why Living in Japan is HORRIBLE for foreigners [y_mL2gPdulI]

When I failed at working in Japan on the

working holiday visa, that's when I kind

of gave up. That was really a big pivotal

moment in my life when I went from, yeah,

I want to work in Japan, I'm going to get

a job and a visa just like my heroes on

YouTube, I'm going to be like them. I just

instantly gave up all of that and I

thought, yeah, I'm just gonna, I'm just

gonna come for 6 months, mess around some

Japanese women, leave. Save up money back

home in the UK, come back again. I'm not

gonna bother getting a job. And I did that

for like 8 years, 7 years, and I never

really felt like I wanted to work in Japan

anymore after my disastrous experience

working in Japan in that 7-Eleven. No, it

was a Lawson. And I also gave up on level

1 JLPT after I failed it, and I thought,

yeah, my Japanese is good enough, I can

still go on dates with women, I don't need

level 1. Basically just gave up on all my

dreams and goals, and then I just started

chasing women. And then I always felt kind

of bitter towards people like Chris Broad

because they just— they have the work

ethic to be able to do it, which I don't.

But it just seems like they can live in

Japan so easily. Oh, just get a job. Oh,

just work the job for 10 years. I can't

even work the job for 10 months. How am I

gonna do that for 10 years? I literally

didn't even last at the convenience store

for half a year. The only easy way out of

the rat race is if You either get married

or you become a famous YouTuber and then

you somehow get your connections to hook

you up with an entertainer's visa. I

wonder what visa Chris has. Probably like

self-employed business visa, or maybe it's

an entertainer visa. I think that's what

PewDiePie has. But I feel like I can never

live in Japan long-term because I don't

want to work. I don't think I'd want to

get married to a Japanese woman again just

for a visa. I could maybe get a student

visa for a year or two. But I don't want

to go to school. I couldn't even bear

going to Thai school for more than a few

months before I wanted to give up because

it's so boring. I could not go to school

for 2 years without just quitting. I'd

probably just quit and say, yeah, I've had

enough, I'm not gonna come anymore.

There's no way I could stick to going to

school for 2 years, or even 1 year, or

even half a year. I would give up straight

away. So I feel kind of miserable because

I feel like I can never achieve that dream

of living in Japan. And when I was married

and I had the visa and I could live in

Japan, I wasn't happy because I didn't

have my freedom. I couldn't just do what I

wanted. I had to, like, obey Chihiro.

And she was— she was like my master. She

had me on a leash, and I didn't like the

feeling of being controlled. I didn't like

the feeling of depending on her. To be

able to live there. Just felt bad. Yeah,

I hated having to obey Chihiro like I was

her slave or something. I just wanted to

be a free person, but she was like, no,

you're cheating on me. And I wanted to

meet viewers and stuff, do crazy things.

So the conclusion I came to, there is no

way to live in Japan and be free unless

you're Japanese. Only the Japanese have

that. Ability to be able to live in Japan

and be free. You either have to be a slave

to your wife, or a slave to your job to

get a work visa, or a slave to your school

to get a student visa. There's no way you

can just be a free body and live in Japan

and do your own thing for longer than 6

months, which is how long you can stay

without a visa. Arcane. Yeah, if you're

loaded, you can get a Self-employed visa,

entertainer's visa. Imagine you get the

entertainer's visa and the requirement is

you have to be entertaining. You must get

500 million views a month or else your

visa is revoked. Imagine being able to

just live in Japan not teaching English

with your own visa. I couldn't do it. As

much as I'm jealous of Chris Broad, you

have to hand it to him. He stuck it out in

Japan as an English teacher for how many

years? Like 10 years. Got his own visa. I

don't know how he transitioned from the

teaching visa to a YouTube visa. He never

talks about it. Yeah, the one thing I

could never do was do what all the other

foreigners did and just stick it out with

a boring job. They could, they could get a

work visa in their own place, but I could

never because I wasn't willing to just get

a job and stick to it. I only had the

working holiday visa and I couldn't even

last 3 months at the convenience store

before Giving up. I just left. I didn't

even tell them I'm quitting. I got mad at

them because they told me off. They said

that I wasn't trying my hardest and I was

still making mistakes. And they kept

saying this stupid thing. They said, if

you don't know something, then ask us.

And I kept thinking, how do I know what I

don't know? How can I ask you about

something that I don't know even exists?

Like, they They do a service where the

customers can pay their electricity bill,

and they didn't teach me how to do it.

And I didn't even know they did it until

one day a customer came in trying to pay

his bill and I didn't know how to do it.

So how can I ask them how to do something

that I didn't even know that we do? You

should have told me that. They didn't even

teach me how to do it. It's their fault.

So they gave me a lecture in the back

room, and I said, can I go home now? And

they said yes, and I just left. And then I

never showed up the next day. Yeah, well,

that's what you get when you upset me.

Think you can upset me and not suffer the

consequences? Screw you. I thought about

getting a new job, but I thought, yeah, I

don't want to get another job. Working in

Japan sucks. So I booked a ticket to Korea

and I moved in with my Korean girlfriend

at the time. People at the guest house

were so disappointed. They were like, oh,

come on, Dan, don't give up, just try

and get a new job. American Adam, he

seemed really disappointed in me because I

was just giving up, leaving, going off to

Korea. I do give up really easily, don't

I? I wonder if the pie is okay. Okay, so

first, where's my chicken stock? Get that

ready as well. You don't want to be

looking for this stuff when things are

Frying and cooking because you'll be

panicking. Where's the chicken stock?

If we don't have any chicken stock, what

am I gonna do here?

Oh no, don't tell me we're out of chicken

stock.

I've got MSG.

I actually think we don't have any chicken

stock. What? Oh, there's some, but it's

like old and small. Wow, I used all the

chicken stock. I can't believe it.

I've got a tiny piece here.

Look, the secret seasoning.

We are cooking creamy mustard chicken and

onion pie filling,

and then I'll show you my frozen pre-made

dough. This time we're going to keep it

frozen so it doesn't stick everywhere.

Okay, roll up your trousers, things are

going to get wild. I'll bring the camera

Look, I cleaned, cleaned up the kitchen.

We got new cardboard. I tidied away some

of the sauces so we got more space.

I want to get a new metal thing because

that's really dirty now. So first, chuck

in your onions.

Because they'll take a while to cook. I

hate how long onions and carrots take to

cook. Can fry them for ages and they're

still raw.

Da da da da da da da

da da.

There's nothing more homely than the smell

of onion and garlic frying in a pan.

Reminds me of being back home, my mom's

doing the cooking. Should I cut

the chicken before Putting it in the

frying pan.

Yeah, I might cut the chicken.

This is how I cut my chicken into little

cubes.

I hate touching raw chicken. It looks

weird.

Why is raw chicken kind of scary? Because

we associate it with food poisoning and

salmonella. But I don't feel scared

handling raw beef. Chicken is kind

of scary, isn't it?

Yeah, well, I'm gonna eat some raw chicken

See that how see how that turns out for

Da da da onion and chicken.

Wow, smells amazing.

Open up your crème fraîche.

Wow, creamy.

And chuck in your chicken stock and

add some salt because we don't have enough

chicken stock.

Wow, it's looking good.

Oh, you know what else would be good? My

brand new thyme.

I got some thyme. Thyme on chicken's

always good.

Put some thyme and

also lower the heat a little bit. I'm

going to put some garlic powder.

Oh, I don't have rosemary.

Maybe next time.