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so before we even jump into this video
this is actually part two of a series if
you haven't seen part one this video
probably won't make that much sense part
one has a lot of fun it is linked right
here check it out for the rest of you
who have seen it welcome to part two you
guys said you wanted a series in a
series is what you've got so a little
bit of a recap my first trip to Japan 12
years ago I use money I didn't have to
buy this year camcorder and fill up
these twelve tapes with my entire
several month trip to and across Japan
the last episode had me leaving Canada
and arriving in Japan and today we're
kicking off with that first day me
heading right into Tokyo and me ending
with leaving Tokyo and once more just
couple disclaimers yes I was young I
talked really lazy I was traveling with
a friend who I don't really show on
camera for privacy reasons and all of
that and also also the day just as I was
about to shoot this the postman showed
up and he's like we have a box for you
this box right here is from rain every
thank you guys we're gonna jump into
this in a second but I'm just really
curious as to what's in the box also
never cut towards yourself it's
incredibly good coffee and there's a
Merry Christmas note thank you guys very
much now I was considering doing this
with a guest and like watching it
together and I'm telling you I'm
actually really glad that I watched
these first couple of tapes on my own
maybe future episodes will have a guest
I believe this episode starts my first
full morning in Tokyo on the train
heading right in let's just jump right
in here we go
I'm gonna pause it right there yeah I've
blurred out the faces of the kids and
everything but that was like another
huge culture shock for me when I first
got into Japan was like these kids on
the train completely alone is this where
are we is this ek boo could oh is this
Shinjuku Thank You TK boqueron and now
I'm wandering into a pachinko parlor for
some reason I think it goes back to that
whole lost in translation thing I was
like oh I saw this in lost in
translation so I have to do it I've got
to go into the pachinko parlor Japanese
KFC grills I don't think they have that
anymore yeah this was definitely a gay
book at all oh yeah cuz I think back in
2005 Tamagotchi wasn't popular in North
America anymore maybe it was I don't
know I didn't have one in 2005 I had one
before that oh my god I've like in frat
leagues and ER here's some Dragon Ball Z
stuff here
oh yeah leave it if you don't know
Alexander's my little brother he was
here in August there's a playlist linked
up there it was pretty awesome this is
not a ramen shop this is actually my
first experience eating matzi an udon
the beef bowl with like beef and sauteed
onion and all that if I remember
correctly there was something really
cool that happened right after this a
bit of an adventure
I remember this
I've never just wait to see it gets even
like weirder when you see them from the
front I think I actually managed to get
in front of them
I can't believe I actually hunted them
down look at this oh my god did not be
judgey dorm but listen psychotic all
right I'm gonna pause it just right here
back in like the late 90s early 2000
like this style dark tan and everything
was actually fairly popular it was like
gather and yamanba and all these
different crazy styles
I'm sure the culture is still there it's
just not as prevalent as it once was and
being in Japan on your very first day
and seeing that ha first moments in
Shinjuku
I remember being very unimpressed with
Shinjuku when I first got there I was
like and a lot of my friends really
loved the Shinjuku area I'll look at
that by very first like free tissue in
Japan first Japanese game Center look at
that style though like those sunglasses
and the dress shirt with a vest it's
like look at how ready I am 107 was a
little bit better yeah and somehow I
lost oh all right so you guys ready to
see the worst joke you'll ever see this
is I'm gonna put it in this is just a
really bad joke
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look at that fade in transition that was
all in camera by the way okay I'm
heading up to Sapporo this day
if I've made a mistake
I love that attitude I found my car I'm
pretty sure I'm in my seat but if I've
made a mistake they'll let me know oh
wow I'm just gonna pause this for a
second I did a video this past May where
I went up to Elmore Dion machine guns
and I talked about my Shinkansen
tradition and how the very first time
that I ever got on a Shinkansen I
grabbed her one of these bottles of
green tea and a rice ball but there it
is there it is right there it's pow I
was so taken aback by a full-grown adult
male just sitting there reading manga at
the time so normal now my first time in
alimony whoo
ahh you can already see some of the
cherry blossoms too I went all the way
up to top it all on this trip like just
for the purpose of seeing cherry
blossoms because they were finished in
Tokyo and I was like I've gotta go see
the cherry blossoms right so yeah I
think it was like 10 hours of trains I
was so excited to see this - it was two
fighter planes like flying through the
mountains or something okay they weren't
flying through the mountains in my
memory they were memory is a funny thing
that was cool
well that's a creepy tower I don't know
if you've ever played half-life 2 but it
reminds me of a citadel from half-life 2
is it old bad smoking on the train and
it blew my mind I wasn't good I didn't
realize that I had sat in a smoking car
I didn't realize that there was a
difference so I'm just recording this
old man and thus a little beer tower huh
I miss that I think it was only in
hospital for like 24 hours and I was
going back the next day and noon or
something or how to hold the camera
straight let's pause right there way
overcautious and I was in the station
for an hour I wanted to make sure I was
insanely familiar with the station and
the area before actually venturing
outside and so it took me forever to
leave the station and then once I left
the station it took me forever to
actually separate myself from this
station back then things like iPhones
and Google Maps and all that was not a
thing paper maps were a thing and I
think after this I actually went to the
station it was like I can I get a map
itself but I think I have
finally gathered
the guts to actually leave this building
here we go
there we go I think another building
probably good two hours at this point do
these reactors this is something else
I've stepped outside with you I'm so
glad that I watched these alone and
always somebody you know what we're just
gonna pause it right there for today
because this feels like a separate
episode all in its own the Sapporo
adventures episode I'm gonna take these
off guys that coffee is spectacular
thank you it can be a little bit
embarrassing to watch these back but I
think in the end it's really really
worth it one of the reasons that I chose
to record everything is because humans
by nature are so forgetful there's an
abundance of scenes in their room I
remember this and I totally forgotten
until I watched them in there I think my
favorite part of this entire thing are
the little culture sharks back then that
are totally normal to me now just like
last time I'm gonna take some of the
footage from this toss it together to
make like a little vlog s segment at the
end and I'm sorry it's so shaky it's
it's it is what it is what do you guys
think should I have a guest watch the
next one with me let me know
so right now we're heading to the train
station so we can make our way into
closer to central Tokyo and start our
day yesterday last night I came here and
wasted about 5 bucks in this arcade say
here comes a card we get out of the way
and we're at the station
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yeah
all right so while eating our lunch we
sell these two really freaky looking
people then we're on the hunt for them
now
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I'd like to say
I really know anything interesting stuff
in this area but
we fun to walk around
all right so here we are
really famous the fires on a trivia show
is going
and begin my
My dear I'm taking light so here I am at
the station I am we take away first ink
guts and otherwise No
the bullet train in this 156
I do believe this over here is my
I've made a mistake my boss today
I got a meeting for two more days right
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