so many people and not very noisy. maybe ive become an insociable bastard or something but I have come to appreciate the relative silence in Japan compared to my homeland. eheh (i probably shouldnt be admitting this in public) :))
Sometime you wish they would make noise though, just to show some spark of life. Sometimes people riding the train look like they would rather kill you than crack a smile.
rather than kill you than crack a smile...? LOLOL (classic!!) I do know what you mean though :)) When I first came to Japan I had this image that it would be like when I went to China, in China people were always coming up to me and talking to me everywhere I went, the shyness of people in Japan was kind of a shock to me.
and the cattle get herded to work... When I was making my commute (way back when) I took the same train, at the same time everyday. I would see the same people in the same train cars almost daily, and yet nobody ever struck up a conversation. In the US, we'd have become buddies just by the mere fact we spent so much time together.
You are so right. You have to be the one to initiate conversation and in Japanese. Was it the same with your neighbors? It took 2 years to get my first おはようございます followed by an いっていらっしゃい. The same thing at my gym, I just started talking to people in Japanese and they finally began to talk to me. The fear of not speaking English seems to be greater than their level of curiosity.
I was only in Tokyo for a year - half at a company dorm 寮 and half at a 社宅 apartment, so it really wasn't long enough to establish a familiarity with those around the neighborhood (outside the apt/dorm). But I certainly did notice the same people on the train every day!
One of my favorite of your videos so far. Though if It had been me with the camera on the escalator, I would have gotten arrested for filming at that angle.
/watch?v=oWEojpG_PRQ
schnarfel 3 years ago
so many people and not very noisy. maybe ive become an insociable bastard or something but I have come to appreciate the relative silence in Japan compared to my homeland. eheh (i probably shouldnt be admitting this in public) :))
zenhill 4 years ago
Sometime you wish they would make noise though, just to show some spark of life. Sometimes people riding the train look like they would rather kill you than crack a smile.
kkajapan 4 years ago
rather than kill you than crack a smile...? LOLOL (classic!!) I do know what you mean though :)) When I first came to Japan I had this image that it would be like when I went to China, in China people were always coming up to me and talking to me everywhere I went, the shyness of people in Japan was kind of a shock to me.
zenhill 4 years ago
and the cattle get herded to work... When I was making my commute (way back when) I took the same train, at the same time everyday. I would see the same people in the same train cars almost daily, and yet nobody ever struck up a conversation. In the US, we'd have become buddies just by the mere fact we spent so much time together.
NichiBeiTrader 4 years ago
You are so right. You have to be the one to initiate conversation and in Japanese. Was it the same with your neighbors? It took 2 years to get my first おはようございます followed by an いっていらっしゃい. The same thing at my gym, I just started talking to people in Japanese and they finally began to talk to me. The fear of not speaking English seems to be greater than their level of curiosity.
kkajapan 4 years ago
I was only in Tokyo for a year - half at a company dorm 寮 and half at a 社宅 apartment, so it really wasn't long enough to establish a familiarity with those around the neighborhood (outside the apt/dorm). But I certainly did notice the same people on the train every day!
NichiBeiTrader 4 years ago
One of my favorite of your videos so far. Though if It had been me with the camera on the escalator, I would have gotten arrested for filming at that angle.
tokyocooney 4 years ago
Ha ha, you are right!! Thanks for the comment!!!
kkajapan 4 years ago