YOUは何しに日本へ？Yū wa Nani Shi ni Nippon e?

In Japan, many people tend to watch TV while eating lunch. But which show is the best? For foreigners who do not speak Japanese or only on a basic level, it is difficult to find a program they can kind of understand and laugh about. I had the same problem. But on a normal Saturday in Ojika, I discovered a show that both Japanese and foreigners can enjoy together. 





The show is called "YOUは何しに日本へ？Yū wa Nani Shi ni Nippon e?" and takes place mainly in Tokyo. A team of Japanese interviewers walks around various airports and cities in Japan and asks foreign looking people "Why did you come to Japan?" and some other questions. They then attempt to follow them on their journeys around Japan in a process called mitchaku shuzai (密着取材, lit. "close-contact reporting").
Because foreign people tend to speak English and Japanese people tend to speak Japanese, it is easy for both viewers to understand the topic of the discussion. This show mainly works with Japanese subtitles. So when somebody talks in a foreign language, it is not drowned and easy understandable.

I highly recommend everybody to take a look at this show and enjoy its content. It can bring up a topic you can talk with the people you meet on your trip about. And the show itself brings so much joy!

- CH -