The Most Annoying Thing About Japan

[paulandjohnfan1]

Why do the keep repeating good day and goodbye???????

[bbbbbb666b]

Lets vote for Oba !

[ArisVAng]

In the Philippines, they use tone deaf singers, singing songs that have been revised with extremely crappy lyrics.

Although, if you consider the politician's point of view, they are desperate to win the election. The amount of cash that they spend on campaigns, bribes and vote buying is extremely huge. If you could only see how a politician cries after a loss in an election, you'd see why they would do just about anything to win an election.

[Suzumichan10]

OMG that must've been extra annoying @_@ i get annoyed just by watching and listening to it from thi vid xD

[wrecklessgreg]

Oh man, I hate that crap.



[adle0202]

this is a norm for most asian countries, i remember in philippines its more on catchy jingles and songs...they are so catchy that prolly their name sticks to your brain that when you get mental blocks when voting you'd still remember the name of the candidate with the catchiest song...stupid but it works since all of them are doing it

[revelinabandon]

They saw it on Back to the Future!

[daprince001x]

they do this in bangladesh too ll

[hayeon1766]

so do as Korea dude.. i think its like popular in Asian country or whatever

[georgeiulian89]

you should come to Romania to see this thing,cause here is something absolutely normal in the election periods...

[HoosierMF]

If it didn't get them votes, they wouldn't do it.

[milkjamjuice]

OH JESUS I HATE THIS SHIT SO MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH!!!!!­!!

[sexxibhaddgirl]

Yea dt is annoying

[NutritionNoob]

Yea....that's pretty darn annoying...T___T lost my vote there.

[NutritionNoob]

Yea....that's pretty darn annoying...T___T lost my vote there.

[SmokeyCough]

No noise pollution laws in japan?

[brknpieces1]

suck voice

[jameswray50]

I think that's the oyoku, Japanese nationalists

[Jewel348351]

omg lmao

[tomhankslol]

fuck i wanna flip those vans over so bad

[Raymasaki]

totemo urusai-na.

why don't they just make a commercial on TV for it?

thanking the poeople. well i learned something about JP today. I didn't know they drove around after thanking people.

[shuan3]

In democratic Asian countries where election is taking place these propaganda vehicles are quite common so it not just that it in japan that annoying ^_^

[waverider201]

@shuan3 Not just Asian countries, but Western too.I thappens all over the world, lol.

[teo1000t]

urusai

[shizuma2007]

also happens in south korea, when I was there during the summer they had elections and seen a few drivers hit the van, lol, was pretty funny.

[xXrockyiszhereXx]

When I go to Dominican Republic, idk if they do that for election, but I know that they ALWAYS do it when they're selling plantains or junk...ah, life.

[Hajime598]

I hate to sleeping when they do that

[lemonrind]

VOTE FOR ME! DO IT!

[iTokyoRob]

Dude i hate it when they do it in Shinjuku Station! MAN! its like ALL THE TIME!!!

[fuzzmeister13]

they used to do this in england i havnt saw one for a while,a grey van with a tannoy on top telling people to vote labour.

[AJ627]

Trust me, Mexico is worst when it comes to loudspeakers. They even play crappy band music for truck carrying gas

[Linsforever]

They should regulate the volume.

[strava86]

Well you don't want to come to Puerto Rico on an election year. I understand, it's really annoying, it should be illegal.

[RadioHeroin]

Happens almost everywhere.



[ruggedramos]

omg wtf

[Ctaak]

I would have shouted that annoying bitch off the street with the loudest "uuuuuuruuuuuseeeeee" I could possibly muster.

[Jaspercat91]

I know! I was in Japan staying with a family. First morning I was rudely awoken by this booming voice-I thought I was experiencing an earthquake it was so loud! Another guilty party is the van that comes round looking for kitchen appliances to recycle. I suppose they are trying to do good, but can they do it *after* 6am? - . -

[sarix6]

is the politician a little girl or the guy?

[haicaysen]

Why do Japanese women have to make their voices so annoyingly high pitched when they talk? It's unnecessarily flirtatious and obnoxious to me as a woman. I bet Japan is one of the less gender equal countries. I mean women have to act all flirtatious like that's all they're made for. How ridiculous.

[midnull]

@haicaysen

Cuz Japan has an obsession with cuteness...ugh, when you're 40 and sound like that, it's not cute at all.

