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hey guys welcome back to my channel
today is a vlog I haven't done a vlog in
a long time it's my birthday vlog so
today I'm going to work for a couple
hours and then after work I'm heading to
Hana juco to meet my friend Charles from
Charles talk his channel will be linked
down below so we're gonna meet up and
he's also from Co bye by the way he's
not from Tokyo but he's visiting with
his family for a couple days and he's
coming to my birthday dinner which I'm
having today so we're gonna just umm
explore how to do Koo we're gonna go to
a new cafe and check it out hopefully
it's not too crowded I'm wearing this
cute little top I don't know where I got
it from I don't know why my chest is so
red I have a skirt I'm not gonna change
into until after work but I got these
shoes on it might be kind of cold today
I don't know so we're gonna go and yeah
I'll see you guys in a little bit which
was a very bad idea because it is
freaking crowded if you have terrible
anxiety that's the worst place to come
but you know it's a cute place very
aesthetically pleasing and it's a very
nice day today yeah and someone is
texting me and taya is here and she is
ramen quest and behind me is to catch
the street
oh my god my eyes yeah I'm starving I'm
starving I'm gonna eat everything right
past it and yeah how did you goo is an
Instagram hotspot I could come here
twenty times a week and find a new place
to take photos at taking Instagram
photos is not as easy as it seems you
need the right lighting the right setup
and the right venue today I'm going to
show you the behind the scenes of what
it means to grow your Instagram
following good he just abandoned his
family for me I know I'm hoping my
parents would actually probably freak
out if I left them alone money cannot be
alone my parents would also be a little
bit bothered but my brother helped them
when you're looking for a place to take
photos that ultimate spots are generally
colorful and aesthetically pleasing but
that depends on your brand how did you
go has a lot to play with but beware of
the crowds the less people in your
photos the better look at these eggs
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the number one thing to do in Harajuku
is try the crepes there's a ton of
flavors and styles of teas from I'm
usually there for about an hour trying
to pick out which one I want but today
we had something else in mind to try
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actually I believe which is also a
really good Mexican restaurant it's
called Chili's and we in the back of
like freshness treat it's to die for
like it's the best thing okay I got a
birthday beer yeah
it's been too long since I drink
anything
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this ice-cream shop is called COI saw
and the layout is for sure a pink
paradise with colourful balls hanging
from the ceiling it makes for a great
backdrop for your photos it's popular
ice creams are the black and white
sesame flavored ice creams they even
have a photo booth where you can take
all the pictures you want and need my
Instagram has a lot of peak use and pops
of color so this is the perfect place to
snap some photos always make sure you
have a plan before going in to take the
photos you have like your whole setup
I just I wonder if we can close this we
can probably ask because the light it
yeah I know our plan was to take
ice-cream pictures for both of our
instagrams it took a while to get that
perfect shot plus my ice cream was
literally spilling all over me I think
my ice cream was soup at the end of the
shoot
so we attempted to take some Instagram
pictures he got like the black coma ice
cream and I got this white for vanilla
ice cream it's like a coma like : this
place is really really awesome for
Instagram you guys gonna come like look
at our setup right here cool place off
was literally right next door to Chili's
so if you guys wanted some lunch and
dessert there you go
okay Charles has lots of lipstick on
right now guys he's he's changing his
style like if this graffiti guys like
look how cute this print video like this
is adorable do you have the balls to
graph our next hot spot for Instagram
pictures was the Tokyo Plaza right
across from Meiji Jingu my station the
architecture is what attracts
photographers and Instagram models
everywhere this is my first time taking
a picture here we're taking Instagram
pictures and this is a tedious task
we're good at it we're masters right
when it comes to taking Instagram
pictures especially travel ones I like
to take pictures where my back is turned
to the camera this allows your followers
to feel as if they're right there with
you or walking behind you and gorgeous
places like this
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okay so this place is really famous I
can't remember what it's called but I
will put it down in the video text or
something yeah this place is super
famous I'll be here
perfect Instagram spot guys
wait a second
at the same time as doing Instagram
photos we search for interesting content
for instagrams stories it's very
important to balance both I try to see
it as a mini vlog or sneak peek at what
I'll be doing for my youtube channel oh
my god hey we are now in the line store
it is so cute
I've never been in here it's fairly new
actually I think it just came it was
built last year utilize your
surroundings I could give a whole insta
story about a store I went shopping at
for me Japan has a lot of cool stuff to
show so at the line and Friends store I
did just that but you can showcase your
own town your own City give us a tour
it's really fun to watch
look at this I like this one the best
this is so cool I like how it like that
it's so awesome I always think it's a
good idea to have a balance between
shots of you and shots of other things
like food places and things I always
plan on my insta peed before I post a
picture
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yes okay so we were taking a walk behind
Tonto juku this is behind to catch the
street is a Japanese shrine and it's so
quiet compared to like where we were I
got my tapioca he's trying to figure out
if that's a bench or not it looks like
it's important
I'd be so surprised because you know
Japan to have like no benches yeah my
goal for each day I'm out is to take at
least five photos or more at this point
we took a fair amount so I switched back
to taking videos it's definitely a
stressful job doing bolt but it's a good
stress my god look to to get this for my
birthday look how cute my god they're
like little tight that is adorable as
Kirby's happy room I love it look at
these look how cute that is oh my god
what are they 100 yen damn look at this
fairly stuffy anything oh that's cool my
brother loves this stuff look at this
it's so cool oh my god don't always take
photos of touristy spots take pictures
of unexpected places like back streets
or daily life stuff to be more relatable
to your audience okay we came to these
back streets and like look at this place
it's like an old little shopping
street they have like these shop that
has like a ton of like things inside of
them that are just random and vintage
look at this it's so cool and it's a jet
it's like a dead end like there's
nowhere else to go love how they just
like keep the stuff out here like no
one's gonna take it like these types of
watching I feel like I'm going to like
break just thing a bit like falls out or
something it's a thousand yen don't wait
this is a basic accessory that goes
chain pocket
for free just for free it's free guys
it's free oh there's a cute one look at
this one this one is so cute
okay tell us a little about its my
camera do you have like a cleaner if my
camera was dirty I'm so sorry I don't
know I miss I suck tell us a little bit
about your channel well my channel is
actually a few channels but I know my
channel Charles stock basically I've
kind of vlog sort of in Japanese and in
English I usually file English subtitles
and I just kind of interview people talk
about you know what life is like here my
kind of impressions on things and I also
try to offer helpful tips whether it's
about goal-setting or language learning
and stuff like that and subscribe to a
second channel yeah you have my second
channel third channel my channel is
called chubby shotty oh yes on that one
though it has a lot of like game review
type fray like ah just weird things like
I do things like making like anime
themed cocktails for attending big
cosplay events here in Japan and
interviewing Japanese cosplayers and
kind of showing you an inside look at
things
it's a fun channel so if you're
interested in that kind of stuff check
it out if not check out Charles talk
subscribe to end the day I had my
birthday dinner at TGI Fridays Japan
they are ten times tastier than the
American venue so I was a really excited
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yeah you should be a food critic but
they're better they're like 10 times
better chatter to do has been trooper
Chaffin
he's been taking videos and pictures and
all sorts of things thank you everyone
for coming to my dinner I'm so grateful
to have all of you in my life hey guys
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