a train, leaving the airport heading to Tokyo. There was a young lady sitting across from me with a cat themed suitcase. I just decided to complement her suitcase, in Japanese and then we ended up talking. First, she was sitting across from me, and then she came and sat next to me until she had to get off the train. We exchanged social media to stay in touch. I don’t talk to her all that much now, but I know that if I want to I can reach out to her. You just have to take the first step and just say hello.

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