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[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was watching a documentary about this. White guy who's been living in Japan for decades goes to dying villages, talks with the locals in Japanese, they complain about no one wanting to live in villages, declining house prices, no one to do the necessary jobs. He mentions it'd be nice to live in a village.

The look of fear. You wouldn't understand the culture, we have a certain way of doing things, ... yadayada.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’ve been watching this channel about a Canadian couple moving to a little village in Japan. The locals have been very welcoming. They’re renting a home from a local who were apparently very happy to have them.

I’m sure small town attitudes happen. They happen everywhere. I’m just not sure Japan is uniquely bad.

[–] MagpieRhymes 19 points 1 year ago

I watch them too. And there’s another similar channel of a single young (American, I think?) woman who’s doing the same thing. And again, the locals are very welcoming - I suspect this depends on whether the newcomers are making an effort to integrate, learn the language, etc.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you have a link or name to that docu?

[–] Maskimusk 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it’s this YouTube channel! (life where I’m from): https://youtu.be/LEh697_p79I

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, no. Think it was something on NHK I watched several years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't have thought that NHL of all would portrait japanese people like that. Interesting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Wasn't that a BBC article? The wording is very familiar as well the exact scenario.