Tokio travel protip a lot of stuff is
closed on Monday actually come to think
of it a lot of stuff just closes on
random days so just be sure to check
before you go anyways welcome to the
first video of 2019 today we're gonna be
exploring the back streets of Tokyo
again and I'll be dropping some
knowledge on you guys let's have some
fun alright little known Tokyo fun fact
I don't know I might even be the first
person to introduce this behind me here
he's sending Shoji temple and right
beside me is a little bit of a residence
we can't really go in there but there's
something cool that I want to show you
right here in the bushes here it is
right here in these bushes I don't know
if you can tell from this one here let's
take a look over here are you guys
noticing anything about these little
statues how about if we go over here
this guy right here should pretty much
just give it away in case you didn't
notice that
that's all traumatic well that is pretty
neat
moving on so much like Sensoji temple
itself 2018 is behind us my year ended
pretty exciting ly regular viewers will
know that my year got off to an exciting
start as I kick back on the sofa and
watch myself on TV with the ocean or
others is the opening to a three hour
New Year's special it was the
culmination of like a decade of hard
work and I was really taken aback by the
dozens and dozens of you who actually
sent me like screenshots and whatnot of
you watching the program thank you so
much for tuning in I hope you had a good
time with it also I'm kind of curious as
to what this is
vadoma coffee for those of you who don't
know this is an enema and basically you
color in one eye when you make a wish
and if and when the wish comes true you
color in the other eye and that makes me
realize this is actually a pretty good
time to start the Q&A so with 2019 being
here one of the first questions that I
got was do you have any goals for this
year I typically try to avoid something
like New Year's resolutions cuz I don't
want them to just wear off and fade away
but I do have one really big goal for
this year and it's quite simple no
expectations over the last year or so of
YouTube and just life in general I've
started to realize that expectations are
the root of all stresses so freeing
myself of expectations in general that's
the goal for this year and it's really
hard just to let go of expectations so
it's not gonna be an easy goal and to be
completely honest this was a goal long
before 2019 was here but how much you
any big goals or not New Year's
resolutions for this year
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all right and as much as I know that
these are ton icky you can't tell me
that this doesn't look like a hobbit
hole that's a hobbit hole also almost
forgot about this one on the note of the
TV performance I don't know if it can be
rewatched but if anybody knows maybe
leave it down below and there goes
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this place feels a little more peaceful
than the back streets it seems like a
pretty good place to answer the next
question I got a couple questions about
saving up to get to Japan and saving
while in Japan and while I am by no
means a financial expert I can share
with you guys what I did on my end on my
end before moving to Japan I worked
several part-time jobs for like a year
year and a half and I did my best just
to spend absolutely nothing life is
always a give-and-take there's always a
trade-off somewhere I wanted to gain the
ability to come to Japan so I gave up
free time and going it with friends and
doing all of that stuff and invested all
that time into part-time jobs to save up
to get here and then once I got here I'm
pretty sure I just ate instant noodles
for like my first two months in Japan it
was very unhealthy I definitely don't
recommend that so I'm not only my
another financial expert I'm not a
nutritional expert but I can tell you
that instant ramen for two months is not
it's not a good idea and speaking of
food finding a place to sit down and eat
was actually one of the goals of this
walk and I have yet to do that because
despite the New Year's break being over
everything's closed Mondays I'm telling
you
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also isn't it wonderful that Pikachu
vending machines are the thing this just
makes me happy now someone also asked
what is your inspiration and motivation
for continuing to put up new content
I've covered several times why I started
the channel but there's one thing that I
haven't covered and one of my goals or
dreams this year is to make a story
about it you see I went through a little
bit of a dark period a few months after
starting the channel in fact I almost
quit everything but there was one
comment that I got that has really kept
me going in every single time that
things get too tough every single time
that I get too tired it's that one
comment that I go back to one of my
goals and dreams this year is to be able
to make a story about that comment I'm
not gonna share exactly which one it is
yet but in a short answer to what
motivates me it's you guys I really feel
that we've cultivated one of the most
beautiful supportive and amazing
community of people ever right here on
this channel and I just can't give that
up I just really want to keep that going
so I know I say it a lot but thank you
guys also a lot of the houses in these
back streets are being rebuilt to look
more modern like look at this one here
this looks very modern
and actually this is one of my favorite
things about Japan right here see how
the butt of this car just sticks
slightly out of the garage I do not know
why but car butts sticking out of
garages is like one of my favorite
things about Tokyo ever is that a weird
thing to be the happy boat I feel like
it is
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I may have found an open cafe
finally so hungry
looks a little Moody let me
it's a bit better I am torn between
pancakes and hot sandwiches kind of
feeling I got her two pancakes right
that's cooking as well
food is here and would you believe that
somebody actually asked if Japan my host
sucks
I didn't think it was a real question
but somebody asked so I guess I should
answer right I personally don't think
that Japan sucks I think that you can
have sucky experiences in Japan and I
think that a lot of it I feel like I've
already covered this about a billion
times I want to know from you guys cuz a
lot of you guys have actually been to
Japan are looking coming to Japan in
your experience
did you pan a sucker like I've had days
in Japan that suck but mind you I've had
days back in Canopus sucked I've met
people that sucked
again you meet people everywhere that
you know what doesn't say yes look at
this right here
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that was a good lunch lunch dinner I
don't know it's like 4:00 p.m. call it
what you will but I do have a slightly
more serious answer for the whole does
Japan suck question now that I had a
chance to sit down and have a meal and
and reflect and my answer comes from one
of my original motivations to become a
youtuber because you see I've seen
people who for them
Japan's sucks people who have been here
five years 10 years 15 years and they
hate every aspect of their life yet
they're stuck and they don't leave and
on the other hand I've seen friends who
have been here again 5 10 15 years who
absolutely love this country and
everything about it and the people who
exemplified this the most for me were
the content creators when I talk to them
about why they love Japan so much and
how they held on to that passion so long
because I said they're constantly
searching for it they're constantly
looking for the things that amaze
surprise and make them happy so that
they can share it with the world and
when you're searching for something more
often than not that is what you end up
finding hearing all that really brought
me around and made me want to do what
I'm doing right now and I don't regret a
single second of it and it's had a
hugely positive impact on my life does
that make sense does that sum that up
these these are always a lot more
eloquent in my head then when they come
out but hopefully you you get the point
now you guys did send me a lot of
questions this time I'm sorry for all
the ones that I couldn't get you I'm
gonna try to address some of those on
Instagram as well as as we often do with
these I'm gonna do a podcast that goes
into more in depth answers on these and
some of the questions that I didn't get
to answer here in the video but time
being as it is I'm gonna wrap it up here
for today I hope you guys enjoy this one
I cannot wait to hang it with you down
in the comments for now I'm gonna go
send some Instagram video messages cuz
that's what I promised I'd be doing to
people who commented on my Instagram
photo this week so I will see you guys
again real soon
also don't forget to give that like
button some love and all that stuff I'll
see you guys
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