The guys are joined by new and friendly JT colleague and New Jerseyite Veronica, to talk about her first impressions upon coming to Japan. You can get used to many aspects of Japanese culture after living in the country for a while, but Veronica today reminded us about how and why Japan is one of the most unique places on earth!



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Here are the timestamps:



0:00 Teaser

0:50 Intro

1:54 Why Japan is So Unique

2:16 Today’s guest: Veronica!

2:27 When did you come to Japan?

2:58 First impressions about Japan, Culture Shocks

3:26 First day of work in Japan

4:18 Dress code in Japan

5:31 Japan’s love for uniforms

6:02 Veronica’s first Culture Shock in Japan

8:11 How loud is Tokyo, actually

11:02 First movie theatre experience in Japan

12:04 Veronica’s Japanese movie theatre story

13:58 Japan, the quiet country

14:23 Tokyo trains stop for the night

15:27 What to do when you are stuck in the Tokyo at night

16:29 How safe is Japan?

17:18 Culture Shock about Japanese Food

17:46 Baka-size: the huge glass!

18:41 Is Starbucks special in Japan?

19:27 No Hugs in Japan?

20:14 The reason why Japanese people don’t hug

22:30 Veronica’s image of Japan before coming to Japan

23:43 The subcultures of Japan

24:36 Saying “Bless you” in Japan

25:23 Why people don’t say “Bless you” in Japan

28:10 How Japanese react to earthquakes

30:47 Driving in Japan

32:50 How people walk in Japan

34:13 I wish Japan had more ovens!

35:14 Introducing today’s Waka

36:33 Waka Poem by Emperor Meiji

36:56 Thank you & important message



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