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.
I think it’s this YouTube channel! (life where I’m from): https://youtu.be/LEh697_p79I
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.
Idk. Why go to Japan if you want to live in a village when you can go go to Thailand.
Idk. Why go to Japan if you want to live in a village when you can go go to Thailand.
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.
Yeah, that may happen but Japanese are often pretty accepting of outsiders these days.
This is a great example.
