Ep. 28 | Being a "Foreigner" English Girl Born and Raised in Japan ft. Jazmine Ross

Episode #28 of the “Live in Tokyo” PodcastJazmine Sachiko Ross appeared 4 years ago on this channel, discussing her upbringing in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, as a "foreign" girl raised in Japan by 2 English parents.4 years later and 7 million views later, she is back to tell everyone what she has been up to all this time.Watch Jazmine's Homecoming video to Noto, Ishikawa:👉https://youtu.be/jZwvmfeRtVQ?si=yjlerzexJtzHBfMR💰 Want to Support the Growth of the Live in Tokyo Podcast?https://gofund.me/67ccb3c5e👉Follow Jazmine:YouTube:  @sachi.liminal  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sachi.liminal/👉Follow Live in Tokyo Podcast or Max D. CapoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/liveintokyopodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxdcapoTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@maxdcapoX: https://x.com/maxdcapo🎧Live in Tokyo Podcast audio only:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1XdRNqW9BYi9avrXHiuczqApple Music: https://tinyurl.com/486frwfzAmazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/bdh7wpjd📙Like the Live in Tokyo Podcast? Please Support me on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/maxdPatrons get Exclusive Early Access to Interviews, Behind the Scenes discussion, and more!✖️Thank you to the below Patrons and YouTube Members for helping me create videos✖️Dana Tarantino, Jon Ruben, Kang Garnic, Anonymous x2Joshua Titus, Kazuo Jin, David Morales, Alex Capo, Ken, Andy, YahikoLey89, briangraf2653Time Stamps:0:00 Intro1:07 Who is Jasmine Sachiko Ross1:57 Growing up in rural Noto, Ishikawa4:17 What was really going on during our first video4:58 Selling everything and quitting the corporate job5:48 "I had the perfect life, but something was missing"6:57 Growing up visible: TV crews in the house9:13 Going viral and freezing up10:15 A TED Talk, and "am I supposed to have a message?"11:44 Van life with no plan12:28 Goen (ご縁): trusting serendipity13:35 First time in Thailand14:16 Why Japan felt "confined"16:10 Solitude, soul searching, and inner work17:14 Feeling inauthentic online19:34 Identity crisis #222:30 How she feels after four years23:20 The parts of herself Japan never let her see26:24 The UK, and being a "fake gaijin"27:11 Laughing at labels takes their power away28:35 Comfort zone, fear zone, growth zone30:43 Cultural codes vs. cultural wisdom31:29 Underneath culture, we're all the same34:20 Is culture just a big cult?35:02 The chance meeting in Bulgaria36:34 The 2024 Noto earthquake37:15 "Would they even want me back?"39:47 Going home for the first time in a decade41:45 "I'm culturally Japanese"43:15 Slipping back in as a Noto local45:09 Eating Noto fish and crying47:16 Standing where her childhood home used to be48:46 The neighborhood moms and old classmates50:31 "So this is what community is"52:20 Learning she can just be herself54:47 Arinomama, goen, ma wo toru56:21 What's next: sharing Japan's wisdom56:44 "Ki" (気): energy as everyday language