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I do not understand the positive comments in this thread, this is so fucking cringe. I live in Japan and this type of idiot makes things worse for all of us foreigners. Yes, take study of the language seriously. Yes, talk to people and engage in genuine conversations with them. But this recording and publicizing it does NOTHING to further your language skills or understanding of the culture - it's shameless self-aggrandizement at the cost of normal people trying to live their lives. Japan is not a people-zoo and Japanese people are not your personal PR platform, have some fucking respect.
I get you main point but not understanding why people think it's nice it's on you. I'm not a teen so I get the annoyance with filming everything, I don't even have social media, but the young man was respectful and the old man seemed amused. At no point in this video I thought japan was a zoo. This happens all around the world in all cultures and countries it's not specific to Japan. I hope you can understand the nice comments now.
Please see my comment to another poster below. There’s more specific context that makes this really not all right.