I had some free time this afternoon so I asked you guys

看看你們有什麼疑問，關於我、日本

on my Facebook page if there are any questions you wanted to ask me

任何問題都行

um about myself or Japan or just whatever.

我有陣子沒拍這種Q&A影片了

Um I haven't done many of these Q+A videos so

我在YouTube上收到一堆email，但我沒時間一一回信

I get lots of Youtube emails that I don't have time to reply to

希望可以透過這支影片回答道你的問題

so hopefully I can answer some of those questions in this video

第1題：你最喜歡的日本零食是？

What is your favourite Japanese snack of all time?

好難選...有太多可以選了

This is very difficult there are so many good ones to choose from

但我最愛的應該是雷神巧克力

but my absolute favourite would probably be Black Thunder

第2題：你最愛的神奇寶貝是？

What's your favourite Pokémon?

這題也好難選...

Um this is so hard to choose too

我很喜歡雷丘

I really like Raichu

還有派拉斯，是不是很怪啊？

Um... I like Paras

我猜現在你們一定這麼想

which is a really weird choice

我喜歡他可愛的聲音

I'm sure you're all thinking

第3題：你心目中第一名的東京餐廳是？

Um I just really like its voice I think. I think it's really cute

我前天去了一家素食餐廳，非常好吃

Where is your favourite place to eat in Tokyo?

我記得英文店名是Journey什麼的

I went to a really delicious vegan place the other day actually

剩下的英文很怪，我會在旁邊附上全名

I think it was called Journey in English

因為我記不得全名了 哈哈

Um...

東西超好吃，我想即使不吃素的人也會愛上

The rest of the name is really weird

我點了素的牛肉燴飯，有點像燉菜配上糙米

I will put it right here

還有鬆餅，超~~~~~~~~~~美味

Cause I can't remember what it was called

有鮮奶油，上面鋪滿新鮮水果，太好吃了

But that place was so yummy

第4題：你最喜歡的日本城市是？為什麼？

even if you're not vegan I think you would love it

我以前住在東北地區

Um I had a hayashi rice dish

在岩手縣的盛岡市

which is kind of like a stew I guess with rice

我很喜歡那裡的生活

and their pancakes were so good

主要的原因是，那裡很像我的故鄉─加拿大的維多利亞市

they had like a cream and a fruit topping

到處都是樹木，也比東京來得涼爽，因為地理的緣故

oh it was so yummy

人也比較少，所以不會太擁擠，但又不會太偏僻

Which city in Japan do you like the most and why?

完美介於城市和鄉村間的一種平衡

Hmm...

所以，目前為止，我心目中的第一名是盛岡市

I used to live up in Northern Japan in a city called Morioka

第5題：除了關東地區，你還想去哪裡旅行？

It's in Iwate Prefecture

其實我還沒去過本州以外的地方

Um I really liked it there,

所以我很想去北海道、四國、九州，任何地方都行

I think um the main reason is because it's very similar to my hometown, Victoria, in Canada

我去過本州滿多地方了

Lots of nature, um a little bit cooler weather than you'll find in Tokyo since it's pretty far up north

但還沒去過其他地區，所以我都很樂意

and... less people

第6題：你喜歡住在日本的原因是？

definitely less crowded

這個好難回答，我就說我想到的第一個理由吧

but it wasn't like a super countryside town it was kinda a nice balance between city and countryside

我很喜歡日本人不會過度雞婆這一點

Um I'm gonna say so far my favourite place would probably be Morioka

走在路上也不會有人隨便對你鬼吼鬼叫

Other than the Kanto Region where do you want to take a trip to in Japan

或是跟你搭訕

Um well actually I have never been off of the main island of Honshu

除非他們想練習英文，我遇過幾次那樣的人

So I would love to visit Hokkaido or Shikoku or Kyushu

我的意思是，當我在加拿大的街上，就會有那種男生

Um anywhere

對我說些噁心話

actually

當你在等公車，陌生人會找你聊天

I've done lots of traveling all up and down the main island

當然，有時候這樣是滿好玩的，當你也想跟別人聊天時

But so yeah I haven't been off of it

但有時你就只想獨處

so I would definitely love to visit any of the other islands

沒那個心情跟陌生人聊天

I think that would be really cool

在日本，這樣的情形不太會發生，我欣賞這點

Hi Sharla what is your favourite thing about living in Japan and why?

