episode 12 my god the light makes me
look so red good morning
it's a 5:00 a.m. and I have a work shift
today I'm heading to Yokohama which is
right outside of Tokyo it's almost two
hours away so I need to wake up this
early so I can get on the train at 7
a.m.
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you
I am getting ready to leave for work I
usually don't leave this early like I
said this morning
I'm just getting my back together and
I'm about ready to get out the door I
usually don't go this far for work but
at my job we have something called trial
lessons where the students get to try
the lesson before they join the classes
and that's what I'm doing today when it
comes to navigating in Japan it's a lot
easier than you think there's a ton of
science and English and Japanese so it's
easy to get to your destination I am
going to use Google Maps there's also an
app called Japan transit basically it
tells you how to get wherever in Japan
it's a little bit more accurate I think
I still tend to use Google Maps so I'm
gonna use Google Maps right now and I'm
gonna kind of show you how to get
somewhere we're gonna start from a line
that is towards a transfer point so I'm
gonna type in something that's not my
station okay so as you can see on the
screen tozai line is one of the lines
that I'm taking so I'm gonna actually
have the transfer of you time it tells
you how much it is it's about seven
hundred and twenty yen to get there from
the tozai line I'll transfer at kuden
stuff so you go always good on stuff and
then there's going to be signs
everywhere telling you which line to
transfer to so the line that I'm
transferring to is the Hanzo Mon line so
you have to look on the signs that have
like the purple icon with the Z on it
it's Hanzo Mon and you followed that
sign to the platform which is platform
three and usually you can look at the
sign on the wall to see what the next
station is that's how I kind of can tell
if I'm going the right way to the next
station from ku donnchadh Hanzo Mon and
if I can see that on the sign then I'm
going the right way
yeah so I'm gonna take that all the way
I look at this isn't it crazy how many
stations I have to go all the way to Oz
Amino awesome enos station you
transference only a couple minute walk
to the blue line so I have to transfer
like three times this isn't my exact
station this is kind of an idea of how
to get somewhere and
I used to look to find how to get
somewhere this is the first time I'm
getting on a train at on Sunday at 7
a.m. so we're gonna see what it's like
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so I barely had breakfast because I was
thinking of getting some McDonald's I
know it's not the healthiest thing in
the world I mean you get a McMuffin
without cheese
that helps probably not probably no it's
bad I mean it's probably not it's
probably not 6:50 a.m. I'm ready to
leave so let's go I wake up every
morning to catch the train into the city
and was scary at first but I got the
hang of it quickly because there's so
many signs directing you the right way
even if you don't speak Japanese the
trained staff can help you pointing at
your phone or taking a screenshot of
your location will help so you can show
them which direction you're going this
is one of those things you have to just
push yourself to do and soon enough
you're an expert so there's literally
like nobody here it's like so empty
because it's Sunday actually pretty
relaxing
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I love navigating the trains because
most of the time once you get on it
you can relax listen to music do
homework whatever you need to catch up
on life transfer
take the console online all the way the
next transfer I made it to platform
three and I'm just checking to see how
many stops I need to go to get to the
next transfer
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the order and respect people have for
others during a train rush hours is
unbelievable
everyone lines up nicely and makes sure
the elderly and pregnant women are a
priority there's even a woman's only
carriage but it's usually available from
the morning till 9:00 a.m. during the
weekdays when transferring people stand
on the left side of the escalator and if
you're in a rush people walk down the
right side of the escalator so remember
that as a common etiquette thing in
Japan is it like that anywhere else I'm
not really sure
I don't really understand as how people
can like sleep on the train that like if
I slept on the train I panicked because
I would probably miss my stuff yeah so
I'm here I'm exhausted it took me about
an hour to have to get here I'm hungry
so we're gonna go to McDonald's and just
be kind of unhealthy today because
that's what's gonna happen
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and then I discovered that McDonald's is
gone now finished breakfast and it was
delicious it looks horrible I'm so sorry
it's like morning I'm tired I'm gonna go
check out some lunch
bento to see if I can get something for
lunch to eat during work
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pop don't work
that guy is rapping it looks like it's
interesting
oh the day is done I'm in the bathroom
right now because I was changing I am
going to head to taco town Makabe
because I was going to see Cal at his
new place but he's not doing super well
so I understand but I guess ash said he
wanted to take me to a cafe for my video
so I don't know what it's gonna be but I
like surprises and we'll see what it's
like I had a class a trial lesson today
the kids were crying in one of the
classes like every single child and it
was exhausting you have to expect those
things when you teach here like kids are
gonna cry especially if you teach kids I
like to talk a little bit more about
that in another video I used a lot of
energy today burned a lot of calories
which is good it's good it's all good
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so I'm gonna go check out the mosaic and
mall over there because I've never
actually been inside of it so much to do
here it's really interesting and they
have a lot of festivals here and things
like that little busy is a Sunday
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okay so I went in there for a second I
actually thought it was kind of cool but
like there's a lot of like high-end
