Watanabe Naomi's New York Move Made Her Realize How Japanese People Are Perceived: "I Have a Story to Tell Everyone"
Watanabe Naomi's New York Move Made Her Realize How Japanese People Are Perceived: "I Have a Story to Tell Everyone"
The comedian Watanabe Naomi (33), who has move to the United States, updated her YouTube channel on the 21st. There was a scene in which she talked about her impressions of New York and the attitude of the local people toward Japanese people
"I have a story I want to tell everyone while I'm living in New York," said Watanabe. For example, when I was in a taxi, I was talking to my friends in Japanese, and the drivers would always ask me, 'What language are you speaking? When I told him it was Japanese, they said, "It's very familiar and very pleasant". When I tell them I speak Japanese, there is a 90% chance that they will say, 'It's very pleasant to hear"
Another one was, "I really like Japan" everyone is so kind and they are all good people. At that time, I really felt the trust that our ancestors and the people who came to New York from Japan had built up. So I thought I should do what my seniors had done, and be kind to people. I want to make the younger generation proud of being Japanese so that they can say, 'You know, the Japanese helped me back then"
[+19,598, -560] What a wonderful story. There is no need to do anything fancy to convey the beauty of Japan, just a little awareness like this is all that is needed
[+8,919, -444] Thank you, Naomi-san!
If everyone thought like that, there would be no discrimination.
I try to be kind when I travel, but I tend to get frustrated during my commuting.
I want to have the luxury of always being considerate of others.
[+7,408, -482] I do think that the sound of the Japanese language is soft and beautiful, and it is good to be able to feel it from an outside perspective.
I think the person who can communicate such things is also very beautiful, and I feel that when you communicate something good, you get a good response.
[+4,237, -122] When I went to France, a shopkeeper at a souvenir shop asked me what country I was from, and when I told him I was Japanese, he told me that Japanese people were very nice and gave me an extra key ring even though I had only bought a postcard.
I thanked the other Japanese people
[+3,549, -149] I've stayed in many countries, long and short term, and I've never had a bad experience as a Japanese.
On the contrary, I was thankful for the kindness of those who said that Japanese people are trustworthy.
Yes, I will continue to act so as not to betray that trust!
[+3,108, -104] I've been living abroad for 12 years in three different countries. I think this is true. I am proud to be Japanese and hope that we can somehow pass this on to the next generation. Japanese people need to have more confidence! Go Japan!
[+2,956, -110] I've lived abroad for a long time.
I'm happy that I'm Japanese.
For asians, mainly from East Asia
I believe it is the Japanese who are contributing to the improvement of our image
I can say this with pride.