Her moniker on YouTube says it all — born and raised in Kyoto, thatjapanesegirl has lived in Japan all her life, moving to Tokyo just this year. With more than 24,000 subscribers to her two YouTube channels, thatjapanese girl, who prefers to withhold her real name, is one of Japan's most viewed English-speaking vloggers. Since she started vlogging in January 2009, thatjapanesegirl has been profiled in Japanese media, including NHK. Entertaining both foreign and Japanese viewers with her bilingual videos, thatjapanesegirl become serious about her English-language studies by abandoning Japanese television shows and watching only English ones instead. Whether she's teaching lessons in Kansai dialect(she's a certified language teacher), sampling Lotteria cheeseburgers or exploring the streets of Harajuku, this charismatic J-vlogger makes being a Japanese girl look very fun.
How long have you lived in Japan? Did you ever spend time overseas?
I grew up in Kyoto and I've never lived abroad. So I learned English through junior high and high school. I had six years of regular classes. I also love movies and TV shows and I wanted to understand them without subtitles. I love "Lost."