shops in there so wasn't as cool as I
thought it was gonna be and now I'm just
gonna head towards Ash because he's
finished early so let's go so the thing
you want to look at first is which line
you need to get on the colors will help
you with this in this case I need to
take the blue line to Oz amino station
from platform 4
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the next line I need to take is the
Denon Toshi line you will see signs
directing you this way once you get off
the train signs are everywhere
to help you further you'll see the time
and place the train is headed on your
phone so once you're on your platform
you can check the time board to make
sure you're going the right way you can
also check the written time board and
map to see which direction the train is
going I'm going to put aqua tamagawa and
it is on this map I miss you even though
I talk to you for like 10 min do
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and I'm gonna wait for ash there's like
a lot of shopping and foods and
restaurants and all sorts of things I
never really actually like explore this
area but
maybe I'll do a little bit of exploring
I don't know where he's at but I'm gonna
text him right now and then see where
he's at
yeah we're gonna go
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sorry it's actually really good lighting
yeah and the background looks like a dud
hey guys I have somebody to help me now
reality of YouTube where I have to go
out and filled by myself awkwardly
holding my camera while everyone stares
at me and when somebody it's so much
easier although I'm trying to like get
up into the habit of like filming my
missile
it's worth it it's all worth it's all
for you guys look at the great
reflections of this water this is great
the trains can be frustrating sometimes
they'll be packed with people at certain
times of the day you'll miss your train
you'll get off the wrong stop but the
one thing I love so much is the
adventure between transfers and the
beautiful world you have such easy
access to
Ash's making me walk well I might your
name came out very Michigan maybe when
I'm really angry at the Michigan comes
out and me ash is making me walk my my
lips are really cold I can't talk a
Japanese driving course looks like
that's so funny guys it's big boys I
wonder when it's I've actually never
been to a oh yes I have I have been
to a Japanese big boys and it's not very
good it's not bad it's like stop it
you're blocking my view bus hey angry
girl here look at that big boy
you know big boy in America is so good
it's like the best breakfast ever
I wonder what's down here
okay wow what the heck
whoa and this is the cafe whoa that's
kind of interesting
cafe sultry wow it's like so old-school
whoa oh my god hi
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I'm sorry I underestimated you the other
goods brother stuff
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oh my God look at that that it's so
funny look at that
this is a phony look look at this oh my
god these drinks looks so good hey so
ash to feature this really cool cafe but
like a lot of things have nuts in it but
very aesthetically pleasing here like
look at this but at the bouquets nobody
has filmed this before I've always
looking for places where nobody has to
film like this is in the in an alleyway
like how did you find this place
oh yeah I know but what you just typed
into dark alleyways that's called sultry
cafe and like they sell some like little
leather things over there and like
there's a bar there's a cute little bar
over there there's tons of drinks they
have a ton to choose from and I got beer
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okay I'm home and I really film too much
cuz it was cold and I just wanted to get
home and I was just so tired so I just
got home and I took off all of my makeup
as usual and my skin looks horrible but
you know that's reality it tired and
tomorrow I'm gonna work out again I've
been working out every single day for at
least thirty to forty minutes today was
really fun I should trust ash more
because he always tells me he's gonna
take me somewhere and I never know how
he's gonna take me and I'm like can you
please tell me we're gonna take me
because I just want to take a video okay
he probably hates me because I'm just
like complaining all the time they take
me these really cool places and then I'm
like oh my god but this place had a lot
of nuts and things so I had to be very
careful but I eat a ton which was really
bad so that's why tomorrow is gonna be
an extra-long workout that was my day
that was how I navigate the trains the
trains aren't as difficult as you think
I know that was a lot of information and
it may seem like super overwhelming but
if tourists can come here and get the
hang of the trains then you guys can too
easy because there's signs everywhere
and people are always willing to help
this point to where you need to go and
they will direct you there are some
staff members that will literally leave
their station to help you find or take
you to the place so everybody is so
helpful here you won't be lost forever
there's way too many signs way too many
people to ask but like get lost a little
bit because to be honest like Japan has
so much to see so if you are lost and
you're trying to transfer to a new train
or whatever you'll probably find
something really cool along the way but
I suggest that if you do come to Japan
and you are working try to take the
train ahead of time like take the train
to your destination and practice
practice doing it go back and forth
because that's what I did when I first
started my job I practiced getting on my
bike getting to the station getting on
the train like I practiced all of that
stuff to make sure that I could make it
to work on time but it was a fun day and
I enjoyed it a lot and I'm exhausted and
I think I'm just gonna go to bed early
so I hope you guys enjoyed this video
if you have any questions or comments
please leave them down below I'm happy
to answer as many as possible after a
couple days I don't really answer as
many so please try to get in those
comments right away so I can read them
and interact with them and respond in
whatever so I hope you guys enjoyed this
video again and I'll see you guys in the
next one bye
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