1 Year Japan Review (0 - 10) 👏👏

When I was in Japan, I was walking along one of the many lakes around Mt. Fuji when an old fisherman waved me over. He didn't speak much English, and I didn't speak much Japanese, but he invited me into his fishing shack and we talked about our jobs and what we like about our homes. He gave me a huge bag of jerky fish and said, "if you come back, I will be here". I think about him every week 😭

When we visited Kyoto I gave an old japanese lady my seat on train and she was SO incredibly thankful, she thanked me like 30 times and when she got off the train she thanked me again 10 times. Not gonna lie, this adorable old lady was one of my highlights in japan.

12 years living here, and I love how his list of good and bad mirrors experience here from arrival to having been here for awhile. The trash bins you notice almost immediately. The language hurdles and small victories over time. The rules one is spot on though. If it is written, or generally understood & accepted to be, it means that is how it is and there will be no other way. I am so happy for you both, on both your life and work change, and for your new additions.

I completely understand that "feeling" you're referring to at the end. In 2015 I went on a high school exchange to Japan for a year and lets just say my arrival in Japan was very stressful. Because of all that stress I went through I began regretting my decision to study abroad and was feeling really bad. After my host family at the time picked me up from the airport and I was in the car on the way to their home, I had a change of heart. What made me change my outlook was simply seeing life going on around me. I saw a person riding their bike, other cars on the road with us, all the homes in my host family's neighborhood and all that made me think "you know what, this is nice" and I never regretted my decision again after that. I ended up loving my year in Japan so much that I plan to move back in a few years.

Felix finally got sponsored by Japan. He’s truly becoming a top YouTuber

I remember being younger and thinking “what will pewdiepie be doing when I’m grown up” and now he’s got a child on the way, lives in Japan. Nice to see him living life to the fullest.

Thanks for the compliment on Japan. May you always have a good time while you are in Japan and wherever you decide to live in the future!

When I first visited Japan we were still learning the subway station and of course we were in Shinjuku. This lady named AIko spent an hour and a half of her day helping us set up Passmo (buss pass) and explaining the subway system to us. She didn't speak much english but was still a huge blessing when we had no idea what we were doing.

Thank you so much for speaking on how locals treat you

It sounds like the final thing about Japan that Felix enjoys is that he's at peace there! So happy he is in such a good place in his life!

Content you seem, happy i am. Im glad you get to finallt set your journey where youre at! Im pleased to see that you and this youtube tbing is still continuing. After being here since 2012, ive had nothing but respect for you man. And now, a video like this, i understand wny you feel happier now

That feeling you're talking about at the end!!! The word I learned for it was "copacetic". It's when things are "very satisfactory" or "in good order". I get that feeling all the time, it's such a pure feeling of happiness and peace. All is right in the world for those moments. Copacetic!

Felix, about the being in the delivery room thing: I know you said there isn’t really any bending the rules but I hope you do try! I’ve read someone say that they were able to stay the whole time before birth (not after) after doing a PCR COVID test on the spot. Maybe you could also ask the doctor for help with getting some sort of exception due to whatever reason: not fluent in Japanese, first pregnancy, high stress, whatever it is. Medically there is good reason for her to have you there to provide support and comfort in an extremely unfamiliar situation. I hope you’re able to be there at the very least longer than the 2 hours 🙏🏽

it's always nice to see how relaxed felix is and how happy he and marzia are since they've moved to japan! 😀

I think I can relate to that feeling you mentioned having in Japan. I’ve had something very similar to what you described in the Maldives. That shit was like a damn dream. Like unbelievably beautiful and my brain couldn’t comprehend.

I lived in Poland for 3 months and you really learn to enjoy the little things in a new place. Just sitting with coffee somewhere feels more meaningful. I started learning Polish nearly a year before I went and my Polish was passable enough for basic convo/at least understanding the general idea of what someone’s saying even if I couldn’t reply in Polish super well. It’s so fun to exercise your brain with more languages

As a Japanese, foreigners like you who try to live happily with lots of respect and follow the customs and maybe the rules here even you dont like, are very appreciated, and nice to hear your thoughts this time. Your Japanese speaking sounds quite good and i guess you can speak Japanese well more than you feel.

It's just so cool to me how he and Marzia wanted to go to Japan for so long and finally his dream came true and now he's reviewing it. We're glad to be part of your journey Pewds. Keep on living your life.

Felixさんが日本で楽しく過ごせているようで嬉しいですー！ご家族とこれからも幸せに暮らせますように！

Got my merch last week. So happy you are generous enough to ship to Norway. Or maybe it was a bug, but still, love it