This was a nationwide, military training
All the cars stop
Financial systems go down
The whole country just stops
for fifteen minutes, and this is of course, because of the guys up North
I was just walking by this wall
This is the nastiest thing you'll see in all of Japan
There's just oil, and dirt, and cigarettes stuck all over this wall
I kind of freak out every time I walk by it
I'm going to jump on the train to go to Nishinippori
So as I have mentioned before in the vlog
When I first came to Japan
I used to teach English
but I stopped that a while ago
but one of the teachers I worked with, asked me to cover one of his shifts today
because he's on vacation
So I'm doing four of his classes in Nippori today
So it's a bit of an unusual day for me today
Just walking the streets of Nippori
and I pass by a Korean store
If you guys haven't seen enough food from Kris's vlogs in Korea
I'll come and do a walk-through in this store
You've been asking me about Korean fashion and street fashion
Well it just so happens Sabrina is a fashion designer and a fashion person
What's Korean street fashion?
The Korean street fashion here is a little different to Japan
in the sense, yeah there is a general trend
but people are a little bit more adventurous and a little bit more unique
Lots of different pockets with lots of different styles
And the boys are much more experimental
Round glasses are pretty hot in Korea
Korean people seem to have a head made for hats
They love all kinds of hats here
There's a section that which is like drape in a more sophisticated style
Then there is the youthy kind of girl which also do a little bit more of the hiphop stuff
Be it short shorts or tight jeans with an oversized jumper
Matching boyfriend and girlfriends and best friends
For the boys, it's the cleaner style
which I really appreciate
so very clean jeans or very clean suit pants that cut off at the ankle
Nice shoes and nice shirt, and their hair is f***ing excellent
Korean people are picking certain items and turning them into their own
Whereas in Japan, something that I see regularly is this is sold to you as this outfit
And the buy it as this outfit and they only wear it as this outfit
And then not wear it again with something else
Very good
very fashion
Excellent
Hey look, plastic foods
Oh sh*t it's real
This place around me, Hongdae, it's an entertainment area
with lots of street fashion, lots of pubs
lots of clubs. It's mostly for young people
College students
There's a very good chance you'll end up here if you go to Seoul because it's fun
It's one of the better places Iguess
I'm going to Ikebukuro
to meet a viewer from L.A. and try my favourite Ramen in Tokyo
Which I've mentioned before in the vlog
but we haven't gotten around to because it's always so busy
I think I see him
Hey!
What's your name?
Whoopi
Nice to meet you
This ramen shop behind me is called Mutekiya
and as I mentioned, it's my favourite ramen shop
and there's always a line
Here's what I have to deal with today
And we're here
40 minutes now
You ordered two eggs
Double eggs
So I'm a fan of you now because I love eggs
An hour after we first got in line
Check that out
Fancy
One thing I like to do is take an egg and
take the egg yolks out
and grab some noodles
a noodle filled egg
Soo good
I'm full
It was delicious
Goodbye Mutekiya
This dish that I'm having is called Jokbal
It's essentially pig's feet
So I'm wearing these
And you can dip it in fondue
very interesting
It's spicy as f*ck
I've decided to come to a pork feet restaurant with somebody who doesn't eat pork
Ever!!
We're going to have beers in the park
And an ice cream macaroon
This looks to be the proper Hongdae experience
Everybody is just sitting around in a park
People are rapping and playing guitars
And everybody is having alcohol
And we're on our way to this really really really normal cafe
that just has one small weird twist to it
So this is the twist, there are goats
In front of the restaurant
Hey
Oh you're going back in, going back to your home
Hey, what's up guys. It's Whoopi, I'm from Los Angeles, California
I'm here in Japan wrapping up my new app coming out next month
And yeah, just hanging out with Kasia checking out the goats
and I was trying to figure out what are the coolest spots to go to in Tokyo
And the first thing popped up was TheUwagaPies
And they pretty much everywhere I wanted to go
I just binge-watched through all their shows
And now I'm completely caught up
And I'm currently in Tokyo now
with Kasia
See ya!
Was nice meeting you, bye bye
On my way home
See ya guys!
We walked into a bar, basically only because they were playing "My Bloody Valentine"
and they had a poster of Kurt Cobain
right by the entrance
So you can't go wrong with that
We drew them some photos
1,2,3 slam it!
Bye bye!
Bye Kris!
Byeee!!!!
Have a safe trip!
They left for Tokyo
So I'm alone