 Hey guys, it's Anna, Gaea, the Hasina girl, and today I want to come at you guys with a brand new video And I'm gonna be talking about 10 reasons why you should come study fashion in Japan. Let's get right into it All right, so before we get into the video, the first thing I want to say is hey, my name is Senna If you guys are new to my channel, hello, welcome, make sure you click that subscribe button before you leave If you guys don't know who I am, basically I am a Afro-Canadian girl I was born and raised in Canada and I moved to Japan four and a half years ago And I have been loving it so far. I'm also a fashion student here I study at Bunka Fashion College, specifically textile design And I want to talk to you guys about why I decided to move here and why you should consider moving to Japan to study fashion too All right, reason number one, the Japanese fashion industry is so diverse Now I'm sure you guys probably know this if you're from a Western culture Then you'll probably know that the fashion industry in most Western countries is based on trends So when a new trend comes out, everybody tries to copy that trend, follow that trend And they try to pump out as much clothes that follow those trends so that they can make sales But in Asia, specifically in Japan, the fashion industry is so diverse And it's not really based so much on trends as much as it is on More specific fashion niches and on people who are interested in the specific style And so because of that, there's a lot more freedom when it comes to fashion design That's not to say that trends don't exist or that certain brands don't follow trends That's not true But what is true is that because people are more open to wearing things that don't necessarily follow the trends There are way more options for things that you can wear If you want to wear cats on your shirt, if you want to wear all colorful pieces If you want to have trees as earrings, you can literally do all of those things And that actually brings me to reason number two, which is that the Japanese fashion industry is super niche Now, when I mean niche, I mean niche niche Like I mean, think about a niche and then quadruple it like Inception Quadruple it? Triple it? You know what I mean If you want to make specifically clothing that only revolves around pleats, you can do that If you want to make clothing that is all black, you can do that If you want to make clothing for men, except make women wear it, you can do that If you're the type of person who's like, honestly, I don't really like my style I think my style is kind of plain I want to juge it up I want to add a little something-something You could definitely come to Japan and find your style You guys would probably be shook I changed my style so much And now I'm a little bit more muted, you know, I'm a little bit more adulting So my style isn't that crazy But back in the day, Hini, she was crazy I was wilder now I was going to Harajuku Bay in them weird pieces And I was rocking it Or at least I thought I was Okay, moving on Number three Japan has some of the world's best tech styles If you guys didn't know, I'm a tech stylist, I'm a student I love tech styles And one of the main reasons why I came to Japan to study fashion Is because I wanted to learn about the world of tech styles And Japan has some of the best Some of the best denim in the world is made here in Japan Because they use Indogodai techniques that have literally existed for decades Some of the really famous ones that maybe you guys have heard of before Is like Sashiko, Indigo Maybe you guys haven't heard of it But there's also Yuzenzome Or Chusem Or Basen These are all techniques that Japanese people have mastered over decades Some of these things you literally cannot learn anywhere else Unless if you actually come here And learn them from an expert Fun fact, I also got a chance to go check out a really cool Indigo area Where they specialize basically in Indogodai And if you guys want to check out that video, I'll have it linked this side This side, I'm not quite sure I highly recommend that video if you're interested After this one, of course Reason number four Japanese fashion schools are vocational So basically, if let's say you only want to learn like me You only want to learn textiles Or you only want to learn how to make hats Or you want to learn how to make shoes There's actually specific courses that you can take in vocational schools Which is really cool In Japanese, we call them SEMONGAKO And SEMON is basically like a specialty You basically specialize in a very specific topic So in my case, for example I'm taking a three-year textile design course And I'm studying textile design super specifically So all of my courses are centered around textile design So I learn how to weave, I learn how to dye I learn how to knit If you don't want to really take a four-year broad program And you already have a pretty good idea of what it is you want to study I highly recommend checking out Japanese vocational schools And that actually brings me to reason number five Which is basically that instead of studying at a normal university for four years You can cut it down to two years Or even to three years Depending on what course you want to take For example, if you already learned some base Japanese in your home country And you only want to take a one-year Japanese course You can do that And then if you take just a two-year course for a specific fashion topic Then you'll only end up spending three years studying Which is also an option Also, I just realized that my head has been out of frame this whole time So that's cool Let's just take a little school and we're back There we go All right, now reason number six The Japanese fashion market is one of the best in the world Fun fact, if you guys didn't know this Supreme, which is a super famous streetwear brand I'm sure you guys have heard of it Only has 12 stores in the entire world