Sam asks do you guys think in Japanese
and if so approximately how long after
you started living in Japan did that
occur it may be a year after I arrived
in Japan and I've been learning Japanese
I stayed as having dreams you know
weren't the most exciting conversations
like maybe going to McDonald's in my
dreams and making it laugh
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hello guys welcome back to journey
across Japan and early they hit you in
the face there welcome back guys so
today there is no cycling video because
once every now and then once every I
think five or six days we tend to have a
day off for myself or the production
team the production team disappear my
drone pilot my cameraman they disappear
they drive off somewhere and McDonald's
and I basically keep my head down and
cycle without filming we need to do it
we need to sacrifice at least one day
every now and then to keep up the
production quality on the other days so
sight cycle and I so Sharla and I sharp
your new name we've actually cycled from
Kanazawa to Fukui today it wasn't too
difficult it was all flat we're now
we're in Fukui Central Park and there's
some point of military event there was a
big a lot of killing there was a big
platoon of soldiers just here yeah
either that or we've got a bit mental
recycling and they weren't really there
anyway today we're gonna do a Q&A
instead you can answer your questions
which is a good opportunity because
those Sharla's been on the videos a few
times we've never really sat down and
got to know each other or have much of a
chat on camera so further ado what have
you got and these are questions you guys
have send in on Twitter boy hunter asks
best drinked buy from a vending machine
what did we buy today I bought best
drink to buy for a vending machine so
can be chose probably one of my favorite
teas it's very smooth and easy to drink
it doesn't have caffeine unfortunately
but we'll just soak em [ __ ] Amin
sounds like a rap song so Kim Beecher so
it's like that's the kanji for caca so
like refreshing and this means healthy
beautiful teeth Oh
refreshing healthy beautiful team
whereas I've just gone for refreshing
refreshing beautiful coffee
premium boss coffee no less I drink
premium boss because when I drink it I
feel like a boss also it's the only one
the only canned coffees is actually
bearable Ashley really drinkable that's
why I get Miley coffee and water or
soaking in [ __ ]
it also next question sit here sit here
say the phrase so can [ __ ] all game
for Kiwi Park what's the next question
[ __ ] og ha 6 asks the weirdest thing
person item add which both of you saw
while cycling the woman who gave me
customs on my third day I still find
that kind of you go back to my third
video on this cycle I was cycling along
and this woman just wanted to give me
some custody crazy she seemed really
nice
yes she waved me over I was like oh my
god emergency something going wrong no
crazy [ __ ] but she was trying to lure me
back to her house to some sort of random
Tea Party Tea Party but I was too busy
to go even then I I felt a little bit
weirded out a little bit like this is so
random because that's never happened to
me before I've had Japanese friends
invite me back to their places to pray
for a woman to stop at the side of the
road let's just wave you wave me down at
the tents - exactly
on the pretense that I'm just a
foreigner yeah she was pretty open about
the fact that the reason she wanted me
to come to the party gustavus because I
was for hardly wishes I'd got that I
think it could have been a great a great
video god knows what would happen so
days but well she's only she's either
nice so there was some sort of ulterior
motive I got a really weird vibe from
that and I know there's lots of
religious groups but yeah I remember I
was in the sapphir all one time by the
tower support our with Netsky actually
and aski went off to do something like
spoke 2000 cigarettes and I was sitting
alone but I've got a bench someone came
over inside asked me where I was from
what I was doing I was like oh he's nice
some interaction and then it became
quite clear very quickly she wanted to
induct me into some sort of cult so it
slipped a pamphlet to my hands he was
like looking this what do you think
about gods and Buddhism and they wasn't
it was like a weird sect of Buddhism
there were many
slightly odd hopes and religious cults
and sects and things in Japan several
times even stopped on the street they go
for foreigners cuz Japanese people are
onto them yeah Wow Lucas us guys
planning to go did you something
his girlfriend was saying Wow Lucas why
don't you go to Japan in March which
locations not too far from Tokyo would
you recommend that I visit if I want to
see the real Japan we'll see the real
Japan go to nico nico yeah if Nikhil
Papago it yeah sir the guy that's
effectively Japan's most famous ruler
he's buried and there's lots of temples
and shrines I've never been there well
maybe place I've never been
I'm just pretending like I'm an expert
and I loved it all three times I'm not
bored of it yet I took a I took a photo
at Tok about EAS is grave and one it got
it was a film photo this was like 10
years ago and when it got developed
there's this weird spirally fake good
coming out of his grave yeah I'll never
forget that I got back my photos from
Japan my first Japan trip she captured
he captured the spirit go to nickel see
the real Japan and discover topic our
yes whose face Flynn shady asks this is
request I'm wondering how you keep your
motivation and inspiration up for making
all these great videos so often you have
any tips
I often struggle with being productive
well lin shaye d the real in shady i my
motivation is I just enjoy doing it
fundamentally when I was about seven or
eight years old my I had to film my
auntie's wedding my granddad gave me a
camera yeah it was actually a man
cleaver yeah I my aunt who lives in
Vancouver my granddad's who's afraid of
fine oh yeah is posture phobic so he
couldn't go to Vancouver for his own
daughter's wedding so he tasked me an 8
year old grandson with filming the
wedding and he gave me the camcorder and
I really enjoyed using the camcorder it
was so much fun and in the years that
followed I used to just buy cameras and
film things and make little silly
stories with an X around with friends
and I really grew to love filming and
editing and always have as a result so I
enjoy filming and editing and telling a
story and doing things
that's my main motivation I just do what
I enjoy what I would say to anyone who's
artistic if you're an artist or a writer
or a filmmaker or photographer make sure
