Polite Japanese Boys

[FillahBong]

Your a fuckin pedo

[welwisher]

Lol! Watching people do double takes at you is rather amusing. X)

If I was in your position of getting that much attention, I'd probably get embaressed and ride in the road so that they wouldn't have to stop for me.

[YasuomiMan]

disaprin!!

[indigoeast4444]

＾＿＾さぁ！何て素敵な男の子たちですね。

かわいいだけね（・^ㅂ^・）

ㅋㅇㅋすべての男の子が素敵なこそ望みますナー～

[BlkUnk]

thats so cool that they would acknowlegde you.... i think that there nevous around Gaijin!

[crazyboyfromjapan]

I know baseball teams at high schools are like Confucianism squads, for they're trained with enormous disciplines. They're even exposed to physical punishment sometimes, which I'm not a big fan of. I was always glad that I was not in the team during those days, haha.

But, it's nice to see their politeness, indeed. We definitely need more of it in this world nowadays.

Thanks!

[LylesBrother]

@crazyboyfromjapan Hi Kiyoshi! It was great talking with you today! Thank you for sharing about your experiences with us. I was unaware of the physical punishment you describe. The description of " Confucianism squads" seems very apt and a good way to describe the atmosphere these teams operate in. Thank you again! By the way, your English is OUTSTANDING and if I did not know otherwise I would think you were a native English speaker by reading your comment. -Kurt :-)

[nutchan0731]

just check out kokoyaku on youtube of Japan Society NYC

[LylesBrother]

@nutchan0731 Thank you for the reference. I am on my way over for a look! -Kurt :-)

[MicknFumi]

That reminds me of that Crocodile Dundee movie when Paul Hogan goes to New York & say's, "G'day" to everyone lol.....Japanese kids are much politer than Australian kids I'm afraid, no matter what age. I think teachers from Japan, China or any other country that has a high respect for education backed by parents; would be very surprised at the behavior of students & their parents here. Unfortunately these days parents often blame the teacher if a student misbehaves, rather than be supportive.

[LylesBrother]

@MicknFumi Hi Mick, Your comments do apply to students in USA as well where discipline problems are on the rise. There does seem to be a higher level of oversight on the part of parents here in Japan which may explain some of the differences. I suspect though that the reality is based on deeper cultural differences which are harder to pin down or quantify. Thanks again for watching and commenting! -Kurt :-)

[arby22207]

@LylesBrother Compare to couple decades ago, American parents today are more involved in their kids daily activity. They are called soccer mom and sometimes soccer dad.

[PaperJunkie]

You should find a way to mount a camera on your helmet.

[LylesBrother]

@PaperJunkie Oh, that's a great idea! I had previously mounted the camera to my bicycle though this was too bumpy. A helmet cam would be perfect! Thank you for this excellent suggestion which I will indeed be looking into. -Kurt :-)

[Peekingduck]

That's impressive.

Happy to hear kids in some places are still that well behaved.

I wish kids around here were still that good.

Years ago they were but those days are gone here.

Thanks for posting this tidbit !

Made my afternoon

[LylesBrother]

@Peekingduck They were indeed polite though I must confess that sights like this are becoming increasingly more rare, even in Japan. Thanks for joining me on my new channel! I've always appreciated your support and insightful comments. -Kurt :-)

[Peekingduck]

Totally my pleasure.

It seems to me Chiba (where I live) is getting more of an MTV influenced place by the day. Fashion, body gestures etc...

I miss the old days when people weren't 'trying to be' so much..

Looking forward to more clips like this one in the future.

[LylesBrother]

@Peekingduck I think that the world of Japanese sports remains a place where the word and opinion of one's elders (senior players and coaches) is especially strong. I often notice with the kids at the school where I work that those who are members of sports teams tend to be more polite and better disciplined than those who are not. I hope that spring is coming out nicely up there in Chiba! -Kurt :-)

[thegrief13]

wow. surely you,curt-san, were lucky to see such a sight as a group of polite boys 0.o

[LylesBrother]

@thegrief13 I'm fairly used to the Japanese

level of politeness though this sight really

did amaze me. I think it was the fact that they

stopped dead in their tracks while jogging

to do this which really struck me. I would have

loved to have heard the lecture their coach

gave them to cause this effect.

Thanks for watching! -Kurt :-)

[DivineContrast]

Finally youtube returned search results for "LylesBrother" ^__^ and these short videos are awesome :) thanks for sharing Kurt san.

[LylesBrother]

@DivineContast I am sorry that you had some trouble finding my new channel though I am delighted that you are here. Thank you very much for being the very first person to rate and comment on this channel! I really appreciate your support! -Kurt :-)

[DivineContrast]

You are most welcome Kurt san ^-^ v

I forgot to mention that if i witness this kind of politeness in real life i will probably faint haha.I link this kind of behavior only to the fictional anime world so it will be shocking to experience it for real :)

[LylesBrother]

@DivineContrast I'll confess that I was

rather surprised to see this as well as

though I know that the Japanese are a

polite people I have rarely seen such

behavior on the part of anyone let alone

young kids. Have a great day! Kurt :-)