morning coffee check good weather
Oh check sense of self-worth check oh
wow don't know I'm so grumpy all the
time oh let's have a look through some
new YouTube comments half of the things
you're saying is wrong you sound stupid
arrogant and ignorant learn something
about the country then make those videos
people argue to not make sense people
like me don't make sense I didn't
know that still but take a lot more than
that to ruin my day you look like Johnny
Depp oh that's not bad
wait a minute you look like Johnny Depp
fused with Frankie Muniz
welcome to ask abroad where for the next
few weeks I'll be answering questions
sent in by viewers about anything it
will be just like a TV show only not as
good incredibly last week alone viewers
sent it over a thousand questions and so
to try and bring a sense of order to the
crazy amount of questions it makes sense
to theme each of these Q&A videos around
a particular topic the topic of this
video will be about travel and there'll
be 15 questions most of which will be
about travel with some random ones
thrown in as well as comment of the week
and most annoying question of the week
before we dive in at the end of a
previous video I invited Sony to make
contact if they were interested in
hiring any new marketing directors or
executives or anything like that and
surprisingly there has actually been one
promising lead and it was a comment on a
video it says yes I'm Nigerian prince of
Sony please give me your credit card
information so we can hire you now I
didn't know Sony was ruled by a Nigerian
prince come to think of it I didn't even
know Nigeria had a royal family but I
have sent my credit card information
over so now the ball is in your court
Sony okay so John says we're off to
Japan from the UK in three weeks what's
one of the first musty things when we
hit Tokyo there are three things you
should do number one get a sense of how
insanely big Tokyo is by going up Tokyo
Tower it makes even London look
genuinely small and the view from Tokyo
Tower is probably the best in all of
Tokyo in my opinion as its right
immersed in the center of Tokyo and you
have a great 360 view number to go and
relax in some onsen some hot springs in
an actual onsen theme park in or divert
it's called or whether onsen and to get
there you need to take the monorail over
the Rainbow Bridge which admittedly
sounds like something out Mario Cart but
the way the onsen is a really great
place to relax and experience Japanese
bathing culture I always take friends
there and they love it and it's a really
great way to overcome jet lag as one and
number three and assuming it's the
evening go to Shinjuku which is the
entertainment district in Tokyo and
visit a neighborhood called golden going
it's a small neighborhood crammed with
hundreds of bars tucked away down some
narrow streets and each bars really
small
like a dozen people and it has this
really cool futuristic dystopian feel to
it feels like Blade Runner although the
last time I was there I went into this
rock bar and in the corner there was
this really disturbed interpretation of
the owner which I am still having
nightmares about but it's a really great
place to meet people eat and drink a
reasonable price and feel like you're in
Blade Runner hopefully there's something
there that should appeal have a great
trip to Japan what's been your favorite
thing to do alone in Japan drive around
the countryside listening to 80s music
but if you can do it get a car and just
drive off and get lost somewhere in the
countryside it's just the most amazing
thing and the scenery is incredible and
if you can have some eighties music as
well then you're on the right track what
cities or places do you recommend to
visit in Japan in a one to two weeks
schedule if it's your first time in
Japan then I guess it's a given that
there are settings you should see and do
and for that the three places I
recommend seeing are Tokyo Kyoto and
Hiroshima and those are all three places
you can see easily in one week if you
have two weeks I'll actually recommend
spending longer in each city rather than
going off and traveling more because you
can spend weeks in any of those cities
and still be discovering things use that
extra time to immerse yourself more in
those places have you had any
experiences in Japan so far where you've
felt intimidated on a level of fear of
being harmed never ever not once in
three years the only place you might
feel intimidated is in areas of Tokyo
like Kabukicho or Roppongi where you get
people on the streets that try to lure
you into bars drug your drinks and then
charge you half a billion yen for a beer
if you ever get approached by anyone
offering you free drinks or special
deals I've just ignore them and walk on
no matter how the system making thing
other than that though Japan is
remarkably safe I talked about this a
bit more in a previous video so if you
have time check that out but otherwise
no never
mr. pig says will you eat me yes if you
are roasted accordingly would you fight
one horse-sized duck or a hundred
duck-sized horses a horse sized duck one
target one baseball bat job done Lillie
Devin's says if you made babies with a
Japanese woman what would you call it
Joffrey
go yourself has anyone really been
far even has decided to use even go want
to do look more like you have no idea
how much frustration this question has
caused me I read this question when I
was really tired and I couldn't work out
if it made sense or not
or if I was going mad and the subsequent
timer resources that I've dedicated to
try and unearth an answer to this
question have been substantially
disproportionate to the importance of
the actual question a question that
isn't even there go yourself
what would you say is the most memorable
place you've been to in Japan it's
actually a bridge in Osaka and it's
quite a famous spot the bridge is called
Ebisu bridge and it's in the heart of
Osaka in a place called dotombori and
and the reason it's my most memorable
places whenever I go there and I've been
there about four or five times I always
meet many cool people many strangers
maybe I'm a bit biased as I did have
quite a cool romantic kind of encounter
there a few years ago which I might
write about but if you get the chance
definitely visit Osaka if not for the
