Name: 我如何在日本生活了 20 年 🇯🇵✨ 簽證建議 + 更多 (How I’ve Lived in Japan for 20 Years 🇯🇵✨ visa advice + more)
Uploaded: 2025-10-08T18:29:22.000Z
Duration: 22 min 52 s

哈囉大家，歡迎回到我的頻道。

現在進行式

I just realized yesterday that it's coming up on 20 years of me moving to Japan and that's just wild.

我昨天才意識到，我搬到日本快滿20年了，這真的太不可思議了。

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I can remember moving here so clearly and it's so strange to realize that that was 20 years ago now.

我還清楚記得搬來這裡的情景，現在回想起來那已經是20年前的事了，真的好奇怪。

I thought this would be a good time to ask you if you had any questions about life in Japan.

我想說現在是個好時機，來問問大家有沒有關於在日本生活的問題。

Working here, living here, having pets, speaking Japanese, etc.

像是工作、生活、養寵物、講日文等等。

So I asked you guys for questions on Instagram.

所以我請大家在 Instagram 上提問。

Thank you so much for sending so many in.

非常感謝大家寄來這麼多問題。

What's something you still can't get fully used to in Japan?

在日本，有什麼事情是你到現在還是無法完全習慣的呢？

從第一天開始，你喜歡日本的什麼呢？

The thing that I still can't get used to is Japanese style toilets.

我到現在還是無法習慣的是日式馬桶。

What's the thing that I liked from day one that I still like now?

從第一天開始我就喜歡、到現在還喜歡的是什麼呢？

My first experience in Japan was way up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere, in like a bunch of rice fields.

我第一次到日本是在鄉下的深處，周圍都是稻田。

And I think the views of the green rice fields really impressed me.

我覺得那片綠油油的稻田景色真的讓我印象深刻。

即使到今天，我還是很喜歡綠色的稻田。

I don't think I'll ever get bored of that.

我覺得我永遠都不會對這個感到厭倦。

That's one thing that I liked when I first came here and I still like now.

這是我剛來的時候就喜歡，到現在還喜歡的一樣東西。

Japanese cat toys versus U.S. canadian cat toys.

日本的貓玩具跟美國加拿大的貓玩具。

I find that they're a lot more creative in Japan.

我覺得日本的貓玩具更有創意。

You can find some really interesting cat toys here.

在這裡你可以找到一些很有趣的貓玩具。

For example, Morrow's absolute favorite cat toy is this little Ebby Fry.

舉例來說，Morrow 最喜歡的貓玩具就是這個小小的 Ebby Fry。

He's looking at me right now because he wants it.

他現在看著我，因為他想要它。

For Christmas, I got him this massive version of it and he uses it as a kicker toy.

聖誕節的時候，我送他一個超大的同款，他都拿來當踢踢樂玩具。

He was so stoked when he opened this present.

If you're a pet owner, really encourage you to find a big pet store when you're here in Japan and go shopping for toys for your pets because they're very, very different.

如果你是飼主，我真的鼓勵你們來日本的時候，找一間大型的寵物店，幫你們的寵物買玩具，因為這裡的很不一樣。

Lots of questions about how to buy a house in Japan.

很多人問在日本要怎麼買房子。

You're not treated any differently just because you're a foreigner.

你不會因為是外國人就被差別對待。

The only issue is if you'd like to get a loan or like to get a mortgage.

唯一的問題是，如果你想辦理貸款或抵押貸款。

So if you're buying in cash, no problem at all.

所以如果你是現金買房，完全沒問題。

If you're foreign, you're Japanese, it'll be the same.

如果你是外國人，你是日本人，都一樣。

If you want to get a loan, then you need permanent residency.

如果你想辦理貸款，就需要永久居留權。

How did you initially save money to go to Japan?

你一開始是怎麼存錢去日本的？

Yeah, I was lucky in that I had lots of jobs while I was in high school and also while I was in my first couple years of university in Canada.

對啊，我算是很幸運，因為我在高中還有剛讀大學的前幾年，在加拿大有很多工作。

I had probably three part time jobs going at all times.

我那時候同時可能有三份兼職工作。

I worked as a cashier in a Japanese grocery store in Canada.

我在加拿大的日本超市做過收銀員。

我跟我爺爺一起做過建築工作。

I was a tour guide for Japanese students and Chinese students that were visiting Victoria.

