I just finished a long flight back to America, during which I had a 15 hour layover in Korea Fortunately I had a really awesome friend come meet me and take me around Seoul I was really surprised at what I saw because it was completely different from what I was expecting Now obviously I'm not an expert on either country but I am friends with people or in one case am married to someone knows a lot more about it than I do, so I have had help making sure all of my information is correct In any case I wanna talk about one of the the differences I noticed, which is that Korea and Japan are complete opposites when it comes to dating In Japan people try to hide their relationships as much as possible This means that PDA is extremely limited or in some cases completely nonexistent A lot of the times the best you can hope for is being able to hold your boyfriend's hand like half of the time here in public Even my husband, who's really un-Japanese at times still gets really embarrassed holding hands in public If I insist we hold hands, sometimes he'll try to wedge our hands between us so that no one can see them, or he'll put our hands in his jacket pocket so that no one can see them, or other times he'll just make me hold his arm so that we don't even have to both hands And forget about kissing or hugging outside Unless you're walking home in the dark and there's absolutely no chance of anyone seeing you, don't expect your boyfriend to do anything! Even at airports when the husband is going away for business, he and his wife might not hug each other and they definitely won't kiss each other goodbye! It sucks! Every time I leave Japan my husband will not give me a kiss at the airport because it's too embarrassing It can make having a relationship really difficult because you feel so emotionally unconnected in public, especially if you can't communicate well because you speak different languages In Korea it's the opposite! Korea is made for dating! People who don't even like each other will date just because they don't want to be alone in public And PDA is everywhere. Guys had their hands all over their girlfriends! And by the way Korea had the absolute highest ratio of beautiful people I have ever seen in my life! I don't know how much of that is plastic surgery and how much is genetics, but it seems like Korea goes for a more Western feel to beauty, which is mature, cool looks, whereas Japan is really obsessed with looking cute and youthful Even their guys! I know a lot of my viewers want to go to Japan someday, or are in Japan right now, which is awesome, you should totally to go Japan! It's a great place to visit. But if you're anything like me you might be into Korean culture as well, and if that's the case I think you should do some research to figure out which country is a better fit for your personality Or if you can manage it, visit both! The good news is that grammatically the languages are pretty similar, so even if you're learning one right now, it shouldn't be that hard to switch to the other one later on I've had a really good experiences in Japan (obviously, because I found a husband there!) but there are some things that I don't like about it, and sometimes I wonder if it might be easier to have a relationship in Korea!