人們管自己的事情就好，沒有人會打擾你

Ah... This is really hard to pick just one and I'm just gonna say the first thing that comes to my head

在日本我比較自在，因為我知道不會有人隨便打擾我

I really like how people in Japan kind of just let you do your own thing

第7題：你最喜歡的日本商店？

so if you're walking down the street you won't get lots of people yelling at you or coming up and talking to you

如果是服飾店

um unless they wanna practice their English

應該是原宿的SPINS和WEGO

I do get that sometimes

兩間店的風格很類似，都開在原宿，都是強烈的街頭風

but um what I mean is kind of like in Canada I'll walk down the street here and I'll have guys yelling something at me

兩間店我都喜歡

or um if you're sitting at the bus stop strangers will start talking to you

第8題：你計畫在日本住多久？

and sometimes that's cool, like sometimes you know you're in the mood to talk to people

另外，是什麼原因讓你一頭栽進日本文化？

but other times you just like wanna be by yourself and you don't wanna you know you're not in the mood to talk with random people

我的確有計畫要在日本住一段時間

and that doesn't happen often in Japan

但還沒想好要待多久，因為我很隨興

so I really like that

如果有天我準備好定居在另一個國家的話，我會去的

it's always very um people just mind their own business and they let you do your own thing

但目前我還沒有長期的規劃

and i just feel a lot more comfortable going outside in Japan because I know that many people won't bother me

此刻我很享受住在日本

What is your favourite Japanese store?

也在這裡找到工作了，之後我會再專門拍影片談那件事

I'm assuming they're meaning like clothes for shopping

我對未來還沒有明確的計畫

in that case I would say probably Spins or Wego

至於什麼原因讓我一頭栽進日本文化？

I can't choose one they're very similar

我開始學日文是在13歲的時候

um they're both in Harajuku they have very like cute street fashion and I just love both of them

我記得很久前的影片裡提過我是怎麼開始學日文的

Do you plan to stay in Japan for as long as you can?

但影片年代太久遠了，應該沒人看過，所以我再說一次

Also, what sparked your wish to study and get into the Japanese world?

在加拿大的學校你得學第二外語

It would be interesting to hear

唸八年級時，法文是必修課

Um... Hmm...

到了九年級，你可以繼續學法文，或是改學其他語言

That's kind- I- hm...

我覺得自己有法文基礎了，所以想學新的語言

I do plan on staying in Japan for a while

有俄文、西班牙文、日文，好像還有德文

I don't know how long that will be, I'm pretty... random

大概有三四種語言可選，我覺得日文有點酷，就選啦

If all of a sudden I feel like moving to another country one day

一時興起啦

I will do that so I can't really decide on my long term plans yet

當我開始學，我真的愛上日本文化，而且日文學起來也很好玩

um at the moment I'm really enjoying living in Japan

但我沒有好好唸課本，所以其實我的日文成績很爛

I have a job which I will talk about in the future

上高中後，我還是很喜歡日文，而且在學校裡的日本社團交到很多日本朋友

Um I wanna make like a proper video about it

我很喜歡日本的文化和人，所以這就是我持續的原因

but um long term wise, I'm not sure yet

這題好有趣！

And what sparked my wish to study and get into the Japanese world... hm...

第9題：你會像日本人戴口罩嗎？好像沒看過你戴？

Er... I first started studying Japanese when I was I think 13

你沒看過我戴是因為我在拍影片，如果戴上的話，大家就聽不到我的聲音了

Um I think I mentioned this in a really crappy video that I made a long time ago about like how I started studying Japanese and stuff

口罩會把聲音蓋住，但平常我會戴口罩

but that video like sucks I don't even want you guys to go watch it

而我戴口罩的原因有好幾個

so um I will say it again

像是我生病的時候

But I... In Canada you have to choose a third? Third language I guess it is

或是我要去人很多的地方時

We study French

像是要去新宿車站逛一整天，我就會戴口罩

Um it's mandatory to study French up until grade 8

以防別人把感冒傳染給我

and then in grade 9 you can choose another language to study

當我沒化妝時，我也會戴口罩

you can either continue on with your French or you can choose another one

哈哈 我知道這聽起來很蠢，但日本女生如果早上沒化妝

And I thought I already have like a basis of French down so I'll move on to another one