And out of those 12 stores, five of them are all in Japan Yes, you heard right, five of them That just goes to show you how much the Japanese fashion market is literally insane Compared to a lot of other countries And let me tell you, there are a lot of Supreme fans in Japan And that actually brings me to my next point Which is number seven Number seven Customer loyalty in Japan is literally 100% Now, I don't know if you guys know this But I actually worked at a really famous store in La Foret And I've talked about this before on my channel But working there really opened my eyes to see how crazy people are When it comes to branded items Especially items from brands that they love Because I've seen people pop thousands of dollars On really small brands Like brands that aren't necessarily super super famous But they just feel so dedicated And so devoted to the story of that brand Or they feel like that brand really represents them And so they don't mind dishing out the money To, you know, kind of purchase those items They're not like buying pieces to just throw them out three seconds later They're really buying those pieces because They want to keep them for a really long time And they want to treasure them Alright, next up is number eight Japan has some of the best fashion schools in the entire world So I'm sure you guys know this already by now But I go to a school called Bunkafashion College And there are tons of other schools that are similar to Bunkafashion That are super good There is Tamabi Jutsu Daigaku I think that's what it's called I don't know, everyone just calls it Tamabi But Tamabi is one of the schools That actually offers a textile design program as well And I've heard that that program is super cool I even have friends who studied textile design at that school And they had nothing but amazing reviews There's also another school called Moldogakuren Which is literally like a walk away from Bunka And I always pass by it whenever I'm in Shinjuku And it's really famous because it's in like A really cool cocoon building There's also Esmad, which is a really famous French school that has a campus in Japan And I've actually gotten the chance to see The end of the year fashion show for that school And it was super cool So there's tons of amazing fashion schools That are here in Tokyo And even in other parts of Japan as well Not just Tokyo And so there's so many options of basically schools Where you can go to study fashion That are world renowned That are super well known That have amazing education programs And that will allow you to basically Study it and make your fashion dreams come true Number nine Japanese is a super great language to learn Now, I know a lot of people think Japanese Is a super hard language Because you've got hiragana, you've got katagana, you've got kanji You basically have three alphabets And one of them has like 2,500 plus characters Which sounds insane and super intimidating But the one thing that a lot of people don't talk about Is the fact that Japanese as a spoken language Is actually rather easy to learn It's definitely a lot easier than most Western languages that we know like French and Spanish Because they don't have a lot of verb conjugation They don't have a lot of tenses They're literally the present tense and the past tense That's it And they don't even have a future tense Basically it's based on context And it's very easy to understand What's being said to you If you understand the way that the grammar works So I would say if you're somebody who's maybe Thinking of learning Japanese You're interested in learning Japanese And you feel kind of discouraged Because you're like girl I don't want to learn kanji Kanji is too much for me Like 2,500 plus characters That's too much, nuh uh Well I would highly encourage you to first start By learning vocabulary words You can start by even just like watching movies Or anime or whatever it is That tickles your fancy Get familiar with the Japanese language And start to kind of soak it in auditorily Auditorily? Auditory? In an auditory way There we go Basically just find ways for you to kind of Soak in the Japanese language in an auditory way That way you can start to get used to the way it sounds So yeah That's my suggestion for you guys And number 10 The final reason Japan It's just a super cool country all around If I'm being really honest with you guys I've been living in Japan for 4 years now Going on 5 And I've just never fed up With the things that I see here I'm always having fun discovering like Cool nature places I'm always having fun finding new stores I'm always having fun just walking around For a simple walk I find the weirdest things I've heard a lot of people say that You know as a foreigner It was really easy for them to adapt To Japanese culture Because I think Japanese people's way of living Is very simple Is very easy to kind of adapt to Even me as a black girl Here in Japan I'm literally always sticking out like a sore thumb And Japanese people for the most part Seem to be really really open I know that's not necessarily the case for everybody Maybe you know everyone's experiences are different But for me I can only say that I've had positive experiences here in Japan And yeah that's that Japan is a great country And yeah I guess with that That concludes this video I hope if you guys were considering studying fashion in Japan Or studying whatever in Japan really I hope that maybe this video was enlightening to you guys Maybe you found it educational Maybe you found out some things that you didn't know before And if you did definitely let me know in the comments below Let me know what it is that you guys want to study If you're thinking of moving to Japan If you live in Japan Let me know what you think And be sure to also check out my other videos I'll have them linked over here somewhere And yeah Thank you so much for watching this video I'll see you in the next one Bye