我曾擔任過導遊，帶領過訪加的日本學生和中國學生。

Honestly, what else can I say to you guys other than just work a lot?

說真的，除了多工作之外，我還能跟大家說什麼呢？

What's the best hike you've been on in all of Japan?

在日本，你去過最棒的健行是哪裡？

I always say that because the weather is nice and cool, you could enjoy being outside.

我總是這麼說，因為天氣又涼又舒服，很適合戶外活動。

There's no humidity and the leaves are gorgeous.

spring is just so crowded here because so many tourists come here to see the cherry blossoms.

春天這裡人潮爆炸多，因為好多觀光客都來看櫻花。

If you're going to be in Tokyo, I would say the best time to come is autumn.

如果你要去東京，我會說最好的旅遊時間是秋天。

And the best hike I've been on is hands down the Nakasendo Trail.

我走過最棒的健行路線絕對是中山道。

Me and Chris just did it recently and it was such a good experience.

我和 Chris 最近才去走過，那經驗真的很棒。

Unfortunately I was very sick at the time we got there.

可惜我到那裡的時候病得很重。

We stayed the night beforehand and I woke up in the morning feeling like hell.

我們前一晚就住下來了，早上醒來時感覺超不舒服。

So it made the hike a lot more difficult than it probably would have been.

所以這讓健行比原本可能遇到的困難度高很多。

So it's hard for me to explain the difficulty of the hike.

所以很難跟我解釋這健行的難度。

I would say it's probably very enjoyable regardless of how I felt.

我想不管我當時感覺怎麼樣，這健行應該都很享受。

The views were so nice and it's such a calm experience.

風景真的很棒，而且是很寧靜的體驗。

We didn't see that many people on the trail.

We would pass people maybe every half hour.

I really like how the hike is broken up by little towns.

我真的很喜歡健行會穿插一些小鎮。

So you'll have like a big hike through the mountains for a few hours and then you'll end up in a town and you can explore the town, stop for food, stop for tea, take a little rest, and

所以你會有一段幾小時的大型山區健行，然後會抵達一個小鎮，你可以逛逛小鎮、吃點東西、喝杯茶、休息一下，然後

then you're off on the next hike through the forest.

接著繼續下一段穿過森林的健行。

And you can choose where you start and where you stop.

你可以選擇從哪裡開始，在哪裡結束。

We hiked for I think four to five days, maybe four days.

我們健行了大概四到五天，也許四天。

And we ended up in Narai Juku, which is a very nice route.

最後我們抵達奈良井宿，這是一條很棒的路線。

I recommend that if you want like a four day experience.

我推薦如果你想要四天的體驗的話。

Okay, I get this question a lot And I moved here with no degree.

好的，這個問題我收到了很多，而且我搬來這裡時確實沒有學位。

However, I'm very lucky that I'm Canadian and we have a working holiday arrangement with Japan so I could get the working holiday visa.

不過，我很幸運我是加拿大人，我們和日本有打工度假協議，所以我可以拿到打工度假簽證。

這就是我第一年在日本的生活。

It's not required that you have a degree for that.

So as long as you have the citizenship of a country that is participating in the working holiday arrangement with Japan, you could move here long term on that visa.

所以只要你有參與日本打工度假協議的國家公民身份，你就可以用那個簽證在這裡長期居留。

Another option is to use the cultural activities visa.

另一個選擇是使用文化活動簽證。

這是一個很多人不知道的選項。

You can apply for a visa if you want to study some form of Japanese cultural activity.

如果你想學習某種日本文化活動，可以申請簽證。

Martial arts, calligraphy, flower arrangement.

I spent many of my years here in Japan on a student visa while I was going to both Japanese language school and university here.

我在日本唸日語學校和大學的許多歲月都是持學生簽證度過的。

Do you think it would be hard to relocate to Japan when you're in your 40s?

你覺得四十幾歲搬到日本會很難嗎？

Not any harder than it would have been if you moved here when you were a teenager or 20?

不會比你青少年或二十幾歲時搬來這裡更難嗎？

I would say it would probably have been easier for me to move here now at this age 38, having all the life experience that I do, I don't see any reason that being older would hold you back in any way if you want to move to Japan.

我認為，以我現在三十八歲的年紀，擁有的生活經驗，現在搬來這裡可能會更容易，我不認為年紀大會是想搬到日本的阻礙。