她們會很不好意思在眾人面前露出素顏

and we had I think Russian, Spanish, er... Japanese

我也是，因為我是金髮碧眼的外國人，大家都會盯著我看

um German? There might have been German

雖然我比較習慣這種注目睽睽的視線

No, maybe not

但我不習慣素顏上街，這時就會戴口罩

um anyways we had like 3 or 4 languages to choose from and I just thought Japanese sounded cool

第10題：日本人會在意刺青和耳洞嗎？

so I picked it randomly

這真的要看你的職業

And um as I started studying it I really fell in love with the culture and the language was fun to learn

如果你在時尚產業工作，刺青和鮮豔髮色都可以接受的

I wasn't much of a book studier so I got pretty bad grades

在原宿和澀谷你會看到很多這樣的人

in my Japanese classes actually

看你的工作是什麼，有些店員身上有超多刺青和耳洞

er in high school

但他們的職場文化允許，所以就沒關係

but I still really enjoyed the language and I made lots of Japanese friends

但大部分情況下，沒錯，人們輕視身上穿環的人

through um like a Japanese club we that had at school and I just yeah I guess I just fell in love with the culture and the people so

這也是我沒再戴針式耳環的原因，以前我兩隻耳朵各有三個耳洞

that's why I stuck with it

耳洞其實沒關係

Now this is an interesting one

所以如果你有一堆耳洞，別擔心

Do you wear a mask like a lot of people in Japan do?

只是我沒再戴了

Like in flu season etc? I've never seen you in one

以前我還有鼻環和唇環，但我全都拿掉了

Um well the reason you haven't seen me in one is because um if I wore one

因為我想在日本工作，如果你身上有打洞穿環會很難找

in my videos you wouldn't be able to hear me talking cause it really muffles your speech

會大大限制你的工作機會

but yes I definitely do wear a mask

所以我拿掉了，但滿難過的啦，因為我喜歡我的耳洞，我想要戴回去

There are actually several different reasons that I would wear one

我現在的工作超不日本的

I wear one when I'm sick um I wear one when I'm going to like a crowded area say like hm... if I'm gonna go to like maybe Shinjuku Eki

他們不在乎我的穿著打扮，我想耳洞應該也沒關係，也許之後我會再開始戴

and I go shopping there all day I might wear a mask just so that I don't catch a cold from someone

謝謝收看！因為要回答的問題太多了，所以這集有點長，剩下的問題請收看Part2^^

And I'll also sometimes wear a mask if I'm not wearing makeup

I know that's silly but um that's a thing in Japan

People will wear the masks if they don't have time to do their makeup in the morning and they feel awkward out in public without makeup

Um which I do because lots of people look at me because I'm different looking I have blonde hair now

which makes me stand out even a little more than I used to

so I feel very awkward when I'm out in public and I'm not like, I don't have all my makeup on

so sometimes I'll wear a mask for that

How do body mods go over in Japan? Do people look down on them or do people not really care?

Um... It really depends like what you're doing

If you work in the fashion scene then you can totally get away with having tonnes of piercings and tattoos and crazy hair colours

it wouldn't matter at all you see lots of that when you go into like say Harajuku or um even areas in Shibuya

It depends what you're doing like it's some of the store workers will have tonnes of piercings and tattoos

and er it doesn't matter because that that's fine for their job

Um but in general yes they do look down on piercings

which is why I don't have mine anymore

I used to have um three in each ear

ear piercings aren't like err looked down on at all here actually so don't worry if you have tonnes of ear piercings

that should be fine but I-I ended up taking those out anyways

I had my tragus and my nose and my lip

and yes I took them all out because I wanted to get jobs in Japan and it's really hard to do that um when you have piercings

it just really limits your choice of jobs so that is why I took those out

I find that really sad because I love piercings and I really want them back

My job now is very... very... how can I say, not Japanese

they don't really care what I look like, what I wear, and I don't think they would mind if I had piercings

so maybe I will put them back in the future