Why I'm Leaving Japan (not clickbait)

It’s good to hear that your trying and experimenting to see what’s best for your family. It’s completely up to yourself if you wish to make videos in a form you find best. Family and your own enjoyment first over feeling like you need to make content here. Wish you all the best and if you do make future videos (even non Japan related) look forward to seen them.

I remember the toilet video and I enjoyed the content regardless of the schedule. I’m happy for you and your family moving to Germany. What a major transition for all of you. Best of luck with everything.

All of us gaijin seem to eventually leave Japan. A society as homogenous as the Japanese are, will probably always make newcomers uneasy or fully uncomfortable, and when we can’t feel we fit in, we can’t resolve to stay. I planned to stay ten years, and left after ten months.

Good luck with the new chapter of your life! I like that you're taking the risk even without being certain how it will work out. It was very encouraging, because I think you're right, it's not possible to know before trying it out.

The last time we met up, it still felt like I would get a chance to hang out again like all the other times. After watching this, I am pretty bummed that it might be a while until we can sync up again. I'm sad to see you move, but I'm sure it'll be exciting for you and your family. I secretly hope you'll eventually come back, but regardless, I will try to make an effort to visit you while you are there. Thanks for always being supportive, positive, and someone who I respect very much. Love ya man.

😭 We wish you the best over there man! Looking forward to see what you do with the channel.

Good luck with your next chapter in your life and although I will miss you doing videos in Japan, I would be interested to see what life in Germany is like and what the differences are. Although I do understand you taking some time out just to settle down and reconnect with friends and family first. You could do a comparison between the two countries and see how your family adjust to their new way of life. Best of Luck and I look forward to seeing how things turn out no matter how frequent you post content.

Sorry to see you go. I just found this channel and it seems I keep finding great channels right before or after they change or call it quits. I understand what you're going through though. I left Japan in 2018 after 14 years. Five years later and I'm still wondering if I made the right choice. I still go back fairly regularly (except for during covid) and my ex-wife and I are still friends and we have two kids (teenage daughter and son). I'm looking into ways to go there more often and for longer stays. Time will tell. As far as Germany goes, you should consider making videos there and around Europe. I studied at the Uni-Kassel for a summer and stayed in Luneberg for a few months after I graduated from college. I traveled around a bit while I was there and there's quite a lot to see. Deutsche Welle has a lot of travel videos and I'm not sure if you've heard of Rick Steves, but you should look him up if you haven't. Whatever you decide to do I wish you and your family the best of luck and hope to see more videos in the future, wherever it may be. Tchuss und vielen Dank.

It was great start of my second chapter of my life cause with you :) Wish you and your family will always be happy and healthy. I'm wating for your next video❤

Sad to not hang out again in Japan but.. you're closer so maybe some adventures can be had here!

A great overview of your time in Japan. Very best wishes for this next phase of your life. In a one in a billion coincidence, Johannes and a friend of his walked past me in Osaka yesterday. I didn't want to interrupt him. Maybe I should have, but I was so shocked at something so unexpected.

Newest subscriber here!!!💖 🤩 This is the very first vid of yours I just finished watching! Now I have to work my way back to 7 years ago when you started your channel 😂 all the while looking forward to seeing your new journey back to Germany! 😆🤗

I hope you enjoy the move back to Germany and I think it is a good idea for your allow your children time to adjust. As a father and working it is rough. I still remember your first toilet video. Best of luck and thanks for sharing.

I hope you make videos of Germany, I have always wanted to go but I have not been able to go there yet.

Best of wishes to you and your family on your future endeavors. Hope you guys are happy and prosperous!

I hope your move goes well. It will be nice to be reunited with friends & family. I share your feelings as been away from them much longer then you.

So we will be neighbors! (or maybe not, seems that I might actually be getting closer to relocating to Japan through my job) Wish you best luck!

As a German myself living abroad, first in one then another country, I can understand where you're coming from. And I also feel lonely although not being in Japan. The easiest country to integrate is where you have been born and maybe secondly where your parents are from - if they are immigrants as you learn that culture also a bit. But if you're like 30+ ish and then go to somewhere entirely new, need to work like hell to earn money and don't have much time on top, you (and at least I) struggle to make many friends. Even more difficult when the culture around is mostly introvert and have their own set of rules. I really really enjoyed your channel. You're straight to the point, honest and a good soul. Wish you all the best 🎉

Hello mate, I just discovered your channel since I recently had a vacation in Japan and it really felt awesome, wanting to work here (I'm also an IT professional, specializing in Network Engineering), I tried researching. and there's a lot of things to consider since visiting and working are 2 different things. Just want to say that I support your decision, I know there's a lot of things to consider, but I understand the decision of doing so for your family. Also, if you don't mind, may I ask what's your current work now as self-employed, is it more now for freelancing as an IT professional or similar kind of field? Also curious of transitioning into one sometime in the future for more flexibility. Thank you, and take care on your journey.

Amazing. I have been living for 7 years in Taiwan, married with a Taiwanese woman but we have decided to do same as yours. Going back to western world for very similar reasons like you. Asia as travel is one thing and living and working is a completely different thing!!!!