Saturday, January 4, 2014

Why did you come to Japan ; Japanese TV program


"Why did you come to Japan" is the name of Japanese program of TV station, "TV Tokyo". This is the program which I like to watch most recently because it's fun to watch. The content of the program is to understand on what purpose people visit Japan from foreign countries. In order to do that, TV crews randomly interview people who just come out of the arrival gate at the Narita airport, and ask them why they come to Japan. And if the interviewer thinks it becomes fun to follow, then ask them where it is possible to follow them to film what they are going to do.



This is one of examples of the program. If you type "why did you come to Japan" in YouTube, then you will be able to find many episodes. This program used to be a 30 minute program at late night as far as I remember, but the content is fun to watch, so it has become one hour program and the time slot also moved to the evening time so that many people are able to watch. What makes Japanese people feel like better about this program is the attitude of foreigners who come to Japan. Basically they like Japan or have an interest in Japan at least. Only this attitude is good enough for people to feel comfortable to watch. In addition to that, we are surprised to hear reasons for visiting. They have different viewpoints which does not come out from people who live in Japan for a long time and which Japanese don't have. This is the discovery program for Japanese to look Japan again from a different perspective and find new things in Japan. 

It's worth watching the program if you have an interest. Languages are half and half in Japanese and English.

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