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! 🎧LISTEN ON SPOTIFY/ITUNES: https://anchor.fm/jtandfriends FOLLOW VERONICA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veronica_rose__/ 📱FOLLOW Japan Travel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/japantravelcom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Japantravelcom Main Website: https://en.japantravel.com/ 📱FOLLOW the hosts: Anna: https://www.instagram.com/pinkos_pitch/ Luca: https://www.instagram.com/luca_traveljapan/ Davide: https://www.instagram.com/dddddavide/ 🎥: https://www.instagram.com/zai8izzuddin/ ✂️: https://www.instagram.com/jujumolnar/ 🎤 Intro and Outro music: https://www.instagram.com/lina.m.u.s.i.c/ 🎨 Logo artist: https://ludovicogeronazzoportfolio.portfoliobox.net 🍶Learn about Sake: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFuFtESTC5NNlCVmCOeteQ 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 ⚠️ Please subscribe and turn on all notifications so that you don't miss any of our weekly stories!!