[TomatoeAssassin]

That van would last two minutes in my neiborhood. After that it would be turned over and set on fire.

[habihaaan]

Yeas I do agree! when I was living in Tokyo those damn cars woked me up at night!!! I was so pissed. LOL And in Puerto Rico too they drive really slow in town! its so annoying!

[supahwicked]

lol this happens a lot in Puerto Rico XD Only, it's worse... there multiple cars with speakers on them, and then the followers of the politicians follow behind them, and sometimes they stop... lol

[suroj]

I seen people do the same in India.

[TheSebulba1978]

Never happens in India during the night!!! He'll be slaughtered!!! I agree - the daytime is chaotic as hell - but the nights are never trifled with !!

[melanoTReX]

it wound piss me off if its in my room, nd i dnt expect the street to be quite silence u know... street!!

[ChrisDeegan]

Many Japanese complain about this (although many more don't) but at election time it's OK and there's no legal limit on the volume!

Regarding loudspeaker noise, Japan is still a 3rd world country.

[StrykerJC]

Are you kidding me? That's so pleasing to the ears. I love Japanese. Their pitch is so hot.

[fuoifg86]

japanese women sound like 10 year old girls when they talk ... 4 real

[caspmct]

@fuoifg86 OMG, when i lived in tokyo in the mid 90s, i started to speak this way too...mainly because i mostly used Japanese when speaking with OLs (office ladies), shop clerks and elevator girls. So my Japanese sounded like this--really subservient and girly, even though i was a guy in my late 20s. i think it must have sounded quite funny to the natives.

[zonilo1]

@fuoifg86

Maybe pedophilia is subtlety ingrained within Japanese culture (hence their obsession with cuteness)...I don't know. 

[scolac]

the woman sounds like she's 11 years old

[prakticazenit]

They've never explain anthing about their policy from that bloody car.

That's Japanese election called "Senkyo"!

Absolutely disaster for neighbours!

[naruto071980]

what are they doing? I keep hearing "good morning" and "thank you". are they saying good morning and vote for whover?

[JasonPenopolis]

They're saying thank you: 'arigatou gozaimasu' not 'ohaiyou gozaimasu.'

[lathspellvash]

Happens in pretty much any large city...

[scolac]

not in the States...

[criskity]

Happens in Taiwan too. (Maybe they borrowed the idea from the Japanese...) But then, when the election is over, and you think the madness is finally overwith, then they drive around after the election thanking the voters in the same damn campaign trucks!

[brianadler]

Ha! That's hilarious.

[testiclesDOTca]

that should get you arrested in Canada...or then again, maybe I will try that when I run for mayor....

[arashiangel]

OMG I TOTALLY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!! I lived by shibuya, and they'd BLAST these things at like 9am on a sunday morning!!!!

[theangryocelot]

Yes, I also found it odd how the little election vehicles would just pull over somewhere and start speaking...this happened in metro Tokyo a lot...like literally getting on his soapbox and speaking to the crowds. It was crazy, but interesting.

[Zombie1King]

WOW... sorry a little deaf there. Ha Ha that is weird.

[NihongoNoob]

... Holy smokes batman, that is LOUD.. WHY is all I can say, WHY?!

[ChrisDeegan]

This form of electioneering is quite legal, and during the week or so prior to an election it's permissible for a candidate to scream out like this with absolutely no limit on the volume between 8 AM and 8 PM. Many Japanese complain about the practice and even a few candidates themselves are against it, but things are not likely to change soon. Even if a limit were to be placed on the max volume it would probably be ignored.

When it comes to noise pollution, Japan is a third world country!

[sshlrs]

vote for pedro

[angelusofdeath]

yeah i hate these stuff too.

they do it here also.

NIPPON ICHI!

VOTE FOR ME GAIJIN!

[Rohde51]

don't they have noise pollution rules in japan? I'd imagine its pretty loud their even by NYC standards.

[brianadler]

That's a good point, but why do they have to be so loud? I was walking down the street yesterday and passed a candidate who was speaking live to a small crowd waiting for the bus across the street. It was deafening. I had to plug my ears. His audience was 20 feet away and he had his speakers up so high they could have heard him from across town. I just don't get it.

[red00013]

i was thinking about this the other day.. it is kind of annoying, but i think it's really one of the most clear manifestations of this group/society-based society (as opposed to, say a western, individual-based society). kinda interesting.