the things you make are in a portfolio
get them out there get them seen by
people because that's when art gets fun
like when you're showing your art to the
world and you're showcasing in some way
that's when it gets really exciting and
that's when you get motivated I believe
so try and get it seen and yeah I think
you'll find the motivation you need you
can chew a philosopher asks recommend
some Japanese music recommend some
Japanese music my favorite pop modern
music know I love eight is 80 City pop
there's a genre of Japanese music called
city pop and it's kind of sort of funky
music from the 80s like you listen to it
you kind of feel like you've been
transported to a Tokyo dish game in the
1980s but the best artists there is Pat
Sorrell your master had to draw your
master put him on screen go on YouTube
type him in he'll come up everywhere or
better still just type in 80s city pop
compilations and there's loads this
there's been a comeback recently online
and a lot of people really like this
music because you can kind of just
listen to it chill out and it's just
really nice funky music when I listen to
it I feel happy that's why I like it
really what about you my favorite yellow
monkey is probably yellow fever I don't
think they're together anymore but
they're a really cool rock group I
highly recommend them dream star asks
what benefits do you hope to gain from
this cycle what benefits do I have to
give back are we about to be killed on
it people sneaking up behind this what
what benefits they hope to gain from
this cycle I hope to get a bit bitter
and I already feel fitter
I'm actually was he
let's go brilliant it with a massive
park a park the size of like Montenegro
of all the spaces they asked to stand
their keywords favored before each other
more suspects is why I hate Fillmore
yeah the benefits of the cycle I want to
get fitter and I have actually lost a
bit of weight already I've lost at least
three kilograms in the last week and a
half two weeks I've been cycling and
also just the daily thrill of making
videos that's been really fun usually I
make like one one of one video every
like ten days on average I'd say and I
take a lot of time to film and edit and
think you through this on the other hand
we turn up our location we whip out the
camera we've got a couple of minutes to
basically find something and off we go
and it's a lot more intensive but it's
very fun as well and I think the videos
people themselves have had a lot of kind
of cool wacky unpredictable adventures
and things happen and that's been the
the most exciting thing and I'm Carl
wait at the end of this trip to sit down
look back at the 4050 videos and kind of
relive the whole trip so that's getting
to develop myself creatively and trying
to lose weight
goldfish boy asks what's your next big
challenge after the cycle do you have
one
yeah something window my next big
challenge after cycle is to see how long
I can sit in a room and do nothing
basically office cycles done I've got to
take some time off I probably go back to
the UK for a few weeks to sit in a room
eights of fish and chips drink some
cider read Harry Potter you know that's
what we do we do sam asks do you guys
think in japanese and if so
approximately how long after you started
living in japan - dedeker i think maybe
a year after I arrived in Japan and I've
been learning Japanese I stayed just
having dreams you know where Japanese
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I would say you can think in Japanese
about knowing Japanese though daily
noise just by getting by you know once
you have an understanding of the culture
how people operate how people
communicate you know if you learn for
example in Japan people are quite
indirect they'll never tell you thing my
favourite examples if you go to a hotel
or
and you can't say I want seats for two
people and rather than going our way
full often sometimes the staff will just
look at their sheet of paper showing
that it's full no go until you actually
go oh all right then so I understand now
okay so there's nuances and past the
culture that you can start to learn and
adapt to but if you watch my what not to
do in Japan video if you learn all of
those things you've effectively even
without the language exactly you can
think in Japanese I think you can think
like a Japanese person without knowing
Japanese ugly old claim is that Ronald
ass
what's your first ever impression of
each other I actually found a photo of
the day we met recently when do we meet
at that Halloween party at the YouTube
space I'm pretty sure that was the first
time I remember you wearing eyeliner and
I think you had bread candy stuck to you
is that correct I couldn't figure out
what your costume was that I was dying
went I had to dress up or something for
her own party oh where does the Candyman
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cuz a the costume required literally no
effort I went to the Haku any shop 100
yen store bought a [ __ ] ton of candy
stuck it to myself and to basically get
out oh I put some eyeliner on the best
of all going as the Candyman people can
eat your costume throughout the evening
so after about three or four hours your
entire costume has been eaten my first
impression of E was she's very happy why
is she so happy why she smiles so much
about things scary what's going on while
they're planning what they plotting what
risk lying something people say I was
[ __ ] ominous not as ominous as all the
people that are walking right behind me
that's all for now though guys thanks
for sending your questions in will be
doing another Q&A in the next few days
from my nest get nest guest guest guest
here's a bird no less we're gonna take
two in a stretch relax take it easy
and then tomorrow we are gonna cycle 80
kilometers from Fukui all the way to
Lake Biwa thanks for joining guys then
that way he might be having big wide
world we'll see you tomorrow
and this is this park is really creeping
me out some sort of what's going on it's
put in perspective when we started this
video out 20 minutes ago there was
nobody here and now there's like 200
people just standing around at various
points in the park feels like some crazy
shits about to go down oh my god there's
a fighter jet
that's awesome
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don't think this video could have ended
any better a [ __ ] fly over three guys
no less fairly all aboard Japan videos
ending that way
speak only in Japanese for the entire
day
Dicky Monsieur hey have a diner get a
shot when you make youtube videos you
have to do it you have to be happy right
on laughing at all now I feel really
angry and bitter annoyed