people or the atmosphere certainly for
the food which is amazing it Osaka is
known as the kitchen of Japan and the
food is fantastic what are some of the
best but underrated or
off-the-beaten-path places you visited
in Japan there is one whole region in
Japan that seems to be off the beaten
path for most tourists and it's a
terrible shame as it's a beautiful place
and it's got a very exciting like
mystical feel to it still and that is
tour Haku the northern region of Honshu
having lived there for three years I've
been very blessed to explore and see a
lot of it but there's so much to see in
Dhoom there's lakes gorges Cat Island
ski slopes Fox villages if you ever do
any extended traveling in Japan or have
five days to spare I would recommend
hiring a car and just driving around it
seeing what you can find I recently
traveled around part of it with my
friends Rachael and Ian and Sharla and
there'll be a video of that trip coming
out next month so keep an eye out for
that but yeah I really highly recommend
tall have you been to a cinema in Japan
what are some of the kinds of movies
shown there cinemas in Japan show just
awful film where apparently having a
good plot or like
characters isn't important films like
Terminator Genisys and Mission
Impossible rogue nation terrible it's
terrible but the most frustrating thing
is they do often show films about three
months off they've come out elsewhere so
bear that in mind if you are going to
the cinema in Japan is Japanese
transport as convenient and reliable as
it claims to be
yeah Japan's public transport is so
reliable everything runs with militant
like efficiency in recent years Japan's
got some low-cost carriers such as peach
which are really good for flying around
the country at low price and buses as
well or another way
wheeler Express is quite a good one and
they're easy to get around with if
you're in a major city and you're going
to be traveling a lot by train which you
probably are I would recommend getting
one of these this is a sweeter card and
you just tap it on top of the machines
when you pass through train stations and
it's a lot easier than playing around
with tickets all day you can usually get
them at any station by using the Machine
and have it in English as well so it's
quite foreigner friendly Japan is very
very good when it comes to public
transport and its reputation is
well-earned what's your favorite place
in Japan I guess there are two places
number one Osaka in general as I've
already explained there number two
there's a spot on a mountain overlooking
the volcano Mount Chaco which is the
tallest volcano in Tokyo and I often
just go there and sit and relax because
on one side I have the Sea of Japan and
on the other I have this amazing volcano
and all these mountains and stuff and if
you are wondering what it looks like
it's the opening to one of the
weight-loss videos so I can go there
when I'm stressed and just forget about
everything and just stare at this
amazing 2200 metre volcano
you
for some reason I find you insincere
didn't even give a reason
in your opinion what would be the top
three places to visit in Japan number
one would be Toho COO region in general
just due to its beautiful scenery good
food and you can just get lost in it and
have this real sense of discovery and
there's lots of hot springs as well
number two Osaka just because it's the
most funnest brilliant asbestos city in
Japan the atmosphere the people the food
it's all the best parts of Japan rolled
into one that's number two and number
three the Inland Sea of Japan between
Shikoku and Han Xu and the best way to
see it is by bicycle
now I'm not crazy there's actually a
chain of islands that you can cycle
across there's a hundred kilometer cycle
route that goes across a chain of
islands in the inland sea
it goes from automating on to to in a
bar in Shikoku you can do it in one day
and you can rent bikes for about a
thousand yen so it's very convenient as
well and I did it in August with a
friend and it was just really beautiful
scenery or the rice fields mountains
fishing ports to go through it's called
the Shimon army code or and I've put the
details in the description box below but
ten out of ten do it it is amazing and a
lot more fun and rewarding than climbing
Mount Fuji my opinion even if I did get
my old sunstroke by choosing to wear a
bandana instead of a hat on a day when
it was 36 degrees learn from my stupid
stupid mistakes but those are the three
places I recommend seeing over all in
Japan right now and here until the last
day of September got any tips for things
to do in Tokyo oh by the way a few
months ago I asked you where I could do
the Wanko soba challenge you blow the
apply there it was in Morioka so I took
a day trip there many thanks for that 75
Bowls first off well done on those 75
bowls of noodles I'm not bitter about
being beaten again so get up at 6 a.m.
and then just walk around Tokyo for the
next 12 hours try and do it with a clear
mind won't try and notice everything
around you as much as you can almost in
a meditative state and every hour try
and take five really good pictures by
the end of the day you'll have seen an
insane amount of Tokyo and you'll have
60 pictures to help you recall the
journey and then profit from the whole
thing by writing an article about your
journey using all the pictures and give
it a bold
slightly pretentious name something like
a moment of Tokyo No
Tokio moment yes good luck Benjamin I
believe in you
and finally Joelle says how come in some
videos in the same video there's parts
where you're shaved and not shaved is
there two of you I have no idea what
you're on about make continuities of the
utmost importance to the abroad in Japan
channel and on a final note come to
Japan now why the yen is utterly
worthless your money will go a lot
further I hope you've learned something
useful from this video and don't forget
to hit the like button because it's the
only way I know you actually like this
stuff as for the next Oscar board video
the topic will be everyday life in Japan
and I'll be looking at questions that
been scented as well as questions below
this video say feel free to leave a
question thanks again for watching I'm
off now to learn how to be sincere
except I'm not